What happened to the 1940's????
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What happened to the 1940's????
With another tiebreaker closing, the Top 24 of 1965-69 is set for the playoffs:
- Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson (1968) 88.89%
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969) 82.13%
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969) 81.08%
- The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin' (1966) 80.74%
- The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965) 78.33%
- Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967) 76.39%
- Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (1968) 75.95%
- The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (1966) 75.46%
- The Beatles - Yesterday (1965) 73.48%
- Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967) 71.08%
- The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1965) 70.76%
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968) 70.66%
- Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love (1967) 69.17%
- The Beatles - Hey Jude (1968) 68.93%
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (1968) 68.51%
- The Beatles - Come Together (1969) 67.40%
- The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (1968) 66.50%
- The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) 65.97%
- Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (1968) 63.89%
- Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (1969) 63.24%
- Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (1967) 61.31%
- Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends (1968) 60.48%
- The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969) 59.02%
- The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin (1967) 55.88%
That's an awesome list of songs. It's gonna be tough from here on in, me thinks.... :panic:
It's gonna be so fucking tough.
With another tiebreaker poll closing earlier, we now have our Top 24 for 1970-1974 going into the playoffs:
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974) 81.02%
- Don McLean - American Pie (1971) 78.19%
- Aerosmith - Dream On (1973) 78.04%
- The Beatles - Let It Be (1970) 76.96%
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (1973) 76.51%
- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (1971) 75.49%
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1970) 75.18%
- Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973) 71.70%
- The Doors - Riders on the Storm (1971) 70.37%
- John Lennon - Imagine (1971) 68.63%
- Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) 66.53%
- Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1973) 63.89%
- Elton John - Rocket Man (1972) 63.45%
- Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll (1972) 62.88%
- The Eagles - Desperado (1973) 62.23%
- Pink Floyd - Money (1973) 61.52%
- Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970) 60.08%
- Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1972) 59.12%
- Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (1971) 58.78%
- Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (1971) 58.72%
- Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle (1974) 56.02%
- Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (1970) 55.89%
- John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971) 54.92%
- Pink Floyd - Time (1973) 50.00%
The 90's group is going to kill me. I don't want to choose between so many personal favorite :(
Another couple of tiebreakers just closed, giving us the playoff-bound Top 24 for 1975-1979:
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) 91.84%
- The Eagles - Hotel California (1976) 88.65%
- Queen - We Will Rock You (1977) 81.89%
- Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (1975) 81.14%
- Queen - We Are the Champions (1977) 80.00%
- Queen - Somebody to Love (1976) 74.61%
- AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979) 74.01%
- Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (1977) 72.05%
- Heart - Barracuda (1977) 71.17%
- Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (1979) 69.35%
- Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (1976) 69.34%
- Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977) 68.42%
- Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979) 67.72%
- Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979) 66.36%
- Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1976) 64.80%
- Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (1975) 63.37%
- Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker (1979) 60.91%
- Boston - More Than a Feeling (1976) 60.57%
- Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights (1977) 57.41%
- Styx - Renegade (1978) 56.67%
- Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (1975) 55.89%
- Pink Floyd - Hey You (1979) 55.57%
- Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975) 54.03%
- The Clash - London Calling (1979) 47.84%
Man, the 95-99 time period really sucks. :lol:
With another group of tiebreakers closing, we've got out Top 24 of 1980-84 all set for the playoffs:
- Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1980) 82.04%
- Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (1981) 81.48%
- The Police - Every Breath You Take (1983) 78.22%
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) 77.14%
- George Thorogood and The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982) 74.64%
- Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1982) 73.00%
- AC/DC - Back in Black (1980) 72.87%
- Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1981) 71.76%
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) 71.14%
- Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (1984) 70.86%
- Prince - When Doves Cry (1984) 70.50%
- Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (1981) 70.19%
- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (1980) 69.47%
- Queen - Under Pressure (1982) 69.37%
- Billy Idol - White Wedding (1982) 69.14%
- Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983) 68.43%
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll (1981) 67.84%
- Toto - Africa (1983) 62.80%
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1982) 60.99%
- Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (1980) 60.13%
- Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (1984) 57.82%
- Prince - Purple Rain (1984) 56.43%
- Rick James - Super Freak (1981) 56.35%
- Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (1983) 55.57%
Ouch. Due to seeding we'll have the two Prince songs face off in the first round of playoffs right away, since #11 takes on #22 :panic:
A very tough choice indeed.
Another tiebreaker closed, and yet another group of Top 24 ready for the playoffs, from 1985-1989:
- Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1987) 88.89%
- Tom Petty - Free Fallin' (1989) 84.70%
- Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer (1986) 82.97%
- Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle (1987) 78.75%
- A-Ha - Take On Me (1985) 78.31%
- Guns N' Roses - Paradise City (1987) 77.70%
- Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way (1986) 75.75%
- REM - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987) 71.67%
- Huey Lewis and The News - The Power of Love (1985) 70.63%
- Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun (1989) 69.86%
- Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (1985) 64.77%
- Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) (1986) 62.22%
- Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me (1987) 61.67%
- Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (1985) 59.43%
- Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady) (1987) 58.98%
- Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986) 58.53%
- John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985) 58.31%
- Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible (1988) 58.24%
- Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (1987) 57.27%
- Michael Jackson - Bad (1987) 56.53%
- Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989) 53.29%
- Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (1986) 53.14%
- Prince - Kiss (1986) 50.84%
- Aerosmith - Rag Doll (1987) 46.80%
So the last polls of Round 3 have just been posted. That means that if there won't be any tiebreakers in this last grouping of polls, the Playoffs will begin on Monday, August 1.
