Poll
Question:
1968 Round of 16
Option 1: This is the 1/16 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Hey Jude - The Beatles
votes: 6
Option 3: 16 Suzie Q - Credence Clearwater Revival
votes: 8
Option 4: This is the 8/9 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 The Weight - The Band
votes: 7
Option 6: 9 Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
votes: 7
Option 7: This is the 5/12 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 5 Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
votes: 10
Option 9: 12 Daydream Believer - The Monkees
votes: 4
Option 10: This is the 4/13 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 4 I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
votes: 9
Option 12: 13 The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
votes: 5
Option 13: This is the 6/11 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
votes: 9
Option 15: 11 Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
votes: 5
Option 16: This is the 3/14 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3 Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
votes: 12
Option 18: 14 Love Child - Diana Ross & the Supremes
votes: 2
Option 19: This is the 7/10 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
votes: 10
Option 21: 10 Hello I Love You - The Doors
votes: 4
Option 22: This is the 2/15 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
votes: 10
Option 24: 15 In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
votes: 4
Alright. Here we go. 1968 has almost as many classic songs as 1967. I did the matchups a little different this time. Wanted to mix things up a little. I numbered the songs 1 to 16 rather than looking for matchups of two songs that would be difficult to choose from. That's how we ended up with Cream versus The Monkees. Or Otis Redding versus the Stones. Let me know what you think of how that method turned out. As always, thank you all for taking a minute to vote. And vote consistently. Thank you so much. :clap:
The 1/16
The 8/9
The 5/12
The 4/13
The 6/11
The 3/14
The 7/10
The 2/15
This is a very deep bracket. All great songs. Too bad there will only be one winner. What a year!
Quote from: trailrunner on November 19, 2017, 07:11:39 PM
This is a very deep bracket. All great songs. Too bad there will only be one winner. What a year!
So Say We All!
6/11 was a tough, tough choice......
Quote from: MetalDog on November 19, 2017, 06:30:10 PMI numbered the songs 1 to 16 rather than looking for matchups of two songs that would be difficult to choose from. That's how we ended up with Cream versus The Monkees. Or Otis Redding versus the Stones.
I was wondering...
I HAD to vote for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in what I know is a losing cause for one simple reason....it was the very first music I bought as a teen that my Mom absolutely hated! And sorry, m'friends, but that's an important rite of passage 8)
Quote from: trailrunner on November 19, 2017, 07:11:39 PM
This is a very deep bracket. All great songs. Too bad there will only be one winner. What a year!
Much better than the 90's but that might be age talking ...
Quote from: Pete Dero on November 20, 2017, 04:00:44 AM
Quote from: trailrunner on November 19, 2017, 07:11:39 PM
This is a very deep bracket. All great songs. Too bad there will only be one winner. What a year!
Much better than the 90's but that might be age talking ...
I agree.
4/13 was a tough choice for me! Great line up of songs though :clap: nice way to spend half an hour listening to all that awesome music :) thanks as always MD for putting that together for all us music lovers O0
Quote from: Steelgrave on November 19, 2017, 10:05:32 PM
I HAD to vote for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in what I know is a losing cause for one simple reason....it was the very first music I bought as a teen that my Mom absolutely hated! And sorry, m'friends, but that's an important rite of passage 8)
You're Mom is not the only one that hates that song!!!.. Other than that outstanding Bracket!
She woulda really hated The Simpsons :DD
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 20, 2017, 12:48:11 PM
4/13 was a tough choice for me! Great line up of songs though :clap: nice way to spend half an hour listening to all that awesome music :) thanks as always MD for putting that together for all us music lovers O0
You are quite welcome! And glad you listened to the songs. I suspect most don't, so, it's nice to know someone appreciates all the trouble I go through to put these things together ;)
Quote from: Tuna on November 20, 2017, 01:01:06 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on November 19, 2017, 10:05:32 PM
I HAD to vote for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in what I know is a losing cause for one simple reason....it was the very first music I bought as a teen that my Mom absolutely hated! And sorry, m'friends, but that's an important rite of passage 8)
You're Mom is not the only one that hates that song!!!.. Other than that outstanding Bracket!
Thank you, sir! I'm with you on the Butterfly. Terrible song. Sorry, Steelie :(
But come on! They're up against Jimi!
If there's one thing I've learned doing this is that the tastes of the ~14 people who vote in these things can run contrary to what I would consider sacred. Even Jimi isn't safe.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 08:49:12 PMEven Jimi isn't safe.
Especially when he's (1) covering Dylan, and (2) U2 did a better version of that song.
Peak Jimi is somewhere in the triangulation of Spanish Castle Magic, Little Wing, and Voodoo Chile.
First of all, Jimi's version of Watchtower is superior to Dylan's. Second of all, are you on crack?!?!?! NO version is better than Jimi's! :tickedoff: :knuppel2:
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:29:25 PM
are you on crack?!?!?!
You're just now figuring that out after all of these brackets?
