U2 vs. Modest Mouse
A Tribe Called Quest vs. Pavement
Bo Diddley vs. Rainbow
Howlin’ Wolf vs. Dean Martin
AC/DC vs. Animal Collective
James Taylor vs. Bad Company
Roxy Music vs. The Allman Brothers
Eric B. & Rakim vs. Electric Light Orchestra
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1980 - 315. U2 -- A Day Without Me
1981 - 47. U2 -- I Will Follow
1981 - 108. U2 -- Gloria
1981 - 343. U2 -- Fire
1982 - 254. U2 -- A Celebration
1983 - 9. U2 -- New Year's Day
1983 - 20. U2 -- Sunday Bloody Sunday
1983 - 129. U2 -- Two Hearts Beat As One
1983 - 213. U2 -- The Refugee
1983 - 309. U2 -- Surrender
1983 - 334. U2 -- "40" (live)
1983 - 390. U2 -- Drowning Man
1984 - 3. U2 -- Pride (In The Name Of Love)
1984 - 309. U2- Wire
1985 - 33. U2 -- The Unforgettable Fire
1985 - 63. U2 -- Bad
1987 - 1. U2 -- With Or Without You
1987 - 5. U2 -- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
1987 - 17. U2 -- Where The Streets Have No Name
1987 - 77. U2 -- In God's Country
1987 - 111. U2 -- Bullet The Blue Sky
1987 - 150. U2 -- Running To Stand Still
1987 - 168. U2 -- One Tree Hill
1987 - 198. U2 -- Red Hill Mining Town
1987 - 267. U2 -- Spanish Eyes
1987 - 274. U2 -- Trip Through My Wires
1987 - 381. U2 -- Exit
1988 - 5. U2 -- Desire
1988 - 40. U2 -- Angel Of Harlem
1989 - 60. U2 -- All I Want Is You
1989 - 84. U2 -- When Love Come To Town
1989 - 170. U2 -- Everlasting Love
1989 - 304. U2 -- Dancing Barefoot
1990 - 372. U2 -- Night And Day
1991 - 6. U2 -- Mysterious Ways
1991 - 44. U2 -- The Fly
1992 - 1. U2 -- One
1992 - 26. U2 -- Even Better Than The Real Thing
1992 - 46. U2 -- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
1992 - 169. U2 -- Until The End Of The World
1992 - 221. U2 -- Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
1992 - 274. U2 -- Zoo Station
1993 - 67. U2 -- Stay (Far Away So Close)
1993 - 87. U2 -- Lemon
1993 - 152. U2 -- Numb
1993 - 182. U2 -- Zooropa
1993 - 278. U2 & Johnny Cash -- The Wanderer
1993 - 398. U2 -- Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
1995 - 22. U2 -- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
1997 - 28. U2 -- Discotheque
1997 - 46. U2 -- Staring At The Sun
1997 - 184. U2 -- Last Night On Earth
1997 - 313. U2 -- If God Will Send His Angels
1997 - 326. U2 -- Please
1998 - 38. U2 -- The Sweetest Thing
2000 - 5. U2 -- Beautiful Day
2001 - 35. U2 -- Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
2001 - 61. U2 -- Elevation
2001 - 82. U2 -- Walk On
2001 - 296. U2 -- Kite
2001 - 385. U2 -- Peace On Earth
2002 - 61. U2 -- Electrical Storm
2003 - 400. U2 -- The Hands That Built America
2004 - 8. U2 -- Vertigo
2005 - 24. U2 -- Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
2005 - 43. U2 -- City Of Blinding Lights
2005 - 58. U2 -- All Because Of You
2005 - 182. U2 -- Original Of The Species
2005 - 341. U2 -- Love And Peace Or Else
2006 - 202. Mary J. Blige & U2 -- One
2007 - 77. U2 -- Window In The Skies
2009 - 33 U2 -- Get On Your Boots
2009 - 44 U2 -- Magnificent
2009 - 47 U2 -- I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
2009 - 208 U2 -- Moment Of Surrender
1998 - 369. Modest Mouse -- Other Peoples Lives
2000 - 330. Modest Mouse -- Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
2004 - 5. Modest Mouse -- Float On
2004 - 74. Modest Mouse -- Ocean Breathes Salty
2004 - 323. Modest Mouse -- The Good Times Are Killing Me
2005 - 194. Modest Mouse -- The World At Large
2007 - 17. Modest Mouse -- Dashboard
2007 - 106. Modest Mouse -- Missed The Boat
2007 - 191. Modest Mouse -- We’ve Got Everything
1990 - 52. A Tribe Called Quest -- Can I Kick It?
