It's Week 24, and that's exactly how many songs remain in the game. We've weeded out 40 great songs and the cream has risen to the top.

We move to bracket L4. The winners will move on to bracket L5, while the losers are sadly out!

Please listen to the songs before making your choice, and provide comments (however brief) to form the basis of your pick.

The deadline for Week 24 is 11:59 PM, November 13th AM time.

You can read the descriptions of why these songs were nominated in the rules thread.

Match L4.1:

Liz Phair - "What Makes You a Slave"
The Stones Roses - "Elephant Stone"

Match L4.2:

Yann Tiersen - "La valse de Monstres"
Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle"

Match L4.3:

Utopia - "The Ikon": Nominated by Henry (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Faces - "Ooh La La"

Match L4.4:

Visage - "Fade to Grey"
The Decemberists - "Record Year"

Match L4.5:

Luke Kelly - "Scorn Not His Simplicity"
Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World"

Match L4.6:

Georges Brassens - "La Marine"
Prince - "Crystal Ball"

Match L4.7:

The Who - "Eminence Front"
Serge Gainsbourg - "Cannabis"

Match L4.8:

Stereolab - "French Disko"
The Bellrays - "Footprints on the Water"

Match L4.1:
The Stones Roses - "Elephant Stone"

Still not sure whether this should be eligible, but it's fantastic.

Match L4.2:
Yann Tiersen - "La valse de Monstres"

Not my favorite Tiersen, but great nonetheless.


Match L4.3:
Faces - "Ooh La La"

Like I said, best song left.

Match L4.4:
Visage - "Fade to Grey"

One of my favorite discoveries.


Match L4.5:
Luke Kelly - "Scorn Not His Simplicity"

But this is my favorite discovery.

Match L4.6:
Georges Brassens - "La Marine"

Brassens is fantastic as always.

Match L4.7:
The Who - "Eminence Front"

I didn't know this was still in the running somewhere. Go Eminence Front!

Match L4.8:
Stereolab - "French Disko"

Closest matchup of the week.

Match L4.1:

Liz Phair - "What Makes You a Slave"


Match L4.2:

Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle"


Match L4.3:

Faces - "Ooh La La"


Match L4.4:

Visage - "Fade to Grey"


Match L4.5:

Luke Kelly - "Scorn Not His Simplicity"


Match L4.6:

Prince - "Crystal Ball"


Match L4.7:

Serge Gainsbourg - "Cannabis"


Match L4.8:

Stereolab - "French Disko"

Match L4.1:
The Stones Roses - "Elephant Stone" - still don't understand the affection for the Liz Phair song

Match L4.2:
no winner

Match L4.3:
Utopia - "The Ikon": Nominated by Henry (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)

Match L4.4:
The Decemberists - "Record Year" - not an easy choice

Match L4.5:
Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World"

Match L4.6:
Prince - "Crystal Ball" - pretty close

Match L4.7:

The Who - "Eminence Front" - pretty close

Match L4.8:
The Bellrays - "Footprints on the Water" - pretty close

Match L4.1:
The Stones Roses
Default choice

Match L4.2:
Yann Tiersen
The two deserve to go far.

Match L4.3:
Faces
Default choice

Match L4.4:
The Decemberists
The two deserve to go far.

Match L4.6:
Prince
Two of my 6 favorite songs of the game. The hardest choice of the week.

Match L4.7:
Serge Gainsbourg
The only easy choice of the week.

Match L4.8:
The Bellrays

Match L4.1:
Liz Phair - "What Makes You a Slave" beats The Stone Roses - "Elephant Stone" - As great as the drums are on the Stone Roses track, I love that rough Girly Sounds feel on Phair's track.

Match L4.2:
Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle" beats Yann Tiersen - "La valse de Monstres" - Tight contest, but the Banshee's orchestral swell grabs me slightly more.