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:29:25 PMFirst of all, Jimi's version of Watchtower is superior to Dylan's.
That's like trying to limbo under an 80-ft high tension line - zero challenge
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:29:25 PMNO version is better than Jimi's! :tickedoff: :knuppel2:
au contraire
Watchtower isn't even one of Jimi's 10 best tunes
Quote from: OJsDad on November 20, 2017, 09:33:24 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:29:25 PM
are you on crack?!?!?!
You're just now figuring that out after all of these brackets?
I always knew he had crap taste in hair metal and obscure bands, but, I didn't think he'd desecrate Jimi like that!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 20, 2017, 09:39:22 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:29:25 PMFirst of all, Jimi's version of Watchtower is superior to Dylan's.
That's like trying to limbo under an 80-ft high tension line - zero challenge
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:29:25 PMNO version is better than Jimi's! :tickedoff: :knuppel2:
au contraire
Watchtower isn't even one of Jimi's 10 best tunes
Look, I'm pretty familiar with Hendrix's catalog released during his lifetime, and I am going to have to call bullshit on that. Now you're just trolling me.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:40:16 PM
I didn't think he'd desecrate Jimi like that!
I suppose you're best off not asking me about the time I was jamming on "Hey Joe" with 5-6 friends as the soundcheck for New Kids On The Block when their band got stuck in traffic and couldn't get to the arena in time (I was on the stage crew).
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 20, 2017, 09:42:43 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:40:16 PM
I didn't think he'd desecrate Jimi like that!
I suppose you're best off not asking me about the time I was jamming on "Hey Joe" with 5-6 friends as the soundcheck for New Kids On The Block when their band got stuck in traffic and couldn't get to the arena in time (I was on the stage crew).
Maybe you should have played to your strength?
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:41:46 PMLook, I'm pretty familiar with Hendrix's catalog released during his lifetime, and I am going to have to call bullshit on that. Now you're just trolling me.
Hey Joe
Voodoo Chile
Purple Haze
Foxy Lady
Spanish Castle Magic
Little Wing
Are You Experienced
Manic Depression
Crosstown Traffic
Love or Confusion
Little Wing
Day Tripper
.... that's 12 and counting, just off the top of my head.
Hey Joe and Day Tripper are both covers. And the Beatles did the better version. Stevie Ray Vaughn covered Voodoo Child and did a better job. You said Little Wing twice. And Watchtower is better than Love or Confusion. So, there ya' go, Top 10.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 10:10:30 PM
Hey Joe and Day Tripper are both covers. And the Beatles did the better version. Stevie Ray Vaughn covered Voodoo Child and did a better job. You said Little Wing twice. And Watchtower is better than Love or Confusion. So, there ya' go, Top 10.
Didn't mean to say Little Wing twice, so that's 11. But I should've put Fire in there, so now we're pack to 12.
If you're going to claim Watchtower (a cover) then you don't get to pick on me about Hey Joe or Day Tripper.
Stevie's cover of Voodoo Chile is exceptional, especially when layered over the 'move out' scene in
Blackhawk Down, but Jimi's version is still better than his version of Watchtower.
And I like Love or Confusion better.
Heck, I'd take Stone Free ahead of Watchtower, and in an argument with someone making irrational counterpoints, I'd pick Wind Cries Mary just to yank your chain O0
The Beatles did a better version of Daytripper, that's 11. Watchtower is better than Love or Confusion, that's 10. But then, that's music. You can like what you like and no one can gainsay you. So, enjoy your Watchtower-less Top 10.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 21, 2017, 06:47:18 AMThe Beatles did a better version of Daytripper, that's 11.
Beatles version > Hendrix version ≠ Jimi's Watchtower > Jimi's Day Tripper
Beatles version > Hendrix version AND Jimi's Watchtower < Jimi's Day Tripper
Just ignore Brant MD... all his taste is in his mouth..... :P
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 20, 2017, 09:42:43 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2017, 09:40:16 PM
I didn't think he'd desecrate Jimi like that!
I suppose you're best off not asking me about the time I was jamming on "Hey Joe" with 5-6 friends as the soundcheck for New Kids On The Block when their band got stuck in traffic and couldn't get to the arena in time (I was on the stage crew).
