The sun sets down on the battlefield but the war is not over. The warriors are in their camps taking some rest. There´s a boy wondering alone on the battlefield. Every now and then he bends down on his knees and picks up small objects from the grounds. I think he plans to show them to his friends later.
A bullet on the battlefield #14: We started with 61 songs from the first stage and 57 from the second almost equally distributed in the groups. After Phase one we still have a very balanced situation: 31 songs pre-reunion and 33 post reunion. The second stage production seems to have, so far, a slight preference from the users. But things may change dramatically from now on.
A bullet on the battlefield #15: The most represented albums in Phase Two are
Wings of tomorrow,
Secret Society and
War of kings (all with 9 songs). But Wings has lost only one song (
Dance the night away),
Secret Society two (the title track and
Wish I could believe) and
War of Kings three (
Second day,
Angels with broken hearts and
Light it up).
A bullet on the battlefield #16: The less represented album is
Bag of bones. Only two songs survived (the title track and
Firebox). I think this can be explained considering that while it is, as a whole, a very solid and enjoyable work, the single tracks don’t shine so much when compared to other songs. The band itself, lately, performs live only
Firebox.
A bullet on the battlefield #17: When comparing the final 64 songs between the new and the old battle, there are 15 different songs. Of course the nine songs off
War of kings have claimed some room, mostly to the detriment of the so call bonus tracks (in fact we’ve lost, with respect to the final 64 of the old battle,
Here comes the night,
On broken wings,
Break free,
A long time comin’ and
Yesterday’s news). We have also “lost” four songs from BOB (
My woman my friend,
Riches to rags,
Demon head and
Doghouse), three from
Europe (
Children of this time,
Boyazont and
Words of wisdom), and three from
Prisoners in Paradise (
Talk to me,
I’ll cry for you and
Homeland). But there are six more songs that made it this time and didn’t in the old battle:
Treated bad again,
Lyin’ eyes,
Carrie,
Coast to coast,
Settle for love and
Brave and beautiful soul).
A bullet on the battlefield #18: In only one case the selection we operated this time is exactly the same of the old battle: in this new battle we’ve chosen six songs from
Last look at Eden and exactly the same of the old battle.
A bullet on the battlefield #19: Concerning
Only young twice (the song not the battle
) this time it got zero votes. In the old battle two users awarded it their vote:
watercolourgirl (she might have found songs that she likes more in this year’s group) and
EuropeMagnum who joined this battle too late to give his vote to that song. Or maybe he wouldn't have in any case.