Somewhat predictably, Always Forever Now was eliminated in the last round, bringing us to Slug, Miss Sarajevo, and Your Blue Room battling for two slots in quarterfinals. The songs not eliminated in this round shall advance. You have 24 hours to vote for your least favorite song, the next song to be eliminated from this contest. For anyone just joining us, rules may be found here.
Best Song Survivor: Original Soundtracks 1, Round Five
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God Part III
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Slug.
I like it, but it is a little to mundane for my liking. I don't know why Interference treats it as if it was some kind of musical revelation.
I like it, but it is a little to mundane for my liking. I don't know why Interference treats it as if it was some kind of musical revelation.
brooklynmike
Refugee
Slug. It's a cool track but it's gotta go. I don't think the other two will last very long in the next round they're judged.
if your blue room is eliminated, i will cut a bitch. it isn't just my favourite track on the album, it's one of my favourite u2 tracks, full stop.
This is the Slug vs. Miss Sarajevo death-match. Your Blue Room should be safe, but I really have no idea whether YBR or Slug will win.
I don't know which to vote for myself. I really love both songs.
i know, right? i'm still butthurt united colours didn't make it to round one. i loooooooooooove it.
cobl04
45:33
Miss Snoreajevo
Interference sucks at Passengers.
Super Yo
New Yorker
Goodbye Sarajevo!
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Ms
Quick comparison with the last couple of times I ran the tournament in 2009 (can't find older figures). I ran Passengers as a single vote-for-favourites round both times. The first time was as part of a regular Survivor with other albums featuring the song-by-song elimination style of this tournament, and Passengers got three finalists in that edition. The second time was as part of an alternate Survivor where all albums were run as a single vote-for-favourites round with all non-album songs from the era also included. Passengers' results were very consistent.
First time, with a total of 81 voters:
62 votes: Your Blue Room
49: Miss Sarajevo
44: Slug
33: Always Forever Now
29: Beach Sequence
(Slug, Miss Sarajevo, and YBR were then the first three eliminated from the nineties final, and in that order too - though YBR's elimination was in a tie with LNOE.)
Second time, with 67 voters:
1. Your Blue Room - 60 votes
2. Miss Sarajevo - 49
3. Slug - 34
4. Always Forever Now - 26
5. Beach Sequence - 21
(Slug, AFN, and Beach Sequence all received the lowest amount of votes in the nineties vote-for-favourites final. Miss Sarajevo placed a few songs above them, while Your Blue Room did pretty well, coming within four votes of proceeding to the grand final.)
But it's been almost four years since those results, so has Slug grown in popularity? I for one hope so.
First time, with a total of 81 voters:
62 votes: Your Blue Room
49: Miss Sarajevo
44: Slug
33: Always Forever Now
29: Beach Sequence
(Slug, Miss Sarajevo, and YBR were then the first three eliminated from the nineties final, and in that order too - though YBR's elimination was in a tie with LNOE.)
Second time, with 67 voters:
1. Your Blue Room - 60 votes
2. Miss Sarajevo - 49
3. Slug - 34
4. Always Forever Now - 26
5. Beach Sequence - 21
(Slug, AFN, and Beach Sequence all received the lowest amount of votes in the nineties vote-for-favourites final. Miss Sarajevo placed a few songs above them, while Your Blue Room did pretty well, coming within four votes of proceeding to the grand final.)
But it's been almost four years since those results, so has Slug grown in popularity? I for one hope so.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
The Hive is making this one interesting so far.
I've never thought that highly of Slug, to be honest.
I've never thought that highly of Slug, to be honest.
Keep in mind those tournaments from 2009 were run at the same time as NLOTH was released - i.e. the most active EYKIW has been in the last five years.
LadySpinHead
Refugee
Slug is one of my all-time favorite (pseudo)U2 songs. Voting Ms. S.
intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Hang in their Slug. I won't be voting for you in the next stage. You're far better than Dirty Day.
No spoken words
Blue Crack Supplier
I just untied this motherfucker.
For now.
Interference will get a lot busier when the new album is released and a new tour is announced.
Salome
you are what you is
wouldn't be in my top 50 U2 related projects either
but I find it mildly more interesting than Sarajevo
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Well Slug, of course.
Wow, this is ridiculously close.
I'm holding my vote unless there's a tie, in which case I'll break it (I still don't know which way, though). I really don't want to deal with a runoff between these two songs when YBR may end up with zero votes anyway.
I'm holding my vote unless there's a tie, in which case I'll break it (I still don't know which way, though). I really don't want to deal with a runoff between these two songs when YBR may end up with zero votes anyway.
gareth brown
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i wish Always Forever Now had made it instead of Slug. I really like Slug but I'm very surprised it's here in the final 3, and it's amazing Your Blue Room's got no votes so far 
bonocomet
Blue Crack Distributor
My vote would have been Your Blue Room here had this been a true vote for your least favorite situation. But I'm forced to vote MS in order to keep my favorite song in the game.
Rhiannon64
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I LOVE Miss Sarajevo! I love the opera bit at the end. The English translation of the Italian lyrics are gorgeous! So heartbreaking. I heard a live recording of Bono singing it from the Pop tour just last night. Wow! I was very impressed.
trevgreg
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Did they play it on that tour?
djerdap
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Once. You can guess where. And Bono didn't sing the Italian lyrics back then; they played a recording of Pavarotti during that part, akin to Lou Reed on ZooTV. Bono started singing the operatic part on the Vertigo tour.
trevgreg
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Gotcha! I know he was having some vocal problems at that show, but I've been meaning to check it out for some time now...
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