Hi Brad, thank you very much for another wonderful edition of MAA, the MAA7. This time I've been less active than in the previous edition, with less comments and stats (I tried to compensate including pictures of the ladies nominated) but I enjoyed the game even more than in previous editions. Now, as I did last year, my homage to the host. I tried to match the quotes you include every week with the songs (thanks to the Internet, of course, by memory I could only recognize one third or less). Looking at the list this is fantastic collection of quotes and a fantastic collection of songs. Please tell me in which ones I chose a wrong option, being the wrong song (there are a lot of songs called "Shake It Up" for instance) or the wrong version (I'm not sure if you wanted to point at the Stones or at Mississippi Fred McDowell with "You Gotta Move"). Many thanks, Brad!
1.1
Let's Get This Party Started Right! (Justice featuring Uffie | Tthhee Ppaarrttyy | 2007)
1.3
Go back to those Gold Soundz! (Pavement | Gold Soundz | 1994)
1.4
I'll drink my beer in a tavern / sing a little bit of these working man blues! (Merle Haggard | Workin' Man Blues | 1969)
1.5
Who Loves The Sun? (The Velvet Underground | Who Loves the Sun | 1970)
1.6
Here comes two of you, which one will you chose? (The Velvet Underground | Beginning to See the Light | 1969)
1.7
Party Up! (DMX | Party Up (Up in Here) | 1999)
1.8
Tally-Ho! (The Clean | Tally Ho! | 1981)
1.9
Let all the children boogie! (David Bowie | Starman | 1972)
1.10
Yes We Have No Bananas! (Billy Jones | Yes! We Have No Bananas | 1923)
1.11
Shake It Up! (The Cars | Shake It Up | 1981)
1.12
Let's Groove! (Earth, Wind & Fire | Let's Groove | 1981)
1.13
Take Five! (Dave Brubeck Quartet | Take Five | 1959)
1.14
You ring the bell / Bim bam! / You shout and you yell / Hi ho ho! (Björk | It's Oh So Quiet | 1995)
1.15
Straighten Up And Fly Right! (The King Cole Trio | Straighten Up And Fly Right | 1943)
1.16
Elevate Me Later! (Pavement | Elevate Me Later | 1994)
2.1
Roll 'Em Pete! (Joe Turner and Pete Johnson | Roll 'Em Pete | 1938)
2.2
Come along if you care, / Come along if you dare! (The Amboy Dukes | Journey to the Center of the Mind | 1968)
2.3
Nothing to get Hung About! (The Beatles | Strawberry Fields Forever | 1967)
2.4
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls! (The Clash | London Calling | 1979)
2.5
I do appreciate you being 'round! (The Beatles | Help! | 1965)
2.6
You Gotta Move! (Fred McDowell | You Got to Move | 1966)
2.7
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad! (Television | Marquee Moon | 1977)
2.8
Come with me / And you'll be / In a world of pure imagination (Gene Wilder | Pure Imagination | 1971)
3.1
Let's build a car! (Swell Maps | Let's Build a Car | 1979)
3.2
Is this concrete all around / Or is it in my head? (Mott the Hoople | All the Young Dudes | 1972)
3.3
Don't touch my bags if you please mister customs man (Arlo Guthrie | Coming Into Los Angeles | 1969)
3.4
Where have all the good times gone? (The Kinks | Where Have All the Good Times Gone | 1965)
4.1
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Fairport Covention | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | 1969)
4.2
Salvation a la mode and / A cup of tea (Jethro Tull | Aqualung | 1971)
Quarter Finals
My body stunk but I kept my funk! (Rod Stewart | Every Picture Tells a Story | 1971)
Semi-Finals
We mean it man! (Sex Pistols | God Save the Queen | 1977)
Finals
Do it 'til you're satisfied (Whatever it is) (B.T. Express | Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) | 1974)
And now my votes… I'm not going to add arguments to my votes (I just got a writing spree on semifinals). I'll just say that I'm going to vote against my own nomination. I was the one who nominated Ellington and I'm glad to see that it finally got to the finals. But if I go to my all-time list I see that I got "Red" at #80 and "Masterpieces by Ellington" at #125. In fact I nominated "Red" two years ago, in MAA5, but it lost (to my consternation) on Round 1 to The Notwist's "Neon Golden." So, even if my own nomination finally loses the final I'll be more than happy. So…
King Crimson - Red (1974) vs. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)
P.S. Knowing that I'm sticking my nose in other people's business (and hoping not to offend anyone) I can't help to make a request to our beloved American members of the Acclaimed Music Forum. You can vote for King Crimson or for Duke Ellington. But please don't vote for Donald Trump. Please…
