Decades Song Draft - Semi-finals

[VF21]

Okay, we're down to the final four.

Here are the matchups:

1. Kingsgirl4
1.4 - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana - 90s
2.4 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - 70s
3.4 - The Unforgiven - Metallica - 90s
4.4 - I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder - 80s
5.4 - Let's Stay Together - Al Green - 70s
6.4 - Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings - 70s
7.4 - Good Riddance - Green Day - 90s
8.4 - I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones - 70s
9.4 - A Long December - Counting Crows - 90s
10.4 - Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne - 80s
11.4 - Paul Revere - Beastie Boys - 80s
12.4 - I Remember You - Skid Row - 80s
13.4 - Vaseline - Stone Temple Pilots - 90s
14.4 - Human Nature - Michael Jackson - 80s
15.4 - Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones - 80s
16.4 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce - 70s
17.4 - Just a Girl - No Doubt - 90s
18.4 - Shake Your Booty - K.C. & the Sunshine Band - 70s
19.4 - Peaches - Presidents of the United States of America - 90s
20.4 - Down Under - Men at Work - 80s
21.4 - Benny and the Jets - Elton John - 70s
22.4 - Just Like Heaven - The Cure - 80s
23.4 - More Human than Human - White Zombie - 90s
24.4 - Riders on the Storm - The Doors - 70s

vs.

4. Capt. Factorial
1.12 - Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - 70s
2.12 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen - 70s
3.12 - Don't Stop Believing - Journey - 80s
4.12 - Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen - 70s
5.12 - Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine - 90s
6.12 - Against the Wind - Bob Seger - 80s
7.12 - She Talks to Angels - The Black Crowes - 90s
8.12 - Frank Sinatra - Cake - 90s
9.12 - Money For Nothing - Dire Straits - 80s
10.12 - Sober - Tool - 90s
11.12 - Tainted Love - Soft Cell - 80s
12.12 - Roxanne - The Police - 70s
13.12 - Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd - 70s
14.12 - Round Here - Counting Crows - 90s
15.12 - Barracuda - Heart - 70s
16.12 - What You Need - INXS - 80s
17.12 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - 70s
18.12 - Superstar - Sonic Youth - 90s
19.12 - Anything, Anything - Dramarama - 80s
20.12 - Big Dipper - Cracker - 90s
21.12 - Notorious - Duran Duran - 80s
22.12 - Tom Traubert's Blues - Tom Waits - 70s
23.12 - Rock You Like a Hurricane - The Scorpions - 80s
24.12 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos - 90s

...
AND
...

3. SacKings7
1.8 - Creep - Radiohead - 90s
2.8 - Hotel California - The Eagles - 70s
3.8 - Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses - 80s
4.8 - Eye of the Tiger - Survivor - 80s
5.8 - Hurts So Good - John Cougar Mellencamp - 80s
6.8 - Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revivial - 70s
7.8 - Losing My Religion - R.E.M. - 90s
8.8- Walk This Way - Aerosmith - 70s
9.8 - Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers - 70s
10.8 - Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison - 80s
11.8 - Zero - Smashin' Pumpkins - 90s
12.8 - Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam - 90s
13.8 - Highway to Hell - AC/DC - 70s
14.8 - Beat It - Michael Jackson - 80s
15.8 - Tom Sawyer - Rush - 80s
16.8 - Fade to Black - Metallica - 80s
17.8 - Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin - 70s
18.8 - The Gambler - Kenny Rogers - 70s
19.8 - Superstition - Stevie Wonder - 70s
20.8 - Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine - 90s
21.8 - Come As You Are - Nirvana - 90s
22.8 - Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 90s
23.8 - Only in Dreams - Weezer - 90s
24.8 - Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden - 80s

vs.

