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

[KevShmev]

This one is all about 1986.

Vote for your favorite grouping.

Very tough call between 3 and 5 for me, but I ultimately went with 5.

[TAC]

I went with #3. I don't even know the XTC song, and anything by Michael MacDonald blows.

[Cool Chris]

A Shot in the Dark 2
Sledgehammer 1
Amanda 5
Total: 8

Walk in the Shadows 4
Take Me Home Tonight 4
Fight for Your Right to Party 5
Total: 13

Who Made Who 3
The Way It Is 3
Don't Dream It's Over 4 (was a 3, gave it +1 for brilliant use in The Stand miniseries)
Total: 10

Wasted Years 2 (maybe my least favorite popular IM song
You Can Call Me Al 1
Wild Wild Life 1
Total: 4

Master of Puppets 4
Dear God 1 (Had to check this one, didn't recognize it by name but remember hearing it)
Sweet Freedom Unknown - wasn't familiar at all and what TAC said
Total: 5

[Stadler]

This one isn't even close for me.  Number 3.  The only other one I ever considered was Number 1, but I'm not a huge fan of "Shot In The Dark" (even though I really like that album). 

[pg1067]

I'm gonna try the grading approach to this one.  Unfortunately, the two best songs got paired with straight up garbage.

1. Shot in the Dark (no "A") - 3; Slegehammer - 2; Amanda - 3.  Total of 8.

2. Walk in the Shadows - 3.5; Take Me Home Tonight - 3; Fight for Your Right to Party - 0.  Total of 6.5.

3. Who Made Who[m] - 2.5; The Way It Is - 2.5; Don't Dream It's Over - 4.  Total of 9.

4. Wasted Years - 4; You Can Call Me Al - 1; Wild Wild Life - 1 (didn't know it by name, so I checked it on YouTube; didn't recognize it, but what I heard sucked).  Total of 6.

5. Master of Puppets - 5; Dear God - 1.5 (same comments as re the Talking Heads sons, but this one was slightly better); Sweet Freedom - 1 (same comments as re the Talking Heads song).  Total of 7.5.

[The Walrus]

This one isn't even close for me.  Number 3.  The only other one I ever considered was Number 1, but I'm not a huge fan of "Shot In The Dark" (even though I really like that album).

Same here. I dislike at least one song in every group here, but Who Made Who is killer, and The Way It Is is a great Bruce Hornsby track, so no contest for me.