(In Honor of a Special Birthday) Who needs a ticket back to suffragette city:
42. The Byrds (12 points)
41. The Stooges (11)
40. Elvis Costello (11)
Who can still be heroes: Eliot Smith (9), White Stripes (8)
Now, let the games begin! We are down to 39 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 3 points, the next gets 2, and so on.
Moonbeam won the Immunity Challenge last week, so Prince is immune this week.
The Remaining Artists:
The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Blur, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Clash, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Joy Division, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Curtis Mayfield, Nirvana, OutKast, Pavement, Elvis Presley, Prince, Otis Redding, Lou Reed, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Sly and the Family Stone, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, Talking Heads, The White Stripes, Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young
-3 Elliot Smith
-2 The Smiths
-1 The White Stripes
I must confess that White Stripes vote was a strategic one on my behalf; can't let my precious Pavement be eliminated. Next round The Smiths will get my full attention.
Wow, this forum has had it's share of stars show up in the past (John Cale, all the members of CSN&Y) but I never thought we would have a dead man visit this forum.