Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Welcome to the quarterfinal round of Acclaimed Music Madness, otherwise known as the regional finals or the Elite 8. This poll closes around 11am EST (4pm GMT) Sunday.
IMPORTANT: THE VOTING LIMITS VARY BY ROUND DUE TO FEWER MATCHES, MAKE SURE TO READ BELOW:
For each matchup, indicate which artist you prefer and then assign that artist a score between one and three. However, you are limited by the number of scores that you can give:
3 – One per voter. Do you spend it on an artist you love or against one you hate?
2 – One per voter. Not as influential as a 3, but can still easily sway the outcome of a match.
1 – Two per voter.
Matchups
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie
Results are posted here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2192
Playlists: https://acclaimedmusicmadness.wordpress.com/artists/
IMPORTANT: THE VOTING LIMITS VARY BY ROUND DUE TO FEWER MATCHES, MAKE SURE TO READ BELOW:
For each matchup, indicate which artist you prefer and then assign that artist a score between one and three. However, you are limited by the number of scores that you can give:
3 – One per voter. Do you spend it on an artist you love or against one you hate?
2 – One per voter. Not as influential as a 3, but can still easily sway the outcome of a match.
1 – Two per voter.
Matchups
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie
Results are posted here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2192
Playlists: https://acclaimedmusicmadness.wordpress.com/artists/
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis - 3
A vote for Miles is a vote for jazz. Also, he's my favorite artist remaining.
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 2
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie - 1
Hm, this is pretty close. I'll go with Bowie since I perceive him to be the underdog.
2) Miles Davis - 3
A vote for Miles is a vote for jazz. Also, he's my favorite artist remaining.
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 1
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie - 1
Hm, this is pretty close. I'll go with Bowie since I perceive him to be the underdog.
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The Beatles- 3
I really like Miles Davis, but come on, it's The Beatles!
Prince- 2
Same thing as above, just replace "Miles Davis" with "Neil Young" and "The Beatles" with "Prince".
Bob Dylan- 1
This matchup is a bit closer than the other two, but Dylan still takes it.
Radiohead- 1
My number 2 artist of all time versus my number 4 artist of all time. Radiohead edges by.
I really like Miles Davis, but come on, it's The Beatles!
Prince- 2
Same thing as above, just replace "Miles Davis" with "Neil Young" and "The Beatles" with "Prince".
Bob Dylan- 1
This matchup is a bit closer than the other two, but Dylan still takes it.
Radiohead- 1
My number 2 artist of all time versus my number 4 artist of all time. Radiohead edges by.
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Matchups
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles- ONE. As far as jazz goes, my tastes at this point go more toward Wes Montgomery, Dave Brubeck and the Modern Jazz Quartet.
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince-THREE I do like Neil Young but I honestly like Prince far more. Honestly of the remaining artists, the Beatles are my favourite but they should do fine on their own.
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan-TWO This was tough because Wonder not Dylan is the artist behind my favorite double album (SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE) but for me all Wonder's strong albums are in the 70s but Dylan is still occasionally making material that interests me. He gets the nod.
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie- ONE I think Radiohead is extremely overrated. However, I don't want to eliminate them on the basis of NEGATIVE voting (tossing a 3 at Bowie) as I'd rather spend the 3 on the artists I most want to go on.
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles- ONE. As far as jazz goes, my tastes at this point go more toward Wes Montgomery, Dave Brubeck and the Modern Jazz Quartet.
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince-THREE I do like Neil Young but I honestly like Prince far more. Honestly of the remaining artists, the Beatles are my favourite but they should do fine on their own.
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan-TWO This was tough because Wonder not Dylan is the artist behind my favorite double album (SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE) but for me all Wonder's strong albums are in the 70s but Dylan is still occasionally making material that interests me. He gets the nod.
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie- ONE I think Radiohead is extremely overrated. However, I don't want to eliminate them on the basis of NEGATIVE voting (tossing a 3 at Bowie) as I'd rather spend the 3 on the artists I most want to go on.
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Beatles-2
Prince-1
Stevie-1
Bowie-3
Prince-1
Stevie-1
Bowie-3
Splish splash, I was raking in the cash
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles-1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince-1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan-2
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie-3
1) The Beatles-1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince-1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan-2
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie-3
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles +1
2) Miles Davis
I'm really starting to like Miles, but come on, this is THE BEATLES we're talking about.
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince +3
7) Neil Young
Prince is a genius, NY is alright, yadda yadda yadda, 3 points
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder +2
Alas, after coming on the wrong side of a third consecutive tie, Bob continues to live on... I have faith that the Detroit champion will be able to right this wrong.
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead +1
7) David Bowie
Eugh... Why must it be this way?
1) The Beatles +1
I'm really starting to like Miles, but come on, this is THE BEATLES we're talking about.
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince +3
Prince is a genius, NY is alright, yadda yadda yadda, 3 points
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder +2
Alas, after coming on the wrong side of a third consecutive tie, Bob continues to live on... I have faith that the Detroit champion will be able to right this wrong.
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead +1
Eugh... Why must it be this way?
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London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 3
2) Miles Davis
My favorite artist ever vs. artist that I don't particularly like. I appreciate Miles' versatility though.
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 1
I really don't like Prince and Neil Young is okay.
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 2
3) Stevie Wonder
I really like Bob Dylan and I think Stevie's okay.
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1
7) David Bowie
Two slightly overrated artists IMO.
1) The Beatles 3
2) Miles Davis
My favorite artist ever vs. artist that I don't particularly like. I appreciate Miles' versatility though.
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 1
I really don't like Prince and Neil Young is okay.
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 2
3) Stevie Wonder
I really like Bob Dylan and I think Stevie's okay.
