Best Overexposed Song Survivor: A Beastly Winner

Are you happy with the results?

  • No, I'm sick of Maiden winning everything.

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • Yes, although I am little disappointed Run to the Hills isn't there.

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • Are you kidding? This sucks and so do you.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • May as well shut down all survivors now, there will never be a better one.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Adrian Smith.

    Votes: 10 66.7%
  • Total voters
    15
Yeah, I'm with Foro. I think eliminating Maiden from some of these games would things much more interesting. But that's what we have Non-Maiden/Maiden Top Tens for, I suppose.
 
I have to say I really dislike the "Maiden bias" term. Of course people are going to favor Maiden songs, for most of us Maiden is our favorite band. I don't think it's a blinding love though, take a look at the Tournament of Champions, Maiden is being massacred in that game. Not just Maiden; Bruce Dickinson solo too. The Maiden songs in this game, especially NotB and 2MtM, are widely considered fan favorites, so it's no surprise that they're doing well.
 
Especially in this topic, I had thought of an at least as critical attitude towards Maiden.

Run to the Hills as many votes as Rainbow in the Dark? I had to rub my eyes twice, to see if that's really the case.

I find Come As You Are (probably my favourite Nirvana track) way better than Fear of the Dark and 2 Minutes.

I honestly have enough of some of these overplayed Maiden songs. If lots of people even find these overplayed songs (which are for Maidenfans more overplayed than non-Maiden songs) better than almost all other non-Maiden songs, then bias is a term that really comes to mind.
 
Forostar said:
Bias is more of a blinding love, isn't it? Especially in a topic with overexposed songs, this is a good opportunity to critically (re)consider how nice a song really is.
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Here's the deal (the details might be false, the argument is not):
Me and Flash think Crazy Train is a terrific song. Much better than Run to the Hills, which we think is OK.
We think Rock You Like a Hurricane is crap. Far worse than Run to the Hills.

Knick and Mosh think Rock You Like A Hurricane is a terrific song. Much better than the mediocre Run to the Hills.
They think Crazy Train is crap. Far worse then Run to the Hills.

Two votes for Train, two for Hurricane. Both eliminated. The mediocre Hills advances.

These survivors show where our tastes converge, and in a Maiden forum chances are they are going to converge most often on Maiden songs.
It's so obvious, I can't believe you'd complain about it.
 
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mckindog said:
Here's the deal (the details might be false, the argument is not):
Me and Flash think Crazy Train is a terrific song. Much better than Run to the Hills, which we think is OK.
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Here's the deal. OK songs should get a vote (only two songs advance per group), but it doesn't happen because it's Maiden,
 
Eliminated: Breaking the Law, No One Like You, Hells, Bells, Panama, Rock the Casbah
 
Sorry for neglecting this over the holidays.
Eliminated: Unforgiven, Paradise City, Billie Jean, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Run to the Hills
Group Five enters the game.
 
Nice pic :---)

Imagine us 30, 40 years later:

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:)
 
Peace Sells
Sweet Child
Rainbow in the Dark
Symphony
Electric Eye
Since You've Been Gone
Living After Midnight
Highway to Hell
Another One
Back in Black
You've Got Another
 
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