Billboard Rock Charts - Day 1

[Vizier]

After a few hours of arduous copypasta into OpenOffice Calc, I have made a wonderful list of all 597 songs that have charted #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock, Modern Rock, and "Rock Tracks" charts, since their inceptions in 1981, 1988, and 2009 respectively, and have finally developed the scheme for this new tourney!

597 songs = 29 20-song polls, and 1 17-song poll. Today will be the lone 17-song poll.

Just like the Hot 100 tourney: Vote for whatever song you want in the polls, most votes each time advance, ties for the win advance too.

Different from the Hot 100: Not going to post extra song data (i.e. weeks at #1) until the bracket rounds. Multiple charts makes this one a bit confusing, as some charted on 2 of the three, and some topped all three.

The songs for each poll are chosen at random. I have a list of the songs, alphabetized by artist, and am using random.org's RNG to choose which 20 songs (or 17 in tonight's case) to put in.

Without further adieu, the first poll!

Barenaked Ladies - One Week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg
Beck - Loser: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZQyVUTcpM4
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Trapped: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzzOs0Da43Y
Bush - Glycerine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z66yp3cMwkw
Coverdale & Page - Pride and Joy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1imlqZiOw
Def Leppard - Photograph: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ5bS3_BCDs
Eddie Money - The Love in Your Eyes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9a1esyJNRE
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6dxQVhE8o
Pearl Jam - Daughter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiqgTPmkfek
The Pretenders - My Baby: www.youtube.com/watch?v=phx7dS_qi2o
Simple Minds - See the Lights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNM9drx6Rc
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrivjzw0RlI
Soundgarden - Blow Up the Outside World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2GjXMk7i4
Staind - So Far Away: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjlnljxsxYY
Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gAxuvo5rc
Van Halen - Me Wise Magic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-DmFtryFY


Poll ends around 1:20 AM Pacific on Friday Morning. I'll edit in the Youtube links in a few minutes.

Happy voting/discussing!

[saneiac]

ZJP, thanks for the great Hot 100 tourney.

[pegasuswarrior]

That's a good list of songs right there.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

glycerine.

[Celgress]

Pearl Jam - Daughter

[Vizier]

About 4-and-a-half hours to go, and Pearl Jam has a rather large lead. Can another song at least tie to move on, or will Daughter reign supreme?

[MasonK565]

This was such a hard choice, but I went with the SP's and 1979. Such a great song.

[Brainbustaaah!]

Loser.