One thread. Here are the semi-final brackets.

Semi-Final Bracket 1
American Girl vs. The Waiting

Semi-Final Bracket 2
Breakdown vs. Refugee

My vote is for Free Falling

Any grouping without Last Dance With Mary Jane (and yes, also Free Falling) is automatically invalid. Especially considering Kim Basinger was in the video.

Breakdown is a great song

Runnin Down a Dream is my favorite TP "hit"

Gunny Hartman said:

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Any grouping without Last Dance With Mary Jane (and yes, also Free Falling) is automatically invalid. Especially considering Kim Basinger was in the video.

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Put me down for Last Dance for Mary Jane, also. I never even heard of two of the song finalists, Waiting and Refugee. Must not have been hits.

I smell voter tampering.

Stranger said:

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Gunny Hartman said:

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Any grouping without Last Dance With Mary Jane (and yes, also Free Falling) is automatically invalid. Especially considering Kim Basinger was in the video.

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Put me down for Last Dance for Mary Jane, also. I never even heard of two of the song finalists, Waiting and Refugee. Must not have been hits.

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Oh yeah you've heard them. "Waaaaiting is the hardest part" and "you don't have to live like a refugeeyee." Both great songs but I'll take the two I mentioned over both of them.

Did you guys cheer for UVA and Arizona in the Final Four this year?

The Final Four is THE Final Four. Rules being rules ... and whatever.

Well Gunny, you have to vote to have a right to complain. I condensed the semi-finals to one thread and sort of have one vote for one bracket with Breakdown. Chit Chat is for discussion on fun. So, discuss and vote.

Mary Jane is my favorite Tom Petty song. But it did not get the votes. So it watches the final four like UVa did. I prefer George Harrison Beatles songs, then Paul McCartney, and a distant third to Lennon. But last Beatles tournament George was out before round 3 of 5. That's how it goes sometimes in a democracy.

Also, I only vote in case of a tie. Failure to vote in the last round has Refugee in over Free Falling.

Well, it ain't fair. But fair only comes once a year. First week of October, in Dallas.

American Girl / Breakdown

Gunny Hartman said:

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Don't feel guilty but you let free falling down.

I am not a big fan of The Waiting. American Girl vs. Last Dance with Mary Jane would have been the toughest bracket.

battling some gas here.........

I am abstaining in protest

william said:

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American Girl
and
Refugee

Gunny Hartman said:

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I am abstaining in protest

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I tried that for about six months in my late 20s. My best friend convinced me that the only winner in that was the women of the Springfield, MO area.

The Waiting and Refugee

American Girl / Refugee

breakdown/waiting.

I actually sang Breakdown with Petty in Houston.

I want to take this time to remind everyone that there are many mid-majors being left out of this tournament. I will not argue their conference is not as strong as the majors, but they are freaking undefeated. They deserve to be here.

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william said:

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as long as we are here

AG
RefuG

Ashley Hodge said:

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late to this thread, but I would vote:

1. I Won't Back Down
2. Into the Great Wide Open
3. Don't Do Me Like That
4. Even the Losers
5. The Waiting

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You're on the money with numbers 1 and 2.

Ashley Hodge said:

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late to this thread, but I would vote:

1. I Won't Back Down
2. Into the Great Wide Open
3. Don't Do Me Like That
4. Even the Losers
5. The Waiting

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1 for 5 on this thread.

American Girl and Refugee

The Waiting
Refugee
(For just the instrumentation, Breakdown is hard to beat.)

Giving credit for the one song in the final four that is included in a couple of posters lists, we have an upset. My 3 and 4 of the final four proceed to the finals. The people have spoken, whined, and complained.

Your thread - tell'em to pound sand !

(people are upset not matter what - whining is like the national pastime)