KidVid Tournament 2007 Final: "Pieces of 8ight" vs. "Tricycle"
Well, we're down to the final contest of KidVid Tournament 2007: "Pieces of 8ight" from Captain Bogg & Salty up against "Tricycle" from Frances England.
I'm really looking forward how these two fun (but completely different) videos do when pitted against one another.
Now, I'm expecting more than 100 comments below based on the response these videos generated previously. One of those lucky voters will get their choice of the CD from which these songs are drawn, courtesy of the artists themselves. (Thanks, artists themselves!) The randomly-selected voter will get to choose, and you're not restricted to the band you voted for -- perhaps you're a huge Captain Bogg & Salty fan and want to see what all the Frances England fuss is about.
Vote in the comments below. Rules: Video with most votes wins. One vote per e-mail address, please. Votes due by Tuesday 11 PM-ish East Coast time.
And remember, this contest is for entertainment purposes only. Please -- no wagering.
"Pieces of 8ight" - Captain Bogg & Salty
This video, directed by Vince Malone, is from the band's fund second album, Pegleg Tango. It's got a sly sense of humor ("Go Bobcats.") and captures the band's energy and sense of play.
"Tricycle" - Frances England
This video is for a song off of England's fabulous debut CD, Fascinating Creatures. The video's director, Jane Holland, says that they "shot and produced the simple little video from a child's eye view." It's simple, but the approach fits the song quite well.
Comments
Oh, man, I was afraid it would come down to this. We adore Frances England, but we'll have to go with
Pieces of 8ight
Posted by: Jill | April 2, 2007 10:11 AM
Once more with
Tricycle!
Posted by: deb in sf | April 2, 2007 10:37 AM
Put me down for Tricycle.
Posted by: Chag | April 2, 2007 10:41 AM
tricycle rocks!!!
Posted by: Lorri Lee Lown | April 2, 2007 10:49 AM
Tricycle. Love the final scene leaving the park.
Posted by: scot | April 2, 2007 11:00 AM
Pirates are trendy. Tricycles are the essence of childhood. Frances has my vote.
Posted by: Mimi | April 2, 2007 11:17 AM
I love the simplicity of Tricycle, reminds me of my own childhood. Nice!
Posted by: KittyG | April 2, 2007 11:43 AM
I'm for TRICYCLE!!!
Posted by: Mick | April 2, 2007 12:22 PM
Ar by Gar, sign me up for those "trendy" pirates (who historically have been around since about 13th century B.C....the golden age rising about the 1640's). I love a good trend... and a great video!
Posted by: Delia | April 2, 2007 12:25 PM
Tricycle!
Posted by: GBK Gwyneth | April 2, 2007 12:26 PM
Pieces of 8ight, no question.
Posted by: George | April 2, 2007 12:31 PM
Pieces of 8ight is such a great song and that pirate crew has been around before it was trendy. They have my vote!
Posted by: Jenn | April 2, 2007 12:42 PM
No contest... Tricycle is the winner.
Posted by: Dorey | April 2, 2007 12:43 PM
Pieces of 8ight! The video is entertaining not sleep inducing.
Posted by: Jennifer | April 2, 2007 12:50 PM
I'm voting for the pirates. Better song, better video. Maybe not as cute, but most pirates aren't.
Posted by: Jay | April 2, 2007 12:50 PM
Pieces of 8.... I'm so happy to find out that after 34 years, I actually AM trendy!
YAY PIRATES!
Posted by: Sarah King | April 2, 2007 12:52 PM
Pieces of 8ight!!
Pieces of 8ight!!
Posted by: Doug | April 2, 2007 12:54 PM
Tricycle is cute but Pieces of 8ight ROCKS!
Posted by: Morgan | April 2, 2007 01:10 PM
Scurvey's no fun, but a pirate vidoe is.
Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Mickey | April 2, 2007 01:12 PM
"Tricycle" is nice, but everytime she sings the word "Tricycle", all I can hear is the Song "Bicycle" by Queen.
