So, I am on a chick kick

Seems like I have been listening to a lot of bands that are headed by women. Does that make me weird?

I don't think so, especially when the songs are just down right good.

I bring you Canada's own, Stars

Looking forward to this album

I just heard the new single from the upcoming Camera Obscura album, and all I can say is I can't wait for the full album to come out.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. JP

2009 Great Rock N’ Roll Tournament Sweet 16 Matchups

If you thought it was hard before, this is only going to get more difficult.

Time to separate the Casey Kasems from the Mark Goodmans

The Hacienda Bracket

#1 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
vs.
#5 Prince – I Would Die 4 U

#2 The Beatles – A Day In The Life
vs.
#3 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run



CBGBs Bracket

#1 The Clash – London Calling
vs.
#4 The Pixies – Debaser

#2 The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
vs.
#6 Pink Floyd – Fearless



The 100 Club Bracket

#1 The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow
vs.
#4 Black Sabbath – War Pigs

#2 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
vs.
#3 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place



Whiskey-a-Go-Go Bracket

#1 The Who – My Generation
vs.
#5 Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)

#2 David Bowie – Space Oddity
vs.
#6 Elvis – Suspicious Minds

Results from the CBGBs & 100 Club Bracket

some very close matchups and of course some blowouts as well.

#1 Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow vs. #9 Echo & The Bunnymen – Killing Moon

Echo came running out of the locker room and took a quick and convincing lead. Mick and the boys were a bit shocked by this, then they all started to drink the “vitamin water” that Keith brought with him and then the game quickly turned around.

Winner: The Stones



#4 Black Sabbath – War Pigs vs. #5 Joy Division – Love Will Tear You Apart

Ozzy and company came into this tournament riding a solid winning streak and were picked to be one of the biggest sleepers in this tourney, but Joy Division gave them a run for their money. In what ended by some tough defense put up by Luke’s Wall, Sabbath prevails.

Winner: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath!



#3 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of this Place vs. Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945

All I have to say is now I know who the cool kids are and who the VH1 fans are.

I can’t write about this matchup.

Winner: the animals.



#2 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone vs. #7 Blondie – Heart of Glass

Not the biggest blowout of the tournament, but one of them. Sorry Debbie, but Dylan’s got your number.

Winner: Bob Dylan



CBGB Bracket

#1 The Clash – London Calling vs. The Jam – A Town Called Malice

Now I love me some Paul Weller and the Jam, but sorry, as my boy Tekachi said in Revenge of the Nerds, “they stand no chance now.”

This was the biggest blowout by far in the tournament.

Winner: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon & Toppe Headon – The Clash



#4 Pixies – Debaser vs. The Kinks – You Really Got Me

Well, Black Francis really had Ray Davies here, because not only did the pixies get the kinks, they destroyed them.

Winner: Pixies



#3 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Pink Floyd – Fearless

David Gilmour really stuck it to Freddy Mercury in the 2nd half of this game. NO, not like that you sickos. Let me clear this up, David Gilmour did not, I repeat, did not fuck Freddy Mercury. His song did come from behind to claim victory though.

Winner: Pink Floyd



#2 The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop vs. #7 Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle

OK, no doubt about it, this may have been one of the toughest matchups in the tourney. Not the closest, because people still know right from wrong, but definitely one of the more difficult choices. In the end, Joey Ramone kicks Axl’s dick and Slash asks for a trade.

Winner: The Ramones

Round 2 for the 100 Club & CBGBs Brackets

I want to speed this up a bit, so please get these into me by Thursday Night. I would like to post the results Friday morning if possible.

thanks, JP

100 Club – Round 2

#1 Rolling Stones – She’s a Rainbow
vs.
#9 Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon



#4 Black Sabbath – War Pigs
vs.
#5 Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart



#3 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
vs.
#6 Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945



#2 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
vs.
#7 Blondie – Heart of Glass



CBGBs – 2nd Round

#1 The Clash – London Calling
vs.
#8 The Jam – Town Called Malice



#4 The Pixies – Debaser
vs.
#5 The Kinks – You Really Got Me



#3 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
vs.
#6 Pink Floyd – Fearless



#2 The Ramones – Blitzkreig Bop
vs.
#7 Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle

Results from Round 2 of the Whiskey-A-Go-Go & Hacienda Brackets

Whiskey-A-Go-Go – Round 2

#1 The Who – My Generation vs. #8 The Smiths – How Soon is Now?

