Day 8: The Last Pairings of the First Round

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
12/10/2013 at 11:25 • Filed to: beatoffnik

For the final songs, I urge you to listen to ALL of the songs in their entirety. Also please vote in ALL of the polls, not just a few.

"Kickstart My Heart"- Motley Crue

Justice- "Horsepower"

Motörhead- "Ace Of Spades"

"Grave Wisdom"- Skinny Puppy

"I'm Shipping Up To Boston"- Dropkick Murphys

Queens Of The Stone Age- "No One Knows"

Pearl Jam- "Yellow Ledbetter"

Billy Talent- "Red Flag"

DISCUSSION (48)

cazzyodo > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/10/2013 at 12:57

I'm and absolute homer so Dropkicks it is.

They're pretty cool guys. Saw them play a local fundraiser at Florian Hall and they were requested to sing "Flanagan's Ball" (cuz, well, the song takes place at Florian Hall). It had been so long since they performed it that he forgot the words...the utter embarrassment was hilarious and everyone had a good laugh.

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/10/2013 at 13:30

And again. I'm in the absolute minority. =)

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/10/2013 at 17:00

QOTSA is losing? Well, that pretty much invalidates any and all results.

Leadbull > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/10/2013 at 17:02

PSA:

If you don't vote for Yellow Ledbetter, I will kill you.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2013 at 17:02

Well in all fairness, the song they are up against is pretty wicked.

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:05

I joined you in the minority on the first one. No way I could vote against Ace Of Spades though

MC_Leon6494 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager
12/10/2013 at 17:07

While you may be true about Dropkick Murphy's... It's QOTSA. That album is the best driving album ever. Especially because it simulates a drive from L.A. to Joshua Tree, CA. It even has it's own DJ's!! cmon

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > MC_Leon6494
12/10/2013 at 17:09

Trust me, I'm with you on the whole best driving album thing as I've had some epic drives to it. In the end, both songs are fantastic to drive to.

PatBateman > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2013 at 17:11

It's 50/50 now with my vote. Dave Grohl in the band? Got my vote.

Squid > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:11

I'm right there with you. The songs I nominated were put up against each other or against songs they had no chance in winning against. . . I understand that Skinny Puppy will lose out to Motorhead to the general populace but SP is much better to listen to while behind the wheel. It is "mission music" as I like to call it, along with Front 242, I feel like I have a purpose while driving to SP or 242, I don't know why but it is there and I know that I am in the minority in my musical tastes. . .

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures
12/10/2013 at 17:12

Youth > taste?

Gamecat235 > Squid
12/10/2013 at 17:14

Totally agreed with you. But I grew up with Skinny Puppy (and a lot of associated acts) through the entirety of the 90s. So I'm heavily biased.

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:15

You calling me young? I don't get to enjoy that sensation very often around these parts.

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures
12/10/2013 at 17:16

No no no... My "youth" has superceded my "taste"...

Yep. I'm calling you young. LOL!

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:18

Also, regarding the other two pairings, I have an illogical disinterest for Queens of The Stone Age (plus as a lifelong Masshole I need to support Dropkick), and while I think "Yellow Ledbetter" is by far the better song and that "Red Flag" thing did nothing for me "Ledbetter" just doesn't feel like a driving song.

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:20

If I were young I'd have no idea who Lemmy is, wonder what's wrong with his face, and vote for Grave Wisdom ;)

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures
12/10/2013 at 17:21

QOTSA tickle my pleasure sensors, though Dropkick is awesome drinking music, my standard fallback there is the Pogues.

And when I voted for Yellow Ledbetter it was somehow behind. And again memories > reality.

Squid > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:23

I discovered Skinny Puppy in my impressionable years in high school around the 1999, but I was around industrial music growing up and eventually became friends with some well connected individuals which allowed me to meet some of my musical heros. But then again I was a fan of NIN from the first time I saw the Closer video on MTV and NIN was my first real concert I went to in 2000 for The Fragile tour. A vast majority of the music I listen to comes from the late 80's and early 90's with a few sprinklings from the late 70's as well.

Gamecat235 > Squid
12/10/2013 at 17:26

Not to go to far into things, but I wrote and edited for Industrial Nation, did some work for Invisible Records and kind of lived and breathed the scene for a while in the mid-late 90's in Chicago. =)

I think I know exactly where you are coming from.

Squid > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:28

That is pretty fucking rad Gamecat!

Gamecat235 > Squid
12/10/2013 at 17:30

It was fun while it lasted. It only paid in experience, free swag, concert tickets and the ability to occasionally interview neat people. My music collection was the primary benefactor.

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:31

Actually I voted against "Leadbetter" because, as I said, while I think its waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better the other song feels easier to drive to, and as I recall this is supposed to be about finding the best driving song. Much like how "Starfuckers" is fantastic but I wouldn't choose it for the soundtrack for my political campaign. Better overall and better for a specific task aren't quite the same thing.

On a different but related note, some of these songs really make me wish I'd been paying more attention during the nominations. Last week "Seek and Destroy" made me wish I'd nominated "Search and Destroy," and today I wish I'd suggested a different Justice song, because "Genesis" is driving

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures
12/10/2013 at 17:33

The Justice tracks I would suggest would closely mirror your recent takes. And as far as driving Pearl Jam songs, there are Rear View Mirror, Leash and Porch. Ledbetter would be WAY down the list for me. But it has a LOT of memories for me, and is hard to vote against.

MC_Leon6494 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager
12/10/2013 at 17:38

Yes, yes they are. It's especially difficult for me to choose seeing as I'm from Boston and have some serious memories and emotions attached to that song

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:39

Exactly. Animal, RearViewMirror, Even Flow? Now there's something I can drive to

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 17:44

By the way, I'm thinking of doing a music showdown early next year that'll be about covers. Which band did the best cover of various songs and were any of the covers better than the original (like Search and Destroy or Enjoy the Silence, apparently bands love doing covers of those). Thoughts?

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > cazzyodo
12/10/2013 at 18:02

weird, I've seen them play 3 times over the past 4 years and they've played Flannigans Ball every time.

Squid > Gamecat235
12/10/2013 at 18:06

I'm pretty sure you amassed some pretty rare music during that period.

One of my buddies has an amazing collection and it is like going into a candy store full of rare EBM vinyl that I never knew existed before and each time I go back over to his house he has even more rare vinyl to look through.

I just got lucky in making friends with people who ended up having connections with bands that I never thought I would party with.