Cover Draft Playoffs - Round 1 Analog Division 6 v 11

[Jespher]

6. Dime Dropper:
1.08 - The Beatles - Twist and Shout (1962)
2.09 - Killing Me Softly (The Complete Score) - The Fugees (1996)
3.08 - House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals (1964)
4.09 - Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Conner (1990)
5.08 - There She Goes - Sixpence None The Richer (1999)
6.09 - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Eric Clapton (1989)
7.08 - Working Class Hero - Green Day (2007)
8.09 - I Can't Make you Love Me - Bon Iver (2011)
9.08 - Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley (1956)
10.09 - Skinny Love - Birdy (2011)
11.08 - Winter Wonderland - Dean Martin (1959)
12.09 - Free Fallin' - John Mayer (2008)
13.08 - That's Life - Frank Sinatra (1966)
14.09 - A Little Respect - Wheatus (2000)
15.08 - Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (1997)
16.09 - Wayfaring Stranger - Ed Sheeran (2012)
17.08 - People Help The People - Birdy (2011)
18.09 - Lauryn Hill - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You (1998)
19.08 - Same Love - Kodaline (2013)
20.09 - Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (2013)

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11. 63royals:
1.11 - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (1971)
2.06 - Detroit Medley - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (1975)
3.11 - Blitzkrieg Bop - Green Day (2002)
4.06 - Black Magic Woman - Santana (1970)
5.11 - Pride and Joy - Bonnie Raitt (1995)
6.06 - Not Fade Away - Grateful Dead (1981)
7.11 - I Got a Rocket in my Pocket - NRBQ (1988)
8.06 - Linda Ronstadt - It's So Easy (1977)
9.11 - Matty Groves - Fairport Convention (1969)
10.06 - Fat Man in the Bathtub - Phish (2010)
11.11 - Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker (1969)
12.06 - Frank Zappa - I Am the Walrus (1988)
13.11 - Ripple - Jane's Addiction (1991)
14.06 - Cassidy - Suzanne Vega (1991)
15.11 - Psychotic Reaction - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1991)
16.06 - Young Man Blues - The Who (1970)
17.11 - I'm Shakin' - Jack White (2012)
18.06 - One Way Out - Allman Brothers Band (1972)
19.11 - Cortez the Killer - Built to Spill (1999)
20.06 - Hard to Handle - Grateful Dead (1971)

 

[Jespher]

This poll will close in 72 hours
Wednesday 11/5 at 6:19PM PST

Everyone can vote for these playoff match-ups (even if you didn't participate in the draft). Don't be shy!

Feel free to back-up your rationale here.

 

[VF21]

This one was TOUGH! I ended up going with the one I chose only because I really liked one of the covers and it was by someone I had never heard of before.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

I went with DD here because overall the list was much stronger for me. 63Royals' list started strong ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Black Magic Woman", Pride and Joy") and hit a great Cocker song in the middle, but the reason the list rates a note from me is the revelatory "Cortez the Killer". Just an amazing guitar solo, running for well over ten minutes that you can just close your eyes to and get lost in. I'd never have heard it if it hadn't been picked, so I've got to thank 63Royals for that one.

 

[VF21]

I went with DD here because overall the list was much stronger for me. 63Royals' list started strong ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Black Magic Woman", Pride and Joy") and hit a great Cocker song in the middle, but the reason the list rates a note from me is the revelatory "Cortez the Killer". Just an amazing guitar solo, running for well over ten minutes that you can just close your eyes to and get lost in. I'd never have heard it if it hadn't been picked, so I've got to thank 63Royals for that one.

And that's why 63Royals got my vote.

 

[VF21]

I went with DD here because overall the list was much stronger for me. 63Royals' list started strong ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Black Magic Woman", Pride and Joy") and hit a great Cocker song in the middle, but the reason the list rates a note from me is the revelatory "Cortez the Killer". Just an amazing guitar solo, running for well over ten minutes that you can just close your eyes to and get lost in. I'd never have heard it if it hadn't been picked, so I've got to thank 63Royals for that one.

And that's why 63Royals got my vote.

 

[63royals]

Glad to hear you guys liked the Built to Spill cover of Cortez the Killer -- the main reason for having one of these drafts is to find out about great music you didn't know about, right? Built to Spill is from Boise -- not the first place you'd look for great bands -- and they've been around for about 20 years. As much as I like their cover of Cortez, my favorite song from the album Live is Virginia Reel. It makes me think of the line from Johnny B. Goode about playing guitar like ringing a bell.

They also have another great cover of a Neil Young song on YouTube -- Cowgirl in the Sand -- that was recorded in a record store in Hamburg, Germany.

 

[kingsnation]

Beatles, Fugees? Yes, please. Oh and I love the Birdy picks. And of course, Lauryn Hill.

Dime gets my vote here, but Tom Petty alone was almost enough to sway my vote.

 

[Jespher]

Dime Dropper wins the round. Congrats!