Before tip-off, Johnny Marr & Pete Townsend shared some heated words, which turned into pure fuel for Keith Moon. Morrissey scored a quick basket and then followed with a foul for making fun of a girlfriend in a coma in the front row. Keith Moon then became the boy with the thorn in his side by banging the boards and taking over with his pure rock star drumming. At half-time Morrissey refused to come out of the locker room and the Smith’s had to forfeit.

Winner: The Who

#5 Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) vs. #4 Nirvana – Drain You

In what turned out to be the first double overtime game of the tournament, New York withstood the seesaw matchup from the grunge rock gods from Seattle.

Winner: Talking Heads



#6 Elvis – Suspicious Minds vs. #14 Van Halen – Hot For Teacher

The underdog Van Halen brothers brought the thunder in the beginning of this matchup with some of the toughest drumming & guitar openings in rock n’ roll history, but as they said in Highlander, there can be only one (king of rock and roll). Elvis proves to be too much in the end, drawing tears from DLR and causing Michael Anthony to join Sammy Hagar in Cabo.

Winner: The King



#2 David Bowie – Space Oddity vs. #10 Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

This is Bowie to Canada, the French Part: FUCK OFF!! No contest. Actually, Canada abandoned the monarchy after this. Oh well.

Winner: Major Tom



The Hacienda Bracket - Round 2

#1 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song vs. #8 Radiohead – The Bends

They came from the land of the ice and snow to melt the faces of their art rock foes. Another #1 seed blows out their competition and straightens out Thom Yorke’s eyes.

Winner: Led Motherfucking Zeppelin



#4 Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen vs. #5 Prince – I Would Die 4 U

These 4/5 matchups are really turning into being the best of the tourney. Johnny Rotten and company got off to an early lead, but as always, the boys from London got distracted and Sid Vicious starting shooting up syringes instead of 3’s. The Purple Blouses put on one hell of a show in the 2nd half and cruise to victory.

Winner: Prince



#3 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run vs. #6 Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love & Understanding

This was another difficult choice for me because Elvis Costello rules, but Born to Run is absolutely mega. It is one of the songs that you hear and can just loose your shit. In a good way, not in a “Depends” way. Bruce keeps moving on in this runaway American Dream.

Winner: The Boss


#2 The Beatles – A Day in the Life vs. #7 Rod Stewart – Maggie May

I really thought this would be a lot closer matchup then the end result showed, but I guess a tiny man from Scotland is no match for a god from Liverpool.

Winner: The Beatles.

2nd Round - Whiskey-A-Go-Go & Hacienda Brackets

And now we move on to the 2nd round.

Since we have been doing 8 matchups per voting period, I say we continue doing to that to speed up the process. I've been terribly busy lately, so let's say, just get these into me by Sunday Night. I am sure the actual NCAA Tournament will take away from some people's free time this weekend too.

Here are the second round matchups for the games in the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and Hacienda brackets.

Whiskey-A-Go-Go Bracket – 2nd Round

#1 The Who – My Generation
vs.
#8 The Smiths – How Soon is Now?


#5 Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
vs.
#4 Nirvana – Drain You


#6 Elvis – Suspicious Minds
vs.
#14 Van Halen – Hot For Teacher


#10 Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
vs.
#2 David Bowie – Space Oddity



Hacienda Bracket – 2nd Round

#1 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
vs.
#8 Radiohead – The Bends


#5 Prince – I Would Die 4 U
vs.
#4 Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen


#6 Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love & Understanding
vs.
#3 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run


#7 Rod Stewart – Maggie May
vs.
#2 The Beatles – A Day In The Life

Results from the CBGB Bracket

No surprises in this bracket. None at all.

