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UMT 4.1...

Pixies vs. The White Stripes
New Order vs. Kings Of Leon
Sufjan Stevens vs. Nirvana
Duran Duran vs. Arcade Fire vs. De La Soul
Van Halen vs. The Cars
Patti Smith vs. Weezer
The Beach Boys vs. Television
The Supremes vs. Van Morrison

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Pixies
New Order
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
The Cars
Patti Smith
The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

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Pixies
Pass
Nirvana
Duran Duran (Why not?)
Van Halen (Damn!)
Patti
Beach Boys
Van

Fave: Van Halen
FNVF: Cars, White Stripes
Fave Song: Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Fave Album: Pet Sounds, The Cars

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WHITE STRIPES --
Getting into the final 128, things get difficult. This is 2 band where I own every album so to be fair I listed my personal top 10 song lists from each of these and after looking at them both I decided White Stripes list was just a little bit better...

NEW ORDER---
KOL has some fine songs, but if they win your talking about the final 64 for which they do not belong...

NIRVANA---
Sufjans upset train has come to a halt...

ARCADE FIRE---
Wow! 3 artists I really really like, to me after listening to 'The Suburbs' about 20 times in the past couple of weeks I am convinced that after 3 classic albums Arcade Fire has a rightful place amongst the greats...

VAN HALEN ---
Will always love the Roth albums as well as the Van Hagar stuff. I will be interested to hear the new album to see if the magic is completely gone, or if they have something left in the tank...

WEEZER ---
The Blue album and Pinkerton are still some of my favs from the 90's. I have forgotten that they ever released 'Raditude'...

BEACH BOYS---
Some classic pop songs. Television had one ver critically acclaimed album, but that isn't enough to see them adavnce any farther...

THE SUPREMES ---
Another great 4th round matchup. Again with my top 10 lists and at least for today I was feeling The Supremes list just a little bit more...

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OK, for this round, in addition to my choices, I’ll provide scores. Highest possible score is…let’s say 20.

Pixies 19, White Stripes 15
New Order 17, Kings of Leon 9
Nirvana 18, Sufjan Stevens 15
Arcade Fire 18, De La Soul 15, Duran Duran 12
The Cars 14, Van Halen 13
Patti Smith 15, Weezer 13
Television 19, Beach Boys 18
Van Morrison 12, Supremes 10

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So now, we have clearly reached the point where I will vote for the one I would rather listen to than for the one I think is objectively the best.

Pixies
New Order
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
The Cars
Weezer
Television
The Supremes

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Pixies
New Order
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
Cars
Patti Smith
Beach Boys
Van Morrison

At this stage, I have artists I actually listen to in every bracket.

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Pixies
New Order
Sufjan Stevens
The Beach Boys
The Supremes

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The White Stripes
Agh! Pixies have the worst draw ever. First Elvis, now the Stripes. Pixies will probably beat the Stripes, but I like the Stripes better.
New Order
Can't stand Kings of Leon.
Nirvana
Looks like the end of Sufjan's underdog run. Another amazing matchup.
Arcade Fire
Hopefully De La Soul can Nader Duran Duran this round the same way Wilco did it to Arcade Fire last round.
Van Halen
Van Halen are a great guitar band, if their songwriting is inconsistent.
Patti Smith
Somebody I love versus a group I find extremely overrated.
The Beach Boys
Both great bands, again.
The Supremes
Very hard to vote against Van Morrison.

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Pixies
New Order
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
Van Halen
Patti Smith
The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

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The White Stripes
New Order
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
Van Halen
Patti Smith
The Beach Boys
Van Morisson

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Pixies
New Order
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
The Cars
Weezer
The Beach Boys
The Supremes

Saying peace out to Sufjan is especially difficult, but Nirvana is just on another level.

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Pixies
New Order
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
Van Halen
Patti Smith
Television
The Supremes

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Pixies
New Order
Nirvana
Duran Duran
The Cars
Weezer
The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

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The White Stripes: I still haven't warmed to Pixies.
New Order: Wonderful, wonderful band against a really loathesome one.
Sufjan Stevens: Very tough call, as I like both quite a bit. I've been playing Illinois a bunch lately, though, so Sufjan wins.
De La Soul: If I'm honest, Funeral is my favorite album of the 3 artists here, but The Suburbs let me down so much that I'm voting for De la Soul in protest.
The Cars: I've never liked Van Halen
Patti Smith: Easy win!
Television: Easy win!
The Supremes: Not a fan of either, but I dislike The Surpremes slightly less.

