June 23, 2007
with your opinion which is of [much] consequence
In a photo-like finish, Paranoid Android is your next tournament champion (defeating Idioteque 66-64). The readers and interlopers of MerrySwankster.com have decreed: it is the best song in Radiohead's catalogue, as determined by a 65-team bracket.
Paranoid Android
OK Computer
1
We have some ideas for our next tournament, but, I must ask, "Do you?" In the comments, please.
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June 17, 2007
Someday, we'll surprise you
Radiohead tournament finals
Paranoid Android
OK Computer
1
Approbations:
NME - Greatest Tracks from 1996-2006
#3
Rolling Stone list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"
#256
Q Magazine greatest songs of all-time (Aug, 2006)
10
VS
Idioteque
Kid A
1
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June 09, 2007
And, then, there were four
Here's your final four. Results of the Round of Eight after the jump
Fake Plastic Trees (2)
71% (29 votes) defeats No Surprises (4) 29% (12 votes)
Paranoid Android (1)
66% (27 votes) defeats Exit Music (For a Film) (6) 34% (14 votes)
Idioteque (2)
79% (33 votes) defeats Everything in its Right Place (1) 21% (9 votes)
Karma Police (1)
54% (22 votes) defeats Airbag (10) 46% (19 votes)
Final Four:
Karma Police versus Idioteque
Paranoid Android versus Fake Plastic Trees
We now know no one!
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June 08, 2007
Oh, the karma
So I can't be accused of electioneering, I wanted to inform readers that the fourth-round voting at our Radiohead song contest will end Saturday at 11:30AM.
We pretty much know who will be winning three of the contests, but, right now:
Karma Police 50% (19 votes)
Airbag 50% (19 votes)
Fascinating!
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June 05, 2007
Third Round Stats
Voting starts below
Notables
Lowest seeds remaining: Airbag (10)
Highest seeds ousted: Creep (1), High & Dry (2), 2+2=5 (2)
Album records
Pablo Honey: 0-6
Bends: 10-11 (1-1 in the third round) Remaining (1): Fake Plastic Trees
OK Computer: 20 - 6 (5-1 in the second round) Remaining (5): Karma Police, Paranoid Android, No Surprises, Exit Music (For a Film), Airbag
Kid A: 14-5 (2-3 in the second round) Remaining (2): Everything in its Right Place, Idioteque,
Amnesiac: 3-8
Hail to the Thief: 9-9 (0-3 in the third round)
B-sides 1-11 (Pearly* winning the play-in game)
More stats after the jump
1 seeds: 9-1
2 seeds: 9-2
3 seeds: 5-4
4 seeds: 8-3
5 seeds: 5-4
6 seeds: 4-3
7 seeds: 1-4
8 seeds: 1-4
9 seeds: 4-4
10 seeds: 5-3
11 seeds: 2-4
12 seeds: 0-4
13 seeds: 0-4
14 seeds: 2-4
15 seeds: 0-4
16 seeds: 1-4
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Pink Floyd bracket: No Surprises (4) v. Fake Plastic Trees (2)
No Surprises
(4)
OK Computer
Fun Wikipedia "fact": introduced the song to his bandmates and the members of R.E.M. on the R.E.M. Monster Tour. They were all gathered on 3 August 1995, in a dressing room in Oslo, Norway.
VS
Fake Plastic Trees
(2)
The Bends
Fun Wikipedia "fact": According to singer Thom Yorke, it is about Canary Wharf in London.
Fake Plastic Trees Wikipedia entry
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Kraftwerk bracket: Everything in its Right Place (1) v. Idioteque (2)
Everything in its Right Place
(1)
Kid A
Fun Wikipedia "fact": Thom Yorke and guitarist Ed O'Brien have both cited "Everything in Its Right Place" as the moment their frustrations with a year of contentious recording sessions began to give way, and they felt they were actually getting somewhere with their experimental approach, which had initially been worrisome to O'Brien.
Everything in its Right Place Wikipedia entry
VS
Idioteque
(2)
Kid A
Fun Wikipedia "fact": "Idioteque" contains two credited samples of experimental 1970s "computer music." The first is several seconds of Mild und Leise, a piece by Paul Lansky, forming the four chord progression repeated throughout the song.
Idioteque Wikipedia entry
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Pink Floyd Bracket: Karma Police (1) v. Airbag (10)
Karma Police
(1)
OK Computer
Fun WIkipedia "fact": Thom Yorke explained the idea of the lyrics to The Independent newspaper in 2006. "It's for someone who has to work for a large company. This is a song against bosses. Fuck the middle management!" He also said it was about those who are judgmental.[3]
Karma Police Wikipedia entry
VS
Airbag
(10)
OK Computer
Fun Wikipedia "fact": Ed O'Brien commented on the song's meaning, saying "It's about the wonderful, positive emotion you feel when you've just failed to have an accident; when you just miss someone and realise how close it was and stop the car and just feel this incredible elation. There's something joyous about it- life suddenly seems more precious."
Airbag Wikipedia entry
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Roxy Music Bracket: Paranoid Android (1) v Exit Music (For a Film) (6)
Paranoid Android
(1)
OK Computer
Fun Wikipedia "fact": Bassist Colin Greenwood said "On 'Paranoid Android' what we were into was the idea of a DJ Shadow meets The Beatles thing." [source]
Paranoid Android Wikipedia entry
VS
Exit Music (From a Film)
(6)
OK Computer
Fun Wikipedia "fact": "Exit Music (For a Film)" is a song by Radiohead, written specifically for the ending credits of the 1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Although included in neither of the two soundtrack albums at the request of Thom Yorke, the song appears on the band's highly acclaimed third album, OK Computer (1997).
Exit Music (From a Film) Wikipedia entry
Listen to the songs after the jump
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June 03, 2007
No, surprises
Third round results
Roxy Music bracket
Paranoid Android (1)
OK Computer
89% (34 votes) defeats Optimistic (4) 11% (4 votes)
VS
Exit Music (From a Film) (6)
OK Computer 63% (25 votes) defeats 2+2=5 (2) 38% (15 votes)
Pink Floyd bracket
Karma Police (1)
OK Computer
72% (28 votes) defeats The National Anthem (5) 28% (11 votes)
VS
Airbag (10)
OK Computer 56% (23 votes) defeats There There (3) 44% (18 votes)Kraftwerk bracket
Everything in its Right Place (1)
Kid A
74% (29 votes) defeats A Wolf at the Door (4) 26% (10
VS
Idioteque (2)
Kid A 71% (30 votes) defeats How to Disappear Completely (14) 29% (12 votes)
Pink Floyd bracket
No Surprises (4)
OK Computer
66% (27 votes) defeats Bends (9) 34% (14 votes)
VS
Fake Plastic Trees (2)
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June 01, 2007
Lupe Yorke
HM Blog has the mp3 of Lupe Fiasco, Pharrell Williams, and Kanye West rapping over Thom Yorke's "Eraser."
It's called "US Placers" and its found here.
Did you know that the third round of our Radiohead tournament ends at 5pm today? It's so very true. If you haven't voted, you can do so below.
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