Wow this looks cool!! Good job!
Just one question, and thats only because I'm an idiot: How did you choose the seeded songs?
Anyway, it's cool like this, can't wait!!
seeding the songs was a bit tricky, but not too difficult... I listed STP's uber-hits first that were huge radio hits and at the top of the billboards at some point. The top 4 seemed pretty obvious (Plush, Interstate, Creep, Vasoline) and based on their seniority in the STP catalog, they had the advantage to being top seeded.
I then put every STP song in front of me and made a ranking of which songs were the most standout from each album based on radio play and individual sales from web sites and general popularity. I remained unbiased in this sense as to not list my personal favorites high (if I had my way, Dead & Bloated would have been #1 seeded).
I also wanted to be fair to the newer catalog of STP songs, especially from SLDD and STP, because they haven't been in play as long as their older stuff, doesn't mean we (and/or critics) won't look back one day and think that those songs were superior to some of the older stuff. That's why Between the Lines is seeded high, as it was the top single from its respective album. I had to remind myself often that the songs weren't being seeded based on popularity, of how I thought, but rather they were being seeded based on the top singles per album, followed by the casual fan's perception of the remaining songs.
I also felt compelled to seed the unreleased outtakes at the bottom and All in the Suit because only us die hard fans are aware of them anyway. Wet My Bed, Press Play, and No Memory also seemed to need to be seeded low based on their length and relevance. (I was very close to pairing No Memory with Sin as just 1 song, but decided against it).
To prove my unbiased approach, I purposely seeded MC5 very low based on what I know to be the general consensus of that song among BE members here. It's been documented, by me, in that song's thread, that I LOVE it and if I had my way, it would be seeded much higher than where it is.
Anyway, I'm really happy how this turned out and your guys response to it. Thanks!
I'm going to start on the preliminary round match ups to begin voting by this evening. I'll make 1 new thread per round with each match up listed and a link to each for voting.
Stay tuned!
