5873/6000: Round 1, Week 1

[Sweepstakes Ron]

The rules are simple: rank the songs in each set of 4 from best to worst. First gets 4 points, last gets 1. The top two will move on to the next round. The deadline to vote is Thursday, April 14th at 8 P.M. EST.

5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High

5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5998. Ash - Oh Yeah

5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
5976. Electronic - Disappointed

5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5938. Pulp - The Trees
5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[BleuPanda]

[BleuPanda]

Surprised how great some of these songs are. I like the eclectic mix a list like this creates at its lower ranks. It's a combination of the sole minor hit from bands you've never heard of, overshadowed tracks from major artists, and questionable songs that might only be here due to popularity. I'm hoping that first group dominates.



5. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
7. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
15. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
16. Bloodstone - Natural High

6. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
12. The Mystics - Hushabye
13. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
14. Ash - Oh Yeah

2. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
3. Electronic - Disappointed
8. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
9. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You

1. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
4. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
10. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
11. Pulp - The Trees

[DaveC]

1. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
2. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
3. Bloodstone - Natural High
4. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

1. Ash - Oh Yeah
2. The Mystics - Hushabye
3. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
4. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

1. Electronic - Disappointed
2. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
3. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
4. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You

1. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
2. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
3. Pulp - The Trees
4. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[Bruno]

5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High

5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
5998. Ash - Oh Yeah
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye

5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
5976. Electronic - Disappointed

5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
5938. Pulp - The Trees
5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[Henrik]

2. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
8. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
10. Bloodstone - Natural High
16. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

6. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
11. The Mystics - Hushabye
14. Ash - Oh Yeah
15. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

3. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
4. Electronic - Disappointed
5. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
9. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You

1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
7. Pulp - The Trees
12. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
13. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[ordinaryperson]

7. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
9. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
11. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
12. Bloodstone - Natural High

8. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
13. The Mystics - Hushabye
15. Ash - Oh Yeah
16. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right

1. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
3. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
4. Electronic - Disappointed
10. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You

2. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5. Pulp - The Trees
6. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
14. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

[bonnielaurel]

2. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
3. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
6. Bloodstone - Natural High
11. The Weeknd - Wicked Games

4. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
8. The Mystics - Hushabye
13. Ash - Oh Yeah
16. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

5. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
7. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
10. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
15. Electronic - Disappointed

1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
9. Pulp - The Trees
12. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
14. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[jamieW]

3. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
9. Bloodstone - Natural High
16. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

7. The Mystics - Hushabye
13. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
14. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
15. Ash - Oh Yeah

1. Electronic - Disappointed
2. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
4. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
12. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl

6. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
8. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
10. Pulp - The Trees
11. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock

[whuntva]

Wide Open Spaces
St. Louis Blues
Wicked Games
Natural High

"Wide Open Spaces", a nostalgic favorite, wins. It's probably not the best or most honest way to vote, but it was what won for Dixie Chicks.

Bloody Well Right
Oh Yeah
Hushabye
What we Do

Supertramp has my favorite song of the week. "Oh Yeah" was pretty good too. It was very emblematic of late 90s power punk.

Sunglasses at Night
Stuck on You
Disappointed
Valley Girl

Really close between the top two. "Valley Girl" reminds me too much of that atrocious "Selfie" song from a few years ago.

Rude Boy Rock
Brothers in Arms
Warm in the Winter
The Trees

Ska is life! I wanted to give this one to Dire Straits because I am a fan, but seriously, Ska is great.

[slick]

5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues

5998. Ash - Oh Yeah
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

5976. Electronic - Disappointed
5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl

5938. Pulp - The Trees
5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[deadpacifist]

1. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
2. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
3. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
4. Bloodstone - Natural High

1. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
2. Ash - Oh Yeah
3. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
4. The Mystics - Hushabye

1. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
2. Electronic - Disappointed
3. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
4. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You

1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
2. Pulp - The Trees
3. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
4. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock

[Romain]

1. Bloodstone - Natural High
4. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
7. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
16. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

2. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
9. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
12. The Mystics - Hushabye
15. Ash - Oh Yeah

3. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
5. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
13. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
14. Electronic - Disappointed

6. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
8. Pulp - The Trees
10. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
11. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock



A mix of "How this fucking excellent song can be so low?" and "How this thing(this is a song, really?) can be in the top 6000?"

And it's why this game can become extremely enjoyable.