#1 The Clash – London Calling vs. #16 B-52’s – Rock Lobster

This thing was over before Joe Strummer hit the first notes on this tele. All this rock from Joe Strummer and company almost turned Fred Schneider straight.

Winner – The Clash



#2 The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop vs. #15 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Happy

This was a personal conflict for me because there are very few songs that have had a greater impact in my life than this Ned’s song. I can remember the first time I heard it and to this day, it changed the way I listen to music. That being said, it was still no match for the 3-chord brilliance of the Ramones.

Winner – The Ramones



#3 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody vs. #14 Beck – Girl

This may not be Queen’s best song, but is probably their most recognizable. This song goes through a variety of flavors and ends up with the most common in this tournament, the rock! Brian May’s solo melted Beck’s face. It was not restored.

Winner – Queen



#4 Pixies – Debaser vs. The Doors – L.A. Woman

Say what you want about Jim Morrison, but he was an overrated songwriter and turned into an even fatter prick. This song may rock and is my favorite Doors song, but it doesn’t stand up against Black Francis.

Winner – The Pixies



#5 The Kinks – You Really Got Me vs. #12 The Police – Roxanne

This was the closest match in this bracket, but in the end, the better songwriter came out on top. I am certain that if Sting didn’t break this band up and didn’t turn into a complete douche, this song might have been rated higher, but since he did, Ray Davies owned him in this matchup.

Winner – The Kinks



#6 Pink Floyd – Fearless vs. #11 The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog

In one of the strangest matchups of the tournament, straightforward raw rock and roll met beautiful psychedlia. Turns out beauty overwhelmed brute force.

Winner – Pink Floyd



#7 Guns n’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle vs. Kings of Leon – Slow Night So Long

This was possibly the most rockin matchup of the tournament. In what started out as a close game, Slash took over in the 2nd half and completely killed the kings with his massive solo and pure shredding. If you could compare guitar work with the basketball, Slash got a triple double in this game.

Winner – G n Fucking R



#8 The Jam – Town Called Malice vs. #9 Elton John – Tiny Dancer

Up until right now, I didn’t realize how many gay musicians were in this bracket. Despite sexual orientation and the use of Kate Hudson to sing this song, Elton could not handle the pure brilliance of Paul Weller and the Jam. One of the more forgotten British Rock groups, The Jam came back from an early deficit in this game to really stick it to Elton.

Winner – The Jam

Opening Round of the CBGBs Bracket

Please have your votes in by Tuesday night. I would like to post the 2nd round Wednesday morning.

Here we go

#1 The Clash – London Calling
vs.
#16 B-52’s – Rock Lobster



#2 The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
vs.
#15 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Happy



#3 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
vs.
#14 Beck – Girl



#4 Pixies – Debaser
vs.
#13 The Doors – L.A. Woman



#5 The Kinks – You Really Got Me
vs.
#12 The Police – Roxanne



#6 Pink Floyd – Fearless
vs.
#11 The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog



#7 Guns n’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
vs.
#10 Kings of Leon – Slow Night So Long



#8 The Jam – Town Called Malice
vs.
#9 Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Results from the 100 Club Bracket

#1 Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow vs. #16 Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks

Not the biggest blowout of the bracket, but definitely one of them. The Swedes were no match for the Stones. Looks like people prefer pianos to whistling.

Winner – Rolling Stones



#2 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone vs. #15 The Libertines – Death on the Stairs.

Rolling stone voted this Dylan song to be the greatest song of all time. I wonder if it had anything to do with the title of the magazine. Well, these drugged out modern punkers didn’t stand a chance in this one.

Winner – Dylan



#3 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of this Place vs. #14 Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way

Psych furs started this game with an early lead, but costly turnovers and a couple of broken xylophone mallets resulted in a 2nd half rout by Eric Burdon and the Animals.

