1-29: Belong vs. Houston

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:26 am

I love Houston.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:28 am

PHATJ wrote:I love Houston.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:28 am

Belong is a cool bassline, silly verses (not in a good way), and an amazing chorus. But It Happened Today has kind of made Belong irrelevant.

Houston is stunning. Such a jarring song that never abandons hope that things will get better. And I adore the way Stipe sings those place names. There's so much romance in it.

EJ · Post by EJ » Thu March 24, 2016 1:31 am

Belong easily wins this for me.

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:33 am

belong

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:37 am

doug rr wrote:belong

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:38 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:38 am

doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites

it's pretty fucking great

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:42 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites
it's pretty fucking great

want to jump a barricade and head to the sea with me?

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:44 am

doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites
it's pretty fucking great
want to jump a barricade and head to the sea with me?

yes

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:47 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites
it's pretty fucking great
want to jump a barricade and head to the sea with me?
yes

every time I hear it I wish it was 12 minutes long

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:49 am

doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites
it's pretty fucking great
want to jump a barricade and head to the sea with me?
yes
every time I hear it I wish it was 12 minutes long

i'm a big fan of the unplugged performance

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:54 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
doug rr wrote:belong

not gonna lie, one of my all time favorites
it's pretty fucking great
want to jump a barricade and head to the sea with me?
yes
every time I hear it I wish it was 12 minutes long
i'm a big fan of the unplugged performance

absolutely...just put on country feedback from the jools holland show from 98

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Thu March 24, 2016 2:28 pm

i wouldn't think this would even be close.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 24, 2016 3:58 pm

Wtf. This is ridiculous.

I guess Accelerate is very underrated.

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Fri March 25, 2016 6:45 am

Liked both of these songs. Liked Houston more.

philpritchard · Post by **philpritchard** » Fri March 25, 2016 11:57 am

This is probably the toughest one so far for me. I picked Houston, but... I don't know. They both deserve to go a lot farther than the first round.

Post by **Mike** » Fri March 25, 2016 3:34 pm

Houston

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri March 25, 2016 3:45 pm

Another tough one. "Belong" is sonically the more compelling song, but I think "Houston" is ultimately the stronger work. "Accelerate" is one of Stipe's best records lyrically, to the point where I think he turns otherwise good songs into great ones, which I think he does here.

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