Interest in U2 songs tourney? (similar to the current Beatles one)

Less than 24rs to vote for this lot:

U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 36: A Man And A Woman (Acoustic) v The Three Sunrises
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 37: Magnificent v The Troubles
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 38: Love & Peace or Else v Lucifer's Hands
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 39: Even Better..(Baby Version) v A Sort of Homecoming
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 40: Promenade v Mysterious Ways (Baby Version)

 

Results for 36-40:

The Three Sunrises (v A Man & A Woman [Acoustic] 23-3)
Magnificent (v The Troubles 23-8)
Love & Peace Or Else (v Lucifer's Hands 15-5)
A Sort Of Homecoming (v Even Better...[Baby Version] 41-5)
Promenade (v Mysterious Ways [Baby Version] 35-5)

No real surprises here. Glad to see ASOH getting a lot of love. Next few ties coming through very soon..

 

Just a suggestion, I use this thread as a reference to keep track of the active voting posts. I noticed sometimes they aren't added here until very late, and I dont see the current round yet.

If it were me, I would add the links to the current round here as soon as they are posted so people can just bookmark this and watch for updates.

I hope this doesn't sound picky. Thanks for running the tourney!

 

Too bad that The Troubles is already gone, as that is a personal favourite of mine (and I'm not that big a fan of Magnificent). Other than that, no real surprises in those five matches. And though I'd also voted for Lucifer's Hands I can live with that result.

 

I'm going to re-run Match #44 with another song up against 'Deep In The Heart'. I know I could let it slip through by default but that will mess up the figures for me (call me OCD in that regard). Rather than do it right away, I'll add it to the next batch which means we'll have six ties then.

Really embarrassed by this. I knew I should logged into the database from home to double check rather than just cutting & pasting the ties & e-mailing them to my home address.

 

No worries! I enjoy the Tourney so thanks for taking the time to do it. It's a ton of work and nobody should fault you on anything. Cheers!

 

Less than 24hrs to go for these ones..

U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 41: California v The Miracle of..(Busker's Version)
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 42: Slug v Rejoice
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 43: Boy/Girl v A Song For Someone (Acoustic)
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 45: You're The Best..(Acoustic) v I Threw A Brick..

As mentioned earlier, Match #44 is null & void because of an error. Next round will have six matches, including the corrected #44 tie.

 

Results for 41-43 & 45

California (v The Miracle of Joey Ramone [Busker version] 17-4)
Rejoice (v Slug 19-6)
Boy/Girl (v Song For Someone [Acoustic] 15-13)
I Threw A Brick.. (v You're The Best..[Acoustic] 26-8)

Quite close between Boy/Girl and the alternate 'Someone'. Glad the older song got through. The rest of the ties were no real surprises there as the alternate versions continue to get slaughtered.

Will get on to the next lot including the re-run of Match #44.

 

Results for 44 & 46-50

Deep In The Heart (v Is That All, 15-6)

Babyface (v Get Out Of..., 16-12)
Drowning Man (v Everlasting Love, 19-8)
A Man And A Woman (v Love Is Blindness [Baby Version], 13-10)
Jesus Christ (v Big Girls Are Best, 11-8)
Wild Honey (v Help! [live], 14-5)

More ties coming..Prelim round is almost over!

 

Wow, I did not see the thread for this section! It must have been posted separately.

 

Just a little over 24hrs left for these ties:

U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 51: Hawkmoon 269 v Stand Up Comedy
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 52: Helter Skelter (live) v Gimme Shelter (live)
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 53: (XXX v Ultraviolet)
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 54: Yoshino Blossom v What's Going On?
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 55: Shadows and Tall Trees v Wire

The next run will be for six ties and will be the last for the Prelim round!

 

Results for this round:

Hawkmoon 269 (v Stand Up Comedy, 24-3)
Helter Skelter (v Gimme Shelter, 34-5)
Ultraviolet (v XXX, 31-3)
Yoshino Blossom (v What's Going On?, 20-7)
Wire (v Shadows & Tall Trees, 32-11)

I was going to do the last 6 matches of the prelim tonight but I'm zonked after work. I will get on to them tomorrow AM. Cheers!

