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Battle Hymn of the Republic
Vince Gurauldi's "Peanuts"
"Lenny" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Desafinado" - Stan Getz
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison
Best song ever... nominations
OK, I want to do a poll tipey thingy for what this place thinks is the best song ever.
The first thing I'm going to do is take nominations from you guys.
The the next "round" I will pit all of the nominations against each other.
In the third round I will pit the top 4 vote grossers in head-on-head elections with another song in the top 4 the order will be picked randomly
In the fourth round I will take the two songs that won those head-on-head elections against each other... the song that wins this is the "best song ever".
Complicated, but who cares? It's go convenient multi-stage layering that makes things ever so excitin'.
So, give me your nominations now.
My nomination - "Hallejulah", by Leonard Cohen (although most people are probably more famialar with the version by Jeff Buckley, John Cale, or Rufus Wainright).
(you may post as many nominations as you want, I've just decided to only do one)
And, Damo, is there anyway you could lift the cap on the maximum amount of poll options we can place? Because I think there will be more than 10 nominations.
Last edited by China Apologist; 07-26-2006 at 11:20 PM.
Worst gambler ever
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Vince Gurauldi's "Peanuts"
"Lenny" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Desafinado" - Stan Getz
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison
You realise you're playing with fire here, Water. Have the memories of nominations and votes "elsewhere" faded so soon? Is history destined to repeat itself once again?
But, if you want to cock-a-snook to Madam Fate, then you are to be commended on your adventurism.
Whenever these votes are held in Britain it is decreed by the Queen that the awful "Bohmian Rhapsody" wins, just because the band is named after her. This must not happen again.
David Bowie - 'Starman'
The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now'
The Specials - 'Ghost Town'
New Order - 'Blue Monday'
I'll second Watermark's nomination as I love that tune.
A few others, just for kicks:
Love Minus Zero: no Limit -- Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone -- see above
Honky Tonk Woman -- the Stones
And then my only serious nomination, Droogies:
Ode to Joy (9th Symphony, 4th movement) -- ol' Ludwig van
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
Back in Black - AC/DC
"The times, they are a'changing", Bob Dylan
"Boots of Spanish leather", Bob Dylan
Worst gambler ever
The man Comes Around - Cash
Can I borrow a Feeling - Milhaus van Hauten's Dad
My personal favorite is "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" - CDB
Immie
From any genre?
Year of the Cat -- Al Stewart
Sound of Silence-- Simon and Garfunkel
Nowhere Man - The Beatles
Season of the Witch -- Donovan
Just my Imagination -- Temptations
This is too tough ..... breaking it down into genres would be much easier ...
""Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington "
Imagine how many threads I'd need to make using my three round process in order to do that many genre's. I'd probably need like thirty.
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
The Beatles- Yesterday
Metallica- Fade To Black
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
Guns'n'Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine
Don McLean- American Pie
Simon & Garfunkel- Mrs. Robinson
U2- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Louis Armstrong- What A Wonderful World
Originally Posted by Watermark
True .. but take a look at the selections so far... everybody has something different.. how are you going to decide which songs move on to the next round?
""Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington "
[QUOTE=Whitey]Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
The Beatles- Yesterday
Metallica- Fade To Black
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
Guns'n'Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine
Don McLean- American Pie
Simon & Garfunkel- Mrs. Robinson
U2- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Louis Armstrong- What A Wonderful World
QUOTE]
Aside from Metallica, musically.. we get along ....
""Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington "
Nicotine Deprived...
JPP Staff
Godsmack - Serenity
Metallica - One
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
True .. but take a look at the selections so far... everybody has something different.. how are you going to decide which songs move on to the next round?
All of them do. The next round will be a weeding out phase. I'll do an approval poll of all the songs, and the 4 most approved songs will move on. I could do the 8 most approved songs, however, since this list is getting so darn long. It'll take longer. Then all the other songs will be eliminated in head to head contests... which will yield something important to voting theory called a "condorcet winner", who would beat every any other candidate in a race if paired head-to-head with another candidate, but more importantly, I think it's just more interesting than doing a straight poll.
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