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Jeff

Welcome to the first round of the World Music Cup's knockout stage. The winners of each matchup advance to the quarterfinals while the losers are eliminated. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the one in each matchup that you most prefer. Since there are more songs this week than us...

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Results Despite already being eliminated, Colombia played a masterful game, winning 100% of the vote and taking first. Japan finished with 5 votes, narrowly edging out Italy for second. Algeria entered the round as group leaders, but found themselves unable to score goals and place last. Again we se...

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Last day to vote in this round. As it stands, it looks like a team is going from first place to being eliminated. Such drama in this game. Since you backed my favorite track from Italy (Ministri), you can try this one :) PS - I smell a whiff of a FIFA-type scandal in this tournament already, but I p...

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Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted: "In the Mouth a Desert" Radiohead - Kid A: "Morning Bell" Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique: "Egg Man" Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn: "Lucifer Sam" Michael Jackson - Off the Wall: "I Can't Help It" Prince ...

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As mentioned elsewhere, the results have to be posted in this thread since there is not a match 4 for Groups A and B. Results This was easily the closest voting round for Group E of the tournament--probably because a tournament-low seven people voted. Anyway, Indonesia needed a strong finish to adva...

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Only one day of voting left for these groups.

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RUSSIA Manager: BITUSSR Record: 3 points | 12 votes | 43% Result: Fourth in Group C; eliminated in the group stage. Team MVP: Bi-2 i Chicherina - Moy rok-n-roll [Second in match one with 5 votes] Roster Alla Pugacheva - Ne otrekayutsya lyubya This is probably Russia's most famous and favorite singe...

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ISRAEL Manager: bonnielaurel Record: 4 points | 12 votes | 43% Result: Third in Group C; eliminated in the group stage. Team MVP: Giora Feidman - The Klezmer's Freilach [Second in match two with 5 votes] Roster Chava Alberstein - Melache Meluche She's a singer of Kletzmer music in the Yiddish langu...

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I'm looking forward to the knockout stage and will definitely participate again then. Surely France or Brazil are the bookies' favourites to win this, no? Hello Dan, It's a pleasure to see you again. I'm not sure at all for France, I I tried to put several music genres in my choices (pop, rock, rap...

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Group G: Colombia and Japan
This was a strong group. I liked the percussion on the Algerian song and enjoyed the Italy track even though it's from a genre I'm not usually a big fan of.

Group H: Ethiopia and France

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BITUSSR wrote:Murcof is amazing. I was debating whether to go with Urano or Memoria, the latter being more melodic, but the sheer audacity and terror of Urano convinced me to pick it.

Yeah, thanks for selecting this. I've been listening to the Utopia album since hearing "Urano" and it's fantastic.

Jeff

Results In Group C, another closely-matched voting session! I guess this is the benefit of having such light participation in this poll: every vote is significant and most every matchup has seen razor-thin voting margins. Anyway, Jamaica wins the round with 6 votes, then things get interesting. Isra...

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World Music Cup: Groups G&H, Match 3 Welcome to the final match for groups G and H. After this session ends, the two nations in each group with the highest point total advance to the knockout stage. The others are eliminated. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each gr...

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UNITED STATES Manager: none (dummy team) Record: 4.5 points | 13 votes | 45% Result: Third in Group B.; eliminated in the group stage. Team MVP: Sandy Bull – Blend [First in Group B, match two with 9 votes] Roster: Alfred Aholo Apaka - Na Moku Eha Dummy-team submission by Dan. The Carter Family – J...

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IR AN [/color] Manager: none (dummy team) Record: 0.5 points | 6 votes | 21% Result: Fourth in Group B; eliminated in the group stage. Team MVP: Sirvan Khosravi – Na Naro [Third in Group B, match three with 3 votes] Roster Hasan – Laylî çuye humam Kurdish folk song in a style popular among Kurdish ...

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TURKEY Manager: none (dummy team) Record: 2 points | 10 votes | 36% Result: Fourth in Group A; eliminated in the group stage. Team MVP: Çiğdem Aslan - Aman Katerina Mou [Third in Group A, match two with 3 votes] Roster Barış Manço – Dağlar Dağlar Dummy-team submission by Henrik. Çiğdem Aslan - Aman...

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NIGERIA Manager: none (dummy team) Record: 3.5 points | 15 votes | 54% Result: Third in Group A; eliminated in the group stage. Team MVP: Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter [First in Group A, match two with 8 votes] Roster Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter He was the big star of afrobeat in the seventies....

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Now that some teams have officially been eliminated, I can start posting the full playlists. Note that some are incomplete as I haven't copied every submitted song from my mail over to the word document I use to prep these yet.

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Reserved for third match results.

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Group E: Mexico and Indonesia I really wanted to send Mexico off with a Cafe Tacvba song since that's what Blanco probably would have wanted, but the random number generator didn't cooperate. Honestly though, I much prefer the Murcof track to the Cafe Tacvba that I've heard anyway. Indonesia used ga...