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1
7) David Bowie
Two slightly overrated artists IMO.
I feel like that
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince 1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 2
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 3
7) David Bowie
1) The Beatles 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince 1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 2
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 3
7) David Bowie
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis 2
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince 1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 3
7) David Bowie
2) Miles Davis 2
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince 1
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 3
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 3
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1 (hardest decision i've taken in the game so far)
7) David Bowie
1) The Beatles 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 3
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1 (hardest decision i've taken in the game so far)
7) David Bowie
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Beatles 2
Prince 3
Bob Dylan 1
David Bowie 1
Prince 3
Bob Dylan 1
David Bowie 1
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Beatles 2
Neil Young 1
Bob Dylan 1
Radiohead 3
Neil Young 1
Bob Dylan 1
Radiohead 3
" Ah, yes! Our meager restitution"
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
The Beatles 1
Prince 1
Bob Dylan 3
Radiohead 2
Prince 1
Bob Dylan 3
Radiohead 2
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles - 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young - 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 3
7) David Bowie
1) The Beatles - 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young - 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 3
7) David Bowie
I just wanted to be one of those ghosts
You thought that you could forget
And then I haunt you via the rear view mirror
On a long drive from the back seat...
You thought that you could forget
And then I haunt you via the rear view mirror
On a long drive from the back seat...
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Matchups
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles - 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 2
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder - 3
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie - 1
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles - 1
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 2
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder - 3
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie - 1
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles - 3
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 2
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder - 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie - 1
1) The Beatles - 3
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 2
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder - 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie - 1
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 1
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 3
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie 1
1) The Beatles 1
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 3
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie 1
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis - 1
The Beatles are not too bad at all and I really don't dislike them, but c'mon, it's fricking Miles Davis we're talking about!
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young - 3
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 2
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 1
7) David Bowie
Edit: Didn't read the new rules before, so I changed the scores. Not sure why they are implemented, these scores don't reflect my preferences very well.
2) Miles Davis - 1
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young - 3
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 2
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 1
Edit: Didn't read the new rules before, so I changed the scores. Not sure why they are implemented, these scores don't reflect my preferences very well.
Last edited by Gillingham on Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:32 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Matchups
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 3
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder 2
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie 3
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 3
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder 2
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie 3
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles (3)
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young (2)
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder (1)
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie (1)
1) The Beatles (3)
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young (2)
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder (1)
Detroit Regional Final
7) David Bowie (1)
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles - 3
2) Miles Davis
I'd have given a 2 here but since we apparently have to give a 3 in one of the brackets, here you are... it's strange we don't have the choice to use 4 1s or 2 2s and 2 1s if we don't feel like giving a 3 !
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 2
7) David Bowie
1) The Beatles - 3
2) Miles Davis
I'd have given a 2 here but since we apparently have to give a 3 in one of the brackets, here you are... it's strange we don't have the choice to use 4 1s or 2 2s and 2 1s if we don't feel like giving a 3 !
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 1
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 2
7) David Bowie
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 3
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1
7) David Bowie
1) The Beatles 3
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 3
2) Miles Davis
This one really hurts, because there's no way it should be a 3. It's just the largest gap for me amongst the 4 matchups...
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 1
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 2
7) David Bowie
And no way this would be a 2, either. (But then I love all 8 of these artists, so what did I expect?)
1) The Beatles 3
This one really hurts, because there's no way it should be a 3. It's just the largest gap for me amongst the 4 matchups...
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young 1
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 2
And no way this would be a 2, either. (But then I love all 8 of these artists, so what did I expect?)
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis - 1
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young - 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 3
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead -1
7) David Bowie
2) Miles Davis - 1
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young - 2
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan - 3
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead -1
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Beatles 3
Prince 2
Dylan 1 (But that is a very close one)
Bowie 1
Prince 2
Dylan 1 (But that is a very close one)
Bowie 1
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles 2
2) Miles Davis
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince
7) Neil Young 3
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 1
3) Stevie Wonder
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1
7) David Bowie
1) The Beatles 2
Lagos Regional Final
7) Neil Young 3
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead 1
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis - 2
1) Prince - 3
7) Neil Young
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder - 1
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie - 1
2) Miles Davis - 2
1) Prince - 3
7) Neil Young
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder - 1
1) Radiohead
7) David Bowie - 1
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Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
London Regional Final
The Beatles 3 (vs. Miles Davis)
Lagos Regional Final
Neil Young 1 (vs. Prince)
Memphis Regional Final
Bob Dylan 2 (vs. Stevie Wonder)
Detroit Regional Final
David Bowie 1 (vs. Radiohead)
The Beatles 3 (vs. Miles Davis)
Lagos Regional Final
Neil Young 1 (vs. Prince)
Memphis Regional Final
Bob Dylan 2 (vs. Stevie Wonder)
Detroit Regional Final
David Bowie 1 (vs. Radiohead)
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
23 hours left to vote. Two of the matches are fairly close, so additional votes can still make a difference.
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Matchups
London Regional Final
1) The Beatles
2) Miles Davis - 1
I want to give a 3 to Miles for anti-Beatles vote... but that seems like a lost cause!!!
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 3
7) Neil Young
Memphis Regional Final
1) Bob Dylan
3) Stevie Wonder - 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 2
7) David Bowie
London Regional Final
2) Miles Davis - 1
I want to give a 3 to Miles for anti-Beatles vote... but that seems like a lost cause!!!
Lagos Regional Final
1) Prince - 3
Memphis Regional Final
3) Stevie Wonder - 1
Detroit Regional Final
1) Radiohead - 2
Re: Acclaimed Music Madness: Elite 8
Voting for this round is closed. Results forthcoming in the results thread.