Spintown’s Song Fighter Of 2009

Months ago I decided that I wanted to listen to every single song that had ever been entered into Song Fight. No big deal, it shouldn’t take too long. Right? WRONG! So far I’ve only managed to listen to all of 2009-2010. I’ve also listened to some random fights from other years, but not many. What I thought I would do during my adventure through the history of Song Fight, is a year-by-year review. I decided to start with 2009 since I had already listened to some of the fights from that year.

So…how do you go about reviewing an entire year? Well I’m not really, it’s too freakin’ hard. What I am doing is picking my favorite Song Fighter from 2009. I decided to see how many songs each person entered in 2009, how many times each person won & how many songs from each individual made it onto my Song Fight play list. After every fight I would usually keep 4-5 songs for my future listening enjoyment. Those are the 3 things that I considered when picking my favorite fighter of 2009.

Here’s a list of who entered the most songs during 2009.
(stats may be a little off…I have yet to hire a fact checker)

Total Songs Entered:
33 - Paco del Stinko
33 - The Weakest Suit
20 - Berkeley Social Scene
20 - Pathetic Wannabees
17 - deetak
16 - Ross Durand
12 - Steve Durand
12 - Jan Krueger
11 - Todd McHatton
11 - DuToVa
11 - Gooey Caramel Centaur
11 - Rone Rivendale
10 - Manhattan Glutton
10 - Wages
8 - Chopped Liver Meat God
8 - Doscientos
8 - Johnny Cashpoint
8 - The Sky Looks Pissed
7 - Kasper
7 - Naked Philosophy
7 - noah mclaughlin
7 - Signboy

8 people entered 6 songs, 7 people entered 5 songs, 11 people entered 4 songs, 29 people entered 3 songs, 54 people entered 2 songs & 209 people entered 1 song. In total 340 people/bands/collabs entered a total of 531 songs during 2009.

Here’s a list of who won the most fights during 2009.

Winners:
4 - Todd McHatton
2 - Don't Tell Betsy
2 - Erin K & Tash
2 - MC Milk-Plus
1 - Berkeley Social Scene
1 - The Bourbon Drops
1 - Brad Sucks
1 - Bread Skeletons
1 - Cabin Fever
1 - Chthonic Chthock
1 - Cock
1 - Crank Radio
1 - Durand Durand
1 - DuToVa
1 - Future Boy
1 - the Hinsdale Patent
1 - Hostess Mostess
1 - The Howling Monkeys
1 - Jan Krueger
1 - Jim Tyrrell
1 - Manhattan Glutton
1 - Paco del Stinko
1 - reconsiderate and mr scott
1 - RE:FLEKT
1 - Ross Durand Sings a Generic Song
1 - Scomber
1 - The Semolina Pilchards
1 - Sockpuppet
1 - Stolen Holiday
1 - Torrentz

There were 36 winners from 34 different fights in 2009.

Here’s a list of who wrote the most songs I’m willing to listen to a 2nd time.

Total Songs On My Playlist:
9 - rossdurand
8 - pacodelstinko
7 - berkeleysocialscene
7 - stevedurand
6 - manhattanglutton
3 - dutova
3 - kingarthur
3 - mcmilkplus
3 - quimby
2 - boltoph
2 - christophercogott
2 - chthonichthock
2 - crackmyjaw
2 - efemjay
2 - jankrueger
2 - jimtyrrell
2 - joneric+friends
2 - johnbenjaminband
2 - jonathanmann
2 - kasper
2 - melvin
2 - toddmchatton
2 - torrentz
2 - weakestsuit

86 people had 1 song make it onto my Song Fight playlist.

Of course the list above is the one with the most influence over my decision since I’m picking MY favorite Song Fighter of 2009. So it should come as no shock that Ross Durand is my favorite Song Fighter of 2009. I’ll link to my top 5 Ross Durand songs of 2009 below. After that I’ll include a Song Fight 2009 guide. Which is basically a list of were to find the songs I think are worth your time if you’re looking for new music. I planned on listening to 2008 next, but I think I may go all the way back to 2000 next. Either way, I’ve got some listening to do…

Ross Durand Top 5 Of 2009: (right click “Save As“ to download MP3)
1. Nothing Is Everything
2. Ring Them Bells
3. Elegy For Industry
4. 9/11 Was An Inside Job
5. Thinkin' About The Old Days

You can click on the title of the fight to find any of the songs listed for that fight. The fight with the most songs entered (55) was “Love Me A Little Bit More” & it also had the most total votes (452).

