Round of 64: (18) Bon Iver - Holocene vs. (47) The Killers - Mr. Brightside Bracket

Round one is here. 64 songs from 1960 to 2022. What song will come out on top? First few rounds will be posted in batches of four Mondays and Thursdays.

NOTICE: PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU'VE HEARD BOTH SONGS. THEY'RE LIKE THREE MINUTES EACH IT ISN'T DIFFICULT.

For this matchup, we start with:

(18) Bon Iver - Holocene

vs.

(47) The Killers - Mr. Brightside

 

brightside at 47 feels like one of those years where Duke is like a 7 seed but still ends up winning the tournament. love BI,BI and love that song but it's the killers here for me. maybe the toughest choice yet.

 

Jesus Christ, that’s tough. Much as I love that Bon Iver song, though, I gotta be true to my die-hard Killers fandom. “Brightside.”

 

Two perfect songs but it had to be "Mr. Brightside".

 

Fuck lol. Can't deny "Brightside," but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't rather listen to "Holocene" these days like eight times out of ten

 

Gotta vote for the generational anthem, sorry.

 

Tough shake for Bon Iver in every matchup so far

 

"Holocene" is just the one for me. Always preferred "Somebody Told Me" more off the Hot Fuss singles.

 

I feel like Bon Iver has had some brutal draws. Both perfect songs imo, but Brightside just hits too hard.

 

It’s almost like bob iver has written none of the top 64 songs of all time

I kid I kid kind of, but it’s brightside by a mile for this guy

 

"Bob Iver"

 

Robert Iver

 

Bob Iger, Bob Iger

 

Brutal. Going "Holocene" on personal preference but no problem with "Mr. Brightside" moving on, and I'm sure I'll vote for it in some later round.

 

Bon Iver even though it looks like he's going 0/3

 

I like Mr. Brightside a lot and totally get why it’s here, but I think it’s Holocene still for me. It won’t win and that’s fine, given the purpose of this bracket it almost objectively shouldn’t lol

 

Now, if it was Beth/Rest, Brightside would be torpedoed to saturn

 

There's only song here I want to do drunken karaoke to.

 

...and it's "Holocene"

 

happy drunk vs. sad drunk tag yourself

 

Holocene and I would like Mr Brightside retired from every karaoke playlist

 

I keep waiting for Dave Wasserman to come into these threads and tweet that he's seen enough

 

oh sorry lol. busy work day. mr brightside wins with 73%. i'm coming out of my cage and i've seen enough to call it

working on the next batch

 

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