There's definitely a gray area. I'm not sure I'd call The Monkees a fictional band considering they made albums and toured. The act of actually making music, selling the music and then touring around the world playing the music no longer makes them fictional.

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No Gorillaz?

Really?

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Gorillaz does not qualify.

It was a real band with non actor musicians just they choose to be represented by animated characters.

They are what is called a "virtual band" not a fictional band.

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that does not explain tenacious D or Monkees, who also toured. they included real enough artists and songwriters to qualify as bands.

but I will drop it.

your list, your thread.

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I get it. But the difference is.

Tenacious D and The Monkees were bands created with ACTORS for a fictional show. Their first released product was the show.

Gorillaz was a band created by MUSICIANS that first released a musical product (an EP) and then built a virtual world around it in terms of cartoon videos.


So Actors not musicians and a fictional TV product before any musical release.

Technicality maybe but I did consider them.

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Never even heard of Eddie & The Cruisers until this thread. Now I'm a fan

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That's a shame. Not sure how the movie holds up but it's a great movie.

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There's definitely a gray area. I'm not sure I'd call The Monkees a fictional band considering they made albums and toured. The act of actually making music, selling the music and then touring around the world playing the music no longer makes them fictional.

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right but their origin was purely fictional.

that is my main criteria and they must have an actor in a prominent band role. All the Monkees were actors that were cast in a role for a fictional TV band.

The fact that they hit it big and became legit is irrelevant. I think all fictional bands (in origin) strive for that or comic relief maybe.

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Those are two of my all time, guilty pleasure favorite movies.

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Wait.....you mean EATC 2: Eddie Lives.

LMAO

I recalled sort of that there was a sequel but it bombed I think compared to the original.

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It did bomb. Still loved it. Still had a great soundtrack.

Otis Day and the Knights - Animal House

1st round complete

ya'll disappointed me.....the early upsets did not last; very few and all were movies over TV.

these are the upsets I don't feel like listing every match.

17 Walk Hard: The Legend of Dewey Cox DEFEATED Doug 16
111 to 50

19 Eddie and the Cruisers DEFEATED Saved by the Bell 14
86 to 75


21 A Star is Born (2018) DEFEATED The Office:Kevin and the Zits 12
86 to 75

24 Airheads DEFEATED South Park:Faith+1 9
86 to 75

25 Star Wars DEFEATED Scrubs 8
85 to 76


Most of the favorites won handily by 20 or more votes, the only close one was

LOST beat Crazy Heart by 1 vote


OK on to the second round. And this round is gonna cause so much consternation - I can't even decide on like 8 of the 16 matchups. The pretenders are gone and I think we will have several close ones.

Second Round is open

VOTE HERE

Such is my luck that two match ups have what I think should be the 4 finalists.

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I mean, objectively, Stillwater, Wonders, Jack and Alley and Eddie and the Cruiser should win.

The whole ****ing movie is based on the band.

But you guys suck.

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And Rock Star

Honestly my favorite - I legit have several Steel Dragon songs in my 80s Rock playlist (I know when the movie was made but the sound is 80s rock and the movie was set in the 80s).

The guys in the band that made the Steel Dragon music included:
Jason Bonham - son of John who played for LZ among many others
Jeff Pilson (Dokken and Foreigner)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy)
Mike Matijevic (Steelheart)

And for the original singer it was Jeff Scott Soto who has sung for Yngwie Malmsteen, Talisman and Journey among others.


And The Commitments too.

A bunch of Irish actors/musicians who played every note and sung every song most live not in a studio. They didn't even make it out of qualifying round. Also a great movie.


Well maybe this vote will introduce some legit bands to some people who did not know about them.
Lots of discussion about Eddie and the Cruisers yesterday - John Cafferty (and the Beaver Brown Band).

Yeah. Rock star too. Voting for them the whole way.

Commitments not aware of but you're right.

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

I rewatched it last night. Eddie and the Cruisers 2 is on deck this evening.

If I did not list it then it won handily.

I might list them later if I have time. I just wanted to get 2nd round voting going. And I'll do it for the later rounds it was just a lot for 32 matchups.

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1st round complete

ya'll disappointed me.....the early upsets did not last; very few and all were movies over TV.

these are the upsets I don't feel like listing every match.

17 Walk Hard: The Legend of Dewey Cox DEFEATED Doug 16
111 to 50

19 Eddie and the Cruisers DEFEATED Saved by the Bell 14
86 to 75


21 A Star is Born (2018) DEFEATED The Office:Kevin and the Zits 12
86 to 75

24 Airheads DEFEATED South Park:Faith+1 9
86 to 75

25 Star Wars DEFEATED Scrubs 8
85 to 76


Most of the favorites won handily by 20 or more votes, the only close one was

LOST beat Crazy Heart by 1 vote


OK on to the second round. And this round is gonna cause so much consternation - I can't even decide on like 8 of the 16 matchups. The pretenders are gone and I think we will have several upsets here.

Second Round is open

VOTE HERE

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disappointed Crazy Heart lost. let me rephrase that. disappointed Crazy Heart didn't win. excellent movie and excellent song. In this case, The Dude does not abide.

Alright I got the results for you now... happy?!?!?!?!

JK


1 O' Brother, Where Art Thou? vs Chuck 32
143 -18

2 This is Spinal Tap vs Happy Days 31
130-31

3 Back to the Future vs Sid and Marty Kroft Super Show 30
139-22

4 Animal House vs The Brady Bunch 29
138-23

5 School of Rock vs Josie and the *****cats 28
123-38

6 Wedding Singer vs Happy Days 27
126-35

7 Almost Famous vs Laverne and Shirley 26
122-39

8 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure vs Friday Night Lights 25
123-38

9 Home Alone vs The Chipmunks 24
112-49

10 EuroTrip vs Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 23
96-65

11 That Thing You Do The Righteous Gemstones 22
109-52

12 Coming To America vs Metalocalypse 21
115-46

13 Step Brothers vs The Partridge Family 20
102-59

14 Old School, Starsky and Hutch, Hangover vs Full House 19
106-55

15 Forgetting Sarah Marshall & Get Him to the Greek vs South Park: Timmy and the Lords ofthe Underworld 18
94-67

16 Rock Star vs Arrested Development 17
88-73

17 Walk Hard: The Legend of Dewey Cox vs Doug 16
111-50

18 Wayne's World vs The Muppets TV show and movies 15
66-95

19 Eddie and the Cruisers vs Saved by the Bell 14
86-75

20 Scott Pilgrim vs The World vs It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 13
70-91

21 A Star is Born (2018) vs The Office:Kevin and the Zits 12
86-75

22 Crazy Heart vs LOST 11
80-81

23 Whiplash vs King of the Hill 10
62-99

24 Airheads vs South Park: Faith+1 9
86-75

25 Star Wars vs Scrubs 8
85-76

26 High Fidelity vs South Park: Fingerbang 7
66-95

27 Saving Silverman vs The Monkees 6
61-100

28 Yesterday vs Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth 5
43-118

29 A Goofy Movie vs The Simpsons: Be Sharps 4
45-116

30 Top Secret! vs Parks and Recreation 3
47-114

31 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping vs The Office:Scratonicity 2
44-117

32 Hot Tub Time Machine vs The Blues Brothers on SNL and movies 1
23-138

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1st round complete

ya'll disappointed me.....the early upsets did not last; very few and all were movies over TV.

these are the upsets I don't feel like listing every match.

17 Walk Hard: The Legend of Dewey Cox DEFEATED Doug 16
111 to 50

19 Eddie and the Cruisers DEFEATED Saved by the Bell 14
86 to 75


21 A Star is Born (2018) DEFEATED The Office:Kevin and the Zits 12
86 to 75

24 Airheads DEFEATED South Park:Faith+1 9
86 to 75

25 Star Wars DEFEATED Scrubs 8
85 to 76


Most of the favorites won handily by 20 or more votes, the only close one was

LOST beat Crazy Heart by 1 vote


OK on to the second round. And this round is gonna cause so much consternation - I can't even decide on like 8 of the 16 matchups. The pretenders are gone and I think we will have several upsets here.

Second Round is open

VOTE HERE

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disappointed Crazy Heart lost. let me rephrase that. disappointed Crazy Heart didn't win. excellent movie and excellent song. In this case, The Dude does not abide.

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Love that soundtrack so much. Jeff Bridges did a great job singing, and it introduced me to Ryan Bingham

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Honestly, if you mark all questions required, when people haven't seen stuff they'll just vote for the top seed.

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Me too, mainly to counteract that.

Either way, it's gonna throw off the count.

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3 Parks and Recreation :: Mouse Rat (aka Scarecrow Boat, Just the Tip, Malice in Chains)
19 Eddie and the Cruisers :: Eddie and the Cruisers

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10 EuroTrip :: unknown party band
7 Almost Famous :: Stillwater

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Like these were my top pics.

EuroTrip because it has the best song.

That sound track of Eddie and the Cruisers is amazing.

And Chris Pratt.

And this:

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I realize that not everyone is my age so my tastes are different. And it seems like the bulk of this board is about 10 years younger or more years younger than me. Except for you. I'm guessing you're about 3 years older than me.

Kinda makes it hard to actually know which ones are "legitimate" wins and which ones won just due to throwaway votes. Especially in the closer votes.

But hey, it's your tourney.

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Either way, it's gonna throw off the count.

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I undid the requirement for now.

I just think it causes less confusion to have the number of votes equal. And also helps if you from skipping one you cannot decide but forgetting to go back and mark it.

Part of it stemmed from the prelim round where I allowed up to 20.....some people voted for 19 in one of the groups and 1 in the other group despite it being pretty clear. But the form did not have the ability to require 20 in each just a min or a max. In multiple choice I opted to make them required and I think enough vote for underdogs as favorites in those cases.

I think we are getting down to where most of them are known to most. The other side was that requiring them I hoped might make people go seek them out and check them out via a quick google search.

Anyway.

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I realize that not everyone is my age so my tastes are different. And it seems like the bulk of this board is about 10 years younger or more years younger than me. Except for you. I'm guessing you're about 3 years older than me.

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55 this year class of 88 graduated 89

beat tu all 5 years I was there - WHOOP!!!!!

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Kinda makes it hard to actually know which ones are "legitimate" wins and which ones won just due to throwaway votes. Especially in the closer votes.

But hey, it's your tourney.

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the cream rises to the top - I doubt that many of those tip any of them to the other side.

Ok...6 years. But i was being nice.

Yep... Star Wars and IASIP fan boys ruined the only two matchups I cared about.

Done with thread...