STADIUM
The Beatles (A Day in the Life) vs. Elvis Presley (Suspicious Minds)
The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil) vs. Jimi Hendrix (Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)) Bob Dylan (Tangled Up in Blue) vs. The Beach Boys (Don’t Worry Baby) David Bowie (Space Oddity) vs. Prince (Sign ‘o’ the Times) Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) vs. Bruce Springsteen (Born in the U.S.A.)
Radiohead (Fake Plastic Trees) vs. The Who (I Can’t Explain)
ARENA The Velvet Underground (Heroin) vs. Bob Marley (I Shot the Sheriff) Again, "Herion" spelt wrong. Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On) vs. Elvis Costello (Radio, Radio) R.E.M. (Radio Free Europe) vs. The Smiths (There Is a Light That Never Goes Out) Close. U2 (Sunday Bloody Sunday) vs. Nirvana (All Apologies) Damn close.
The Clash (White Man in Hammersmith Palais) vs. Wonder (Uptight (Everything’s Alright))
Neil Young (Rockin’ in the Free World) vs. Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here)
CLUB
Talking Heads (Psycho Killer) vs. Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire) Aretha Franklin (I Say a Little Prayer) vs. Beck (Devil’s Haircut)
Van Morrison (Madame George) vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival (Bad Moon Rising)
The Byrds (Eight Miles High) vs. The Kinks (Lola)
Public Enemy (Bring the Noise) vs. James Brown (It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World) The Doors (Riders on the Storm) vs. Michael Jackson (Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough)
COFFEE SHOP Pixies (Debaser) vs. The Cure (Inbetween Days) Otis Redding (Try a Little Tenderness) vs. The White Stripes (My Doorbell) Lou Reed (Perfect Day) vs. Tom Waits (Tom Traubert’s Blues)
Roxy Music (Love Is the Drug) vs. Kraftwerk (Trans-Europa Express) Pass
Blur (Girls and Boys) vs. Joni Mitchell (Yellow Taxi)Pass
Sonic Youth (Kool Thing) vs. Ramones (I Wanna Be Sedated)
STADIUM
The Beatles (A Day in the Life)
The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)
The Beach Boys (Don’t Worry Baby)
David Bowie (Space Oddity)
Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love)
Radiohead (Fake Plastic Trees)
ARENA
no winner
Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On)
R.E.M. (Radio Free Europe)
U2 (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
no winner
Neil Young (Rockin’ in the Free World)
CLUB
Talking Heads (Psycho Killer)
Aretha Franklin (I Say a Little Prayer)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Bad Moon Rising)
The Byrds (Eight Miles High)
James Brown (It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World)
The Doors (Riders on the Storm)
COFFEE SHOP
The Cure (Inbetween Days)
Otis Redding (Try a Little Tenderness)
Lou Reed (Perfect Day)
Roxy Music (Love Is the Drug)
Joni Mitchell (Yellow Taxi)
no winner
STADIUM
The Beatles (A Day in the Life)
The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)
The Beach Boys (Don’t Worry Baby)
Prince (Sign ‘o’ the Times)
Bruce Springsteen (Born in the U.S.A.)
Radiohead (Fake Plastic Trees)
ARENA
The Velvet Underground (Heroin)
Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On)
The Smiths (There Is a Light That Never Goes Out)
Nirvana (All Apologies)
The Clash (White Man in Hammersmith Palais)
Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here)
CLUB
Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire)
Aretha Franklin (I Say a Little Prayer)
Van Morrison (Madame George)
The Kinks (Lola)
James Brown (It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World)
Michael Jackson (Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough)
COFFEE SHOP
Pixies (Debaser)
Otis Redding (Try a Little Tenderness)
Lou Reed (Perfect Day)
Kraftwerk (Trans-Europa Express)
Joni Mitchell (Big Yellow Taxi)
Sonic Youth (Kool Thing)
STADIUM
The Beatles (A Day in the Life)
The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)
Bob Dylan (Tangled Up in Blue)
Prince (Sign ‘o’ the Times)
Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love)
The Who (I Can’t Explain)
ARENA
Bob Marley (I Shot the Sheriff)
Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On)
The Smiths (There Is a Light That Never Goes Out)
U2 (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
The Clash (White Man in Hammersmith Palais)
Tie
CLUB
Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire)
Beck (Devil’s Haircut)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Bad Moon Rising)
The Kinks (Lola)
Public Enemy (Bring the Noise)
The Doors (Riders on the Storm)
COFFEE SHOP
Pixies (Debaser)
Otis Redding (Try a Little Tenderness)
Lou Reed (Perfect Day)
Roxy Music (Love Is the Drug)
Blur (Girls and Boys)
Ramones (I Wanna Be Sedated)
STADIUM
Elvis Presley (Suspicious Minds)
The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)
Bob Dylan (Tangled Up in Blue)
Prince (Sign ‘o’ the Times)
Bruce Springsteen (Born in the U.S.A.)
The Who (I Can’t Explain)
ARENA
The Velvet Underground (Heroin)
Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On)
R.E.M. (Radio Free Europe)
U2 (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
The Clash (White Man in Hammersmith Palais)
Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here)
CLUB
Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire)
Aretha Franklin (I Say a Little Prayer)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Bad Moon Rising)
The Kinks (Lola)
James Brown (It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World)
The Doors (Riders on the Storm)
COFFEE SHOP
Pixies (Debaser)
Otis Redding (Try a Little Tenderness)
Tom Waits (Tom Traubert’s Blues)
Kraftwerk (Trans-Europa Express)
Joni Mitchell (Yellow Taxi)
Ramones (I Wanna Be Sedated)
DIVISIONS has been discontinued because of a lack of interest. It gradually went down from 23 voters in the first week to eight in week 15. It's not worth the time it takes to do all the calculations for such little turnout.
It seems polls are always going to outweigh any other type of game on this forum. A thread on a poll just for PJ Harvey albums has garnered a lot more interest than this. I also noticed a drop off in the World Cup game, which was similar to this one but survived because it was shorter in length.
Not having to figure out scores, standings and the next week's schedule has given me more free time for other endeavors, which is not a bad thing.
My apologies to those who were waiting for some results, but I was just leaving week 15 out there for a while to see what, if anything, happened. Nothing much did.
OK, too bad but I can fully understand your reasoning.
Smaller divisions might perhaps make it easier to stand through, but I'm not sure if that will solve the problem of losing voters interest after a while.
It was great to participate, so thanks anyway for all your effort!
I think it was that the length of the season caused repetition fatigue. I was surprised when we got to week 11 that you said the season was only halfway through. This is a good idea for a game but 22 weeks is just excessive.
Just like Unacclaimed was a great idea, but it should have been single elimination, for the same reason. (We should try it again with single elimination).
In the world cup, AM forum members had to identify with artists and form song teams. This is one significant difference with the divisions game, where a direct identification with the artists is missing.
This morning, a new idea popped up in my mind and some further brainstorming followed. As soon as the idea gets more concrete. I will post a separate thread.
For now, I think we are having a bit too many games and polls going on, so this should be something for 2012 anyway.