The Greenhouse

Hi team,

Now that the season is done, I thought it was time to rehash the GH Music Tournament!
Nominations are now open for the tournament, which will be a 32 band, people's choice format.

The question I present to you all - How would you like the draw to be run?
A. Fixed - As is the way for a standard tournament
B. English FA Cup style - At the conclusion of each round, the fixtures will be determined at random, meaning

As for the entrants, The Beatles are automatically in the draw, as they are the reigning champions. 10 bands will automatically qualify as a result of making the top 10 of Rolling Stones greatest artist (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... les-29783/)

1. Beatles
2. Ray Charles
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Little Richard
5. James Brown
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Chuck Berry
8. Rolling Stones
9. Elvis
10. Bob Dylan

The remaining 22 names are up to you. Nominations will be open until Midday next Friday, and will be based on the 22 entrants who receive the most nominations. If we get to Friday and there's a tie in the nominations, a vote will be created on Friday to finalise the list

So good luck, and get those nominations happening!

What are the criteria again? Is it who you think is the greatest artist/band of all time, or is it your favourite artist/band?

We should do a movies version during the suspension too!

greeneyed wrote:What are the criteria again? Is it who you think is the greatest artist/band of all time, or is it your favourite artist/band?

greeneyed wrote:We should do a movies version during the suspension too!

Criteria: Who you think is the greatest artist/band

Movie: I’ll add it to the list! I also have greatest Tv show character, and possibly greatest Action Hero. I’ll be punching these out quicker than before, so we’ll get through a few

I’m going to nominate
INXS
Queen
Foo Fighters
Nirvana

Pearl Jam


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Not sure if there’s a cap on noms?

Nirvana
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
John Lennon
White Stripes
Kendrick Lamar

I'll throw in...

INXS
Chris Isaak
Huey Lewis and the News
REM
The Police
Tina Turner
Queen
Elton John
David Bowie
Bruce Springsteen

Wow that top 10 from Rolling Stone has a heavy American bias.

Queen
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Pink Floyd
Bowie
ACDC

Northern Raider wrote:Wow that top 10 from Rolling Stone has a heavy American bias.

Queen
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Pink Floyd
Bowie
ACDC

Yeah I was going to use it as a base for the whole comp, but wasn’t overly impressed with the list.

I looked at some other lists... and there are lots of the best selling artists of all time who aren't on The Rolling Stone list...

greeneyed wrote: ↑March 29, 2020, 9:36 am I looked at some other lists... and there are lots of the best selling artists of all time who aren't on The Rolling Stone list...

Best selling of all time:
10. AC/DC -- 72 million units
9. Pink Floyd -- 75 million units
8. Elton John -- 78 million units
7. Michael Jackson -- 81 million units
6. Billy Joel -- 82.5 million units
5. Eagles -- 101 million units
4. Led Zeppelin -- 111.5 million units
3. Elvis Presley -- 136 million units
2. Garth Brooks -- 148 million units
1. The Beatles -- 178 million units

Could include all those.....except Garth Brooks.

Nope, Garth is on the list now! Thunder Rolls, Standing outside the fire, Ain’t going down till the sun comes up... that mans an institution

Fuifui Bradbrad wrote: ↑March 29, 2020, 9:49 am Nope, Garth is on the list now! Thunder Rolls, Standing outside the fire, Ain’t going down till the sun comes up... that mans an institution

Early round roadkill

Ok so this is the list we currently have. The artists bolded are as a result of either
A. Being the reigning champs
B. Being in the original Rolling Stone List
C. Receiving multiple nominations

The Beatles
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin
Little Richard
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
Chuck Berry
Rolling Stones
Elvis
Bob Dylan
INXS
Queen
Nirvana
Pink Floyd
Elton John
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
John Lennon
White Stripes
Kendrick Lamar
Chris Isaak
Huey Lewis and the News
REM
The Police
Tina Turner
Bruce Springsteen
The Who
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Billy Joel
Eagles
Garth Brooks

This gives us 35 artists vying for 32 spots. If you want to guarantee a place for any of the unbolded artists, throw them a 2nd nomination! Otherwise feel free to nominate artists you would like to see in there

julian87 wrote: ↑March 29, 2020, 9:14 am Not sure if there’s a cap on noms?