Winner – The Animals



#4 Black Sabbath – War Pigs vs. #13 Blur – Parklife

Two good songs, but two very different styles. The moves that the boys from London learned in the mid 90s were outdone by the pure rock and roll of Ozzy and company. After the game, all faces were restored to their normal status after the onslaught of the face melting guitar solos.

Winner – WAR PIGS!



#5 Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart vs. #12 Beirut – Postcards from Italy

These interesting Balkan sounds were no matchup for the post-punk gods of Ian Curtis and company.

Winner: Joy Division



#6 Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 vs. #11 Elliott Smith – Son of Sam

In the interesting matchup of Anne Frank vs. David Berkowitz, the diary spoke louder than the neighbor’s dog.

Winner – Neutral Milk Hotel



#7 Blondie – Heart of Glass vs. #10 Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored

OK, this one kind of pissed me off a bit. For as much as I like and appreciate all of the blow and good songs Debbie Harry did, in my opinion the higher seed winning was an upset. I wanna be adored, opened up the doors for a whole new genre of great British music in the late 80’s and 90’s and now they have gone down to Blondie. This was truly a matchup between brackets because both bands helped put CBGBs and the Hacienda on the map.

Winner – Blondie



#8 The Cure – Pictures of You vs. #9 Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon

In the West Sussex vs. Liverpool game, Echo fell behind early but then turned up the full-court press and ended the game on a 16-2 run. Some may think this is the biggest upset of this bracket, but I think people may be trying to tell Robert Smith to either stop eating and get Ian McCulloch to start writing again.

Winner – Echo & The Bunnymen

Opening Round for the 100 Club Bracket

Please get me your votes by email or in the comment section by Friday Night. I would like to have the winners and the final opening round bracket posted on Saturday.

#1 Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow
vs.
#16 Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks



#2 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
vs.
#15 The Libertines – Death on the Stairs



#3 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of this Place
vs.
#14 Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way



#4 Black Sabbath – War Pigs
vs.
#13 Blur – Parklife



#5 Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
vs.
#12 Beirut – Postcards from Italy



#6 Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
vs.
#11 Elliott Smith – Son of Sam



#7 Blondie – Heart of Glass
vs.
#10 Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored



#8 The Cure – Pictures of You
vs.
#9 Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon

Results from the Hacienda Bracket

#1 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song vs. #16 Pearl Jam – Porch

This wasn’t even a contest. Like a commenter said, Vikings kick the shit out of flannel wearing vegans. Enough said.

Winner: Led Zeppelin



#2 The Beatles – A Day in the Life vs. #15 Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a 17-Year Old Girl.

Another blowout. Kevin Drew and company could just not compete with Lennon. In fact in the 2nd half of this game, the Beatles benched Ringo and John and George played with only their left hands.

Winner: The Beatles



#3 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run vs. #14 Ride – Twisterella

Despite Twisterella being a personal favorite of mine, this thing was over with the countdown done by the Boss. This was nothing but a death trap, a suicide wrap for the kids from Brixton.

Winner: The Fucking BOSS!!!



#4 Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen vs. #13 The Strokes – You Only Live Once

You can say what you wish about the pistols and how they couldn’t play their instruments, but the bottom line is outside of the clash, there are very few punk bands that have mattered as much as these guys. No future for the Strokes, Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious destroyed the rich boys from New York

Winner: Sex Pistols



#5 Prince – I Would Die 4 U vs. #12 Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot

For as much as I like Teenage Riot, it just could not handle the genius that comes from the man from up north wearing the purple blouse. Close game, but Prince pulled away in the 2nd Half.

Winner: Prince



#6 Elvis Costello – (What’s so funny ‘bout) Peace Love & Understanding vs. #11 Doves – There Goes The Fear

I think this matchup showed how much of an influence that Elvis Costello had on the voters because this thing turned into a blow out early. Like a republican running for office on the west side of the city, the Doves had no chance.

