Poll: Best Song From The Survivor Poll Winners

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Best Survivor Winner?

Complete Control
17
85%
Medicine Show
2
10%
Get Down Moses
1
5%
 
Total votes: 20

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BitterTom wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 12:38pm
revbob wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 11:08am
Why is this even a thing?
We love polls. Especially polls based on polls.
As good an answer as any.

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Heresy time: I like Moses better than Medicine Show. Not significantly better, and I’m not making an objective statement that it IS better. I just like it more.
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Wolter wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 1:02pm
Heresy time: I like Moses better than Medicine Show. Not significantly better, and I’m not making an objective statement that it IS better. I just like it more.
Agreed. It's more affecting. MS is more fun, but GDM has an emotional impact that MS doesn't.
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Wolter wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 1:02pm
Heresy time: I like Moses better than Medicine Show. Not significantly better, and I’m not making an objective statement that it IS better. I just like it more.
I dont see how its heresy unless we're in some alternative universe. I dont know the BAD catalog so I had to look it up (to even find oit it was BAD) . I had to stop like a minute in as I was getting flashbacks of that horrible Bowie/Jagger video.

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revbob wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Wolter wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 1:02pm
Heresy time: I like Moses better than Medicine Show. Not significantly better, and I’m not making an objective statement that it IS better. I just like it more.
I dont see how its heresy unless we're in some alternative universe. I dont know the BAD catalog so I had to look it up (to even find oit it was BAD) . I had to stop like a minute in as I was getting flashbacks of that horrible Bowie/Jagger video.
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Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Who ever looks this up, also look up why it matters please.

Seriously I tried listening to that again without looking at the cheesey video, its painful and why does it last so fucking long 6+ minutes fuck.

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revbob wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:53pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Who ever looks this up, also look up why it matters please.

Seriously I tried listening to that again without looking at the cheesey video, its painful and why does it last so fucking long 6+ minutes fuck.
You don't like pop music. I'm actually surprised you like the Clash.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Um did "Get Down Moses" get a single release?
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Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:14pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Um did "Get Down Moses" get a single release?
Exactly.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:16pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:14pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Um did "Get Down Moses" get a single release?
Exactly.
Heston, please take this as good naturedly as possible, and in good fun: your priorities are rock fucking stupid.
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Wolter wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:25pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:16pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:14pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Um did "Get Down Moses" get a single release?
Exactly.
Heston, please take this as good naturedly as possible, and in good fun: your priorities are rock fucking stupid.
Ok I was playing up to my rep a bit there but Medicine Show got voted the best BAD song by this very knowledgeable forum. To put it in the same bracket as Dancing In the Street is sacrilege. It is an awesome song.
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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:29pm
Wolter wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:25pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:16pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:14pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Um did "Get Down Moses" get a single release?
Exactly.
Heston, please take this as good naturedly as possible, and in good fun: your priorities are rock fucking stupid.
Ok I was playing up to my rep a bit there but Medicine Show got voted the best BAD song by this very knowledgeable forum. To put it in the same bracket as Dancing In the Street is sacrilege. It is an awesome song.
To be fair, I quite like it and it probably is my favorite BAD song.
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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:16pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 3:14pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Um did "Get Down Moses" get a single release?
Exactly.
So you feel that it wasn't good enough for single status? I feel it's a bit unfair to compare the three tracks all from different era's.

Complete Control released in the punk era and got to number 28 in the chart. Not that high really considering it's status. Of course The Clash not wanting to go on T.O.T.Ps didn't help the chart placing.

Medicine Show released in the 80s pop era. I don't know where it got in the charts but seem to remember it being on T.O.T.Ps. so top 30.

If Get Down Moses had been released as a single I doubt it would've charted very high or even at all. Due to the era it was released in but the same could be said for the other two songs if re-released at the same time.

I think Get Down Moses is great but not my fave Mescalero's track.
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revbob wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:53pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2021, 2:50pm
Can someone just remind me of the chart positions of Medicine Show and Get Down Moses?
Who ever looks this up, also look up why it matters please.

Seriously I tried listening to that again without looking at the cheesey video, its painful and why does it last so fucking long 6+ minutes fuck.
Great tune.
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