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Battle of teh Bands Campaigning
Kai:
MOJO RISIN'
Joseph:
Anyway, I've actually looked at the matchups and such now, and more campaining:
First off, Neutral Milk Hotel beats Broken Social Scene, and I say this with Broken Social Scene being one of my favorite bands. Take out your copies of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea everyone, and listen to Communist Daughter and Oh Comely. They are convieniently located back to back. If that doesn't make you at least think twice about voting for BSS, you lack a soul!
Next, Stars over REM. Most of you will likely think I'm crazy, but really, Stars have made some achingly beautiful pop albums, and have two of the best vocalists in indie today. Granted, REM are great, but they have fallen over the years. But yeah, I really can't hold it against anyone if they do vote for REM, I suppose.
Joy Division > Nirvana. Nirvana were good and all, but were they really that great? And even if you think that they might have been, THEY INSPIRED NICKELBACK! AND CREED!
I'm not even going to touch Godspeed You! Black Emperor vs. Frank Zappa, Coltrane vs. Black Sabbath, or The Smiths vs. Fugazi, those would be painful. And the rest, it's looking like things are going well as is.
Except The Doors vs. The Arcade Fire. Go vote for The Doors!
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Kai ---There is no reason Arcade Fire should be getting more votes than The Doors. OKAY GUYS. JIM MORRISON. Jim. Fucking. Morrison. This is the guy who did Strange Days, remember? He could totally kick Win Butler or whatever's ASS.
--- End quote ---
Jim Morrison's gift for the occasional decent lyric or melodic hook was far outstripped by his penchant for being a complete fuckwit with a godawful approach to poetry ("MOTHER I WANT TO FUCK YOU" - what literary talent). The Doors were an okay band at best.
The Arcade Fire have made one album, and without resorting to shock or obscenity made a startlingly strong name for themselves. They deserve the "critical darling" tag, if only because they deserve every bit of hype they've received, through an album chock-full solid pop songwriting and - and this is important, kids, so pay attention - some lyrical and musical immediacy, two things that The Doors were lucky to do once in a while, and both of them were often ruined by ridiculous runtimes and masturbatory organ solos. Plus, their live act is literally the most unifying show I've ever seen; an entire room was simply enthralled.
So you could vote for a "classic rock" band whose major contribution to music was making guys who smoke a lot of dope seem insightful, or you could vote for a modern band with one of the more finely-crafted records and awe-inspiring concerts to hit the music world in a long time. Your choice, guys.
Paul Kemp:
--- Quote from: jcknbl ---Looks like the 4 top seeds are pretty clear
Arcade Fire- 12
Radiohead- 12
Daft Punk-11
Pixies- 10
The Rest of the 16 seeded teams, as of now:
Architecture in Helsinki- 9
The Smiths- 9
The Beatles- 9
Bob Dylan- 9
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- 9
Joy Division- 9
Broken Social Scene- 9
Jimi Hendrix- 8
Modest Mouse- 8
Neutral Milk Hotel- 8
The Velvet Underground- 8
Wilco-8
Practically guaranteed a spot in the top 32:
Black Sabbath- 7
Sonic Youth- 7
The Decemberists- 7
The Doors- 7
The Flaming Lips- 7
Fugazi- 7
Led Zeppelin- 7
Its really unlikely than any band with 7 votes won't make it through to the next round. But as of now thats only 23 teams. There are 16 teams competing for those last 9 spots.
The Avalanches- 6
Belle & Sebastian- 6
David Bowie- 6
Dead Kennedys- 6
Explosions in the SKy- 6
Johnny Cash- 6
Kraftwerk- 6
Kyuss- 6
Mogwai- 6
Nirvana- 6
REM- 6
The Stars- 6
Sufjan Stevens- 6
The Talking Heads- 6
Wolf Parade- 6
Frank Zappa Solo- 6
I highly recomend that people vote for Kraftwerk, Bowie and the Talking Heads very quickly. Also, Johnny Cash totally deserves a spot.
And two bands in the 5 vote range that shouldn't be:
My Bloody Valentine- 5
Pavement- 5
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean really. That Wolf Parade album was better than Loveless??? Seriously? Have the Stars had the kind of influence Pavement did?
Also, whats the plan to deal with a tie? How will the seeding be done beyond votes?
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If Zappa solo is on there, what the fuck happened to Frank and the Mothers???
Storm Rider:
The Arcade Fire has released one album. Now, I'll be the first to admit that Jim Morrisson's 'poetry' was often anything but poetic, but it seems to me that the choice is between a band that often exemplified the rock n' roll attitude of the 60s or a bunch of band geeks that have gone so deep into the pit of uncool that they have somehow come out the other side and are now riding the cutting edge of pretentious hipsterism.
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