 

Sorry, not good enough! Sleep is for wimps!!

 

As I haven't seen any sign of life from him yet I guess he slept like a baby last night.

 

24hrs to go for these ties:

U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 56: Boomerang II v Yahweh
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 57: Levitate v United Colours
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 58: Mercy (live) v Desert Of Our Love
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 59: Like A Song v Bad
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 60: Miss Sarajevo v Gone
U2 Song Tourney Prelim Match 61: Red Light v Instant Karma!

Some very close races here...

 

Final set of results for this prelim round:

Yahweh (v Boomerang II, 14-13)
Levitate (v United Colours, 11-2)
Desert Of Our Love (v Mercy, 10-7)
Bad (v Like A Song, 32-8)
Gone (v Miss Sarajevo, 21-10)
Red Light (v Instant Karma, 18-2)

Shocked to see Miss Sarajevo go out so early. I really thought of the two Gone would be the weakest and go but...no. Wow. Well, that happens in a random draw.

Well that was the prelim round. Later today when I've shuffled the data round, I'll start Round 1. Cheers & thanks for keeping up with this.

 

@jimjim When are you starting the next round? I did a search but could not find the next round yet (if it has started). Cheers

 

Anyone seen Adam Clayton recently?

 

His barber definitely didn't. I barely recognized him!

 

Less than 24hrs to go to the conclusion of the first set of Rd 1 ties:

U2 Song Tourney Round 1 Match 1: Maggie's Farm (live) v The Miracle of Joey Ramone
U2 Song Tourney Round 1 Match 2: Smile v Volcano
U2 Song Tourney Round 1 Match 3: Rise Up v Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
U2 Song Tourney Round 1 Match 4: Sun City (live) v Xanax & Wine
U2 Song Tourney Round 1 Match 5: I Threw A Brick... v Origin Of The Species

Some very tight races here...

 

Results for the opening salvo of Round 1 ties:

The Miracle of Joey Ramone (v Maggie's Farm, 15-13)
Volcano (v Smile, 12-6)
Rise Up (v Are You Gonna Wait Forever?, 8-7)
Xanax & Wine (v Sun City, 12-5)
I Threw A Brick.. (v Original Of The Species, 15-8)

Disappointed to see their excellent deep cut 'Maggie's Farm' go out. Always loved that ragged, thrilling live track. But I'm glad 'Rise Up' has sneaked through over a weak post-2000 track.

Next set coming very shortly...

 

As the tournament proper has now started, is there a list of the participating songs (or even the complete round 1 schedule)? It would also be nice to see which ones didn't even reach the tournament but got out in the preliminary rounds. Several songs unfortunately didn't make it, while there might be alternative versions that are still competing. It would be nice to have an overview of it.

 

Results of the second set of Rd 1 ties:

Luminous Times (v Satellite of Love, 14-6)
Last Night On Earth (v Miami, 28-7)
North & South Of The River (v Blow Your House Down, 13-8)
Things To Make & Do (v Shadows & Tall Trees [demo], 13-6)
In A Little While (v Elvis Presley & America, 16-11)

Next set of ties coming soon...

 

Results for this salvo of results:

I Will Follow (v Sweetest Thing [A-side], 29-8)
Bad (v Sweetest Thing [B-side], 35-6)
Love Is Blindness [Acoustic] (v Endless Deep, 17-10)
Deep In The Heart (v American Soul, 20-6)
Window In The Skies (v Soon, 14-5)

Next set of ties coming up!

 

Next set of results:

Two Hearts Beat As One (v Out of Control [CBS], 31-8)
A Sort Of Homecoming (v Vertigo, 41-16)
Beautiful Day (v The Electric Co, 23-19)
Angel of Harlem (v Get On Your Boots, 52-9)
Boomerang I (v Miracle Drug, 19-14)

Large turnout for these ties but no real surprises. I'm amazed GOYB got...votes. Lol.

Next set of ties coming up..