The Pop Premiership: FINAL ANALYSIS

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to inhibitorylinks, our title winner.

strange_powers and alexmacpherson are in the play-offs.

katstevens is relegated.

Final Table

1. inhibitorylinks. W8 D1 L2 Pts 25 GDiff +12 Total ranking points: 84.
2. strange_powers W6 D3 L2 Pts 21 GDiff +7 TRP: 79.
3. alexmacpherson W7 D0 L4 Pts 21 GDiff +5 TRP: 77.
4. xyzzzz_ W6 D1 L4 Pts 19 GDiff +1 TRP: 67.
5. dubdobdee W5 D1 L5 Pts 16 GDiff -2 TRP: 59.
6. bengraham W5 D0 L6 Pts 15 GDiff +1 TRP: 68.
7. jel_bugle W4 D3 L4 Pts 15 GDiff -1 TRP: 63.
8. zenith W5 D0 L6 Pts 15 GDiff -2 TRP: 62.
9. hauntedballroom W4 D1 L6 Pts 13 GDiff -2 TRP: 62.
10. fugitivemotel W4 D1 L6 Pts 13 GDiff -4 TRP: 58.
11. braisedbywolves W3 D2 L6 Pts 11 GDiff -3 TRP: 60.
12. katstevens W1 D3 L7 Pts 6 GDiff -11 TRP: 53.

Week-by-week Winners

Oi Va Voi - "Ladino Song" (chosen by bengraham, track 10)
Sneaky Sound System - "Pictures" (chosen by xyzzzz_, track 09)
Goose - "Black Gloves" (chosen by zenith, track 01)
Georgy Ligeti - "Lux Aeterna" (chosen by inhibitorylinks, track 07)
The Pack - "Go" (chosen by zenith, track 02)
Utada - "Kremlin Dusk" (chosen by inhibitorylinks, track 10)
Fannypack - "Keep It Up" (chosen by inhibitorylinks, track 07)
Focus - "Hocus Pocus" (chosen by dubdobdee, track 11)
Sun Ra - "UFO" (chosen by hauntedballroom, track 05)
Jon Brion - "Monday" (chosen by fugitivemotel, track 02)
Cascada - "Everytime We Touch (Styles And Breeze Remix)" (chosen by braisedbywolves, track 04)
2nd Gen - "Musicians Are Morons" (chosen by bengraham, track 04)


("Total Ranking Points" is an addition of inverse rankings i.e. 11 points for 1st place, 10 points for 2nd. "Goal Difference" was meant to follow it closely, which it does, but not quite closely enough, so next time I'll use TRP as the tie-breaker.)

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

is there a table for week by week losers? (i think i only got two sadly)

ps what i like abt "Good Morning" is the same thing i like abt Jeff Mills = ITS RIGOUR

RIGOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

You only got one worst ever - it was from Andrew, can't remember what for!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

jeff mills! (rigour)

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me, do yo still have the track you would otherwise have used?

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

yes! i nearly used it for fugitive motel also! i will post it shortly

[koganbot]

If I end up playing Lex I won't have to worry about trying to get his vote and therefore trying to choose something he doesn't know, so I can use a Paris Hilton track!

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Top half on Goal Difference. IN YOUR FACE jel_bugle ahahahaha!

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

W00t! Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, that's me. It'll do.

Versus the Lex, though! I'm going to have to pull something special out of the bag for this.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ditto, the amount of times I came SECOND was insane.

Hurrah for us bridesmaids though.

[inhibitorylinks.livejournal.com]

Well, I am STUNNED. No, really, I am! Now watch me choke and DIE in the playoffs!

Who'd've thunk

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Helloween [Bad username or site: jel bugle @ livejournal.com] would be more pop than our hostess katstevens?!

Re: Who'd've thunk

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Jel is the only real Poptimist! This is long established.

Re: Who'd've thunk

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I second this motion (well, actually 'third', I think, since freakytigger and dubdobdee already proposed and seconded this some weeks back): jel is the "poptimist's poptimist". Seriously, Dragonforce are the real winners of the League on moral grounds.

Re: Who'd've thunk

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, let's hope I can do better in the Open! My excuse: for much of this competition I have been trying to either find somewhere to live or pack boxes of my possessions, and my song research has been somewhat un-thorough. And then when I do find a good song, the recipient inevitably knew it already! Bums.

Week By Week Losers

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Ceephax - "Rolls Royce" (katstevens) "I should be laughing harder at this than I am"

Sonny Sharrock - "Portrait Of Linda In Three Colours, All Black" (hauntedballroom) "Oh God, wailing. League Of Sukrat more like!"

Edo Maajka - "Prziii" (inhibitorylinks) "This rapping is, frankly, quite poor"

Built Like Alaska - "Mistake #2" (bengraham) "Ends up being dreary and whiny"

Dragonforce - "Once In A Lifetime" (jel_bugle) "This is...metal."

Lightning Bolt - "Riff Wraiths" (braisedbywolves) "Earnest kids who shoulda stayed in their garage."

Jeff Mills - "Step To Enchantment" (dubdobdee) "Get 1xbreaks!"

Regina Spektor - "That Time" (fugitivemotel) "sounds like she's showing off during her Fresher's Week"

Touriste - "Your Move" (fugitivemotel) "Exactly the kind of thing I studiously avoid"

Rocker Spaniel - "Where The...?" (zenith) "I feel slightly violated"

Planning To Rock - "I Wanna Bite Ya" (zenith) "really a little too pleased with itself"

Wanda Jackson - "Let's Have A Party" (xyzzzz_) "so generic you can probably order it from a catalogue"

Re: Week By Week Losers

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

The comments are brilliant. Especially "I feel slightly violated"

ROFL

My favourite review of the entire tournament:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"The bass player has a mustache! Is it Manowar? I have their greatest hits album, they look kinda like cavemen on the cover. There's a bit where the band break it down, and the singer doesn't ab-lib. Rock school 101, when you break it down the singer ad-libs, he should be saying "ah yeah, cavemen!!" "hunting in packs" "skin 'em alive" and stuff like that. I did this myself and the song was better."

Re: My favourite review of the entire tournament:

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

YAY! :)

I worked hard on my comments!

Teen Of Pop News

[koganbot]

In the latest news from the Calamitous Koganbot Teen Of Pop Counterrankings, martinskidmore's strong but overfamiliar play fails to gain him additional points; new additions to braisedbywolves's squad fail to produce, but vets still give him an outside chance; meanwhile byebyepride's long-abandoned title hopes don't stop his enthusiasm, though where that leads him is unclear.

In other words, Martin's still atop the board, but I'm going to give things a relisten, which could shuffle the standings. However, Andrew's title hopes depend on last-minute support not only from Sinead O'Connor's flimsy stylizations but from at least one overlooked player off the bench. Alex is deep in the pack and is almost certain not to place first, but has a couple of strikers who might (or might not) capitalize on a delayed result.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Midtable obscurity! I wouldn't have it any other way!!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

And I think I provided the most popular losing song!

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Btw, how does this playoff business work? Do I get sent the songs or, err, well I dunno.