Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 7: Group B) [abandoned]

[Forostar]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

All the first options.

 

[valacirca]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

bumping this up for now to say that I'll have to organize the results a bit (maybe a day or two) for Round 4 before moving on to Round 5

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

Out of the shadows of sun and steel, heaven can wait for the man who will be king of the truth from here to eternity.

 

[Habberdasher]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

Is this still going on? I hope so. Short of doing a Survivor that starts with the entire IM catalog, I think this method has the best chance of ordering the all of the songs from best to worst.

 

[LooseCannon]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

Oh man, do you have any idea how brutal a whole IM catalogue survivor would be?

Though.

It's do-able.

 

[valacirca]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

Sorry for the delay. With the delayed bday get-togethers, xmas preparations/parties and work it's hard to find time Life gets in the way. LOL.

 

[Habberdasher]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 4: Group L)

Oh man, do you have any idea how brutal a whole IM catalogue survivor would be?

Though.

It's do-able.

You'd probably need to start with 10-15 votes per person for the first few rounds. Then down to 5 votes once the list shrinks to under 75, then down to 3 votes below 40, etc. It would be a challenge, but worth it!

 

[valacirca]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

Okay, it's been long enough... and I've just realized how long this thing is possibly going to carry on (yeah it's going to take a while lol) Next round starts now! My picks:

2 Minutes to Midnight
Wrathchild
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
No Prayer for the Dying
The Mercenary
Ghost of the Navigator

 

[Black Thunder]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

2 Minutes To Midnight
Wrathchild
Deja Vu
No Prayer For The Dying
The Fugutive
Isle Of Avalon.

 

[Forostar]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

One of the toughest rounds so far.

22 Acacia Avenue 
Total Eclipse
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fortunes of War
The Fugitive
Isle of Avalon

 

[The Flash]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

2 Minutes to Midnight (tough as hell)
Wrathchild
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fortunes of War (underrated song)
The Mercenary
Ghost of the Navigator

 

[Invader]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

2 Minutes to Midnight
Wrathchild
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
No Prayer for the Dying
The Fugitive
Isle of Avalon

One of the toughest rounds so far.

Definitely.  3, 4, and 6 were quite surprising choices, coming from you.

 

[Forostar]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

Those three were exactly the toughest ones so you know my taste well.

On the other hand, I've always been in love with ATSS, and its live performance and the impression it made must have helped. This is really "my era" song, and my favourite Maiden song of the nineties.

No Prayer vs Fortunes of War was also difficult, I quite like both songs. I prefer the melodies in No Prayer, but the first couple of minutes (before the acceleration) from Fortunes I like a lot as well. Blaze is doing a nice job and the later instrumental section is pretty strong too. In the end I decided to compare the less strong moments, and the instrumental part in the title track was decisive.

Isle of Avalon is probably my one but favourite song from the latest album, just like Ghost is mostprobably my one but favourite song from BNW. Very tough. I decided to choose Avalon because of its suspenseful build-up. I really find it refreshing, and the production of the Three Amigos is breathtaking.

 

[Invader]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

Those three were exactly the toughest ones so you know my taste well.

Well, that's what being on a forum for many years does to you but this was based on recent events.  You highly praised Deja Vu when it was in the daily song ratings, we had a disagreement over GOTN some time ago in some other thread, and you liking No Prayer (the album) more than most fans has always been apparent.

 

[Forostar]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

I was indeed extremely positive about Deja-Vu. The difference with ATSS is minimal. There's a bit more emotional attachment to ATSS.

Need to read that disagreement again to refresh my memory. Ah well, our views will pop up in the daily song ratings, just like all these other songs.

 

[Jeffmetal]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

22 Acacia Avenue
Total Eclipse
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fortunes of War
The Mercenary
Ghost of the Navigator

 

[mckindog]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

One of the toughest rounds so far.

22 Acacia Avenue 
Total Eclipse
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fortunes of War
The Fugitive
Isle of Avalon

I picked the other song in every pair, but I can't really find fault with any of your choices.
Don't know if its a commentary on the overall quality of Maiden songs, or just some canny pairings.
I'm very curious to see where this all leads.

 

[Prowler_108]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

Midnight
Eclipse
Strangers
Fortunes
Mercenary
Ghost

Every one except 4 and 5 was hard.

 

[valacirca]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

Glad to see folks having a hard time (what a weird thing to say, lol). This means the system might actually be working. Cheers!

 

[Vortex]

Re: Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament (Round 5: Group A)

22
Wrath
Afraid
No Prayer
Fugitive
Avalon