Now that we're pretty much through three very long rounds of many many polls, I wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone for participating in the tournament. We have a core group of about 15-20 voters and if we can stay the course to the end we will have accomplished something pretty cool, in my opinion. I doubt I'll run another tournament any time soon, as it's a lot of work behind the scenes on a nearly daily basis, but it's also a lot of fun for me as well. We're getting very unexpected results, and now heading into the playoffs I think we will really have some fun battles.
A LOT of work lol.
Great job, Pablo. As always.
So...who is this pablo dude you speak of?
A couple more tiebreakers closed so we have our playoff-bound Top 24 of 1990-1994 set:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge (1991) 84.27%
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991) 80.83%
- Metallica - Enter Sandman (1991) 77.61%
- Nirvana - All Apologies (1993) 74.51%
- Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (1993) 73.81%
- Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991) 73.08%
- Aerosmith - Cryin' (1993) 70.51%
- Aerosmith - Crazy (1993) 69.41%
- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (1994) 67.52%
- REM - Everybody Hurts (1993) 66.49%
- The Cranberries - Dreams (1992) 65.11%
- Radiohead - Creep (1993) 64.53%
- Green Day - When I Come Around (1994) 63.26%
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance (1993) 62.66%
- Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (1990) 60.74%
- Guns N' Roses - November Rain (1991) 60.27%
- Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis (1991) 59.42%
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (1991) 58.28%
- Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (1990) 58.01%
- Blind Melon - No Rain (1992) 56.74%
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back (1991) 55.37%
- Beck - Loser (1993) 53.63%
- Beastie Boys - Sabotage (1994) 53.37%
- Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (1991) 51.49%
Notably, the top three songs are from 1991. Like I said before that was an amazing year, so many great songs. And there are nine of them here in the Top 24.
And the 1995-1999 Top 24 is set for the playoffs is well:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue (1999) 74.12%
- Oasis - Wonderwall (1995) 72.71%
- Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (1995) 71.47%
- The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (1997) 70.85%
- No Doubt - Don't Speak (1995) 67.82%
- Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (1998) 66.77%
- Santana feat. Rob Thomas - Smooth (1999) 66.34%
- Creed - With Arms Wide Open (1999) 65.48%
- Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (1995) 65.14%
- Seal - Kiss From a Rose (1995) 65.03%
- Coolio feat. LV - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) 64.70%
- Eminem - My Name Is (1999) 62.63%
- Oaisis - Champagne Supernova (1995) 60.65%
- Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (1998) 60.20%
- Foo Fighters - Everlong (1997) 59.38%
- Sublime - Santeria (1996) 58.47%
- Fugees - Killing Me Softly (1996) 58.34%
- Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (1995) 56.90%
- Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle (1999) 55.57%
- Natalie Merchant - Carnival (1995) 53.94%
- Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me (1996) 50.34%
- Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (1998) 50.23%
- The Wallflowers - One Headlight (1996) 48.15%
- Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1998) 45.78%
And just like that we've also got our playoff-bound Top 24 sets for the entire decade of the 2000s (2000-2004 and 2005-2009) in one go:
- Coldplay - Clocks (2002) 74.80%
- Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004) 72.96%
- Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002) 68.50%
- The Killers - Mr. Brightside (2003) 66.71%
- Johnny Cash - Hurt (2002) 63.66%
- The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (2003) 63.26%
- The Killers - Somebody Told Me (2004) 63.20%
- Eminem feat. Dido - Stan (2000) 62.79%
- Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (2001) 62.70%
- Evanescence - Bring Me to Life (2003) 62.57%
- Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (2000) 62.35%
- Linkin Park - In the End (2000) 61.81%
- Weezer - Island in the Sun (2001) 61.55%
- Eminem - The Way I Am (2000) 60.51%
- System of a Down - Chop Suey! (2001) 60.32%
- 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite (2000) 58.89%
- Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (2001) 55.79%
- System of a Down - Toxicity (2001) 54.98%
- Dido - White Flag (2003) 54.44%
- Staind - It's Been Awhile (2001) 53.79%
- Afroman - Because I Got High (2001) 53.70%
- Alicia Keys - Fallin' (2001) 52.65%
- Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World (2002) 48.16%
- Outkast - Ms. Jackson (2000) 46.86%
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (2006) 69.70%
- System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. (2005) 69.06%
- Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2006) 66.80%
- Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire (2008) 65.64%
- Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006) 64.17%
- Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (2008) 62.56%
- Foo Fighters - Best of You (2005) 62.08%
- Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (2005) 57.82%
- Foo Fighters - The Pretender (2007) 57.55%
- Metallica - The Day That Never Comes (2008) 57.50%
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) (2006) 56.02%
- Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man (2009) 54.63%
- Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (2009) 54.25%
- The White Stripes - Blue Orchid (2005) 53.62%
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - White & Nerdy (2006) 53.35%
- My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade (2006) 50.41%
- Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger (2005) 47.92%
- AFI - Miss Murder (2006) 47.74%
- The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (2009) 47.32%
- The Killers - Human (2008) 45.87%
- Sonic Youth - Incinerate (2006) 45.40%
- Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (2009) 45.29%
- Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (2007) 38.97%
- Michael Bublé - Lost (2007) 34.84%
Super unexpectedly after three pre-playoff rounds the Red Hot Chili Peppers own the first spot in three different time periods (1990-1994, 1995-1999, and 2005-2009). Queen has two number one spots (1975-1979 and 1980-84).
Tomorrow's the last day of Round 3. Unless there are tiebreakers to do.