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Overlooked Songs 2 will begin taking nominations tomorrow

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Since I take nominations by simply allowing people to nominate one song each day, I'm putting this topic up so it doesn't give advantage to people who happen to see the actual nomination topic first. I'll probably put it up around 8 in the morning CST.

I'm going to probably go with these rules; let me know before tomorrow if you want something changed.

There will be 8 divisions with 16 songs each. Each voter will be limited to one song per artist, and one song per division. They will consist of these groups:
1001-2000
2001-3000
3001-4000
4001-5000
5001-6000
6001-8000
8001-10000
bubblers and unacclaimed tracks off acclaimed albums

The only limit on eligibility within those categories will be songs featured in the first Overlooked Songs (so I will allow overlap with Best of the B-Sides eligible songs and just hope the final group doesn't get too many of them). I guess I'll have to gather that into an easy-to-check list...
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I will simplify these to simply being alphabetical in the main topic, but I wanted to see where our songs form the first round ended up. First is the list simply in order (four of our songs from last time moved into the top 1000), then the list sorted from biggest gains to biggest losses.

List by acclaimed music rank:
676. Metallica - Master of Puppets (480)
750. Oasis - Champagne Supernova (930)
816. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (211)
872. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (497)
1028. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl (96)
1040. Bat for Lashes - Laura (14)
1078. Mobb Deep - Shook One's Pt 2 (45)
1085. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (236)
1114. Suicide - Ghost Rider (52)
1139. Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne (210)
1277. Spoon - Do You (-79)
1283. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole (-223)
1288. ABBA - S.O.S. (140)
1297. Fiona Apple - Criminal (2113)
1301. Foals - Spanish Sahara (12)
1318. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something (341)
1337. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man (-11)
1346. Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (And One for the Road) (-233)
1433. Autre Ne Veut - Play by Play (-145)
1506. Air - All I Need (793)
1557. Erykah Badu - On & On (-255)
1654. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (-528)
1678. Sade - Smooth Operator (96)
1738. The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day (-375)
1739. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (-108)
1832. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (-252)
1841. Henry Mancini - Moon River (-633)
1844. Le Tigre - Deceptacon (-151)
1915. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (307)
2069. Brian Eno - Needle in the Camel's Eye (-696)
2084. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege (-30)
2097. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (-288)
2144. blur - Coffee & TV (-137)
2161. Mano Negra - Mala Vida (2682)
2221. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (-1136)
2269. Foo Fighters - The Pretender (1879)
2329. Madonna - Beautiful Stranger (-615)
2334. Alanis Morissette - Ironic (2781)
2376. Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baila (-422)
2439. Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd (472)
2476. Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die (previously unranked)
2479. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou (-165)
2568. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (1665)
2599. The Roots - You Got Me (-243)
2615. Madonna - Lucky Star (630)
2757. The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You (-717)
2785. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends (-693)
2828. Janis Joplin - Summertime (-595)
2875. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (203)
2984. Kanye West - Bound 2 (-555)
2989. Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (-746)
3013. Kasabian - Club Foot (-74)
3110. Pixies - Velouria (-1245)
3185. Pet Shop Boys - Left to My Own Devices (-351)
3201. Andrew WK - Party Hard (-594)
3234. The Horrors - Still Life (-417)
3257. Prince - Cream (52)
3309. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (-448)
3349. Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World (1518)
3361. The Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town (710)
3428. Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite (184)
3447. Japan - Nightporter (-596)
3474. First Aid Kit - Emmylou (335)
3531. Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (18)
3539. Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty (-648)
3574. Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69 (-615)
3627. Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (1006)
3697. Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. (378)
3774. Whodini - Friends (1668)
3830. Mercury Rev - Holes (-613)
3919. Radiohead - You and Whose Army? (previously unranked)
4139. Tindersticks - City Sickness (-1611)
4185. Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity (-1215)
4198. Green Day - Holiday (previously unranked)
4203. Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends (-1568)
4228. Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch (-1139)
4358. Refused - New Noise (-632)
4400. Super Furry Animals - Juxtaposed With You (-1045)
4438. Erykah Badu - Windowseat (-968)
4549. Wilco - Via Chicago (51)
4583. Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia (657)
4742. The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba (-1139)
4756. Gerry and the Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey (-401)
5008. Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do for Love (previously unranked)
5009. Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight (-756)
5035. The Zombies - A Rose for Emily (-1028)
5044. Pierre Henry et Michel Colombier - Psyche Rock (-1043)
5322. My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow (-999)
5337. Tom Waits - In the Neighborhood (-2306)
5351. Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep (-744)
5498. Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubblebath (311)
5923. Blonde Redhead - 23 (-997)
6029. Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong (-1509)
6272. Wire - Map Ref. 41 Deg. N 93 Deg. W (-1792)
6349. LCD Soundsystem - Home (previously unranked)
6581. Christopher Cross - Sailing (previously unranked)
6742. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse (-2064)
6770. Lana Del Rey - Ride (previously unranked)
6904. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube (previously unranked)
6906. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye (previously unranked)
7054. Elliott Smith - Say Yes (-2141)
7340. The Divine Comedy - Something for the Weekend (previously unranked)
7417. Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet (-3459)
7552. Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger (previously unranked)
7684. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (-2010)
8004. The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned (previously unranked)
8432. Daniel Johnston - Some Things Last a Long Time (-4235)
8714. The Verve - Lucky Man (previously unranked)
8732. Rufus Wainwright - The One You Love (-3280)
9558. Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy (previously unranked)
unranked. Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind (0)
unranked. Yes - Starship Trooper (0)
unranked. Low - Lullaby (0)
unranked. Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies (0)
unranked. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (0)
unranked. Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (0)
unranked. Kanye West - Say You Will (0)
unranked. DJ Shadow - Blood on the Motorway (0)
unranked. TV on the Radio - Dreams (0)
unranked. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow (0)
unranked. Mojave 3 - In Love With a View (0)
unranked. Super Furry Animals - Slow Life (0)
unranked. Nico - The Fairest of Seasons (0)
unranked. Labradford - Lake Speed (0)
unranked. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (0)
unranked. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy (0)
unranked. Animal Collective - Banshee Beat (0)
unranked. Babes in Toyland - Bluebell (0)


