The Cure v's U2 - the results are in....

Tim Marsh ([email protected])
Sun, 26 Jul 1998 15:53:41 +0800

well..well...well... This was an amazing night in all definitions of the
words. And the winner was *insert Larry drum roll here* U2 BABY!!!!!!
Yes, we fell over the line, it was great fun - a lot of great music was
enjoyed and a lot of debating went on about the categories and the
judging *laughs* oh and there was a lot of alcohol consumed - use your
own judgment as to if this affected the voting *grins*. Anyway U2 took
out 11 categories, lost 9 and drew in 3 - the way it was voted was each
song in the category received a vote out of 5 (i.e.: 5 being the
highest). A lot of people showed up - some U2 fans, some indifferent,
and some Cure fans - everyone got right into it and with all the
opinions flying around the judge ended up giving close scores most of
the time. And yes there was some CHEATING *laughs* not by me though...
The Cure fan pulled out a remix to down us in the techno category - well
i had to let them have half a chance *grins* and a remix for ridiculous
to knock off Miami.. DOH! also i should have gone with SBS or Bullet
rather than a personal choice for anger release and we would have picked
that up - but here are the categories and weather U2 won lost and the
score...

1) 'throwaway' song : LEMON v's CLUB AMERICA - WIN 4 to 3.5
2) techno song : MOFO v's The 13th (remix - DOH!) - LOST 4 to 4.5
3) ridiculous song: MIAMI v's WRONG NUMBER - remix (cheat *grins*) LOST
- 3 to 3.5
4) Sexiest song: (ok.. i went with wire) VELVET DRESS v's LULLABY - WON
- 4.5 to 4
5) suicidal song LOVE IS BLINDNESS v's TREASURE - TIED on 3
6) Best Pop song: REAL THING v's WHY CANT I BE YOU - LOST - 3.5 to 4.5
7) 'pull at the heart strings': ONE v's PICTURES OF YOU - WON - 5 to 4.5
*yeah*
8) best love song: ALL I WANT IS YOU v's JUST LIKE HEAVEN - WON - 5 to
4.5
9) best worst song: WANDERER v's LOVE CATS - LOST 4.5 to 5 (some
confusion here)
10) best single: WITH OR WITHOUT YOU v's NEVER ENOUGH - WON 5 to 4
11) under-rated song: ULTRAVIOLET v's DISINTEGRATION - TIED on 2
12) 'easy listening' song: ANGEL OF HARLEM v's CATCH - LOST 4 to 4.5
13) best B side: SLOW DANCING v's LETS GO TO BED (originally a B-side -
slight cheating me thinks *grins* ah well) LOST 4 to 3.5
14) best teen anthem: LOOKING v's IN BETWEEN DAYS - WON - 4.5 to 4
15) best instrumental - ROWENA'S THEME (ok my turn to cheat *laughs* v's
TRUST - TIED on 4 each - hey when in Rome.....
16) weirdest song: ELVIS ATE... v's THE 13th - LOST 3.5 to 4
17) vocal performance: BAD (live) v's BURN - WON 3.5 to 3
18) catchy tune: DESIRE (another change here) v's FASCINATION STREET -
WON 4.5 to 3.5 - ahhhh so easy this one y'all - everyone sang this
one...three bars in...
19) 'anger release': END OF THE WORLD v's SHIVER AND SHAKE - LOST 2.5 to
3
20) sing-a-long to: PRIDE v's FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE - TIED on 4 - and a lot
of singing.
21) slowly builds: STREETS v's WANT - WON 5 to 4 - tooooooo easy here...

22) saddest: RUNNING versus UNTITLED - 4.5 to 5.

ok there it was - and a last minute category emerged - BEST LYRIC so i
pulled out SO CRUEL (as it's easy to hear the lyrics and strong) which
WON against THIS IS A LIE - 4.5 to 4 - the judges read the lyrics out
several times to get the result - no contest *grins*
so points wise U2 fell over the line - 88 to 86.5 but with all the
debating (there were about nine people involved, not including the
combatants who hide in a room as the decisions were made) So all in all
- a great night, great music, great bands, and WE won *laughs* but me
thinks Robert Smith will not weep tooo long over this and get this the
Cure fans brother has challenged me so look out for INXS versus U2.....
*smiles*
take care
tim... still standing.......... bring on Hutch....

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