1990 - 107. A Tribe Called Quest -- I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
1990 - 128. A Tribe Called Quest -- Bonita Applebum
1991 - 51. A Tribe Called Quest -- Check The Rhime
1991 - 153. A Tribe Called Quest -- Jazz (We’ve Got)
1991 - 166. A Tribe Called Quest -- Buggin’ Out
1991 - 260. A Tribe Called Quest -- Luck Of Lucien
1992 - 28. A Tribe Called Quest -- Scenario
1992 - 319. A Tribe Called Quest -- Hot Sex
1993 - 61. A Tribe Called Quest -- Award Tour
1993 - 211. A Tribe Called Quest -- Midnight
1994 - 116. A Tribe Called Quest -- Electric Relaxation
1994 - 377. A Tribe Called Quest -- Oh My God
1996 - 305. A Tribe Called Quest -- Stressed Out
1996 - 370. A Tribe Called Quest -- 1nce Again
1998 - 221. A Tribe Called Quest -- Find A Way
1991 - 18. Pavement -- Summer Babe
1992 - 261. Pavement -- Trigger Cut
1994 - 42. Pavement -- Cut Your Hair
1995 - 341. Pavement -- Rattled By The Rush
1997 - 296. Pavements -- Stereo
1999 - 331. Pavement -- Carrot Rope
1955 - 12. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
1955 - 28. Bo Diddley - I'm A Man
1955 - 95. Bo Diddley -- Pretty Thing
1955 - 177. Bo Diddley -- Diddley Daddy
1955 - 192. Bo Diddley -- Bring It Home Jerome
1956 - 17. Bo Diddley -- Who Do You Love?
1956 - 96. Bo Diddley -- Diddy Wah Diddy
1957 - 88. Bo Diddley -- Hey! Bo Diddley
1957 - 100. Bo Diddley -- Mona
1957 - 156. Bo Diddley -- Before You Accuse Me
1958 - 175. Bo Diddley -- Dearest Darling
1959 - 68. Bo Diddley -- Say Man
1959 - 138. Bo Diddley -- Crackin' Up
1960 - 79. Bo Diddley -- Road Runner
1962 - 95. Bo Diddley -- You Can’t Judge A Book
1975 - 70. Rainbow -- Man on the Silver Mountain
1975 - 266. Rainbow -- Catch The Rainbow
1976 - 156. Rainbow -- Starstruck
1976 - 194. Rainbow -- Stargazer
1978 - 253. Rainbow -- Long Live Rock ‘N Roll
1979 - 70. Rainbow -- Since You Been Gone
1980 - 201. Rainbow -- All Night Long
1981 - 165. Rainbow -- I Surrender
1981 - 341. Rainbow -- Can't Happen Here
1982 - 62. Rainbow -- Stone Cold
1983 - 118. Rainbow -- Street Of Dreams
1983 - 298. Rainbow -- Can't Let You Go
1955 - 142. Howlin' Wolf -- Who Will Be Next
1955 - 176. Howlin’ Wolf -- I'll Be Around
1956 - 25. Howlin' Wolf -- Smokestack Lightning
1956 - 196. Howlin' Wolf -- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
1960 - 53. Howlin' Wolf -- Spoonful
1960 - 87. Howlin' Wolf -- Back Door Man
1960 - 140. Howlin' Wolf -- Wang Dang Doodle
1960 - 146. Howlin' Wolf -- Howlin' For My Baby
1961 - 116. Howlin' Wolf -- Little Red Rooster
1955 - 11. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of These
1955 - 35. Dean Martin -- That's Amore
