Unknown Caller was called away in the last round. Five songs are now left to compete for three slots in the 2000s quarterfinal round. You have twenty-four hours to vote against your least favorite song. For anyone just joining us, rules may be found here.
Best Song Survivor: No Line, Round Seven
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cobl04
45:33
Shitnificent
Super Yo
New Yorker
Magnificent is not that magnificent.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
Yup! It is difficult to vote now.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Woa that was fast. Magnificent again then. 
PhilsFan
Blue Crack Addict
No. Magshitficent.
to Breathe.
LadySpinHead
Refugee
Voting Breathe, just because I don't think Magnificent deserves the pummeling it's getting. But I'm fine with either leaving at this point.
Fez is very cool, I'd love for it to make the finals.
Fez is very cool, I'd love for it to make the finals.
gvox
Ghost of Love
Die Fez
LadySpinHead
Refugee
An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
I love Magnificent, best song on the album.
Breathe to go.
Breathe to go.
PennyLanePHINS
Refugee
Hmm, tough choice. I'll probably go with Magnificent or Fez.
Nick66
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
What, not moved to trash?
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Fez. It's more memorable lyrically than musically, though a great song regardless. There are 6 great songs on this album and 5 of them are still here (Cedars 
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PennyLanePHINS
Refugee
And White as Snow! 
And the rest of the songs really aren't all that bad. Unknown Caller (cheesy lyrics but great music), Crazy (nothing special, but fun pop song), Boots (Great live) aren't revolutionary but I enjoy listening to them.
I think NLOTH will be like Pop in that it will grow in popularity as the years go by among the more hardcore fans even as the general fanbase mostly ignores it, a la Pop.
And the rest of the songs really aren't all that bad. Unknown Caller (cheesy lyrics but great music), Crazy (nothing special, but fun pop song), Boots (Great live) aren't revolutionary but I enjoy listening to them. I think NLOTH will be like Pop in that it will grow in popularity as the years go by among the more hardcore fans even as the general fanbase mostly ignores it, a la Pop.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
Fez is very good but it is not quite Zooropa good. Breathe is also very good but that one line "band in my head plays a strip tease" bothers me a bit (flashback to WITS). I didn't know which one to vote for. Ended up voting for Fez only in a desperate attempt for it to catch up with Magnificent and overtake it. Magnificent deserves to make the finals!
dazzledbylight
Blue Crack Supplier
just switch UC for MOS and you've got it !
Fez. It's more memorable lyrically than musically, though a great song regardless. There are 6 great songs on this album and 5 of them are still here (Cedars
Disagree and
omg the "lights flash past/ like memories"
IS one of the most beautiful almost floating in air ( like Light can)
set of Harmonies that Bono & Edge, maybe Larry is in there, too,
have ever done> I nearly fell off my couch the first time I heard that!
intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I'm actually ready to vote for No Line On The Horizon to be fair, a bit over rated in these parts I feel, but I simply must save Magnificent. So Fez it is.
cobl04
45:33
NO! This is bullshit! Come on Interference, don't be predictable, just this once...
Nick66
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Magnificent vs. Fez is about as big of a U2 Rorschach test as you're going to ever see. If you voted for Fez you really have no business ever complaining about U2 never doing anything different or taking risks anymore.
It's true that Magnificent is better than the scorn that's being heaped upon it, and is actually a nice little song, but it's nowhere near the same league as Fez. Indeed, Fez is what this record could have been and should have been before the band lost their nerve.
Fez is certainly not the best song on the record, but it's better than a generic stadium anthem that the band could have written in their sleep.
It's true that Magnificent is better than the scorn that's being heaped upon it, and is actually a nice little song, but it's nowhere near the same league as Fez. Indeed, Fez is what this record could have been and should have been before the band lost their nerve.
Fez is certainly not the best song on the record, but it's better than a generic stadium anthem that the band could have written in their sleep.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
There is such a thing as a well-written pop song, and I appreciate those. Beautiful Day is one of them. I outlined in a previous thread what elements of Magnificent I feel separate it from the mediocrity it gets compared to, so I don't want to get into all of that again, but no, U2 could not and did not write the song in their sleep. The lyrics, perhaps.
Elevation is a song they wrote in their sleep. Three chords looped again and again in one of two patterns, a two-note riff, a bridge (the best part) and horrific lyrics. Yeah, they mailed that one in. Magnificent has too much going on with its chord progression and has too many neat little details in the arrangement to be that lazy. Penny Lane sounds like just another Beatles song until you look at the chord chart and realize how much effort goes into putting a great pop song together.
Obviously Fez is a rather bizarre song for U2 standards. The first minute notwithstanding, it's still unusual by virtue of being one of the few U2 songs without much of a hook. The song just keeps climbing without looking back (no chorus!) until it eventually climaxes and fades. I slightly prefer Cedars though, if we're talking about "experimental U2." It sticks with me a bit longer, perhaps by virtue of being the closer.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I often find myself listening to Fez inattentively, it just passes me by, which is not a good thing in a song. It should be distracting me from whatever I'm doing.
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