There's not, but the comp will feature the top 32 nominated artists

My old man's fav, in critical condition with Covid 19 so I'll nominate him, love him too

John Prine

Metallica


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Difficult to nominate, there's a balance between my favourite and also how successful the band has been

I 2nd the noms of Fui Fui Fighter Fighters, Pearl Jam, Metallica and also add Green Day

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I think RHCP deserve a nomination. Very much out of favour these days but at one stage they were the biggest band in the world. I haven't listened to it for a long time but Blood, sugar, sex, magik was an amazing album.

Agree with Pearl Jam.

I've been more into dance music for the past 20 years so from that mixture of genres I think the Chemical Brothers deserve a nomination. So many good albums. Other EDM groups I'd throw out there are the Prodigy, Underworld, Infected Mushroom. I'm not overly into hip hop but maybe Hilltop hoods deserve to be listed. Not my genre as noted but I did see them at Splendour in the grass many years ago and it was pretty cool.

Ben Harper has some great albums and longevity.

Not my cuppa tea, but Nick Cave?

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Was expecting U2 to be mentioned

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They can get in the bin after infecting world iPhones with that **** house album a few years ago

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-TW- wrote:They can get in the bin after infecting world iPhones with that **** house album a few years ago

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Forgot about that bizarre times

We have 26 bands vying for 12 spots. Its up to you to decide who goes through!
Vote for who you think should be in the comp at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/36RHBK9

The bands up fighting it out for the GH Music Tournament are;

The Beatles
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin
Little Richard
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
Chuck Berry
Rolling Stones
Elvis
Bob Dylan
INXS
Queen
Nirvana
Pink Floyd
Elton John
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam
Metallica
Radiohead
John Lennon
White Stripes
Kendrick Lamar
Chris Isaak
Huey Lewis and the News
REM
The Police
Tina Turner
Bruce Springsteen
The Who
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Billy Joel
Eagles
Garth Brooks
John Prine
Green Day
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Chemical Brothers
Prodigy
Underworld
Infected Mushroom
Hilltop Hoods
Ben Harper
Nick Cave

Ones in bold = In the tournament
Ones unbolded = In the knockout survey

Did the survey. Could only select 1. Is that right?

Yeah I wanted to do 2, but couldn’t figure out how to do it

There's a multiple choice option in there somewhere.

Change the question type to checkbox then set the limit to 2 responses

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Sid wrote: ↑March 31, 2020, 11:08 pm Was expecting U2 to be mentioned

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Obvious choice, just lack popularity due to anything they’ve done post about 2002.

1980-1993 they’re unbeatable for a combination of creativity, lyrics and live performances.

yeh raiders wrote:

Sid wrote: ↑March 31, 2020, 11:08 pm Was expecting U2 to be mentioned

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Obvious choice, just lack popularity due to anything they’ve done post about 2002.

1980-1993 they’re unbeatable for a combination of creativity, lyrics and live performances.

p'eed off a lot of people with that mandatory cloud album that was hard to get rid of.

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bonehead wrote: ↑April 4, 2020, 8:03 am

yeh raiders wrote:[quote=Sid post_id=<a href="tel:1724484">1724484</a> time=<a href="tel:1585660083">1585660083</a> user_id=146412]
Was expecting U2 to be mentioned

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Obvious choice, just lack popularity due to anything they’ve done post about 2002.

1980-1993 they’re unbeatable for a combination of creativity, lyrics and live performances.

p'eed off a lot of people with that mandatory cloud album that was hard to get rid of.

