Thanks gents for an action-packed and great night of music. I've updated the play list below with votes per round, and done a sober recount this morning. Derek and his excellent play list triumphed relatively convincingly in an otherwise tightly grouped outcome.

Perusing the round by round wins and losses is interesting and surprising in some cases (at least to my eye). Overall though it's fair to say that unfamiliar music still fared pretty badly, and playing to the room was a successful tactic, employed to varying degrees by all of us at one time or another. There isn't much evidence to support the belief that going second in a pairing was an advantage.

The format was awesome, and well organized by Kyle. Let's do this one again.

1st round
Kyle - helpless by Sugar 3 votes
Marc - Funeral for a Friend by Elton John 3 votes

Mike - Paranoid Android by Radiohead 4 votes
Brian - Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty 2 votes

Derek - Neightbourhood 1 by Arcade Fire 5 votes
Stuart - Live forever by Oasis 1 votes


2nd round
Mike - Starman by David Bowie 3 votes
Derek - Making Plans for Nigel by XTC 3 votes

Kyle - Venus in furs by velvet underground 4 votes
Stu - This girl's in love by Dionne Warwick 2 votes

Marc - Caligula by Macy Gray 3 votes
Brian - 16 Military wives by the Decemberists 3 votes


3rd Round
Stu - Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan 1 vote
Brian - Miss You by Rolling Stones 5 votes

Mike - Listen to the Music the doobies 2 votes
Marc - without love by the doobies! 4 votes

Derek - Life During Wartime by Talking Heads 2 votes
Kyle - In the Mouth a Desert by Pavement 4 votes


4th Round
Stu - Coax Me by Sloan 3 votes
Kyle - Black Metallic by Catherine Wheel 3 votes

Brian - Moving in Stereo by The Cars 1 vote
Mike - Between the Bars by Elliott Smith 5 votes

Marc - Toh-Sui by Toshiro Condo w DJ Crush 3 votes
Derek - Next Exit by Interpol 3 votes

Round 5
Marc -The Harder they Come by Jimmy Cliff 1 vote
Mike - Superstition by Stevie 5 votes

Brian - Look out for my Love by Neil Young 5 votes
Kyle - Heroes and Villains by the Beach boys 1 vote

Stuart - Where Do You Go to My Lovely by Peter Sarstedt 2 votes
Derek - In the Evening - Led Zeppelin 4 votes


Round 6
Kyle - Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks 3 votes
Derek - London Calling by The Clash 3 votes

Mike - Isn't Life Strange by the Moody Blues 1 vote
Stuart - The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel 5 votes

Brian - Chicago by Sufjan Stevens 2 votes
Marc- Heartbreaker by the Stones 4 votes


Round 7
Derek - Just Another Night by Ian Hunter 4 votes
Mike - Rocks Off by the Rolling Stones 2 votes

Kyle - Baby You're a Rich Man by the Beatles 2 votes
Marc - Natural Blues by Moby 4 votes

Brian - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner by Warren Zevon 2 votes
Stuart - Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen 4 votes

Round 8
Kyle - Confetti by the Lemonheads 3 votes
Mike - Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve 3 votes

Derek - Tornados by the Drive By Truckers 2 votes
Brian - Ageless Beauty by Stars 4 votes

Marc - It's Hard to be a Saint in the City by Bruce Springsteen 2 votes
Stuart - Space Oddity by David Bowie 4 votes

Round 9
Brian - The Music Must Change by The Who 1 vote
Derek - Powderfinger by Neil Young 5 votes

Stuart - Cut Your Hair by Pavement 3 votes
Marc - Tuesday's Gone by Lynard Skynard 3 votes

Mike - Supper's Ready by Genesis 3 votes
Kyle - See Emily Play by Pink Floyd 3 votes

Round 10
Kyle - Never My Love by the Association 2 votes
Brian - Dreadlock Holiday by 10CC 4 votes

Derek - Dancing Barefoot by Patti Smith 3 votes
Marc - The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd 3 votes

Stuart - Hallehuliah - by Jeff Buckley 3 votes
Mike - Crackling Rose by Neil Diamond 3 votes


Final tally
1st Place: Derek (1979 / 2004) with 34 votes!
2nd Place: Mike (1972 / 1997) 31 votes
3rd Place: 3-way tie with 29 votes
Stuart (1969 / 1994)
Marc (1973 / 1999)
Brian (1978 / 2005)
Rear guard: Kyle (1967 / 1992) 28 votes