Great Music - Round 1: 1995-1999 (Group 1 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=1leInEAlbjY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtemrZ7-pj0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrZ4sMRYimw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmfQ7gSaJgM


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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzeksmL4KBY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQjy6KAtls

[Girlystevedave]

I regret not nominating the heck out of Cake for this tournament.

[mae]

I'm surprised that the only Offspring song nominated was "The Kids Aren't Alright".

[Girlystevedave]

Yeah, I would have been cool with more Offspring, too.

[Jon]

I love The Way and the vocals on Don't Speak are very good...but I could take or leave the rest of this group. I have all the Offspring I can handle. LOL

[mae]

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


No Doubt - Don't Speak (1995) 72.22%
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright (1998) 61.11%
Cake - The Distance (1996) 44.44%
Fastball - The Way (1998) 38.89%


And the following is eliminated:


Marilyn Manson - Tourniquet (1996) 11.11%


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


Pulp - Common People (1995) 16.67%
Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar (1999) 16.67%