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Group C: Jamaica and Ghana
Group D: Germany and South Korea

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Results In Group A, we had the closest voting session of the tournament so far. Belgium and Brazil share first with five votes each thanks to key late goals. Finishing one vote behind the leaders are Turkey and Nigeria who tie for third. Belgium 2.5 points, 5 votes Brazil 2.5 points, 5 votes Nigeria...

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Welcome to the final match for groups E and F. After this session ends, the two nations in each group with the highest point total advance to the knockout stage. The others are eliminated. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a p...

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Well KROQ is hardly anti-Bowie thanks to their relationship with Rodney Bingenheimer who was the first person in all of America to play him. Same goes for the Ramones and just about anything punk related. Richard Blade on the other hand was partially responsible for synth wave movement becoming so ...

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One day left for this group. Group A, Match 3 is the closest voting session we have had to this point. I know people often say "one vote can make all the difference" when in fact that is rarely the case. In this instance, however, with three nations on the cusp of either advancing or being...

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Romain wrote:Do you have the results?

Yes, and they are here.

Jeff

Updated after the second matches. Brazil is the class of the tournament so far, having the highest vote percentage and being tied with Cuba for most total points. On the other end of the spectrum are Iran--with 0 points and 15% of the vote--and Mexico (sorry Blanco)--with 1 point but a tournament wo...

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This one is going up earlier than usual since I will not be able to post this evening. I still count votes for groups G&H until the normal deadline (11:59pm utc / 6:59pm est this evening) though, so there's time left to vote. Results for G&H and updated standings after round two will be pos...

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Welcome to the final match for groups C and D. After this session ends, the two nations in each group with the highest point total advance to the knockout stage. The others are eliminated. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a p...

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Group A: Nigeria and Turkey Generally, the funkier something sounds the more likely I am to vote for it, hence Nigeria. The second vote was very close, with the rawness of Selda's voice winning out for Turkey. I wish Laïs had dialed back the distortion on the guitars a bit and Belgium would probably...

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Results In Group E, Portugal and Zimbabwe emerged as early leaders and continued to dominate the others in the group throughout. Zimbabwe wins the group after Portugal failed to equalize a Zimbabwe vote in the second half. Indonesia was in poor form after placing second last week, allowing the forme...

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Welcome to the final match for groups A and B. After this session ends, the two nations in each group with the highest point total advance to the knockout stage. The others are eliminated. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a p...

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I do not usually comment on R.I.P. threads, but would like to note that Earth, Wind & Fire were responsible for some top-shelf funk and disco at their peak. Their late-'70s albums are also very consistent rather than being just hits surrounded by filler. My favorite album of theirs is the live a...

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Voting closes for these groups tomorrow evening. Voting at the top of each group is close.

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Group G: Japan and Italy I would love to see two electronic songs (and techno no less!) win this group. I doubt it will happen, but a guy can dream. The other two songs are good too, but techno hits a kind of musical sweet spot for me. Group H: Canada and India Well, I love Mahmoud Ahmed but I'm gue...

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As others have said, thanks for doing this DaveC. Even though I missed all of the voting rounds prior to final and I'm obviously not the biggest Beatles fan, it was great fun to read the results.

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Results In Group C, Jamaica is the big winner here, getting seven more votes than in the first round to take first. Voting was much closer in positions 2-4. Israel finds itself in second thanks to several key early votes. The top two teams from the first match both turned in sluggish performances th...

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Welcome to match two for groups G and H. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

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Voting for these groups ends in about 30 hours.

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Looks like Love is going to screw up my point total. That and I fear that I did not rank the Beatles' 5(!) top-ten albums high enough. Oh well, it was nice to sit atop the leaderboard for a day.

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Group E: Zimbabwe and Portugal I mentioned that the gamelan was essentially an automatic vote for me. The same is likely true of the mbira. The second is close between Indonesia and Portugal (sorry Mexico; although I'm glad some metal is showing up in the game, I was never much of a metal head). So ...

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Results In Group A, Nigeria rebounds after a sluggish performance in match 1, equaling Brazil's vote total for a draw at first. With this result, Brazil becomes the first nation to qualify for the knockout stage and puts itself in a strong position to finish at the top of the group. Meanwhile, Turke...

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Welcome to match two for groups E and F. Listen to all of the songs at least once and select the two in each group that you most prefer. If there is a problem with any of the links (e.g., region locks, dead links), please mention it in a post below and do not vote for that group until you have heard...

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I'll take a stab at this, but I'm probably way off base. I'm a little sad that there's no soul albums and only one jazz album in the top 20. 1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 2. The Beatles - Revolver 3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 4. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Ni...

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Reminder that voting for these groups ends in about 12 hours.

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Standings have been updated after the first round of matches. A few observations: - Asia and the Americas are struggling. Asia only has two teams in position to advance (Japan and Indonesia), both by rather tenuous margins. The Americas are doing slightly better, with Brazil and Cuba both well clear...

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Group C: Jamaica and Israel Well, this is awkward. "Uptown Top Ranking" is one of my absolute favorite songs, so that's an obvious vote. Though it pains me to not vote for Kiki, I have a grandmother who would kill me if she knew I was running a world music tournament and didn't vote for a ...

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