[Krurze]

5987. Bloodstone - Natural High
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues

5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5998. Ash - Oh Yeah

5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
5976. Electronic - Disappointed
5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night

5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
5938. Pulp - The Trees
5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

Thanks for hosting this Sweepstakes Ron, really looking forward to this game! This first week was a little bit of a letdown however, as there is not a single song I really like. But having had a look at the list beforehand, I know there are some minor gems waiting for me

[Honorio]

4 | Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra | St. Louis Blues | 1930
8 | The Weeknd | Wicked Games | 2011
9 | Bloodstone | Natural High | 1973
14 | Dixie Chicks | Wide Open Spaces | 1998

6 | Supertramp | Bloody Well Right | 1974
10 | The Mystics | Hushabye | 1959
11 | Ash | Oh Yeah | 1996
13 | Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel | What We Do | 2002

1 | Elvis Presley | Stuck on You | 1960
5 | Frank & Moon Zappa | Valley Girl | 1982
7 | Electronic | Disappointed | 1992
15 | Corey Hart | Sunglasses at Night | 1983

2 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | 1985
3 | Pulp | The Trees | 2001
12 | Lionrock | Rude Boy Rock | 1998
16 | Glass Candy | Warm in the Winter | 2011

[Nassim]

5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

The Weeknd runs away with the victory, The Morning and Wicked Games are modern classics and I think Wicked Games is the best of the 2.

5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
5998. Ash - Oh Yeah

Supertramp si a damn fun band and this song is a prime example, killer riff and cool sax takes the win.
Close call between What We Do and Hushabye, but while What We Do's production is top notch, the rapping isn't... Hushabye is all around good, so I'll gave them the 2nd spot.
Nice use of chords in Oh Yeah can't save an otherwise fairly uninteresting song.

[spiritualized]

5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

5998. Ash - Oh Yeah
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

[spiritualized]

5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
5976. Electronic - Disappointed

Impressive, I didn't know the original song from Corey Hart - just the Tiga version, which I found excellent.

5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
5938. Pulp - The Trees

Probably the best group of all - been a fan of Lionrock for a while now

[Henry]

1. Bloodstone - Natural High (2533)
3. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (6448)
4. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues (6794)
9. The Weeknd - Wicked Games (NR)

2. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (3897)
10. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do (NR)
13. The Mystics - Hushabye (NR)
15. Ash - Oh Yeah (NR)

6. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You (NR - 11.4 enjoyment rating)
8. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night (NR)
11. Electronic - Disappointed (NR)
16. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl (NR - 11.9 enjoyment rating)

5. Pulp - The Trees (NR - 11.1)
7. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (NR - 11.4)
12. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock (NR)
14. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter (NR)

[Pieman]

5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5998. Ash - Oh Yeah
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right

5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
5976. Electronic - Disappointed
5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night

5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
5938. Pulp - The Trees
5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

[Sweepstakes Ron]

1. Wicked Games
2. Wide Open Spaces
3. St. Louis Blues
4. Natural High

1. What We Do
2. Bloody Well Right
3. Hushabye
4. Oh Yeah

1. Disappointed
2. Valley Girl
3. Stuck on You
4. Sunglasses at Night

1. Warm in the Winter
2. Rude Boy Rock
3. The Trees
4. Brothers in Arms

[Nassim]

5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5976. Electronic - Disappointed
5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl

Sunglasses at Night is very 80s, but if you're going to listen to a 80s FM synth rock song, picking one that turns it up to 11 isn't such a bad idea.
Disappointed sounds like a New Order song sung by Neil Tennant, which makes sense since it pretty much is. I'd rather listen to New Order, not a huge fan of Pet Shop Boys, but catchy song overall.
Valley Girl shares a lot of characteristics with later songs from some of my favorite bands, I feel kind of bad putting it last because I realize it is voluntarily annoying... but still is a bit annoying !

5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
5938. Pulp - The Trees

No clear favorite here, enjoyed all 4.

[GucciLittlePiggy]

I'll only have time to go through the first two sets before the 8:00 deadline. Really sorry about that. If my votes don't count then I completely understand.

1. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
4. Bloodstone - Natural High
5. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
7. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

2. The Mystics - Hushabye
3. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do
6. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
8. Ash - Oh Yeah

[Sweepstakes Ron]

I'll only have time to go through the first two sets before the 8:00 deadline. Really sorry about that. If my votes don't count then I completely understand.

No, they're counted.

Just under 5 hours left!

[Maschine_Man]

5987. Bloodstone - Natural High
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games

5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5998. Ash - Oh Yeah
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5976. Electronic - Disappointed
5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl

5999. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
5935. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
5938. Pulp - The Trees
5874. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

[Kingoftonga]

5950. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
5886. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
5923. The Weeknd - Wicked Games
5987. Bloodstone - Natural High

5998. Ash - Oh Yeah
5934. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
5939. The Mystics - Hushabye
5875. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do

5897. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
5976. Electronic - Disappointed
5912. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You
5961. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl

[Sweepstakes Ron]

1. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues (62, 8)
2. The Weeknd - Wicked Games (57, 7)
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3. Bloodstone - Natural High (47, 4)
4. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (44, 2)

1. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (63, 9)
2. The Mystics - Hushabye (56, 4)
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3. Freeway feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - What We Do (46, 4)
4. Ash - Oh Yeah (45, 4)

1. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night (58, 9)
2. Electronic - Disappointed (51, 4)
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3. Elvis Presley - Stuck on You (50, 5)
4. Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl (41, 2)

1. Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock (52, 7)
2. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (51, 6)
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3. Pulp - The Trees (45, 2)
4. Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter (42, 4)