DDD Songs Tournament - Voodoo Child Wins!

wantabodylikeme · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:42 pm

hate is a strong word, but yes, I do tend to neglect most older music, except for jazz, which I actually do go out of my way to listen to by myself. Which is funny because every other art form, I gravitate to more older stuff

Dreww · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:52 pm

clarksided · **Joined:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:06 pm **Posts:** 1912

inner jake just shat on my soul man

George · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:43 pm **Posts:** 5612

ClashWho wrote:

You are completely misinterpreting my frame of mind. I nominated the Peter Gunn Theme. Hobo Ho had such an impact on me that I actually bought Let My Children Hear Music, the only piece of music in the tourney (that was new to me) that I've yet to do that for. Yeah, I do think the Moonlight Sonata is out of place in this tournament. I wonder if the person who nominated it even realizes that the link is just the first movement of a much longer piece.

i doubt it, because they specified "first movement" (though i found that strange, too, because i think the second movement is every bit as awesome)
hey, i nominated the whole of "concierto de aranjuez" and "the way up"... so "moonlight's" unusual form is not unique in the tournament.... that said, i distinctly remember us discussing this issue before the tournament began and agreeing that all styles and genres of music are equally welcome. plus a big part of the tournament was to provide an opportunity for people to explore and discover new music for themselves, so confining ourselves to pop/rock would be somewhat counterproductive. so i see this as a complete non-issue.

wantabodylikeme · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:32 am

aye, though I was hoping for a newer/fresher classical song to progress more than Moonlight Sonata. Really it terms of productivity, the first round is really the most happening, assuming you were active in every matchup. Everything after that is just routine business.

George · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:43 pm **Posts:** 5612

i agree (though it's no impossible that some songs can grow on you after an initial listen or two, which happened to me a couple of times in this tournament)... but then "baba o'riley" is as commonly known a piece as "moonlight sonata", which reminds us that there is a reason why these two got so far: it is a popularity contest.

Nesquik · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:58 am

ClashWho wrote:

Nesquik wrote:

That's a stupid thing to say.

Why don't you go look up the definition.

a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung

Frethaygil · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:33 am **Posts:** 1149

Zep
Beet

George · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:43 pm **Posts:** 5612

you have 7 hours left to change history! as of now the results stand like this:

Joni Mitchell - River 6 - 22 Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks

Beethoven - Sonata #14 in C sharp minor (Moonlight), first movement 15 - 13 The Who - Baba O'Riley

Yousha · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:25 pm

not much to change in the 1st matchup :cool:

SanTropez · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:32 pm

wantabodylikeme wrote:

aye, though I was hoping for a newer/fresher classical song to progress more than Moonlight Sonata.

Don't you think that same sentement can apply to Baba O'Riley?

corrections · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 27988

wantabodylikeme wrote:

what tolerant jake says "yeah that's probs why, if it wins, it wins, tourney must go on"

what inner jake says "stop voting for this n00bile taken for granted classical composition to appear like you're high art loving faggots when you know teenage fucking wasteland rocks your fucking socks off and was extremely important in your formative years as a youngn discovering rock music for the first time and hearing it in the context of real life still to this very day sends Michael J Fox shivers down my spine upon the entrance of its explosive opening chords...fuckin'! Eat a dick beethoven! Moonlight sonata? What are you 5?!"

Inconsistent statements are inconsistent.

Human · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:52 pm

The Who
Led Zeppelin

ClashWho · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:47 pm

George wrote:

plus a big part of the tournament was to provide an opportunity for people to explore and discover new music for themselves

Well, if that's what the tournament is about, then both the moonlight sonata and "Baba O'Riley" have no business being in this tournament. That's what I initially wanted the tournament to be, which is why I nominated The Who's "Naked Eye". But then people complained about the lack of "Baba O'Riley", so I changed my nomination.

ClashWho · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:36 pm

Nesquik wrote:

ClashWho wrote:

Nesquik wrote:

That's a stupid thing to say.

Why don't you go look up the definition.

a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung

What's your point? If you think that means Hobo Ho, the Peter Gunn Theme and the Moonlight Sonata are songs, you're wrong. I don't know what dictionary mentions "simulating", either, but I suppose that could refer to Muzak versions of Beatles tunes in elevators.

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