Match L4.3:
Faces - "Ooh La La" beats Utopia - "The Ikon" - Another tight contest. Rootsy concision wins out today, but I'm not hating on Rundgren's proggy excess.


Match L4.4:
The Decemberists - "Record Year" beats Visage - "Fade to Grey" - Meloy and co. really arrange their songs well.

Match L4.5:
Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World" beats Luke Kelly - "Scorn Not His Simplicity" - "Scorn Not..." is a pretty song, but Kelly's delivery on it is wearing thin after a number of listens.

Match L4.6:

Georges Brassens - "La Marine" beats Prince - "Crystal Ball" - Not a big fan of either, but Brassens' delivery is enjoyable.

Match L4.7:

Serge Gainsbourg - "Cannabis" beats The Who - "Eminence Front" - Love that dirty sound from Gainsbourg

Match L4.8:

Stereolab - "French Disko" beats The Bellrays - "Footprints on the Water" - Possibly my two favorites of the week, but the exquisite "French Disko" wins handily.

Voting is extended for a week.

I really want to vote in this thing but I just have so much less free time than I used to. Not just because of the new job but also because the act of sitting down all day makes me want to spend less time sitting at home.

I'll try to re-listen to the ones I need to re-listen to this weekend.

But the other thing is, this is my 'Check out' list:

Alexi Murdoch - Towards the Sun
8. Asteroid No 4 - Hail To The Clear Figurines
9. Cheer-Accident - No Ifs, Ands or Dogs
10. Pete and the Pirates - One Thousand Pictures
11. Metronomy - The English Riviera
12. Siriusmo - Mosaik
13. Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
14. Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation
15. Mara Carlyle - Floreat
16. Bjork - Biophilia
17. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
18. The Stereo Bomb - Now Hear This
19. Portugal The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
20. S.C.U.M. - Again Into Eyes
21. The Malefactors of Great Wealth - Today Is The Best Day Of My Life
22. Van Hunt - What Were You Hoping For?
23. EMA - Past Life And Martyred Saints
24. Zola Jesus - Conatus
25. The Leisure Society - Into The Murky Water
26. Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark
27. Stephan Kellogg and the Sixers - Gift Horse
28. Juliana Barwick - The Magic Place
29. Jenny Hval - Viscera
30. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man
31. Watermelon Slim and Super Chikan - Okiespippi Blues
32. Sebastian - Total
33. Sbtrkt - Sbtrkt
34. Tycho - Dive
35. Egyptrixx - Blue Eyes
36. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
37. dEUS - Keep You Close
38. Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves

Plus like ten or so I noted down at work and haven't transferred to my home computer yet.

My votes:

Liz Phair - "What Makes You a Slave"

Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle"

Utopia - "The Ikon"

Visage - "Fade to Grey"

Luke Kelly - "Scorn Not His Simplicity"

Prince - "Crystal Ball"

Serge Gainsbourg - "Cannabis"

Stereolab - "French Disko"

Won't have time to re-listen for this week so:

1. Liz Phair
4. Visage
5. Luke Kelly
6. Brassens
7. Serge
8. Bellrays

Voting for this week is closed.

The results were close throughout in each of the matches! It shows that we're getting to the nitty gritty of this competition! I just wish there were more voters for these great songs...

Liz Phair - "What Makes You a Slave": 4
The Stones Roses - "Elephant Stone": 3

Yann Tiersen - "La valse de Monstres": 2
Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle": 3

Utopia - "The Ikon": 2
Faces - "Ooh La La": 4

Visage - "Fade to Grey": 4
The Decemberists - "Record Year": 3

Luke Kelly - "Scorn Not His Simplicity": 4
Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World": 2

Georges Brassens - "La Marine": 3
Prince - "Crystal Ball": 4

The Who - "Eminence Front": 2
Serge Gainsbourg - "Cannabis": 5

Stereolab - "French Disko": 4
The Bellrays - "Footprints on the Water": 3