Springsteen Survivor Final Round 22

[corianderstem]

Jungleland and Thunder Road were shown the door, leading us to our final two.

Interference Springsteen top 29:

3. Jungleland
4. Thunder Road
5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
6. Badlands
7. The River
8. Backstreets
9. Incident on 57th Street
10. Promised Land
11. Candy’s Room
12. Lost In the Flood
13. Spirit In the Night
14. Born in the USA
15. Because the Night
16. Tunnel of Love
17. For You
18. Nebraska
19. Streets of Philadelphia
20. Two Hearts
21. Thundercrack
22. Devils and Dust
23. Reason to Believe
24. Brilliant Disguise
26. Darkness on the Edge of Town
26. Trapped
27. Ghost of Tom Joad
29. Better Days
29. Long Time Comin'

 

[corianderstem]

Hmmmmmmm. Such a choice here. Hmmmmmmm.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Wow.

Born To Run FTW, easily.

 

[phanan]

What a lousy final.

And fuck, I voted wrong. My vote should be for Atlantic City. I thought at the end we'd be voting for our favorite instead. So, uh, never mind.

 

[corianderstem]

Did you vote for BtR out of spite, phanan?

 

[phanan]

Ha, yeah I screwed up.

 

[corianderstem]

Somehow, I don't think this will have an adverse impact on the results.

 

[IWasBored]

yeah, this one is probably gonna become a no-brainer. and for once, i think i actually agree with the masses thunder road going before jungleland, though

 

[LemonMelon]

yeah, this one is probably gonna become a no-brainer. and for once, i think i actually agree with the masses thunder road going before jungleland, though

In all fairness, it was a tie; the order is chosen by alphabetical order. They're equally brilliant. And equally inferior to these two.

I kinda think this is the best final we've had yet, although the Over The Hills And Far Away/What Is And What Should Never Be final in the Zep survivor was a very pleasant surprise. I truly believe these are Bruce's two best songs, but sorry Atlantic City. BTR FTMFW.

 

[corianderstem]

I will admit that when there was a double elimination, I didn't waste time worrying about which one should be listed first on that "top 29" list.

 

[phanan]

I kinda think this is the best final we've had yet, although the Over The Hills And Far Away/What Is And What Should Never Be final in the Zep survivor was a very pleasant surprise. I truly believe these are Bruce's two best songs, but sorry Atlantic City. BTR FTMFW.

While there is no denying that both of these songs are fantastic, we could have had a better final two. Atlantic City shouldn't have been this high, and while I understand Born To Run's place in rock history, and know full well it deserves to be here at the end, I rate other songs higher.

However, Backstreets has been kind of doing their own thing lately, with people simply rating each song from each album on a scale of 1-10, and I gotta say, their top 10 is quite close to ours (I think their results are a little better though - Racing In The Street FTW). They are currently on Tunnel Of Love, but here are the results so far (Born In The U.S.A. hasn't had its tally posted yet):

Greetings

1. Lost in the Flood (8.460)
2. Spirit in the Night (8.179)
3. Growin' Up (8.152)
4. For You (8.050)
5. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City (7.326)
6. Blinded by the Light (6.955)
7. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? (5.960)
8. The Angel (3.558)
9. Mary Queen of Arkansas (3.138)

Wild & Innocent

1. Incident on 57th Street (9.590)
2. Rosalita (9.135)
3. New York City Serenade (8.856)
4. Sandy (8.428)
5. Kitty's Back (7.752)
6. E Street Shuffle (6.910)
7. Wild Billy's Circus Story (4.910)

Born To Run

1. Jungleland (9.773)
2. Backstreets (9.732)
3. Born to Run (9.711)
4. Thunder Road (9.670)
5. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (8.216)
6. She's the One (8.160)
7(t). Meeting Across the River (7.552)
7(t). Night (7.552)

Darkness

1. Racing in the Street (9.438)
2. Badlands (9.406)
3. Darkness (9.150)
4. Promised Land (8.931)
5. Prove It All Night (8.806)
6. Something in the Night (8.188)
7. Candy's Room (7.956)
8. Adam Raised a Cain (7.669)
9. Streets of Fire (7.450)
10. Factory (6.663)

