Board 8 > Mount Rushmore Stats & Discussion

(+) Yeah! (+)

Yes, I'll second that one.

Supporting the topicality.

The least horny game, now that's a tough one. Pong has paddles, Tetris has the I block, Mario is about a kidnapped princess.

It's gonna be absolutely terrible.

just do horny games imo

Can't wait for the Zen visiting his mom Rushmore I've been brainstorming for weeks

schedule changed a bit, will post in next Rushmore topic

Also the nomination sheet is now up-to-date. all console Rushmores will be saved for another console week in either June or July

Nominate E3 Reveals

Has Stand Up Comedians been done yet? if not. Nominate

Obellisk posted...

Has Stand Up Comedians been done yet? if not. Nominate

Comedians was done:

Stand-Up Comedians: Carlin, Pryor, Seinfeld, MacDonald

MacArrowny posted...

Nominate E3 Reveals

Seconding.

ZenOfThunder posted...

Comedians was done:

Stand-Up Comedians: Carlin, Pryor, Seinfeld, MacDonald

Not a bad Rushmore, but I'd replace Seinfeld and MacDonald as much as I love them both.

I have also added Best and Worst E3 Presentations to the nomination sheet

Obellisk posted...

Not a bad Rushmore, but I'd replace Seinfeld and MacDonald as much as I love them both.

I agree on Norm, but it was nice to see a swelling of support for him when he passed. I know he woulda liked to have gotten one more OJ joke in.

Where did this go?

crazyisgood posted...

Where did this go?

I wanna knooooooooow

Very busy weekend, might also be a very busy week tbqh. Hoping to get it back on track soon

might scale this back too, the series requires a ton of work for a daily, might end up being every other day soon

If you guys didn't notice this:

4/24/24 Video Game Consoles (Two days long)
4/25/24 Video Game Consoles Day 2

My dad got tickets to the Yankees game so I won't be home Thursday night until way too late

Seanchan posted...

I don't get all these votes for Here Comes the Sun.

It's a good song but one of the 4 best, most iconic Beatles songs of all time, really? Am I missing where its popularity is coming from?

(Beatles-topic closed while I was writing this)

Once upon a time, my mom was pregnant when she heard Here Comes The Sun with George Harrison singing on the radio...and now I'm named after one of the Beatles.

I flip-flop if Here Comes The Sun is a top-four song of theirs or not, but the song definitely has popularity and personal impacts for people. It's just a beautiful song that's unique in their library. If you feel like Mt. Rushmore should represent more than just Lennon and McCartney, Here Comes The Sun feels like a pretty easy next choice.

in high school drama class we had to film a music video. the "director" in my group picked Here Comes the Sun. I played the Sun. I wore a yellow shirt. I tormented the rest of the group.

I was the son and I had come

Hooray, I achieved my goal of nominating a Rushmore topic without an obvious winner. Now at last I can rest.

HaRRicH posted...

(Beatles-topic closed while I was writing this)

Once upon a time, my mom was pregnant when she heard Here Comes The Sun with George Harrison singing on the radio...and now I'm named after one of the Beatles.

I flip-flop if Here Comes The Sun is a top-four song of theirs or not, but the song definitely has popularity and personal impacts for people. It's just a beautiful song that's unique in their library. If you feel like Mt. Rushmore should represent more than just Lennon and McCartney, Here Comes The Sun feels like a pretty easy next choice.

ZenOfThunder posted...

in high school drama class we had to film a music video. the "director" in my group picked Here Comes the Sun. I played the Sun. I wore a yellow shirt. I tormented the rest of the group.

I was the son and I had come

I was looking to know if there was a larger cultural reason like "it was the end theme of an anime" or something like that. I was very surprised to see it was their most played on Spotify by such a large margin.

For the record, when we did Rank the Tracks on Abbey Road, the group opinion put it #2 (behind Something). I personally had it #9. So, my opinion is a bit out of sync with others on it. But thankfully it didn't make the Rushmore!

Oh nice, my vote for the Beatles topic ended up winning. That's neat considering it was a pretty competitive one

Seanchan posted...

I was looking to know if there was a larger cultural reason like "it was the end theme of an anime" or something like that. I was very surprised to see it was their most played on Spotify by such a large margin.

