Iron Maiden Survivor done: Hallowed and Rime co-champions

Vote for your LEAST favorite songs!

  • Hallowed Be Thy Name

    Votes: 12 46.2%
  • Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

    Votes: 14 53.8%

  • Total voters
    26

SinisterMinisterX

Illuminatus
Staff member
Vote for your LEAST favorite songs!

This is a Survivor game. Vote for the song(s) that should be eliminated in this round. You get three votes.

As we progress the best songs are left standing. Each round is 2 days long. The top ten songs from this series will proceed to the next series, where they compete against the songs from the next album.

Eventually we'll have an overall top 10, and then we'll eliminate those songs one by one until only The Best Iron Maiden Song survives.

For the full rules, please see this thread.

The top ten Iron Maiden songs:
1 (tie). Hallowed Be Thy Name
1 (tie). Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
3. Powerslave
4. Paschendale
5. Infinite Dreams
6. Phantom Of The Opera
7. Aces High
8. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
9. Brave New World
10. Ghost Of The Navigator



Results by series:
Series 1:
11. Another Life
12 (tie). Innocent Exile
12 (tie). Purgatory
14 (tie). Iron Maiden
14 (tie). The Ides Of March
14 (tie). Prodigal Son
17 (tie). Strange World
17 (tie). Charlotte The Harlot
19. Twilight Zone
20. Drifter

Series 2:
11. Murders In The Rue Morgue
12. Run To The Hills
13. Genghis Khan
14 (tie). Prowler
14 (tie). Sanctuary
16. Total Eclipse
17. Invaders
18. Running Free
19. Gangland

Series 3:
11. 22 Acacia Avenue
12. Killers
13. Die With Your Boots On
14. The Prisoner
15. Wrathchild
16. Flight Of Icarus
17. Transylvania
18. Quest For Fire
19. Sun And Steel

Series 4:
11. The Number Of The Beast
12. Where Eagles Dare
13. Remember Tomorrow
14. Still Life
15 (tie). Flash Of The Blade
15 (tie). Back In The Village
17. The Duellists
18. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)

Series 5:
11 (tie). Caught Somewhere In Time
11 (tie). Wasted Years
13. Alexander The Great
14. The Trooper
15 (tie). Sea Of Madness
15 (tie). The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
17. Heaven Can Wait
18. Deja Vu

Series 6:
11. Stranger In A Strange Land
12. The Evil That Men Do
13. The Clairvoyant
14. Only The Good Die Young
15. To Tame A Land
16. 2 Minutes To Midnight
17. The Prophecy
18. Can I Play With Madness

Series 7:
11. No Prayer For The Dying
12 (tie). Holy Smoke
12 (tie). Mother Russia
14. Run Silent Run Deep
15. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
16 (tie). Tailgunner
16 (tie). Fates Warning
18. The Assassin
19. Public Enema Number One
20. Hooks In You

Series 8:
11. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Wasting Love
14. Be Quick Or Be Dead
15. Judas Be My Guide
16. From Here To Eternity
17 (tie). Childhood's End
17 (tie). The Fugitive
19 (tie). Fear Is The Key
19 (tie). Weekend Warrior
21. The Apparition
22. Chains Of Misery

Series 9:
11. Revelations
12. Lord Of The Flies
13. The Edge Of Darkness
14. Fortunes Of War
15. Man On The Edge
16. The Aftermath
17. Look For The Truth
18. Judgement Of Heaven
19. Blood On The World's Hands
20. The Unbeliever
21. 2 A.M.

