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Welcome to the fourth and last quarter final of the Interference Desert Island Album Game! The premise of this game is that the Interference forum has been stranded on a desert island and we can take only TWO CDs of up to 80 minutes of music each. The object is to see which member of the forum can fit the most musical goodness onto these two CDs.
The third quarter final will still be active for the first seven hours of this round. This round is starting early so that the rounds can start at a more convenient time for me. At the moment, in the third quarter final, Bono's shades leads Souly by 16 votes to 13. Final results for that round as well as this one will be given in the first semi final.
In this quarter final, LemonMacPhisto and BonoIsMyMuse are competing for a place in the second semi final. Below, you will find their tracklistings. If you are unfamiliar with the songs included, we can help you hear them! Just leave your e-mail address. This poll will be open for TWO DAYS.
THE TRACKLISTINGS!
Forum name: LemonMacPhisto
Disc 1:
Side A:
1 // Pink Floyd - "Speak to Me/Breathe" - Dark Side of the Moon (3:57)
2 // The Who - "Baba O'Riley" - Who's Next (5:08)
3 // Aerosmith - "Eat the Rich" - Get a Grip (4:11)
4 // The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar" - Sticky Fingers (3:49)
5 // Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (7:04)
6 // Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - United (2:27)
7 // Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson" - Bookends (3:50)
8 // Radiohead - "Gagging Order" - Go to Sleep [Single] (3:35)
9 // The Beatles - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - Rubber Soul (2:02)
Side B:
10 // Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing (ft. Sting)" - Brothers in Arms (4:04)
11 // Oasis - "Acquiesce" - The Masterplan (4:30)
12 // The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" - Bringing Down the Horse (5:12)
13 // Franz Ferdinand - "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand (4:16)
14 // Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Cutter" - Porcupine (3:54)
15 // Peter Gabriel - "Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)" - So (5:55)
16 // Smashing Pumpkins - "My Blue Heaven" - Thirty-Three [Single] (3:21)
17 // R.E.M. - "Nightswimming" - Automatic for the People (4:17)
18 // David Bowie - "Changes" - Hunky Dory (3:37)
19 // U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - The Joshua Tree (4:38)
Total running time: 79:47
Disc 2:
Side A:
1 // Coldplay - "Don't Panic" - Parachutes (2:17)
2 // The Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
3 // U2 - "The Fly" - Achtung Baby (4:29)
4 // Simple Minds - "(Don't You) Forget About Me" - The Breakfast Club [Soundtrack] (4:21)
5 // The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Ghost in the Machine (4:20)
6 // Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Thriller (4:54)
7 // Seal - "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal [1994] (4:51)
8 // The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Magical Mystery Tour (4:07)
9 // Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born to Run (9:32)
Side B:
10 // The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights" - Give Up (4:26)
11 // Radiohead - "Just" - The Bends (3:53)
12 // Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue" - Californication (3:37)
13 // Oasis - "Half the World Away" - The Masterplan (4:21)
14 // The Flaming Lips - "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - Wedding Crashers [Soundtrack] (4:00)
15 // Death Cab for Cutie - "Passenger Seat" - Transatlantacism (3:41)
16 // David Bowie - "Heroes" - Heroes (6:08)
17 // Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" - Wish You Were Here (5:17)
Total running time: 79:49
Forum name: BonoIsMyMuse
BonoIsMyMuse writes: I think my first and second discs contrast each other well in both style and theme. The first disc is made up of mostly slow songs, many of which could easily be labeled "depressing." Instead, I'd look at this disc as the first half of a journey; they're songs about being stuck in one way or another, about losing something, or about wanting something and not knowing how to get it. Disc 2, I hope, moves away from that mindset. The songs are more upbeat, and thematically they center around departure, not in a bleak sense but more in a sense of moving on and looking forward. While many don't necessarily offer a "happy ending," I think they do offer a sense of hope.
As with most compilations I make, I was very careful with the ordering of the tracks here. I worked hard to make sure each song flows well into the next. Because of that, the songs are best enjoyed in the order they appear, and not shuffled.
