The Grammy Dead Pool

[Zsa Zsa's leg 749]

THE DEATHLIST GRAMMIES
Hello, this is my first deathpool so forgive me if I make some newbie mistakes. 

 

The prospects of a music themed deathpool was mentioned and I got the idea to make a "Deathlist Grammies" deathpool.

 

The concept is that each player will select 3 people they think will die that come from 5 popular genres (Pop, Blues/Soul, Rock, Rap, and Country).

 

The first player to completely wipe out an entire genre from their team wins the "DL Grammy" in their genre.

 

You must also send in 2 substitutes for each genre.

 

Ex: My Personal Team

Country:
Glen Campbell
Loretta Lynn
Willie Nelson

 

Rap/Hip Hop:
Xxxtentacion
Remy Ma
Tay K

 

Pop:
Linda Nolan
Olivia Newton-John
John Newman

 

Rock/Bands:
Johnny Hallyday
Christy Dignam
Ronnie Wood

 

Blues/Soul
Aretha Franklin
Dionne Warwick
Tony Bennett

 

OVERALL RULES
1. Must have a QO
2. If they're a crossover artist (Ex: Taylor Swift, pop and country), you have the choice of choosing the genre.
3. They don't have to be grammy winners. I just call it the grammies so I don't have to call it the music deathpool.
4. No under 18, death row inmates are allowed (gotta find some rap artists), and no artists that don't fit any of the 5 genres (folk music, edm, and spoken word, etc.)
5. They must have at least one song released to spotify so I can verify that they fit each genre.
6. Deadline for entries begins on August 10th. No entries allowed after that date. All picks must survive until then or else your substitutes will be installed in the order they were submitted. 
7. This deadpool ends when every genre has been wiped out by at least one player, meaning all 5 grammies have been awarded!
8. Have fun!

[YoungWillz 18,967]

What counts as a qualifying obit? DDP rules or other?

 

Also, do your picks have to be unique, i.e. if they have already been picked you can't pick them? In that case we'd need to know your subs. If not, hey everyone's fair game....

[Joey Russ 7,119]

What if I wanted to put Maynard James Keenan from Tool on my team? They are a well known metal band, but he doesn't allow any of his music on Spotify. So does that mean he's not allowed? 

[Zsa Zsa's leg 749]

1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:

What if I wanted to put Maynard James Keenan from Tool on my team? They are a well known metal band, but he doesn't allow any of his music on Spotify. So does that mean he's not allowed? 

Oh yeah. As long as it is on a streaming service. Jay Z is tidal exclusive and I would allow him on a rap team since he does stream. 

at the very least, they need to have their music on youtube.

[Zsa Zsa's leg 749]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

What counts as a qualifying obit? DDP rules or other?

 

Also, do your picks have to be unique, i.e. if they have already been picked you can't pick them? In that case we'd need to know your subs. If not, hey everyone's fair game....

A death notice is fine, so that lesser known artists can qualify.

Not every pick has to be unique, but you can't copy an entire team so there wont be any ties 

So if somebody has Lynn, Campbell, and Nelson for country, you can have 2/3 of those three but not all 3.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

I'll have a go when I'm more awake.

[Toast 14,805]

5 hours ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said:

Not every pick has to be unique, but you can't copy an entire team so there wont be any ties 

So if somebody has Lynn, Campbell, and Nelson for country, you can have 2/3 of those three but not all 3.

 

I won't be playing then. 

What is wrong with keeping teams hidden until the deadline?  Like the DDP, and Scavenger Bingo.

[msc 17,740]

37 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

I won't be playing then. 

What is wrong with keeping teams hidden until the deadline?  Like the DDP, and Scavenger Bingo.

 

...and the Deathlist Cup, and Crowdsourced Deathlist, of course. *cheap plug*

[YoungWillz 18,967]

And the Deathlist Poker Tournament, and the Hare's Pool! ().

 

Hey, I don't think there's a rule saying you have to post on the thread before the deadline. Why don't we agree that entries be PM'ed to ZZL? ZZL can then let us know if any of our picks don't qualify, then a masterlist can be produced shortly after the entry deadline.

 

Assuming ZZL is cool with that of course.

[Toast 14,805]

ZZL has already published his team and placed restrictions on other people from using his picks.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

43 minutes ago, Toast said:

ZZL has already published his team and placed restrictions on other people from using his picks.

Fair dos.

 

I, on the other hand, am not restricted by the simple fact that musicians might be ill or indeed dying.  As is evidenced by my more general "I'll be sorry to see them go" or "Thank god they've gone" picks for other pools.

 

Literally thousands of artists to choose from, so why not have a laugh with this one?

 

I'll post a team soon.

[Joey Russ 7,119]

Right, so here's a totally not randomly selected team: 

 

Country: 

Kris Kristofferson

Glen Campbell 

Garth Brooks

 

subs:

Blake Shelton 

Shania Twain

 

Rap: 

Kanye West

Grandmaster Flash

Ice Cube

 

sub: 

Jay Z

Dr Dre

 

Pop: 

Justin Beiber

Olivia Newton John

Paul McCartney

 

sub: 

Adele

Barry Gibb

 

Rock/Band: 

Johnny Hallyday 

David Byrne 

Ozzy Osbourne (got to put my favorite in)

 

subs: 

Keith Richards 

Elvis Costello 

 

Soul:

Vera Lynn

Smokey Robinson

Aretha Franklin 

 

subs: 

Charles Aznavour

Tony Bennett 

 

As you can probably tell, I'm not taking it that seriously at all. 