1955 - 127. Dean Martin -- Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
1955 - 132. Dean Martin -- Let Me Go Lover
1955 - 144. Dean Martin -- Under The Bridge Of Paris
1955 - 149. Dean Martin -- Mambo Italiano
1956 - 77. Dean Martin -- Standing on the Corner
1956 - 109. Dean Martin -- Innamorata
1958 - 32. Dean Martin -- Return To Me
1958 - 71. Dean Martin -- Volare
1958 - 199. Dean Martin -- Angel Baby
1959 - 171. Dean Martin -- On An Evening In Roma
1960 - 41. Dean Martin -- Ain't That A Kick In The Head
1964 - 29. Dean Martin -- Everybody Loves Somebody
1964 - 77. Dean Martin -- You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You
1964 - 112. Dean Martin -- The Door Is Still Open To My Heart
1965 - 194. Dean Martin -- I Will
1965 - 220. Dean Martin -- Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
1965 - 273. Dean Martin -- Houston
1966 - 292. Dean Martin -- Somewhere There's A Someone
1967 - 270. Dean Martin -- In The Chapel In The Moonlight
1975 - 184. AC/DC -- High Voltage
1976 - 82. AC/DC -- TNT
1976 - 118. AC/DC -- It’s A Long Way To The Top
1976 - 302. AC/DC -- Jailbreak
1976 - 344. AC/DC -- There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’
1977 - 112. AC/DC -- Big Balls
1977 - 134. AC/DC -- Let There Be Rock
1977 - 222. AC/DC -- Problem Child
1978 - 65. AC/DC -- Whole Lotta Rosie
1978 - 215. AC/DC -- Rock ‘N Roll Damnation
1978 - 333. AC/DC -- Sin City
1979 - 28. AC/DC -- Highway To Hell
1979 - 132. AC/DC -- Girls Got Rhythm
1979 - 217. AC/DC -- Touch Too Much
1979 - 246. AC/DC -- Night Prowler
1979 - 298. AC/DC -- Walk All Over
1980 - 4. AC/DC -- You Shook Me All Night Long
1980 - 8. AC/DC -- Back In Black
1980 - 43. AC/DC -- Hells Bells
1980 - 187. AC/DC -- Shoot To Thrill
1980 - 195. AC/DC -- Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
1980 - 234. AC/DC -- What You Do For Money Honey
1980 - 250. AC/DC -- Have A Drink On Me
1980 - 348. AC/DC -- Give The Dog A Bone
1981 - 230. AC/DC -- Put The Finger On You
1982 - 45. AC/DC -- For Thos About To Rock (We Salute You)
1982 - 171. AC/DC -- Let's Get It Up
1983 - 267. AC/DC -- Flick of the Switch
1985 - 227. AC/DC -- Sink the Pink
1985 - 367. AC/DC -- Danger
1986 - 222. AC/DC -- Who Made Who
1988 - 304. AC/DC -- Heatseeker
1990 - 87. AC/DC -- Thunderstruck
1990 - 116. AC/DC -- Money Talks
1991 - 334. AC/DC -- Are You Ready
1993 - 113. AC/DC -- Big Gun
1995 - 311. AC/DC -- Hard As A Rock
2000 - 184. AC/DC -- Stiff Upper Lip
2000 - 376. AC/DC -- Satellite Blues
2008 - 48. AC/DC -- Rock ‘N Roll Train
2008 - 209. AC/DC -- Big Jack
2004 - 219. Animal Collective -- Who Could Win A Rabbit?