Disc 1
1. The Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground and Nico (2:55)
2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Alison" - The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (3:25)
3. Soul Coughing - "True Dreams of Wichita" - Ruby Vroom (5:02)
4. Wilco - "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (6:59)
5. The Killers - "Believe Me Natalie" - Hot Fuss (5:07)
6. U2 - "Elvis Presley and America" - The Unforgettable Fire (5:24)
7. Lucinda Williams - "Essence" - Essence (5:56)
8.R.E.M. - "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" - Eponymous (4:34)
9.U2 - "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"- Zooropa (5:00)
10. Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:49)
11. The Velvet Underground - "All Tomorrow's Parties" - The Velvet Underground and Nico (5:59)
12. Wilco - "Red-Eyed and Blue" - Being There (disc 1) (2:47)
13. U2 - "Acrobat" - Achtung Baby (4:32)
14. Soul Coughing - "Screenwriter's Blues" - Ruby Vroom (5:10)
15. Lucinda Williams - "Jackson" - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (3:44)
16. Whiskeytown - "Avenues" - Stranger's Almanac (2:33)
17. Cry, Cry, Cry - "Lord, I Have Made You A Place In My Heart" - Cry, Cry, Cry (3:35)
Total running time: 77:37
Disc 2
1. Be Good Tanyas - "The Littlest Birds" - Blue Horse (4:06)
2. Rolling Stones - "Happy" - 40 Licks (disc 2) (3:05)
3. Ryan Adams - "Wish You Were Here" - Rock N Roll (2:59)
4. Bob Dylan - "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - Highway 61 Revisited (5:32)
5. The Clash - "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)" - Story of the Clash Volume 1 (Disc 1) (3:12)
6. Wilco - "Jesus Etc." - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (3:51)
7. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "High Fidelity" - The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (2:29)
8. U2 - "Until the End of the World" - Achtung Baby (4:38)
9. The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done" - Hot Fuss (5:01)
10. Talking Heads - "Life During Wartime" - Sand In the Vaseline (Disc 2) (5:04)
11. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Oliver's Army" - The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (3:00)
12. Joni Mitchell - "California" - Blue (3:50)
13. U2 - "One Tree Hill" - The Joshua Tree (4:43)
14. Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" - Sand In the Vaseline (Disc 1) (4:56)
15. Arcade Fire - "No Cars Go" - Arcade Fire (6:04)
16. Rolling Stones - "Sweet Virginia" - Exile on Main Street (4:26)
17. Paul Westerberg - "Things" - 14 Songs (3:22)
18. U2 - "Two Hearts Beat As One" - War (4:03)
19. The Pixies - "La La Love You" - Doolittle (2:43)
Total running time: 77:49
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Welcome to the fourth and last quarter final of the Interference Desert Island Album Game! The premise of this game is that the Interference forum has been stranded on a desert island and we can take only TWO CDs of up to 80 minutes of music each. The object is to see which member of the forum can fit the most musical goodness onto these two CDs.
The third quarter final will still be active for the first seven hours of this round. This round is starting early so that the rounds can start at a more convenient time for me. At the moment, in the third quarter final, Bono's shades leads Souly by 16 votes to 13. Final results for that round as well as this one will be given in the first semi final.
In this quarter final, LemonMacPhisto and BonoIsMyMuse are competing for a place in the second semi final. Below, you will find their tracklistings. If you are unfamiliar with the songs included, we can help you hear them! Just leave your e-mail address. This poll will be open for TWO DAYS.
THE TRACKLISTINGS!
Forum name: LemonMacPhisto
Disc 1:
Side A:
1 // Pink Floyd - "Speak to Me/Breathe" - Dark Side of the Moon (3:57)
2 // The Who - "Baba O'Riley" - Who's Next (5:08)
3 // Aerosmith - "Eat the Rich" - Get a Grip (4:11)
4 // The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar" - Sticky Fingers (3:49)
5 // Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (7:04)
6 // Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - United (2:27)
7 // Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson" - Bookends (3:50)
8 // Radiohead - "Gagging Order" - Go to Sleep [Single] (3:35)
9 // The Beatles - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - Rubber Soul (2:02)
Side B:
10 // Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing (ft. Sting)" - Brothers in Arms (4:04)
11 // Oasis - "Acquiesce" - The Masterplan (4:30)
12 // The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" - Bringing Down the Horse (5:12)
13 // Franz Ferdinand - "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand (4:16)
14 // Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Cutter" - Porcupine (3:54)
15 // Peter Gabriel - "Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)" - So (5:55)
16 // Smashing Pumpkins - "My Blue Heaven" - Thirty-Three [Single] (3:21)
17 // R.E.M. - "Nightswimming" - Automatic for the People (4:17)
18 // David Bowie - "Changes" - Hunky Dory (3:37)
19 // U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - The Joshua Tree (4:38)
