THE DUCK POND'S 2003 "ELITE 8" YEAR-END AWARDS

Am I late? I don't think so. In past years, January and February have been a sort of gray area between years. Plus in some respects I like to think of years as beginning and ending with my birthday, March 8th. So, let's kick off this 8-day extravaganza with the first Elite 8 award, along with the top 100 contenders for the 2003 SOTY (Song Of The Year). First up:

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Rather than engage in award-masturbation as I did last year, I'll refrain from giving the award to The Duck Pond again. Instead it's time to recognize the site I use perhaps more often than any other, as it has been steadily improving over time.
WINNER--The Steve Dahl Show (www.dahl.com)
Honorable mention: Pansy Division, Dirty Power, Mark Morford
Past winners: 2002--The Duck Pond, 2001--Taco The Wonder Dog, 2000--The Brunching Shuttlecocks

Tomorrow: Music Video Of The Year

And now, here's the field for the 2003 SOTY. Tomorrow, songs 65-100 will fall into their final positions, while the top 64 "survive", if you will. Then each day afterwards, the bottom half of the remaining songs will fall into their final positions, with the top 2 SOTY "survivors" being revealed next Monday.

2003 SONG OF THE YEAR TOP 100 CONTENDERS:
(in alphabetical order)
Adam's Song--Blink 182
All My Life--Foo Fighters
All The Things She Said--t.A.T.u.
Alpine Skiing--Pansy Division
Amber--311
Angry White Boy Polka--Weird Al Yankovic
Asthma Pimp--Dirty Power
At The Mall--Pansy Division
The Ballad Of Bobby And June--Mitch & Mickey
Bandages--Hot Hot Heat
The Best Revenge--Pansy Division
Big Coke--Taco The Wonder Dog
Blood On The Coal--The Folksmen
Blurry Down Below--Pansy Division
Bother--Corey Taylor (Stone Sour)
Bring Me To Life--Evanescence
Bushleaguer--Pearl Jam
Bush's Stinkin' War--Laurie Swyers
Can't Keep--Pearl Jam
Can't Stop--Red Hot Chili Peppers
Closer To Free--Arthur Kill
Come Sail Away--Eric Cartman
A Complicated Song--Weird Al Yankovic
Couch Potato--Weird Al Yankovic
Creatures (For A While)--311
Dirty Power--Dirty Power
Down--Arthur Kill
Drag You Down--Dirty Power
E.I.--Nelly
Fade--Staind
Faint--Linkin Park
Fare Away--The New Main Street Singers
Find The River--R.E.M.
First Betrayal--Pansy Division
Flower--Pansy Division
14th Street--Rufus Wainwright
Genius In France--Weird Al Yankovic
Go Or Go Ahead--Rufus Wainwright
Going In The Right Direction--Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Hardware Store--Weird Al Yankovic
He Whipped My Ass In Tennis, Then I Fucked His Ass In Bed--Pansy Division
Headstrong--Trapt
Hey Superman--Dirty Power
Hit That--The Offspring
Hurt--Johnny Cash
I Left My Sperm In A Fag Named Cisco--John Valby
I'm Alright--Pansy Division
In A Graveyard--Rufus Wainwright
In A World Gone Mad--Beastie Boys
Inside Out--Eve 6
It's No Good--Arthur Kill
Kiss Your Ass Goodbye--Styx
Lady Danzig--Dirty Power
Landslide (Sheryl Crow remix)--Dixie Chicks
Last Resort--Papa Roach
Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals--Gilda Radner
Lights Out--Lisa Marie Presley
Lo Que Siente La Whore--Swiss Miss and Jonathan Quinny
Loco Man--The Folksmen
Love Boat Captain--Pearl Jam
Love Thing/Bass Solo--Joe Satriani/Stuart Hamm
LSD--Dirty Power
The Man Song (He's The Man)--Rodney Carrington
A Mighty Wind--The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, and The New Main Street Singers
Never Did No Wanderin'--The Folksmen
Never Did No Wanderin'--The New Main Street Singers
No Protection--Pansy Division
Nookie--Limp Bizkit
One More Time--Mitch & Mickey
One Thing--Finger Eleven
One With Everything--Styx
Open Your Mind--Arthur Kill
Outside--Staind
Overcome--Live
Party At The Leper Colony--Weird Al Yankovic
Potato's In The Paddy Wagon--The New Main Street Singers
The Rainbow--Ween
Really Safe Sex--Tim Cavanagh
Rock It--Master P
Running Away--Hoobastank
Semi-Charmed Life--Third Eye Blind
She Hates Me--Puddle Of Mudd
Shine--Lil' Wayne
So Far Away--Staind
Spiral--Pansy Division
Start Me Up--The Folksmen
Stupid Girl--Cold
Suck On My Cock--John Valby
Territories--Rush
These Are The Times--Styx
Thumbing My Way--Pearl Jam
Together--Styx
Too Many Hoops--Pansy Division
Total Entertainment--Pansy Division
Trouble--Coldplay
Waiting For Our Time--Styx
Wanna B UR Lovr--Weird Al Yankovic
Yellow Brick Road--Arthur Kill
Yes I Can--Styx
You Are--Pearl Jam