2005 - 136. Animal Collective -- Grass
2007 - 32. Animal Collective -- Fireworks
2007 - 71. Animal Collective -- Peacebone
2009 - 3 Animal Collective -- My Girls
2009 - 18 Animal Collective -- Brother Sport
2009 - 19 Animal Collective -- Summertime Clothes
2009 - 184 Animal Collective -- What Would I Want? Sky
1970 - 21. James Taylor -- Fire And Rain
1970 - 155. James Taylor -- Carolina On My Mind
1970 - 269. James Taylor -- Sweet Baby James
1971 - 19. James Taylor -- You've Got A Friend
1971 - 190. James Taylor -- Long Ago And Far Away
1972 - 194. James Taylor -- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
1972 - 205. James Taylor -- I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)
1975 - 242. James Taylor -- Mexico
1976 - 122. James Taylor -- Shower The People
1977 - 86. James Taylor -- Handy Man
1977 - 184. James Taylor -- Your Smiling Face
1981 - 242. James Taylor & J.D. Souther -- Her Town Too
1985 - 317. James Taylor -- Everyday
1974 - 11. Bad Company -- Can't Get Enough
1974 - 69. Bad Company -- Bad Company
1974 - 123. Bad Company -- Ready For Love
1974 - 197. Bad Company -- Rock Steady
1975 - 54. Bad Company -- Feel Like Making Love
1975 - 118. Bad Company -- Shooting Star
1975 - 156. Bad Company -- Movin’ On
1975 - 276. Bad Company -- Good Lovin' Gone Bad
1976 - 157. Bad Company -- Run With The Pack
1976 - 271. Bad Company -- Young Blood
1976 - 350. Bad Company -- Live For The Music
1977 - 319. Bad Company -- Burning Sky
1979 - 60. Bad Company -- Rock 'N Roll Fantasy
1979 - 348. Bad Company -- Gone, Gone, Gone
1982 - 244. Bad Company -- Electricland
1988 - 309. Bad Company -- No Smoke Without A Fire
1989 - 324. Bad Company -- Shake It Up
1990 - 117. Bad Company -- If You Needed Somebody
1990 - 147. Bad Company -- Holy Water
1990 - 281. Bad Company -- Boys Cry Tough
1991 - 378. Bad Company -- Walk Through Fire
1992 - 130. Bad Company -- How About That
1992 - 345. Bad Company -- This Could Be The One
1972 - 31. Roxy Music -- Virginia Plain
1972 - 160. Roxy Music -- Ladytron
1973 - 92. Roxy Music -- Do The Strand
1973 - 119. Roxy Music -- Street Life
1973 - 222. Roxy Music -- Pyjamarama
1973 - 249. Roxy Music -- Beauty Queen
1973 - 291. Roxy Music -- A Song For Europe
1974 - 124. Roxy Music -- All I Want Is You
1974 - 226. Roxy Music -- The Thrill Of It All
1974 - 238. Roxy Music -- A Really Good Time
1975 - 27. Roxy Music -- Love Is The Drug
1975 - 230. Roxy Music -- Both Ends Burning
1979 - 178. Roxy Music -- Dance Away
1979 - 209. Roxy Music -- Angel Eyes
1980 - 228. Roxy Music -- Oh Yeah (On The Radio)
1980 - 240. Roxy Music -- Over You
1980 - 287. Roxy Music -- Same Old Scene
1981 - 224. Roxy Music -- Jealous Guy
1982 - 119. Roxy Music -- More Than This
1982 - 198. Roxy Music -- Avalon
1982 - 316. Roxy Music -- Take A Chance With Me
1969 - 62. The Allman Brothers -- Whipping Post
1971 - 97. The Allman Brothers -- Midnight Rider
1971 - 142. The Allman Brothers -- Statesboro Blues
1971 - 240. The Allman Brothers -- Revival
1972 - 137. The Allman Brothers -- Melissa
1972 - 176. The Allman Brothers -- Little Martha
1972 - 234. The Allman Brothers -- Ain't Wasting Time No More
