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May 01, 2007
Lucky Seeds
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NINE
Lucky
Bends
Stop Whispering
Where You End and I Begin.
TEN
Bones
The Tourist
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Pyramid Song
ELEVEN
Punch Up At A Wedding.
Fog
Anyone Can Play Guitar
You and Whose Army
TWELVE
You Never Wash Up After Yourself
Trickster
Dollars and Cents
Sit Down. Stand Up.
For those of you counting at home, of the top twelve seeds, two are from Pablo Honey , twelve are from the Bends , ten are from OK Computer , seven are from Kid A, five are from Amnesiac, six are from Hail to the Thief songs, and six are from B-sides/soundtracks/etc.
Randall: what are the bottom 5? maybe we can agree on the 16 seeds
or maybe it's best to save those for last
9:58 PM me: good point - so we completed eight seeds, right?
Randall: let's stay positive... next four
me: let me make sure I'm up to date on my seeds
Randall: ok
good idea
9:59 PM me: ok - o
i'm straight - so go onto 9 or try the bottom
10:00 PM let's just see what we would come up with - for the bottom five - if it's disjointed, we'll forget about it
Randall: ok
10:03 PM me: Talk Show Host, You and Whose Army, How I Made My Millions, A Punch Up At the Wedding, I Can't
10:04 PM Randall: trickster, go to sleep, a reminder, talk show host, i can't
i can't + talk show = play-in game
me: yes
mark it - let's go back to 9th seeds
10:05 PM Randall: yep
me: eight
10:06 PM Randall: we each pick two, and unless one of use really disagrees, and unless the other really diagrees, we'll go with that
we'll do the same thing for the 9's
since 8+9 are so close
me: actually - we're on nines - but I'm with you
Randall: there's really no difference between the fouth 8 and fifth 9
oh ok
two and two then
10:07 PM me: The BendsLucky
10:08 PM Randall: didn't the bends already make it?
i like lucky
me: no - i don't think it did
10:09 PM Randall: ok.. those two, stop whispering and
10:10 PM where you end and i begin
me: ok - i'll barter Stop Whispering for a Tourist 12th seed
Trickster, rather
10:11 PM Randall: fair enough
me: sold.
ok
Randall: what seed now?
me: 10
10:12 PM Randall: two and two?
me: let's go with picking the best remaining from each album
if we both agree upon it - it's there
Randall: ok
me: Pablo
Blow Out
Randall: you
me: Bends
10:13 PM Bones is the only left, no?
Randall: it's in for now
OK
me: Tourist
Randall: agreed!
10:14 PM me: Kid A
Motion Picture
Randall: agreed
me: Amnesiacx
10:15 PM Pyramid Song
Randall: yes
me: Hail
Sit Down
10:16 PM Randall: punch up
me: ok - we have our four
Randall: bones, pyramid, tourist, motion picture
me: yep
10:17 PM Randall: now we're on the eleven seeds?
me: yes
10:18 PM let's do four and four
Randall: ok
not counting trickster, a 12
10:20 PM punch up, you never wash up, you and whose army, anyone can play guitar
10:21 PM me: Punch Up, Dollars & Cents, Sit Down, Fog
Randall: punch up is in... what else...
10:22 PM me: trust me on fog - as you don't have it now - you can pick the remaining two
Randall: ok
guitar and you and whose army
10:23 PM wash up, $ and cents, sit down and trickster are the 12s
Posted by Keith O'Brien at May 1, 2007 09:25 AM
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Comments
Not in a million years would the NCAA's selection committee allow for such transparency.
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 1, 2007 11:25 AM
You guys are underestimating "Talk Show Host" to the point that I'm not sure it's even on your iPods. As it's a Bends era song that would have sounded at home on Kid A, it's one of the pivotal songs in their entire catalog.
Posted by: Jeff K at May 1, 2007 12:27 PM
Listening to it right now. I admit, it could have been a thirteen seed or maybe higher - but it's kind of uneventful - it has occasional moments of soaring strings - but I don't think it's a really pivotal song. It doesn't really grab you, or, rather, it doesn't really grab me.
Posted by: Keith at May 1, 2007 12:39 PM
Just so we're comparing apples to apples, how long is the one you're listening to? There's a 4:17 version from the Romeo soundtrack, and a tweaked out 4:40 mix that was a b-side to "Street Spirit." I don't think they are so different that you're opinion would be totally changed, but it does make a difference, and we should be on equal rhetorical footing at least...
Posted by: Jeff at May 2, 2007 08:06 AM
I've been listening to the "Street Spirit" version, the entire single, infact, and I now think that "Talk Show Host" is the weakest track on the record.
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 2, 2007 08:31 AM
monty, when i saw this post, i was immediatly rushed to itunes to combat what you had just said. sadly, i had forgotten what was on that single. street spirit is an amazing song. bishop's robes is one of my personal favorite radiohead songs. so, sadly, i agree. though i do think that talh show host is a great song.
Posted by: dan vaughn at May 2, 2007 09:50 AM
apparently i have a lisp. talh show host. he he. good times. jesus, and i mispelled immediately. sorry people, just woke up.
Posted by: dan vaughn at May 2, 2007 09:52 AM
You guys are all wrong. I'll save the in depth reasoning for the appropriate time, but rest assured, totally wrong.
Posted by: Jeff at May 2, 2007 07:31 PM
I'm confused: is "it's a Bends era song that would have sounded at home on Kid A" a compliment or not?
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 2, 2007 07:52 PM
If you subscribe to the premise that Kid A > the Bends, then yes.
Posted by: Jeff K at May 2, 2007 08:40 PM
So it's their best Bends-era song?
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 2, 2007 10:52 PM
Not necessarily, as this was the first toe in eventually more rewarding waters, whereas the Bends was the band firing on all cylinders in a different style. TSH is clearly better than the entirety of Pablo Honey to say the least though. Like I said, I'll save the whole argument for the proper place.
Posted by: Jeff K at May 2, 2007 11:22 PM
