Official "Most Iconic Song of the 1980s" Tourney Thread

[Gregg]

Official Round 2 Results

#1 (Don't You) Forget About Me - 10
#8 Livin on a Prayer - 8

#1 Born in the USA - 15
#8 I Ran - 3

#1 Melt With You - 7
#8 Burning Down the House - 11

#1 Whip It - 13
#8 Don't You Want Me - 5

#4 Material Girl - 11
#12 867-5309/Jenny - 7

#5 Shout - 10
#4 Little Red Corvette - 8

#4 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - 9*
#12 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - 9

#5 Rock the Casbah - 12
#4 Every Breath You Take - 6

#14 The Stroke - 6
#6 Our House - 12

#3 Jessie's Girl - 11
#6 Karma Chameleon - 7

#3 Walk Like an Egyptian - 8
#6 Welcome to the Jungle - 10

#3 You Gotta Fight - 6
#6 Money for Nothing - 12

#7 Take on Me - 11
#2 Pour Some Sugar on Me - 7

#7 Hungry Like the Wolf - 8
#2 Come on Eileen - 10

#10 Under Pressure - 6
#2 Billy Jean - 12

#7 Eye of the Tiger - 9
#2 I Love Rock n Roll - 9*

* Higher seed advances

Seems to me if a lower seed ties the higher seed it is the lower seed that should move on.

[revo]

Seems to me if a lower seed ties the higher seed it is the lower seed that should move on.

Why? That's the benefit to being a higher seed and having a seeding structure.

[Gregg]

Why? That's the benefit to being a higher seed and having a seeding structure.

The highest seeds need to fend off the lower to show they belong there. If they can't do that the tie should go to the underdog. Still fun and just my opinion.

Also who sets the seeding? Was it done with most votes for the 16 teams followed by second, third etc? Again still fun. Not complaining just my opinion.

[revo]

The highest seeds need to fend off the lower to show they belong there. If they can't do that the tie should go to the underdog. Still fun and just my opinion.

Also who sets the seeding? Was it done with most votes for the 16 teams followed by second, third etc? Again still fun. Not complaining just my opinion.

DMT set the seeding.

[Gregg]

DMT set the seeding.

And a fine job he did...except for the ties.

[DMT]

And a fine job he did...except for the ties.

I feel like we've had a nice ratio of upsets, but yes the ties are unfortunate. It's also too bad we can't see who's voted.

[Ken]

Ties are easy to resolve - first person who did not already vote just posts after the results as the tie breaker.

[revo]

Sweet Sixteen Results

#1 (Don't You) Forget About Me - 11
#4 Material Girl - 2

#1 Born in the USA - 10
#5 Shout - 3

#9 Burning Down the House - 6
#4 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - 7

#1 Whip It - 7
#5 Rock the Casbah - 6

#6 Our House - 5
#7 Take on Me - 8

#3 Jessie's Girl - 4
#2 Come on Eileen - 9

#6 Welcome to the Jungle- 7
#2 Billy Jean - 6

#6 Money for Nothing - 10
#2 I Love Rock n'Roll - 3

[revo]

Elite Eight

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[DMT]

Sweet Sixteen Results

#1 (Don't You) Forget About Me - 11
#4 Material Girl - 2

#1 Born in the USA - 10
#5 Shout - 3

#9 Burning Down the House - 6
#4 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - 7

#1 Whip It - 7
#5 Rock the Casbah - 6

#6 Our House - 5
#7 Take on Me - 8

#3 Jessie's Girl - 4
#2 Come on Eileen - 9

#6 Welcome to the Jungle- 7
#2 Billy Jean - 6

#6 Money for Nothing - 10
#2 I Love Rock n'Roll - 3

Three 6 seeds into the elite 8!

[Mithrandir]

Simple
Dexy
GnR
Dire

[Sour Masher]

Three 6 seeds into the elite 8!

I don't know how Money for Nothing beat I Love Rock n' Roll. It was an iconic video and a fine song, but surprised by that landslide over an all-time great.

[Sour Masher]

Man, these are the toughest match ups so far. Really hard picks, but ultimately, I went straight chalk. the hardest match ups were me voting against Take On Me and Come on Eileen for the first times. Love both those songs as much as the ones I chose, but Born in the USA, so iconic and the Boss needed to move on. Simple Minds is a worse music video, but the better song.

[Steve 2.0]

Really hard pricks,.

And Steve 2.0 takes the lead in the "who is going to make the most juvenile post on RJ today" game.

[Pauly]

I don't know how Money for Nothing beat I Love Rock n' Roll. It was an iconic video and a fine song, but surprised by that landslide over an all-time great.

Ugh...I love Rock and Roll is one of the worst songs ever made lol