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UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Vote for your winners, results posted on Monday:
#1 Public Enemy vs. #16 Roxette
#8 Ozzy Osbourne vs. #9 Toad The Wet Sprocket
#5 Sade vs. #12 Garth Brooks
#4 The Flaming Lips vs. #13 Night Ranger
#3 Husker Du vs. #14 Stevie Ray Vaughn
#6 Tears For Fears vs. #11 X
#7 Talk Talk vs. #10 Boogie Down Productions
#2 Metallica vs. #15 The Stray Cats

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#10 Boogie Down Productions
#2 Metallica

Thanks!

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Public Enemy
Ozzy Osbourne
pass
The Flaming Lips
Husker Du
X
pass
Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
Pass (Ozzy is a joke post-Sabbath, and Toad the Wet Sprocket is just awful. They completely ruined the mediocre Monty Python sketch from which they took their name.)
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Hüsker Dü (I truly hate having to boot SRV, the man who invented Austin, in round one.)
#11 X

X is a fantastic band; they were the absolute cream of the LA punk scene, and they’re probably in my all-time top ten artists. It’s too bad they won’t win, since John Doe and Exene, on their worst day, still had more cool, chops and inventiveness than Roland Orzabal could ever muster. Check ‘em out if you haven’t.

(Nothing against TFF, a nice little band. I actually think their first album, The Hurting, is still the best thing they ever did.)

On we go…

#7 Talk Talk (One of the great sleepers of all time – a seemingly standard-issue synth band that evolved into a proto-Radiohead.)
Pass (I seriously dislike Metallica, and it’s tempting to vote against them since that won’t prevent them from winning easily. But I don’t need to start my Friday by voting for a pipsqueak like Brian Setzer.)

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#14 Stevie Ray Vaughn
#6 Tears For Fears
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Public Enemy
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Sade
The Flaming Lips
Husker Du
Tears for Fears
Talk Talk
Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#16 Roxette
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#14 Stevie Ray Vaughn
#6 Tears For Fears
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Pass
pass
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#14 Stevie Ray Vaughn
#6 Tears For Fears
pass
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
pass
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
pass
#6 Tears For Fears (they have the best singles)
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Vote for your winners, results posted on Monday:
#1 Public Enemy
pass
#5 Sade
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#7 Talk Talk
pass

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
#12 Garth Brooks
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Husker Du
#6 Tears For Fears
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Public Enemy
Ozzy Osbourne
Sade
Flaming Lips
Stevie Ray Vaughn
X (Close, though)
Talk Talk
Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

PE
Toad - Very Underrated band
Sade - Smoooooth!!!
Night Ranger - It's a guilty pleasure, that cannot be explained.
Husker Du - Is there a bad song in the catalogue?
TFF
BDP - I like Talk Talk, but there is something special about KRS-One.
Metallica - You just can't F with the first 4 albums.

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Public Enemy
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Sade
The Flaming Lips
Husker Du
Tears For Fears
Boogie Down Productions
Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
Pass
#4 The Flaming Lips (not for their 80s output, though. Weird to think of them as an 80s band)
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
pass (I would not mind voting for Black Sabbath over something I don't know, but not for Ozzy solo career)
#5 Sade
pass (don't know Night Ranger)
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
#12 Garth Brooks
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#16 Roxette: 18 defeats #1 Public Enemy: 12
#8 Ozzy Osbourne: 9 defeats #9 Toad The Wet Sprocket: 6
#5 Sade: 17 defeats #12 Garth Brooks: 0
#4 The Flaming Lips: 12 defeats #13 Night Ranger: 10
#3 Husker Du: 12 defeats #14 Stevie Ray Vaughn: 10
#6 Tears For Fears: 14 defeats #11 X: 13 (I have a feeling I'd prefer X if I knew more of their stuff...)
#7 Talk Talk: 15 defeats #10 Boogie Down Productions: 10
#2 Metallica: 13 defeats #15 The Stray Cats: 1

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Ozzy
Metallica

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

Evan
#1 Public Enemy
#8 Ozzy Osbourne
Pass
#4 The Flaming Lips (not for their 80s output, though. Weird to think of them as an 80s band)
#3 Husker Du
#11 X
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica


The regions were catagorized by the decade in which each artist debuted instead of the decade in which they were most prevelant. It makes it less of an opinion and creates more diverse matchups in some cases.

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
#9 Toad The Wet Sprocket
#12 Garth Brooks
#4 The Flaming Lips
#3 Husker Du
#6 Tears For Fears
#7 Talk Talk
#2 Metallica

Oh fuck - why are so many people Ozzy,he never did anything this great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QawpCqdmznQ

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

#1 Public Enemy
pass
pass
#4 The Flaming Lips
#14 Stevie Ray Vaughn
pass
pass
pass

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, Bracket #8:

RESULTS:
Public Enemy 92.9% / Roxette 7.1%
Ozzy Osbourne 68.0% / Toad The Wet Sprocket 32.0%
Sade 76.9% / Garth Brooks 23.1%
Flaming Lips 75% / Night Ranger 25%
Husker Du 57.1% / Stevie Ray Vaughn 42.9%
Tears For Fears 69.0% / X 31.0%
Talk Talk 61.5% / Boogie Down Productions 38.5%
Metallica 88.9% / Stray Cats 11.1%