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The rules are simple; vote for whichever song you prefer in each pair (as long as you have listened to both).

Deadline to vote is Sunday, March 26 at noon CST.

Bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=466352

Radiohead - The Tourist
vs.
The Stooges - 1970

Prince - The Cross
vs.
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang

The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
vs.
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out

De La Soul - Change in Speak
vs.
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
vs.
The Strokes - Alone, Together

Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
vs.
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me

Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
vs.
Arcade Fire - Haiti

The Clash - Hateful
vs.
Talking Heads - Listening Wind


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Is it too late to predicit it?
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Henrik wrote:Is it too late to predicit it?


You should still have a few hours; I believe I set it to shut automatically at noon today, which is a bit less than two hours from now.
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The Stooges - 1970 (Favourite song of the tournament)

Prince - The Cross

The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly

Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me

Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze

Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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BleuPanda wrote:
Henrik wrote:Is it too late to predicit it?


You should still have a few hours; I believe I set it to shut automatically at noon today, which is a bit less than two hours from now.
Ok, I made it. It felt surprisingly easy. Either I'm way off or I'll win the whole thing, ha ha.
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The Stooges - 1970
Prince - The Cross (funny that we got 2 songs sampling When the Levee Breaks in the poll )
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us (favorite song of the tournament)
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze (basically a tie though)
The Clash - Hateful
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The Stooges - 1970
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us

The Strokes - Alone, Together
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me
Arcade Fire - Haiti
The Clash - Hateful
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The Stooges - 1970
Prince - The Cross
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
De La Soul - Change in Speak
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me
Arcade Fire - Haiti (one of my favorites so far)
The Clash - Hateful
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The Stooges - 1970
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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1970
The Cross - Easily my favorite song in this group
Frankly Mr. Shankly
The Predatory Wasp
Alone, Together
Don't Forget About Me
Haiti
Listening Wind
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It will be a pleasure for me to participate on this best of the besides 2...

The Stooges - 1970
Prince - The Cross
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
The Clash - Hateful
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The Stooges - 1970
Prince - The Cross
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
De La Soul - Change in Speak
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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Radiohead - The Tourist
Prince - The Cross
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
De La Soul - Change in Speak
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Arcade Fire - Haiti
The Clash - Hateful
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Radiohead - The Tourist
Prince - The Cross
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me
Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
Talking Heads - Listening Wind **

** Had to vote against my own nomination in week 1. These songs are right next to each other in my all time list.
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Radiohead - The Tourist
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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Radiohead - The Tourist
The Stooges - 1970

Prince - The Cross
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang

The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out

De La Soul - Change in Speak
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Strokes - Alone, Together

Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me

Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
Arcade Fire - Haiti

The Clash - Hateful
Talking Heads - Listening Wind

Henrik, I am in the same position as you. My picks don't look anything like the other predictions.
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The Stooges - 1970
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
De La Soul - Change in Speak
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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The Stooges - 1970
Prince - The Cross
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
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Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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Radiohead - The Tourist (3.5)
vs.
The Stooges - 1970 (4.5)

Prince - The Cross (4.0) (yes ! a Prince song I actually positively enjoyed)
vs.
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang (3.0)

The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly (3.5)
vs.
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out (2.5)

De La Soul - Change in Speak (2.5)
vs.
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us (4.0)

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (3.5)
vs.
The Strokes - Alone, Together (4.0)

Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine (3.0)
vs.
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me (2.5)

Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze (5.0) a top 100 song...
vs.
Arcade Fire - Haiti (4.0)

The Clash - Hateful (4.5)
vs.
Talking Heads - Listening Wind (4.0)
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Radiohead - The Tourist
vs.
The Stooges - 1970

Prince - The Cross
vs.
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang

I've not yet really gotten into Prince, but the Cross is awesome. Sorry Dre

The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
vs.
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out

De La Soul - Change in Speak
vs.
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
vs.
The Strokes - Alone, Together

Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
vs.
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me

Tough choice, liked them both more than I thought I would.

Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
vs.
Arcade Fire - Haiti

'Cross the Breeze is great, but I absolutely adore Haiti.

The Clash - Hateful
vs.
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
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Radiohead - The Tourist vs. The Stooges - 1970
Prince - The Cross vs. Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly vs. Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
De La Soul - Change in Speak vs. Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs vs. The Strokes - Alone, Together
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine vs. Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me
Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze vs. Arcade Fire - Haiti
The Clash - Hateful vs. Talking Heads - Listening Wind
DaveC wrote: Talking Heads - Listening Wind **

** Had to vote against my own nomination in week 1.
Well, I had to vote against my own nomination to vote for yours, so I guess we're even now. ;)
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Hey, could someone put up the next topic around noon on Sunday? I'm going to be away from my computer this weekend due to the death of my grandfather; I can count up the results once I'm back, I just need the topic posted. Just copy the first post and switch the relevant information.

I have made the playlist:


To be able to post it, use this link and hit the spotifyplaylist button:
http://open.spotify.com/user/124386952/ ... cvQcLbMv5d
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BleuPanda wrote:Hey, could someone put up the next topic around noon on Sunday? I'm going to be away from my computer this weekend due to the death of my grandfather; I can count up the results once I'm back, I just need the topic posted. Just copy the first post and switch the relevant information.

I have made the playlist:


To be able to post it, use this link and hit the spotifyplaylist button:
http://open.spotify.com/user/124386952/ ... cvQcLbMv5d

Sure, i'll do this, I will post the Weekly Chart on Sunday evening European time, so shouldn't be a problem
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BleuPanda, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather.
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Yeah, sorry for your loss.
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1970
The Cross
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
Alone, Together
Baby Be Mine
'Cross the Breeze
Hateful
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7. Radiohead - The Tourist
vs.
11. The Stooges - 1970

2. Prince - The Cross
vs.
16. Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang

8. The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
vs.
12. Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out

14. De La Soul - Change in Speak
vs.
4. Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
vs.
13. The Strokes - Alone, Together

3. Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
vs.
10. Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me

5. Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
vs.
15. Arcade Fire - Haiti

9. The Clash - Hateful
vs.
6. Talking Heads - Listening Wind

This is actually pretty much how I would also rank the whole albums.
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Henrik's vote was a few hours late, but I'll count late votes as long as they don't create ties.

Radiohead - The Tourist: 7
The Stooges - 1970: 12

Prince - The Cross: 14
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbang: 5

The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly: 12
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out: 7

De La Soul - Change in Speak: 5
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp: 14

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs: 8
The Strokes - Alone, Together: 11

Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine: 11
Dusty Springfield - Don't Forget About Me: 7

Sonic Youth - Cross the Breeze: 7
Arcade Fire - Haiti: 11

The Clash - Hateful: 9
Talking Heads - Listening Wind: 10
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I didn't realise it was Sunday at noon. We haven't had that before. Is it necessary?

In any case, thanks for running this game again, BleuPanda!
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I was doing it at noon on Sunday because it's generally an easier time for me to put up a new topic and post the results; Sunday evenings I generally reserve as my main writing time each week, and I'm not really sure of a better day for me...hmm...
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Well, maybe I was the only one who didn't realise the change. In any case it will be settled after this first week. You should of course use the deadline that fits yourself best.
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