All Hail Get Down Moses

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All Hail Get Down Moses

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20 Rounds, a LOT of songs that we had to refresh ourselves with from the Wilderness Years, and some intense disagreement on what Joe's Canon is all about. You folks weren't just religitating an artist's historical catalog reputation, you were creating it. Well done.

Lot's of fun, this one. I really didn't know what to expect going in and looking back at how it all went down I'm still surprised by a fair bit of it. Wild times.
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Flex wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 11:33am


20 Rounds, a LOT of songs that we had to refresh ourselves with from the Wilderness Years, and some intense disagreement on what Joe's Canon is all about. You folks weren't just religitating an artist's historical catalog reputation, you were creating it. Well done.

Lot's of fun, this one. I really didn't know what to expect going in and looking back at how it all went down I'm still surprised by a fair bit of it. Wild times.
Definitely the most interesting of the assessments we've done.
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I feel vindicated after the early, crushing loss of the Unkown Immortal.
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Wolter wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 11:49am
I feel vindicated after the early, crushing loss of the Unkown Immortal.
I'm just pleased Tennessee Rain won, as I hoped it would
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I'm still in shock.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Most lopsided of the final rounds, too.
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Silent Majority wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 11:50am
Wolter wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 11:49am
I feel vindicated after the early, crushing loss of the Unkown Immortal.
I'm just pleased Tennessee Rain won, as I hoped it would
Another great song.
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Thanks for all the work Flex, it was fun.
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Thank you, Flex. This was a lot of work on your part for us to have such fun!
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Thirding the thanks to Flex (and SM and Westway) for emceeing the shenaningans.
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Yeah, big ups to the three of you for hosting these survivor polls. I know how hard it is to get a poll together.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 4:36pm
Yeah, big ups to the three of you for hosting these survivor polls. I know how hard it is to get a poll together.
Bring back Friday Poll!

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BitterTom wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 4:47pm
Heston wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 4:36pm
Yeah, big ups to the three of you for hosting these survivor polls. I know how hard it is to get a poll together.
Bring back Friday Poll!
It may be on the agenda! :shifty:
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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I think it is apt that one of the last songs Joe wrote won the poll shows he was still on the up and a master of his craft when he died.
Thanks to Flex for the effort put in to this and also credit for the one liners that opened each new poll after elimination 😂

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Rabies from the Dogs of Flex.

Great work Mr. Flex.
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