This is the third annual F-NCAA Tournament. It's just like the NCAA college basketball tournament that is about to start, except it will involve songs that the Features play instead of basketball teams. Each 'round' of the tournament will last a couple of days. I will post the new round of matchups as a new thread, and you can vote for which song in each matchup you like better by PMing me or e-mailing me at: btpatton@elvis.net. I will tally the votes at the end of each round and post the results of which songs made it to the next round. One note: judge each song not on any particular recording or performance of that song, but as a Features song in general.
Changes from last year?
-Well, we are now at the point where we don't have to use any covers. All of the songs included are Features originals.
-Also, a note about the seedings. Tom Foolery suggested that we use the results from last year's tounament to determine this years seedings. And I thought that was a great idea, so I did it. I added up all of the total votes that each song got in last year's tournament. The highest totals got the highest seeds. The new songs all went in at the bottom.
Here are the seedings:

ST. LOUIS:
(1) Circus
(2) Action
(3) Exorcising Demons
(4) Blow It Out
(5) Moonlight
(6) Harold
(7) The Way It's Meant to Be
(8) Burma
(9) 33 1/3
(10) Don't Lie To Me
(11) Jurley
(12) Treehouse Club
(13) Attention
(14) Engine Debris
(15) Standing By
(16) Chemical Head

NEW JERSEY:
(1) The Beginning
(2) God Save Rock'n'Roll
(3) Me & the Skirts
(4) Temporary Blues
(5) Stagecoach
(6) Your Smile
(7) Oh My Love
(8) 2 x 2
(9) Hey Lou
(10) The Anti-Gravity Class of '93
(11) Roger's Theme
(12) Stark White Stork Approaching
(13) Stick Together
(14) I Won't Let You Down
(15) Golden
(16) Failed Attempt

PHOENIX:
(1) Buffalo Head
(2) Leave It All Behind
(3) Someway, Somehow
(4) The Idea of Growing Old
(5) Thursday
(6) Bumblebee
(7) Paid to Think
(8) The Damage is Done
(9) Kari-Ann
(10) Look Out Below
(11) Discotheque
(12) Extension Cord
(13) Waffle House Menu
(14) Situation Gone Bad
(15) Captain Williams
(16) Soon Discover

ATLANTA:
(1) See You Thru
(2) Walk You Home
(3) Darkroom
(4) Armani Suede
(5) Bring On the Night
(6) The Design
(7) There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
(8) Exhibit A
(9) Serious
(10) D-Con (Radio One)
(11) Disco
(12) That's Me
(13) Rabbit March
(14) Button My Shirt
(15) Harder 2 Ignore
(16) Mosis Ptosis

First round matchups are coming up...

Yes, I'm feeling March Maddness HARDCORE!!

On a sort of related note: How about our 'Dores, JC?

Just to clarify: we are voting on our favorites, not the song we expect to win, right?

My prediction: The Way... goes all the way!

(Edited by carligula at 7:14 pm on Mar. 14, 2004)

is it the third annual already???????? time really flies........

I'm excited now. These are so much fun.

This sounds like a fun thing to do

This is when "Chemical Head" and "Failed Attempt" will make a comeback, I just know it.

Or maybe not.

Ohh how I hope you are right... I really liked what I heard of "Chemical Head"

FIRST ROUND
VOTING ENDS FRIDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT

ST. LOUIS:
(1) Circus
(16) Chemical Head

(8) Burma
(9) 33 1/3

(5) Moonlight
(12) Treehouse Club

(4) Blow It Out
(13) Attention

(6) Harold
(11) Jurley

(3) Exorcising Demons
(14) Engine Debris

(7) The Way It's Meant to Be
(10) Don't Lie to Me

(2) Action
(15) Standing By

NEW JERSEY:
(1) The Beginning
(16) Failed Attempt

(8) 2 x 2
(9) Hey Lou

(5) Stagecoach
(12) Stark White Stork Approaching

(4) Temporary Blues
(13) Stick Together

(6) Your Smile
(11) Roger's Theme

(3) Me & the Skirts
(14) I Won't Let You Down

(7) Oh My Love
(10) The Anti-Gravity Class of '93

(2) God Save Rock'n'Roll
(15) Golden

PHOENIX:
(1) Buffalo Head
(16) Soon Discover

(8) The Damage is Done
(9) Kari-Ann

(5) Thursday
(12) Extension Cord

(4) The Idea of Growing Old
(13) Waffle House Menu

(6) Bumblebee
(11) Discotheque

(3) Someway, Somehow
(14) Situation Gone Bad

(7) Paid to Think
(10) Look Out Below

(2) Leave It All Behind
(15) Captain Williams

ATLANTA:
(1) See You Thru
(16) Mosis Ptosis

(8) Exhibit A
(9) Serious

(5) Bring On the Night
(12) That's Me

(4) Armani Suede
(13) Rabbit March

(6) The Design
(11) Disco

(3) Darkroom
(14) Button My Shirt

(7) There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
(10) D-Con (Radio One)

