"Cass County" Survivor Game

[sodascouts]

My vote goes to Bramble Rose.

I know Don thought getting Mick Jagger on it was a fantastic idea, but I thought it ruined the song. It has some good elements but I can barely stand to listen to Jagger warble his way through the verse. There's a couple other things I don't like about it as well but I'll save those for later, as it seems this isn't going down this round.

[SoaringRockyMountainWay]

I LOVE When I Stop Dreaming!!!! I also really like Praying For Rain. For some reason that song makes me feel better when I have a headache. I have to vote for She Sang Hymns Out of Tune. It just doesn't do anything for me.

[AlreadyGone95]

I decided to wait a bit before voting and see what others were voting for. When I Stop Dreaming and She Sang Hymns Out of Tune are my 2 least favorite songs on the album. They're the "meh" songs. Bramble Rose I like. Praying For Rain and Too Much Pride are among my favorites.

I honestly have had a hard time debating which song to vote for first. I vote for When I Stop Dreaming. No offense to Dolly or Don, but that song is far from being their best work, imo.

[timfan]

I quite like most of the songs on this album... so I'll vote for the one song I do dislike Where I Am Now

[shunlvswx]

Their are a few songs I don't like, but the one I didn't like at first is the one I will vote on. Even though I slowly started to like this song I'm voting on, I didn't like it at first.

So I'm going save the other song that's eliminated. I'm voting for When I Stop Dreaming.

[Jonny Come Lately]

I vote for "She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune" which I've never been able to handle from the beginning. Why he chose to do this one is beyond my comprehension.

That is exactly how I feel. I can understand why Don might have wanted to do a song with whimsical lyrics, but I don't think this song and set of words are good enough. In my opinion it just comes across as weak compared to the wonderful reflections on life and love that make up most of the rest of the album. There are songs that I absolutely love that have some utterly bonkers lyrics (for instance, this morning I was listening to Neil Young's Pocahontas, a big favourite of mine, which concludes with Neil and Pocahontas sitting around a campfire in the Astrodome where they discuss Hollywood with Marlon Brando ) but this one doesn't do it for me. It doesn't make me laugh or smile, I just listen to it and go 'okay then'... hopefully that makes sense.

So my vote goes to She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune.

My two least favourites are the same as AG95's, although I have to say I thought I would hate When I Stop Dreaming but it actually exceeded my expectations - it's still not a song I like that much, and I might sometimes skip it, but I'm not scrambling to switch to the next track, so I'm quite pleased by that.

I can understand why most of the songs so far have received votes, with the exception of Praying For Rain which is definitely one of my favourites. I love Bramble Rose too although I can see where Soda is coming from even though I personally disagree (I love the contributions from all three vocalists). The others I like, but aren't personal favourites.

[Freypower]

Regarding She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune, it's in my top 3! I really like it! I won't comment on anything else just yet.

[FWIW]

My vote goes to She Sang Hymns Out of Tune.

Don sets a tough standard lyrically and this song just doesn't measure up for me.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Wow - I guess I'll go with another one.

I cast my vote for A Younger Man.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

The first song to be eliminated in the Cass County Survivor is When I Stop Dreaming. “When I Stop Dreaming”, we know you were dreaming of going all the way in this game, but the tribe has spoken. We hope you don't stop loving us, but you must leave the island immediately.

Votes
When I Stop Dreaming – 5
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune – 4
Too Much Pride – 3
Praying for Rain – 1
Too Far Gone – 1
Bramble Rose – 1
Where I Am Now – 1
A Younger Man – 1

Vote Breakdown
When I Stop Dreaming – Freypower
When I Stop Dreaming – jms18222
When I Stop Dreaming – NOLA
When I Stop Dreaming – AlreadyGone95
When I Stop Dreaming – shunlvswx
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune – scottside
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune – SoaringRockyMountainWay
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune – Jonny Come Lately
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune – FWIW
Too Much Pride – Lacken101
Too Much Pride – SPrim
Too Much Pride – Brooke
Praying for Rain – DivineDon
Too Far Gone – ktdids
Bramble Rose – sodascouts
Where I Am Now – timfan
A Younger Man – Ive always been a dreamer

Songs eliminated:
When I Stop Dreaming 3/24

Songs remaining:
Bramble Rose
The Cost of Living
No, Thank You
Waiting Tables
Take a Picture of This
Too Far Gone
That Old Flame
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Words Can Break Your Heart
Praying for Rain
Too Much Pride
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune
Train in the Distance
A Younger Man
Where I Am Now
It Don’t Matter To the Sun
Here Come Those Tears Again


Voting for Round Two begins now.