Well the semis were a bit surprising in that the two songs that I’d heard bandied for being a lock to win the whole thing, both were brought up short by two powerhouse cover songs by Black ladies. So without … Continue reading Best Cover Song Finals!

Hello all! Here’s the delayed Semifinals. Sorry for the wait, but not too much longer now! We’re down to 4, and this round will stay open until Friday, 4/26 at 8PM Eastern. Continue reading Cover Song Tournament: Semifinals

Finally I’ve gotten around to going through the results of Round 5 so that we may enjoy our quarterfinals! Here are last round’s results: The closest round was a tie between The Animals’ “House of the Rising Sun” and “Tainted … Continue reading Best Cover Song Tournament: Quarterfinals

Hello everyone! I delayed posting this round a couple of days because well, this round is going to be up for a while. I’m going on a trip starting tomorrow and won’t be home or on computer for about a … Continue reading Best Cover Song Tournament: Round 5 (Round of 16)

Here we go again! You’re down to 16 contests this time around. Highlights of Round 3: The closest match was #218, where you made me break a 32-32 tie between “Venus” by Bananarama and “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds. … Continue reading Best Cover Song Round 4 (Round of 32)

Here’s the next round, Tournament voters! I’ll keep it open until Saturday, 8PM Eastern. Round 2 tidbits: The biggest beat-down of the night came courtesy of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” which savaged Save Ferris’ “Come on Eileen” 59-3. There were two … Continue reading Best Cover Song Tournament: Round 3 (Round of 64)

Okay folks. This is the last time I have to post 128 YouTube-embeds in a single post. After this, things get a bit easier on old Lou. Takeaways from Round 1: The biggest blowout was courtesy of Ms. Tina Turner, … Continue reading Best Cover Song Tournament: Round 2! (Round of 128)

Hello Tournacados! Here again we have the first round of voting for the best cover song in music. Some quick facts of interest: Nothing. I can’t respond to Part 1 that quickly. For Part 2, I’ve got some long days … Continue reading Best Cover Song: Round of 256 (Part 2 of 2)

Hello Tournacados! Here we have the first round of voting for the best cover song in music. It took me a while to sort through and rank both of the seeding rounds and set up the bracket, but it’s finally … Continue reading Best Cover Song: Round of 256 (Part 1 of 2)

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delays in getting these up, I got sick and couldn’t force myself to do spreadsheet entries. But here we have our seeding round for all the 439 songs nominated, sorted alphabetically by song title. To … Continue reading Cover Song Seeding Round: Part 2 (Like a Prayer-Ziggy Stardust)

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delays in getting these up, I got sick and couldn’t force myself to do spreadsheet entries. But here we have our seeding round for all the 439 songs nominated, sorted alphabetically by song title. To … Continue reading Cover Song Seeding Round: Part 1 (12XU-Land of Confusion)

*This is a nominating thread: Upvote to your hearts’ content now, but there will be a separate seeding thread to follow before the rounds, so that each song gets a fair shake at making it into the tournament… I anticipate … Continue reading The Best Cover Song in Music Tournament: Nominations!