Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Music Madness: San Francisco Region: Round 2

Ass Whoopin Central. The Four matchups have an aggregate winning score of 25-2. But today's blowouts are tomorrow's nail biters if we have this many of the big dogs squaring off. And major competition is lying in the weeds.


Like Torquemada said, all Rules and Criteria can be found here!


SHUTOUTS
(1) Grateful Dead v (9) Green Day. Who's the real "GD?" I love Green Day. Mike Francesa loves Green Day. The most competitive category here was the "All-American" album battle -  Beauty Idiot. And as good as Idiot is, it can't beat this lineup.
FINAL SCORE: GRATEFUL DEAD 9 - GREEN DAY 0


(3) Simon & Garfunkel v (6) Allman Brothers Band. Allmans are competitive in song ("Melissa") and album (Eat a Peach). But Tom and Jerry are better ("Sound of Silence", Bridge Over Troubled Water)
FINAL SCORE: S&G 9 - ALLMAN BROTHERS 0


(2) Bruce Springsteen v (7) Eminem. No disrespect at all to the real Slim Shady, but there ain't a single item here up for debate.
FINAL SCORE: SPRINGSTEEN 9 - EMINEM 0


BLOWOUTS
(4) Bob Marley v (2) Motley Crue. Sue me, I think Dr Feelgood is better than Uprising. But that's all Vince and Company claim.
FINAL SCORE: BOB MARLEY 7 - MOTLEY CRUE 2


That closes the book on Round 2. Now it gets super-interesting with the Sweet Sixten:
The Village Region
(1) Bob Dylan v (5) Red Hot Chili Peppers
(2) Guns N Roses v (3) Bon Jovi
Liverpool Region
(1) The Beatles v (12) Sublime
(2) Led Zepplin v (3) Pearl Jam
Charlottesville Region
(1) Dave Matthews Band v (5) Billy Joel
(2) The Doors v (3) Pink Floyd
San Francisco Region
(1) Grateful Dead v (4) Bob Marley
(2) Bruce Springsteen v (3) Simon & Garfunkel


Some random (and for the most part obvious) notes:
  • San Francisco is the only region to keep to form in terms of seeding.
  • DMB is the only 1 seed who has lost a category (twice)
  • 6 entrants are yet to lose a category: Dylan, Beatles, Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Dead, Springsteen
  • The highest combined scores in a Sweet 16 matchup go to Zepplin/Pearl Jam, and Simon & Garfunkel/Springsteen (35 points)
  • The lowest is DMB/Billy Joel (27)
As a bit of a teaser, I have ranked the remaining Defining Albums. This is only 2 points per matchup, so this absolutely does not reflect who will beat who overall...
  • 1 Ten
  • 2 Appetite for Destruction
  • 3 Blood on the Tracks
  • 4 American Beauty
  • 5 Crash
  • 6 Sgt Pepper
  • 7 Dark Side of the Moon
  • 8 Slippery When Wet
  • 9 Houses of the Holy
  • 10 The Doors
  • 11 Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • 12 Born in the USA
  • 13 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
  • 14 The Stranger
  • 15 Uprising
  • 16 40 Oz to Freedom


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