Winner: Elvis Costello



#7 Rod Stewart – Maggie May vs. NIN – Wish

In what turned out to be one of the closest matches in the tournament, Rod Stewart dropped a half court shot at the buzzer to send Trent Reznor packing up his equipment and heading back to Ohio. Rumor has it, Rod called up Ron Wood at half time to talk about strategy and a Faces reunion.

Winner: Rod Stewart



#8 Radiohead – The Bends vs. Oasis – Supersonic

This turned out to be the love / hate battle of the opening round. With exception of a few people, I think the majority voted for the one they hated less. I can see that coming from people about oasis, but I was surprised to see that on Radiohead. In a match that will be remembered for all of the turnovers and poor shooting percentage, the art rockers beat out the slags.

Winner: Radiohead

Opening round of the Hacienda Bracket

And now we move to the Hacienda Bracket, which we find a lot of choice tunes.

Please submit your selections to me by email or in the comments section by Tuesday night.



#1 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song

vs.

#16 Pearl Jam – Porch



#2 The Beatles – A Day in the Life

vs.

#15 Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a 17-Year Old Girl



#3 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

vs.

#14 Ride – Twisterella



#4 Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen

vs.

#13 The Strokes – You Only Live Once



#5 Prince – I Would Die 4 U

vs.

#12 Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot



#6 Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love & Understanding

vs.

#11 Doves – There Goes the Fear



#7 Rod Stewart – Maggie May

vs.

#10 Nine Inch Nails – Wish



#8 Radiohead – The Bends

vs.

#9 Oasis - Supersonic

Results from the Whiskey-A-Go-Go Opening Round

After several days of intense competition, the opening round of the Whiskey-A-Go-Go bracket was filled with some blowouts and some buzzer beaters.

In the opening game, the number 1 seed, My Generation destroyed the Stereophonics. The same thing happened in the match up of Bowie vs. Canadian Rock Stars, the New Pornographers. The News, were no match up for the Star Man.

Our first upset came in the 3 vs. 14 match up, where the lower seed Van Halen, came out of the gate in the 2nd half running with the devil. The massive shredding of Eddie Van Halen’s Axe and DLR’s yelling really put Brian Wilson and the boys in their place.

Nirvana, the #4 seed thought they were going to have a tough matchup against Oklahoma’s own Flaming Lips, but there was too much rock coming out Kurt Cobain during this game. Nirvana took this one easily.

Now this Match-Up was one of the two in this bracket that I had a hard time doing myself. These are two of my favorite songs of all-time and it showed that you are big fans too, because this was a close one. This was our first overtime matchup of the tournament, because it was not decided until the last couple of votes came in. After the final votes were counted, the Talking Heads emerged on top over a worthy opponent in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

In the 6 vs. 7 game, Elvis fought back and eventually defeated the Metal Gods of Metallica. This match up was close, but in the end Elvis showed that he is still the King.

Now I know this one will piss some people off, but hey this why we play the games because anything can happen. #7 AC/DC lost a tight match up to the French Canadian Arcade Fire. It was close, but in the end Tunnels was the one that rocked.

This was the one that was difficult on me and I am assuming it was a tough one for everyone else too. The 8 vs. 9 games are always the tough ones, but in the end, New Order was no match up for the Smiths. Johnny Marr and Morrissey destroyed Peter Hook’s crew. I thought this one would have been a lot closer.

Recap
#1 The Who – My Generation defeats #16 Stereophonics –Dakota
#2 David Bowie – Space Oddity defeats #15 New Pornographers – Sing Me Spanish Techno
#14 Van Halen – Hot For Teacher defeats #3 Beach Boys – Sloop John B
#4 Nirvana – Drain You – Defeats Flaming Lips – Race for the Prize
#5 Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place defeats #12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control
#6 Elvis – Suspicious Minds defeats #11 Metallica – Creeping Death
#10 Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) defeats #7 AC/DC – Long Way to the top (If you wanna rock n’ roll)
#8 The Smiths – How Soon is Now? defeats #9 New Order – Perfect Kiss

Play-In Game Results and Whiskey-A-Go-Go Bracket

The results for the play-in game are in and the winner by just 2 votes is Athens, GA own B-52’s with Rock Lobster. After that close one, they will now face off against the Clash in the CBGBs bracket later in the week.

