Round of 64: (20) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run vs. (45) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 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:

(20) Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Born to Run

vs.

(45) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

 

Running Up That Hill would have had my vote, but Bruce lucks out again

 

Bruuuuuuuuuce

 

Damn this is pretty close for me but I have to go with "Born to Run".

 

Holy shit this is tough. Hounds of Love gets it.

 

Hounds of Love

 

I won’t be upset when Born wins, but I’m going Hounds. Kate rules.

 

Born To Run forever

 

I like and respect Kate, but this isn't even a little close for me.

 

Listening to Hounds of Love for the first time right now. Halfway through the song I'm primarily thinking "this is the Kate Bush song that made the list?!" but then something near the end kind of clicked and I think I get why people love it. It's still Bruce but I'm finally gonna listen to some albums.

 

Running is typically the stand out, but the more time I spend with the album, the more I love the title track.

 

It's Bruce for me.

 

bruce's "born to run" moves on with 76% of the vote. next batch coming up as we speak.

bruce v. bruce next round