First off, here are the artists that will be coming to the island (Points Scored in parenthesis’s):
Arcade Fire (26), Curtis Mayfield (16), Big Star (15), Elliott Smith (13), The Smashing Pumpkins (12), Cream (12)*
Not to annoy anyone (myself included), but here are the artists that miss the cut by one or 2 points:
Depeche Mode (11), Hank Williams (11), TV On The Radio (11), Queen (11), Blondie (10), ColdPlay (10), Wire (10), The Stone Roses (10),
Now, we must say goodbye to 5 artists.
106. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (32)
105. Eminem (24)
104. Grateful Dead (22)
103. Sex Pistols (17)
102. Run-D.M.C. (17)
And who should be scared for this week: John Lennon (16), AC/DC (16), Black Sabbath (14), The Cure (11), Pet Shop Boys (11)
*Due to the tie to enter, both artists will advance and there will a final 101. This week, five artists will be eliminated instead of four, but you can still only vote for 4.
Now, let the games begin! We are down to 101 artists. Here, please post four artists want you off the “Island” out of the remaining artists. Please see the Rules Thread for the complete set of rules. Remember that one artist get 4 points, the next gets 3, and so on.
Greg won the Immunity Challenge last week, so Bruce Springsteen and The Smiths are immune this week.
The Remaining Artists:
AC/DC, Arcade Fire, The Band, The Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Chuck Berry, Big Star, Björk, Black Sabbath, Blur, David Bowie, James Brown, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Ray Charles, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Cure, Miles Davis, The Doors, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Guns N’ Roses, PJ Harvey, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Michael Jackson, The Jam, Elton John, Joy Division, The Kinks, Kraftwerk, LCD Soundsystem, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Little Richard, Madonna, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Massive Attack, Curtis Mayfield, Metallica, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, OutKast, Parliament/Funkadelic, Pavement, Pet Shop Boys, Pink Floyd, Pixies, The Police, Portishead, Elvis Presley, Primal Scream, Prince, Public Enemy, Pulp, Radiohead, Ramones, Otis Redding, Lou Reed, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Sly and the Family Stone, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elliot Smith, Patti Smith, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, The Stooges, Talking Heads, T. Rex, U2, The Velvet Underground, Tom Waits, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
I'm kicking myself...Queen was 1 point shy of being voted in, and I only gave them 1 point in the loophole round because I saw so many others voting for them!
And life goes on...
-4 The Cure
-3 Bjork
-2 Little Richard
-1 Neil Young
While it would be very amusing to watch these 4 artists have dinner together, they can do it on some other island. The tribe has spoken.
-4 The Doors
-3 Metallica
-2 Cream (how did that happen?)
-1 Steely Dan
I suppose I’m becoming more broadminded about music, since it’s the first week and I already have one artist on my list (the Dan) that I don’t dislike.
-4 Guns N Roses
-3 The Police
-2 Nick Cave
-1 Patti Smith (I dislike the fact that she gets in on the basis of one great album, whereas bands like TVOTR and Blondie don't get in despite being consistently brilliant).
(I dislike the fact that she gets in on the basis of one great album, whereas bands like TVOTR and Blondie don't get in despite being consistently brilliant).
That is wrong, but so is the fact that Metallica is probably gonna beat AC/DC and Black Sabbath, the bands that made them.
Checkpoint
Can I change my vote for The Jam to Metallica (2 points)? I was listening to some Jam and they shouldn't go yet. Not that it matters since neither will leave the island, but whatever.
Can I change my vote for The Jam to Metallica (2 points)? I was listening to some Jam and they shouldn't go yet. Not that it matters since neither will leave the island, but whatever.