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Post by coachbk on Apr 14, 2018 18:22:38 GMT -5
Several "upsets" in round one as the top two seeds get toppled. "Letting Go" came out of the prelim round to knock off "Ebony And Ivory", while "Girls School" edged #2 "Say Say Say" All the higher seeds won from #3-#11, but of the remaining seeds, only #15 "No More Lonely Nights" moved on among higher seeds. Winners by minor upset in the seedings were "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live), "Hi Hi Hi", "Helen Wheels", and "Jet".
For me personally, the biggest disappointments were: Seeing "Ebony And Ivory" gone. I think it is a clever song with a positive message. "Another Day" losing out to "Helen Wheels". I think "Another Day" is vastly superior. I also preferred "My Brave Face" to "With A Little Luck" and "Take It Away" to "No More Lonely Nights", but was not surprised by those results.
My next post will contain the matches for this round. I did it the same as the NCAA tourney so the winner of the 1/32 match takes on the winner of 16/17, the winner of 2/31 goes against the winner of 15/18, and so on.
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Post by coachbk on Apr 14, 2018 18:28:55 GMT -5
Here are the matches:
#32 Letting Go vs. #17 Jet #31 Girls School vs. #15 No More Lonely Nights #3 Silly Love Songs vs. #19 Helen Wheels #4 My Love vs. #20 Hi Hi Hi #5 Comin Up (live) vs. #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live) #6 With A Little Luck vs. #11 Junior's Farm #7 Band On The Run vs. #10 Live And Let Die #8 Listen To What The Man Said vs. #9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Quite a coincidence the two live tracks go against each other!!!
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Post by coachbk on Apr 14, 2018 18:38:41 GMT -5
My Picks: #17 Jet over Letting Go (both rock-Jet rocks better) #15 No More Lonely Nights over Girls School (I'd have picked a lot of other songs over either of these-a close match between two very different songs. Went with the melodic one over the rocker) #3 Silly Love Songs over Helen Wheels (easy choice as Helen Wheels is not a favorite) #4 My Love over Hi Hi Hi (very easy choice as I don't care much for Hi Hi HI) #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live) over Comin Up (live) (closer than it would be if it were studio versions, but still gotta go with Maybe I'm Amazed) #11 Junior's Farm over With A Little Luck (this time I'll go with the rocker) #7 Band On The Run over Live And Let Die (WOW. Tough match up here. Band On The Run is my pick to win it all, so it gets my vote over a potential "final four' contender) #9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey over Listen To What The Man Said (two songs I really like, but Uncle Albert has more musical variety) Read more: abbeyrd.proboards.com/thread/5952/paul-mcartcney-hits-tourney-round?page=1#ixzz5Ch0bRtsQ
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 15, 2018 7:09:00 GMT -5
#32 Letting Go vs. #17 Jet Letting Go - I like both songs, but I'll take Letting Go at the moment #31 Girls School vs. #15 No More Lonely Nights Girls School - I always liked Girls School. I never cared much for No More Lonely Nights
#3 Silly Love Songs vs. #19 Helen Wheels Helen Wheels wins this tough call
#4 My Love vs. #20 Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi is an easy win here for me
#5 Comin Up (live) vs. #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live) I would have thought Maybe I'm Amazed would have been the bigger hit. It still gets a lot of radio play. It's my pick. (I love the live Coming Up though)
#6 With A Little Luck vs. #11 Junior's Farm Junior's Farm may be my favorite of all
#7 Band On The Run vs. #10 Live And Let Die I have to give this one to Live and Let Die. I'm a little burned out on Band
#8 Listen To What The Man Said vs. #9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey I've never got tired of Uncle Albert. It's my choice here.
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Post by joeyself on Apr 15, 2018 7:21:28 GMT -5
#32 Letting Go #15 No More Lonely Nights #19 Helen Wheels #20 Hi Hi Hi #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live) #11 Junior's Farm #7 Band On The Run #8 Listen To What The Man Said
I did a McCartney tourney on the previous board years ago--over 256 entries, because we had a play-in round to see which b-sides and other non-album tracks were to be included--and your next to last match had two of the final four. "Band On The Run" and "Live And Let Die" made it that far, as did "Maybe I'm Amazed." I can't recall the fourth--"Junior's Farm," maybe.
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Post by theman on Apr 15, 2018 10:35:33 GMT -5
Sweet Sixteen, huh.... #17 Jet (Very tough matchup. I might have picked the live version of “Letting Go”, but “Jet” wins this studio recording match for me) #31 Girls School (“Three cheers for the girls”) #3 Silly Love Songs (One of the great bass lines in pop music) #20 Hi Hi Hi (Rocker over the mocker) #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live): (Memories of the summer of ‘77) #11 Junior's Farm (this leaves “With a Little Luck” in the dust for me) #7 Band On The Run (My pick to go all the way, but it’s all about the matchup) #9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (I remember hearing this at the time of release. I was a kid and thought this WAS the Beatles) Read more: abbeyrd.proboards.com/thread/5952/paul-mcartcney-hits-tourney-round#ixzz5Ckt9C4gr
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Post by kc on Apr 15, 2018 17:04:14 GMT -5
#17 Jet #15 No More Lonely Nights #3 Silly Love Songs #4 My Love #21 Maybe I’m Amazed (live) #11 Junior’s Farm #7 Band On The Run #8 Listen To What The Man Said
Band On The Run vs. Live And Let Die was a killer.
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Post by nine on Apr 15, 2018 20:31:14 GMT -5
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 16, 2018 21:51:06 GMT -5
#17 Jet #15 No More Lonely Nights #19 Helen Wheels #4 My Love #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live) #11 Junior's Farm #7 Band On The Run #8 Listen To What The Man Said
Jet is more exciting! "No More Lonely Nights" was Paul's last great single, a wonderful song from a shit project.
I've had enough of silly love songs. "My Love" too trademark Paul! God it felt good to nuke "Coming Up!"
"Junior's Farm" a minor classic. "Band On The Run" a major classic. Funny voices on "Uncle Albert" kills it for me.
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Post by coachbk on Apr 17, 2018 7:54:02 GMT -5
The first four matches, plus the last one are all 4-3 right now. I'm giving a Thursday deadline for this round.
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Post by mikev on Apr 17, 2018 14:29:57 GMT -5
#32 Letting Go vs. #17 Jet #31 Girls School vs. #15 No More Lonely Nights #3 Silly Love Songs vs. #19 Helen Wheels #4 My Love vs. #20 Hi Hi Hi #5 Comin Up (live) vs. #21 Maybe I'm Amazed (live) #6 With A Little Luck vs. #11 Junior's Farm #7 Band On The Run vs. #10 Live And Let Die #8 Listen To What The Man Said vs. #9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Choices in bold-toughest Girls School vs. Lonely Nights
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Post by coachbk on Apr 19, 2018 21:53:57 GMT -5
Final Results in Round Two: Jet beats Letting Go in a tie-breaker No More Lonely Nights edges Girls School Silly Love Songs over Helen Wheels in a tie-breaker My Love with the come from behind win over Hi Hi Hi Maybe I'm Amazed shuts out Comin Up Junior's Farm wins big over With A Little Luck Band On The Run over Live And Let Die in a brutal match up Uncle Albert edges out Listen To What The Man Said
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