Wednesday, April 20, 2011

ARR March Madness XETRA v. WSUN

Second round action in the South regional. #4 seed XETRA (Mexican call letters in case you're wondering) better known as 91x, which decisively beat WRKN of New Orleans faces #5 seed WSUN of Tampa, which beat KNXA of Fayetteville Akansas.
10 Songs off their playlist head to head. I pick the winners.

91X leads off with NICE TO KNOW YOU -- INCUBUS, WSUN leads off with HELP IS ON THE WAY -- RISE AGAINST. 91X wins the first round.

91x will continue to be on the left side.

BLACK HOLE SUN -- SOUNDGARDEN VS. LOSER -- BECK Both good, both overplayed, like Beck a hair better. 1-1 tie.
ALL YOU NEED IS NOW -- DURAN DURAN (!) VS., THE BALLAD OF MONA LISA -- PANIC AT THE DISCO. They're both -- uh -- sorta interesting. Can't choose tie.
DEAD MAN'S PARTY -- OINGO BOINGO VS. DON'T TREAD ON ME -- 311 Nice of 91x to dredge up Oingo Boingo from the neather reaches of the 80's, but "Don't Tread On Me" is also a track that doesn't get played enough and I like it a lot better. 1-2 WSUN
MAKE SOME NOISE -- BEASTIE BOYS VS. AIN'T NO REST FOR THE WICKED -- CAGE THE ELEPHANT Another really tough call. Love the retro 70s sound on the new Beasties, and I also love the pseudo blues of Cage the Elephant's strongest track. Draw.
1901 -- PHOENIX VS. SOMEBODY TOLD ME -- THE KILLERS Both catchy as hell, 1901 is just more original. 2-2 tie
ENJOY THE SILENCE -- DEPECHE MODE VS. OWN STEP CLOSER -- LINKIN PARK. This is probably going to be a controvesial call in many circles, but I actually prefer Linkin Park. 3-2 WSUN
SAY IT AIN'T SO -- WEEZER VS. THE GOOD LIFE -- THREE DAYS GRACE WSUN Should have gone for the kill. Instead they lay a fat pitch right down the middle and 91x hits it out of the park. 3-3 tie again.
STAY TOO LONG -- PLAN B VS. MY HERO -- FOO FIGHTERS My Hero is a staple of Alternative Rock radio for a reason. 4-3 WSUN.
WE USED TO WAIT -- ARCADE FIRE VS. ALL I WANT -- A DAY TO REMEMBER. All I Want is a pretty good punk-metal song, but this is Arcade Fire we're talking about. So this means -- this puppy's in overtime!

It comes down to which station plays the better 3 songs from the next three songs immediately following the 10 foregoing 10 songs.

91x plays SHAKE ME DOWN -- CAGE THE ELEPHANT, THE CAVE -- MUMFORD & SONS AND ALL YOU NEED IS NOW -- DURAN DURAN (AGAIN!)
WSUN plyas CARELESS WHISPER -- SEETHER (Yuck) LIGHTNING CRASHES -- LIVE and MY BODY -- YOUNG THE GIANT.

AND THE WINNER IS -- XETRA! Our second station reaching the Sweet 16.

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