If waiting for two other nominations is too restricting at this point, we can go to one across the board. Things will certainly go a lot quicker. I'm cool with that.
If waiting for two other nominations is too restricting at this point, we can go to one across the board. Things will certainly go a lot quicker. I'm cool with that.
Please clarify "we can go to one across the board."
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Meaning having a waiting period of one for nominations and secondings.
I am fine with that...and since speed seems to be the reoccurring theme (Though I don't know why) let's do the same with seconds.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
As nobody seems to object, the waiting period now for the remaining three threads is at one for both nominations and secondings.
So after 12 threads and three months we only have two time periods remaining and hopefully we can finish the necessary nominations there soon. I'm sure everyone is eager to begin voting which should be lots of fun.
Thread 13 needs 48 more seconded tracks with 121 choices now available, and Thread 14 needs 46 tracks with 106 on the unseconded list.
Let's do it!
Captain and Tenille - Do That to Me One More Time (1979)
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
So after more than three months we finally have all of our nominees set, covering the last 70 years of popular music: 1,456 tracks in all... I am super thankful for everyone's patience and participation in these nomination threads! I'm very happy with how the lists turned out. Very eclectic mixes of things and I cannot wait to begin voting on them. That will start very soon, on Monday, March 14, 2016.
Here's a quick layout of Round 1, and there will be a more thorough Overview thread posted later. As stated before there will be a daily posting of eight polls each weekday starting this coming Monday. The first two time periods (1945-1949 and 1950-1954) will have eight groups each while the other 12 time periods will have 16 groups:
- The first week, from March 14 to March 18, will cover the era from 1945-1949 to the first half of 1960-1964.
- The second week, from March 21 to March 25 will cover the second half of 1960-1964 through to 1970-1974
- The third week, from March 28 to April 1, will cover from 1975-1979 to the first half of 1985-1989
- The fourth week, from April 4 to April 8, will cover the second half of 1985-1989 through 1995-1999
- The final fifth week, from April 11 to April 16 (this includes the Saturday) will cover all of the 21st century from 2000-2004 through 2010-2014
Awesome sauce.
How long will each poll run?
Kind of bummed that I just found this. That nomination period looked fun. Looking forward to seeing how this all goes down.
Each poll will be open for seven days so there should be plenty of time to check out each nominationOriginally Posted by divemaster
Happy Pi Day! The first of our polls are now up and running.
The Great Music Tournament has begun!
great!!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have checked all the groups, and in every one of them there's at least one video youtube says is not available
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There could be region-locks so please let me know which one it is in the same thread and I'll try to find an alternative.have checked all the groups, and in every one of them there's at least one video youtube says is not available
Just going through the 50's polls and started to notice a pattern...
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (1955)
Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (1959)
Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen (1959)
The Crests - Sixteen Candles (1958 )
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen (1958 )
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Yeah I saw that too. Weird.
You'll still vote, right?
Happy Pi Day! The first of our polls are now up and running.
The Great Music Tournament has begun!
FUCKIN' A!!
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
It IS a Great Music tournament, but...
So... you nominate, you second, you listen... but which song is YOUR winner in this tournament?
First tell me what you wish would win...a heartfelt second, then tell me your prediction.
I wish the winner were ...
Iron Maiden - Brighter than a Thousand Suns (2006)
Spoiler
I'd love to see:
Taco- Puttin on the Ritz (1982)
I suspect...my prediction is :
The Eagles-Hotel California (1977)
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
That one's not in the running though. As far as predictions, that's a very hard question and the reason why I started this thing in the first place. I can make some guesses or wishes, but we'll see what actually happens. I can think of a few favorites that could take the top spot overall in some of the time periods, but the overall winner? No idea.
I preface my following statement by first saying that I understand putting on this tournament is a lot of work. And thank you for that.
But seriously, I am so fucking tired of seeing these threads. Yesterday, I logged in, and I had to scroll through TWO PAGES before I found a normal thread I follow.
If ever there was a fan of the Great Music tournament, and someone who is loving every single second of being a part of it, I am the exact opposite of that.
I suspect this is an issue due to the way you access the forum. Like me, you probably just click the "You have xx new posts" button and see what's been posted recently. You can avoid this by going direct to Calvins Corner (where most of the interesting SK stuff is posted anyway).
There is a Vbulletin 4 (which this site uses) Mod to allow the users to ignore specific threads, you just add the thread name to your personal list and it doesnt show up in searches/whats new/todays posts, etc. RF would need to implement this however.
RF, I can point you to the right place if you would like to take a look - just PM me.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I can tell you it's a lot of work. You should see my Excel spreadsheets! Much more work than scrolling through a page or two. But I understand if you're not interested it could be annoying, and I apologize for that. There's really no way around the number of threads with a tournament this big. Some forums have an "Ignore forum" or "Ignore thread" function, but I'm not sure if our does or if that could be implemented. I wish more folks would participate and vote in the threads, but we're having a pretty good turnout still, so at least some people seem to be enjoying it.
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