Poll
Question:
1975 Round of 16
Option 1: This is the 1/16 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
votes: 11
Option 3: 16 Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
votes: 2
Option 4: This is the 8/9 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
votes: 8
Option 6: 9 Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
votes: 5
Option 7: This is the 5/12 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 5 Young Americans - David Bowie
votes: 8
Option 9: 12 Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
votes: 5
Option 10: This is the 4/13 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 4 Shooting Star - Bad Company
votes: 10
Option 12: 13 Take It To the Limit - The Eagles
votes: 3
Option 13: This is the 6/11 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 Have A Cigar - Pink FLoyd
votes: 4
Option 15: 11 Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
votes: 9
Option 16: This is the 3/14 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3Walk This Way - Aerosmith
votes: 10
Option 18: 14 Tush - ZZ Top
votes: 3
Option 19: This is the 7/10 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
votes: 4
Option 21: 10 Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
votes: 9
Option 22: This is the 2/15 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
votes: 7
Option 24: 15 Magic Man - heart
votes: 6
Once again music has produced a year chock full of songs that I could get two more brackets out of. And all of them are good. That's why the seeding doesn't seem fair at all to me this year. We have two clear cut front runners in Bohemian Rhapsody and Kashmir, but, Heart doesn't deserve to go against Zep. Pink Floyd versus Bruce Springsteen? C'mon, man! That's just wrong. But years like this make me happy to put together. So many awesome tunes. Well, time to vote. And thank you all for once again following along with me.
The 1/16
The 8/9
The 5/12
The 4/13
The 6/11
The 3/14
The 7/10
The 2/15
1975-78 were very strong years in music. Rock was maturing, pop wasn't too bad, and even disco produced some good songs. Those years were also my high school years (actually 75-79), so it was a great time to be a teen.
The songs in the bracket are very solid, and you probably could have filled another bracket for 1975 without too much trouble. Lots of songs I really like. By far, this year is going to present the hardest choices I've had so far.
As always, thanks for the time you put into this!
This one was actually fairly easy for me, with only the 6-11 and 7-10 making me pause for a moment.
I get why all the songs were ones you chose, and they deserve to be there; I just don't like half of them... :peace:
Good job with this list :clap:
Good choices, Dawg, but you're killing me with undervaluing Springsteen. You had his biggest hit, "Born in the USA", at a 4 or 5 when it could have arguably been seeded #1 instead of Prince and now his breakout hit, "Born to Run" at 11. Damn, brother....show a little respect for The Boss, willya?!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 04, 2017, 07:10:17 AM
This one was actually fairly easy for me, with only the 6-11 and 7-10 making me pause for a moment.
I get why all the songs were ones you chose, and they deserve to be there; I just don't like half of them... :peace:
Good job with this list :clap:
+1 Not saying that any of these are bad songs...just don't like most of 'em.
Quote from: trailrunner on September 04, 2017, 06:35:55 AM
1975-78 were very strong years in music. Rock was maturing, pop wasn't too bad, and even disco produced some good songs. Those years were also my high school years (actually 75-79), so it was a great time to be a teen.
The songs in the bracket are very solid, and you probably could have filled another bracket for 1975 without too much trouble. Lots of songs I really like. By far, this year is going to present the hardest choices I've had so far.
As always, thanks for the time you put into this!
My high school years too, but our Motto was "Disco Sucks"
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 04, 2017, 11:12:48 AM
Good choices, Dawg, but you're killing me with undervaluing Springsteen. You had his biggest hit, "Born in the USA", at a 4 or 5 when it could have arguably been seeded #1 instead of Prince and now his breakout hit, "Born to Run" at 11. Damn, brother....show a little respect for The Boss, willya?!
'Born To Run,' and '10th Avenue Freeze Out,' are two of my favorite Bruce songs. But, growing up where I did, I got super burnt out on 'Bruce Juice.' That doesn't entirely account for the seeding. Part of how I do this is to come up with the songs I want to include, then do the seeding. Other than the 1 and the 2, almost all the rest of the seeds are more about fitting genres together or setting up next round matchups. So, it's not an intentional slight, just the easiest place to put them ;)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 04, 2017, 07:10:17 AM
Good job with this list :clap:
Thank you, sir. Glad you approve :)
Quote from: trailrunner on September 04, 2017, 06:35:55 AM
1975-78 were very strong years in music. Rock was maturing, pop wasn't too bad, and even disco produced some good songs. Those years were also my high school years (actually 75-79), so it was a great time to be a teen.
The songs in the bracket are very solid, and you probably could have filled another bracket for 1975 without too much trouble. Lots of songs I really like. By far, this year is going to present the hardest choices I've had so far.
As always, thanks for the time you put into this!
Glad I could help you relive your teenage years through song O0 Even more glad that you find the choices difficult. I really had to agonize over what to include and then agonize some more about how to vote them. And you are certainly welcome. This is a labor of love and I am just glad that some of you enjoy it enough to help me along. :bd: