Rest of U2 Survivor: THE SHOWDOWN - Round 17

[SeattleVertigo]

Both songs are very good, but neither is among my favorite U2 songs. That said, I like One Tree Hill marginally better.

Thanks for running this contest, Cori.

 

[CTU2fan]

C'mon OTH fans, time to Alter Up!

 

[corianderstem]

I'm surprised it's this close, to be honest. I thought OTH would far and away trounce Zooropa.

Thanks for the thanks, guys. It WAS fun ... just long. I have a short attention span.

 

[Zoots]

C'mon OTH fans, time to Alter Up!

 

[corianderstem]

Pretty much. If you're bringing an alter into this final round, you suck and are lame.

 

[vaz02]

Shit this is close stuff, One tree hill is one of my fav JT tracks.

 

[Mauwer]

Voted Zooropa ( never thought it would get passed The Fly ).

Cheers ,

Mauwer

 

[LemonMelon]

whereas "One Tree Hill" should easily trample "Zooropa".

So much for that.

 

[discothequeLP]

yeah, one tree hill's gotta win. i honestly can't believe Zooropa made it this far -- i thought its novelty would have burnt out well before The Fly, or ASoH even

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

 

[theFly51]

Zooropa Ftw!!!!!

 

[Lila64]

Shit this is close stuff, One tree hill is one of my fav JT tracks.

Voted Zooropa ( never thought it would get passed The Fly ).

Cheers ,

Mauwer

me too!

yeah, one tree hill's gotta win. i honestly can't believe Zooropa made it this far -- i thought its novelty would have burnt out well before The Fly, or ASoH even

Ditto!


just wanted to try the multi-quote feature - my first time

 

[Varitek]

Voted Zooropa. I really don't understand all this love for it

ONE TREE HILL FTMFW!!!

what she said.

 

[the tourist]

zooropa, easy

 

[Rosebud]

FANTASTIC final round!!!!! Both are incredible songs - voted OTH.

ZOOROPA, as others have said, is a sonic masterpiece.

 

[Salome]

someone will need to explain to me one day what entails a "sonic masterpiece"

I think Zooropa is great within the context of the album
on it's own as a song there are dozens of better U2 songs

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

These are two of my favorite U2 songs, so it was really tough to decide. I finally had to vote for One Tree Hill. Zooropa perfectly captures 90s U2, which is my favorite era of the band, and I think it's a masterpiece. There's something delightfully postmodern about it, and it's the one U2 song I've probably most rediscovered during this time when I really haven't been listening to the band much. There was no way I could vote for it.

 

[bono_212]

Welcome back Jesus thread

 

[phillyfan26]

One Tree Hill FTW. Zooropa's a great track, but OTH's one of the best things U2 has ever done.

80s Studio U2 > 90s Studio U2 by a mile.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

Kill the tree

Kill the tree

Kill the tree

Kill the tree

Kill the tree

Zooropa is my fucking namesake song (one of three ) IT CAN'T NOT WIN!

 

[LemonMelon]

someone will need to explain to me one day what entails a "sonic masterpiece"

Atmosphere, strong dynamic between loud and soft, interesting sonic quirks that spice things up without drowning out the music, and more obvious things such as proper use of panning and reverb. Zooropa is easily U2's most exciting song sonically.

 

[pat132]

sorry Zooropa, One Tree Hill is just better

 

[pepokiss]

WHAT DO YOU WANT??

I wanna chop down the tree!!!

 

[bonocomet]

Very cool how close this race is! And my vote had nothing to do with 80's vs. 90's. I just like Zooropa more, and yes, it is a masterpiece.

 

[lazarus]

U2 doesn't have many songs as brilliant as Zooropa.

One Tree Hill ain't one of them.

 

[discothequeLP]

the simplicity and sheer brilliance of One Tree Hill is the sonic definition of U2. 'nuff said.

 

[corianderstem]

Wow, it got close again.

 

[1stepcloser]

U2 doesn't have many songs as brilliant as Zooropa.

One Tree Hill ain't one of them.

correct.

 

[coolian2]

Oh, Zooropa fans. Us One Tree Hill fans aren't using alters, don't you do it either.

 

[bonocomet]

Is the poll end time listed at the top specific to our own time zones?