Welcome to 2009!Á‚ I know this matchup isn’t entirely appropriate, seeing as we’re not hitting a new century, or even a new decade, but the editors would probably spank me…
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Zack Dennis
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The Pogues – “The Old Main Drag” The Decemberists – “On the Bus Mall” — n {democracy:24} — Thanks to everyone who voted during Halloween week!
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SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three Witches first witch: Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. second witch: Thrice and once the hedge-pig…
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“When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demonaic fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away, and his hand…
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“When they separated, Peter bent down to the two halves of the mirror and held his palm over one of the pieces. A delicious wind (the one song which is…
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“It turned out that everyone in the prison had a zombie contingency plan, once you asked them, just like everyone in prison had a prison escape plan, only nobody talked…
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“But suddenly a mighty tumult arose, and there were cries of “The werewolf!” “The werewolf!” Terror seized upon all Á¢€” stout hearts were frozen with fear. Out from the further…
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Welcome to Song-Off’s first ever theme week – Halloween! Each day this week we’ll be posting a new matchup featuring songs about some of the most familiar Halloween creatures. Every…
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Violent Femmes – “Add It Up” Built to Spill – “Carry the Zero” — n n n {democracy:17} — Two weeks ago, the extraterrestrial hitchhiker Neil Young held off a…
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Hi folks! Since I’m currently under the weather, I’ll keep this short and sweet. As of today, there have been fourteen Song-Off matchups. I’ve got a endless supply of matchups…
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… It is also the story of a book, a book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the…
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David Bowie – “Space Oddity” Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” DwDunphy: It almost seems unfair that Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom” should go up against David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”…
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Sublime – “5446 and Ball and Chain” Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” — n n {democracy:14} — Last week, The Who surrendered to Cheap Trick, losing by a 2:1…
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Cheap Trick – “Surrender” The Who – “The Kids Are Alright” — n n n {democracy:13} — Last week, Dire Straits absolutely demolished Melanie Safka by the greatest margin in…
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Dire Straits – “Skateaway” Melanie Safka – “Brand New Key” — n n n {democracy:12} — Last week, Zack and Placebo won your pity, taking 64% of the votes cast.Á‚ …
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M83 – “Teen Angst” Placebo – “Teenage Angst” Zack: It’s hard to argue that there’s anybody who has a better grasp of teen angst than Gordon Gano of the Violent…
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Sonic Youth – “The Sprawl” Straylight Run – “Existentialism on Prom Night” “He sat beside Molly in filtered sunlight on the rim of a dry concrete fountain, letting the endless…
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—- Def Leppard – “Rocket” Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” Mojo: “The exception that proves the rule” is a cliche whose meaning completely eludes me. It’s like saying just once, we…
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Eric Clapton – “I’ve Got a Rock and Roll Heart” Dave: Did Clapton have to record this to pay back the writers for lending him money for blow? This record…
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Dramarama – “Work for Food” It’s hard to go shopping in a thrift store these days without running into a t-shirt or two from Dramarama’s Hi-Fi-Sci-Fi tour, which was attended…
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Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” Robert: Rolling Stone magazine named Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965) the greatest song of all time in 2004. It certainly…
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—– The Magnetic Fields – “I Wish I Had an Evil Twin” Good Zack: IÁ¢€™m not a fan of The Magnetic Fields in any particular sense, but this is…
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—– Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison” Dave: “Never trust a big butt and smile.” Has there ever been a statement so true? And this coming from three dudes that…
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Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” Jon: I recognize that this is a minority opinion, considering the iconic stature of so much of Bruce Springsteen’s work, but “Tunnel…
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Animotion – “Obsession” Ladies and gentlemenÁ¢€¦LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! Next week weÁ¢€™ll be unveiling a new feature here at Popdose: the Song-Off. Two songs about similar topic will be…
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