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Central Nebraska, you've narrowed it down to 32 songs. It's obvious your choices have been aided by pop culture.
Johnny Cash remains with two top-seeded songs. Queen has a top seed and a No. 4 in the third bracket. The Righteous Brothers have a No. 2 and a No. 4 in the second bracket. Aerosmith has a song in bracket three and another in bracket four. Garth Brooks has two songs remaining in bracket four, including a No. 12 seed.
No. 12 seeds did well in round two, winning all four matches. Top seeds and fourth seeds also advanced four songs each.
Not that seeds matter. We're not talking talent or a tournament winners.
We're talking about favorites.
So let's talk about them.
A look at the 32 remaining tunes shows that songs with a tie to something bigger than the song itself are doing well.
Cash's songs are doing well after the movie "Walk the Line" came out recently.
"Great Balls of Fire" was the name of the Jerry Lee Lewis biography.
Patsy Cline's "Crazy" was remade in 1999 by LeAnn Rimes.
"Stand By Me" was a movie in 1986.
"Johnnie B. Goode" was a movie in the 1980s, but more popular for a scene in "Back to the Future" where Michael J. Fox plays it at a school dance.
"Rock Around the Clock" was the first rock song in a movie, in 1955's "Blackboard Jungle."
"White Christmas" of course is a holiday classic.
"Hit the Road, Jack" has appeared in commercials and at many sporting events.
"Unchained Melody" appeared in the movie "Ghost."
"Imagine" is perhaps the most well-known John Lennon song and has been covered by many artists. It is also a controversial song for some of its lyrics.
"Good Vibrations" has appeared in a number of TV shows, movies and commercials, including "Lost," "The Wonder Years" and "Wild Hogs."
"What a Wonderful World," while released in 1965, charted again in 1987 with the release of the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam."
"You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling" was sung by Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards in a famous scene from "Top Gun." The move has undoubtedly been copied by millions of drunk men since.
"American Pie" is a recap of pop culture in itself, but also recently appeared in a Chevy commercial.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" was used in the movie "Pretty Woman" with Julia Roberts.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was highlighted in "Wayne's World."
"Walk This Way" was a huge hit in the mid-80s when Run-DMC teamed with Aerosmith for a rock-rap combo.
"I Love Rock ’n' Roll" is a rock anthem, also covered by Britney Spears.
"We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" is a song used at 98.4 percent of all sporting events in the last 25 years.
"Born in the U.S.A." has been played for years in a patriotic setting, much to annoyance of Bruce Springsteen. Most famously, the Boss told Ronald Reagan to stop using his song. Listen to the words.
"Sweet Home Alabama" is the name of a movie, and is also memorialized in a current hit by Kid Rock.
"Wind Beneath My Wings" is played every time someone thanks another person at convention. It is possibly the most overplayed inspirational song in recorded sound history.
Garth Brooks' two remaining songs, "Friends in Low Places" and "The Dance," were a big reason for country music's rise to popularity in the early 1990s.
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" has been used in many pop culture moments, including in "Independence Day," "Tommy Boy," and "The Simpsons."
"Piano Man," "Hotel California," "Tears in Heaven," "We Didn't Start the Fire," "Janie's Got a Gun" and "Free Fallin'" are the other songs in round two. Each of them are known for different reasons, but mainly because the songs are stories being told.
Many songs in the list that lost in the first two rounds were also popularized by a different role in pop culture. But they all lost already.
In round two, you said good-bye to Simon & Garfunkel three times.
See ya later, Judy Garland, Buddy Holly and Glenn Miller. Sonny and Cher and the Monkeys are history. We like you Neil Diamond, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Van Halen. You're just not our favorites.
Likewise for Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd and Hootie and the Blowfish.
