Chinese vs. Drifting vs. Strangest Tribe

Post by **stip** » Sun March 05, 2017 12:13 am

3 songs enter. One song leaves

Voting ends 3/6

Post by **stip** » Sun March 05, 2017 12:28 am

That weird vocal wash at the end of Chinese is such a Ten era moment. I kind of miss them. They would have knocked this song out of the park if they finished it.

Strangest Tribe is nice, but it's one of those songs RM falls over that I've never connected with at anything close to a meaningful level.

I love the shaggy campfire feel of drifting. I rarely seek it out, but when I do I'm happy I did. I agree the single version is better than the LD version, but I like that one too.

I was kind of surprised at how much I enjoyed the Chinese instrumental. It is clearly the weakest of the three songs, but I'm going to give it a vote for what it could have been. If drifting/strangest tribe is close I may change back to drifting.

wease · Post by **wease** » Sun March 05, 2017 1:51 am

Strangest Tribe just because I've only heard Chinese one time.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Sun March 05, 2017 1:52 am

Strangest Tribe is now one of my favourites.

tommymtcom · Post by **tommymtcom** » Sun March 05, 2017 1:54 am

Strangest tribe, but I'm sad to have to vote against drifting this early.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun March 05, 2017 2:05 am

I'm voting for Drifting, but I want to clarify it's the original studio version I'm voting for, not the Lost Dogs monstrosity.

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Sun March 05, 2017 7:24 am

I really enjoy Drifting every time I hear it. I have to really pay attention to get a lot out of Strangest Tribe, but when I do, I get more from it than I ever do from Drifting.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Sun March 05, 2017 10:20 am

LetMeSleep wrote:Strangest Tribe is now one of my favourites.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Sun March 05, 2017 3:08 pm

Chinese has never made it past R1
Drifting has made a few R2's
Strangest Tribe made R3 in 2008, R4 in 2015, and R3 in 2016.

Post by **Bammer** » Sun March 05, 2017 4:07 pm

Drifting in the easiest Round 1 decision

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Sun March 05, 2017 4:19 pm

tommymtcom wrote:Strangest tribe, but I'm sad to have to vote against drifting this early.

Post by **stip** » Sun March 05, 2017 4:40 pm

ABNorman wrote:Chinese has never made it past R1
Drifting has made a few R2's
Strangest Tribe made R3 in 2008, R4 in 2015, and R3 in 2016.

its got an outside shot of making it to the final 4 for non-album tracks

digster · Post by **digster** » Sun March 05, 2017 4:47 pm

Strangest Tribe, though I'm a big fan of Drifting as well.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sun March 05, 2017 5:13 pm

Bammer wrote:Drifting in the easiest Round 1 decision

Bammer's gonna bam.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun March 05, 2017 7:18 pm

digster wrote:Strangest Tribe, though I'm a big fan of Drifting as well.

Yup

Post by **evenslow** » Mon March 06, 2017 4:23 am

Coin flip between Tribe and Drifting. Tails goes to Tribe.

Post by **evenslow** » Mon March 06, 2017 4:44 am

And what an incredible vocal take from Ed on Strangest Tribe. Just perfect.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Mon March 06, 2017 4:46 am

evenslow wrote:And what an incredible vocal take from Ed on Strangest Tribe. Just perfect.

It's how Ed and the band should move forward.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Mon March 06, 2017 4:47 am

durdencommatyler wrote:
digster wrote:Strangest Tribe, though I'm a big fan of Drifting as well.
Yup

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Mon March 06, 2017 9:23 am

stip wrote:
ABNorman wrote:Chinese has never made it past R1
Drifting has made a few R2's
Strangest Tribe made R3 in 2008, R4 in 2015, and R3 in 2016.
its got an outside shot of making it to the final 4 for non-album tracks

I can't really see any decent competition for it if I'm reading the brackets right. But it ramps up a bit once it hits the final 4 - looks like it could go up against Fatal/Sunburn, Yellow Ledbetter, State of Love and Trust, Man of the Hour...

Red Mosquito