Plus, pirates are cool, and pirates for kids are even cooler . . .
Pieces of 8ight rules the roost!
Posted by: Dan Vhay | April 2, 2007 01:21 PM
Tricycle!!!
Posted by: Jason | April 2, 2007 01:27 PM
I'm Hooked! Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Michelle | April 2, 2007 01:35 PM
gotta be Pieces of Bight!
Posted by: Matt P | April 2, 2007 01:39 PM
pieces of eight, pieces of eight, bum, bum, PIECES OF EIGHT!!!!!!!!
Posted by: thehouston | April 2, 2007 01:40 PM
Pieces of 8ight!!!
Posted by: Gerard | April 2, 2007 01:42 PM
Tricycle! Easy for a 2 year old to sing along with!
Posted by: Valerie | April 2, 2007 01:52 PM
Pieces of 8ight!!
Posted by: Nick B | April 2, 2007 02:03 PM
It's apples and oranges, and I like both, but the Pieces of 8ight video makes me laugh over and over and over and over...
Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Belinda | April 2, 2007 02:18 PM
Pieces of 8ight gets my vote for sure! Yar. Give it to yon piratey crew.
Posted by: Bill C | April 2, 2007 02:24 PM
I skinned my knee too many times on a tricycle!
A pirates life for me! Pieces of Eight!
Posted by: John | April 2, 2007 02:34 PM
pirates are soooo last century
TRICYCLE!
Posted by: e | April 2, 2007 02:43 PM
Tricycle is adorable and a catchy little ditty. But, dear lord, the Pirates. Bogg & Salty have been around in one form or another for 15+ years. Pirates are "trendy" but Bogg & Salty are forever!
YAR! Pieces Of 8ight gets me vote!
Posted by: Kemmer Barnes | April 2, 2007 02:48 PM
Pieces of 8ight because they're alpha-numeric, and should be beta-maxed!
Posted by: Hoib | April 2, 2007 03:10 PM
Oh, I'm so sad that Willy was a Whale didn't make it through. Ah, well. Our vote will go for Tricycle.
Posted by: Lauren | April 2, 2007 03:31 PM
Yarrrr!!!!!
Pieces of eight, Pieces of Eight, PIECES OF EIGHT!
Posted by: Easy B | April 2, 2007 03:36 PM
def agree they are apples and oranges - and for different age groups entirely...love those pirates, but put me down for the under-4 crowd pleaser, Ms. England's TRICYCLE.
Posted by: john | April 2, 2007 03:42 PM
We're a split household. My vote is Pieces of 8ight, but my daughter relates to "Tricycle."
Posted by: Brian D | April 2, 2007 03:59 PM
yar, no contest... 8ight it is...
Posted by: mike weisberg | April 2, 2007 04:33 PM
Tricycle! The music and lyrics show a great insight into childhood. Plus it's fun!
Posted by: Dave | April 2, 2007 04:35 PM
Tricycle: its freshness, innocence and ability to capture the essence of childhood in a few well-composed word pictures.
Posted by: Sile | April 2, 2007 04:42 PM
Until seeing Captain Bogg and Salty live, I had never witnessed a kindergarten mosh-pit and little ones forming their tiny fingers into hook shapes screaming "YARRRR!" and having so much fun.
I vote 'Pieces of 8'!
(Doy.)
Posted by: Jordi | April 2, 2007 05:02 PM
Pieces if 8ight!
Posted by: Tont | April 2, 2007 05:10 PM
Pirates all the way!!!!!!
Posted by: jim | April 2, 2007 05:11 PM
Tricycle definitely! That song and those kids stay around forever!
Posted by: penny | April 2, 2007 05:12 PM
PIECES of 8IGHT !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Robin Flamm | April 2, 2007 05:19 PM
Pieces of 8ight!
Pieces of 8ight!
Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Kip Johnston | April 2, 2007 05:22 PM
Pirates, hooks down! We can watch PIECES OF 8IGHT over and over again and STILL love it :)
Posted by: The Karbs Family | April 2, 2007 05:32 PM
Well my 3 year old watched both videos and he wanted to watch Pieces of 8ight over and over. I guess you can guess our vote, we'll go with the "trendy" Pirates.
Pieces of 8ight all the way!!!
Posted by: Andrew's Mommy | April 2, 2007 05:41 PM
Pieces of 8ight! There is no other choice!
Pirates Rock!!!
Posted by: Paul | April 2, 2007 05:44 PM
Pieces of 8ight for us. Again.
Posted by: Winklers | April 2, 2007 05:45 PM
Yar... Pieces of 8 !!!!
all time favorite !
Posted by: Holly | April 2, 2007 05:47 PM
I knew I was in trouble when I asked my son Liam, who is actually IN the tricycle video, which one he’d vote for and he shouted, “PIECES OF EIGHT!” Fantastic video, Bogg & Salty – we’ve had so much fun watching it (over and over and over again)! You guys rock!!!
Posted by: Frances England | April 2, 2007 05:55 PM
What makes a Pirate glad he's alive?
Pieces of Eight!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pete Corbin | April 2, 2007 06:17 PM
Tricycle!
Posted by: Biggsie | April 2, 2007 06:32 PM
TRICYCLE by a tour de Frances mile!!!
Posted by: Sarah | April 2, 2007 06:34 PM
Pirates are last years penquins.
Tricycles are timeless and win my vote.
Posted by: Andrew Z | April 2, 2007 06:40 PM
Pieces of Eight! My whole family loves the video and the song. Tricycle is cute, but only our 4 year old would want to listen to it gain.
Posted by: lmh | April 2, 2007 06:46 PM
After much discussion that would rival the best peace negotiations of the UN, our family has settled on "Pieces of 8ight!"
Posted by: Katy L | April 2, 2007 06:49 PM
Trendy?
Since when is about being trendy?
The kids PREFER PIRATES!!!
YARRRRR!!!! Walk the plank!!!
Pieces of 8IGHT!
Pieces of 8IGHT!!
PIECES OF 8IGHT!!!!!
Na-NA-Na...
Posted by: jboys | April 2, 2007 06:50 PM
CAPTAIN BOGG & SALTY!
PIECES OF 8IGHT!!!!
Posted by: cronins | April 2, 2007 06:51 PM
Pirates all the way!
Pieces of 8 Rocks!
Posted by: Dunbar Clan | April 2, 2007 07:05 PM
Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Binta | April 2, 2007 07:06 PM
POE...? peace on earth? purity of essence (remeber?)? heck no!
PIECES OF EIGHT!
yaaarr!
Posted by: bridog | April 2, 2007 07:17 PM
I'll have to go with Pieces of 8ight for pure raw fun, though I love the Tricycle video.
Posted by: Josephine Cameron | April 2, 2007 07:22 PM
tricycle
Posted by: jessie blundell | April 2, 2007 07:40 PM
All 4 of my little pirates LOVE Captain Bogg and Salty(and 2 of them are actually in the video!!!) so we have to support the Pollywog crew....PIECES OF EIGHT!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: The Porter Family | April 2, 2007 08:06 PM
Frances England, thank ye kindly for your words of compliment AND for sharing your delightful story of what shall be known in years to come as "Liam's Mutiny". Yar har!
Truth be told, TRiCYCLE is a gale-force to be reckoned with and proudly do we drop anchor along side you. Tis a gift, to be sure.
Fair winds to all ye schooners of three-wheels!
Posted by: Captain Bogg | April 2, 2007 08:10 PM
I discovered Frances England through this whole video contest (and I'm thrilled I did -- rumor has it my daughter will be getting the CD in her Easter basket), Tricycle is a great song, but I've got to go with the crew of the Good Ship Pollywog. I love to watch my daughter pogo.
PIECES OF 8IGHT!
Posted by: IHF | April 2, 2007 08:53 PM
Pieces of 8ight
...YAR indeed!