Total running time: 79:47
Disc 2:
Side A:
1 // Coldplay - "Don't Panic" - Parachutes (2:17)
2 // The Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
3 // U2 - "The Fly" - Achtung Baby (4:29)
4 // Simple Minds - "(Don't You) Forget About Me" - The Breakfast Club [Soundtrack] (4:21)
5 // The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Ghost in the Machine (4:20)
6 // Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Thriller (4:54)
7 // Seal - "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal [1994] (4:51)
8 // The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Magical Mystery Tour (4:07)
9 // Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born to Run (9:32)
Side B:
10 // The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights" - Give Up (4:26)
11 // Radiohead - "Just" - The Bends (3:53)
12 // Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue" - Californication (3:37)
13 // Oasis - "Half the World Away" - The Masterplan (4:21)
14 // The Flaming Lips - "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - Wedding Crashers [Soundtrack] (4:00)
15 // Death Cab for Cutie - "Passenger Seat" - Transatlantacism (3:41)
16 // David Bowie - "Heroes" - Heroes (6:08)
17 // Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" - Wish You Were Here (5:17)
Total running time: 79:49
Forum name: BonoIsMyMuse
BonoIsMyMuse writes: I think my first and second discs contrast each other well in both style and theme. The first disc is made up of mostly slow songs, many of which could easily be labeled "depressing." Instead, I'd look at this disc as the first half of a journey; they're songs about being stuck in one way or another, about losing something, or about wanting something and not knowing how to get it. Disc 2, I hope, moves away from that mindset. The songs are more upbeat, and thematically they center around departure, not in a bleak sense but more in a sense of moving on and looking forward. While many don't necessarily offer a "happy ending," I think they do offer a sense of hope.
As with most compilations I make, I was very careful with the ordering of the tracks here. I worked hard to make sure each song flows well into the next. Because of that, the songs are best enjoyed in the order they appear, and not shuffled.
Disc 1
1. The Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground and Nico (2:55)
2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Alison" - The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (3:25)
3. Soul Coughing - "True Dreams of Wichita" - Ruby Vroom (5:02)
4. Wilco - "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (6:59)
5. The Killers - "Believe Me Natalie" - Hot Fuss (5:07)
6. U2 - "Elvis Presley and America" - The Unforgettable Fire (5:24)
7. Lucinda Williams - "Essence" - Essence (5:56)
8.R.E.M. - "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" - Eponymous (4:34)
9.U2 - "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"- Zooropa (5:00)
10. Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:49)
11. The Velvet Underground - "All Tomorrow's Parties" - The Velvet Underground and Nico (5:59)
12. Wilco - "Red-Eyed and Blue" - Being There (disc 1) (2:47)
13. U2 - "Acrobat" - Achtung Baby (4:32)
14. Soul Coughing - "Screenwriter's Blues" - Ruby Vroom (5:10)
15. Lucinda Williams - "Jackson" - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (3:44)
16. Whiskeytown - "Avenues" - Stranger's Almanac (2:33)
17. Cry, Cry, Cry - "Lord, I Have Made You A Place In My Heart" - Cry, Cry, Cry (3:35)
Total running time: 77:37
Disc 2
1. Be Good Tanyas - "The Littlest Birds" - Blue Horse (4:06)
2. Rolling Stones - "Happy" - 40 Licks (disc 2) (3:05)
3. Ryan Adams - "Wish You Were Here" - Rock N Roll (2:59)
4. Bob Dylan - "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - Highway 61 Revisited (5:32)
5. The Clash - "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)" - Story of the Clash Volume 1 (Disc 1) (3:12)
6. Wilco - "Jesus Etc." - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (3:51)
7. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "High Fidelity" - The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (2:29)
8. U2 - "Until the End of the World" - Achtung Baby (4:38)
9. The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done" - Hot Fuss (5:01)
10. Talking Heads - "Life During Wartime" - Sand In the Vaseline (Disc 2) (5:04)
11. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Oliver's Army" - The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (3:00)
12. Joni Mitchell - "California" - Blue (3:50)
13. U2 - "One Tree Hill" - The Joshua Tree (4:43)
14. Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" - Sand In the Vaseline (Disc 1) (4:56)
15. Arcade Fire - "No Cars Go" - Arcade Fire (6:04)
16. Rolling Stones - "Sweet Virginia" - Exile on Main Street (4:26)
17. Paul Westerberg - "Things" - 14 Songs (3:22)
18. U2 - "Two Hearts Beat As One" - War (4:03)
19. The Pixies - "La La Love You" - Doolittle (2:43)
Total running time: 77:49
UP NEXT: Semi Final 1 - inmyplace13 versus VertigoGal
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See an image of the competition's format (updated to reflect the quarter final contestants).
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