#1 (54) Neil Young vs. #16 (971) Buffalo Tom
#8 (459) John Legend vs. #9 (566) Yaz
#5 (310) Audioslave vs. #12 (715) Electronic
#4 (203) The Commodores vs. #13 (822) Fergie
#3 (182) Paul Simon vs. #14 (843) Brand New
#6 (331) Puff Daddy/P. Diddy vs. #11 (694) George Thorogood
#7 (438) Howard Jones vs. #10 (587) America
#2 (75) Kiss vs. #15 (950) Default

#1 (54) Neil Young
#9 (566) Yaz
#5 (310) Audioslave
#4 (203) The Commodores
#3 (182) Paul Simon
#11 (694) George Thoroggod
#10 (587) America
#2 (75) Kiss

Neil... Tough draw for Buffalo Tom...
Legend... Yaz or as know as in the UK, Yazoo have such an 80's cliche sound that doesn't really hold up...
Electronic... 2 super groups, Sumner, Marr & sometime Tennant hold up more than Cornell & Morello...
Commodores...
Brand New... Never a fan of Simon's solo stuff, 'Deja Entendu' is a great album...
Thorogood... I hate both, how many 80's songs has Diddy not ripped off???
HoJo...
Kiss...

#1 (54) Neil Young
#9 (566) Yaz
#12 (715) Electronic
#4 (203) The Commodores
#3 (182) Paul Simon
#6 (331) Puff Daddy/P. Diddy
#10 (587) America
#2 (75) Kiss

#1 (54) Neil Young
#8 (459) John Legend
#5 (310) Audioslave
#4 (203) The Commodore
#3 (182) Paul Simon
#11 (694) George Thorogood (B-b-b-bad to the bone!)
#10 (587) America
#2 (75) Kiss

1. Neil Young
9. Yaz
12. Electronic
4. The Commodores
3. Paul Simon
11. George Thorogood (Yes, his schtick is pretty much just warmed-over Bo Diddley, but that’s still good enough in my book to take out Mr. Combs.)
7. Howard Jones (In my opinion, Slick, Yaz(oo) hasn’t dated nearly as badly as this guy. I’m giving him a pass to the next round out of a combination of his weak competition here and my rank nostalgia for “No One Is to Blame.”)
2. Kiss

****

MOST UNDERRATED
Neil Young (UMT 54, AM 18)

(When the “most underrated” artist is also the #1 seed…well, it looks like Neil will take this group in a walk.)

MOST OVERRATED
The Commodores (UMT 203, AM 1480); John Legend (UMT 459, AM 2103); Kiss (UMT 75, AM 301).

NOT AM RANKED
Audioslave, Puff Daddy, Howard Jones, America, George Thorogood, Fergie, Brand New, Default.

CLOSEST
Nobody. Only 2 artists today (Neil and Paul Simon) are ranked higher by AM than by UMT.

#1 Neil Young
#8 John Legend - Not a fan of Yaz's sound.
#12 Electronic
#4 The Commodores
#3 Paul Simon
#6 Puff Daddy/P. Diddy
#7 Howard Jones
#15 Default - Ironic that the band Kiss is up against is named Default. Since any default artist will automatically beat one of the three most loathesome artists in the history of popular music. (That is a purely aesthetic judgment. Simmons seems fairly loathesome as a person also, but no more than any number rock egotists.) I read that Default is a Nickelback discovery. I have no desire to hear them at all. They still beat Kiss.

Favorite this round - Simon
Favorite not voted for - Buffalo Tom

Neil Young
The Commodores
Paul Simon
George Thorogood
Kiss

Wow...my least favorite bracket of the tourney so far...

pass
pass
pass
#4 The Commodores
#3 Paul Simon
#11 George Thorogood - This is just a vote for "Bad to the Bone", and because P. Diddy is P. Diddy/Puffy/Sean John/Mr. Annoying
#7 Howard Jones - I really enjoy Howard Jones; "New Song", "Everlasting Love", and "No One is to Blame"; good stuff
pass

Today's favorite: Paul Simon
Today's favorite I didn't vote for: America
Favorite song by an artist in today's bracket: "What Is Love?", Howard Jones

#1 (54) Neil Young
#4 (203) The Commodores
#3 (182) Paul Simon
#11 (694) George Thorogood
Not that familiar with him, but as long as he writes his own music instead of stealing other peoples songs and rapping badly over them while blatantly cross-marketing other acts, he gets my vote.
#2 (75) Kiss
Not a Kiss fan, but that one hit Default had was pretty bad.

#1 Neil Young
#9 Yaz
#12 Electronic
#4 The Commodores
#3 Paul Simon
#6 P. Diddy
#10 America
#2 Kiss

yaz... teehee, cute. the game's called soccer though, pal..

/in memorandum of John's justifiable confusion/

#1 (54) Neil Young
#8 (459) John Legend
#12 (715) Electronic
#4 (203) The Commodores
#3 (182) Paul Simon
#11 (694) George Thorogood
#10 (587) America
#2 (75) Kiss

Winners in #46...

Neil Young 96% / Buffalo Tom 4%
Yaz(oo) 52.2% / John Legend 47.8%
Audioslave 54.5% / Electronic 45.5%
The Commodores 96.2% / Fergie 3.8%
Paul Simon 84.6% / Brand New 15.4%
George Thorogood 61.5% / Diddy 38.5%
Howard Jones 58.3% / America 41.7%
Kiss 92% / Default 8%