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Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:06 pm**

The way this game works is that you will be given two sets of four songs, your job is to rank each of the sets from best to worst. First place gets 4 points, second gets 3 etc.

The song with the most points in each set will advance to the semi-finals. If there is a tie for points, then the song with more first place votes will advance. If they are tied on first place votes as well, there will be a sudden death tiebreak. Also the six highest scoring non-winners in the heat stage (based off point per voter and then percentage of first place votes) will also advance to the semi-finals.

Feel free to ask any questions, deadline is next Wednesday at 15:00 UTC.

Thread for the Draw

GROUP GAMMA
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
LaVern Baker | Saved
The Heavy | Short Change Hero

GROUP DELTA
Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Mitski | Texas Reznikoff

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:00 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:26 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:52 pm**

GROUP GAMMA
LaVern Baker | Saved
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
The Heavy | Short Change Hero
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All

Two upbeat R&B songs from different eras in this group. Do I Do features some very nifty bass work by Nathan Watts, but Saved is even more fun. Iggy Pop featuring Sum 41 could have worked for me, but didn't in this case.

GROUP DELTA
Mitski | Texas Reznikoff
Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai

Loved the Mitski one. I also enjoyed Gilberto Gil, having no connection to Bossa Nova whatsoever. Chi Mai seemed kind of familiar, and it turns out it was kind of a hit in Europe in 1981, a decade after its original release. I still think it probably works better in a movie context.

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:35 pm**

GROUP GAMMA

The Heavy | Short Change Hero
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All
LaVern Baker | Saved

Gotta say, I do actually have a deep love for Sum 41, as my ballot for the guilty pleasures tournament can attest - not to as much success as I'd hoped here. Seems like a little too much reverence for Iggy Pop for the track's good. I might be alone on this, but the Stevie track feels slightly like Stevie attempting to do a Michael Jackson song - incredible bass wizardry notwithstanding. The Lavern Baker track doesn't do much for me and The Heavy's track is the standout from this group for sure.

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:46 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:50 pm**

GROUP DELTA

Mitski | Texas Reznikoff
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro

I was surprised to see the Cage the Elephant track in this mix - but sure enough, not acclaimed or on an acclaimed album. Definitely love this track, especially after the chance to see them play it live at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas a few years back. The Morricone track is an absolute beauty - interesting to hear drums with this style on an otherwise filmic underscore piece. The Gilberto Gil track didn't do much for me to be honest. And the more I listen to Mitski, the more I think that she's an artist only in the business of writing masterpieces. The amount of understated craftsmanship in any of her tracks astounds me.

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:19 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:17 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:25 pm**

GROUP GAMMA
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All

The Heavy | Short Change Hero

Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
LaVern Baker | Saved

GROUP DELTA
Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

Mitski | Texas Reznikoff

Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:49 pm**

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:07 am**

GROUP GAMMA

The Heavy | Short Change Hero
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
LaVern Baker | Saved

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:26 am**

GROUP DELTA

Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Mitski | Texas Reznikoff

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:20 am**

Somehow we managed to get the two Borderlands theme songs (Ain't No Rest and Short Change Hero) in the same week. And not only that, but they're my two favourite songs of these lists!

GROUP GAMMA
The Heavy | Short Change Hero
LaVern Baker | Saved
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All

GROUP DELTA
Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Mitski | Texas Reznikoff
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:44 pm**

I actually liked all the songs in Gamma, but here’s what I’ve got:
Short Change Hero
Do I Do
Little Know It All
Saved

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:48 pm**

Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked
Texas Reznikoff
Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Chi Mai

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:30 pm**

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:13 pm**

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:18 pm**

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:32 pm**

The Heavy-Short Change Hero (UK)
Stevie Wonder-Do I Do (USA)
Iggy Pop feat. Sum 41-Little Know it All (USA/CAN)
LaVern Baker-Saved (USA)

This group was STACKED though!

Cage the Elephant-Ain't No Rest for the Wicked (USA)
Gilberto Gil-Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro (BRA)
Ennio Morricone-Chi Mai (ITA)
Mitski-Texas Reznikoff (USA)

Best Discovery this Week: "Gilberto Gil-Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro"

This week makes me wish I nominated "How You Like Me Now", which I was planning. Oh, well. Maybe Unacclaimed VI.

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:47 am**

GROUP GAMMA
The Heavy - Short Change Hero
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do
LaVern Baker - Saved
Iggy Pop - Little Know It All

GROUP DELTA
Mitski - Texas Reznikoff
Gilberto Gil - Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai
Cage the Elephant - Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:13 pm**

GROUP GAMMA
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All
The Heavy | Short Change Hero
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
LaVern Baker | Saved

GROUP DELTA
Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai
Cage the Elephant - Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Mitski - Texas Reznikoff
Gilberto Gil - Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:13 pm**

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:58 am**

spiritualized wrote:GROUP GAMMA
Iggy Pop | Little Know It All
The Heavy | Short Change Hero
Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
LaVern Baker | Saved

I'm glad someone else really likes this song!

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2019 7:54 pm**

GROUP GAMMA
2) The Heavy | Short Change Hero
5) LaVern Baker | Saved
7) Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
8) Iggy Pop | Little Know It All

GROUP DELTA
1) Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
3) Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
'4) Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
6) Mitski | Texas Reznikoff

It's me or the level is very hight this year!?
Best: Maestro Morricone with a song vey vey very well known in France (et vive Bébel).
Best discovery: The Heavy, Short Change Hero

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:21 am**

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:33 am**

It's Bizarro-week for me. One of the only Cage the Elephant songs I like; a rare Stevie song I don't; a Brazilian song that seems like something I'd typically love, but doesn't connect with me for some reason (and it's the second week in a row for that!). Well, at least there's the always dependable Morricone and one of my favorites from the great voice of LaVern.

GROUP GAMMA
1. LaVern Baker | Saved
3. The Heavy | Short Change Hero
5. Iggy Pop | Little Know It All
7. Stevie Wonder | Do I Do

GROUP DELTA
2. Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
4. Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
6. Mitski | Texas Reznikoff
8. Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:40 am**

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:17 pm**

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:41 pm**

GROUP GAMMA
2. The Heavy | Short Change Hero
3. Stevie Wonder | Do I Do
5. LaVern Baker | Saved
6. Iggy Pop | Little Know It All

Very solid, without ever reaching true greatness for me.

GROUP DELTA
1. Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai
4. Mitski | Texas Reznikoff
7. Gilberto Gil | Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
8. Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

Chi Mai the one truly great song of the week. I don't like the Cage the Elephant song, though.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:01 pm**

24 hours remain!

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