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Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

junodog4 — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:06:02 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 03/20/2014 03:06

I'm torn. I love them both. I have more history with Cohen, and my nationalistic gut tells me to support him. However, I've been playing a tonne of Tom Waits lately.

Ugh. I dunno.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:27:47 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/18/2014 22:27

SuedeSwede wrote:

Wish I'd not abstained, would have voted for Tom Waits. Just realised I prefer him by quite a bit.

well i'm glad cause now we only have to rally three people to put Cohen on top. 😈

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

SuedeSwede — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:54:06 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 03/18/2014 19:54

Wish I'd not abstained, would have voted for Tom Waits. Just realised I prefer him by quite a bit.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:42:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/18/2014 18:42

Im going with Waits not only because he made possibly my favorite album ever, but because he has one of the greatest long discographies in modern popular music, one that parades a wide array of ideas and unusual moods over the span of nearly four decades. I love Cohen and if I was going solely on the terms of who was the better wordsmith, I probably would go for him, but looking at the entire package it's Waits unquestionably, tournament favorite

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Hayden — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:11:23 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/18/2014 16:11

Tom Waits.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

RockyRaccoon — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:56:35 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 03/18/2014 15:56

DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE. NO. I CAN'T DO IT.

ugh.

I'm voting Leonard Cohen because the man has meant so much to me (I sat three hours in the down-pouring rain just to see him) and I think "Hallelujah" is quite literally one of the most perfectly written songs in the history of popular music.

But I feel dirty about it. I love Tom Waits so much.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 05:58:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/18/2014 09:58

What an unfortunate match up. I'm voting Waits because I've never been able to enjoy the music of Cohen's work as much, whereas Waits combines great lyricism and compositions.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Norman Bates — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 04:47:25 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/18/2014 08:47

Cohen. He just connects with me more. Or I with him, I don't know. Anyway.

Waits's awesome of course.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:03:30 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2014 21:03

Hmmmmm and album of the day just happens to be Rain Dogs? The BEAIlluminati strikes again!

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

meccalecca — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:55:06 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 03/17/2014 20:55

These are possibly my two favorite artists in the entire tournament, so it's painful to see them go against each other in the first round. Everyone knows both are geniuses.

I'm throwing my vote to Cohen because he's my nomination. Honestly, both artists are perfect in my eyes, but only Cohen can bring a world to tears.

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Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:18:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2014 20:18

Cohen, but not by much. This is way too intense a match up.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

drakonium — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:18:06 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 03/17/2014 20:18

Cohen. But are incredible and certainly in my top 10 solo artists, though, so it's pretty sad.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Mercury — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:15:49 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/17/2014 20:15

This could indeed be the final or semi final. Damn heartbreaking. Well, I honestly love waits about 5x more than Cohen. I really like Cohen, but Tom Waits is easily in my top 5 all time artists/bands.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:45:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2014 18:45

I appreciate Cohen every time I listen to him, but never feel the urge to go back. Also, the first dance at my wedding was to Waits, so this is actually kind of an easy choice for me.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

SuedeSwede — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:31:49 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 03/17/2014 18:31

What the fuck is with these cool matchups so early on?

Abstained, though I probably prefer Waits, I feel bad for voting against Cohen in the first round.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

mickilennial — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:31:23 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 03/17/2014 18:31

I think I'm giving it to Waits due to A) I listen to him more; and B) His discography is wonderfully eclectic, in-depth, and vast.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Dingerbell — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:25:51 GMT

Author: Dingerbell

Posted: 03/17/2014 18:25

Shit. This is hard.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:46:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2014 17:46

Leonard Cohen

Re: BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:42:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2014 17:42

Could quite easily be the final. Will come back to this, but leaning towards Waits.

BSAT Round #1: Leonard Cohen vs. Tom Waits

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:41:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2014 17:41

Leonard Cohen

Captain: meccalecca

vs.

Tom Waits

Captain: Mercury