ROUND 1: Lindsey Buckingham Survivor: 21st Century Edition
 

I thought it would be fun to celebrate Lindsey's achievements this decade by running a Survivor Challenge of his released studio tracks. The rules are simple, vote to eliminate one track from each album. When we're down to one track per album, those three tracks will battle for survival. The champ title: Lindsey Buckingham's best track in the 21st Century (so far). May the best Buck win! I will try to update this every day at noon. You have 24 hours.

Say You Will

What's The World Coming To?
Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
Miranda
Red Rover
Peacekeeper
Come
Steal Your Heart Away
Bleed To Love Her
Say Goodbye
Love Minus Zero/No Limit

vs.

Under The Skin

Not Too Late
Show You How
Under The Skin
I Am Waiting
It Was You
Try For The Sun
Cast Away Dreams
Shut Us Down
Down On Rodeo
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Flying Down Juniper[/td]

vs.

Gift of Screws
Great Day
Time Precious Time
Did You Miss Me
Wait For You
Love Runs Deeper
Bel Air Rain
The Right Place To Fade
Gift of Screws
Underground
Treason

Here's my ballot for this round.

I vote to eliminate:

Say You Will: Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
Under The Skin:It Was You
Gift of Screws: Time Precious Time

Miranda
Flying Down Juniper
It's too hard for me to pick a GOS song! I still love them all so much! I guess I'll go with Did You Miss Me.

From SYW, as much as this pains me, What is the world coming to
From UtS, the one song of his I just cannot stand, Flying Down Juniper
From GoS, Treason

This is tough

SYW: Come
UTS: Not Too Late
GOS: Bel Air Rain (this is too hard. I don't know what I'm doing)...I really love this album.

*Note: Love Minus Zero/No Limit should not be on the list as it is not actually a part of the album. Sneaky. ;-)

Miranda
It Was You
Treason

From SYW, Miranda
From UtS, Flying Down Juniper
From GoS, Time Precious Time

Round one was easy enough but I can see this becoming more and more difficult. I cant believe some people are voting out come and whats the world coming to.

Love Minus Zero/ No Limit

Time Precious Time

Flying Down Juniper

I dont have this song. could someone please share it with me. I have just a live version of it which is very good but i would like to hear some sort of studio version

SYW --Miranda
UTS -- Flying Down Juniper
GOS -- Great Day


I have a red 2 CD pack that has Love Minus Zero on it. But it's a special edition and not commerically released? (Ebay find.)

Email me and I will send it to you.

If the album cover you're speaking of looks like this, it was commercially released and it's still available. It was marketed as a Limited Edition, with the bonus tracks. Since Say You Will was not a big seller, it is readily available through normal channels (eBay, Amazon)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg

I believe what you have IS the studio version. For some reason it's been mislabeled as being live.

Yes, I got mine from Amazon and it is one of the most annoying things ever released, the way it is packaged, with things falling out and not fitting back in. I'd like to throw it up against a wall, which is something I think I DID do to my Tusk album almost 30 years ago.

Yes, today, I honor the Tusk packaging as a valued, cherished antique, but when I first got the thing and I couldn't make the albums fit back in their inner sleeves, I began to have murderous thoughts.

Michele

I much prefer the limited edition version cover and packaging. Very clean and I like the simplicity. SYW, with them looking like corpses didn't work for me.

Now Tusk...oooh what a brilliant thing that design was. I have a litho of the Peter Beard work. It's my favorite piece of art I have. I took a pic of it without the frame (sorry not a great shot)
http://gallery.me.com/osxsurf/100008/IMG_0114/web.jpg

Next to Mirage, that SYW cover was my favorite. I would like Lindsey to say how they came up with the Double Suicide theme. Michele

TrueFaith, sorry for digressing in your thread!

Gruno's Chooses To Evict...
 

Say You Will:
Steal Your Heart Away

Under The Skin:
Cast Away Dreams


Gift of Screws:
Treason

great thread!!

Say You Will: Peacekeeper

Under The Skin: Juniper

Gift of Screws: Time Precious Time, tough though, i love them all!

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the offer of sending me the song. I didnt realise it was on the special edition release of say you will.
Anyway I had 2 or three offers to send me the song. So I got it in the end

Thank You

Nope the version I have is Played Live With Loads of talking from Lindsey before the song and at the end. It was Live in Phoenix. I will upload it if any wants to hear it.

Peacekeeper (never been emotional over it)

Not Too Late (just don't like it)

Bel Air Rain (doesn't offend me in the slightest, but since I had to choose...)

OMG i would love to hear it!

Come
Not Too Late
Bel Air Rain

Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Flying Down Juniper
Bel Air Rain

Come
Not Too Late
Time Precious Time

I don't know the other albums you listed, but from SYW: Eliminate MURROW!

Here's my votes:

Peacekeeper (:sorry:, war songs bore me...yawn Jacob!):wavey:hi nico!
Not Too Late (don't think it's horrible, but it can go)
Did You Miss Me (should have been on a FM album)

Come
Flying Down Juniper
Time Precious Time

It's JaKob, get it straight. And I find many war-themed songs to be compelling, full of depth, and in many cases a rewarding listen. Peacekeeper really isn't. For me. But I imagine many thought it was the cat's meow at one point because it has an appealingly commercial quality to it. And a strong hook (whom many have also claimed was ripped from Paul Simon's catalog).

Well, Mr. 3rd World...acquired taste and all. I could say about the same thing for some others *cough*ToddRundgrenthesedays*cough*:xoxo::D

Say Goodbye
Under The Skin
Time Precious Time

Say You Will: Bleed to Love Her

UTS: Flying Down Juniper

GOS: Treason

I'm anout 95 percent sure Peacekeeper is NOT a war song.

Come
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Treason

This isn't going to be easy!

How pathetic am I, I had to go back to SYW and relisten to some of the songs... I'd forgotten what they sounded like! :(

Round 1 Results are in!!! May the best Buck win!
 

Round 1 Results are in!!! May the best Buck win!

Say You Will

What's The World Coming To?
Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
Miranda
Red Rover
Peacekeeper
Come - Round 1
Steal Your Heart Away
Bleed To Love Her
Say Goodbye
Love Minus Zero/No Limit

vs.

Under The Skin

Not Too Late
Show You How
Under The Skin
I Am Waiting
It Was You
Try For The Sun
Cast Away Dreams
Shut Us Down
Down On Rodeo
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Flying Down Juniper - Round 1[/td]

vs.

Gift of Screws
Great Day
Time Precious Time - Round 1
Did You Miss Me
Wait For You
Love Runs Deeper
Bel Air Rain
The Right Place To Fade
Gift of Screws
Underground
Treason