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Hard to get rid of is because of Apple. Anyone whinging didn’t want the album in the first place, so they didn’t lose any voters because of that.

It’s a free album from one of the biggest bands of all time. Yes, it largely stunk. But the public reaction was very much crying over spilt milk.

Fleetwood Mac deserve a mention. Top of the game through 2 decades, including a big
change of style in the 80s. Hugely talented line up, with number #1’s sung by 3 different lead vocalists. And another fourth sung before Buckingham/Nicks joined.

Hi everyone,

Thank you for taking the time to pick your candidates for the 2020 GH Music touranment. The nominations are closed, and we are ready to rumble!
32 bands, all vying for the title of the Greenhouse champions. Heat 1 of the opening round is now underway. You have until Midday Wednesday to cast your votes! The link to voting can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TQ7DX23

Squaring off in the 1st heat are;

Match 1: White Stripes vs Little Richard
White Stripes


Little Richard


Match 2: Bob Dylan vs Foo Fighters
Bob Dylan


Foo Fighters


Match 3: Ben Harper vs Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Ben Harper


Red Hot Chilli Peppers


Match 4: The Police vs Ray Charles
The Police


Ray Charles


Match 5: REM vs James Brown
REM


James Brown


Match 6: Queen vs Nick Cave
Queen


Nick Cave


Match 7: Tina Turner vs Pink Floyd
Tina Turner


Pink Floyd


Match 8: Michael Jackson vs Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson


Jimi Hendrix

There were a few doozies in that opening heat. In the end I went with my gut and my personal preference

White Stripes: Seven Nation Army gives me good vibes. It was at its peak not long after I first left home for Sydney. I was 18, delivering Pizzas around Western Sydney with this song cranking in the car. It was good times. Not too familiar with Little Richard

Foo Fighters: Everlong is a classic in my books. Also the first stadium concert I went to, so there was a preference. Also 1/3 of the band were from Nirvana, which changed my life

Red Hot Chilli Peppers: This was hard. I love them both, and they both hold a spot in my heart. Ultimately came down to the library of music

The Police: Not overly fussed on either. More a vote of who I was more familiar with

REM: Same as Police, Apart from Losing my Religion, not really a fan of either

Nick Cave: Hardest one to decide. Ultimately it came down to Red Right Hand and Into My Arms. Queen was a little bit before my time, and Nick Cave is just a brilliant storyteller

Pink Floyd: Classic band. One of the all time greats. Tina is good, without her, we'd have no Thunderdome, but she doesn't come close to me

Jimi Hendrix: Never been much of a Michael fan. All along the Watchtower is a classic

yeh raiders wrote:

bonehead wrote: ↑April 4, 2020, 8:03 am

yeh raiders wrote:[quote=Sid post_id=<a href="tel:1724484">1724484</a> time=<a href="tel:1585660083">1585660083</a> user_id=146412]
Was expecting U2 to be mentioned

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Obvious choice, just lack popularity due to anything they’ve done post about 2002.

1980-1993 they’re unbeatable for a combination of creativity, lyrics and live performances.

p'eed off a lot of people with that mandatory cloud album that was hard to get rid of.

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Hard to get rid of is because of Apple. Anyone whinging didn’t want the album in the first place, so they didn’t lose any voters because of that.

It’s a free album from one of the biggest bands of all time. Yes, it largely stunk. But the public reaction was very much crying over spilt milk.

Fleetwood Mac deserve a mention. Top of the game through 2 decades, including a big
change of style in the 80s. Hugely talented line up, with number #1’s sung by 3 different lead vocalists. And another fourth sung before Buckingham/Nicks joined.[/quote]I like U2, but that album was a steaming pile of ****

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So how does this work again?

Northern Raider wrote: ↑April 6, 2020, 3:53 pm So how does this work again?

You just pop into the Surveymonkey link, and vote for who you think is the better band/artist in the match up.

I've decided this year we will do it FA Cup style, so each round will be a random draw, rather than a set tournament style set up