1972 - 281. The Allman Brothers -- One Way Out
1973 - 26. The Allman Brothers -- Ramblin' Man
1973 - 215. The Allman Brothers -- Southbound
1974 - 111. The Allman Brothers -- Jessica
1979 - 276. The Allman Brothers -- Crazy Love
1980 - 279. The Allman Brothers -- Angeline
1981 - 347. The Allman Brothers -- Straight From The Heart
1990 - 247. The Allman Brothers -- Good Clean Fun
1991 - 384. The Allman Brothers -- End Of the Line
1986 - 170. Eric B. & Rakim -- Eric B. Is President
1987 - 66. Eric B. & Rakim -- Paid In Full
1987 - 109. Eric B. & Rakim -- I Know You Got Soul
1987 - 300. Eric B. & Rakim -- I Ain't No Joke
1988 - 85. Eric B. & Rakim -- Follow The Leader
1988 - 317. Eric B. & Rakim -- Microphone Fiend
1992 - 143. Eric B. & Rakim -- Don't Sweat The Technique
1992 - 187. Eric B. & Rakim -- Juice (Know The Ledge)
1972 - 114. ELO -- 10538 Overture
1973 - 82. ELO -- Roll Over Beethoven
1973 - 216. ELO -- Showdown
1974 - 30. ELO -- Can't Get It Out Of My Head
1974 - 199. ELO -- Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
1975 - 37. ELO -- Evil Woman
1975 - 147. ELO -- Fire On High
1976 - 22. ELO -- Livin’ Thing
1976 - 93. ELO -- Strange Magic
1976 - 280. ELO -- Tightrope
1977 - 54. ELO -- Telephone Line
1977 - 77. ELO -- Turn To Stone
1977 - 96. ELO -- Do Ya
1977 - 174. ELO -- Rockeria
1978 - 46. ELO -- Mr. Blue Sky
1978 - 76. ELO -- Sweet Talkin’ Woman
1978 - 245. ELO -- Wild West Hero
1979 - 36. ELO -- Don't Bring Me Down
1979 - 98. ELO -- Shine A Little Love
1979 - 158. ELO -- Last Train To London
1979 - 258. ELO -- The Diary Of Horace Wimp
1979 - 318. ELO -- Discovery
1980 - 50. Olivia Newton-John & ELO -- Xanadu
1980 - 98. ELO -- All Over The World
1980 - 162. ELO -- I'm Alive
1981 - 65. ELO -- Hold On Tight
1981 - 195. ELO -- Twilight
1981 - 378. ELO -- Ticket To The Moon
1983 - 149. ELO -- Rock 'N Roll Is King
1983 - 357. ELO -- Four Little Diamonds
1986 - 168. ELO -- Calling America
2001 - 341. ELO -- Alright
Not many brackets are like this and have 16 artists that I really like and cover such a wide spectrum of music!!!!
U2 -- The resounding theme is I hate voting against bands and I like Modest Mouse, but this is U2!!!
Tribe -- I'm still impressed by the mood I got in after singing along to "Bullet The Blue Sky", "High & Dry", "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Electric Feel". And that's not even one of my top 10 Tribe songs. Sometimes Milwaukee radio can kick ass...
Bo Diddley -- Hate to vote against Rainbow, but I have to...
Howlin' Wolf -- Interesting potential second round matchups...
Animal Collective -- If the mainstream rock station in town goes 2 hours without playing an AC/DC song it self destructs????
BadCO -- Okay I lied, I can vote against James Taylor and not feel bad, so it's not a perfect bracket...
Roxy Music -- Just started listening a little deeper into their catalog recently and am liking what I'm hearing...
Eric B. & Rakim -- Feel guilty voting against ELO since I like more songs, but there is only a handful of artists from Hip-Hop's golden age that deserve a shot at the top 256, Eric B. & Rakim is one of them...
