Best Song Ever: Voting Phase

[Avaitor]

Figured now would be a good time to start this up.

Round 1:

Match 1:
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

Match 2:
Judas Priest - Electric Eye
The Tigerlilies - A Thousand Violins
Alaskan Fishermen - It's So Good
Dirty Looks - They Got Me Covered

Match 3:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - On Mercury
MDC- S.K.I.N.H.E.A.D.
Sonic Youth- 'Cross the Breeze
Blondie - One Way or Another

Match 4:
Incubus - Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)
Blue Oyster Cult- Golden Age of Leather
The Mountain Goats- Oceanographer's Choice
Genesis - Land of Confusion

Match 5:
Maldroid - He Said, She Said
Patti Smith (Group) - Because the Night
Simon & Garfunkel- Sound of Silence
Don Henley- The Boys of Summer

Match 6:
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
T. Rex - Mambo Sun
The Ramones - Slug
Carissa's Wierd- Ignorant Piece of Shit

Match 7:
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Spoon - My First Time, Volume 3
Bibi Tanga & the Selenites - It's The Earth That Moves
Mayhem- Freezing Moon

Match 8:
Dio- Rainbow in the Dark
Buddy Holly - Everyday
The Velvet Underground- Pale Blue Eyes
The Aquabats - The Story Of Nothing

Match 9:
That Handsome Devil - Mexico
Radiohead- Karma Police
No Doubt - Open The Gate
G. Love - Don't Drop It

Match 10:
Tom Petty- Breakdown
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Huey Lewis- The Power of Love
Duran Duran - Rio

Match 11:
Cheap Trick - Auf Weidersehen
Faith No More- Edge of the World
Heart - Crazy On You
Voltaire - When You're Evil

Match 12:
UFO- Doctor Doctor
The Beatles - Paperback Writer
Sleep- Dopesmoker
Queen- Under Pressure

Match 13:
Joy Division- Atrocity Exhibition
Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying
Phil Lynott & Gary Moore- Out in the Fields
RJD2 - Ghostwriter

Match 14:
The Sonics - Psycho
The Undertones - I Gotta Getta
Van Halen- I'm the One
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Rude Mood

Match 15:
The Cars - You're All That I've Got Tonight
Jethro Tull - Warchild
Galactic - Doublewide
Xiu Xiu- Fast Car

Match 16:
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
Parliament - Flash Light
Aerosmith - Walk This Way

Match 17:
Death- Scavenger of Human Sorrow
CCR- Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Blur - Star Shaped

Match 18:
Bruce Dickinson- Trumpets of Jericho
Bob Dylan- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
ELO/Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
Adequate Seven - Minor Details

Match 19:
The Beach Boys- I Can Hear Music
Television- Marquee Moon
Cold Cave- The Trees Grew Emotions And Died
The Brains - Spaghetti Western

Match 20:
A Certain Ratio - Do Du Beep
The Doors- The Crystal Ship
David Bowie- Sound and Vision
The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang

Match 21:
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dimes In The Jar
Reel Big Fish - Victory Over Peter Bones
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
O'Funk'Illo - Dinero En Los Bolsillos

Match 22:
New York Dolls - Subway Train
Les Claypool - Rumble of the Diesel
Infectious Grooves - Borracho
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Heroines

Match 23:
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Handyman
Iron Maiden- Judas Be My Guide
Miike Snow- Silvia
Suburban Legends - Popular Demand

Match 24:
Ugly Kid Joe - Milkman's Son
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Pearl Jam- Black
Agalloch- You Were But a Ghost in My Arms

Match 25:
Rainbow- Stargazer
My Bloody Valentine- Only Shallow
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Chuck Berry - Thirty Days

Match 26:
Power Station - Some Like it Hot
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
Talking Heads- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)

Match 27:
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
The Transatlantics - Tea Legs
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Black Sabbath- Die Young

Match 28:
Flamin' Groovies - City Lights
Björk - Isobel
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine

Match 29:
Prince- Let's Go Crazy
Extreme- When I First Kissed You
New Order- The Perfect Kiss
Darkthrone- Hiking Metal Punks

Match 30:
Cynic- How Could I?
Mother Tongue - Nightmare
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Atheist- Samba Briza

Match 31:
Supergrass - Sofa (Of My Lethargy)
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Forces Of Evil - Maybe I'm Wrong
Fountains Of Wayne - Radiation Vibe

Match 32:
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Curse of Millhaven
Mammal - Burn Out
Fishbone - Housework
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Madness - Bed & Breakfast Man

Somehow got 129 entries in. Ah well, I'll allow 5 songs in for he last match, and will start the first voting after I post this.

