R&P: Let's decide -- What are the best songs of 2009 (Round 1 - Part 24)?

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The First Annual Rock & Pop Best Song Competition (2009 Edition).
Part twenty-four of the first round. More to come, and you don't have to have voted in any of the previous parts to get started here.
If you've been looking for metal -- we've got some metal this time around.

MATCH UP 1
"Bleeding Is a Luxury" by Atreyu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkvHPVEmSzI
the band is, of course, named after a character from a fantasy novel that rode around on a giant magic flying dog dragon thing.
VERSUS
"Self-Corruption Manifesto" by Dååth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx27NFa9Svs
according to wikipedia, I don't pronounce their name right -- but their pronunciation key was of no help.

MATCH UP 2
"Once We Walked in the Sunlight" by Papercuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvV2_Y3SOqM
When you raise your children in communes, they escape and become hipster mainstays (see: Girls, Papercuts)
VERSUS
"You Stole" by Brand New
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1n6R3EEgm4
Emo mainstays come from when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much.... and don't really share that love and attention with their kids.

MATCH UP 3
"Omen" by Prodigy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVefPPr69NU
Did anyone else use Prodigy before AOL?   Am I ridiculously aging myself?
VERSUS
"Röyksopp Forever" by Röyksopp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_txL43iFM
I think there was more rap than electronica in this competition.... just an observation.

MATCH UP 4
"Agharta" by SUNN O)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG0_i_Dkk2Q
this one'll test your patience if you're not already well acquainted with drone.  think "textures"
VERSUS
"Melee" by Russian Circles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73OD3SvhwdI
It wasn't easy figuring out what to match up against Sunn O))) in the opening round of the bracket.... there's nothing quite like it.

MATCH UP 5
"Sirens of the Seven Seas"  by Sirenia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjzoBRCGFlk
VERSUS
"Malevolence" by A Plea for Purging
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT2TnwpsMa8
Not the video I was expecting. 

You, the community here at Yahoo! Answers, nominated 350+ songs, your favorites of the year, to face-off in head-to-head battles, tournament style, to determine the best songs of this calendar year.

I ask that you listen to all of the songs... don't vote on name alone. Listen to them, weigh them, and then choose with reason, which song is the better of the two in the given match ups.
Star it, and try to get as many voters to this thing as you can.
All comments are meant to be in good humor.

If you have any trouble with any links, or any of them are broken -- let me know, and I'll fix them ASAP. Thanks.

So, THE QUESTION: which songs do you subjectively prefer of each these match ups?

gouge away · Accepted Answer

Hey Waves, sorry I missed a bunch of these. I've been taking a small break from Y!A, but I'll catch up on these last few.


Self-Corruption
You Stole
Röyksopp Forever
Agharta
Malevolence (that video was pretty awesome haha)

? · Answer

1. Atrey Bleeding Is a Luxury 
2. Papercuts  Once We Walked in the Sunlight
3. Prodigy Owen 
4. Russian Circles Melee 
5. Sirenia Sirens of the Seven Seas

Jimmy Jazz · Answer

1.  Ugh.  Bleeding Is A Luxury.
2.  Once We Walked In The Sunlight.
3.  I remember Prodigy.  My pops had the internet in the early 90s, I think he used CompuServe.
Royksopp Forver.
4.  Melee.
5.  Blegh.  Sirens Of The Seven Seas.

Red · Answer

Bleeding Is A Luxury - Atreyu
You Stole - Brand New
Omen - The Prodigy
Melee - Russian Circles
Siren Of The Seven Seas - Sirenia

CHILD OF THE GRAVE · Answer

Self-Corruption Manifesto by Daath
You Stole-Brand New
Omen by Prodigy
Agharta by Sunn O)))
Sirens of the Seven Seas by Sirenia

simone · Answer

"Self-Corruption Manifesto" by Dååth

"Once We Walked in the Sunlight" by Papercuts
In "You Stole" I liked the twangy, echoey guitar, the halting tempo and the builds but I've liked all of those things in a hundred better songs.  I never heard the Papercuts song but I liked it as a whole not just its derivative parts.

"Röyksopp Forever" by Röyksopp
It sounds like the background music of the climactic scene without dialogue in a movie but Prodigy really doesn't need to exist anymore.

"Agharta" by SUNN O)))
I was afraid the demon would eat my soul if I didn't vote for SUNN O)))

"Malevolence" by A Plea for Purging

metal.

Rejoice, rejoice · Answer

I don't have much time now, but just in case it closes before I get back, I vote for Sunn O))). That one's really tough, and I love Russian Circles, but they did have better songs on the album (Though "Melee" is still great). Damn, I wish I could vote for both, But I just can't vote against "Aghartha". What a great atmosphere, and a great album, too.

Me · Answer

MATCH UP 1: "Self Corruption Manifesto" by Daath 
MATCH UP 2: "You Stole" by Brand New
MATCH UP 3: "Omen" by Prodigy
MATCH UP 4: "Melee" by Russian Circles
MATCH UP 5: "Sirens of the Seven Seas" by Sirenia

Punch · Answer

1- bleeding is a luxury- Atreyu
2.  Papercuts wins, although I detest papercuts for the pain they inflict on innocent hands
3. Royskopp just might be forever indeed
4. Russian Circles
5. Sirenia

sorry I can't comment more then this but I am on somebody elses clock

(wink)

sunkenship · Answer

hey waves

1.  bleeding is a luxury. less offensive vocally, more tuneful musically.
2. once we walked in the sunlight. sounds like an excellent trek. i like this.
3. royskopp forever
4. melee. sometimes you can have too much drone.
5. sirens of the seven seas. great video for malevolence, though.

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