Posted by: Ben & Maddy | April 2, 2007 08:58 PM
tricyle, tricycle- i love you with all my hear-ar-art!
Posted by: juno moon | April 2, 2007 09:01 PM
We love Pieces of 8ight! They are great live. If you have the chance to see them, do.
Posted by: Penelope | April 2, 2007 09:18 PM
Well, if it were Woody Guthrie vs. Bogg&Salty I'd go with Woody. But Frances England is just too piratey a name to get my vote from the pirates. Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Igor | April 2, 2007 09:19 PM
The pirates are cute but my vote is for TRICYCLE!!!!!!!!
Posted by: dawn | April 2, 2007 09:21 PM
I love Captain Bog but I want to marry Frances England. What to do? I say...
Pieces of 8ight
Posted by: Hieronymous Graz | April 2, 2007 09:45 PM
Tricycle is a delight, but Pieces of 8ight wins this fight!
Posted by: Yaz | April 2, 2007 09:46 PM
Thanks for running the contest -- it's fun to see some great stuff we didn't know about.
Pieces of 8ight is our absolute favorite!
Posted by: Julie | April 2, 2007 10:16 PM
PIECES OF 8IGHT
Posted by: Randy | April 2, 2007 10:45 PM
PIRATES ALL THE WAY!! PIECES OF 8IGHT!!
Posted by: SHAWN | April 2, 2007 10:46 PM
Gotta go with the Bogg & Salty!!! Pieces of Eight!!!!!!!!! na NA na
Posted by: decaye | April 2, 2007 10:52 PM
They are both great, but I vote 4 Pieces of 8.
Maybe if they had jolly rogers on the tricycles?
Posted by: Matthew "PappaSmurf" Honeycutt | April 2, 2007 11:00 PM
YAR! Pieces of eight f'r me an' mine!
Posted by: Rich Crotty | April 3, 2007 12:16 AM
Pieces of 88888
Posted by: Christine Peloghitis | April 3, 2007 05:45 AM
Liked the imagery of the tricycles but it's the Pirates that get me jumping
Pieces of 88888!!!
Posted by: John Andrasek | April 3, 2007 05:47 AM
Love those Pirates.
Pieces of 888
Posted by: Mary Shermer | April 3, 2007 05:49 AM
Tricycle is a great song and an awesome video! It gets my vote!
Posted by: Neal | April 3, 2007 07:37 AM
Tricycle is sweet, but my vote goes for
the scurvaceous pirates! Looove them to Pieces... of 8ight!!
Posted by: ArtistJen | April 3, 2007 08:01 AM
Tricycle captures the delight of a child and the memory of a little one riding for the first time. The music pulls it all together. Just wonderful!
I vote Tricycle.
Posted by: William Allen | April 3, 2007 08:08 AM
My daughter is two now and has loved Pirates for at least a year. She will have a tricycle, decorated for a PIRATE. EAT A LIME!
Pieces of Eight for my family.
Pirates, Yachting to the Extreme!
Posted by: Jason Botel | April 3, 2007 08:09 AM
Tricycle all the way!!!
Posted by: Megan | April 3, 2007 08:09 AM
Bogg and his scallywags make a pyrate glad he's alive! Along with pieces of 8ight, of course....
Nosh me timbers, mates!
MQ
Posted by: Quicksilver | April 3, 2007 08:11 AM
Pirates rock! Bogg and the boys make a fine crew of substitute teachers. Cast me vote fer Pieces of 8!!!
Posted by: Sadie | April 3, 2007 08:34 AM
They're both so different and both great! My vote is for Tricycle.
Posted by: Laura F.M. | April 3, 2007 08:55 AM
Tricycle! A song that my kids began to sing to themselves after the first listen...
Posted by: marie sayles | April 3, 2007 09:20 AM
Yarrrrr! Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: kate | April 3, 2007 09:29 AM
Pieces of 8ight
yar
Posted by: Kanna | April 3, 2007 09:48 AM
I do love "Tricycle," but the Bogg & Salty video still cracks me up and I've seen it about 100 times. Pieces of 8ight!
