REM song tournament: Lament Wins!

[Norah]

I would have gone with the instrumental.

[stip]

Would people have been happy with Low Desert or Departure?


KD will be sad Falls to Climb wasn't picked.



And I can't believe no one has Everybody Hurts. Except, as great as it is, it is one of the worst songs on Automatic.

[Lament]

If it weren't for the one song per album rule I'm sure Everybody Hurts would have been picked.

[Chris_H_2]

Am I the only one with a crush on Wolves, Lower? Love that song . . .

[stip]

Round 1

1a. Stip vs. Chud

Spoiler: show

Chud
1. Harborcoat
2. World Leader Pretend
3. Hope
4. Sweetness Follows
5. Crush With Eyeliner
6. Shaking Through
7. Zither
8. Belong
9. Superman
10. Saturn Returns
11. Can't Get There From Here
12. Supernatural Superserious
13. Mine Smell Like Honey
14. There She Goes Again
15. Around the Sun
16. Fireplace

vs.

Stip
1. You Are the Everything
2. Uberlin
3. Losing My Religion
4. So. Central Rain
5. What if We Give it Away?
6. Leave
7. Try Not to Breathe
8. Finest Worksong
9. Life and How to Live It
10. I Wanted to be Wrong
11. Houston
12. Chorus and the Ring
13. Star 69
14. Crazy
15. Parakeet
16. West of the Fields

1b. Kaius vs. PhilPritchard

Spoiler: show

PhilPritchard
1. The Lifting
2. Me in Honey
3. Maps and Legends
4. Until the Day is Done
5. Bang and Blame
6. Blue
7. Letter Never Sent
8. So Fast, So Numb
9. Final Straw
10. Exhuming McCarthy
11. 9-9
12. Hallelujah
13. You're in the Air
14. The Wrong Child
15. Just a Touch
16. Ignoreland

vs.

Kaius
1. Be Mine
2. 7 Chinese Brothers
3. Texarkana
4. Untitled 11th Song
5. Tongue
6. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
7. Suspicion
8. I've Been High
9. Khoutek
10. I Believe
11. Ascent of Man
12. Discoverer
13. Fretless
14. Catapult
15. Horse to Water
16. Lightin' Hopkins

[stip]

Am I the only one with a crush on Wolves, Lower? Love that song . . .

I do too. It's what I would have taken if I didn't take crazy. I love all the songs on Chronic Town, though.


I was also tempted to take live for today, wall of death, arms of love, and walking the line. I took photograph last time but no one knew it.

[stip]

My guess is you probably don't agree with the one I picked.

it was my second choice, and definitely a draftable song

[PryTo]

Am I the only one with a crush on Wolves, Lower? Love that song . . .

That was going to be my non-album track all along. I switched at the very last minute to Carnival of Sorts. It was a tough call.

[PryTo]

Am I the only one with a crush on Wolves, Lower? Love that song . . .

I do too. It's what I would have taken if I didn't take crazy. I love all the songs on Chronic Town, though.


I was also tempted to take live for today, wall of death, arms of love, and walking the line. I took photograph last time but no one knew it.

Wall of Death was on my short list. So was this one.



Decided to go with a non-cover, since there was only one pick. Chronic Town is too good to ignore.

[Lament]

Do people not like the song Animal? I was watching the first part of Perfect Square last night and I had forgotten about that song.

[stip]

1a. Stip vs. Chud

Chud
1. Harborcoat-5
2. World Leader Pretend-5
3. Hope-5
4. Sweetness Follows-5
5. Crush With Eyeliner-3
6. Shaking Through-4
7. Zither-2
8. Belong-3
9. Superman-4
10. Saturn Returns-4.5
11. Can't Get There From Here-3
12. Supernatural Superserious-4.5
13. Mine Smell Like Honey-4
14. There She Goes Again-2.5
15. Around the Sun-3
16. Fireplace-3

chud started out with an incredibly strong team, but his tastes diverged a bit from mine after round 4. I REALLY wanted Saturn Returns. That's an amazing song. Mine Smell Like Honey is a great classical sounding REM song, too


vs.

Stip
1. You Are the Everything-5
2. Uberlin-4.5
3. Losing My Religion-5
4. So. Central Rain-5
5. What if We Give it Away?-4
6. Leave-5
7. Try Not to Breathe-5
8. Finest Worksong-5
9. Life and How to Live It-5
10. I Wanted to be Wrong-4.5
11. Houston-4.5
12. Chorus and the Ring-4
13. Star 69-4
14. Crazy-4
15. Parakeet-3.5
16. West of the Fields-4

I'm a huge fan of my team until round 12 or so. I really like all those songs but I do feel like there's a noticeable drop off in quality at that point.

Vote for me


1b. Kaius vs. PhilPritchard

PhilPritchard
1. The Lifting-5
2. Me in Honey-5
3. Maps and Legends-3.5
4. Until the Day is Done-5
5. Bang and Blame-3.5
6. Blue-4
7. Letter Never Sent-4.5
8. So Fast, So Numb-5
9. Final Straw-4.5
10. Exhuming McCarthy-3.5
11. 9-9-4
12. Hallelujah-3.5
13. You're in the Air-2.5
14. The Wrong Child-2.5
15. Just a Touch-3
16. Ignoreland-4.5

Ignoreland was a great 16th round pick. I really think You're in the Air is boring, and the wrong child always felt affected to me. But other than those two songs there's nothing to sneer at in this team, and there are some top songs on here.

vs.

Kaius
1. Be Mine-4
2. 7 Chinese Brothers-4
3. Texarkana-3.5
4. Untitled 11th Song-5
5. Tongue-4.5
6. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight-4
7. Suspicion-4
8. I've Been High-3
9. Khoutek-3.5
10. I Believe-5
11. Ascent of Man-3
12. Discoverer-3
13. Fretless-3
14. Catapult-3
15. Horse to Water-3.5
16. Lightin' Hopkins-3

I hate to say it Kaius, but this may be the team that I like the least, despite the presence of I Believe and especially Untitled 11th song (also maybe Tongue). Although there's nothing on here I dislike, there just aren't that many highs.

Vote for PhilPritchard

[Chris_H_2]

Do people not like the song Animal? I was watching the first part of Perfect Square last night and I had forgotten about that song.

I picked it last time, and it didn't do me any favors.

[stip]

Do people not like the song Animal? I was watching the first part of Perfect Square last night and I had forgotten about that song.

Not really...

[PryTo]

Another great short list song.

[Jorge]

Stipe sounds really bad in "Animal"

[PryTo]

Sounds like it's five against one for Animal.

Couldn't resist.

[kreng]

no Low Desert

[stip]

I know, but what would you not have taken instead?

Besides zither

[epilogue]

Am I the only one with a crush on Wolves, Lower? Love that song . . .

No, sir. I very nearly went with that one.

[stip]

Another great short list song.

that was on my short list too. We definitely should have included chronic town/dead letter office