Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Music Tournament Update

We're halfway through the first round of the best alcohol-free alternative in the history of 2113 Pass Road: the Music Tournament. Reflecting back, I must admit that I have doubts about the worthiness of everyone's votes. This tournament isn't about what song you recognize and what song you don't, what song is happier and what song is sadder. At heart, this tournmanent, pronounced Tour-NA-ment, is about looking inside yourself and quantifying the infinite nature of music, putting a vote into a finite receptacle, and watching the entertaining process of democratic ephemery.

Standings so far:

Blue Bracket:
Strawberry Field Forever advances to the Sweet 16, defeating Wagon Wheel.
Brown Eyed Girl advances to the Sweet 16, defeating Atlantic City.
Still to play:
-Mississippi Goddam vs. Down Drinking At The Bar
-Don't Stop Believing vs. Lost Highway

Yellow Bracket:
No Rain advances to the Sweet 16, defeating The Oogum Boogum Song.
Oye Como Va advances to the Sweet 16, defeating Thunder Road (poor Springsteen)
Still to play:
-Hotel California vs. Piano Man
-Walking In Memphis vs. Ooh La La

Green Bracket:
Beat It advances to the Sweet 16, defeating Step By Step
Bohemian Rhapsody advances to the Sweet 16, defeating Monster Mash
Still to play:
-Fearless vs. Africa
-Volunteers vs. You Give Love A Bad Name

Red Bracket:
Dead Flowers advances to the Sweet 16, defeating Roundabout
Reverse Cowgirl advances to the Sweet 16, defeating A Change Is Gonna Come
Still to play:
-Superstition vs. Iron Man
-Night Moves vs. And She Was


Current Vegas odds:
-Brown Eyed Girl, 8:1
-Beat It, 30:1
-Superstition, 4:1
-Oye Como Va, 1,000,000,000:1

Dark Horse: Walking In Memphis
Over-rated: Strawberry Fields Forever

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