Wow- new voters everywhere, welcome! Big shout-outs to Brigitte, Caroline, Kim O, ktracz, and nate heller- musical democracy in action! Also welcome back to some old familiar handles back in the mix: MarkB, AdamS, Lindsay, etc. We’ve gone ahead and tied the voters record we set two days ago…that’ll be broken before long (although likely not on the weekend.)

The name of the game here was a stunning performance from Jeff Buckley, posting a ridiculous 8.24 average and leaving Sympathy For The Devil nearly 18 points behind the tape: 164.8-147.9. Cheer up, Jeff- you’re going to the Round of 64! Hallelujah joins the wall of 10’s with five voters.

Bob Dylan split his match-ups but does finally claim a spot in the Round of 64 with Like A Rolling Stone’s victory over Louie Louie, 146.55-129.8. The same couldn’t be said for Blowing In The Wind, which fell to Lookin’ Out My Backdoor, 146.9-132.2. Dylan is now 1-2 in the Round of 128, with 1 song remaining. The Kingsmen are eliminated.

Finally, in the battle of songs produced this century, “Hey Ya”‘s party up pump was too much for Tunnels, and OutKast eliminates Arcade Fire, 148.45-136.35. In its swan song, Tunnels picks up four perfect votes and will also be joining the Wall of 10’s.

To reiterate, Arcade Fire and The Kingsmen are eliminated from contention. Two bands, opposite sides of the temporal distributive curve of songs in the tourney- fare thee well.