2009 Matthew Good (band) Elimination

[rebellious_L]

Round 1 H Results!

 

1) Apparitions vs. Apparitions (rooms) vs. Apparitions (Massey Hall) 38-13-15

2) The Workers Sing a Song of Mass Production vs. Poor Man's Grey 21-1

3) A Boy and His Machine Gun vs. Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance 15-7

4) Us Remains Impossible vs. Every Name is My Name 18-4

5) Omissions of the Omen vs. Odette 13-9

6) Fearless vs. Dusk 18-4

7) The Man From Harold Wood vs. Life In Spite Of Itself 9-11**

8) Born to Kill (lo-fi) vs. Born to Kill (BM) 2-20

9) Strange Days vs. Strange Days (rooms) 19-3

 

10) Weapon vs. Weapon (Massey Hall) 13-9

 

* denotes abstention

 

Round 1.5

 

First of all, thank you to everyone who has participated so far and thanks to the mods for quickly locking the old threads. In this round we start the process of bringing back songs from the dead. This is sort of a side process for eliminated songs. After round 3, we will be down to 18 songs, but two songs eliminated in either round 1, 2, or 3 will be brought back into the competition at this point to create a top 20. All song duplicates, i.e. "rooms" versions, will not be eligible to be brought back.

 

From each section rank 4 songs 1 - 4 to determine points awarded.

1) 3 points

2) 2 points

3) 1 point

4) .5 points

 

Two songs from each section will be brought back to compete for a chance to return later on. Songs are listed in the groups they were eliminated in, with Groups A-D in Section X and Groups E-H in Section Y. Just to clarify, the groups are there simply to keep things organized, they aren't important for voting. All that matters is that you rank 4 from each section.

 

SECTION X

 

Group A

 

Look Happy It's The End of the World - Failing the Rorschach Test - Raygun - Hopeless - Girl Wedged Under the Front of a Firebird - Big City Life - Metal Airplanes - Comfortable Criminals

 

Group B

 

Ex-pats of the Blue Mountain Symphony Orchestra- Agoraphobe - Enjoy the Silence - Seriously Serious - Pledge of Allegiance - Pony Boy - True Love Will Find You In the End - Carmelina

 

Group C

 

Buffalo Seven- Under the Influence - All Together - Oh Be Joyful - Little Terror - So Long Mrs. Smith - Middle Class Gangsters - Moon Over Marin

 

Group D

 

Everything Is Automatic - Strangest One of All - She's In It For the Money - Bad Pennies - Breath of a Nation - Native Son - I, The Throw Away

 

SECTION Y

 

Group E

 

In a World Called Catastrophe - Deep Six - The Boy Come Home - My Life As a Circus Clown - The Devil's In Your Details - The Boy Who Could Explode

 

Group F

 

Alert Status Red - Lone Gunman - She's Got a New Disguise - The Inescapable Us - Rico - Annabelle

 

Group G

 

Can't Get Shot In The Back (If You Don't Run) - Song For the Girl - Fated - Fell In Love With a Bad Idea - It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man - Invasion 1

 

Group H

 

Poor Man's Grey - Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance - Every Name Is My Name - Odette - Dusk - Man From Harold Wood

 

-MY VOTE-

 

Section X

1) Under the Influence

2) Failing the Rorschach Test

3) All Together

4) Buffalo Seven

 

Section Y

1) The Boy Who Could Explode

2) She's Got a New Disguise

3) The Boy Come Home

4) Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

 

Album breakdown (random facts of a sleepless night)

 

LOTGA - 7 of 11 still alive (quite surprising)

Raygun - Only Haven't Slept in Years remains from this album (not counting Motel Room)

Underdogs - 5 of 13 still alive

Lo-fi B-sides - all songs eliminated

Beautiful Midnight - only Failing the Rorschach Test has been eliminated

Loser Anthems - 3 of 6 remain in competition

Audio of Being - 9 of 12 still alive

Avalanche - 10 of 13 remain alive

WLR&RR - 5 of 13 still alive

IAC singles - both eliminated

Rooms - only Generation X-Wing is left to represent Rooms

Hospital Music - 5 of 15 still alive (+2 live from this album)

Massey Hall - of the 5 songs included, 2 are still alive

Vancouver - only The Boy Who Could Explode has been eliminated

random b-sides and live versions - 2 for 17, only Life In Spite Of Itself and If I Was a Tidal Wave advanced to round 2

 

Happy voting! Round 2 starts Wednesday at noon!

Edited November 29, 2009 by rebellious_L

[Audio of Being]

Section X

Metal

Pledge

All

I

 

Section Y

Odette

The Boy

Can't

Alert

 

Section X by far was hard for me to choose. To many of my favorite songs in that section.