This won't explain it fully in the way you're seeking, but the play VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE by the late Christopher Durang was a 2013 Tony-winner. That show at one point talks about how music used to be good, and then it ends with Here Comes The Sun.

I don't know a closer example beyond that, and I would predict Here Comes The Sun was already held in similar esteem before this play came out about a decade ago. Still!

Seconding:
Movie Soundtracks
Video Game Movies
Non-Shonen Anime
Scientists
Dad Music
White Rappers
Card Games

Nominating:
Great American Novel
Philosophers
Bald Men
Boy Bands
Video Game Sequels

Video Game Sequels could be a bit too broad so I'll change the nomination to Disappointing Video Game Sequels.

Have we done Catchphrases? If not, thats my nomination.

hey what the hell are we doing for this one tomorrow:

Classic Arcade Games

what is the limit on "classic" here, or am I letting the voter decide

ZenOfThunder posted...

hey what the hell are we doing for this one tomorrow:

Classic Arcade Games

what is the limit on "classic" here, or am I letting the voter decide

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_arcade_video_games

That might be a good starting point if you don't want to leave it to the voter. I could also see arguments for anything before the 90s or anything prior to the Dreamcast launch.

DomaDragoon posted...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_arcade_video_games

That might be a good starting point if you don't want to leave it to the voter. I could also see arguments for anything before the 90s or anything prior to the Dreamcast launch.

I hate to break it to you, but the 90s is all classic video games

is 90s music considered oldies now

The Rip Ride Rockit coaster in Universal Studios lets the user select music to listen to on the ride. There used to be a big variety of music but because the coaster is an old piece of shit now they limited the selection to 5 songs, one per genre

for "Classic Rock" the only song is Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

hearing that song being classified as "Classic Rock" instantly turned me into Old Snake

Classic rock stations were already playing Pearl Jam and Nirvana more than a decade ago

Leonhart4 posted...

is 90s music considered oldies now

Yes

I would just use pre-2000 arcade games rather than "classic." Could go pre-90s too if you wanted I guess.

"Oldies" is a specific era of music, isn't it? Like 1920s music isn't included in oldies.

Oldies were once songs from the '70s when growing up in the '90s. Anything '90s is oldies now in 2024.

I nominated arcade games I think back when people were arguing over Street Fighter 2 in the SNES Rushmore. The thought process was it'd be cool to do a Rushmore about games famously found inside of an arcade and were important to the success of arcades. That could range from Galaga to Donkey Kong to Area 51 to NBA Jam to Dance Dance Revolution...pretty open in my mind anyway.

Question about the schedule: is Looney Tunes about characters or cartoons? I think the latter is way more interesting to discuss, but I don't know how the nomination was intended.

ZenOfThunder posted...

The Rip Ride Rockit coaster in Universal Studios lets the user select music to listen to on the ride. There used to be a big variety of music but because the coaster is an old piece of shit now they limited the selection to 5 songs, one per genre

for "Classic Rock" the only song is Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

hearing that song being classified as "Classic Rock" instantly turned me into Old Snake

https://youtu.be/eFIauaoq5sE?si=JojZlzWkfH0-6gfG

HaRRicH posted...

I nominated arcade games I think back when people were arguing over Street Fighter 2 in the SNES Rushmore. The thought process was it'd be cool to do a Rushmore about games famously found inside of an arcade and were important to the success of arcades. That could range from Galaga to Donkey Kong to Area 51 to NBA Jam to Dance Dance Revolution...pretty open in my mind anyway.

Should it just be arcade games then?

I think "classic arcade games" was me trying to include the arcade in the Console week, then the thread got away from me

I'll probably just make it "arcade games" to try to curb half the topic being "THAT'S NOT CLASSIC" discourse

rwlh posted...

Question about the schedule: is Looney Tunes about characters or cartoons? I think the latter is way more interesting to discuss, but I don't know how the nomination was intended.

I think it was characters but I can split it into both

ZenOfThunder posted...

hearing that song being classified as "Classic Rock" instantly turned me into Old Snake

My Old Snake moment was hearing some kid refer to the 3DS as "that old thing"