This should be short and messy. In the West Regional #6 seed KNRK in Portland, Oregon meets #11 seed KRAB of Bakersfield. This is the station that was runner up in my 2009 contest to see which was the worst Clear Channel alt rock station. Best of 10, but who expects that?
KNRK leads off with IF YOU LEAVE by ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK KRAB counters with ALL OVER YOU BY LIVE The battle of recurrents. The one I'm more likely to sing along with is the OMD song.
WNRK on the left, KRAB on the right.
BAND ON THE RUN -- FOO FIGHTERS VS. ROPE -- FOO FIGHTERS Really? KNRK is going with a cover of a Wings song? With all the great FF songs to work with?
JUMP JIVE AND WAIL -- BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA VS. WISH YOU WERE HERE-- INCUBUS Fortunately American recovered from the great bad swing bend epidemic.
THE FUNERAL -- BAND OF HORSES VS. SHAKE ME DOWN -- CAGE THE ELEPHANT KNRK evens the score at 2-2.
DA DA DA -- TRIO VS. SING -- MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Some one hit wonders are better left forgotten. KRAB takes a shocking 3-2 lead.
HOWLIN FOR YOU -- BLACK KEYS VS. NUMB -- LINKIN PARK Once again the boys from the Rubber City to the rescue. Tied again.
LOSER -- BECK vs. LAY ME DOWN -- DIRTY HEADS Fighting the forces of evil in a Bozo nightmare KNRK takes a 4-3 lead.
SAD SONG -- THE CARS VS. LITHIUM -- NIRVANA The new Cars song (as against the New Cars song) is fairly awesome, bu this is Nirvana we're tlaking about. The score is tied again!
VIVA LA VIDA -- COLDPLAY VS. ANIMAL -- NEON TREES Both songs are tuneful and popular, but the Coldplay song has more substance. 5-4 KNRK
OLD MAN -- REDLIGHT KING vs. SHE HATES ME -- PUDDLE OF MUDD HMM hip hop song with a generous sampling of Neil Young -- interesting. Hey don't step there, I don't think that's mud!
KNRK wins, but it was much harder than it should have been.
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