MC1-1: Sleeping By Myself vs. Force of Nature

Post by **stip** » Sat March 28, 2026 10:17 am

Sleeping By Myself vs. Force of Nature

Post by **stip** » Sat March 28, 2026 10:19 am

Ugh, right off the bat this bracket kills me. Love both of these. 4+ star songs. Sleeping By Myself always fills me with joy, but once Force of Nature gets going it is full of those moments that just make me stop and be fully present in the song. Gets my vote. But these are two of my top 5 songs in this bracket

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Sat March 28, 2026 10:40 am

Why can't they both lose?

Post by **epilogue** » Sat March 28, 2026 10:41 am

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat March 28, 2026 11:55 am

Post by **Jorge** » Sat March 28, 2026 11:58 am

The Spenno Special

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sat March 28, 2026 2:14 pm

Force

Buby · Post by **Buby** » Sat March 28, 2026 4:45 pm

I hate loving SBM so much.

Knabetnuom · Post by **Knabetnuom** » Sat March 28, 2026 4:53 pm

Sleeping By Myself.

I appreciate the tender loneliness of the song and think Eddie finds some interesting musical ideas on the uke that transform into something even better with the band.

Force of Nature is all right, but a bit under baked. Much like Backspacer. Eating it, you remember when the kitchen crafted tastier food, you want to like it, it may even fill you up, but is ultimately unsatisfying.

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Sat March 28, 2026 6:31 pm

FoN I guess.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat March 28, 2026 9:46 pm

I know I say this every MM but... man Force of Nature sucks.

Post by **stip** » Sun March 29, 2026 7:08 pm

epilogue wrote:I know I say this every MM but... man Force of Nature sucks.

And each year you are wronger than the year before!

Post by **stip** » Sun March 29, 2026 7:08 pm

technically, you are equally wrong.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun March 29, 2026 9:40 pm

stip wrote:
epilogue wrote:I know I say this every MM but... man Force of Nature sucks.
And each year you are wronger than the year before!

lvc · Post by **lvc** » Sun March 29, 2026 10:45 pm

Force of Nature being and actual album cut is a travesty of participation trophy proportions.

Post by **stip** » Mon March 30, 2026 12:59 am

Somewhere there's a siren singing a song only he hears

For at least one more round!

Force of Nature wins 17-11, which is sad only because both of these worthy songs cannot advance

Red Mosquito