FOFC Favorite OHW - Round 1 - Group P

[Breeze]

Quick Links:

Modern English - I Melt With You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls)

Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clxtg2pFTQM)

Reunion - Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kySY1rR8_Nk)

The Honeycombs - Have I the Right (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuUpOerfT2I)

Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY)

Madness - Our House (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXA6CLTDekw)

Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc)

Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulh5Y71Qwk0)

Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj23_nDFSfE)

The Flys - Got You Where I Want You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM_OWaItNJM)

Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqgC3W9GUI)

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw)

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVnhpTIYloc)

Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth of Beethoven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouMaLRth-s)

Gerardo - Rico Suave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_f3kJOX_8)

Phantom Planet - California (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq-S8CIU7VA)

[NobodyHere]

Is this the last of the first round?

[Breeze]

Is this the last of the first round?

yep...

[Breeze]

Given that this is the last bracket section in round 1, and Thanksgiving only days away...my plan is to wrap up voting for remaining round 1 sections, and start round 2 on Monday (12/2)

[Vince, Pt. II]

A few tough choices for me this pod.

[BYU 14]

A little surprised that Madness got a 203 seed and I love The Fly's, but they got a really touch draw.

[NobodyHere]

I have a confession to make, songs parodied by Weird Al get extra points from me.

[AlexB]

Mozart v. Beethoven? Out of 200+ songs that’s a pairing? The draw’s a fix I tell ya!!!

Saw Timbuk 3 and ticked it without reading the second song... Our House... Untick, think a little while - that’s a tough draw!

[AlexB]

Dola, just realised this is a OHW competition. Madness are obviously seen very differently in the US: clipped from the Wikipedia opening statement:

Both Madness and UB40 spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts over the course of the decade, holding the record for most weeks spent by a group in the 1980s UK singles charts. However, Madness did so during a shorter time period (1980–1986).[3][4][5]

Madness have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten

[Carman Bulldog]

Mozart v. Beethoven? Out of 200+ songs that’s a pairing? The draw’s a fix I tell ya!!!

Saw Timbuk 3 and ticked it without reading the second song... Our House... Untick, think a little while - that’s a tough draw!

This was similar to my reaction as well. Few songs probably could have beat out Timbuk 3, particularly this early, but Our House is one of those songs.

[CrimsonFox]

That drummer of the Honeycombs is cute

[Breeze]

Thoughts:

Modern English vs Dishwalla - unfortunate match up for Dishwalla...

Reunion vs The Honeycombs - Despite its similarity to the loathed "We Didn't Start the Fire" Reunion wins...in what was one the lowest voted pair of the entire first round...

Timbuk 3 vs Madness - brutal first round match up - Madness' blow out win is definitely worth watching...

Musical Youth vs Ocean - no doubter

Van McCoy vs The Flys - huh...the disco line dance beats a decent rock song...actually the strange thing is - based on previous results - I expected this...maybe didn't expect the voting to be so lopsided, but I did expect "The Hustle" to win.

Wilson vs VooDoo - not a lot of love for VooDoo, but enough for this round. Next round will be interesting after Hustles strong round 1.

Falco vs Murphy - super easy to predict, especially after the Falco support on the original thread and earlier during the after the fire version of Der Kommissar.

Gerardo vs Phantom Planet - Easy to predict, and I don't like Rico's chance in the next round.