Match-up #1: People Are Strange by The Doors vs. Where's My Love by SYML vs. Dancing On My Own by Robyn
Match-up #2: Aish Tamid by Matisyahu vs. I Can't Get Next To You by The Temptations
Match-up #3: Lightning Crashes by Live vs. Gotta Be A Reason by Alec Benjamin
Match-up #4: Old School Hollywood by System Of A Down vs. It Was A Good Day by Ice Cube

#1 - Idk where Dancing On My Own came from, probs one of the playlists I didn't get to, but it hits. Or whatever the kids say. This matchup is brutal though. All the songs in the first matchup I really like and will probs vote for next round.
#2 - I could've went either way in the second matchup. Not sure I vibing these as much as some of the others here. Went with Aish Tamid by Matisyahu.
#3 - I'd never heard of Lightning Crashes before hearing it in the seeding, but I love it. Gotta Be A Reason is obvi my fav though. If it falls, Lightning Crashes is prob my second fav in this whole top half region thing. It's amazing. Would've got my vote against any other song here. <3
#4 - It Was A Good Day is just too good not to get my vote.

Match-up #1: People Are Strange by The Doors vs. Where's My Love by SYML vs. Dancing On My Own by Robyn
Match-up #2: Aish Tamid by Matisyahu vs. I Can't Get Next To You by The Temptations
Match-up #3: Lightning Crashes by Live vs. Gotta Be A Reason by Alec Benjamin
Match-up #4: Old School Hollywood by System Of A Down vs. It Was A Good Day by Ice Cube

#1: People Are Strange is one of my favorites for a reason. Robyn and SYML put up a decent fight.
#2: I like Aish Tamid. Good song. I like the other song as well.
#3: Lightning Crashes is growing on me. Gotta Be A Reason is a good song, but it can't put up a fight against I can feel it.
#4: System of a Down. Ice Cube rap not my type of music.

I really like Dancing On My Own. It was easy to vote for. But I didn't like voting against People Are Strange.
I remember liking the Temptations song and I don't even remember the one it was up against here. :P
Lightning Crashes easily gets my vote.
The last match-up was more difficult because neither is really my type of music but I went with Ice Cube.

People Are Strange, this is a tough matchup here (except Robyn. That song is shit). The Doors = <3
I Can't Get next to you. Love The Temptations
Lightning Crashes, but both of these songs are good.
Gunna Be A Good Day

1) Yeah, still like my song the best here. Dancing On My Own
2) hadn't gotten to either of these from their original playlists! BLIND MATCHUP! Aish Tamid takes it easily
3) another blind matchup...didn't love either of these but Gotta Be A Reason is a bit better
4) Cube easily

Lightning Crashes deserves better already.

Dancing On My Own
Ice Cube

easy winners

the last one was a gamble

#1. People Are Strange by The Doors -- this is such a classic song, the others ones aren't even close.
#2. I Can't Get Next To You by The Temptations -- this one is close, but the Temptations takes it
#3. Lightning Crashes by Live -- this one might be a bit closer if Lightning Crashes wasn't one of my all-time favorites
#4. It Was A Good Day by Ice Cube -- I love me some SOAD, but this isn't one of their best songs. Ice Cube carries this match-up for me.

Round 1 winners:

Match-up #1: People Are Strange by The Doors (5-1-5, advances as higher seed)
Match-up #2: Aish Tamid by Matisyahu (6-4)
Match-up #3: Lightning Crashes by Live (6-5)
Match-up #4: It Was A Good Day by Ice Cube (9-1)