Thanks for the numbers Pat.

The 2nd game of Round 2 witnessed victory registered for the track "Make It Easy On Yourself" by The Walker Brothers. This victory will ensure it's progression into the Quarter Final stage of the competition. The track eliminated at this juncture is 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel.

Round 2/Game 3 -

Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely


Released - 2nd October 2000
Written By - Radiohead
Songs Background - There have many theories amongst Radiohead fans as to the meaning of the song. Some have surmised the song is about depression, anxiety, even Thom Yorke feeling suicidal. The Radiohead frontman himself has said that this was the only song he actually purposely wrote for the album it appeared on ( "Kid A") and he song was an interpretation of how he was feeling at the time, which was extremely burnt-out after the release, marketing and touring of previous album "Ok Computer", and that he felt extremely 'unhinged' and on the verge of walking away from the band and music all-together as a consequence.

V's

Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves


Released - May 1996
Written By - Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer and Jacques Prevert
Songs Background - Written in late Wartime this jazz standard was written by French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by fellow Frenchman Jacques Prevert, and later adapted to English language by Johnny Mercer.

Eva Cassidy's version was recorded 'as live' at a Jazz club in Washington D.C. in January 1996 and released 4 months later. During the promotional events for this live album Cassidy noted a pain in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals while perched atop a stepladder. The pain persisted and X-rays revealed a fracture. Further tests sadly found that cancer had spread to her bones, causing the fracture, as well as to her lungs. 

Her health deteriorated rapidly and tragically,  Cassidy would die in November, just 6 months after first realising her initial symptoms.

Voting Closes Tomorrow (Saturday 20th July) at 10PM
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Tracks Eliminated - Round 1 -

1. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
2. Randy Newman - Dexter's Tune
3. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
4. Gerry Rafferty - Mary Skeffington
5. Nina Simeone - Feelings
6. Neil Young - Birds
7. Don McLean - Vincent
8. Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Ev'ry Time We say Goodbye
9. Randy Crawford - Almaz
10. Red House Painters - Katy Song
11. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
11. Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
12. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
13. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
14. The Kinks - Some Mother's Son
15. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. Christy Moore - Black Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)
17. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
18. Stevie Wonder - Lately
19. Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings
20. The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back
21. Judee Sill - The Kiss
22. Buffy Sainte Marie - Until It's Time For You To Go
23. Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute
24. Wilco - On And On And On
25. Pink Floyd - Coming Back to Life
26. George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses
27. The Corries - The Green Fields of France
28. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
29. Badfinger - Without You
30. Dennis Wilson - Time
31. Bread - Everything I Own
32. Frank Sinatra - As Time Goes By
33. Julee Cruise - Falling
34. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
35. Underworld - Eventually But
36. Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand
37. The Beatles - Yesterday
38. Michael Marra - Happed In Mist
39. The Beatles - Julia
40. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
41. The Beach Boys - Caroline, No
42. Harry Chapin - Cats In The Cradle
43. Spiritualized - Broken Heart
44. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
45. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Came Over
46. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
47. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
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Tracks Through Round 1 -

1. The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
2. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
3. Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
4. Roy Orbison - Crying
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt
6. Carole King - You've Got a Friend
7. Glenn Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
8. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
9. Neil Young - Philadelphia
10. The Smiths - Asleep
11. Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
12. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
13. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14. Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
15. Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
16. The Smiths - I Know It's Over
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Round 2/Game 2 -

1. Neil Young "Philadelphia" 5-0 David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto 'Forbidden Colours'

2. The Walker Brothers "Make It Easy On Yourself" 4-3 Simon & Garfunkel 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'


 

A lot of time for Radiohead, but for this competition I'll have to choose, Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves, please.

Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves

Radiohead

Full Time - 

Radiohead - 4
Eva Cassidy - 3