Afraid of Brackets (Billy Talent bracket) Bracket

Billy Talent bracket starting tomorrow!

For those who are new to the concept, these are randomly generated brackets (no seeding!) where we go from album to album and put the songs from an album against each other. We vote on each matchups until we have a winner for each albums. Those songs will then face off in a Champions bracket to decide the best overall Billy Talent song! Same rules as the other brackets:


Rules:

1. Voting will take place over 10-24 hour period, depending on how close the matches are (if there's a wide margin too far to beat, the round may be run ruled to not waste time).

2. You must vote on every match in a round. If you don't, your votes don't count. Just reply to this thread with your choices. I will not vote unless there is a tie needed to be broken.

3. Feel free to discuss why you chose one song over the other and why you like that song. It's what keeps these fun!

4. I avoid byes into rounds if I can, but sometimes it's necessary. These are randomly generated; I do not pick them.

5. Once your votes are counted, there are no vote changes. Choose wisely before posting!

6. The King John Rule: Only participate if you've heard these songs. You are welcome to look them up and listen before hand, but if there's evidence you haven't heard them before or you're just voting to help/hurt a song your votes will not count.


And the most important rule of them all : Have fun and stay respectful of each other.

 

Here for it.

 

First 2 albums and dead silence are great. I'll try and catch up on the other 2 this week

 

I really liked Afraid of Heights when it came out.

 

BILLY TALENT FACE OFF:

BILLY TALENT

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Round 1


1) Try Honesty Vs. Line & Sinker

2) Voices of Violence Vs. Living in the Shadows

3) Nothing to Lose Vs. Prisoners of Today

4) Lies Vs. Standing in the Rain


Round 1 starts now!

 

Line & Sinker
Living in the Shadows
Nothing to Lose
Lies

This album is so fucking good.

(Side note: I got an early copy of this record a few months before it came out, and I was floored the first time I listened to it. Told my friends this band was going to blow up and none of them believed me. Told me Ben’s vocals were too different to catch on. I got the last laugh)

 

-Try Honesty
-Living in the Shadows
-Nothing to Lose
-Lies

I never got around to listening to anything past their 2nd album, but I can change that with this bracket.

 

You definitely should! I'm not big on III, but Dead Silence and Afraid of Heights are great!

 

Try Honesty
Voices of Violence
Nothing to Lose
Standing in the Rain

 

Btw, I skipped the Pezz stuff. Most people don't even know they have an album under a different name before Billy Talent I.

 

Current scores:

Try Honesty - 2
Line & Sinker - 1

Voices of Violence - 1
Living in the Shadows - 2

Nothing to Lose - 3
Prisoners of Today - 0

Lies - 2
Standing in the Rain - 1

 

Try Honesty
Voices of Violence
Prisoners of Today
Standing in the Rain

First two albums are way too fucking good, never kept up with them after that.

 

Try Honesty

Living in the Shadows

Nothing to Lose - this was tough!

Standing in the Rain - another tough one!

 

Current scores:

Try Honesty - 4
Line & Sinker - 1

Voices of Violence - 2
Living in the Shadows - 3

Nothing to Lose - 4
Prisoners of Today - 1

Lies - 2
Standing in the Rain - 3

 

I knew it was gonna be a small bracket. I'm fine with that, makes it easier to count votes haha.

 

Line & Sinker
Living In The Shadows
Nothing To Lose
Standing In The Rain

 

Try Honesty
Voices of Violence
Prisoners of Today
Standing in the Rain

 

Current scores:

Try Honesty - 5
Line & Sinker - 2

Voices of Violence - 3
Living in the Shadows - 4

Nothing to Lose - 5
Prisoners of Today - 2

Lies - 2
Standing in the Rain - 5

 

Try Honesty and L&S is a tough match up as they're two of my favourites on that album.

 

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET!!!

 

These will be the final scores.

Round 2:

This Is How It Goes Vs. Try Honesty

The Ex Vs. Living in the Shadows

Cut the Curtains Vs. Nothing to Lose

River Below Vs. Standing in the Rain

 

This Is How It Goes
The Ex
Cut the Curtains
Standing in the Rain

Bummed Voices of Violence lost.

 

-Try Honesty

-The Ex

-Nothing to Lose

-River Below

 

This is How it Goes
The Ex (this was really tough)
Cut the Curtains
River Below

 

Try Honesty - This one was very difficult for me

Living in the Shadows

Nothing to Lose - This gets the slight edge

Standing in the Rain