# Kinks Madness - Elite 8 - "Top of the Pops" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302 "2008-04-29T01:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/1 "2008-04-29T01:02:21Z")
Time to decide the bracket winners. Voting will stay open until 5 pm PST Wednesday 4/30. **Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me vs. 2. Lola **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Victoria vs. 2. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Tired Of Waiting For You vs. 2. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing vs. 2. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/2 "2008-04-29T01:07:37Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Victoria **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/3 "2008-04-29T01:22:57Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Victoria **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Tired Of Waiting For You **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/4 "2008-04-29T01:35:47Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 5. Victoria **Mick Avory bracket** 6. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 3. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/5 "2008-04-29T01:58:35Z")
1. You Really Got Me 2. Victoria 3. Waterloo Sunset 4. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/6 "2008-04-29T01:59:52Z")
Tough call between YRGM and Lola, but since they were seeded 1 and 2, shouldn’t it have been impossible for them to meet before the final? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/7 "2008-04-29T02:01:06Z")
Ray Davies bracket 2. Lola Dave Davies bracket 5. Victoria Mick Avory bracket 6. Waterloo Sunset Pete Quaife bracket 1. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/8 "2008-04-29T02:10:34Z")
1. Lola 2. Victoria 3. Waterloo Sunset 4. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/9 "2008-04-29T03:25:38Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. Lola **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Tired Of Waiting For You **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing Joe ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/10 "2008-04-29T04:11:21Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Victoria **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Tired Of Waiting For You **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/11 "2008-04-29T04:43:51Z")
Ouch. All but the last are very tough choices indeed, and the last is a gimme not because the '80s track is at all weak, but because I’d pick “Dedicated Follower” over almost anything. **Ray Davies bracket** 1. Lola **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Victoria **Exceedingly Painful Choice bracket** 1. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/12 "2008-04-29T05:15:55Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 2. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 6. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 3. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/13 "2008-04-29T07:29:46Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 2. Lola **Dave Davies bracket** 10. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 6. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/14 "2008-04-29T07:31:41Z")
[QUOTE=Manduck] Tough call between YRGM and Lola, but since they were seeded 1 and 2, shouldn’t it have been impossible for them to meet before the final? [/QUOTE] They were seeded 1 and 2 within their bracket (each bracket was seeded from 1 to 16), and at the bracket level, this is the final. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/15 "2008-04-29T08:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] They were seeded 1 and 2 within their bracket (each bracket was seeded from 1 to 16), and at the bracket level, this is the final. [/QUOTE] oh 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/16 "2008-04-29T11:09:47Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 2. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Tired Of Waiting For You **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/17 "2008-04-29T12:34:25Z")
[ **Ray Davies bracket** 1. Lola **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Tired Of Waiting For You **Pete Quaife bracket** 3. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/18 "2008-04-29T13:02:57Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 10. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 6. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Come Dancing ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/19 "2008-04-29T13:06:57Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. You Really Got Me **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Village Green Preservation Society **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Waterloo Sunset **Pete Quaife bracket** 1. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302/20 "2008-04-29T18:44:00Z")
**Ray Davies bracket** 1. Lola **Dave Davies bracket** 1. Victoria **Mick Avory bracket** 1. Waterloo Sunset \*\* Pete Quaife bracket\*\* 2. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-elite-8-top-of-the-pops/447302.md?page=2)