Now that our brackets are set up, I will be posting them up 1 round at a time for several days to make sure that as many people can vote as possible.

In this post, there will be 8 match-ups, which equal all of the first round contests in the Whiskey-A-Go-Go bracket. I will keep these open until first thing Saturday morning. That gives everyone until late Friday night to submit his or her selections. To vote for these, you can just email me or post in the comments page, your winners for each match up.

And here we go…

#1 The Who – My Generation

VS.

#16 Stereophonics – Dakota



#2 David Bowie – Space Oddity

VS.

#15 New Pornographers – Sing Me Spanish Techno



#3 The Beach Boys – Sloop John B

VS.

#14 Van Halen – Hot For Teacher



#4 Nirvana – Drain You

VS.

#13 Flaming Lips –Race for the Prize



#5 Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)

VS.

#12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control



#6 Elvis – Suspicious Minds

VS.

#11 Metallica – Creeping Death



#7 AC/DC – Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N’ Roll)

VS.

#10 Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)



#8 The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?

VS.

#9 New Order – Perfect Kiss

The Seedings and the Play-In Game

And here we go.

After a lot of anticipation, I bring you the full 65 songs that have made the inaugural Great Rock n Roll Tournament.

We will start off today with the play-in game, which features the lowest vote getter against a random song submitted by you, the voter.

B-52’s – Rock Lobster


vs.

Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock


Tomorrow, I will have the first bracket set up and we will be voting on all of the first round songs in that specific bracket. So that means, there will be 8 match-ups to vote on. I will keep each round of voting open for 3 days because I know how busy we all are these days. Feel free to either put your votes in the comment section or just email them to me.

Once again, thank you to all that submitted their rankings and helped me name the brackets. I think this will be a lot of fun and without further ado, here are the songs and their brackets.

CBGBs Bracket

1. The Clash – London Calling
2. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
3. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Pixies – Debaser
5. The Kinks – You Really Got Me
6. Pink Floyd – Fearless
7. Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
8. The Jam – Town Called Malice
9. Elton John – Tiny Dancer
10. Kings of Leon – Slow Night, So Long
11. The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
12. The Police – Roxanne
13. The Doors – L.A. Woman
14. Beck – Girl
15. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Happy
16. PLAY IN GAME – (B-52’s Rock Lobster vs. Smashing Pumpkins, Cherub Rock)

The 100 Club Bracket

1. Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow
2. Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
3. The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place
4. Black Sabbath – War Pigs
5. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
7. Blondie – Heart of Glass
8. The Cure – Pictures of You
9. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
10. Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
11. Elliott Smith – Son of Sam
12. Beirut – Postcards from Italy
13. Blur – Parklife
14. The Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
15. The Libertines – Death on the Stairs
16. Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks

The Hacienda Bracket

1. Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
2. The Beatles – A Day In The Life
3. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
4. Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen
5. Prince – I Would Die 4 U
6. Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
7. Rod Stewart – Maggie May
8. Radiohead – The Bends
9. Oasis – Supersonic
10. Nine Inch Nails – Wish
11. Doves – There Goes The Fear
12. Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot
13. The Strokes – You Only Live Once
14. Ride – Twisterella
15. Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a 17-Year Old Girl
16. Pearl Jam – Porch

Whiskey-A-Go-Go Bracket

1. The Who – My Generation
2. David Bowie – Space Oddity
3. The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
4. Nirvana – Drain You
5. Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
6. Elvis – Suspicious Minds
7. AC/DC – Long Way To The Top (If you wanna Rock n’ Roll)
8. The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
9. New Order – Perfect Kiss
10. Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
11. Metallica – Creeping Death
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control
13. Flaming Lips – Race for the Prize
14. Van Halen – Hot for Teacher
15. The New Pornographers – Sing Me Spanish Techno
16. Stereophonics - Dakota

One more week to nominate

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the rankings thus far. Right now we are seeing some solid first round matchups, but a lot can change if we get more people to participate.