U2
Pavement
Bo Diddley
Howlin’ Wolf
AC/DC
Bad Company
Roxy Music
Eric B. & Rakim
Modest Mouse
Pavement
Rainbow
Howlin’ Wolf
Animal Collective
Bad Company
Roxy Music
Electric Light Orchestra
U2
-U2 has more terrible stuff than Modest Mouse, but also more really good stuff. Mostly from before Joshua Tree.
A Tribe Called Quest vs. Pavement
-I'm abstaining from this one just because I listened to A Low End Theory for the first time just two weeks ago and liked it.
Bo Diddley
Animal Collective
-AC/DC has to be one of the most overrated bands of all time. They're just power chords and screaming shrilly about how tough they are
Roxy Music
Eric B. & Rakim
Modest Mouse
Pavement
Howlin’ Wolf
AC/DC
Roxy Music
Electric Light Orchestra
U2
A Tribe Called Quest
Bo Diddley
Howlin' Wolf
AC/DC
Bad Company
Roxy Music
Electric Light Orchestra
U2
Pavement
Bo Diddley
Howlin’ Wolf
AC/DC
pass
Roxy Music
Electric Light Orchestra
U2
Pavement
Bo Diddley
Howlin’ Wolf
Animal Collective
James Taylor
Roxy Music
Electric Light Orchestra
U2
Pavement
Bo Diddley
Howlin' Wolf
AC/DC
James Taylor
Roxy Music
Eric B. and Rakim
some of these matchups were near impossible for me to choose. I love A Tribe Called Quest, Modest Mouse, Animal Collective, and The Allman Brothers.
U2
Pavement
Bo Diddley
Howlin’ Wolf
AC/DC
James Taylor
Roxy Music
Eric B. & Rakim
U2
Pavement
Rainbow (I don't like Bo very much, and I love "Since You Been Gone")
Howlin’ Wolf
AC/DC
Bad Company
The Allman Brothers
Eric B. & Rakim
U2
A Tribe Called Quest (never got Pavement, even though Crooked Rain was a good surprise compared to S&E)
pass
pass
Animal Collective
Bad Company
pass
Eric B & Rakim
favourite songs : Animal Collective - Fireworks, AC/DC - Let There Be Rock, Animal Collective - Leaf House
favourite album : Feels
U2 (but it’s close)
Pavement
Bo Diddley
Howlin’ Wolf
Animal Collective
paaaaass
Roxy Music
Eric B. & Rakim
****
AM TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. U2 – The Joshua Tree
2. U2 – Achtung Baby
3. AC/DC – Back in Black
4. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
5. The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
6. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
7. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
8. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
9. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
10. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
AM TOP 10 SONGS
1. U2, “One”
2. Roxy Music, “Virginia Plain”
3. Bo Diddley, “Bo Diddley”
4. U2, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
5. James Taylor, “Fire and Rain”
6. U2, “Pride (In the Name of Love)”
7. U2, “With or Without You”
8. Bo Diddley, “Who Do You Love”
9. AC/DC, “You Shook Me All Night Long”
10. U2, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
MY FAVORITE ARTIST TODAY
Bo Diddley
Winners of 2.9...
U2 90% / Modest Mouse 10%
A Tribe Called Quest 56.7% / Pavement 43.3%
Bo Diddley 67.9% / Rainbow 32.1%
Howlin' Wolf 60.7% / Dean Martin 39.3%
AC/DC 70% / Animal Collective 30%
Bad Company 53.8% / James Taylor 46.2%
Roxy Music 58.6% / The Allman Brothers 41.4%
Eric B. & Rakim 56.7% / ELO 43.3%
Sorry to have missed voting on this one. I don't know if my Pavement vote would have swung it in their favor. But it's hard to imagine another 2d round vote where I would have been so sure of my vote (for Pavement), but so pained to vote against its opponent (Tribe). Pavement is a top-5 artist of all time for me. Tribe is just behind OutKast and possibly Kanye as my favorite rap artist of all time.
Pavement going down has to be one of the biggest upsets so far. Disappointing to see AC/DC win so easily...