Who’s slippin’ into darkness:
61.Pulp (19 points)
60. Beastie Boys (15)
59. Nick Drake (12)
58. Beck (12)
57. The Who (12)
And who will remain in light (for now): Bob Marley (10), Smashing Pumpkins (8)
Now, let the games begin! We are down to 56 artists. Here, please post four artists want you off the “Island” out of the remaining artists. Please see the Rules Thread for the complete set of rules. Remember that one artist get 4 points, the next gets 3, and so on.
Moonbeam won the Immunity Challenge last week, so Kraftwerk and T Rex are immune this week.
The Remaining Artists:
Arcade Fire, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Blur, James Brown, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis, The Doors, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, PJ Harvey, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Michael Jackson, The Jam, Joy Division, The Kinks, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Curtis Mayfield, Van Morrison, New Order, Nirvana, OutKast, Pavement, Pixies, Portishead, Elvis Presley, Prince, Otis Redding, Lou Reed, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Sly and the Family Stone, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elliot Smith,The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, The Stooges, Talking Heads, T. Rex, The White Stripes, Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young
Same deal for the Beach Boys as I put forth for David Bowie a few weeks ago. If you make them your -3, I will make your -4 my -3, if you make them your -2, I will make your -4 my -2, etc. Only now, if you make them your -4, I will vote the same -4 as you next week.
The only ones I won't vote for are: Jimi Hendrix, Prince, The White Stripes, Neil Young, Pixies
-4 Portishead (what's so great about them that people vote off the Who,The Beatles,Bob Dylan before another vote is even cast for them?)
-3 Miles Davis
-2 Outkast
-1 James Brown
-4 Beach Boys
-3 Bob Marley
-2 Buddy Holly
-1 Blur
Nobody else wants to get the Beach Boys out? I've got nothing against them, I just think they'll be hard to get out later, and that their pre-Pet Sounds output is a bit too hook-driven and surfing-obsessed.
-4 Beach Boys
-3 Bob Marley
-2 Buddy Holly
-1 Blur
Nobody else wants to get the Beach Boys out? I've got nothing against them, I just think they'll be hard to get out later, and that their pre-Pet Sounds output is a bit too hook-driven and surfing-obsessed.
I think that Prince and OutKast may also be hard to get out later.
I'm trying to figure out why every one's voting off the possible champions instead of srtists that aren't as hot. I mean how is T Rex still in? They came in 81 the first time around. I know part of it is moonbeam, but still.
- 4: The Doors (there was a time everybody was voting against them, and they almost got eliminated, but now they don't appear in any other list anymore, what happened, guys?)
-3: Bob Marley and the wailers
-2: Van Morrison
-1: The Smiths
-4 Beach Boys
-3 Bob Marley
-2 Buddy Holly
-1 Blur
Nobody else wants to get the Beach Boys out? I've got nothing against them, I just think they'll be hard to get out later, and that their pre-Pet Sounds output is a bit too hook-driven and surfing-obsessed.
I think that Prince and OutKast may also be hard to get out later.
If you help me with Beach Boys I'll help you with Outkast.
Prince is someone I wouldn't mind to see winning, but it does make a lot of sense for people who don't want him to win to vote against him.
Moonbeam keeps just slightly beating me to the punch with the immunities. Maybe we should target T Rex the first week Moonbeam doesn't win.
Jackson- T Rex is immune
Henry- This week was the twist week, so you vote will count twice next week.
Sorry, substitute The White Stripes as my -2 then.
I am not sure how this twist works yet.
Please let me know if my double count next week means that I should vote -8, -6, -4 and -2 next week; or whether I can use other permutations as long my total vote is -20 and no act receives more than -8. Please help me understand the voting limitations so that I can avoid revision requirements next week.
-4 The Doors
-3 Lou Reed
-2 The Jam
-1 Van Morrison
Why didn't anyone vote for The Doors? They stick out to me as clearly the worst of the artists remaining.
I prefer the Doors to many of the other remaining acts, e.g., Blur, James Brown, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, The Jam, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Nirvana, OutKast, Pavement, Pixies, Portishead, Sonic Youth, Lou Reed, The Stooges, Talking Heads, T. Rex, The White Stripes, and Wilco. Lots of potential targets left as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad that I could extend T. Rex's run. I didn't participate in the Immunity contest this week, so it looks like this week will be their last. Nevertheless, it's a good result for an artist that I believe is underrated around here.
Please let me know if my double count next week means that I should vote -8, -6, -4 and -2 next week; or whether I can use other permutations as long my total vote is -20 and no act receives more than -8. Please help me understand the voting limitations so that I can avoid revision requirements next week.
At the begging of the tournament, I mentioned there would be a random week when the third person to vote would get their vote to count twice next week. This was the radnom week, and you were the third to vote. SO next week, you get a -8, -6, -4, -2. This was a one time shot.
Please let me know if my double count next week means that I should vote -8, -6, -4 and -2 next week; or whether I can use other permutations as long my total vote is -20 and no act receives more than -8. Please help me understand the voting limitations so that I can avoid revision requirements next week.
At the begging of the tournament, I mentioned there would be a random week when the third person to vote would get their vote to count twice next week. This was the radnom week, and you were the third to vote. SO next week, you get a -8, -6, -4, -2. This was a one time shot.