Best Non-Album Track Survivor - Final Pool - Round 8

[namkcuR]

The results of Round 7:

Advancing:
11 O'Clock Tick Tock - 0
A Celebration - 1
Love Comes Tumbling - 0
The Three Sunrises - 1
Luminous Times(Hold On To Love) - 0
Walk To The Water - 0
Spanish Eyes - 0
Silver And Gold - 1
Sweetest Thing - 1
She's A Mystery To Me - 0
Lady With The Spinning Head - 0
Salome - 0
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me - 0
Holy Joe - 1
Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad - 6
The Ground Beneath Her Feet - 0
Stateless -
Summer Rain - 0
Electrical Storm - 0
Mercy - 0
Invisible - 1
The Crystal Ballroom - 0

Eliminated:

#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

North And South Of The River has been eliminated.

Instructions: Simple. This is a traditional survivor. You will vote for your LEAST 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.

11 O'Clock Tick Tock
A Celebration
Love Comes Tumbling
The Three Sunrises
Luminous Times
Walk To The Water
Spanish Eyes
Silver And Gold
Sweetest Thing / The Single Mix
She's A Mystery To Me(Point Depot) / Snippet of never-released studio version
Lady With The Spinning Head / UV1
Salome / Zooromancer mix
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Holy Joe(Garage Mix) / Guilty Mix
Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Stateless
Summer Rain
Electrical Storm / William Orbit Mix / Early BBC/Radio One Version
Mercy
Invisible
The Crystal Ballroom / 12" Mix

 

[namkcuR]

I hate that NASOTR had to go, it should've lasted at least a few more rounds, but as much as I love the Omagh version, I love Two Shots more, so I had to do my part to save it for at least one more round, though it seems likely it will be eliminated in this round.

 

[Axver]

You people voted out NASOTR? My god what has happened to Interference. It's like I don't know this place any more.

Yet again, Two Shots, which at least ought to have gone in a double elimination last round.

 

[prbiker15]

Now Two Shots can go.

 

[gareth brown]

BAM! someone straight in with a vote for Luminous Times, getting a bit more interesting now

 

[prbiker15]

Luminous Times better stick around for a while.

 

[kiwilad]

Luminous Times is top 5, surely.
While I really like Two Shots, it isn't really a U2 song as such, for me. It's a song Bono wrote for Frank, and had to record it because Frank wasn't interested.
So, despite being a fan, it gets my vote.

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[Oregoropa]

Two Shots gets my vote. Bono has enough of a cool swagger to his vocal to make it fun, but not a U2 song.

 

[kiwilad]

Already looks clear Two Shots is gone. Question is though, that ends the removal of the multiple vote songs. From now on none of the songs left have received many, or any, votes.
Ouch.

 

[LemonMelon]

Let's close up shop on this one. It's over.

 

[Oregoropa]

Let's close up shop on this one. It's over.

Maybe let it go the full 24 hours. It's always interesting to see where the dissenting vote disperse to. I see a Tick Tock vote.

 

[digitize]

A Celebration is my least-favorite song that has >0 votes right now, so I voted for it.

I understand that Two Shots is not the best U2 song ever, but I still think that there are significantly worse songs left to be voted out.

Eliminating North and South was criminal. That's one of my very favorite songs here.

 

[Axver]

Already looks clear Two Shots is gone. Question is though, that ends the removal of the multiple vote songs. From now on none of the songs left have received many, or any, votes.
Ouch.

It's Sweetest Thing's turn next.

 

[Oregoropa]

It's Sweetest Thing's turn next.

I might have to form a protection alliance for Sweetest Thing. Whip votes for the lead horse that appears headed for the glue factory ahead of it.

I think that will be rounds away though.

 

[Axver]

I'm more than happy to chuck Invisible or Crystal Ballroom into the bin instead.

 

[Oregoropa]

I'm more than happy to chuck Invisible or Crystal Ballroom into the bin instead.

Both of those are going before Sweetest Thing. Maybe I'll join you for a round to come.

 

[kiwilad]

Crystal Ballroom and Invisible are surely feeling threatened and self conscious right now

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[namkcuR]

I'll probably have to start protecting Crystal Ballroom. There are like 5-6 tracks I would eliminate before it(A Celebration, Three Sunrises, Salome, Summer Rain, Electrical Storm, Invisible).

And Axver's anti-Sweetest Thing stance is unwarranted. A perfect pop song.

 

[Oregoropa]

This really turning into tribal Survivor. I might have to hold off on voting right away.

Are there a certain number of songs that are spared and move on to the next level?

 

[namkcuR]

This really turning into tribal Survivor. I might have to hold off on voting right away.

Are there a certain number of songs that are spared and move on to the next level?

No, this is the "Final Pool". We just eliminate one-by-one until only one song is left standing.

 

[Oregoropa]

Oh ok. Just interesting to see the order. Are we doing albums after?

 

[namkcuR]

Oh ok. Just interesting to see the order. Are we doing albums after?

What do you mean? A best album survivor? I wasn't planning on it. Has that not been done in the past?

 

[2861U2]

BAM! someone straight in with a vote for Luminous Times, getting a bit more interesting now

I'm well aware of how popular it is here. But honestly, it really is my least favorite of what's up there.

 

[Oregoropa]

What do you mean? A best album survivor? I wasn't planning on it. Has that not been done in the past?

Oh I gotcha. just doing non-album survivor.

 

[digitize]

I'm more than happy to chuck Invisible or Crystal Ballroom into the bin instead.

Both of those should have definitely gone before NASOTR.

 

[Axver]

What do you mean? A best album survivor? I wasn't planning on it. Has that not been done in the past?

Off the top of my head, I think three times.

But not recently, so a redo could be fun if people were interested.

 

[kiwilad]

It's going to be a busy 2017 round here. And survivors are fun. I think the first one I remember predates HTDAAB. Crikey!

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[Axver]

I'm trying to remember who introduced the concept. I ran a lot of the early ones but I didn't start it.

 

[namkcuR]

I know one of the early ones was the never-ending Beatles survivor that I ran in B&C that took nearly a year and a half to get done in 06/07, but I don't think that was the first. Just for perspective though, the participation in that Beatles survivor was like double the participation in this survivor, and I've been pleasantly surprised at the participation in this survivor(averaging like 20 people per poll).

 

[namkcuR]

Anyway, I'm just not really sure what the point of another 'Best U2 Song' survivor would be. I mean, Streets, One, Bad, and some combination of UTEOTW/The Fly/WOWY will be the final few. Everyone knows it.