Best Song Survivor: The Joshua Tree Round Seven

[digitize]

Bullet the Blue Sky was eliminated in the last round, leaving five songs from The Joshua Tree competing for four slots in quarterfinals. This is the last round for The Joshua Tree; tomorrow, we move on to Rattle and Hum. You have 24 hours to vote for your least favorite song, the next song to be kicked out of this contest. For anyone just joining us, rules may be found here.

 

[Vlaco]

5 amazing songs. My vote goes to Still Haven't Found, although it's the first U2 song I knew. I'm listening to Running To Stand Still at the moment: what a song...

 

[the tourist]

Running to Stand Still.

 

[gvox]

I'm withholding my vote in silent protest.

 

[the tourist]

Yeah. We got that when you said it in previous threads.

 

[Galeongirl]

Running to stand still to save Still Haven't Found. SHFWILF is probably my 3rd favourite song on this album.

 

[bonocomet]

Running to stand still to save Still Haven't Found. SHFWILF is probably my 3rd favourite song on this album.

This.

 

[popacrobat]

I think One Tree Hill is the weakest remaining song (and have for awhile), but voting for Still haven't found with great reluctance, just to save RTSS.

 

[bonocomet]

My vote would have also gone to OTH at this point, but it would have been a wasted vote.

 

[Galeongirl]

I think One Tree Hill is the weakest remaining song (and have for awhile), but voting for Still haven't found with great reluctance, just to save RTSS.

Same but the other way around.

 

[gvox]

Yeah. We got that when you said it in previous threads.

Er..I don't recall saying that before..

 

[Galeongirl]

the fuck?

this is stupid. JT needs all 10 songs.

...

 

[gvox]

How does that remotely equate to "I'm withholding my vote in silent protest" ?

I actually voted in those rounds..lol!

 

[the tourist]

No.

This is where the poll ends, and all 6 songs stand.

So says me.

.

 

[gvox]

You took that seriously? lol

 

[the tourist]

If I don't take that seriously, why should I take your first post in here seriously?

 

[gvox]

I don't know, I never said you should!

I mean "So says me"? lol

But you did....

 

[the tourist]

It just gets tiresome when you say stuff like that on almost every poll for this album. Yeah. We got it the first time. This is a hard album to vote for things on because it's a good album.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Hardest vote so far in this whole thing...

Still Haven't Found is iconic. I love the power of the song, and how it can be interpreted so many different ways. I also get a kick out of the video- love Bono singing to an annoyed Edge, Adam just up and leaving at the end. Good stuff.

But RTSS- I love the restraint of this song. On an album full of big, epic songs, this one is so quiet, emotional and beautiful. Evokes despair, but then hope at the same time. And ZooTV RTSS is amazing.

So a sad farewell to ISHFWILF. But I agree with some, although I love OTH, if it wasn't so close, I'd consider voting for it. Would be a tough call, though, and would probably still go for Still Haven't Found...

 

[BlueSilkenSky]

Finally, I can vote for ISHFWILF...

Imagining any of the other songs getting out depresses me. If ISHFWILF gets out this round, I'm not looking forward to the next one.

 

[Axver]

I'm surprised I'm defending Gabe given our numerous disagreements this tournament, but honestly, I've been a hell of a lot more repetitive than he has!

Anyway, I will say this about the current round: ISHFWILF sticking around for about six rounds longer than it ever deserved has at least made it very easy for me to vote. If the fifth song here were RHMT or Exit instead of ISHFWILF, well ... I'd probably be a heretic voting for Streets or something.

 

[LemonMelon]

I love Still Haven't Found and hate that it's departing, but I really can't fathom why someone would vote for RTSS at this point. It's easily a top 10-20 U2 song.

 

[The Sad Punk]

OTH is getting a really generous run here.

 

[bonocomet]

OTH is getting a really generous run here.

I think it would have received more votes if everyone wasn't trying to save either of RTSS or ISHFWILF right now. It would have been a wasted vote (for those who wanted to try to save those 2), when there was the chance of saving one of those 2.

I ranked it higher in the poll we did years ago, but times and tastes change, and I rate all the above songs higher now. Still doesn't mean it's not a really great song.

 

[corianderstem]

I can't bring myself to vote for any of these. I see Still Haven't Found is on its way out, so there's no point in me voting for anything.

Life goes on in the cori household with a sense of peace for not having to agonize over what to vote for.

 

[flybabe]

Dammit, I clicked WOWY instead of One Tree Hill. Can you change it for me Digi?

 

[digitize]

Dammit, I clicked WOWY instead of One Tree Hill. Can you change it for me Digi?

Will do, although your vote utterly baffles me.

 

[digitize]

OTH is getting a really generous run here.

I think that One Tree Hill may have had a reasonable chance of being eliminated if Still Haven't Found and Running to Stand Still hadn't been more or less declared the per-ordained competitors for this round before this round even started.

That being said, I'm glad that OTH will make it on. It's my second favorite song from this album.

 

[flybabe]

Will do, although your vote utterly baffles me.

It was either this or RTSS which I have immense appreciation for. I even did a cover of it once.

 

[Globo14]

Still Haven't Found.

This is not cool. It's not fair to make me choose.