Still More Goin' Home/I'm Going Home

Trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At1fJQus8iM

The Osmonds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ST4NLi31PQ

Ken Colyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DotUBIYp_s

Lecca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwWkFIQVQFE

Jon Allen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RbrCYEafik

Jon Schmidt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiNR5cI4yVI

Jonathan Butler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQZcoy5Og4

Elvis Presley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJEnWq5k0kk

Who knew there were so many! Looking forward to these also!

I recently bought an ION turntable to copy my vinyl to MP3s. Although I have a regular turntable and listened occasionally to the records, I have been going through everything now, saving the albums and copying lots to my iPod. You forget some of the old songs when you don't hear them for a few years, and I have had a few surprises. Like how good some Quicksilver was, and also how bad other Quicksilver songs were. Whatever possessed me to buy a New York Dolls album; probably Vietnamese Baby, which isn't very good, but all the other songs are horrible. Forgot how much I liked Charlie Dore and Lone Justice. Spooky Tooth and McKendree Spring were just as good as I remembered, and Atomic Rooster was was just as hard to pin down as ever. Same with Mahavishnu Orchestra; they managed to hide great talent behind great pretensiousness. If only they would have thought a little less about the Cosmic Consiousness, and more about rocking the world. All in all, reviewing a lifetime of records has been eye opening!

Trouble
The Osmonds
Elvis Presley
Jonathan Butler
Ken Colyer
Lecca
Jon Allen
Jon Schmidt

This was really a nice group of songs, and I enjoyed listening and voting a lot.

1- Jon Allen- This is what a song called Going Home should sound like. Sweetly sad, subdued, anticipatory. Very nice.
2- Elvis Presley- I have a ton of old Elvis vinyl, and just never really noticed this song before. Its slanted a bit toward the pop audience, but still, its Elvis doing what he always did, making every song he did an Elvis song. He's happy to be going home, and I feel it.
3- Lecca- I love the tone of her voice, sort of like Shakira at her best. Pretty song, I'd put it in my iPod.
4- Jonathan Butler- Great player, good song!
5- Ken Colyer- There are lots of very old songs that are just too dated for me to enjoy, but this isn't one of those. They were really getting into what they were doing, and I like it! Great voice too.
6- Trouble- Interesting, the more I listened to it, the more I enjoyed it.
7- The Osmonds- For your own peace of mind, I'd advise watching without the video the first time. The choreography (sp) is just creepy, maybe the weirdest I've ever seen. When I turned around in my chair and listened to the song without video, it became an overzealous attempt to be bluesy, eh rocking, eh .. I don't know what. I'm certainly not anti-Osmond, but this is a strange entertainment package, in whole and in part. Am glad I've seen it though, may never forget it.
8- Jon Schmidt- Not for me really. Its fine, but could be one of hundreds of mood songs you hear in a movie, a resturant, nothing really sets it apart. And yes, I have played piano for decades, am not an expert, but do appreciate the genru.

1) Trouble - This one rocked me. I even bought it on iTunes.
2) Jon Allen - Nice one here too.
3) Ken Colyer - did I ever mention that I like Leon Redbone?
4) Jonathan Butler - this sounded fine to me.
5) Elvis Presley - Never was a huge fan of Elvis' music. Liked his movies when I was a kid.
6) The Osmonds - better then I expected, but not exciting.
7) Jon Schmidt - relatively boring.
8) Lecca - thought I'd catch hell for including her, but I guess not.

1) Elvis Presley -- somebody has to put The King where he belongs, so I guess it's me.
2) Ken Colyer
3) Trouble
4) Jon Allen
5) The Osmonds
6) Jonathan Butler -- nice, tho' I keep thinking the last time I heard it, I was a phone captive on hold for 40 minutes.
7) Jon Schmidt
8) Lecca

Elvis - I'm siding with Soxolas here. It's not Elvis' best. but still perked me up.

Ken Colyer - I love this stuff.

Jon Allen - nice acoustic neo-folk sound

Lecca -With the intro, I was expecting forgettable Japanese pop, but the singer's voice was a pleasant surprise.

Jon Schmidt - As background music as you're trying to unwind after a stressful day, this might work

Osmonds - Fluff. Fun fluff, but still fluff.

Jonathan Butler - Elevator music. Bouncy elevator music, but still

Trouble - not really my thing.

Sorry this is so late.

1) Jon Allen
2) Ken Colyer
3) Elvis Presley
4) Jonathan Butler
5) The Osmonds
6) Jon Schmidt
7) Lecca
8) Trouble

Here's the numbers:

1) Jon Allen - 44 pts

2) Elvis - 42 pts, ranked #2 because of two first place votes vs none for #3.

3) Ken Colyer - 42 pts

4) Trouble - 33 pts

5) The Osmonds - 27 pts, ranked higher because of one second place vote vs none.

6) Jonathan Butler -27 pts

7) Lecca - 23 pts

8) Jon Schmidt - 14 pts

Dire Straits was meant for this match but Soxolas rushed me into putting them in the second match. On the other hand Sox's link was a lot better then the one I had so, whatcha gonna do?