I see some hands over here...
Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity"
Tough choice. The Freshmaker vs. Dr. Laura bumper music? Footos it is!
Soul to Squeeze.
Hootie and the Blowfish. Any group that gave Monica Geller a hicky is OK in my book.
-MMM
Offspring
Crow
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hootie
This is a tough call, but in this tourney I'll have plenty of chances to support punk revivalists, and only so many to support anything remotely resembling funk. Jamiroquai gets the vote.
Foo Fighters, although I'm wishing "Everlong" had made the cut. Sheryl Crow is for people who think Shawn Colvin is too hard-edged.
The Peppers' move into balladland and out of white-hot funk/punk was their Jump the Shark moment, but "Soul to Squeeze" is still better than this particular alternative.
Adam Ant. Come on, wouldn't it be a gas to see Hootie knocked out of the first round by Adam Ant? He's the Peter McNeely of this event.
1)Self-esteem. Virtual Insanity is a great song, but self-esteem has just had a farther reach.
2)If It makes you happy. Dave Grohl makes me queazy.
3)Counting Blue Cars
4)Only Wanna Be With You. I have been on a huge Hootie kick lately
"Virtual Insanity" : It's a delightful slice of retro funk. As for "Self Esteem," those of us who couldn't get a date in our adolescences aren't primed to feel a lot of empathy for a man who gets booty calls.
"Big Me" : This is a tie, and ties go to the cooler videos.
"Counting Blue Cars" : There are numerous better RHCP songs than "Soul To Squeeze," some of whom will be up for votes soon.
"Wonderful" : To get me to vote for Hootie, the Commish would have needed to put it against Mariah Carey or Michael Bolton. Or "God Bless The USA." Or maybe all four sides of "Metal Machine Music."
1. Both good songs, but Self-esteem beats Jay Kay's hat.
2. I think Sheryl Crow is underrepresented but I can't turn down the Footos commercial.
3. Dishwalla. never heard of the band, although i heard the song before. I like it.
4. Things I'd like to do with this: lame it, punt it, block it, throw it into incoming traffic, collect the flatten remains, put them down the garbage disposal. You could have at least chosen "Time" for Hootie.
Offspring
Sheryl Crow
Dishwalla
Adam Ant
Nothing clever to say today, so just votes:
1. Offspring
2. Sheryl Crow
3. Dishwalla
4. Oncoming traffic, preferably followed by all the stuff that happens to Ricardo Montalban at the end of Naked Gun (the steamroller, the USC marching band, etc.)
P.S.: If oncoming traffic actually wins, as it seems to be threatening here, do one of the bye songs get a free pass to round 3?
Should oncoming traffic ever win they day, then yes, it's opponent would get a walk-over into the next round. But trust me when I say that this is nowhere near close to happening here.
I'm having less of a clue on some of these songs...
Offspring
Sheryl
Counting Blue Cars
Hootie
How do I reconcile the fact that this was the first time I actually paid attention to the fact that there was actual music to that Jamiroquai video?
How do I reconcile the fact that I had to listen to the Offspring again to place what the heck the song was, AFTER I had just played it?
I guess Virtual Insanity wins, though given the third option, I'd probably just prefer watching the video muted, so I could stare and try to figure out how'd they do that? Of course if we assume the rules of the contest, I'd end up in oncoming traffic if I did that.
Space Ghost summed it up best in asking them: "Do you fight foo or are you for foo?" For. That Sheryl Crow song always grated on me.
Soul to Squeeze. I've always suspected Dishwalla's sampling methods would skew voting.
Okay, clicked on the sample, and only got 10 seconds into it before I went and hit stop. Sorry Hootie. Wonderful gets the General Public gentleman's C.
We want the funk. All of that punk revival stuff makes me feel even older than I already am.
Those tasty Footos go a long way to getting the bad taste out of my mouth from listening to Sheryl Crow.
I'm just not cool enough to appreciate RHCP in any way, shape, or form. Give me the one-hit wonder.
No way in hell I'll vote against Adam Ant, especially after reading an account of how he ended up being arrested. Good times.
1.) Well, Craig, as you know, "Virtual Insanity" was my darkhorse (insanely catchy, not overplayed, good video, not likely to be lumped in with anything else). So you had to go put it against the Offspring while Adam Ant and Hootie are against each other? You're in such big trouble. "Self Esteem"'s good but I gotta go with my boys.
2.) There are definitely Sheryl Crow songs (most of *Globe Sessions*) I would've voted for against this particular Foos song, but this ain't one of 'em. Footos: the Freshmaker!
3.) Dishwalla, which is more a vote against "Soul to Squeeze" than a vote for Dishwalla.
4.) See, here's where I'd normally tell a joke:
Q: What do Hootie and the Blowfish and the Ramones have in common?
A: Their guitarists only know three chords!
But that's not really apt. On the one hand, the Ramones used three chords in most of their songs, but they actually chenged keys, like in the middle of "I Wanna Be Sedated." Cracked Rear View, on the other hand, has *literally* only three guitar chords. From everything I've heard, this is because the guitarist didn't know any others. And this was one of the best-selling albums of the decade, and probably made Hootie & co. rich. Either there is no justice in the world, or Darius Rucker's soul tastes like a Boston Creme donut.
So normally I'd vote against Hootie, on a protest vote, see, but I can't in good conscience vote for Adam Ant, so I'm voting for oncoming traffic. With great pleasure.
Self Esteem
Big Me
Soul to Squeeze
Only Wanna Be With You
offspring
foo fighters
red hot chilli peppers
hootie and the blowfish
ps. Mr B. i really really suck at analyzing these essays....
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