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CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SCORE: (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 168, (7) Tracy Chapman 159 .......... FINAL FOUR FINAL SCORES: (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 154, (1) Joy Division 90 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 137, (1) The Cure 89 .......... ELITE EIGHT FINAL SCORES: (1) JOY DIVISION 74, (14) Low 60 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 85, (1) Elliott Smith 69 ..... THE CURE 65, (2) Radiohead 58 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 74, (1) Neutral Milk Hotel 44 ..... FINAL SWEET SIXTEEN SCORES: (1) JOY DIVISION 75, (5) PJ Harvey & Nick Cave 24 ..... (14) LOW 73, (2) Concrete Blonde (64) ..... (1) ELLIOTT SMITH 78, (4) Gary Jules 44 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 74, (6) Kate Bush 53 ..... (1) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 54, (13) The Church 49 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 73, (3) Sinead O’Connor 35 ..... (1) THE CURE 109, (3) Tori Amos 86 ..... (2) RADIOHEAD 76, (6) This Mortal Coil 50 ..... (1) JOY DIVISION 96, (9) Mazzy Star 91 ..... (2) CONCRETE BLONDE 76, (7) Bob Mould 28 ..... (14) LOW 60, (6) Crowded House 51 ..... (5) PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE 65, (4) Alphaville 38 ..... (1) ELLIOTT SMITH 113, (8) Replacements 88 ..... (6) KATE BUSH 87, (3) Nirvana 64 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 99, (2) The Eels 62 ..... (3) GARY JULES 103, (12) Morrissey 63 ..... (6) Kate Bush 72, (3) Nirvana 53 ..... (3) SINEAD O'CONNOR 66, (11) Ride 27 ..... (13) THE CHURCH 106, (5) James 44 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 95, (10) Smashing Pumpkins 40 ..... (1) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 80, (9) New Order 56 ..... (2) RADIOHEAD 102, (7) Nine Inch Nails 99 ..... (6) THIS MORTAL COIL 61, (3) Indigo Girls 60 ..... (4) TORI AMOS 89, (5) Swans 40 ..... (1) CURE 82, (8) Tom Waits 68 ............... FINAL 1ST ROUND SCORES: (5) PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE 93, (12) Midnight Oil 38 ..... (7) BOB MOULD 63, (10) Peter Murphy 47 ..... (1) JOY DIVISION 117, (16) Erasure 19 ..... (6) CROWDED HOUSE 98, (11) Leonard Cohen 54 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 199, (10) The Smiths 162 ..... (5) MORRISSEY 115, (12) Morphine 83 ..... (3) NIRVANA 137, (14) Slowdive 102 ..... (8) THE REPLACEMENTS 128, (9) Dream Academy 82 ..... (13) THE CHURCH 262, (4) Magnetic Fields 193 ..... (10) SMASHING PUMPKINS 165, (7) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 155 ..... (9) NEW ORDER 160, (8) Sarah McLachlan 78 ..... (1) JEFF BUCKLEY 204, (16) Bjork 92 ..... (4) TORI AMOS 78, (13) Echo & the Bunnymen 22 ..... (8) TOM WAITS 72, (9) The Pretenders 22 ..... (6) THIS MORTAL COIL 51, (11) Yaz 31 ..... (3) INDIGO GIRLS 71, (14) Pavement 26 ..... (9) MAZZY STAR 132, (8) REM 46 ..... (2) CONCRETE BLONDE 88, (15) Psychedelic Furs 34 ..... (4) ALPHAVILLE 71, (13) Dead Can Dance 36 ..... (14) LOW 120, (3) U2 65 ..... (1) ELLIOTT SMITH 63, (16) 10,000 Maniacs 24 ..... (2) EELS 50, (15) Counting Crows 46 ..... (4) GARY JULES 62, (13) Depeche Mode 19 ..... (6) KATE BUSH 59, (11) Sisters of Mercy 20 ..... (1) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 42, (16) Violent Femmes 12 ..... (11) RIDE 25 (6) Peter Gabriel 24 ..... (3) SINEAD O'CONNOR 37, (14) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 17, ..... (5) JAMES 24, (12) Red House Painters 23 ..... (7) NINE INCH NAILS 46, (10) Wilco 31, (5) SWANS 31, (12) Pet Shop Boys 18 ..... (1) THE CURE 50, (16) Gear Daddies 10 ..... (2) RADIOHEAD 40, (15) Liz Phair 35


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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

First Round Matchup: TORI AMOS vs ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

(4) Tori Amos, "Silent All These Years"

I do not remember how I discovered Tori Amos in the Top 40 radio death camp Minneapolis suburbs of my youth, but I do remember buying Little Earthquakes right after it came out (and I still remember Tori posed in a wooden box on the cover). “Silent All These Years” was the first single, and it was a minor revelation to me, overstuffed with lyrics and sung by someone who wasn’t even trying to look like a pop star. I was far too young to have spent years trapped in a crappy relationship, but boy, did I relate: “Yes I know what you think of me, you never shut up. Yeah I can hear that.” The song is emotionally complex: sad, regretful, angry, and maybe a little bit triumphant. Listening to it now, I’m struck by how much of the song is about mourning—mourning a shitty relationship that left the speaker trapped and voiceless, but also provided some measure of love and comfort: “Years go by, will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?” Finding yourself may be cause for celebration, but most people get there via pain and sadness and loss. “Silent All These Years” is about that side of the journey: “I said, sometimes I hear my voice / And it’s been here, silent all these years.”



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(13) Echo & the Bunnymen, "All My Colours"

Down as it gets, and one of the last few gothy songs left in the tournament this year (though Echo's subsequent work would demonstrate that they were not a particularly gothy band), listen to the drums from the beginning setting the tone. This song—apparently articulating how the colors drain from the world (“all my colours / turn to cloud”) after a breakup (“That box you gave me/ burned nicely”)—doesn’t waver from its glum prognosis. It’s beautiful, isn’t it, even as the weirdo chorus (“Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo”) takes over as words are found to be insufficient to support the weight of this particular dissolution? It's not Echo's best song (turn to their superior album Ocean Rain for that), but it is probably their most consistently sad. Tough luck to draw Tori Amos in the first round, but they need to play their game. If they can keep the gloom and the tempo up they may just stay around long enough in the game to have a shot at upsetting a technically superior opponent.

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Which is sadder? Vote by 9am 3/10

Silent All These Years
All My Colours
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3 comments:

  1. This Bunnymen jam was not on my radar before today, and having listened, it is not among my favorites of theirs. I second the notion that one is better off lending an ear to Ocean Rain. And Peter Ramos once concurred: “Fuckin’ great album.”

    Also, thanks for helping me, by virtue of this post, rediscover Little Earthquakes' “Tear In Your Hand,” because I'll probably need something uplifting by April after all thIs sorrow. Is that song uplifting? The chord progression feels reasonably pleasing. But, nah, it's probably about murdering a negligent husband or whatever. Oh well, I like it: “Caught a ride with the moon / I know I know you well.”

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  2. Not as enticing a matchup as I had anticipated

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  3. Agreed on that. This one won't reveal that much about what kind of game Tori brought to the tournament, but (assuming nothing crazy happens in the night) it does setup a potentially explosive matchup with Swans in the next round given recent rape accusations made against Gira. I don't know enough about that situation yet to know what to think, exactly, and am not sure this recent ugliness is necessary context for that game, but it's pretty hard to unhear this stuff once it's out there, which is sort of the point.

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