[here is no why]

Section X

1) Under the Influence

2) Failing the Rorschach Test

3) Carmelina

4) Buffalo Seven

 

Section Y

1) Odette

2) The Boy Come Home

3) fated

4) Can't Get Shot

[theboywhoexploded]

Section X

1. Pledge

2. Failing

3. Carmelina

4. Ex-Pats

 

Section Y

1. The Boy Who Could Explode

2. The Boy Come Home

3. Catastrophe

4. Safe Distance

[thewickernightmare]

Section X

Failing the Rorschach Test

All Together

Strangest One Of All

Carmelina

 

Section Y

Fated

Inescapable Us

In A World Called Catastrophe

Invasion 1

[AnOceanPearl]

Section X

 

1)All Together

2)Pledge of Allegiance

3)So Long Mrs Smith

4)Look Happy, It's the End of the World

 

Section Y

1)Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

2)Dusk

3)The Boy Who Could Explode

4)Odette

[johnerwin]

Section X

Failing the Rorschach Test

I, The Throw Away

Buffalo Seven

Under the Influence

 

Section Y

It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man

Fated

Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

She's Got a New Disguise

[Shortcut To Moncton]

SECTION X

 

All Together

I, The Throw Away

Pledge of Allegiance

Look Happy It's The End of the World

 

SECTION Y

 

Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

She's Got a New Disguise

In a World Called Catastrophe

Fated

[Devil On Rollerskates]

SECTION X

1. All Together

2. Failing the Rorschach Test

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Breath of a Nation

 

SECTION Y

1. Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

2. Fated

3. She's Got a New Disguise

4. The Boy Who Could Explode

 

Section Y was difficult to choose.

[RileyLewis]

X

1) Everything Is Automatic

2) Pledge of Allegiance

3) Failing the Rorschach Test

4) She's In It For the Money

 

Y

1) Fated

2) Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

3) Lone Gunman

4) Can't Get Shot In The Back (If You Don't Run)

[Curtster]

X:

1. Everything is Automatic

2. Look Happy, It's the End of the World

3. Strangest One of All

4. Failing the Rorschach Test

 

Y:

1. Fated

2. It's Been A While Since I Was Your Man

3. The Boy Who Could Explode

4. Alert Status Red

[Rebabaluba]

Section X

1. All Together

2. Under the Influence

3. Failing the Rorschach Test

4. Breath of A Nation

 

Section Y

1. My Life As A Circus Clown

2. The Inescapable Us

3. Invasion 1

4. Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

[alex_madf3rit]

1) Pledge

2) End Of The World

3) Everything is Automatic

4) Failing the Rorschach Test

 

1) In A World Called Catastrophe

2) The Inescapable Us

3) Alert Status Red

4) Annabelle

[Manchalivin]

X

 

1. Failing the Rorschach Test

2. Everything is Automatic

3. Middle Class Gangsters

4. Look Happy, It's the End of the World

 

Y

 

1. The Boy Come Home

2. The Boy Who Could Explode

3. Odette

4. The Inescapable Us

 

Screw section Y!

[MountainMan]

Section X

1)Under the Influence

2)Everything Is Automatic

3)Pledge of Allegiance

4)All Together

 

Section Y

1)In a World Called Catastrophe

2)The Boy Who Could Explode

3)Alert Status Red

4)Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

[adam_777]

1. Under the Influence

2. Everything is Automatic

3. Pledge of Alligence

4. Failing the Rorschach Test

 

 

1. Boy Who Could Explode

2. In a World Called Catastrophe

3. Fated

4. Deep Six

[johnny]

Section X:

Hopeless

She's In It For The Money

Carmelina

Look Happy, It's The End Of The World

 

Section Y

Can't Get Shot In The Back (If You Don't Run)

Fated

She's Got a New Disguise

Song For The Girl

[steve]

X:

1) all together

2) so long mrs smith

3) ex pats

4) native son

 

Y:

1) Invasion 1

2) inescapable us

3) fated

4) life beyond

[eclipse]

Section X

1) everything is automatic

2) pony boy

3) raygun

4) failing the rorschach test

 

Section Y

1) fated

2) life beyond the minimum safe distance

3) inescapable us

4) deep six

[Seanathon]

Section X

1) All Together

2) Pledge

3) Look Happy

4) Rorschach

 

Section Y

1) Inescapable Us

2) Dusk

3) Life Beyond

4) Odette

[rebellious_L]

Section X

Metal

Pledge

All

I

 

Section Y

Odette

The Boy

Can't

Alert

 

Section X by far was hard for me to choose. To many of my favorite songs in that section.

 

The Boy Come Home or The Boy Who Could Explode?

[Audio of Being]

The Boy Who

[malarky]

Section X

1) Metal Airplanes

2) She's in it for the Money

3) Everything is Automatic

4) Pony Boy

 

Section Y

1) In a World Called Catastrophe

2) My Life as a Circus Clown

3) Fated

4) The Boy Come Home

[radio_bomb]

X.

1) She's In It For the Money

2) Failing the Rorschach Test

3) Pledge of Allegiance

4) I, the Throw Away

 

Y.

1) Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance

2) In a World Called Catastrophe

3) Fated

4) Can't Get Shot in the Back

[rebellious_L]

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