In an a effort to encourage others to participate, because I know how long it can take to put these lists together, I will keep the rankings open until next Sunday, March 1.

Here are the songs again, I hope you enjoy this and thanks again to all that have played so far. Also, feel free to pass this on to anybody else you think might have an interest in this.

Also, don't forget to submit one extra song as your number 65th choice for the play in match up.

JP


Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Happy

Oasis - Supersonic

Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow

Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

The Beatles - A Day In The Life

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

AC/DC - Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)

The Clash - London Calling

Blur – Parklife

The Doors - L.A. Woman

Prince - I Would Die 4 U

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B

Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

Nirvana - Drain You

Van Halen - Hot For Teacher

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control

Radiohead - The Bends

Nine Inch Nails – Wish

Ride – Twisterella

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Beirut - Postcards from Italy

Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)

Black Sabbath - War Pigs

David Bowie - Space Oddity

The Libertines - Death on the Stairs

Pixies – Debaser

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

New Order - Perfect Kiss

The Cure - Pictures of You

The Who - My Generation

Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks

Doves - There Goes The Fear

Stereophonics – Dakota

Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of this Place

The Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Pearl Jam – Porch

The Jam - Town Called Malice

The Police – Roxanne

Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

The Kinks - You Really Got Me

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

Elvis - Suspicious Minds

B-52's - Rock Lobster

Blondie - Heart of Glass

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Kings of Leon - Slow Night So Long

Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a 17-Year Old Girl

Elliott Smith - Son of Sam

Pink Floyd – Fearless

The Strokes - You Only Love Once

Metallica - Creeping Death

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize

The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

The New Pornographers - Sing Me Spanish Techno

The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog

Beck – Girl

The Ramones - Blizkrieg Bop

65th Seed

Right now the leading vote getter for the 65th entry is....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1N_qX_r4Iw

Feel free to submit others

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Tournament

Now I knew before I started putting this project together that I would not be able to make everyone happy with this list. Nobody can. In fact, if I were to go back and put this together again, I am sure I would come up with a different 64.

Well, after 5 days of thinking about it, I put together a list of 64 songs that I thought we could turn into a tournament. My selection process had no define lines with the exception of one, no duplicate artists. Now this is what made the selection process a bit difficult. Sure, you can go through and pick a ton of rolling stones, Beatles, Dylan and Who songs, like Rolling Stone magazine did, but what fun would that be.

When making these selections, I tried to put together a good collection from different genres. Some old, some new, some rock, some roll, some pop and some metal. Regardless of where theses songs may fall, they all have one thing in common, they are all great tunes. Now in order for me to get down to 64, I had to leave behind many good tunes. You will notice that there is no rap, hip-hop, funk, R&B, reggae, Philadelphia Soul, Regular Soul, U2, The Eagles and Aerosmith. The reason behind this is because I needed to narrow this down and if I included those genres, there is now way I could have narrowed this down to 64. And those other bands, well, I just don’t like them.

These songs, I have not put in any particular order, so that is where I need your help. I gave you 64 songs, now I need you to help me rank them for the tournament.

This will be set up just like the NCAA Basketball tournament, so we will have 4 brackets of 16, with songs ranked 1-16 in each bracket. Now, I know that 64 songs is a lot to go through, but rank what you can. Even if you can only rank your favorite 8 songs in the list, that will help me set up the top 2 seeds in each bracket.

UPDATE: also, if you want to submit an additional song for the list, feel free. What I will do is have the most requested song off the list, play the song with the worst ranking in a play-in game, just like the tournament. The play-in game winner will then play the best ranked song in the opening round.

