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- Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
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Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND ONE, PART THREE: SUBMIT BY 12/9]
1 Michael Jackson,"Billie Jean" vs. 16 Billy Bragg, "A New England" 8 Metallica, "Master of Puppets" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" 5 U2, "With or Without You" vs. 12 Def Leppard, "Photograph" Man the finale of The Americans was so good ...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 6:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145994
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND ONE, PART TWO: SUBMIT BY 12/6]
1 Madonna, "Like a Virgin" vs. 16 Pixies, "Where is My Mind?" 8 Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the USA" vs. 9 AC/DC, "Back in Black" I'm a big Springsteen fan, but I've never loved Born in the USA the song that much. 5 Wham!, "Careless Whisper" vs. 12 V...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145994
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND ONE: SUBMIT BY 12/2]
In the Air Tonight losing to Crazy Train has inspired me to start voting in this bracket 1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 16 INXS, "Need You Tonight" Apparently Q-Tip once said the last verse of this song is the greatest verse of all time. I really can'...
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354316
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Me and Bobby McGee vs. Black Magic Woman Beast of Burden vs. Mr. Blue Sky Ain't No Mountain High Enough vs. Zombie What's Going On vs. Highway to Hell Goodbye Yellow Brick Road vs. Move On Up Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is probably one of my favorite Elton John songs, which is a high bar, but Move On...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354316
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time Short People vs. Closer to the Heart La Grange vs. All Right Now Only the Good Die Young vs. Hello Darlin’ Mississippi Queen vs. Star Spangled Banner I’ll Be Around vs. Up Against the Wall Search and Destroy vs. Mr. Big Stuff American Girl vs. Whole Wide World
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354316
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight First time I'm hearing this one, and I'm really vibing with it. Heart of Glass is cool, but doesn't really rise to the same heights. Radio Radio vs. Burning Love Friend of the Devil vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Why didn't you post the full...
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular" play-in round
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1354
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular" play-in round
I voted for Ch'en because it is racist
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
my babies nooooo
As for one of my favorite songs of the decade: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SDZFWtWcnlo
Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
my babies nooooo
As for one of my favorite songs of the decade: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SDZFWtWcnlo
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids if...
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWs7HKo1fcM Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick...
- Sun Dec 15, 2019 1:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Almost all of these are really, really hard picks, especially Gotye/Lorde and CSH/Frank Ocean Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Lorde - Royals Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry...
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me Perfume Genius - Queen vs. Björk - Stonemilker Listening to Stonemilker for the first time is probably one of the most pleasant surprises from this bracket for me Rosalía - Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio) vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clea...
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Lana del Rey - Video Games vs. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best These songs are two sides of the same coin: one is super-polished and produced, with over-the-top strings coating the smooth, sultry vocals, while the other is raw, wry, aggressive, and I think I remember hearing somewhere it was ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#1 Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. #16 IDLES - Danny Nedelko So a couple months ago, I was walking home to my dorm late at night. My dorm is at the top of a long set of stairs, a lot of which you can cut off with an escalator ride, but it's still exhausting, especially late on a cold night l...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#1 Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. #16 Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness Motion Sickness is fine, I guess, but I wasn't particularly thrilled to vote for it last time. Get Lucky, on the other hand, is Get Lucky. I've been tapping my toe to it since that first SN...
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 2:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Lil Nas X (ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) - Old Town Road - Remix Sorry, but...come on Drake - Hotline Bling vs. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me I love the pure feeling of desire contained in this. Hotline Bling just can't compete. Bon Iver - Holocene vs. Perfume Genius - Queen Yo...
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#15 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream vs. St. Vincent - Cruel Sorry, but good pop is good pop. #15 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy vs. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People…. I'm pretty sure I haven't stopped listening to this song in the three years since it came out #15 Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never C...
- Mon May 27, 2019 11:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Let's Remember Some New York Mets
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5523
Re: Let's Remember Some New York Mets
Did you have to read this on the one night I’m on a 12-hour plane ride
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 4:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9703
Re: 2019 Trash Player Poll
Idk I think I'm pretty good
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 28276
Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
Heading to Pitt after a gap year.
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2994
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Screw it, I'm ranking them all. All 130. Including the two versions of "Perfect". Let's do this (note after doing this: NEVER DO THIS) The gaps in between songs are where I drew the lines for the numerical rankings I used to sort this list. The lowest is either 5.5 or 5.75 (I can't remembe...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: High School Player Poll
- Replies: 42
- Views: 28623
Re: High School Player Poll
I played ACRONYM solo and came third. I think that deserves at least one vote for something.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Only the Good Die Young is a good pick, but I was holding out hope for Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 20408
Re: CMST: Specific question discussion
Circling back to the Minnelli tossup, I think you should've at least thrown in a mention of Gigi, although maybe that's just the awards-show nerd in me talking.
