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Post by Gopher Mod on Jan 15, 2008 1:51:18 GMT -5
Adam, meet Pete's feet.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 15, 2008 1:52:33 GMT -5
And yet another sweep. This one not surprising me as much as previous ones. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Who's ready to take on this match up? A-Ha - Take On MeThe video, directed by Steve Barron, uses heavy rotoscoping. It begins as a blonde young woman (played by actress Bunty Bailey[1]) is in a London cafe, reading a comic book about competitive motorcycle racing. Bunty Bailey and Morten Harket in the "Take on Me" music video.The winner of the race, played by Morten Harket, the band's lead vocalist, winks at the girl; she raises her eyebrows. He then reaches his black and white cartoon hand through the comic book, pulling the girl into his animated world with his band in tow. Through a creative effect they both view each other through a comic frame which shows them (and the band members) alternately in live action and animation. The waitress, coming back for the bill and finding the girl missing, believes she has left without paying, and angrily crumples up the comic book and throws it into the wastepaper basket. As this happens, two of Harket's competitors in the race come back for revenge. One, wielding a monkey wrench, smashes the comic frame. Harket punches one of the thugs, and retreats with the girl into a maze created by the crumpled paper. Harket tears a hole so the girl can escape as he faces the two thugs. The entire coffee shop peers over the counter at the heavily ink-stained girl lying next to the wastepaper basket. The startled girl grabs the crumpled comic book and runs out of the coffee shop to her room, where she tries to smooth out the creases. One of the panels shows Harket lying unconscious, and she begins to cry. Harket then wakes up and starts hitting against the edges of a comic frame. Suddenly, he appears in the girl's room, and throws himself back and forth within a doorframe as he flashes between animated and live action. Eventually, he becomes the latter, and the girl and Harket embrace each other. Vs. Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself"Dancing With Myself" is a song by the band Generation X released in 1981. It was from their album, Kiss Me Deadly. It was one of their first true hit singles. At the time of its release, the band shortened their name to simply "Gen X." Also of note, the band contained only Billy Idol and Tony James from the original line-up. Idol went on to have great success with the single when he released a more pop friendly version (absent of the driving guitar and bass in the Gen X version) on his first solo release, Don't Stop. The guitar solo of this song is peculiarly similar to the guitar solo of Neu!'s "Hero", from their record Neu!75.
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Post by humanoid on Jan 15, 2008 1:53:01 GMT -5
Take on Me
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 15, 2008 1:53:12 GMT -5
A-Ha by a country mile.
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Post by mo on Jan 15, 2008 1:53:23 GMT -5
Oh this is tough for me.
I'll say Take On Me I guess, but not by much.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 15, 2008 1:53:26 GMT -5
Last check, I was a person. How come I cannot vote for these awards? I think they changed it in recent years, but in the beginning they determined the winners based on the results on a random telephone survey. So 100 bored housewives determined the best in entertainment. They should run the Oscars that way. ;D The Academy of Arts and Sciences is like that tho... at least the old guard. Dancing With Myself
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 15, 2008 1:54:08 GMT -5
Take On Me
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 15, 2008 1:54:12 GMT -5
I think they changed it in recent years, but in the beginning they determined the winners based on the results on a random telephone survey. So 100 bored housewives determined the best in entertainment. They should run the Oscars that way. ;D The Academy of Arts and Sciences is like that tho... at least the old guard. I've been learning things from you two this whole tournament.
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 15, 2008 1:54:28 GMT -5
Take On Me
This'll be my last vote for the night.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Jan 15, 2008 1:55:09 GMT -5
A-Ha, by far and large
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 15, 2008 1:55:23 GMT -5
Take On Me This'll be my last vote for the night. Boo! Hiss! Jeer! And DP, I think widows peak is actually pretty intelligent, and for the most part, I make things up. These made up things just happen to be correct.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 15, 2008 1:56:50 GMT -5
Take On Me This'll be my last vote for the night. Boo! Hiss! Jeer! And DP, I think widows peak is actually pretty intelligent, and for the most part, I make things up. These made up things just happen to be correct. Naw, I just have a good memory for useless information.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 15, 2008 1:56:51 GMT -5
Meat prevents the sweep, but not the loss. ----------------------------------------------- Owner of a Lonley Heart. Yay or Nay? Peter Gabriel - Shock The MonkeyDue to its title and the content of the video, the song is frequently assumed to be either an animal rights song or a reference to the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram described in his book Obedience to Authority.[2] It is neither, although another Gabriel song, "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)", from his 1986 album So, does deal directly with Milgram. Gabriel himself has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's baser instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy.[3] Vs. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart Owner of a Lonely Heart" was, according to a radio interview with Yes in 1991 (with the Union tour), originally written as a ballad, not as the rock song that became famous. Jon Anderson convinced producer Trevor Horn to speed it up and add some guitar riffs to make it stand out and be more "upbeat". However, as the next paragraph states, Trevor Rabin had already recorded an upbeat demo version of this song before Jon Anderson and Trevor Horn joined the 90125 project, so this story is probably not true.
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 15, 2008 1:57:30 GMT -5
Yes
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Post by mo on Jan 15, 2008 1:57:35 GMT -5
Yes
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 15, 2008 1:57:36 GMT -5
Owner of a Lonely Heart?
Yes.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Jan 15, 2008 1:57:41 GMT -5
Shock the Monkey
As for me, this will also be my last vote for the night, as I have to go to sleep shortly (classes tomorrow).
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 15, 2008 1:58:21 GMT -5
This is tough, but I'll say yes to Yes.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 15, 2008 1:58:41 GMT -5
I was probably going to post the next match and call it a night for myself as well. This is match #30 which is roughly the halfway point of Round 2.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 15, 2008 1:58:48 GMT -5
Meat prevents the sweep, but not the loss. Valient effort by Meat... does this mean I get a standing ovation at the end of this match up? Is this different than a city mile?
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