Posted by: Hova | April 3, 2007 09:49 AM
It makes me get up and dance.
Pieces of 8ight!
Na NA Na
Posted by: Robin | April 3, 2007 09:50 AM
Sorry Captain Bogg & Salty, I'm going with Tricycle.
Posted by: Dennis M. | April 3, 2007 10:27 AM
"tour de france in my underpants..."
classic
tricycle
Posted by: Eugene | April 3, 2007 10:56 AM
Go Bobcats! I vote for Pieces of 8ight.
Posted by: Medarda | April 3, 2007 11:35 AM
Pieces of 8ight!!
I think they MADE pirates trendy. Pirates were around before tricycles were a part of childhood anyhow.
Posted by: Misty | April 3, 2007 12:34 PM
Pieces of 8ight! Yar!
Posted by: noam | April 3, 2007 12:59 PM
Both videos are great, but Tricycle is my favorite, hands down!
Posted by: jennifer | April 3, 2007 01:12 PM
What a wonderful video! Small children only see adults legs, this shows the view form a small childs angle! Love it! :)
Posted by: R.M.Grasley | April 3, 2007 01:13 PM
Pieces of Eight!
The video is clever.
The music is upbeat.
The story is funny.
Tricycle was boring and unimaginative. We need more creativity in songs for children. Captain Bogg and Salty are awesome!
Posted by: Betsy | April 3, 2007 01:18 PM
Avast there, peices of 8 it be.
Posted by: Binky | April 3, 2007 02:02 PM
They're both great but my vote is for Tricycle!
The album is our favorite.
Posted by: Kim R. | April 3, 2007 04:15 PM
pieces of eight please - love those pirate guys!
Posted by: alugnut | April 3, 2007 04:18 PM
TRICYCLE!! Totally infectious and I don't want no cure!!
Posted by: John Musgrove | April 3, 2007 04:33 PM
Tricycle!!
Posted by: Jeremy | April 3, 2007 04:33 PM
Pirates rock!
Posted by: Robert | April 3, 2007 05:33 PM
My name same says it all! Yar! thar be pieces of eight na-na-na.
Posted by: Mr. Pirate | April 3, 2007 05:37 PM
Shiver me timbers, those pirates are worth every bit of gold! Pieces of Eight it be!
Posted by: Glamtre | April 3, 2007 05:38 PM
Love Bogg & Salty!!!
Go Guys!
Posted by: Peggy Gansberg | April 3, 2007 05:49 PM
Try cycle for a loop
it's great!
Or an infinite loop
of a peace I ate.
To each her own for what she likes...
I really love the one with the trikes!!!
Posted by: Barbara | April 3, 2007 06:30 PM
Tricycle!
Posted by: Mrs. Davis | April 3, 2007 06:54 PM
love frances and love this video, it just feels good!
Posted by: aimee | April 3, 2007 07:27 PM
cb&s is the steez.
Pieces of 8
Posted by: one jolly roger | April 3, 2007 08:10 PM
Okay- we just watched both with my two and four year old and though Pieces of Eight is a hoot and holler and has fantastic production values, I have to say the two year old was bouncing around the room to the Tricyle song as my four year old was singing along to it.We are a. tricycle family . TRICYCLE!!!
Posted by: krista | April 3, 2007 08:13 PM
pieces of 8ight
pieces of 8ight
dum dum
PIECES OF 8IGHT!!!
Posted by: bax | April 3, 2007 08:24 PM
Voting is now closed.
Posted by: SAShepherd | April 3, 2007 08:40 PM
My sons are split with their vote.
the almost 5 year old votes for Tricycle and the 7 year old is a Pieces of 8 guy!
RRRRR.
Posted by: Jasper | April 3, 2007 09:43 PM
Tricycle - so original and fresh - gets my vote!
Posted by: Meg Hart | April 10, 2007 10:23 PM