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The White Stripes
Kings of Leon
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
Van Halen
Patti Smith
The Beach Boys
The Supremes

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PIXIES - in my mind, there's not been a finer album released since Doolittle.
even in the 4th round, i have to PASS
SUFJAN - Chicago for me beats Nevermind handily.
ARCADE FIRE - If I heard more from De La Soul, they might possibly have won it. But I haven't. Even so, if it was a straight shootout between Funeral and 3 Feet High, Funeral would edge it. Duran Duran have no chance.
PASS
PASS (haven't heard Weezer, though Horses is brill)
TELEVISION - Marquee Moon is my favourite song ever, Marquee Moon is my favourite album ever. Beach Boys for me have no chance.
VAN MORRISON

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The White Stripes
New Order
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
Van Halen
Weezer
The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

Other than my selection of the Beach Boys, this bracket gave me some excellent choices for performers that started after 1977.

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Pixies
New Order
Nirvana
De La Soul - The Suburbs may well tip it in AF's favour,but my copy hasn't arrived yet...
The Cars
Weezer
The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

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Pixies
Kings of Leon (How tragic it is that Kate Bush and Bell and Sebastian are already defeated and New Order has no problem breezing through the 4th round. They've had it way too easy thus far.)
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
the Cars
Patti Smith
Beach Boys
the Supremes

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PIXIES - would have been The White Stripes a couple of months ago, but I've really been into Doolittle recently
NEW ORDER - they're not Kings of Leon
NIRVANA - I know Sufjan is a huge hit on this board, but I have never really been able to get into Illinois outside of a few songs.
ARCADE FIRE - don't agree that they've made three classic albums, but they have most definitely made one
THE CARS
WEEZER
BEACH BOYS - haven't listened to as much Television as I maybe should. Don't think it would matter anyway.
VAN MORRISON

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Tim E
How tragic it is that Kate Bush and Bell and Sebastian are already defeated and New Order has no problem breezing through the 4th round. They've had it way too easy thus far.


Not tragic at all! I'd be happy for Kate Bush to still be around, though.

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Pixies
New Order
Sufjan Stevens
De La Soul
Patti Smith
The Beach Boys
The Supremes

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Pixies
Kings Of Leon (they can be dumb, but when they're good, they're fantastic)
Nirvana
Arcade Fire
Van Halen
Weezer
The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

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The White Stripes
Kings of Leon
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
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The Beach Boys
Van Morrison

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The White Stripes
New Order
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
The Cars
Weezer
Television
The Supremes

Fave - White Stripes
Fave not voted for - Pixies, with De La Soul close behind.

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I'm kind of surprised the Cars are getting so many votes. I mean, their debut album is great, but Van Halen released 4 excellent albums.

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Pixies
New Order
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
The Cars
Weezer
Television
Van Morrison

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A record 43 votes... the winners...
Pixies 57.1% / White Stripes 42.9%
New Order 70.7% / Kings Of Leon 29.3%
Nirvana 77.3% / Sufjan Stevens 22.7%
Arcade Fire 52.3% / Duran Duran 31.0% / De La Soul 16.7%
Van Halen 61.5% / The Cars 38.5%
Weezer 62.5% / Patti Smith 37.5%
Beach Boys 81.4% / Television 18.6%
Van Morrison 53.5% / Supremes 46.5%

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Slick

Weezer 62.5% / Patti Smith 37.5%


Ugh.

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Moonbeam
Slick

Weezer 62.5% / Patti Smith 37.5%


Ugh.


Ah crap, I meant to vote for Patti Smith not that it would have made any difference

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Moonbeam
Slick

Weezer 62.5% / Patti Smith 37.5%


Ugh.


What's even worse is that their next round opponent is Van Halen. Either Weezer or Van Halen will be in the final 32.