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Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Anonymous — Wed, 27 May 2015 19:36:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/27/2015 23:36

the inclusion of performances of Piazolla's music seems kind of unfair given that nothing Yo-Yo is playing there is at all representative of 1997. That said, the presence of Madredeus and Brown Paper Bag is enticing and might make me lean against a very solid 2007 team (after I listen to the stuff I haven't heard yet of course)

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Skinny — Wed, 27 May 2015 19:27:24 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 05/27/2015 23:27

The lack of Suga Free is almost unforgivable.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

nachosbob — Wed, 27 May 2015 19:09:09 GMT

Author: nachosbob

Posted: 05/27/2015 23:09

Mercury wrote:

I'm partially joking about that 1997 team. Still how could you not use OKC, Yo La Tengo Either/Or, etc etc....? It boggles me mind.

Or Fantasma? I mean that's just insane. 😜

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Mercury — Wed, 27 May 2015 18:53:37 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 05/27/2015 22:53

I'm finally catching up on commenting on these.

For this match, it wasn't tough. I voted for 2007 mostly out of ignorant spite to happymeal for presenting almost nothing I've heard or even heard of these last 5 weeks and making me feel dumb. As a defense mechanism I must resent him.

And that 2007 team is solid. I like how now that he's eliminated he went ahead an said fuck it and used Person Pitch.

I'm partially joking about that 1997 team. Still how could you not use OKC, Yo La Tengo Either/Or, etc etc....? It boggles me mind.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

meccalecca — Mon, 25 May 2015 17:35:34 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 05/25/2015 21:35

Norman Bates wrote:

Too much catching up for me to do on this '97 team, I probably won't have the time to listen to everything before I vote. I'll probably abstain. Good '07 team.

Same.

If voting just based on singles since I've heard both sets, '07 definitely wins, and I do love Person Pitch and Strawberry Jam so that'd be tough to overcome.

But alas, it's unfair to vote against what I haven't heard, so i'm abstaining unless i find time.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2015 01:50:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/25/2015 05:50

Ive heard nothing on that 97 team album-wise so likely another abstain, good singles though. 07 is quite good, mainly for the indeed sublime Field record and mucho nostalgia for Oracular Spectacular, Person Pitch and Strawberry Jam are also quite good even if IM not as high on them as most of BEA. Singles are quite good, but 1234 should've died with 07 (and really, choosing that over the liquid sex of My Moon, My Man? :?).

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Skinny — Sun, 24 May 2015 14:03:54 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 05/24/2015 18:03

Also, 'Brown Paper Bag'.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Skinny — Sun, 24 May 2015 14:02:29 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 05/24/2015 18:02

Voted 1997 because I think it's unfair that Person Pitch is being recycled. Not a particular fan of that 2007 team anyway, and would have abstained as I really don't know enough from that '97 team, but Happymeal's probably gonna lose anyway (obscure teams tend to fare worse) and he could probably do with the vote.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Norman Bates — Sun, 24 May 2015 13:53:43 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/24/2015 17:53

Too much catching up for me to do on this '97 team, I probably won't have the time to listen to everything before I vote. I'll probably abstain. Good '07 team.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1997 (Happymeal) v 2007 (Hayden)

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2015 13:19:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/24/2015 17:19