Songs by biggest change:
2476. Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die (previously unranked)
3919. Radiohead - You and Whose Army? (previously unranked)
4198. Green Day - Holiday (previously unranked)
5008. Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do for Love (previously unranked)
6349. LCD Soundsystem - Home (previously unranked)
6581. Christopher Cross - Sailing (previously unranked)
6770. Lana Del Rey - Ride (previously unranked)
6904. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube (previously unranked)
6906. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye (previously unranked)
7340. The Divine Comedy - Something for the Weekend (previously unranked)
7552. Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger (previously unranked)
8004. The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned (previously unranked)
8714. The Verve - Lucky Man (previously unranked)
9558. Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy (previously unranked)
2334. Alanis Morissette - Ironic (2781)
2161. Mano Negra - Mala Vida (2682)
1297. Fiona Apple - Criminal (2113)
2269. Foo Fighters - The Pretender (1879)
3774. Whodini - Friends (1668)
2568. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (1665)
3349. Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World (1518)
3627. Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (1006)
750. Oasis - Champagne Supernova (930)
1506. Air - All I Need (793)
3361. The Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town (710)
4583. Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia (657)
2615. Madonna - Lucky Star (630)
872. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (497)
676. Metallica - Master of Puppets (480)
2439. Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd (472)
3697. Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. (378)
1318. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something (341)
3474. First Aid Kit - Emmylou (335)
5498. Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubblebath (311)
1915. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (307)
1085. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (236)
816. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (211)
1139. Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne (210)
2875. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (203)
3428. Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite (184)
1288. ABBA - S.O.S. (140)
1028. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl (96)
1678. Sade - Smooth Operator (96)
1114. Suicide - Ghost Rider (52)
3257. Prince - Cream (52)
4549. Wilco - Via Chicago (51)
1078. Mobb Deep - Shook One's Pt 2 (45)
3531. Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (18)
1040. Bat for Lashes - Laura (14)
1301. Foals - Spanish Sahara (12)
unranked. Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind (0)
unranked. Yes - Starship Trooper (0)
unranked. Low - Lullaby (0)
unranked. Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies (0)
unranked. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (0)
unranked. Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (0)
unranked. Kanye West - Say You Will (0)
unranked. DJ Shadow - Blood on the Motorway (0)
unranked. TV on the Radio - Dreams (0)
unranked. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow (0)
unranked. Mojave 3 - In Love With a View (0)
unranked. Super Furry Animals - Slow Life (0)
unranked. Nico - The Fairest of Seasons (0)
unranked. Labradford - Lake Speed (0)
unranked. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (0)
unranked. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy (0)
unranked. Animal Collective - Banshee Beat (0)
unranked. Babes in Toyland - Bluebell (0)
1337. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man (-11)
2084. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege (-30)
3013. Kasabian - Club Foot (-74)
1277. Spoon - Do You (-79)
1739. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (-108)
2144. blur - Coffee & TV (-137)
1433. Autre Ne Veut - Play by Play (-145)
1844. Le Tigre - Deceptacon (-151)
2479. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou (-165)
1283. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole (-223)
1346. Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (And One for the Road) (-233)
2599. The Roots - You Got Me (-243)
1832. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (-252)
1557. Erykah Badu - On & On (-255)
2097. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (-288)
3185. Pet Shop Boys - Left to My Own Devices (-351)
1738. The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day (-375)
4756. Gerry and the Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey (-401)
3234. The Horrors - Still Life (-417)
2376. Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baila (-422)
3309. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (-448)
1654. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (-528)
2984. Kanye West - Bound 2 (-555)
3201. Andrew WK - Party Hard (-594)
2828. Janis Joplin - Summertime (-595)
3447. Japan - Nightporter (-596)
3830. Mercury Rev - Holes (-613)
2329. Madonna - Beautiful Stranger (-615)
3574. Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69 (-615)
4358. Refused - New Noise (-632)
1841. Henry Mancini - Moon River (-633)
3539. Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty (-648)
2785. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends (-693)
2069. Brian Eno - Needle in the Camel's Eye (-696)
2757. The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You (-717)
5351. Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep (-744)
2989. Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (-746)
5009. Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight (-756)
4438. Erykah Badu - Windowseat (-968)
5923. Blonde Redhead - 23 (-997)
5322. My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow (-999)
5035. The Zombies - A Rose for Emily (-1028)
5044. Pierre Henry et Michel Colombier - Psyche Rock (-1043)
4400. Super Furry Animals - Juxtaposed With You (-1045)
2221. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (-1136)
4228. Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch (-1139)
4742. The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba (-1139)
4185. Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity (-1215)
3110. Pixies - Velouria (-1245)
6029. Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong (-1509)
4203. Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends (-1568)
4139. Tindersticks - City Sickness (-1611)
6272. Wire - Map Ref. 41 Deg. N 93 Deg. W (-1792)
7684. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (-2010)
6742. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse (-2064)
7054. Elliott Smith - Say Yes (-2141)
5337. Tom Waits - In the Neighborhood (-2306)
8732. Rufus Wainwright - The One You Love (-3280)
7417. Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet (-3459)
8432. Daniel Johnston - Some Things Last a Long Time (-4235)
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Are we allowed to submit songs that still aren’t on the site?
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StevieFan13 wrote:Are we allowed to submit songs that still aren’t on the site?
As long as they fall under the final category, bubblers and unacclaimed songs from albums featured on the site.
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BleuPanda wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote:Are we allowed to submit songs that still aren’t on the site?
As long as they fall under the final category, bubblers and unacclaimed songs from albums featured on the site.
This is a really big group, that I'm sure will be filled first.

