2020 Songs So Far: Nominations

[Schüttelbirne]

In the thread about the mid-year albums poll, I got the idea that a tournament of the songs from 2020 could be interesting and might lead to some interesting discoveries.

You get to nominate 64 songs which will then be voted upon to determine the winner.

The rules for nominations are pretty simple:
Private Message me a ranked list of 10 songs you want to see in the tournament.
The deadline for nominations is next Friday (21.08.) at midnight.

There's no special criteria for eligibility. The song must have been released in 2020, but other than that, you're free to nominate whatever you want. You may also vote for songs released in July or August.

[Schüttelbirne]

About three days left to get your nominations in!

[Pauler]

About three days left to get your nominations in!

Submitted mine. A heavily Pop/R&B list

[Edre Depeche Head]

Submitted mine as well. Some appearences by The 1975, Poppy, Grimes, Lime Cordiale, BTS, Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, I tried to cover all of the bases.

[Romain]

Submitted mine too.

[Schüttelbirne]

Here‘s the list for the tournament.
Thanks to everybody who sent a list:

acroamor
andyd1010
bonnielaurel
DaveC
Edre Peraza
Gillingham
Jackson
mileswide
Neil
Nick
Pauler
Rdwdbob
Romain
rumpdoll
sonofsamiam
Schüttelbirne
votingbloc
Wisnu Tirta Aji

Everybody got in at least four entries.
Since Bracketmaker is defunct, I will just post the bracket here. Once a round is done, I will cross out the album that lost. In the first round we will reduce the list from 64 to 32. In Round 1.1 we will start with the first Quadrant. The winner of the first Quadrant will face the winner of the second Quadrant in the semi-final.


FIRST QUADRANT

Woodkid | Goliath
vs.
HAIM | The Steps
vs.
The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers
vs.
Basia Bulat | No Control
vs.
Waxahatchee | Fire
vs.
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion | WAP
vs.
Charli XCX | detonate
vs.
HAIM | I Know Alone
vs.
Wisnu Tirta Aji | Alone
vs.
Christine & The Queens ft. Caroline Polachek | La vita nuova
vs.
The 1975 | Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America
vs.
Grimes | Delete Forever
vs.
Arlo Parks | Eugene
vs.
Dan Deacon | Become a Mountain
vs.
Run the Jewels | walking in the snow
vs.
Rustin Man | Kinky Living


SECOND QUADRANT

Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh
vs.
Devandra Banhart | Let‘s See
vs.
Fiona Apple | Cosmonauts
vs.
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé | Savage (Remix)
vs.
Nicolas Jaar | Gocce
vs.
Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry | Pig Feet
vs.
Yves Tumor | Kerosene!
vs.
Dua Lipa | Levitating
vs.
John K ft. Kelsea Ballerini | If We Never Met
vs.
Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe
vs.
Yves Tumor | Gospel for a New Century
vs.
Nadine Shah | Buckfast
vs.
Little Simz | might bang, might not
vs.
Die Sterne | Hey Dealer
vs.
The Strokes | Ode to the Mets
vs.
Mocca | Simple I Love You


THIRD QUADRANT

Run the Jewels | a few words for the firing squad (radiation)
vs.
Dua Lipa | Break My Heart
vs.
Drive-By Truckers | Thoughts and Prayers
vs.
Khruangbin | So We Won‘t Forget
vs.
Kaja Draksler Octet | Away!
vs.
The Psychedelic Furs | No One
vs.
Haru Nemuri | 愛よりたしかなものなんてない
vs.
Bob Dylan | Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
vs.
Emilie Zoé & Christian Garcia-Gaucher | The Painter
vs.
Taylor Swift | cardigan
vs.
Charli XCX | forever
vs.
Deap Lips | Love Is a Mind Control
vs.
Agnes Obel | Camera‘s Rolling
vs.
Poppy | Don‘t Go Outside
vs.
Hen Ogledd | Trouble
vs.
The Flaming Lips | Flowers of Neptune 6


FOURTH QUADRANT

Jessie Ware | Spotlight
vs.
Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto
vs.
Lingua Ignota | O Ruthless Great Divine Director
vs.
HAIM | Gasoline
vs.
Dogleg | Ender
vs.
Mac Miller | Good News
vs.
Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan | Walk to School
vs.
Les amazones d‘afrique ft. Kandy Guira | Sisters
vs.
Zebra Katz | IN IN IN
vs.
Run the Jewels ft. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha | JU$T
vs.
Jessie Ware | Remember Where You Are
vs.
Waxahatchee | Ruby Falls
vs.
Katie Gately | Waltz
vs.
Aksak Maboul | Dramuscule
vs.
BTS | UGH!
vs.
The 1975 | If You‘re Too Shy (Let Me Know)

[mileswide]

Some mouthwatering ties there! I'm guessing there were songs with multiple noms?

[Andre]

Saw this thread too late ... but some of my favorites were nominated

[Schüttelbirne]

Some mouthwatering ties there! I'm guessing there were songs with multiple noms?

Quite a few actually. One song even got five nominations (but I'm not telling which one yet).

[Future Critic]

Jessie Ware | Spotlight
vs.
Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto

This is like having Duke playing Kentucky in the first round.

Are we suppose to submit our picks for each match now? Or will there be a separate thread for that? And will there be a Spotify playlist?

I regret missing the deadline, but if I had Taylor Swift would probably have a lot of first round losses:

1. On the Floor, Perfume Genius
2. Kyoto, Phoebe Bridgers
3. betty, Taylor Swift
4. invisible string, Taylor Swift
5. cardigan, Taylor Swift
6. Gaslighter, The Chicks
7. Gospel For A New Century, Yves Tumor
8. The Steps, HAIM
9. I Want You To Love Me, Fiona Apple
10. I Remember Everything, John Prine

I can't believe On the Floor didn't make it!

[Schüttelbirne]

Jessie Ware | Spotlight
vs.
Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto

This is like having Duke playing Kentucky in the first round.

Are we suppose to submit our picks for each match now? Or will there be a separate thread for that? And will there be a Spotify playlist?

I regret missing the deadline, but if I had Taylor Swift would probably have a lot of first round losses:

1. On the Floor, Perfume Genius
2. Kyoto, Phoebe Bridgers
3. betty, Taylor Swift
4. invisible string, Taylor Swift
5. cardigan, Taylor Swift
6. Gaslighter, The Chicks
7. Gospel For A New Century, Yves Tumor
8. The Steps, HAIM
9. I Want You To Love Me, Fiona Apple
10. I Remember Everything, John Prine

I can't believe On the Floor didn't make it!

There will be individual threads for the different rounds. Here's the first one: Link. It also includes a Spotify playlist.

[andyd1010]

Jessie Ware | Spotlight
vs.
Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto

This is like having Duke playing Kentucky in the first round.

Not this year it isn't! haha.

https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/statu ... 0894001153

It's pretty funny that not only did Kentucky and Duke both miss the tournament for the first time in forever, but Kyoto lost this first-round matchup and then ended up being our song of the year by a pretty wide margin.