Best Non-Album Track Survivor - Final Pool - Grand Final

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And then there were two. From an initial pool of 94 tracks six weeks ago, we have whittled it down to the final two contenders. In the next 24 hours, we will crown a champion.

Lady With The Spinning Head has exited the competition as the 3rd Runner-Up, the Bronze Medalist of the competition, and with that we enter the final round of the competition, the Grand Final, which will determine the 1st Runner-Up and the Champion.

We're going to do this a little bit differently. Up until now, we've been voting for our least favorite in each round of the traditional survivor, but for the Grand Final, we're going to vote for our FAVORITE track. This will be repeated below in the normal instructions section.

Good luck to both contenders, and let's finish this thing as strongly in terms of participation as we can!

The results of the Grand Semifinal:

Advancing:

Love Comes Tumbling - 9
The Unforgettable Fire B-Side / Also featured on Wide Awake In America EP
1985
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Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me - 3
Single A-Side from Batman Forever Soundtrack
1995


Eliminated:

#3 - 2nd Runner-Up / Bronze Medalist - Lady With The Spinning Head - 10
#4 - 3rd Runner-Up - The Ground Beneath Her Feet - 11
#5 - 4th Runner-Up - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock - 8
#7 - Luminous Times(Hold On To Love) - 11
#7 - The Three Sunrises - 11
#8 - Spanish Eyes - 10
#9 - Mercy - 8
#10 - Electrical Storm - 10
#11 - Stateless - 7
#12 - The Crystal Ballroom - 9
#13 - Silver And Gold - 10
#14 - Walk To The Water - 8
#15 - Holy Joe - 9
#16 - A Celebration - 7
#17 - Sweetest Thing - 5
#18 - Salome - 7
#19 - Invisible - 6
#21 - Summer Rain - 4
#21 - She's A Mystery To Me - 4
#22 - Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad - 13
#23 - North And South Of The River - 7
#24 - Hallelujah(Here She Comes) - 5
#25 - Fast Cars - 4
#27 - Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova I - 4
#27 - Party Girl - 4
#28 - A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel - 5
#29 - Disappearing Act - 4
#30 - Bass Trap - 5

Levitate - 8 / 9(tiebreaker)
Are You Gonna Wait Forever - 7
Window In The Skies - 7
Where Did It All Go Wrong - 6
Down All The Days - 6
Slow Dancing - 6
Always - 6
Smile - 6
Native Son - 6
Soon - 6
Oh Berlin - 5
I'm Not Your Baby - 4
Blow Your House Down - 3
Heaven And Hell - 1
Near The Island - 0

Endless Deep - 9 / 2(tiebreaker)
Treasure(Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop) - 9 / 6(tiebreaker)
Boomerang II - 9 / 2(tiebreaker)

Boomerang I - 8
Deep In The Heart - 8
Another Day - 5
Touch - 4
The Fool - 4
The Dream Is Over - 3
Lost On A Silent Planet - 3
Boy-Girl - 3
Things To Make And Do - 3
Street Mission - 3
Pete The Chop - 2
Cartoon World - 2

Winter - 11 / 9(tiebreaker)

The Hands That Built America - 9
Xanax And Wine - 9
Ordinary Love - 9
Lucifer's Hands - 9
Big Girls Are Best - 7
Love You Like Mad - 7
Flower Child - 6
Return Of The Stingray Guitar - 6
North Star - 3
We Love You - 2
Glastonbury - 1

Viva Davidoff - 8

Wild Irish Rose - 10
Sixty Seconds - 9
Yoshino Blossom - 9
Wave Of Sorrow - 8
Race Against Time - 6
Desert Of Our Love - 5
Womanfish - 5
Rise Up - 4
Drunk Chicken - 2
Beautiful Ghost - 1

Angels Too Tied To The Ground - 7 / 4(tiebreaker)

Saturday Night - 5
J.Swallo - 5
Be There - 5
False Prophet - 4
Speed Of Life - 3
Alone In The Light - 2
Father Is An Elephant - 2
Inside Out - 1
Carry Me Home - 1
Jack In The Box - 0

The Ground Beneath Her Feet has been eliminated.

Instructions: Simple. This is a traditional survivor. You will vote for your FAVORITE track!

The poll will be open for 24 hours.

Here is a list of tracks in this poll, all linked to YT for your reference.

Love Comes Tumbling
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
 
Once more, just in case you missed the change in rules for this final round:

You will vote for your FAVORITE track!
 
LCT still being there makes this easy. Batman HMTM to win.

Thanks for running this survivor Ruckman, looking forward to the next one.
 
Wow, did not expect four straight votes for LWTSH. I thought it was safe.

Damn, that sucks. It was my favourite of the top three and I expected to be backing it today. Well, in this case, Love Comes Tumbling for the win.
 
I have to address something Axver said in the previous thread:

it's got to be HMTMKMKM. Not even the best live version of it - 31 July 1997, Mannheim...

I personally think the 360 versions - and in particular the From The Ground Up version - blow the Popmart versions out of the water. They're just so much fuller and more cinematic in sound, particularly the guitar parts. The way they played it on that tour was much closer to the studio version.

Anyway, I'm leaning towards LCT here, but not sure yet.
 
I mean, I like Love Comes Tumbling, but does it really deserve #2 status? I don't know. Maybe I will go listen to it again... and again and again and again.... again....
 
Ha! I read the poll wrong. Oops. Oh well. These are two of my top 5 non-album tracks anyway so I'd be happy either way.
 
I have to address something Axver said in the previous thread:



I personally think the 360 versions - and in particular the From The Ground Up version - blow the Popmart versions out of the water. They're just so much fuller and more cinematic in sound, particularly the guitar parts. The way they played it on that tour was much closer to the studio version.

The Popmart Mannheim version ends with a killer snippet of Children of the Revolution that they never did again. It really adds something to the end of the song.

Anyway, I literally don't have any 360 Tour recordings. Fuck that tour. I enjoyed HMTMKMKM a shit-tonne the one time I heard it, but Bono's voice is more cooked now than it was even on Popmart so I can't imagine preferring any particular recording.
 
Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me for the win.


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I'm still upset that HMTMwhatever took Ultraviolet's slot for 360, so I'm supporting Love Comes Tumbling here.


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The Popmart Mannheim version ends with a killer snippet of Children of the Revolution that they never did again. It really adds something to the end of the song.

Anyway, I literally don't have any 360 Tour recordings. Fuck that tour. I enjoyed HMTMKMKM a shit-tonne the one time I heard it, but Bono's voice is more cooked now than it was even on Popmart so I can't imagine preferring any particular recording.

 
Damn. I've been away a few days and missed the last vote. LWTSH lost by one vote... I would have voted LCT. Grrrr.
Ah well, the winner, for me, was always going to be HMTMKMKM.
 
Of course I didn't read the instructions before voting. could you change my vote to Love Comes Tumbling, namkcur? Not that it will change anything.
 
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