Edit: Sorry to be that guy (again), but could they not be two separate groups (and perhaps 4001-5000 and 5001-6000 could be combined into one group?).
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Henrik wrote:
BleuPanda wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote:Are we allowed to submit songs that still aren’t on the site?
As long as they fall under the final category, bubblers and unacclaimed songs from albums featured on the site.
This is a really big group, that I'm sure will be filled first.

Edit: Sorry to be that guy (again), but could they not be two separate groups (and perhaps 4001-5000 and 5001-6000 could be combined into one group?).
For me, I feel like at this point being a bubbler doesn't really mean much; just look at how many of the songs from the bubbler section from last time found their way into the top 10000. Essentially, ranks 6001-10000 now were the bubblers when I established this. While it is a big group, it's also the group that feels the least in the spirit of this game to me. My point in establishing this was to explore those songs that actually are acclaimed, but tend to be under-discussed. At least to me, there's still a ton of songs within the acclaimed music list that I rarely if ever see another fan of on this forum, let alone outside of it.

If there is that much demand for the other group (unacclaimed songs from acclaimed albums), then maybe I should just open up Best of the B-Sides 3 to all albums on the AM list (since I fear the interest will drift away if I continue much further with the current format anyway).

I don't want to have a fourth of this tournament dedicated to these songs; I think the best option would be to just have bubblers as the eighth section and expand Best of the B-Sides to include the other half.
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I was going to say that if you don’t really think the unacclaimed songs from albums on AM (or the whole group 8) are the spirit of the game, then it’s probably better not to include them at all.

Anyway, sorry to interfere. It’s your game.
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Do you think the change to Best of the B-Sides sounds appropriate? I do like that section, and there's definitely enough there to make a full tournament.
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BleuPanda wrote:Do you think the change to Best of the B-Sides sounds appropriate? I do like that section, and there's definitely enough there to make a full tournament.
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