Re: Results: Clan Canadian Championship II + Exit Music II

• From: sleeper_car <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:05:04 -0000
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the_mouth_of_sauron77 wrote:
>>
>> http://www.sfu.ca/~hwho/quizbowl/results/ExitMusicII.htm
> 
> The Dark Lord speaks:
> 
> This is what happens when those who should not write music contests 
> write them. Was having a record contract or a top 40 hit grounds
> for exclusion?

I'll steer away from your first comment and address your next two 
points.

First of all, of the 80 artists I picked for Exit Music II, excluding 
bands from the Northwest-flavoured theme (songs 30-40) or bands that 
are no longer together, the only acts without major label contracts 
(I'm including Matador as a major) are NOFX, Ani DiFranco, Death Cab 
for Cutie, Quasi, and Grandaddy.  That's 5 acts out of 69 that are 
truly indie, and since they're pretty well-known in college radio and 
indie circles, I felt justify in putting them in.  I mean, it's not 
like I'm having people pick out Brenda Weiler and All-Time 
Quarterback here!  

And remember: this is a *Canadian* competition.  Bands like The Tea 
Party, I Mother Earth, and The Tragically Hip are huge up here, but 
most people in the US have probably never heard of them.  What's 
obscure to you guys might just be another overplayed song for us.

As for the 'lack' of Top 40 acts, I want to know what you would 
include in that category.  By my count, nearly half of the songs were 
played on Top 40 outfits, and most of those were hits!  If anything, 
more Top 40 acts were included at the expense of rock radio, which 
was admittedly underrepresented here.

With a splash of indie and pinch of girls with guitars, I put 
together Exit Music II with it being challenging in mind.  You 
should've seen the buzzer races in the final round when a well-known 
song like Loser by Beck came up!  No, this wasn't a 'name the #1 hit' 
sort of contest, but I never said it was.  

With that said, anybody that listens to rock, top 40, or college 
radio would've done fine in Exit Music II.  If you only listen to 
country though, you probably wouldn't have done so well ;-)


Hanson
SFU Quiz Bowl