(2) Walk You Home
(15) Harder 2 Ignore

The easiest way to vote would probably be to copy and paste the above and just put an 'X' beside your choice in the e-mail or PM. E-mail it to: btpatton@elvis.com, or PM it to me. May the best song win!

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 10:42 pm on Mar. 14, 2004)

JC, you are an absolute genius. This will be exciting to see the results.

ouch...doesn't look like "Chemical Head" stands much of a chance.

This is brilliant, JC.

Moved this over to the General board. Doesn't get much more Features-related than this. Thanks for doing this again, JC.

No kidding... talk about a quick death. And while I'm willing to bet my life it will be pointless, I'm voting for it!

So, are you going to duplicate all your votes, or are you going to mix it up? I guess this would be nice for all those close calls.

This makes me more than a little nervous. I guess it's good that only a minority of us have actually heard the song.

I know this has been talked about before, but I am confused. Is Chemical Head the same thing as Situation Gone Bad?

No. Chemicalhead is a newer song that seems to already have been abandonned. I think it was debuted at the 11/8 show or somewhere around there.

and it's better than Situation Gone Bad, although I love it as well.

i can say with confidence that "situation gone bad" is my favorite features song. i'm thinking "someway somehow" is gonna beat it though.

Yeah, me too. I even voted for "Failed Attempt" just because I want it to get some love.

Also two of my favorites. I hate to vote against SGB, but...

Man, it's really tough when some of those top seeds are up against the great new songs.

I think Golden and Mosis Ptosis will probably stick around for a while, but they need more time to mature. Maybe next year they will have a better chance in the playoffs.

Yeah, Situation Gone Bad is definitely one of my favorites. That is all.

I would like to point out how unfortunate it is to see "Armani Suede VS. Rabbit March" and "See You Thru VS. Mosis Ptosis". But, I do not fault the seeding. It is a genius set-up. I just wish that Mosis Ptosis could go deeper into this, as I do not think that it will make it out of Round One.

I hope that "Golden" dies a slow and painful death in the first round.

AMEN!

You guys are crazy. I loves me some Golden.

AMEN!

AMEN AMEN!

Golden is a fucking great song

Not a big fan.

i still haven't heard mosis ptosis, so i'll have to go with golden. songs where rollum completely rocks out in the middle are always good.

Yeah, the seeding (which isn't flawed mind you) does give alot of new songs a tough time of it. I just hope voting happens with honesty... do you *really* like Mosis Ptosis more than See You Through?

Don't Lie vs TWIMTB is the matchup of the century...

Will

I prefer slower tempos for that stuff.

I had a tough time with that one.

This is probably the wrong place to ask about this, but since when have any of us cared.

Is there only one version of don't lie to me? And if not, I LOVE the version they played at the 12th and Porter request show. I'm not sure why they wouldn't play this song more, but it is incredible. . . we should start a petition!

I think I heard that it was too high for Pelham to sing. Yes, I know that's what capos are for.

But I'm with you, and would love to see that song back in the rotation. And Burma.

(Edited by Keith at 4:51 pm on Mar. 17, 2004)

I'm not a big music person so to speak. what are capos?

And yea, don't even get me started on Burma. If I could only pick two songs to bring back into rotation, those would be them.

Capo: A small movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar or similar instrument so as to raise the pitch of all the strings uniformly.

This year is definitely the best yet. The tough decisions have actually started in the first round! A lot of the lesser known songs have been removed, leaving only heavy hitters to compete. I thought all of these were particularly tough to vote on or predict:

(8) Burma
(9) 33 1/3

(7) The Way It's Meant to Be
(10) Don't Lie to Me

(7) There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
(10) D-Con (Radio One)

And the toughest decision:
(2) Walk You Home
(15) Harder 2 Ignore


And this matchup

(2) God Save Rock'n'Roll
(15) Golden

leaves me asking, "Which do I hate MORE?"