Series 10:
11. The Clansman
12 (tie). Virus
12 (tie). Futureal
14. Como Estais Amigos
15. The Educated Fool
16. Lightning Strikes Twice
17 (tie). When Two Worlds Collide
17 (tie). Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger
19. The Angel And The Gambler

Series 11:
11. Sign Of The Cross
12. Children Of The Damned
13. Blood Brothers
14 (tie). The Wicker Man
14 (tie). Dream Of Mirrors
16. The Nomad
17. The Thin Line Between Love And Hate
18. Out Of The Silent Planet
19. The Fallen Angel
20. The Mercenary

Series 12:
11. Dance Of Death
12. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
13. Rainmaker
14. Journeyman
15. No More Lies
16 (tie). Montsegur
16 (tie). Face In The Sand
18. The Age Of Innocence
19. Wildest Dreams
20. Gates Of Tomorrow
21. New Frontier

Series 13:
11. Moonchild
12. For The Greater Good Of God
13. The Legacy
14 (tie). These Colours Don't Run
14 (tie). The Longest Day
16. The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
17. Lord Of Light
18. Different World
19. The Pilgrim
20. Out Of The Shadows

Series 14:
11. That Girl
12. Reach Out
13. Justice Of The Peace
14. King Of Twilight
15. Judgement Day
16. I've Got The Fire
17 (tie). Burning Ambition
17 (tie). Cross-Eyed Mary
19. Women In Uniform
20. The Sheriff Of Huddersfield
21 (tie). Invasion
21 (tie). Massacre
23. Black Bart Blues
24. Nodding Donkey Blues

Results by album:
Iron Maiden
1. Phantom Of The Opera
2. Remember Tomorrow
3. Transylvania
4 (tie). Prowler
4 (tie). Sanctuary
6. Running Free
7. Iron Maiden
8 (tie). Strange World
8 (tie). Charlotte The Harlot

Killers
1. Killers
2. Wrathchild
3. Murders In The Rue Morgue
4. Genghis Khan
5. Another Life
6 (tie). Innocent Exile
6 (tie). Purgatory
8 (tie). The Ides Of March
8 (tie). Prodigal Son
10. Twilight Zone
11. Drifter

The Number Of The Beast
1. Hallowed Be Thy Name
2. Children Of The Damned
3. The Number Of The Beast
4. 22 Acacia Avenue
5. The Prisoner
6. Run To The Hills
7. Total Eclipse
8. Invaders
9. Gangland

Piece Of Mind
1. Revelations
2. To Tame A Land
3. The Trooper
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. Still Life
6. Die With Your Boots On
7. Flight Of Icarus
8. Quest For Fire
9. Sun And Steel

Powerslave
1. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
2. Powerslave
3. Aces High
4. 2 Minutes To Midnight
5 (tie). Flash Of The Blade
5 (tie). Back In The Village
7. The Duellists
8. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)

Somewhere In Time
1. Stranger In A Strange Land
2 (tie). Caught Somewhere In Time
2 (tie). Wasted Years
4. Alexander The Great
5 (tie). Sea Of Madness
5 (tie). The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
7. Heaven Can Wait
8. Deja Vu

Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1. Infinite Dreams
2. Moonchild
3. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. The Clairvoyant
6. Only The Good Die Young
7. The Prophecy
8. Can I Play With Madness

No Prayer For The Dying
1. No Prayer For The Dying
2 (tie). Holy Smoke
2 (tie). Mother Russia
4. Run Silent Run Deep
5. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
6 (tie). Tailgunner
6 (tie). Fates Warning
8. The Assassin
9. Public Enema Number One
10. Hooks In You

Fear Of The Dark
1. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
2. Fear Of The Dark
3. Wasting Love
4. Be Quick Or Be Dead
5. Judas Be My Guide
6. From Here To Eternity
7 (tie). Childhood's End
7 (tie). The Fugitive
9 (tie). Fear Is The Key
9 (tie). Weekend Warrior
11. The Apparition
12. Chains Of Misery

The X Factor
1. Sign Of The Cross
2. Lord Of The Flies
3. The Edge Of Darkness
4. Fortunes Of War
5. Man On The Edge
6. The Aftermath
7. Look For The Truth
8. Judgement Of Heaven
9. Blood On The World's Hands
10. The Unbeliever
11. 2 A.M.

