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Hello and welcome to the first ever Blog Wars hosted by Pretty Much Amazing! This is the first of hopefully many Blog Wars to come. This particular Blog War pins bloggers and their music libraries against each other. Utilizing iTune’s “Genius Playlist” feature, 10 bloggers will go head to head and compete for your votes!
This is how it works:
I get two bloggers to create a Genius Playlist stemmed from the same song. I will publish said playlists here and you, the readers, will decide which one you like best! This is 100% winner-takes-all so choose your favorite blogger wisely.
Here is the complete list of participating blogs:
I Guess I’m Floating
Arjan Writes
The Music Slut
Nialler 9
Culture of Me
Music is Art
Sheena Beaston
Ear Farm
Pigeons & Planes
Pretty Much Amazing!
On this first battle we will put Sheena Beaston and Pigeons & Planes to the test, scored by Vampire Weekend’s “M79.” Who will win?
Sheena Beaston’s Genius Playlist!
Vampire Weekend – M79
Ratatat – Seventeen Years
Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
Regina Spektor – On the Radio
Peter Bjorn and John – Let’s Call it Off
Goldfrapp – Happiness (Metronomy Remix featuring The Teenagers)
The Kills – Cheap and Cheerful
The White Stripes – 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Nite Bootleg Remix)
Metric – Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Santogold – Lights Out
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
Feist & Postal Service – Mushaboom
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Rilo Kiley – The Moneymaker
Shiny Toy Guns – Rainy Monday
Teddybears – Punkrocker
The Ting Tings – Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
Kasabian – Club Foot
Adele – Cold Shoulder (Basement Jaxx Remix)
Mark Ronson – Stop Me (Kissy Sell Out Remix)
Just Jack – Starz in Their Eyes
Glasvegas – Geraldine
Pigeons & Planes’s Genius Playlist!
Vampire Weekend – M79
Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Cold War Kids – We Used To Vacation
The Shins – Australia
Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
Neutral Milk Hotel – In An Aeroplane Over the Sea
Beck – Gamma Ray
Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
Radiohead – Reckoner
Cold War Kids – Saint John
Cat Power – Metal Heart
Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Grizzly Bear – Knife (Girl Talk Remix)
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance
Sufjan Stevens – For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless in Ypsilanti
Band Of Horses – The General Specific
Spoon – Don’t Make Me A Target
The National – Mistaken For Strangers
MGMT – Weekend Wars
My Morning Jacket – Wordless Chorus
The Decemberists – O Valencia
Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes
Okkervil River – Unless It Kicks
Who did you vote for?
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Pigeons and Planes DEMOLISHES!
Honestly, I voted for Sheena Beaston, because I feel like those songs adequately demonstrated the mood that I feel with M79 better than Pigeons. It took longer than I wanted to figure it out.
I’m in Sheena’s side of the ring.
Pigeons & Planes is much better.
This is a great idea! I’m all over Pigeons and Planes; Arcade Fire, Radiohead, and The National is a sweet combination.
im with Sheena Beaston.
pls do continue this Luis. im just enthralled with the idea.
Thanks for the support y’all!
What’s up guys?? Thanks to Adam, Andy and Rasmus for showing love to Pigeons and Planes! I’m pretty happy with the mix, so thanks to Genius too.
Happy New Year!
I tried on my iTunes, and i got a lot of the same artists and some of the same songs, as Pigeons & Planes
I like Sheena’s list better myself, it seemed to fit better & had a little more range
i give Sheena the win just cause Ratatat – Seventeen Years was the first track. dirty tune
i’m with Sheena. Shiny Toy Guns stole my heart
great idea!
would love to participate sometime.
cheers,
Grizzly Bear – Knife (Girl Talk Remix) killed it!
Sheena Beaston got BEAST’D on.
But her playlist was pretty cool, i downloaded most of her songs
Our blog would love to get in on this contest if you do it again. Sounds like fun.
I go with pigeons and planes just because the tracks are much more in line with vampire weekends style. Plus I love O valencia!
Great idea..I’d love to participate next time.
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