Who’s being buried:
84. Joni Mitchell (19 points)
83. Björk (17)
82. Nick Cave (17)
81. U2 (16)
Who’s digging their hole: John Coltrane (15), The Band (13), Pink Floyd (12), Big Star (12)
In a course of 2 weeks, we’ve lost 2 top 20 artists.
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Now, let the games begin! We are down to 80 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.

Moonbeam won the Immunity Challenge last week, so Kraftwerk and Roxy Music are immune this week.

The Remaining Artists:
Arcade Fire, The Band, The Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Chuck Berry, Big Star, Blur, David Bowie, James Brown, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis, The Doors, Nick Drake, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, PJ Harvey, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Michael Jackson, The Jam, Elton John, Joy Division, The Kinks, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Little Richard, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Massive Attack, Curtis Mayfield, Van Morrison, New Order, Nirvana, OutKast, Pavement, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Portishead, Elvis Presley, 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,The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, The Stooges, Talking Heads, T. Rex, The Velvet Underground, Tom Waits, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention

-4 David Bowie
Remember Zimmerman!!
-3 Pink Floyd
-2 Frank Sinatra
-1 Beastie Boys

-4 Tom Waits
-3 Beastie Boys
-2 Pixies
-1 Big Star

Might as well keep trying.

-4 Elton John
-3 Bob Marley
-2 Fleetwood Mac
-1 Smashing Pumpkins

I'll change my votes up a bit this week. I don't like any of these artists, mind you, but they aren't my bottom 4:

-4 Pink Floyd
-3 The Band
-2 Elton John
-1 The Who

Very bad outcome last week. Well, I continue as before.

-4 The Band
-3 Big Star
-2 Ramones
-1 The Byrds

-4 Ramones
-3 Big Star
-2 New Order
-1 The Clash

-4 Pink FLoyd
-3 Little Richard
-2 Beach Boys
-1 ToM Waits

-4 Frank Sinatra
-3 Big Star
-2 Radiohead (Remember Zimmerman!)
-1 Pulp

(-4) ZAPPA ~~~ At this point there shouldn't be a comment needed...

(-3) THE BAND ~~~ Looks like they are finally gone

Now is when it gets tough, Joni's gone, Kraftwerk's immune...

(-2) TOM WAITS
(-1) Leonard Cohen

-4 John Coltrane
-3 Miles Davis
-2 Public Enemy
-1 Massive Attack

-4 Little Richard
-3 Big Star
-2 Smashing Pumpkins
-1 The Smiths

-4 Coltrane
-3 Elvis Costello
-2 Steely Dan
-1 Little Richard

K'werk and Roxy are on my hit list... you can only protect them for so long Moonbeam!

Joy Division (-4)
The Doors (-3)
Fleetwood Mac (-2)
Leonard Cohen (-1)

I just want to say that for all of you who are voting out artists like Radiohead and David Bowie in the name of Zimmerman, do remember that there is a round where we get to vote back one eliminated artist. If Radiohead and Bowie are also eliminated by then, Dylan's chances of returning decrease.

Now that I've gotten that off of my chest, time for my votes.

4 - Tom Waits
3 - Little Richard
2 - Big Star
1 - The Band

(Some more strategic voting to try and keep Pink Floyd safe)

I think Bowie should be targeted for the same reason Dylan was targeted. Some people think he's the greatest ever, and nobody really dislikes him, especially on this forum. If we don't get him out he's one of the top favorites to win.

-4 John Coltrane
-3 Little Richard
-2 Elton John
-1 Ramones

This week's vote is now over.