80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part VI

[KevShmev]

Early 80's rock time!

Vote for which grouping you like best.

Option 4.

[Cool Chris]

Pearl Necklace 1
Turn It On Again 0
Juke Box Hero 5
Total: 6

Red Barchetta 5
Hold On 3
Brass Pocket 1
Total: 9

Mean Street 2
The Zoo 5
The Stroke 1
Total: 8

Hammer to Fall 4
Fight the Good Fight 4
Twilight Zone 5
Total: 13

Children of the Sea 2
There's Only One Way to Rock 2
The Waiting 3
Total: 7

[TAC]

I don't think I know Hold On. Checked it. I don't.

[King Postwhore]

Pearl Necklace 1
Turn It On Again 4
Juke Box Hero 5
Total: 10

Red Barchetta 5
Hold On 3
Brass Pocket 3
Total: 11

Mean Street 5
The Zoo 4
The Stroke 3
Total: 12

Hammer to Fall 3
Fight the Good Fight 5
Twilight Zone 5
Total: 13

Children of the Sea 3
There's Only One Way to Rock 3
The Waiting 3
Total: 9

Looks like #4.

Tim, I'm shocked you don't know that Kansas song. It was on the radio a ton.

[TAC]

I don't remember it. I youtubed it and it did not ring a bell.

[Cool Chris]

I didn't know that song either. That and the Sabbath song (whom I have never been in to) were the only two songs I wasn't familiar with this round. All others I knew, and probably liked more songs this round that the previous 5.

[jjrock88]

Most of the options have one song that I'm not a huge fan of.

Option 3 is the most consistent for me.

[TAC]

Ended up going with 4. Fight The Good Fight and Twilight Zone are both excellent. Hammer To Fall is easily the best "worst" song in any batch.

[SeRoX]

I went with 2.

[Stadler]

Dammit; Number three is like that person you see from behind with long flowing hair and nice curves, and.... turns out to be a dude.  I LOVE the Scorpions and Billy Squier, but "The Zoo" has to be in my top five least favorite songs, and while "The Stroke" is not that bad, it pales in comparison with "My Kinda Lover" and "Lonely Is The Night".   

[pg1067]

Category 1:  I don't recognize Pearl Necklace, but I all but despise every ZZ Top song I've ever heard.  JBH is one of my favorite Foreigner songs.  Turn It On Again is one of the better of Genesis' "commercial" songs.

Category 2:  Red Barchetta is great.  Hold On is really good or great.  Brass in Pocket drags this category down.  Not a fan of Chrissie Hynde's voice, but it's not a bad song.

Category 3:  Mean Street is just ok.  I originally liked The Zoo, but it got overplayed, and the live version was beyond tedious.  The Stroke is good, but I agree with Stadler that it's probably the 4th best song on Just Say No.

Category 4:  Fight the Good Fight is probably my favorite song in any of the categories (a slight edge over Red Barchetta).  Hammer to Fall and Twilight Zone are both really good songs.

Category 5:  You know there are some good songs in the mix when Children of the Sea is only the third best song.  The Hagar song is pretty good.  The Waiting is meh (not a Tom Petty fan at all).


It's hard not to vote for Rush, but category 4 has no weak songs and is strongest overall.

[bosk1]

Well, this is certainly better than that hot mess that was round V.  I couldn't even cast a vote in that one. 

I knew this was going to be good as soon as I saw Juke Box Hero.  Unfortunately, there was nothing else in #1 that did it for me.  Then I got to #3 and was thinking that was going to be the likely winner by far.  I didn't see anything else catching it.  Then I got to #5...  Favorite all time Sabbath song off of favorite all time Sabbath album.  Followed by a great Sammy solo tune.  And a pretty good Tom Petty tune.  #5 it is.

[WildRanger]

Option 3 for me.

[TAC]

Dammit; Number three is like that person you see from behind with long flowing hair and nice curves, and.... turns out to be a dude.

There's one of them on the current page of my roulette.

[ReaperKK]

Last pick largely because of petty