well, before we dive in to another survivor series, i thought we should go into the rules and what qualifies to be included. this is going to be for the WORST song, as we've already done the best. (one won.)
we are going to have quite a few rounds, 17 to be exact. that's 12 for the albums, and 5 for the b-sides and non-album singles. (qualifications to be discussed later.) each album gets its own round. for ease, i've put the b-sides into groups according to era. they all contain about the same amount of songs an album would. they are a bit uneven, but i wanted to keep each album's b-sides in the same group.
what makes a song qualify to be included in survivor? well, for starters, it must be a studio recording. that leaves out about half of rattle and hum and wide awake in america, as well as all of under a blood red sky. the studio tracks of wide awake in america will be on the b-sides section, as they were first released as b-sides on the unforgettable fire single. covers are also disqualified, as are remixes. also, all four members of U2 must have worked on the song for it to qualify, leaving out any solo work, as well as larry and adam's reworking of the mission: impossible theme. the song in question must also be a commercial release, leaving out demos. demos that have been commercially released (those on the itunes box set), are okay.
timing of the poll: there are so many rounds, it really makes sense to keep each individual round as a timed ONE day poll. when we get to the end of each round, the final poll will last two days, to give more people a chance to vote.
ties will be broken by eliminating both songs from the poll UNLESS we are in the top five. even if there are three tied, all three will be eliminated. any more of a tie (four-way tie, etc.), then we will have a tiebreaker round.
also, when we get down to the final round (the winner of each previous round going against each other), these polls will last two days. the same tiebreaking rules apply.
qualifiers:
- all the albums will have their own round, as i mentioned. i won't bother listing it as everyone should hopefully know!
- the fool
- street mission
- boy/girl
- another day
- 11 o'clock tick tock
- touch
- things to make and do
- j. swallow
- a celebration
- trash, trampoline, and the party girl
- treasure (whatever happened to pete the chop)
- endless deep
- boomerang one
- boomerang two
- the three sunrises
- love comes tumbling
- sixty seconds in the kingdom come
- bass trap
- luminous times (hold on to love)
- walk to the water
- spanish eyes
- deep in the heart
- race against time
- silver and gold
- the sweetest thing
- hallelujah here she comes
- a room at the heartbreak hotel
- alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk/korova 1
- lady with the spinning head (original)
- salome
- where did it all go wrong
- slow dancing (bono on vocals)
- viva davidoff
- bottoms
- hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
- holy joe (garage mix)
- north and south of the river
- two shots of happy, one shot of sad
- stateless
- the ground beneath her feet
- summer rain
- always
- big girls are best
- electrical storm
- the hands that built america
- are you gonna wait forever
- native son
- smile
- xanax and wine
- levitate
- love you like mad
- flower child
we are going to have quite a few rounds, 17 to be exact. that's 12 for the albums, and 5 for the b-sides and non-album singles. (qualifications to be discussed later.) each album gets its own round. for ease, i've put the b-sides into groups according to era. they all contain about the same amount of songs an album would. they are a bit uneven, but i wanted to keep each album's b-sides in the same group.
what makes a song qualify to be included in survivor? well, for starters, it must be a studio recording. that leaves out about half of rattle and hum and wide awake in america, as well as all of under a blood red sky. the studio tracks of wide awake in america will be on the b-sides section, as they were first released as b-sides on the unforgettable fire single. covers are also disqualified, as are remixes. also, all four members of U2 must have worked on the song for it to qualify, leaving out any solo work, as well as larry and adam's reworking of the mission: impossible theme. the song in question must also be a commercial release, leaving out demos. demos that have been commercially released (those on the itunes box set), are okay.
timing of the poll: there are so many rounds, it really makes sense to keep each individual round as a timed ONE day poll. when we get to the end of each round, the final poll will last two days, to give more people a chance to vote.
ties will be broken by eliminating both songs from the poll UNLESS we are in the top five. even if there are three tied, all three will be eliminated. any more of a tie (four-way tie, etc.), then we will have a tiebreaker round.
also, when we get down to the final round (the winner of each previous round going against each other), these polls will last two days. the same tiebreaking rules apply.
qualifiers:
- all the albums will have their own round, as i mentioned. i won't bother listing it as everyone should hopefully know!
- the fool
- street mission
- boy/girl
- another day
- 11 o'clock tick tock
- touch
- things to make and do
- j. swallow
- a celebration
- trash, trampoline, and the party girl
- treasure (whatever happened to pete the chop)
- endless deep
- boomerang one
- boomerang two
- the three sunrises
- love comes tumbling
- sixty seconds in the kingdom come
- bass trap
- luminous times (hold on to love)
- walk to the water
- spanish eyes
- deep in the heart
- race against time
- silver and gold
- the sweetest thing
- hallelujah here she comes
- a room at the heartbreak hotel
- alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk/korova 1
- lady with the spinning head (original)
- salome
- where did it all go wrong
- slow dancing (bono on vocals)
- viva davidoff
- bottoms
- hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
- holy joe (garage mix)
- north and south of the river
- two shots of happy, one shot of sad
- stateless
- the ground beneath her feet
- summer rain
- always
- big girls are best
- electrical storm
- the hands that built america
- are you gonna wait forever
- native son
- smile
- xanax and wine
- levitate
- love you like mad
- flower child
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how could i forget this? thanks, that definitely answers my question!
okay i knew about tgbhf but i forgot. i don't know about slow dancing though. it's on a U2 release so i think it would count?
