Great Music - Round 1: 1980-1984 (Group 4 of 16)

[mae]

During the first round of The Great Music Tournament, please vote for up to five tracks you would like to move onto the next round. The top five tracks will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given track receives will determine its standing going forward.

IMPORTANT! Please do not simply vote on name recognition (or lack thereof) alone. Please do listen to each nomination and then make your choice. Even if you think you know a track well, it's still worth giving it a listen for a refresher.

The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9694K85Xc8


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldXgK71pgxs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir0h30N3a9M


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_OGARBe6W0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEMYvpoR-k

[Jon]

So little love for The Stroke!

Another masturbation song.

[Sai Sheb]

Oh Leonard Cohen... So much talent, and so God damd depressive...

[mae]

I love him so much. Too bad a lot of his great songs like "The Future", "First We Take Manhattan", "I'm Your Man", or "Bird on a Wire" did not get in. I hope both "Hallelujah" and "Dance Me..." in the other group both move on. Sublime songs!

[Jon]

I have always been strangely drawn to The Thompson Twins.

[mae]

The poll has closed and the following tracks are moving on to the next round:


Rush - Tom Sawyer (1981) 78.95%
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (1984) 73.68%
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (1984) 47.37%
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1981) 47.37%


And the following is eliminated:


Billy Squier - The Stroke (1981) 36.84%


And these will go through a tiebreaker poll for the final spot to move on:


Spandau Ballet - True (1983) 42.11%
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (1984) 42.11%