Brackets and Everything After (Counting Crows) Bracket • Page 11

Haha oh wow someone remembers that?! Thanks so much man!

 

Up All Night
Miami

The correct top 2 IMO. That's a hard final match-up....

 

Up All Night
Miami

 

Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes To Hollywood)
Holiday In Spain

This is a very good final four!

The first matchup wasn't too bad for me, but Holiday In Spain vs. Miami was a very tough one.

 

Current Totals
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If I Could Give All My Love, or: Richard Manuel is Dead - 1
Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) - 5

Holiday in Spain - 2
Miami - 4

 

Up All Night
Holiday In Spain

 

And so the semifinal comes to a close! Winners in bold...

If I Could Give All My Love, or: Richard Manuel is Dead - 1
Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) - 6

Holiday in Spain - 3
Miami - 4

The Final Round Begins next!

 

Just a reminder that this round will be open for 48 hours. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Hard Candy
FINAL ROUND

Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) vs. Miami

I’ll be honest - not the finalists I was expecting!

 

Up All Night kinda snuck in there, but it’s one of the best, for sure.

My vote is for Miami, though

 

Up until now all of the albums went almost exactly how I thought they would. But on Hard Candy, y’all like some weird ass songs!

That being said,

Up All Night

 

Miami

Up All Night is great, but Miami is probably my favorite track in their catalogue, so easy choice for me.

 

Two of my top five Crows tracks. Love them both so much. But if I have to pick one, it’s gotta be...

Miami

 

Current Totals
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Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) - 1
Miami - 3

 

Ugh this is tough and would change day by day. Also two of my favorite CC songs.

Gonna go with “Up All Night”

 

Up All Night

 

Up All Night

 

Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood)

This was tough! The final minute and a half of Miami may be my favorite moment on this album, but overall I think I enjoy Up All Night the slightest bit more.

 

And the hardest of candies turns out to be “Up All Night!”

Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) - 4
Miami - 3

Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings begins next!

 

I enjoy the works of Edward Gorey, but not as much as Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings!

Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
ROUND ONE

1.) Le ballet d’or vs. When I Dream of Michelangelo
2.) Come Around vs. Anyone But You
3.) Cowboys vs. Washington Square

I do a mostly poor job of staying impartial as a moderator, but I promise you all - if “Cowboys” loses this early, I will be very, very upset. (And you will hear about it.)

 

When I Dream of Michelangelo
Come Around (The ba-ba-ba on Anyone But You is kinda grating to me)
Cowboys (This and 1492 are two of my all-time favs)

 

When I Dream of Michaelangelo
Come Around
Cowboys

 

Michelangelo
Come Around
Cowboys

All pretty easy.

 

This record is overwrought and inconsistent, but it's grown on me over the years. "Come Around" in particular is one of their best songs ever. "Cowboys" used to be my favorite, but I actually think "Washington Square" is a better song now. So, I'll give that one a vote.

When I Dream of Michelangelo
Come Around
Washington Square

 

Le ballet d’or (This song reminds me of a mix of R.E.M. and The Tragically Hip and I couldn't let it get shut out)
Come Around
Cowboys

 

When I Dream of Michelangelo
Come Around
Cowboys

These were all fairly easy decisions for me.