The River

1. The River (9.521)
2. Point Blank (8.265)
3. Drive All Night (8.147)
4. The Price You Pay (8.118)
5. Independence Day (8.076)
6. The Ties That Bind (7.903)
7. Stolen Car (7.765)
8. Out in the Street (7.576)
9. Wreck on the Highway (7.250)
10. Jackson Cage (7.201)
11. Sherry Darling (7.104)
12. Cadillac Ranch (7.074)
13. Fade Away (7.007)
14. Ramrod (6.919)
15. Hungry Heart (6.729)
16. Two Hearts (6.639)
17. I'm a Rocker (5.743)
18. You Can Look (5.556)
19. Crush on You (5.417)
20. I Wanna Marry You (5.111)

Nebraska

1. Atlantic City (9.173)
2. Reason to Believe (8.506)
3(t). Johnny 99 (7.870)
3(t). Highway Patrolman (7.870)
5. Nebraska (7.364)
6. State Trooper (7.130)
7. Open All Night (6.994)
8. My Father's House (6.840)
9. Used Cars (6.352)
10. Mansion on the Hill (6.025)


So based on those results, here's the overall top 10 11 (the ones with a 9 rating or higher) at Backstreets thus far:

1. Jungleland (9.773)
2. Backstreets (9.732)
3. Born to Run (9.711)
4. Thunder Road (9.670)
5. Incident on 57th Street (9.590)
6. The River (9.521)
7. Racing in the Street (9.438)
8. Badlands (9.406)
9. Atlantic City (9.173)
10. Darkness (9.150)
11. Rosalita (9.135)

 

[corianderstem]

Huh, interesting! Thanks for posting that.

 

[LemonMelon]

Other than Racing In The Streets being about 3 points higher than it should be, good job, Backstreets. Their top 11 is essentially the same as ours, even though, much as I love BTR, having the top 4 all be from the same album is rather absurd; he has such a rich catalogue.

Point Blank respect

 

[phanan]

I think their rankings are more or less right on. The top choice of each album done so far just happens to be my favorite from that album as well, or damn close. I'm particularly impressed with how The River songs are ranked, as that is almost right on with how I view that album. And these points are calculated from about 50-60 responses each time, so it's a good snapshot of what hardcore Springsteen fans are thinking.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Irishteen was doing a similar thing with the U2 catalogue in EYKIW, but I don't know what happened to it.

 

[bono_212]

What a lousy final.

And fuck, I voted wrong. My vote should be for Atlantic City. I thought at the end we'd be voting for our favorite instead. So, uh, never mind.

eh, I saw this final coming before I ever started this thing.

Irishteen was doing a similar thing with the U2 catalogue in EYKIW, but I don't know what happened to it.

life and a computer crash, I do believe.

 

[bono_212]

Sorz, I meant to vote for Atlantic City, not sure why I was thinking this was a vote for your favorite round.

 

[phanan]

eh, I saw this final coming before I ever started this thing.

Really? I would have never predicted that Atlantic City would make it this far. Too many other songs top it.

 

[cobl04]

good result, i missed the last few.

this would have been my pick, one of the best songs of all time. OF ALL TIME.

i call dibs on running the next survivor!

 

[bono_212]

Sometime if I ever get my premium membership back, I'd like to do a quick Cure survivor. But, I'm having doubts about participation at this point, so it will probably never be.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

We got shitty participation in both the R.E.M. and Bruce survivors. I really don't see any other artist that we haven't already covered getting enough participation to make it fun. I think the Survivors are dead.

 

[Hewson]

What about Creed Survivor??

 

[cobl04]

We got shitty participation in both the R.E.M. and Bruce survivors. I really don't see any other artist that we haven't already covered getting enough participation to make it fun. I think the Survivors are dead.

well that's why i never made a thread.

i was thinking either Coldplay - which i think would generate a lot of support and would be over quickly - or Pearl Jam - but the people who regularly post in that thread probs wouldn't be around to vote every round.

 

[LemonMelon]

In a perfect world, a Pearl Jam survivor would be great. Also, it would give me an excuse to work through their discography in full.

Then again, a perfect world would have so much going for it that I probably would never get around to hearing Riot Act.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

They're pretty much my favorite band in the world, but I wouldn't have much interest in a Pearl Jam Survivor and I think it would probably have the lowest voter turnout yet.

 

[cobl04]

well, that's settled that i guess.

man i love Vs.

 

[Mr. V]

uhh Beatles survivor?

 

[cobl04]

been done. A Day in the Life won after the competition spanned almost the length of the Beatles' career.

 

[Mr. V]

Fuck, I must have missed it.

 

[LemonMelon]

It was the Hey Jude fadeout of survivors. Took forever to finish, while slowly fading into nothing.