2010 Tournament of Features Songs HQ

[Tournament Master]

Welcome to the sixth Tournament of Features Songs!  This topic will be your guide through the whole tournament.  You can always check back here for the latest information.

Tournament Schedule

	March 13:	Selection Saturday	Seedings have been announced!  See bracket below
	March 14 - 16:	Play-In Games	voting closed.  Results: Play-In Match-Ups
	March 17 - 19:	Round 1	voting closed.  Results: Some Kind of Region | Old Favorite Region | Spongebath Region | Universal Region
	March 20 - 22:	Round 2	voting closed.  Results: Some Kind of Region | Old Favorite Region | Spongebath Region | Universal Region
	March 23 - 25:	Round 3 - Sweet 16	voting closed.  Results: Sweet Sixteen
	March 26 - 28:	Round 4 - Elite 8	voting closed.  Results: Elite Eight
	March 29 - April 1:	Round 5 - Final 4	voting closed.  Results: Final Four
	April 2 - 5:	Round 6 - Championship	voting closed.  Results: Championship

This year's winner is:  Circus

[Tournament Master]

For the previous tournament in 2006, a 65th song was added by having a single play-in game for the 16th seed of one region (just like the NCAA basketball tournament).

Since then, The Features have added many new songs to their repertoire.  To make room for all of the new songs, the Selection Committee decided to expand the tournament again.  All four regions now have play-in games for their 15th and 16th seeds.

This year, the play-in round will be March 14-16.  The following songs will be vying for a spot in the tournament:

Some Kind of Region (Nashville, TN)
   Competing for the 15th Seed:
        Wooden Heart
        Golden Comb

   Competing for the 16th Seed:
        Big Momma's Gonna Whip Us Good
        Concrete


Spongebath Region (Murfreesboro, TN)
   Competing for the 15th Seed:
         Engine Debris
         Jurley

   Competing for the 16th Seed:
         Button My Shirt
         That's Me


Universal Region (Santa Monica, CA)
   Competing for the 15th Seed:
         Two by Two
         Bumble Bee

   Competing for the 16th Seed:
         Take You On
         Guillotine


Old Favorite Region (Sparta, TN)
   Competing for the 15th Seed:
         Bring on the Night
         Stagecoach

   Competing for the 16th Seed:
         Stark White Stork Approaching
         Golden

[Tournament Master]

Here are the full seedings for the tournament:

Some Kind of Region (Nashville, TN)
     (1) The Drawing Board
     (2) Lions
     (3) The Temporary Blues
     (4) Whatever Gets You By
     (5) Now You Know
     (6) Off Track
     (7) Still Lost
     (8) All I Ask
     (9) Commotion
     (10) I Will Wander
     (11) Baby's Hammer
     (12) GMF (Genetically Modified Fable)
     (13) The Gates of Hell
     (14) Rambo
     (15) Wooden Heart
     (16) Concrete


Spongebath Region (Murfreesboro, TN)
     (1) Paid to Think
     (2) Armani Suede
     (3) Thursday
     (4) Hey Lou
     (5) Extension Cord
     (6) 33 1/3
     (7) Anti-Gravity Class of '93
     (8) Roger's Theme
     (9) Treehouse Club
     (10) Attention
     (11) Serious
     (12) D-Con (Radio One)
     (13) Your Smile
     (14) Rabbit March
     (15) Jurley
     (16) That's Me


Universal Region (Santa Monica, CA)
     (1) Circus
     (2) Harder to Ignore
     (3) Leave It All Behind
     (4) The Way It's Meant to Be
     (5) There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
     (6) The Idea of Growing Old
     (7) Me & the Skirts
     (8) Exhibit A
     (9) Blow It Out
     (10) The Beginning (Week One)
     (11) Some Way Some How
     (12) Exorcising Demons
     (13) Situation Gone Bad
     (14) Walk You Home
     (15) Two by Two
     (16) Take You On


Old Favorite Region (Sparta, TN)
     (1) Dark Room
     (2) Buffalo Head
     (3) Mosis Tosis
     (4) God Save Rock'n'Roll
     (5) Contrast
     (6) Hold You Alone
     (7) The Design
     (8) Oh My Love
     (9) Action
     (10) The Damage Is Done
     (11) Kari-Ann
     (12) Foundation's Cracked
     (13) See You Through
     (14) Arcata
     (15) Bring on the Night
     (16) Golden

[smee]

it always blows my mind to see their songs listed out like this...realizing that they don't have any bad songs (and there's really only a handful that i'm "not crazy about"). it's unreal.

[blightman]

I believe that this was the brainchild of JamieCarroll.  I am glad to see that someone is carrying out the tradition. 

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[featuresgirl]

where. is. harold.

[deathscythe257]

where. is. harold.

this

[notarobot]

late night couldn't even get a play-in in the some kind of region??  

[jamiecarroll]

where. is. harold.

Oh man!  I didn't even notice, but you're right.  This is a top 5 Features song for me, if not #1.

I guess it is kind of a rarity, though.

[Juan Horsetown]

As co-chair of the selection committee, I'll say that "Late Night was just forgotten.  It just completely slipped off the radar.  Same for Christmas Wish Book now that I think of it.  Next year...

As for "Harold," the people who love it really love it, but it was never committed to recording that we know of, and, more importantly, it had always had a low number of votes in past tournaments, which was why it was not brought back.

[Juan Horsetown]

I'm interested to see how the voting has changed a little bit as this pans out.  Old fans have changed their perspectives some and we have a good number of new voters this time, so it's interesting to see that "Blow It Out" and "LIAB" aren't fairing so well as the classics they felt like a while ago.  The tournament overall is considerably tougher this year since all the fluff is gone, and we're looking at all of the more favorite songs.

I also disagree that the Old Favorite category will produce the winner.  I think at this point that it's anybody's game, and even picking the final four at this point isn't going to be easy since we're looking at a different set of voters this time.

[Tom Foolery]

Looks like the number of voters is falling off a bit.  We had 15 in the play-in round but have dropped down to 7.  Hopefully it'll pick back up in the latter rounds.

The Some Kind of Region is becoming the region of blow-outs.  "The Drawing Board" crushed "Commotion."  I never imagined that it would be one of the more popular songs from that record and thought it was a bit of a reach to make it a #1 seed.  Looks like I was wrong.  I'm still pulling for "Lions."

I'm glad to see "Hold You Alone" is still alive in the Old Favorite region.  I love that song, but I'm not sure how popular it is with the fans.

"Your Smile" could be this year's Cinderella.  I don't remember it doing very well in the previous tournaments.  Maybe after all this time, we're starting to appreciate it more.  Or maybe we're all just paying tribute to Eno.

"Circus" vs. "Exorcising Demons" is such a huge match-up.  I'll be very interested to see which one wins.  I think "The Idea of Growing Old" is also doing better than it usually does.  I think it was really popular when they first started playing it in '02, but the fans seemed to drift away from it.  Maybe we're all getting sentimental in our old age.

Three of the five previous champions have already been eliminated:  "Buffalo Head", "Harder to Ignore", and "Mosis Tosis."  No song has ever won the whole thing more than once.  Can "Circus" or "Dark Room" pull it off this year?

[Tournament Master]

It is now my great privilege to present

The 2010 Benjamin T. Patton Honorary Trophy for Best Features Song

to

Circus