And just to clear up any confusion, please rank the songs from 1-64, with 1 being your favorite and 64 being your least favorite.

thanks to all who have participated already. this looks like it could be a lot of fun.

Well, here you go. Here are the 64 songs.

Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Happy


Oasis – Supersonic


Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O60kvW1dyCw

Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huaCEYIvaXE

The Beatles - A Day In The Life


Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song


AC/DC - Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)


The Clash - London Calling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqO1b-5RsAs

Blur – Parklife


The Doors – L.A. Woman


Prince - I Would Die 4 U

PRINCE "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm A Star"

Beach Boys - Sloop John B


Guns ‘n’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle


Nirvana - Drain You


Van Halen - Hot for Teacher


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3zPbBMbnjI

Radiohead - The Bends


Nine Inch Nails – Wish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KxXeeHXHk

Ride – Twisterella


Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run


Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart


Beirut - Postcards From Italy


Elvis Costello – (What's So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love & Understanding


Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)


Black Sabbath - War Pigs


David Bowie - Space Oddity


The Libertines - Death on the Stairs


Pixies – Debaser


Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon


New Order - Perfect Kiss


The Cure - Pictures of You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l54xuQmwks

The Who - My Generation


Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae9l36SlyZM

Doves - There Goes the Fear


Stereophonics – Dakota


Arcade Fire - neighborhood #1 (tunnels)


Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945


The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of this Place


The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody


Pearl Jam – Porch


The Jam - Town Called Malice


The Police – Roxanne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3kG-7I_Y6k

Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen


The Kinks - You Really Got Me


Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone


Elvis - Suspicious Minds


B-52s - Rock Lobster


Blondie - Heart of Glass


Rod Stewart - Maggie May


Elton John - Tiny Dancer


Kings of Leon – Slow Night So Long


Broken Social Scene - Anthems for A 17-Year Old Girl


Elliott Smith - Son of Sam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rggjfnX20nw

Pink Floyd – Fearless


The Strokes - You Only Live Once
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk1fl_U1dKU

Metallica - Creeping Death


Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot


Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize


Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way


New Pornographers – Sing Me Spanish Techno


The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog


Beck – Girl


The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

The Great Music Tournament

As the middle of February approaches, some people get excited about the upcoming hallmark holiday. Others, maybe looking toward the upcoming change of seasons, while the rest may think about Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, celebrate Black History Month or just think about the joy of taking out books at their local library since February is Library Lovers Month. Now I am sure people look forward to other things, but so what.

Now for me, I see pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training while college basketball teams make their final push to make the tournament. This is one of the best times of the year for me. The College basketball tournament may be the best playoff system in all of sports and on top of that when spring training begins, all baseball fans are optimistic about what their team might do in the upcoming year.

Well, I think we should take this opportunity to pay homage to this great time in the sports year and combine it with our favorite music. I think we should put together a list of 64 songs and create our own tournament to find out what song will emerge on top.

Now I am going to be gone for a few days, but I would like to start getting some songs submitted by the readers and then early next week, I will submit mine as well. The top 64 songs that get nominated the most will be in the tournament. I know that 64 is a lot, so it will take some time, but I also think that it will be more fun than work.

Well, please take some time and submit yours. If you only come up with 10, 14,30 or all 64, just submit what you got. I will start putting them together into brackets next week and we can start having a little fun with the lists.

I will submit a few to get the ball rolling.

In no particular order:
Rolling Stones – She’s Like a Rainbow
The Who – My Generation
Prince – I would die 4 U
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Happy
Oasis – Supersonic
The Smith’s – How Soon is Now
Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
The Beatles – A Day in the Life
The Clash – London Calling
The Jam – Town Called Malice
Talking Heads- This must be the place
Pixies – Debaser
Radiohead – The Bends
Nirvana – Drain You
The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Doves – There Goes The Fear
Libertines – Death on the Stairs
Blur - Parklife