Best Song Survivor: 1978-1983 Miscellaneous Round (CORRECT poll)

[Axver]

Please vote for your FAVOURITE SONG(S).

The two songs with the most votes proceed to the quarter finals. Please vote for all the songs you want to proceed, but preferably no more than five.

Welcome to the 1978-83 miscellaneous songs round in Best Song Survivor! The object of this game is to find Interference's favourite U2 song. To do so, songs will be eliminated album-by-album in 24 hour long rounds to leave the favourites to contest a final that will determine the very favourite. Three War songs proceed to the early eighties quarter final. Only original U2 songs with official studio releases will compete. Due to dominating past tournaments and the inevitable likelihood that they will do the same this time, Where The Streets Have No Name and One are not in the tournament and can be assumed default equal #1 over and above the ultimate winner.

Three tied rounds in a row! (OK, the last one I closed early, but I won't be home for hours, so I want to get this round started and we already had our average amount of votes, so I'm happy to close it with the tie.) In light of Seconds and Like A Song tying in the last round of War, they will both proceed to the early eighties quarter final with Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day.

QUARTER FINALISTS
1. I Will Follow
2. Out Of Control
3. The Electric Co.
4. Gloria
5. Tomorrow
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday
7. Seconds
8. New Year's Day
9. Like A Song

ELIMINATED FROM WAR
10. Red Light
9. The Refugee
=7. Two Hearts Beat As One
=7. 40
=5. Drowning Man
=5. Surrender
Qualified: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Seconds, New Year's Day, Like A Song

LAST ROUND'S RESULTS
41 votes: Seconds, Like A Song
6: Sunday Bloody Sunday
1: New Year's Day
(Total votes: 89)

 

[Axver]

OK, there we go, correct poll.

Treasure's got to go through. I think it's one of U2's top fifteen songs.

I'd also like to see A Celebration proceed. I like a lot of the other songs, but not enough to think of them as worthy of the quarter finals. I'd love 11OTT to make it, it's a favourite of mine but only live. The studio version is stunningly underwhelming.

 

[bono_212]

STREET MISSION

also, I went ahead and did five, might regret that later:

Saturday Night
Speed of Life
Treasure
and
Endless Deep

 

[Axver]

God I hope Party Girl doesn't make it. It may have been fun live, but ugh, the studio version's dreadful. Bono sounds like he's rather badly ill.

 

[LemonMelon]

I went with four:

Street Mission
11 O'clock Tick Tock
Saturday Night
A Celebration

 

[alanah]

Well, I love "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl".

 

[alanah]

Ah, and 11 O'clock Tick Tock, A Celebration and Endless Deep too!

 

[Mauwer]

Voted A Celebration.

Cheers ,

Mauwer

 

[the tourist]

Voted A Celebration, Endless Deep, and Treasure.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

Street mission is incredible!!!!

So are 11 o'clock, Treasure, Fool

 

[The Sad Punk]

Treasure
A Celebration
The Fool

AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM VOTING

Party Girl
11OCTT

because I happen to like the studio versions.

 

[Marien]

My favourites: Street Mission, 11 o'clock and A celebration

 

[adrball]

God I hope Party Girl doesn't make it. It may have been fun live, but ugh, the studio version's dreadful. Bono sounds like he's rather badly ill.

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[bonocomet]

1. Treasure (WHTPTC)

I almost voted only for it alone, it's so far ahead of the rest of the list.

But I decided to add 3 more

2. Street Missions
3. Boy/Girl
4. Things To Make and Do


I absolutely love Trash, Trampoline & the Party Girl live but can't bring myself to put the studio version anywhere near the top of the list.

 

[Aardvark747]

tick tock

 

[MooMoo!]

Ive never heard of Angels Too Tied To The Ground or Saturday Night.

 

[MMP]

Another Day
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Saturday Night
A Celebration
Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl

 

[Irishteen]

Street Mission
11 O Clock
Saturday Night
The Fool
Treasure

 

[Irishteen]

Ive never heard of Angels Too Tied To The Ground or Saturday Night.

Saturday Night is on the Boy remaster
Angels is on the War remaster

 

[Screwtape2]

Be There is by far the best song from this period. Unfortunately, the band hasn't released it.

Saturday Night
Touch
Angels Too Tied To The Ground

 

[MMP]

Be There is by far the best song from this period. Unfortunately, the band hasn't released it.

Am I the only one that believes that those outtakes (Be There and Mercy) suck?

 

[phanan]

11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Saturday Night
A Celebration
Treasure

 

[MooMoo!]

Saturday Night is on the Boy remaster
Angels is on the War remaster

Ah. Explains it then.

 

[gump]

Voted for 11OTT, Street Mission, Another Day, A Celebration and Treasure (the best of the bunch).

 

[Slopsy]

Street Mission, Boy/Girl, 11OTT, A Celebration, Treasure.

 

[dward1]

why do these non-album tracks get to advance as many as an album (October)? also how do we decide how many songs come from each album?

 

[Axver]

why do these non-album tracks get to advance as many as an album (October)? also how do we decide how many songs come from each album?

The seeding is based on the Worst Album Survivor outcome. Top four albums get four finalists, next four albums get three, everything else gets two.

 

[coolian2]

11 o'clock
treasure
endless deep
party girl
things to make and do

 

[theFly51]

Voted Pete and Things to Make and Do

prefered live version over studio but still a great instrumental

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i was going to see if i could use all five votes for j. swallow, but i changed my mind...

street mission
11 o'clock tick tock
things to make and do
trash, trampoline, and the party girl
endless deep