Virtual XI
1. The Clansman
2. Futureal
3. Como Estais Amigos
4. The Educated Fool
5. Lightning Strikes Twice
6 (tie). When Two Worlds Collide
6 (tie). Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger
8. The Angel And The Gambler

Brave New World
1. Brave New World
2. Ghost Of The Navigator
3. Blood Brothers
4 (tie). The Wicker Man
4 (tie). Dream Of Mirrors
6. The Nomad
7. The Thin Line Between Love And Hate
8. Out Of The Silent Planet
9. The Fallen Angel
10. The Mercenary

Dance Of Death
1. Paschendale
2. Dance Of Death
3. Rainmaker
4. Journeyman
5. No More Lies
6 (tie). Montsegur
6 (tie). Face In The Sand
8. The Age Of Innocence
9. Wildest Dreams
10. Gates Of Tomorrow
11. New Frontier

A Matter Of Life And Death
1. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
2. For The Greater Good Of God
3. The Legacy
4 (tie). These Colours Don't Run
4 (tie). The Longest Day
6. The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
7. Lord Of Light
8. Different World
9. The Pilgrim
10. Out Of The Shadows

Non-album songs:
1. That Girl
2. Reach Out
3. Justice Of The Peace
4. King Of Twilight
5. Judgement Day
6. I've Got The Fire
7 (tie). Burning Ambition
7 (tie). Cross-Eyed Mary
9. Women In Uniform
10. The Sheriff Of Huddersfield
11 (tie). Invasion
11 (tie). Massacre
13. Black Bart Blues
14. Nodding Donkey Blues



Die, Strange World!
Die, Prodigal Son!
Die, Twilight Zone!
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

Another Sysyphus jerkoff, eh?
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

I like this concept.

I go for:

Die, Sanctuary
Die, Iron Maiden
and Drifter.


All not that melodic, and relatively simple, repetitive and overplayed songs from that era.
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

Prodigal son ?  i love the guitar part.  :notworthy:

Another Life, Innocent Exile, Twilight Zone  my choices.
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

Forostar said:
I like this concept.

Don't worry, you don't need to defend yourself. ;)
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

Did I do this one? :)

edit: that was just a compliment for this topic, and not a reaction on the Sysyphus hehe.
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

Ah crap, I think I voted wrong. I think I voted for Sanctuary instead of Strange World. Now I'm gonna hate it if Sanctuary dies, because I like that one a lot. Especially live.

Oh well, it's only an internet poll.
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

I'm curious to see the development of this concept.  :)

Innocent Exile, would you mind to...?
Drifter! You've been chosen to die; a routine like thing, nothing to worry really
Killer, y' did a good job ma' -but I'll 've to kill ya
 
Re: Best Iron Maiden Songs Survivor Game

Another Life -> too repetitive, good slowed down and with more punch (2005 live versions)
Drifter -> nice intro, good live, too average.
Iron Maiden -> bad lyrics, dull music. but it's an anthem and we all know that eddie is going to pop out when it's played live ;)

Here, i don't hate these three songs, i can listen to them and they're pretty enjoyable, but they lose to rest of selection.
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

Go to the top of the page and vote for your LEAST favorite songs!
Rules are in first post. Please read them if you don't know what's going on here.

"Winner" of round 1: Drifter
Round 2 has now begun.

Eliminated:
11. ?
12. ?
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?
16. ?
17. ?
18. ?
19. ?
20. Drifter



Curse you all for killing Drifter. That song rocks live. :p

Die, Strange World!
Die, Prodigal Son!
Die, Twilight Zone!
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

Huh, I think I misunderstood it. I thought more than one song could have been eliminated in one round, and if some songs had the same amount of votes, only those would come back in a tiebreaker. Now I see all songs (apart from Drifter) again, including the ones who had no votes. What's the point of that?

Well, I'll just vote again.

