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May 04, 2007
A tournament preview: Pablo Honey
In our quest to help you while away your Friday (while savoring that Warriors victory), we're gearing up for the Radiohead tournament by asking MS.com editors to create a "Oscar winner "-type prediction for songs found in each album. We start with Pablo Honey.
Editors were asked which song will last the longest in the tournament and whether it would win the tournament. They were also asked which song they thought should last the longest (aka, which they think deserves it). Editors also had to give a "Dark Horse" (low seed that had a chance for some upsets), overrated (high seed expected to get upset), and most unfair seed (a low seed that should have been seeded higher). Finally they were asked to rank each album (out of seven: Pablo Honey, Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, B-sides/etc.)
Here are the Pablo Honey songs in the tournament. MS.com editors opinions after the jump. Please put your own scoresheet in the comments.
Creep (1)
Stop Whispering (9)
Anyone Can Play Guitar (11)
How Do You? (15)
Blow Out (16)
I Can't (16)
You (16)
Keith O'Brien
What song will last the longest: Creep
Will it win the tournament: No
What song should last the longest: Creep
Dark Horse: Stop Whispering
Overrated: Creep
Most unfair seed: I Can't
Comments: Cut loose from the "future brilliance of Radiohead" baggage, I don't think this album gets that much better. I don't put Pablo Honey in the same hemisphere as early Beatles or, even, early Beck. It's a good effort, but most, if not all, songs will be done when the second round begins.
Album Ranking: 7
Jeff Klingman
What song will last the longest: Creep
Will it win the tournament: No
What song should last the longest: Creep
Dark Horse: Anyone can play guitar
Overrated:All
Album Ranking: 7
Randall Monty
What song will last the longest: Creep
Will it win the tournament: No
What song should last the longest: Creep
Dark Horse: Stop Whispering
Overrated: Blow Out
Most unfair seed: How Do You?
Comments: Remember Miami (OH) in '99? One lottery pick and a bunch of "who-deys?"
Album Ranking: 6
Posted by Keith O'Brien at May 4, 2007 10:17 AM
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i shan't get into this. other than saying that keith fucking nailed it. right on.
Posted by: dan vaughn at May 5, 2007 07:10 PM
