Great Music - Round 2: 1985-1989 (Group 10 of 16)

[mae]

During the second round of The Great Music Tournament, please vote for up to three tracks you would like to move onto the next round. The top three 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=qzD63ys1K8c


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Ncnh5dcJU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7zbU7183rA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sya0V6XZVRw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGx8CVA0Kew

[mae]

Love the way "The Road to Hell" builds in Part 1 and then bursts through in Part 2.

[mae]

Whoops, made a mistake myself finally! Meant to pick Chris Rea instead of the Beastie Boys. Must not forget to fix...

[Tommy]

(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) is one of my least favorite BB songs because it always sounded like a obnoxious, meaningless party song. I recently read an article that said the BB were tired of all the lame party songs of the time themselves and wrote it as an ironic slam against party songs. Knowing that kind of makes me like a little bit better.

[mae]

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


Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) (1986) 66.67%
Prince - Kiss (1986) 60.00%
Michael Jackson - Bad (1987) 46.67%


And the following are eliminated:


Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (1989) 33.33%
Public Enemy - Fight the Power (1989) 13.33%