Welcome to the 2012 Best Song Survivor! After discussing it with Axver (thank you, thank you, thank you, Axver), I have decided on a slightly new format for this year's Survivor. The new format will work like this:
Each album will have a series of rounds. We will vote off songs until the top two, three, or four songs from each are determined. That number is determined from the recent Best Album Survivor. From All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Original Soundtracks 1, and October, we go to the top two tracks. From Pop, Boy, No Line on the Horizon, War, and Rattle and Hum, we go to the top three tracks. From Achtung Baby, The Joshua Tree, Zooropa, and The Unforgettable Fire, we go to the top four tracks. In addition, from each era (early 80s, late 80s, 90s, 2000s), we will have a single non-album song round. Those rounds will allow multiple choices, and you will be asked to choose your favorite five (or fewer). The top two songs from each of those rounds will move on.
Then we will move on to quarterfinals. Each era (again, early 80s, late 80s, 90s, 2000s) will have its own quarterfinal round, consisting of album songs and the top two non-album songs. Each quarterfinal round will get one song per album out to semifinals, plus two songs per album in the top four of the Best Album Survivor, plus one song per album in the middle five of the Best Album Survivor. In other words...
Early eighties: 3 base songs + 1 bonus for Boy + 1 bonus for War = 5 semifinalists
Late eighties: 3 base songs + 2 bonus for UF + 2 bonus for JT + 1 bonus for RAH = 8 semifinalists
Nineties: 4 base songs + 2 bonus for AB + 2 bonus for Zooropa + 1 bonus for Pop = 9 semifinalists
2000s: 3 base songs + 1 bonus for NLOTH = 4 semifinalists
Then we will have two semifinal rounds: one for the 80s, and one for the 90s and 2000s combined. They will each have 13 songs, and we will take the top 5 from each to finals. That will lead to a nice, clean 10-song final round.
Sound good? Hopefully this isn't too complicated!
One other note: in the past Survivor, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were held after album and non-album-song voting for their respective voting. I probably will keep it that way, but I'm considering doing all preliminary rounds first, then all quarterfinal rounds, then all semifinal rounds, then the final round. Thoughts?
At any rate, let's begin with round one for Boy. You have 24 hours to vote for your least favorite song. Enjoy!
Each album will have a series of rounds. We will vote off songs until the top two, three, or four songs from each are determined. That number is determined from the recent Best Album Survivor. From All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Original Soundtracks 1, and October, we go to the top two tracks. From Pop, Boy, No Line on the Horizon, War, and Rattle and Hum, we go to the top three tracks. From Achtung Baby, The Joshua Tree, Zooropa, and The Unforgettable Fire, we go to the top four tracks. In addition, from each era (early 80s, late 80s, 90s, 2000s), we will have a single non-album song round. Those rounds will allow multiple choices, and you will be asked to choose your favorite five (or fewer). The top two songs from each of those rounds will move on.
Then we will move on to quarterfinals. Each era (again, early 80s, late 80s, 90s, 2000s) will have its own quarterfinal round, consisting of album songs and the top two non-album songs. Each quarterfinal round will get one song per album out to semifinals, plus two songs per album in the top four of the Best Album Survivor, plus one song per album in the middle five of the Best Album Survivor. In other words...
Early eighties: 3 base songs + 1 bonus for Boy + 1 bonus for War = 5 semifinalists
Late eighties: 3 base songs + 2 bonus for UF + 2 bonus for JT + 1 bonus for RAH = 8 semifinalists
Nineties: 4 base songs + 2 bonus for AB + 2 bonus for Zooropa + 1 bonus for Pop = 9 semifinalists
2000s: 3 base songs + 1 bonus for NLOTH = 4 semifinalists
Then we will have two semifinal rounds: one for the 80s, and one for the 90s and 2000s combined. They will each have 13 songs, and we will take the top 5 from each to finals. That will lead to a nice, clean 10-song final round.
Sound good? Hopefully this isn't too complicated!
One other note: in the past Survivor, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were held after album and non-album-song voting for their respective voting. I probably will keep it that way, but I'm considering doing all preliminary rounds first, then all quarterfinal rounds, then all semifinal rounds, then the final round. Thoughts?
At any rate, let's begin with round one for Boy. You have 24 hours to vote for your least favorite song. Enjoy!