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Overlooked Songs 2: Round 1 Week 7

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Note: the previous round has a couple hours left.



The rules are simple. After listening to each song, vote for your favorite in each match. The deadline to vote is Monday, January 15th at 10 am CST.

Here is the bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=468522

Barrington Levy - Here I Come
vs.
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
vs.
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

Nina Simone - Sinnerman
vs.
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
vs.
Tocotronic - Jackpot

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
vs.
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
vs.
Motorhead - Overkill

Mano Negra - King Kong Five
vs.
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

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Barrington Levy - Here I Come

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag

Motorhead - Overkill

Mano Negra - King Kong Five
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Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Will get to the rest soon.
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come 6
vs.
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex 7

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents 6
vs.
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline 5

Nina Simone - Sinnerman 10
vs.
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter 7

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 5
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost 7

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business 8
vs.
Tocotronic - Jackpot 6

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag 7
vs.
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 8

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck 7
vs.
Motorhead - Overkill 7

Mano Negra - King Kong Five 8
vs.
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 4
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come

Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost

Tocotronic - Jackpot

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag

Motorhead - Overkill

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex

Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost

Tocotronic - Jackpot

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come

Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Tocotronic - Jackpot

ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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Here's my full list:

The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Tocotronic - Jackpot

ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

Motorhead - Overkill

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

Favorite song I couldn't vote for: Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
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Better week than last week.

The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Tocotronic - Jackpot
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Motorhead - Overkill
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Tocotronic - Jackpot
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come
vs.
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
vs.
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

Nina Simone - Sinnerman
vs.
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
vs.
Tocotronic - Jackpot

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
vs.
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
vs.
Motorhead - Overkill

Mano Negra - King Kong Five
vs.
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

Great week, lots of tough choices
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There is a huge gap between my #10 and #11 in the week. More than usual the songs are a mix between the great and the mediocre/ bad.

7. Barrington Levy - Here I Come vs. 8. The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
Post Break-Up Sex is great, but I prefer the bigger pleasures of Here I Come (was this match-up always meant to be something of a double entendre?).

6. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents vs. 12. Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
Wacky punk girls for the win!

1. Nina Simone - Sinnerman vs. 2. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
:( Sinnerman is as close as a default winner a game like this gets. Still, despite the greatness of the Damien Rice song I can't deny Sinnerman.

3. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now vs. 4. Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
:( I almost feel bad for voting for Don't Stop Me Now, probably the song in this whole game that least of all needs any further exposition. Besides, Your Ghost is great. Nonetheless, I don't do strategic voting and Don't Stop Me Now is my favorite Queen track as well as one of the great feelgood songs.

10. Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business vs. 13. Tocotronic - Jackpot
Wacky punk girls for the win!

9. Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag vs. 16. ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! captures a lot what annoys me about ABBA, while Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag is simply good fun. An easy choice.

14. Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck vs. 5. Motorhead - Overkill
I wonder if I'd like the Florence song more if the main line ("Did I build this ship to wreck?") just sounded better. There is something clumsy about it. Is it grammatically sound? Whatever, nothing Florence + The Machine did is as far as I know better than the aptly named Overkill. I love how that song seems to end twice only to go ahead anyway in great fury.

11. Mano Negra - King Kong Five vs. 15. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Beautiful is not my cup of tea and although King Kong Five isn't the most memorable song of the week, it is still an easy win.
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2. Barrington Levy - Here I Come
vs.
13. The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex

3. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
vs.
14. Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

1. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
vs.
8. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

12. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
5. Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost

4. Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
vs.
16. Tocotronic - Jackpot

7. Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
vs.
6. ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

15. Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
vs.
10. Motorhead - Overkill

9. Mano Negra - King Kong Five
vs.
11. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Sinnerman looks like the obvious favorite for the tournament, though it will probably face one of its most serious opponents next week. The Blower's Daughter is a lovely song nonetheless)
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
Motorhead - Overkill (though the original version should be considered for the poll, some live versions as well as the one rerecorded for, I think, a Rock Band or Guitar Hero game, pack even more punch. Production value weighs down the original a bit)
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
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The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Tocotronic - Jackpot
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
Mano Negra - King Kong Five
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come
pass
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
Mano Negra - King Kong Five
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Here I Come
Germ Free Adolescents
Sinnerman (a closer match than you'd think)
Don't Stop Me Now (Rob's statement on this matchup is exactly my thoughts)
Mind Your Own Business
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Ship to Wreck
Beautiful (why do I fall for its charms EVERY. SINGLE. TIME?)
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Barrington Levy - Here I Come (6.0)vs.
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex (7.0)

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (3.0)vs.
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline (6.5)

Nina Simone - Sinnerman (8.5)
vs.
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter (1.0)

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (6.5)vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost (9.5)


Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business (4.5)vs.
Tocotronic - Jackpot (8.0)


Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag (5.0)vs.
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (9.5)


Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck (7.5)
vs.
Motorhead - Overkill (5.5)

Mano Negra - King Kong Five (7.0)
vs.
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (6.0)
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Sorry, had a busy day. I'll get the next topic up tomorrow; you can keep voting until 10 am CST tomorrow morning.
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Not happy with how the songs were grouped this week...

Barrington Levy - Here I Come
vs.
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
Ouch

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
vs.
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
pass

Nina Simone - Sinnerman
vs.
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
OUCH, OUCH, OUCH! This would be a perfect final, right? Right? Sinnerman is a masterpiece, but "The Blower's Daughter" is perhaps the saddest and most beautiful song I know. Oh, spiritualized...

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
vs.
Tocotronic - Jackpot
pass

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
vs.
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
minor ouch

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
vs.
Motorhead - Overkill
Ouch

Mano Negra - King Kong Five
vs.
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Big ouch!
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Henrik wrote: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
Now how, I say, how did I guess your votes were gonna go that way?
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StevieFan13 wrote:
Henrik wrote: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
Now how, I say, how did I guess your votes were gonna go that way?
Not sure I follow you. I have nothing against "Don't Stop Me Now", but "Your Ghost" was my nomination.
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Henrik wrote: Nina Simone - Sinnerman
vs.
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
OUCH, OUCH, OUCH! This would be a perfect final, right? Right? Sinnerman is a masterpiece, but "The Blower's Daughter" is perhaps the saddest and most beautiful song I know. Oh, spiritualized...
It had to upset someone ;) I find it such a terrible drudge of a song, from the first milli seconds to the god awful never ending...well...end. A million miles from the pure energy of Sinnerman. I despised Rice's song from my first listen, it was a real challenge to listen to it all again.
I am sorry for this ;)
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Henrik wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote:
Henrik wrote: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
vs.
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
Now how, I say, how did I guess your votes were gonna go that way?
Not sure I follow you. I have nothing against "Don't Stop Me Now", but "Your Ghost" was my nomination.
Oh, I got that. I also know you’ve been championing Your Ghost for a long time, so I figured you would vote for it.
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Results


Barrington Levy - Here I Come: 11
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex: 9

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents: 11
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline: 7

Nina Simone - Sinnerman: 15
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter: 5

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now: 12
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost: 8

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business: 10
Tocotronic - Jackpot: 9

Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag: 7
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight): 13

Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck: 11
Motorhead - Overkill: 9

Mano Negra - King Kong Five: 7
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful: 13
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