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CMST: Detailed stats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3089
Re: CMST: Detailed stats
At NYU, Chris White was given a couple tossups I buzzed on (Fosse and Abraham).
Also, I was given a few questions I definitely did not get, such as the Dayton Accords and Titus Andronicus. Unfortunately, I can't remember who actually got these tossups.
Also, I was given a few questions I definitely did not get, such as the Dayton Accords and Titus Andronicus. Unfortunately, I can't remember who actually got these tossups.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Looks like Radio Radio.nycaqb1999 wrote:What Costello song will make this bracket then? Has the wrong Elvis left the building (as in a building that is a poll of songs)?Granny Soberer wrote:AKKOLADE wrote:Elvis Costello Alison
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
The second-to-last song eliminated will be “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Albuquerque”.
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Two more cases of "I would've chosen differently but I really can't argue", with "Sweet Baby James" and "Behind Blue Eyes" getting the axe this time.
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
So your John Lennon pick is...Mind Games?
I can understand Lean on Me (Ain't No Sunshine), but Mind Games? Really??
I can understand Lean on Me (Ain't No Sunshine), but Mind Games? Really??
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
I'd upgrade The Eagles, The Police, John Denver, and Dire Straits. They were definitely more prolific and produced better quality music over this decade than, say, the Isley Brothers. Hot take: under the one-song-per-artist rule, Dire Straits are a top ten group in this bracket. Money for Nothing i...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
I think All the Young Dudes should be counted separately from Bowie. Other than that, I agree with you.
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
WhatStyx Renegade
WHATBauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead
WHATWarren Zevon Werewolves of London
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The 2018 Quizbowl Oscar Pool
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2194
Re: The 2018 Quizbowl Oscar Pool
Yeah, he lost both to The Departed. Good year.UlyssesInvictus wrote:Wow, that's actually really surprising: I don't know why I thought Pan's Labyrinth won both Best Pic and Best Director. This makes a little more sense as to why he's doing well this year.
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The 2018 Quizbowl Oscar Pool
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2194
Re: The 2018 Quizbowl Oscar Pool
Minor nitpick: del Toro hasn't actually won an Oscar. He was nominated twice for Pan's Labyrinth (Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film), but didn't win either award.
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
merv1618 wrote:Hey Ya! because good god people
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
I know there's going to be a song I really like in every cut, but this one definitely stings. "Werewolves of London" better be in the final bracket.AKKOLADE wrote:Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
- Sat Feb 03, 2018 5:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
I'd argue to put "The Crunge" on the list, for the ending alone, but I really can't complain about the rest.
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Will London Calling be placed in the '70s or the '80s?
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
RIP some of the most drugged out writing of all timeAKKOLADE wrote: America - A Horse with No Name
America - Ventura Highway
And also a really good Breaking Bad cold open
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
merv1618 wrote:I'm not angry at Fred. I'm just disappointed in him.AKKOLADE wrote: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock and Roll
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30471
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
So you included the New York Mets’ current victory song, “New York Groove”, but left out their previous, much better victory song, “Takin’ Care of Business”? I don’t accept this.
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Paper Planes
Hey Ya!
People docking Paper Planes for being too repetitive need to listen to Mr. Brightside again.
Hey Ya!
People docking Paper Planes for being too repetitive need to listen to Mr. Brightside again.
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxMMv_LD5Q Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Toxic by Britney Spears: Womanizer is Britney's last great song. And Till the World Ends wasn't too bad either. 99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A. : All ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 92848
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
Do you have Columbia Fall on there?
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
"Time to Pretend" deserved better. Sucks it had to go up against "Hey Ya!".
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day: I love how "Crazy" does so much with so little. A simple drum loop, bass line, and some vocal effects, toss in some strings on the chorus, and that's all there is to it. CeeLo Green doesn't hurt, either. "Wake M...
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:51 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
- Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s
Maps vs. Feel Good Inc. and Yeah! vs. Cry Me a River are tough matchups.
Time to Pretend is criminally underseeded.
Final Four predictions: Crazy, Ignition (Remix), Hey Ya!, and Hurt.
Time to Pretend is criminally underseeded.
Final Four predictions: Crazy, Ignition (Remix), Hey Ya!, and Hurt.