4. Buckle Up vs. Jeremy

Post by **stip** » Tue March 09, 2021 10:00 pm

Buckle Up vs. Jeremy

Post by **stip** » Wed March 10, 2021 1:17 am

This really hurts because I love Buckle Up and I wish they would put out a whole album of off kilter tracks like this. Eddie's delivery is lovely, and the music's wistful bounce has an undercurrent of sadness and an appreciation and gratitude for the memories and experiences it is sad about. Great song. But Jeremy is transcendent. I would take either of these songs against everything else this round that isn't Alive or Go.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Wed March 10, 2021 2:05 am

yeah, i get that.

Im still voting for Jeremy

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Wed March 10, 2021 2:57 am

stip wrote:This really hurts because I love Buckle Up and I wish they would put out a whole album of off kilter tracks like this. Eddie's delivery is lovely, and the music's wistful bounce has an undercurrent of sadness and an appreciation and gratitude for the memories and experiences it is sad about. Great song. But Jeremy is transcendent. I would take either of these songs against everything else this round that isn't Alive or Go.

Voted for Jeremy. Wish that Buckle Up had an easier opponent.

Post by **epilogue** » Wed March 10, 2021 3:50 am

Jeremy.

No contest. This is easier than Go v Safe in the Car.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Wed March 10, 2021 8:45 am

Tossing in a vote for Buckle Up because it's a great song, but yeah, Jeremy probably deserves this.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Wed March 10, 2021 10:02 am

Buckle Up. Best song on Gigaton.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed March 10, 2021 4:57 pm

I've never really connected with Jeremy. The outro is great, but it's one of the more dated songs in their catalog. Buckle Up will age very well and is a nice song for the reasons Stip listed.

Still a pretty easy vote for Jeremy though.

digster · Post by **digster** » Wed March 10, 2021 7:11 pm

Jeremy's come to be one of my favorite Ten songs, along with Ocean and Release. I think I feel a bit opposite of Monkey Driven; for me, it's one of the few Ten singles (including something like Black) that doesn't sound too dated, other than the production eccentricities of that album.

Jaeti · Post by **Jaeti** » Wed March 10, 2021 7:59 pm

Very unfortunate matchup for Buckle Up, which is great. But I didn't even hesitate here.

Stardog Champion · Post by **Stardog Champion** » Thu March 11, 2021 12:15 am

This is tied?!? Jesus. Is this a recency bias kind of thing? Or an "I've heard Jeremy too many times" kind of thing?

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 11, 2021 12:20 am

Stardog Champion wrote:This is tied?!? Jesus. Is this a recency bias kind of thing? Or an "I've heard Jeremy too many times" kind of thing?

Nah, it's second accounts voting. Happens every year.

Stardog Champion · Post by **Stardog Champion** » Thu March 11, 2021 12:22 am

epilogue wrote:
Stardog Champion wrote:This is tied?!? Jesus. Is this a recency bias kind of thing? Or an "I've heard Jeremy too many times" kind of thing?
Nah, it's second accounts voting. Happens every year.

That makes more sense than anything I could think to suggest.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 11, 2021 1:05 am

it isn't a tie. Based on the voting spikes in other rounds it is second account voting. An awful lot of work goes into this and this practice is irritating as hell. Since I am going to bed early tonight I am calling it for Jeremy, which was consistently ahead by a large margin until the second account voting

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