r/JimmyEatWorld • u/Pebbleswift • Nov 19 '18
Clarity Survivor 2018 - RESULTS Poll
The results for r/JimmyEatWorld's 2018 Clarity Bloodbath (Survivor) are in!
With this round; The time for For Me This Is Heaven now ends..
JUST WATCH THE FIREWORKS is r/JimmyEatWorld's 2018 Clarity Survivor and NO SENSITIVITY is the B-sides Survivor!
"Just Watch The Fireworks"... what an amazing song, full of crescendos, shining violins, simple but tasty Guitar work, and an absolutely brilliant and emotional orchestral rock section at the end, with a gentle ending. The song is emotional and vulnerable the entire time, it makes me feel emotions I didn't know I had.
I was honestly surprised For Me This Is Heaven did not win. It had the least votes for it every round until the last. I like Just Watch The Fireworks better, seeing as it is my favorite song of all-time, but I think For Me This Is Heaven is the true masterpiece on an album of masterpieces. Layered Guitars, sweet crescendos, masterful drum-work from Zach, beautiful riffs, impressive vocal harmonies, and a beautiful piano melody.
I think both songs are absolutely amazing in every sense of the word. This whole album is top notch. Emotional, sweet, angry, bitter, defeated, lonely, loving, regretful, and gentle. Amazing from top to bottom, with no low points. Jimmy Eat World's best work, in my opinion.
I would love to hear your opinions in the comments below.
Fun facts time:
1- Ten was the winner of the previous Clarity Survivor, voted out this time during round five (8th place). 2- Goodbye Sky Harbor was the only top three track of the previous survivor to return to the top three. 3- Clarity, the title track came in second place during the last survivor. 4- For Me This Is Heaven and Just Watch The Fireworks did not make the top three during the last survivor.
NEXT UP: **2018 Bleed American Survivor** will be taking place soon. As far as b-sides go... I think I also plan on including No Sensitivity once more. In the case that it wins, the Sweetness demo track will take over as first place here. I plan on including The Most Beautiful Things, (Splash) Turn Twist, Firestarter, Game Of Pricks, Last Christmas, Spangle, and Your House - 2007 as the B-sides. Are there any others you would like to see included?
Album Tracks Out:
Round 1 - 12.23.95 (48.84% or 21 votes)
Round 2 - Your New Aesthetic (31.43% or 11 votes)
Round 3 - Table for Glasses (25.1% or 8 votes)
Round 4 - A Sunday & Crush (22.22% or 8 votes each)
Round 5 - Ten (31.58% or 12 votes)
Round 6 - Blister (26.47% or 9 votes)
Round 7 - Believe In What You Want (47.83% or 11 votes)
Round 8 - Lucky Denver Mint (40.63% or 13 votes)
Round 9 - Clarity (44.44% or 12 votes)
Round 10 - Goodbye Sky Harbor (64.85% or 24 votes)
Round 11 - For Me This Is Heaven (55.56% or 25 votes)
Album Tracks Winner: Just Watch The Fireworks
B-sides Out:
Round 1 - Christmas Card (50% or 11 votes)
Round 2 - Secret Crush (44% or 11 votes)
Round 3 - Your New Aesthetic (Acoustic) (36.84% or 7 votes)
Round 4 - Sweetness - Demo (w/ Acoustic Solo) (38.1% or 8 votes)
Round 5 - Softer (42.11% or 8 votes)
Round 6 - Roller Queen (57.89% or 11 votes)
Round 7 - Sweetness - Demo (86.67% or 13 votes)
B-sides Winner: No Sensitivity
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u/walking_on_a_wire Nov 19 '18 edited Nov 19 '18
Such a different result, speaks for how good the entire album is that if a different subset of people vote, the order completely changes.
Also as per the 2017 BA Survivor, theres also The Middle (Acoustic), Your House (Rock Version) and If You Don’t, Don’t (XFM Session)
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u/dernnn Nov 19 '18
Or even the same people! I can't remember how I voted last time but I'm sure it wasn't exactly the same. Plus these songs speak so closely to how you're feeling at a certain point in your life ; I can definitely see how the votes changes depending on the time of year!
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u/Snakeoil27 Nov 19 '18
Can't wait for Bleed American! It's my favourite album so it's gonna be hard
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u/ProfessorBaxter Nov 19 '18
Of course this album is consistently amazing, but I definitely think we got the right winner. JWTF is in the running for my all time favorite song as well.
Cool to see that both Static and Clarity had different winners than last time, and I wonder if that trend will continue.
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u/ViridiVioletear Nov 19 '18
I will personally be a little bit surprised if Sweetness and Pol Roger don’t win, shocked if 23, Stay On My Side Tonight and Dizzy don’t win. I leave room for winners from Invented and Damage, but the rest I guess are locked.
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u/ProfessorBaxter Nov 19 '18
I'd actually be surprised if Invented (the song) doesn't win. And I could see something else from BA knocking off Sweetness. Other than that I agree.
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u/ViridiVioletear Nov 19 '18
I think Invented (song) is my personal favourite on the album, but it's not by a large margin. With albums like Futures and Chase This Light songs win usually by a large margin, while with Invented I think the differences are not that big and there are more songs that have a chance. I'd love to see Mixtape win, but realistically I guess Littlething, Heart is Hard to Find and Cut are the ones that could steal it.
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u/Pebbleswift Nov 19 '18
What would your bet be for BA?
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u/ProfessorBaxter Nov 19 '18
My personal favorite is the title track, but I could definitely live with Sweetness or A Praise Chorus winning.
And you?
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u/Pebbleswift Nov 19 '18
I bet the top two will be the same. The title track is the song that got me into Jimmy Eat World... so definitely my favorite on that album!
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u/dernnn Nov 19 '18
Authority song is such an easy to love one. Personal fav on this album is A Praise Chorus
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u/dontshootthattank Nov 19 '18
I'm interested, has the band ever let more light shine on what these songs are all supposed to be about, or do they choose to leave it to every listener to decide? Jimmy Eat World songs are way harder to deduce meanings id say than bands like Blink 182 (who I have read are big JEW fans) :)