Great Music - Round 1: 1985-1989 (Group 13 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):

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1986)

George Michael - One More Try (1987)

NWA - Fuck tha Police (1988)

Faith No More - Epic (1989)

Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way (1986)

REM - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987)

John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) (1985)

[Sai Sheb]

Really love this REM song takes me back years...

[mae]

Really love this REM song takes me back years...

Too bad a similar one from Billy Joel failed to make it.

[mae]

About 24 hours to go and this could use a few more votes.

[fernandito]

Whoever seconded Fuck Tha Police, thank you.

[mae]

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

• Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way (1986) 78.57%
• REM - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987) 71.43%
• The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1986) 57.14%

And the following is eliminated:

• George Michael - One More Try (1987) 28.57%

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

• Faith No More - Epic (1989) 42.86%
• John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) (1985) 42.86%
• NWA - Fuck tha Police (1988) 42.86%