FOFC Favorite OHW - Round 3 - Group A/B
 

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a-ha - Take On Me (d. Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise - 38/4, The Silhouettes - Get A Job - 43/5 )

Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll Part 2 (d. Primitive Radio Gods - Phone Booth - 24/12, When in Rome - The Promise - 26/18)

4 Non Blondes - What's Up (d. Focus - Hocus Pocus - 34/4, Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin - 25/19)

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis (d. Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune - 31/6, New Radicals - You Get What You Give - 30/15)

Big Country - In a Big Country (d. Robert Knight - Everlasting Love - 34/10, Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime - 25/16)

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (d. Thunderclap Newman - 35/9, Carl Dougless - Kung Fu Fighting - 22/19)

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (d. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams - 33/8, Len - Steal My Sunshine - 28/12)

Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz (d. Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground - 32/8, Merril Bainbridge - Mouth - 31/4)

Note: I added lines in spoiler tags because I didn't want lines to somehow influence voting, but thought it might be fun to have...I can drop it if you don't like it...

a-ha vs Glitter - Glitter has had about as tough a road to this point as anybody, which makes it hard to judge the total support the song gets when both opponents were strong, but I don't think the support is strong enough to overcome a-ha and their bracket leading 81 total votes through 2 rounds.

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Blondes vs Cohn - Blondes has 59 votes so far and Cohn has 56, but it's pretty easy to argue that Cohn has had the tougher road so far...

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Big Country vs Verve - really tough call here...both had tough match ups last round, vote totals so far for both have been similar...size of voter turnout could be the difference here:

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Greenbaum vs Taco - I think this might just be the biggest blow out in round 3

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I am just happy to see a song that can finally eliminate Taco.

I hate that 4 Non Blondes song so much. That is all.

I don't despise Bittersweet Symphony, but not sure how it is beating In a Big Country like it is.

This is going to get real tough real quick.

doodoodoodoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodit HEY!

no change I can change I can change I can change but I'm here in my mode I can hear in my mode

My vote in the last option didnt take. I may have unchecked,.

I shose Puttin' on the Ritz.

Take On Me getting the re-mastered bump in this vote I Imagine.

sad that i no longer like take on me anymore. heard it too much
i still like puttin on the ritz

Big Country is easily my 3rd favorite song in that group, unfortunately Bittersweet Symphony is 2nd after What's Up.

Big Country vs The Verve may be my hardest choice yet.

What's Up was ruined by a thousand drunk chicks at karaoke bars...only worse songs are black velvet and me and bobby mcgee

I'll keep it in mind when I do the tally...

I guess I forgot to set an end time on this pool...(you'd think I'd stop screwing stuff up at this point...)

I'll close this poll 1/9 at 10 AM EST.

Though I like it, I'll give you Black Velvet. But holy hell how can you not like Me and Bobby McGee?!!?

just over an hour left to vote on this one...

Gah, if Big Country loses by a vote I am not going to be happy...

poll is closed...

a-ha vs Glitter - a-ha continues to rack up the votes...getting 39 out of 43 voters...going to be tough to beat.

4 Non Blonds vs Cohn - knew it would be tight...and it came down to 1 vote...

Big Country vs The Verve - interesting the way this match up played out...Bittersweet got out to a big lead which prompted warhammer's comment, but Big Country came back to tie. Then The Verve opened a second big lead only to see that evaporate as Big Country tied again. Then The Verve reeled off 3 straight votes to take a 21 to 18 vote lead, Big Country got 2 of the 3 back before time ran out...

Greenbaum vs Taco - No surprise here...

So disappointing.

because of said drunk chicks rilly
i mean janis was a drunk chick herself rilly

i'd rather listen to the bruce springsteen version rilly

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


That's so BITTERSWEET! :D