911 Was An Inside Job:
- rossdurand
Amsterdam:
- joneric+friends
- pacodelstinko
- stevedurand
Back From Juvie:
- ca$ham
- fordstheaterdisaster
- ircbff
- joneric
- manhattanglutton
- stevedurand
Back To The Well:
- cock
- crackmyjaw
- hellyeahs
- joneric+friends
- kingarthur
- rossdurand
Come Down Where You Ought To Be:
- chthonichthock
- cliftonleejohnston
- doctorworm
- humboat
- quimby
- quimbyslittletrip
- toddmchatton
Cost Of Living:
- berkeleysocialscene
- frankbertsch
- hinsdalepatent
- jeffrobertson
- kapitano
- kasper
- sheail
- torrentz
- tylerheath
Diggin' Out:
- howldownthechimney
- mcmilkplus
- rossdurand
- stevedurand
Dry Spell:
- bangingbetty
- ellylane+janglinjims
- flvxxvmflorvm
- jaybullock
- weakestsuit
Elegy For Industry:
- berkeleysocialscene
- electricneedleroom
- heine
- jankrueger
- jimtyrrell
- quimby
- raisedbywolves
- rossdurand
False Positive:
- berkeleysocialscene
- jonericsingsrossdurand
- rosssingsagenercisong
- stevedurand
Fortune Cookie:
- dutova
- jankrueger
- les+jowilliams
- suckweasel
Framed:
- masterhyde
- pacodelstinko
- stevedurand
Frostbite:
- berkeleysocialscene
- dutova
- jeffdesantis
- johnnycashpoint
- pacodelstinko
- rossdurand
- tunersunion
Green Eleven:
- caravanray
- chthonicchthock
- indiadamjones
- luckyspoon
- mcmilkplus
- melvin
I Am A Target:
- pacodelstinko
- stateshirt
I Will Be Acquitted:
- jontitterington
- kingarthur
- shitloadofdolphins
Love Me A Little Bit More:
- berkshiresocialscene
- duranddurand
- embersofautumn
- hostessmostess
- jonathanmann
- joneric+transpacificbabblebrigade
- maxthecat
- melvin
- pigpen
- quimby
- rikgerblick
- whitehat
Made To Be Played:
- cvilleramblings
- fortunesfavorites
- jimtyrrell
- manhattanglutton
Monkeys On My Back:
- christophercogott
- manhattanglutton
- rossdurand
Nothing Is Everything:
- ip
- kasper
- kingarthur
- pigfarmerjr
- rossdurand
Ring Them Bells:
- berkeleysocialscene
- boltoph
- mcmilkplus
- pannacottaarmy
- rossdurand
She Already Knows:
- barelyadequate
- christophercogott
- donttellbetsy
- efemjay
- gooeycaramelcentaur
- signboy
Sold Out:
- andrewreist
- bax
- bigcrouton
- boltoph
- leaf62
- lml
- manhattanglutton
- mk+lc
Sometimes It's Hard To Keep Yourself Moving:
- berkeleysocialscene
- crackmyjaw
- crankradio
- forkbomb
- howlingmonkeys
- sockpuppet
Sorry To Inform You:
- balancelost
- lordofoats
- manhattanglutton
Spin The Bottle:
- ashkanna
- bourbondrops
The Proposal:
- 1516puzzle
- add
- bradsucks
- frankiebigface
- glenncase
- johnbenjaminband
- kenssuperduperbandnstuff
- mojos
They Meet:
- jamesowens
- johnbenjaminband
Thinkin' About The Old Days:
- dutova
- manhattanglutton
- pacodelstinko
- reconsiderate+mrscott
- rossdurand
- stevedurand
We Keep Them Alive:
- berkeleysocialscene
- jizzazz530am
- mailbox
- toddmchatton
Welcome Home Frank:
- erink+tash
- menbah
- torrentz
- tvskyle
- weakestsuit
Who Needs Sleep:
- icetheman
- jonthanmann
- pacodelstinko
- wages
World's Greatest Dad:
- pacodelstinko
- stevedurand
Your New Dress:
- efemjay
- pacodelstinko