[Toast 14,805]

42 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Literally thousands of artists to choose from, so why not have a laugh with this one?

 

 

Because it really spoils it for me when names are put out there before the deadline.  I like to muse over my choices without being influenced by other people's picks.  There really is no need to run pools in this fashion.  It's lazy.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Well here goes nothing!

 

The YoungWillz Award For Outstanding Lifetime Achievement In Hitmaking Team is as follows:

 

Country

Linda Ronstadt

Kenny Rogers (d. 20 March 2020)

Emmylou Harris

 

Subs:

Glen Campbell

Willie Nelson

 

Rap/Hip Hop

Lovebug Starski (d. 8 February 2018)

MC Ren

Melle Mel

 

Subs:

Flavor Flav

Kurtis Blow

 

Pop

Doris Day (d. 13 May 2019)

Vic Damone (d. 11 February 2018)

Pat Boone

 

Subs:

Johnny Mathis

Connie Francis

 

Rock/Bands

Lee Kerslake (d. 19 September 2020)

Gary Rossington

Charlie Watts (d. 24 August 2021)

 

Subs:

Billy Gibbons

Ian Gillan

 

Blues/Soul

Harry Belafonte

Dennis Edwards (d. 1 February 2018)

Larry Cunningham (d. 10 January 2019)

 

Subs:

Roberta Flack

Abdul "Duke" Fakir

　

[Joey Russ 7,119]

11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

MC Ren

 

You must be hoping he'll compensate some points before the next Advent Avalanche.  

[YoungWillz 18,967]

12 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

You must be hoping he'll compensate some points before the next Advent Avalanche.  

My knowledge of rap begins and ends with Roland Rat's Rat Rapping...

[Spade_Cooley 9,019]

Why doesn't NWA's car have manual transmission?

Because MC Ren controls the automatic.

[Zsa Zsa's leg 749]

Well. I was asleep when there were questions raised about something I never mentioned but I say they are still worth answering. Seeing as you guys have already submitted your teams in this thread it is only fair that I require all of them to be submitted here. Sorry for my lack of clarification, 

The team I used in the original post was an example of what a team should look like. I personally won't be playing this deadpool.

Overall, this deadpool is not really one that needs much effort put into it. It was made for fun and should remain that way .

[Zsa Zsa's leg 749]

4 hours ago, Toast said:

ZZL has already published his team and placed restrictions on other people from using his picks.

I never said that. 

You can use players from other teams, but you can't copy every single pick that somebody selects 

As I said in my last post and implied in my first post, the team I submitted was purely an example of what a proper team should look like in this pool, as I am sure some people would be confused over it, since it's not a traditional death pool format.

[Toast 14,805]

5 hours ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said:

I never said that. 

You can use players from other teams, but you can't copy every single pick that somebody selects 

As I said in my last post and implied in my first post, the team I submitted was purely an example of what a proper team should look like in this pool, as I am sure some people would be confused over it, since it's not a traditional death pool format.

 

That's how it came over.

 

I think you underestimate people.  The format is similar to the excellent Scavenger Hunt Bingo deadpool, in that picks are to be made from five different categories.  But by making it public, you sacrifice one of the points of interest of that pool, namely the possibility of winning with unique picks.

[Bibliogryphon 8,624]

Giving this a go.

 

 

Country

C W McCall

Willie Nelson 

Linda Rondstat

 

Pop

Andy Bell 

Ken Dodd

Wayne Osmond

 

Soul/Blues

Aretha Franklin 

Chaka Khan 

Randy Crawford 

 

Hip Hop

50 Cent

Chris Brown 

Cee Lo Green

 

Rock

Chris Rea

Cher

Jerry Lee Lewis

 

Some areas easier than others

[FixedBusiness 407]

Here we go (I guess...)
Country:
Glen Campbell (died august 8th doesn't count)
Kenny Rogers
Loretta Lynn

Subs:
Willie Nelson 1st sub
Dolly Parton

Pop:
Cher
Linda Nolan
Ken Dodd

Subs:
John Newman
Della Reese

Rock:
Gord Downie
Christy Dignam
Shane MacGowan (I guess that's technically punk but punk crossovers into rock etc. He's going here)

Subs:
Malcolm Young

Fats Domino

 

Hip Hop/Rap:
Biz Markie

Flavor Flav
Rick Ross

Subs:
XXXTentacion
Fetty Wap

Soul/Blues
Chaka Khan
Aretha Franklin
Larry Cunningham

Subs:
Charles Bradley
Tony Bennett


 

[CaptainChorizo 1,898]

Country:
Billy Joe Shaver
Loretta Lynn
Oliva Newton-John

 

subs

glen campbell

willie nelson

 

Rap/Hip Hop:
Lil Wayne

Young MC

Trugoy The Dove

 

sub

The Real Roxanne

Chris Brown

 

Pop:
Linda Nolan
Vera Lynn

Della Reese

subs

Doris Day

Tony Bennett

 

Rock/Bands:
Johnny Hallyday
Daisy Berkowitz

Gord Downie

subs

Ginger Baker

Jet Black

 

 

Blues/Soul
Charles Bradley
William Bell

Abdul Fakir

subs

Aretha Franklin

Maria Muldaur

[FixedBusiness 407]

first hit for me with Campbell, R.I.P

[YoungWillz 18,967]

24 minutes ago, FixedBusiness said:

first hit for me with Campbell, R.I.P

Doesn't start until the 10th as I understand it, so I think your sub comes into play.

 

Bad luck.