Great Music - Round 1: 1975-1979 (Group 9 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=rKTUAESacQM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gv_kL1EDg


http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqT5s0j9CFY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQY2z6aALD4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hWWe-ts2s


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23rKt18QwVY

[Iwritecode]

Wow, tough to leave any one of these songs out. Some absolute classics in here.

[Heather19]

Don't Fear the Reaper is one of my all-time favorite songs. So glad at least one song that I love will move forward.

[mae]

Couldn't pick two songs more different from one another, but "Rapper's Delight" and "The Rose" are tied for fifth.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

I'm voting to save The Rose for Bill. :cool:

[mae]

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


Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (1977) 76.47%
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1976) 70.59%
Cheap Trick - Surrender (1978) 47.06%
Meat Loaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1977) 47.06%
Bette Midler - The Rose (1979) 35.29%


And the following are eliminated:


The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (1979) 29.41%
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975) 17.65%