# March R.E.M. Madness (Round 3 - The Final 16) \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823 "2008-03-18T20:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/1 "2008-03-18T20:30:43Z")
Part 3 of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459680) (rules are available there). So, I cheated a bit this round: we had 2 ties (Feeling Gravitys Pull vs. Driver 8 and Try Not To Breathe vs. Man On The Moon), so, instead of flipping a coin on the first one, I decided to leave both songs in and eliminate All The Way To Reno and Leaving new York (Reno would have won). I highly doubt this will upset anyone, as there’s not a chance in hell of either making it past the next round anyway, and I only included them for completeness in the first place. Try Not To Breathe won the coin toss over Man On The Moon, which bums me out a little, even though I prefer Try not To Breathe, just because now that The Great Beyond’s out there are no Andy Kaufman songs left. Anyway, here’s Round 3, mixed up a bit (not going strictly chronologically anymore): A Radio Free Europe **VS.** Superman Pilgrimage **VS.** Daysleeper B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville **VS.** Half A World Away Feeling Gravitys Pull **VS.** Bad Day C Driver 8 **VS.** Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me **VS.** Electrolite D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) **VS.** Nightswimming Orange Crush **VS.** What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/2 "2008-03-18T20:32:27Z")
A Superman Pilgrimage B Half A World Away Feeling Gravitys Pull C Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me D Nightswimming What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/3 "2008-03-18T20:38:25Z")
Oops, almost forgot - this round will end at 10:00pm PST Thursday, March 20. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/4 "2008-03-18T20:43:42Z")
A Radio Free Europe Daysleeper B Half A World Away Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Fall On Me D Nightswimming What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/5 "2008-03-18T21:06:33Z")
Superman Daysleeper (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/6 "2008-03-18T21:16:08Z")
A Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/7 "2008-03-18T21:25:33Z")
A Radio Free Europe Daysleeper B Feeling Gravitys Pull C Electrolite D Nightswimming Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/8 "2008-03-18T21:34:21Z")
A Radio Free Europe Daysleeper B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/9 "2008-03-18T21:35:06Z")
A Radio Free Europe Daysleeper B Bad Day C Try Not To Breathe D Nightswimming Orange Crush Bah – Nightswimming going up against End of the World as We Know It saddens me. My choice is clear, though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/10 "2008-03-18T23:04:16Z")
A Superman Pilgrimage B Half A World Away Bad Day C Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? I am genuinely surprised **Stand** did not make to the Sweet Sixteen ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/11 "2008-03-18T23:23:35Z")
A Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Electrolite D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/12 "2008-03-18T23:51:06Z")
A Superman Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Bad Day C Driver 8 Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/13 "2008-03-19T00:01:59Z")
A Superman Pilgrimage B Half A World Away Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/14 "2008-03-19T00:40:12Z")
A Superman Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/15 "2008-03-19T00:44:02Z")
Wow. I really thought “Nightswimming” was going to trounce “It’s The End Of The World”. Well, we’ll see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/16 "2008-03-19T02:32:53Z")
A Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Fall On Me D Nightswimming Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/17 "2008-03-19T04:17:04Z")
A Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull Driver 8 Electrolite D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/18 "2008-03-19T04:21:06Z")
A Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/19 "2008-03-19T04:30:31Z")
Bah… the number of people who are unwilling to admit that Nightswimming is the greatest song of all time shocks and saddens me. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/20 "2008-03-19T04:48:56Z")
[QUOTE=MilTan] Bah… the number of people who are unwilling to admit that Nightswimming is the greatest song of all time shocks and saddens me. [/QUOTE] And me as well. In fact, I was almost going to predict in the last thread that I thought it would win. After all these years, I still don’t have my finger on the pulse of the people. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823.md?page=2)