[Spark Of Spirit]

This should be interesting.

[Avaitor]

Here's the first match with accompanying songs.

Match 1:
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

1- "Disarm"- Really good song. Very dark, but that's the Pumpkins for you.
2- "Mirror in the Bathroom"- Classic 80's. Great beat.
3- "Another Brick in the Wall"- Love Pink Floyd, but never really liked this song all that much.
4- "It's the End of the World as We Know It"- Same as above. Big R.E.M. fan, but I don't care for this song much.

[Spark Of Spirit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ScNLt2zNc

1- Mirror in the Bathroom - I always thought this one song was such an interesting choice for an album opener. It's a song about looking into yourself and finding what's important, but it manages to sound so dark and seedy. The rest of the album sounds BRIGHT compared to this.
2- It's the End of the World as We Know It- I always enjoyed this as a pop song. Well written and simple.
3- Another Brick in the Wall- For Floyd, this is boring.
4- Disarm- I only like a handful of Pumpkin songs, but this isn't one of them.

[Avaitor]

Bump to get more votes. Only two won't do.

[Commode]

I guess I could participate, although it will be sparingly for another couple of weeks until I get back.

1. It's the End of the World as We Know It
2. Disarm
3. Mirror in the Bathroom
4. Another Brick in the Wall

Don't really feel like giving explanations, sorry.  Maybe on future rounds.

[Foggle]

Same as Desen.

[Avaitor]

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)- 11
Disarm- 8
Mirror in the Bathroom- 13
Another Brick in the Wall- 7

R.E.M. and English Beat make it to the next round.

Match 2:
Judas Priest - Electric Eye
The Tigerlilies - A Thousand Violins
Alaskan Fishermen - It's So Good
Dirty Looks - They Got Me Covered

"They Got Me Covered"- Sick stuff.
"The Hellion/Electric Eye"- AKA the test music for Toy Story 3. Good opener for the album.
"Thousand Violins"- Not my typical type of music, but really interesting. I like it.
"It's So Good"- Can't find it, so I can't rank it.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Same as Avaitor.

Man, such a shame that the bass player for Dirty Looks is no longer with us. Love the bass line on that song.

[Foggle]

Never shoulda' even nominated songs that aren't popular enough to be on YouTube, last.fm, we7, or file sharing networks. I hope the others I nominated are less elusive...

While I would rank it at or near the top, there's no way It's So Good can win here, so I'll just say same as Avaitor and Desen.

[Avaitor]

Oh come on man, don't be like that. It might still stand a chance.

[Foggle]

I posted it on zshare, in case anyone wants to redo their vote. It might not change for you, if you don't like hip-hop, though.

Mine is now
Alaskan Fishermen - It's So Good
Dirty Looks - They Got Me Covered
Judas Priest - Electric Eye
The Tigerlilies - A Thousand Violins

[Avaitor]

Sorry man, but it wouldn't DL for me.

The results:

Electric Eye- 8
A Thousand Violins- 5
It's So Good- 6
They Got Me Covered- 11

Priest and Dirty Looks make it to the next round.

Match 3:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - On Mercury
MDC- S.K.I.N.H.E.A.D.
Sonic Youth- 'Cross the Breeze
Blondie - One Way or Another

"S.K.I.N.H.E.A.D."- This is a very inspirational song. Especially if you know a couple of moronic skinheads like I do.
"'Cross the Breeze"- Classic Youth, and one of my favorite Kim performances. Once the riff kicks in, it's pure chaos.
"One Way or Another"- Also great, but never been one of my top Blondie songs. And yes, I linked to the Rugrats Movie version on purpose. Here's the real version.
"On Mercury"- Easily one of the best post-BSSM Chili Peppers songs, but something's got to give.

[Foggle]

S.K.I.N.H.E.A.D. - Fuck yeah
On Mercury - Also fuck yeah, but to a slightly lesser extent
'Cross The Breeze - Not really a Sonic Youth fan.
One Way Or Another - Um...

[Spark Of Spirit]

I'll pass. Not sure why that Blondie song was picked.

I would have picked something like this instead.