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Movie Needle Drop Tournament: Round 2

Time to see which songs made it!

[spoiler title=”Round 1 Results”]Match 1: Queen “Don’t Stop Me Now” – Shaun of the Dead (55) vs Aerosmith “Sweet Emotion” – Dazed and Confused (15)
Match 2: Rage Against the Machine Wake UpThe Matrix (35) vs. The Who “A Quick One, While He’s Away (Live at Leeds)” – Rushmore (19)
Match 3: Geto Boys StillOffice Space (48) vs. David Bowie “Queen B*tch” – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (13)
Match 4: The First Edition Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)The Big Lebowski (43) vs. The Kinks “Village Green Preservation Society” – Hot Fuzz (23)
Match 5: Dick Dale MisirlouPulp Fiction (40) vs. Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence” – The Graduate (23)
Match 6: Ray Charles Mess AroundPlanes, Trains, and Automobiles (37) vs. AC/DC “Shoot to Thrill” – The Avengers (17)
Match 7: Jim Croce Time in a BottleX-Men: Days of Future Past (44) vs. The Crystals “Then He Kissed Me” – Goodfellas (22)
Match 8: The Stooges Search and DestroyThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (32) vs. Dusty Springfield “Son of a Preacher Man” – Pulp Fiction (30)
Match 9: The Beatles Twist and ShoutFerris Bueller’s Day Off (38) vs. Donovan “Hurdy Gurdy Man” – Zodiac (27)
Match 10: L. Beethoven Ode to JoyDie Hard (46) vs. Slim Whitman “Indian Love Call” – Mars Attacks! (21)
Match 11: Sonny & Cher I Got You BabeGroundhog Day (43) vs. Nico “These Days” – The Royal Tenenbaums (20)
Match 12: Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue SkyGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (35) vs. The Beat “Mirror in the Bathroom” – Grosse Pointe Blank (26)
Match 13: Harry Belafonte Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)Beetlejuice (49) vs. The 5.6.7.8’s “Woo Hoo” – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (16)
Match 14: ?? Heart and Soul”/”Chopsticks – Big (36) vs. Bernard Herrmann “Twisted Nerve” – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (25)
Match 15: R. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra2001: A Space Odyssey (49) vs. Booker T. & the M.G.’s “Time Is Tight” – The Blues Brothers (17)
Match 16: Cyndi Lauper Time After TimeRomy and Michele’s High School Reunion (29) vs. Underworld “Born Slippy .NUXX” – Trainspotting (28)
Match 17: Pixies “Where Is My Mind?” – Fight Club (34) vs. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Bellbottoms” – Baby Driver (17)
Match 18: Iggy Pop “Lust for Life” – Trainspotting (38) vs. Chuck Berry “You Never Can Tell” – Pulp Fiction (16)
Match 19: Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’” – Watchmen (29) vs. Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” – The Full Monty (26)
Match 20: Peter Gabriel In Your EyesSay Anything (35) vs. Alice Cooper “No More Mr Nice Guy” – Dazed and Confused (16)
Match 21: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Wayne’s World (51) vs. Moby “Extreme Ways” – The Bourne Supremacy (7)
Match 22: George Thorogood and the Destroyers “Bad to the Bone” – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (27) vs. B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” – Spider-Man 2 (24)
Match 23: Stealers Wheel “Stuck in the Middle with You” – Reservoir Dogs (48) vs. The Pointer Sisters “Jump (For My Love)” – Love Actually (9)
Match 24: Lou Reed “Perfect Day” – Trainspotting (30) vs. Nancy Sinatra “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (24)
Match 25: Redbone “Come and Get Your Love” – Guardians of the Galaxy (43) vs. Indigo Girls “Closer to Fine” – Barbie (16)
Match 26: Tears for Fears “Head over Heels” – Donnie Darko (31) vs. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” – 12 Monkeys (19)
Match 27: Derek and the Dominoes “Layla” – Goodfellas (34) vs. Black Sabbath “Iron Man” – Iron Man (18)
Match 28: W. Mozart “Sull’aria … che soave zeffiretto” – The Shawshank Redemptionarry (27) vs. Harry Nilsson “Everybody’s Talkin’” – Midnight Cowboy (26)
Match 29: Led Zeppelin “Immigrant Song” – Thor: Ragnarök (35) vs. Elton John “Tiny Dancer” – Almost Famous (25)
Match 30: Jefferson Starship “Jane” – Wet Hot American Summer (26) vs. Elvis Presley “(You’re the) Devil in Disguise” – Lilo & Stitch (16)
Match 31: R. Wagner “Ride of the Valkyries” – Apocalypse Now (45) vs. Jamiroquai “Canned Heat” – Napoleon Dynamite (13)
Match 32: Roy Orbison “In Dreams” – Blue Velvet (24) vs. Johnny Cash “The Man Comes Around” – Dawn of the Dead (19)[/spoiler]

Some sweet stats:

Song with least votes to progress to the next round – Roy Orbison “In Dreams” – Blue Velvet (24) in a close match against Johnny Cash “The Man Comes Around” – Dawn of the Dead (19).

Song with the most votes to be eliminated: Underworld “Born Slippy .NUXX” – Trainspotting (28) in a very close match against Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time” – Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (29).

Biggest beatdowns – Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Wayne’s World (51) beat Moby “Extreme Ways” – The Bourne Supremacy (7) by a whopping 44 votes.

Voting ends 19 January, 9 PM EDT

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