Did I just hear you correctly!!!!!..... New kids on the block :D you were on this stage crew :D screw jimmi the beatles and Dylan...... We're talking Jordan Knight and Wahlberg 'hangin tough :coolsmiley:
Oh man, I was NUTS about this group when I was about 13, I listened to their music, had their posters on my wall and...... Used their posters to cover my school books with!!! When all my mates were walking around with boring brown paper covering their school books, I had the lads from the block on mine :smitten:
I had another friend in my high-school who was equally as obsessed as me about them, and we only had German language class together. I vividly remember sitting at the back of the class with her..... We went into full on stalker mode trying to come up with the best way to go to one of their concerts and accidentally 'bump' into the lads.... And of course, the object of our devotion ( joey for me, lol) would immediately make us their GF :DD
Surprisingly none of that ever happened ;D I think our plan lacked some finer details... Actually it lacked total detail and consisted entirely of fantasy, fueled by raging teenage hormones ^-^ :dreamer: :smitten:
I suspect that you guys, Brant and MD, might just band together now in your total condemnation of my musical taste ;D
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 04:37:39 PM
Did I just hear you correctly!!!!!..... New kids on the block :D you were on this stage crew :D screw jimmi the beatles and Dylan...... We're talking Jordan Knight and Wahlberg 'hangin tough :coolsmiley:
Local setup Easter weekend 1991 at Reynolds Coliseum (one of the worst acoustic venues of all time - it's designed to echo like crazy to magnify crowd noise during sporting events). I had nothing better to do that weekend, so I took the gig working stage crew and made some good money for about 8 hours of work (4 setting up; 4 tearing down)
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 04:37:39 PM
I suspect that you guys, Brant and MD, might just band together now in your total condemnation of my musical taste ;D
It's ok to like girl music if you're a girl. The fact that it's terrible is mitigated by your age and puberty. Up until about the age of 10 or 11, I was MAD for disco. Loved the stuff. Then I hit middle school and grew out of it. After that it was Zeppelin, AC/DC, Van Halen, Dio, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Rush, and on and on.
Can't forget Band of Gypsys, outstanding Album!
^+100 :bd:
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 21, 2017, 05:08:26 PM
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 04:37:39 PM
Did I just hear you correctly!!!!!..... New kids on the block :D you were on this stage crew :D screw jimmi the beatles and Dylan...... We're talking Jordan Knight and Wahlberg 'hangin tough :coolsmiley:
Local setup Easter weekend 1991 at Reynolds Coliseum (one of the worst acoustic venues of all time - it's designed to echo like crazy to magnify crowd noise during sporting events). I had nothing better to do that weekend, so I took the gig working stage crew and made some good money for about 8 hours of work (4 setting up; 4 tearing down)
'91 would have been the height of my NKOTB obsession :) why did I not know you then... Oh the pain! Although, even had I have lived in the States then, I very much doubt you would have been interested in smuggling two 13 year old girls into a concert!!!! Maybe you could have sold us a couple of tickets though :) And the lousy acoustics would not have bothered me in the least at that age... Would've been to busy screaming in their general direction to notice that I couldn't hear the singing, lol :D my inner 13 year old is totally jealous that you saw one of there concerts :P lol!!
Quote from: MetalDog on November 21, 2017, 05:42:18 PM
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 04:37:39 PM
I suspect that you guys, Brant and MD, might just band together now in your total condemnation of my musical taste ;D
It's ok to like girl music if you're a girl. The fact that it's terrible is mitigated by your age and puberty. Up until about the age of 10 or 11, I was MAD for disco. Loved the stuff. Then I hit middle school and grew out of it. After that it was Zeppelin, AC/DC, Van Halen, Dio, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Rush, and on and on.
Yeah, I don't think sophisticated musical taste entered into it when I was a kid either! Although your taste in disco at that age was fairly sophisticated I think :) I like me some Donna summer every now and again :coolsmiley: Actually a guy once played me one of her songs, another place and time, and I thought he was breaking up with me!! Turned out, I'd listened to the wrong side of the tape ;D he was actually trying to play me another song... Forget which one now! But I remember calling him up all upset, and him being all confused and having to explain that he wasn't giving me the elbow :)
Having said all that.... My inner teen still loves NKOTB, it's just to nostalgic to give it up!
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh52%2Flisajanecoleman%2FScreenshot_20171121-232821_zpsioxg8te1_edit_1511306966854_zpss7gwknud.jpeg&hash=991a3fb67b0be43a763e0cb3e59188517821c287)
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 06:31:24 PM
'91 would have been the height of my NKOTB obsession :) why did I not know you then...
because I was in college and
not channeling my inner Roy Moore :)
^ good point :) I take it roy moore is a bad man?
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 06:36:59 PM
^ good point :) I take it roy moore is a bad man?
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=20095.0
The short of it is he is a politician running for the U.S. Senate who is being accused of dating/groping/behaving badly with girls from the ages of 14 to 17 during the 1980's when he was in his early 30's.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 21, 2017, 06:38:34 PM
Quote from: Emeraldlis on November 21, 2017, 06:36:59 PM
^ good point :) I take it roy moore is a bad man?
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=20095.0
That thread deserves to be read when I can give it more time and attention. I'll give it a read through tomorrow :)
Quote from: MetalDog on November 21, 2017, 06:40:33 PM
The short of it is he is a politician running for the U.S. Senate who is being accused of dating/groping/behaving badly with girls from the ages of 14 to 17 during the 1980's when he was in his early 30's.
OK I get the joke now!! And I'm glad it's come to light what roy moores been up to, I hope those women get justice.