LoVE, March Madness-style

Post by **silentseason** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:30 pm

March Madness/NCAA Basketball Tournament is almost upon us, so I thought it might be fun to combine two of my favorite pasttimes, sports and music. Thus in homage to the tournament I present to you LoVE, March Madness-style. The following 32 songs are paired off in brackets to simulate as though they are NCAA basketball teams (had to go with 32 because there aren't 64 songs in the original groups canon) and will "play" off against one another, with the winner based solely on my preference for that day. Winners keep advancing until one is crowned champion for this year. They will be announced at varying times, and are completely my own opinion, unscientific and arbitrary, with upsets possibly occuring. See what you think.

Post by **silentseason** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:31 pm

ROUND OF 32:

Red Telephone vs. Mushroom Clouds
Stephanie Knows Who vs. No Matter What You Do
Alone Again Or vs. Gazing
Your Mind And We Belong Together vs. Revelation

Bummer In The Summer vs. Signed DC
Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark and Hilldale vs. Seven and Seven Is
And More vs. Andmoreagain
Can't Explain vs. The Good Humor Man (He See's Everything Like This)

A House Is Not A Motel vs. Colored Balls Falling
Que Vida! vs My Little Red Book
Emotions vs. Old Man
Daily Planet vs. My Flash On You

You Set The Scene vs. She Comes In Colors
Hey Joe vs. Live And Let Live
Softly To Me vs. The Castle
Orange Skies vs. Message To Pretty

Post by **silentseason** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:15 pm

Winners advancing to the sweet sixteen:

Red Telephone vs. Stephanie Knows Who
Alone Again Or vs. Your Mind And We Belong Together

Signed DC vs. Seven and Seven Is
Andmoreagain vs. Can't Explain

A House Is Not A Motel vs. Que Vida!
Emotions vs. Daily Planet

You Set The Scene vs. Live and Let Live
Softly To Me vs. Orange Skies

Post by **jamestkirk** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:36 pm

Can't wait for the final four!

Post by **BallroomDays67** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:01 pm

The big upsets so far, in my opinion, are the elimination of "The Castle" and "Old Man".

Post by **jamestkirk** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:59 pm

BallroomDays67 wrote:The big upsets so far, in my opinion, are the elimination of "The Castle" and "Old Man".

Is there a dark-horse pick here?

Post by **silentseason** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:04 pm

BallroomDays67 wrote:The big upsets so far, in my opinion, are the elimination of "The Castle" and "Old Man".

Inevitable upsets in March Madness Bally

Post by **silentseason** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:06 pm

Reaching the Elite 8 are:

Red Telephone vs. Your Mind And We Belong Together
Seven And Seven Is vs. Andmoreagain

A House Is Not A Motel vs. Daily Planet
You Set The Scene vs. Orange Skies

Post by **BallroomDays67** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:47 pm

jamestkirk wrote:
BallroomDays67 wrote:The big upsets so far, in my opinion, are the elimination of "The Castle" and "Old Man".
Is there a dark-horse pick here?

I guess it would be "Your Mind and We", which is looking pretty good right now. It's a non-LP single going up against the behemoth that is "Forever Changes." It has already taken out "Alone Again Or", which is widely considered the best track from the album, so I think it has a good shot. Johnny's guitar solo could put it over the top.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:33 pm

BallroomDays67 wrote:
jamestkirk wrote:
BallroomDays67 wrote:The big upsets so far, in my opinion, are the elimination of "The Castle" and "Old Man".
Is there a dark-horse pick here?

I guess it would be "Your Mind and We", which is looking pretty good right now. It's a non-LP single going up against the behemoth that is "Forever Changes." It has already taken out "Alone Again Or", which is widely considered the best track from the album, so I think it has a good shot. Johnny's guitar solo could put it over the top.

Ok!

Post by **silentseason** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:33 pm

Final four are now set:

Your Mind And We Belong Together vs. Seven And Seven Is:
Guitar duel battle royal in the semis

Daily Planet vs. Orange Skies:
Arthur's word-play versus free jazz for the finals....

Post by **silentseason** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:49 pm

For the championship:

Your Mind And We Belong Together vs. Orange Skies

Post by **silentseason** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:14 pm

Your 2014 champion, Orange Skies. Hope you enjoyed this homage to Arthur, who was a standout hoops player in high school in LA.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:01 pm

Damn, the underdog Bryan, "bests" Arthur again! But it was a team effort...

Post by **silentseason** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:46 pm

Yes it was a team effort then. Unfortunately much like today's college basketball scene, it was all to brief. But when they had it together, they were among the best.