ROUND 12 - Earthquake Weather - SEMIFINAL

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Vote for the song you like LEAST

Poll ended at 09 Jul 2019, 12:06pm

Island Hopping
7
39%
Sleepwalk
11
61%
 
Total votes: 18

Flex
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ROUND 12 - Earthquake Weather - SEMIFINAL

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The island of Hopping vs the sleeper of walking.

PICK THE ONE YOU LIKE LEAST.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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Re: ROUND 12 - Earthquake Weather - SEMIFINAL

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I've been trying to listen to EW a lot during this tourney - it's not even as good as I remember, maybe my old vinyl press has some life to it that the CD version lacks - but Sleepwalk just isn't up to snuff. That whole second side was really dire. This is a matchup that suffers from the quirk of the tournament formatting - there are at least 2-3 other songs on side one that clobber anything on side two. Anyways, I still think Island Hopping is an all-time Top 5 Joe solo song, so I have no qualms voting for Sleepwalk here.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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Re: ROUND 12 - Earthquake Weather - SEMIFINAL

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I'm voting against Island Hopping because Marky's remix of Sleepwalk was so great. A new classic Joe song.
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Re: ROUND 12 - Earthquake Weather - SEMIFINAL

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Flex wrote:
08 Jul 2019, 12:22pm
I've been trying to listen to EW a lot during this tourney - it's not even as good as I remember, maybe my old vinyl press has some life to it that the CD version lacks - but Sleepwalk just isn't up to snuff. That whole second side was really dire. This is a matchup that suffers from the quirk of the tournament formatting - there are at least 2-3 other songs on side one that clobber anything on side two. Anyways, I still think Island Hopping is an all-time Top 5 Joe solo song, so I have no qualms voting for Sleepwalk here.
Absolutely. One of Joe's best lyrics.

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