Thread by @j_mcelroy

we have so many play-in polls for #bcsongbracket, which we'll do over the next 24 hours to determine our 48-entry tournament

first, let's determine the automatic entry for some of our more iconic artists that didn't have an overwhelming favourite

beginning with sarah mclachlan

You're at the Commodore. It's a 54-40 show. Which song are you most looking forward to hearing?

Now head back another decade. It's Doug and the Slugs. Who you choosing?

yes yes you all shouted about D.O.A. and yes they're very important and it's very fun that their frontman is now a burnaby councillor BUT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE AN ACTUAL SONG AND NONE OF YOU SUGGESTED ANY SO NOW WE'RE GOING BY SPOTIFY VIEWS AND MY IMMEDIATE RESEARCH

does prism sound vaguely like every other canadian band of the early 1980s, or i am just mean

ahhhhh there are too many good new pornographers songs, why do i do this to myself

one of my best friends in high school lived next to Nelly Furtado before she made it big, which is one of those things that doesn't really mean anything, but when you're 14 *feels* like something interesting, you know?

anyways time to pick

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world

what nickelback song makes the bracket

anyhow this was a fun day of shouting about things that don't matter and it's getting late and i uh still need to figure how the rest of #bcsongbracket is constructed

but we'll do the rest of the votes early tomorrow to determine who is in the final 48!