"ELITE 8", DAY 3

2003 TRIO AWARD (BEST COMMERCIAL OF THE YEAR)
ALF, having won this award last year for 10-10-220, withdrew this year to give others a chance. As always, there were plenty of very good Nascar-related ads, especially Napa's Mikey & Dale Jr. spots, the best of which would have to be the restrictor plate over Mikey's mouth. Ads during races are on the whole better than those during the Super Bowl. The best ad of the year ran during the Super Bowl, though since it was during halftime, it wasn't included in the Ad Meter. (Of the ones that were, Pepsi's Osbournes spot was tops.)
Winner: Smirnoff Ice Triple Black--Blind Date ("Hi, you must be Brad...I'm Alex")
Previous winners: 2002--10-10-220--ALF, 2001--UPS--Dale Jarrett, 2000--FedEx--Steve Irwin, 1999--Cracker Jack--Industrial-Size Bag, 1998--Volkswagen--Goooool!, 1997--Volkswagen--Da Da Da

Tomorrow: Best Movie Of The Year

2003 SONG OF THE YEAR TOP 32 CONTENDERS:
(in alphabetical order)
All My Life--Foo Fighters
All The Things She Said--t.A.T.u.
Angry White Boy Polka--Weird Al Yankovic
At The Mall--Pansy Division
Closer To Free--Arthur Kill
Faint--Linkin Park
Genius In France--Weird Al Yankovic
Going In The Right Direction--Robert Randolph & The Family Band
He Whipped My Ass In Tennis, Then I Fucked His Ass In Bed--Pansy Division
Hey Superman--Dirty Power
Hit That--The Offspring
Hurt--Johnny Cash
Love Thing/Bass Solo--Joe Satriani/Stuart Hamm
LSD--Dirty Power
Never Did No Wanderin'--The Folksmen
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
Potato's In The Paddy Wagon--The New Main Street Singers
Rock It--Master P
She Hates Me--Puddle Of Mudd
So Far Away--Staind
Spiral--Pansy Division
Stupid Girl--Cold
Thumbing My Way--Pearl Jam
Together--Styx
Trouble--Coldplay
Wanna B UR Lovr--Weird Al Yankovic

SONGS 33 thru 64:
33-Creatures (For A While)--311
34-Never Did No Wanderin'--The New Main Street Singers
35-Drag You Down--Dirty Power
36-In A World Gone Mad--Beastie Boys
37-The Best Revenge--Pansy Division
38-Bush's Stinkin' War--Laurie Swyers
39-Dirty Power--Dirty Power
40-Inside Out--Eve 6
41-These Are The Times--Styx
42-Blurry Down Below--Pansy Division
43-Loco Man--The Folksmen
44-You Are--Pearl Jam
45-It's No Good--Arthur Kill
46-Adam's Song--Blink 182
47-Really Safe Sex--Tim Cavanagh
48-Total Entertainment--Pansy Division
49-Yes I Can--Styx
50-Go Or Go Ahead--Rufus Wainwright
51-Bother--Corey Taylor (Stone Sour)
52-Running Away--Hoobastank
53-The Ballad Of Bobby And June--Mitch & Mickey
54-Too Many Hoops--Pansy Division
55-Can't Stop--Red Hot Chili Peppers
56-Bushleaguer--Pearl Jam
57-A Complicated Song--Weird Al Yankovic
58-Alpine Skiing--Pansy Division
59-Semi-Charmed Life--Third Eye Blind
60-Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals--Gilda Radner
61-Couch Potato--Weird Al Yankovic
62-Down--Arthur Kill
63-Flower--Pansy Division
64-14th Street--Rufus Wainwright