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Lost In The Echo-10
Powerless-4

 

That's insane to me

 

I'm actually fine with either of these winning, but I think Powerless is a lot better.

 

Lost In The Echo

 

I had no idea there was this much love for Lost in the Echo. Powerless was an easy pick for me.

 

Same for me if you switch the titles lol

 

Lost in the Echo

Probably my two favorite songs on the record though, with Burn it Down possibly being #3

 

Guys......Powerless is a good song but just a standard soft closer for the album, it doesn't even hold a candle to Little Things that Give You Away, Final Masquerade or Pushing Me Away.

Lost in the Echo is so incredible though and has everything you love about LP in one song. I'll never forget getting the album and hearing it for the first time, I knew I was in for a treat and couldn't believe it wasn't the lead single.

 

Lost in the Echo

 

Lost In The Echo

Kind of a tough one for me...probably my favorite two songs on the album and both are pretty different. Just listened to each of them couple of times. Basically, Lost In The Echo I think is the band firing on all cylinders.

 

All these promises broken
Deep eagle

Is what I always heard

 

Lost in the Echo

 

I'm still surprised it wasn't the lead single, honestly. Thought it was the most obvious choice. One of my favorite LP songs.

 

I mean, I feel like they made the right call. Lost In The Echo barely charted, whereas Burn It Down was one of their biggest singles.

 

Ehh it charted in the top 10 for rock songs. I wouldn't say that it barely charted. I think had it been the lead single from Living Things (more promotion, people anxious for new Linkin Park) it probably would have charted higher too.

 

Yeah, but it only hit 95 on the Hot 100, which is what most people consider when they talk about charting songs. Meanwhile Burn It Down hit the top 30 on the Hot 100 and went platinum (I think even 2x platinum, but don't quote me on that). It not being the lead single would work for some artists, but with a band like Linkin Park, where their biggest singles tend to not be the lead single (In The End, Numb, Breaking The Habit, Shadow Of The Day, Waiting For The End etc.), it's a hard sell for me. I mean, it might have done better than it did, but Burn It Down was the right choice for the lead single IMO

 

I don't disagree that Burn It Down was the right choice for the first single, I just don't think that Lost In The Echo should be so easily dismissed!

 

On the topic of Billboard charts, I've always been more interested in the rock and alternative charts for rock bands. It's cool to see songs by bands I like charting in the top 100, but I think the rock & alternative charts are pretty good indicators for rock bands.

All that said, Burn It Down hit number 1 on those charts, so I think they probably made a smart choice!

 

Oh, I think Lost In The Echo was a good single to push to alternative/rock stations. In my ideal world, Burn It Down would have been treated as is, Powerless would have gotten a push in the US, and Lost In The Echo and Castle Of Glass would have gotten better promotion.

Funny enough, though, Castle didn't even chart on the hot 100, but it's, like, their 5th most viewed music video or something. Just found that interesting.

 

I ducking love powerless but lost in the echo is the winner here

Lost in the echo

 

Current Totals:

Lost In The Echo - 16
Powerless - 4

Yep, this is definitely a runaway!

 

In light of this score, I am going to run rule this round. Our champion winner is Lost In The Echo. I'll post the first AST round in a moment. However tomorrow is inventory at my work and anyone who works retail knows how big of a day that is. Can I count on @bachna84 and @truelovewaits to keep up with scores for me until the after noon??

 

Before we get this underway, I would like to thank everyone for attending and participating in this. These bracket games are for pure fun, and keep in mind these are everyone's opinions. Be respectful.

Everyone, welcome to:

THE CHESTER BENNINGTON MEMORIAL: LINKIN PARK FACE OFF

This tournament game is dedicated to Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, a skilled vocalist and talented man that left this world too early, loved and admired by many.
This will be NCAA style matches, with randomly generated brackets for each album facing off to decide which is the winner of each album. At the end of all of the albums, we'll do a finale Champions Bracket to decide the best overall Linkin Park song!

This game is being run as a charity of sorts:
IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO PLAY, BUT IF YOU FEEL GENEROUS, WOULD LIKE TO HONOR CHESTER AND LINKIN PARK OR SIMPLY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO HELP SUICIDE AWARENESS, PLEASE FEEL WELCOME TO DONATE TO LINKIN PARK'S OWN MUSIC FOR RELIEF AND THE ONE MORE LIGHT FUND IN CHESTER'S HONOR HERE:
Chester - Music For Relief

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 other votes don't count. Jut 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 helps 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, signified by me 'liking' your post, there are no vote changes. Choose wisely before posting!

And with that, let's begin!

A THOUSAND SUNS ROUND UP

ROUND 1

The Messenger Vs. Fallout

Wretches And Kings Vs. Iridescent

Robot Boy Vs. Blackbirds

Wisdom, Justice, and Love Vs. The Requiem

Blackout Vs. The Radiance

The Catalyst Vs. When They Come For Me

Burning In The Skies Vs. Empty Spaces

Jornada Del Muerto Vs. Waiting For The End


Vote to advance your favorites on to the next round! Round 1 starts now, Begin!

 

The messenger
Iridescent
Robot boy
The requiem
Blackout
The catalyst
Burning in the skies
Waiting for the End

 

The Messenger
Wretches & Kings
Robot Boy
The Requiem
Blackout
When They Come For Me
Burning In The Skies
Waiting For The End

Only tough matchup was When They Come For Me vs The Catalyst and man that's a ridiculously tough matchup. I'd hate to see Catalyst voted out in the first round but When They Come For Me is probably my favorite song on the album.