7. D-Mass
1.1 - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who - 70s
2.1 - Better Man - Pearl Jam - 90s
3.1 - Under Pressure - Queen - 80s
4.1 - Imagine - John Lennon - 70s
5.1 - Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins - 90s
6.1 - Bust A Move - Young MC - 80s
7.1 - Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith - 70s
8.1 - Dreams - The Cranberries - 90s
9.1 - If You Leave - OMD - 80s
10.1 - When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin - 70s
11.1 - My Name is Jonas - Weezer - 90s
12.1 - Whip It - Devo - 80s
13.1 - Slow Ride - Fog Hat - 70s
14.1 - Song 2 - Blur - 90s
15.1 - Til Tuesday - Voices Carry - 80s
16.1 - Magic Man - Heart - 70s
17.1 - Runaway Train - Soul Asylum - 90s
18.1 - 99 Luftballoons - Nena - 80s
19.1 - You Really Got Me - Van Halen - 70s
20.1 - Zombie - The Cranberries - 90s
21.1 - Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper - 80s
22.1 - Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas - 70s
23.1 - Testify - Rage Against The Machine - 90s
24.1 - Bringin' On the Heartbreak - Def Leppard - 80s

 

[John Galt]

the two guys who dipped into the Counting Crows, up against each other... wow tough. Have to think about this one a little bit. The 1-4 is a very hard call

 

[VF21]

You think you've got problems? I vote against KG4 and I'm probably having a still-frozen TV dinner for Thanksgiving.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

You think you've got problems? I vote against KG4 and I'm probably having a still-frozen TV dinner for Thanksgiving.

I'm making a turkey. You're welcome to come over if there's too much family strife!

 

[John Galt]

You think you've got problems? I vote against KG4 and I'm probably having a still-frozen TV dinner for Thanksgiving.

You could always make the poll anonymous. If you had done that before then I would not hate you

Factorial went for the throat out of the gate snagging epic anthems.. I gotta pay that off.

 

[VF21]

I have to admit that if it were, in fact, limited to the first few picks, I'd have to go with Capt. Fact. I only made it a public poll because everyone else did...

I think where I made my BIG mistake was in not having the poll close AFTER Thanksgiving.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

D-Mass and SacKings7 was a very tight call for me - I love both lists, and both of them stole a couple of songs from me (D-Mass: Under Pressure, Imagine, Voices Carry; SacKings7: Sweet Child o' Mine, Yellow Ledbetter). In the end, I think that D-Mass' list is just a tiny bit stronger, so that's where the nod goes.

Here's to my uphill battle against Kingsgirl4!

 

[SacKings7]

I think Capt. Factorial made the most of his opportunity to pick some of the great songs that others picked last year, and therefore didn't want to pick again (self-imposed rules). Both he and Kingsgirl4 had great lists, but I had to go with Kingsgirl4 because....well, honestly...because Kingsgirl4 doesn't have Pink Floyd on her list. Sorry CF, but I reeeeeally don't like that band

 

[VF21]

I actually went song by song in the first matchup. There are 11 songs I really like on KG4's list AND the clincher had to be her last pick, which just happens to be one of my all-time favorite songs. Capt. Factorial came in close, but only had 9 songs I really liked.

In the other matchup, I looked at the top 10 songs in each, and the top 9 in SacKings7's list were songs I really like.

So, my votes went to KG4 and SK7 but it was an incredibly difficult task to choose between each of them. I'm probably not going to vote in the finals.

 

[John Galt]

with 14 votes, it is 7-7, 7-7.... wow I would think such an across the board nailbiter semifinal uncommon?

 

[VF21]

I cannot remember ever having a semi-finals this close. It's a tribute to all four of our semi-finalists. I was telling KG4 the other day that I wouldn't mind having a collection of all these songs on my iPod...if I actually had an iPod.

 

[VF21]

Congratulations to Kingsgirl4 and SacKings7 for surviving one of if not the toughest semi-finals matches I've ever seen.

I'm enjoying the holiday at KG4's so I may not post the finals until tomorrow or Saturday when I return to the forest.

Thanks again to all the people who participated in this draft. I'm looking forward to a close final match.

 

[uolj]

That's pretty funny. I almost always vote in these but skipped this one because I couldn't decide either matchup.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Congrats to KG4 and SK7! I'm glad I went down to such a great list!