#1 Van Halen vs. #5 Live
#3 Manfred Mann vs. #2 The Cars
#1 The Everly Brothers vs. #4 Patti Smith
#3 Pretenders vs. #2 Weezer
#1 The Beach Boys vs. #5 War
#3 Scorpions vs. #6 The O'Jays vs. #7 Television
#1 The Supremes vs. #4 Joni Mitchell
#3 Van Morrison vs. #2 The Drifters
Slicks Votes... VAN HALEN... THE CARS... THE EVERLY BROTHERS... WEEZER... BEACH BOYS... SCORPIONS... SUPREMES... VAN MORRISON....
Slicks Predictions...
Van Halen -- Should win w/ over 70% of the vote...
The Cars -- narrow win...
Toss Up -- this could go either way...
Toss Up -- I'm thinking Weezer wins, just not sure how the voting will go on this one...
Toss Up -- I know Television will get strong support on AM, is it enough and will The O'Jays being a #3 play a factor in the results???
Supremes -- narrow victory perhaps...
Van Morrison -- I'm predicting an easy win, could be wrong on this one...
Van Halen
The Cars
Patti Smith
Pretenders
The Beach Boys
Television
Joni Mitchell
The Drifters (This is hard on Van, but I have ample reason to dislike him.)
#1 Van Halen
Two bands I have very close to equal opinions about. I pick Van Halen because 'Jump' is far better than anything Live did.
#4 Patti Smith
Everly Brothers are a one seed? I think they're great, but that surprises me.
#3 Pretenders
I can't stand most of Weezer. I like Pinkerton and Buddy Holly.
#1 The Beach Boys
#7 Television
#4 Joni Mitchell
I really like the Supremes, but Joni Mitchell is one of the people who turned me on to folk.
#3 Van Morrison
#1 Van Halen
#2 The Cars
#1 The Everly Brothers - WTF for all these votes for Patti Smith. Rock pioneers are gonna take a severe beating in this round it seems...
#3 Pretenders
#1 The Beach Boys
#7 Television
#4 Joni Mitchell
#3 Van Morrison
6 of the matchups were close. Patti Smith won 18-16 and in the 3-way; Television 13, Scorpions 12 and The O'Jays 9.... here are the results...
Van Halen 88.2% / Live 11.8%
The Cars 87.9% / Manfred Mann 12.1%
Patti Smith 52.9% / The Everly Brothers 47.1%
Weezer 66.7% / Pretenders 33.3%
The Beach Boys 88.2% / War 11.8%
Television 38.2% / Scorpions 35.3% / The O'Jays 26.5%
The Supremes 63.6% / Joni Mitchell 36.4%
Van Morrison 82.4% / The Drifters 17.6%