Sanctuary
Iron Maiden
and this time Charlotte the Harlot
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

I'll officially announce that I think this poll is an excellent idea.

My votes:
Twilight Zone
The Ides of March
Strange World (let's go -- win! win! win!)

Oops, I left off Prodigal Son.  Oh well.
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

Forostar said:
Huh, I think I misunderstood it. I thought more than one song could have been eliminated in one round, and if some songs had the same amount of votes, only those would come back in a tiebreaker. Now I see all songs (apart from Drifter) again, including the ones who had no votes. What's the point of that?

The winner gets eliminated. Multiple songs can only get eliminated if they tie for the win. But if eliminating all tied songs would leave less than 10 songs, only then do we use a tiebreaker.
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

edit:

I decided to change my explanation, trying to get myself clear.

I thought, if we need only 10 survivors to compete with NOTB (I thought that was the goal), then it can be done faster and more effective than the way it's being done now.

e.g. take the current standings:

Prowler  0 (0%)
Remember Tomorrow  0 (0%)
Running Free  0 (0%)
Phantom Of The Opera  0 (0%)
Transylvania  0 (0%)

Strange World  3 (20%)
Sanctuary  1 (6.7%)
Charlotte The Harlot  1 (6.7%)
Iron Maiden  1 (6.7%)
The Ides Of March  1 (6.7%)

Wrathchild  0 (0%)
Murders In The Rue Morgue  0 (0%)

Another Life  1 (6.7%)
Genghis Khan  0 (0%)
Innocent Exile  0 (0%)

Killers  0 (0%)
Prodigal Son  1 (6.7%)
Purgatory  2 (13.3%)
Twilight Zone  4 (26.7%)


and let's say the end of this round stays like this.

Then there are 10 songs left with 0 votes --> THESE could be the survivors, the rest of the songs are "dead".

If there would be more songs with 0 votes, then there could be a tiebreaker, to see which one(s) have to go.

If there would be less songs with 0 votes, then there could be a tiebreaker, to see which song(s) of the ones with 1 vote can survive.

What does the current system? Only one or a few songs can be eliminated per round.

Anyway, I am still content the way it is, I only opted for a more effective system. Whatever happens, it will be interesting to see how long some Di'Anno songs will survive this poll.
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

I totally agree with SMX.  :lol:


Yo, yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo, yo
(i don't think that is well written...  -_-).

:p
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

I'm happy with SMX version of doing it.  It prolongs the pain and agony songs like Strange World feel knowing their time is short.  Wha-hah-hah!
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

Purgatory--->  you're boring
Strange World--->  not much to be said,  it appears a lot of people here agree with me
Twilight zone-->  again,  doesn't sound that special
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

Forostar said:
What does the current system? Only one or a few songs can be eliminated per round.

That's the idea. One song eliminated per round. Just because I accounted for ties in the rules doesn't mean ties are expected or even desired.

Consider what it might mean to use your system, Foro...
If one person who didn't like Phantom cast a vote against that song, it would get eliminated - when we know that song ought to survive for a long time.

Having fewer songs eliminated per round avoids obvious mistakes like that. And if speed is your concern, consider this: we'll move through each album in about 3 weeks. This Iron Maiden Survivor will probably take about 10 months to complete. It's not designed to move super-fast, but it does have an (approximate) end date, unlike the album elimination thread.

Why 3 votes per person? Only to simulate more voters, which makes Survivors work better. If this forum had more active members, you'd only be getting one vote.

And while we're discussing rules and such, time to announce:
There will be more Survivor games, but I'm going to stagger the start times.
When Iron Maiden Survivor enters Series 2, we'll start the Bruce Dickinson Survivor. When that enters Series 2, Metallica Survivor begins... and so on.
 
Re: Iron Maiden Survivor, series 1: debut vs Killers round 2 (July 22-24)

I understand it better now, especially the Phantom comment makes sense.

Thanks!
 
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