A lot of disagreements today, Moonbeam...I don't think that's usually the case.

#1 Bruce Springsteen - Parallel Line is one of my big rediscoveries of the past year. But Springsteen still moves me more.
#3 Al Green - When I hear the devotion that many people speak of Joy Division with, I really wonder what I'm missing.
#4 Curtis Mayfield - Costello is good, Mayfield is great.
#2 Queen
#1 Elton John
#2 Ramones
#5 Big Star - I'm not sure this is the right vote. But since the Clash will move on I'll trumpet my love for Big Star here. It couldn't possibly be that the Clash and Big Star will split votes and Genesis will sweep the e-mailers, could it?
#2 Lou Reed

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#3 Al Green
#1 Elvis Costello
#6 Tom Petty
#5 Rod Stewart
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#2 Joy Division
#1 Elvis Costello (Damn it.)
#2 Queen
#1 Elton John (Early Elton is very underrated, he's become a caricature but I've always tried to not hold that against anyone. Not even MJ.)
#2 Ramones (One-trick ponies, the Ramones' trick is a little better)
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed

Bruce Springsteen
Joy Division
Elvis Costello
Queen
Elton John
Ramones
The Clash
Lou Reed

Yes, Henrik, I’m actually much more in sync with Moonbeam today. I didn’t realize you felt badly about disagreeing…


BLONDIE. I’m done voting for Bruce, unless he somehow runs into Tom Petty down the line. Blondie was a brilliant band.

JOY DIVISION. I really shouldn’t be pissing off a man of the cloth this close to the rapture, but this was a fairly easy call.

ELVIS COSTELLO. Another easy, if painful choice.

Pass on Queen vs. Tom Petty.

ELTON JOHN. I don’t think I’ve voted against an artist twice and then picked him in the third round, as I’m doing with Elton. But, although I don’t think Elton really belongs at this level, Rod must be stopped.

RAMONES. There’s going to be an AM/email split on this one…

THE CLASH. They don’t run into serious competition for another three or four rounds…

LOU REED

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#3 Al Green
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Queen
#1 Elton John
#3 Eagles
#4 Genesis
#3 Aerosmith

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#3 Al Green (brutal choice)
#4 Curtis Mayfield (another brutal choice)
#2 Queen
#1 Elton John
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed

1 guess what ? Springsteen
2 Al Green (halfway between Otis and Marvin)
3 Curtis (for some reason I could never get EC)
4 Tom Petty
5 2 of my teenage idols.. I'll go for Rod
6 Eagles (lol am I the only one ? Henry maybe ?) they were my teenage heroes, but then I met millions of people that hated Eagles, but I still love "Hotel California"
7 The Clash (Pete Gab Genesis is great though)
8 Lou Reed

Bruce Springsteen
Joy Division
Elvis Costello
Tom Petty
Rod Stewart
Eagles
The Clash
Lou Reed

#1 Bruce Springsteen (very tempted to go with Blondie)
#3 Al Green
#4 Curtis Mayfield (Wow, tough having to vote against EC. If he went up against Bruce he would've won)
#2 Queen (I have to vote against Elvis Costello, and then choose between Queen and Tom Petty?!?)
#1 Elton John
#2 Ramones
#4 Genesis (the 18-yo prog fanatic in me just emerged)
#2 Lou Reed (I don't really like Lou solo much, but cannot ever vote for Aerosmith)

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#3 Al Green
#1 Elvis Costello
#6 Tom Petty
#5 Rod Stewart
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed

Thanks!

The Boss (Tough match)
Rev. Green
Elvis
Queen
Elton
Eagles
Clash
Aerosmith

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#2 Joy Division
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Queen
#1 Elton John
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#3 Aerosmith

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#2 Joy Division
#1 Elvis Costello
#6 Tom Petty
#1 Elton John
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed

#4 Blondie
#2 Joy Division
#1 Elvis Costello The only difficult choice of the day. I choose Costello for the hue number of excellent songs.
#2 Queen
#5 Rod Stewart
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed[/quote]

#1 Bruce Springsteen
#3 Al Green
#1 Elvis Costello
#6 Tom Petty
#1 Elton John
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#2 Lou Reed

Bruce
Joy Division
Elvis Costello
Queen
Elton John
Ramones
Clash
Aerosmith

RESULTS:

Bruce Springsteen 79.4% / Blondie 20.6%
Al Green 64.7% / Joy Division 35.3%
Elvis Costello 69.7% / Curtis Mayfield 30.3%
Queen 51.5% / Tom Petty 48.5%
Elton John 76.5% / Rod Stewart 23.5%
Ramones 64.7% / Eagles 35.3%
The Clash 64.7% / Genesis 26.5% / Big Star 8.8%
Lou Reed 55.9% / Aerosmith 44.1%

Queen (12-9AM) / Petty (7-5e-mail)
Ramones (17-5AM) / Eagles (7-5e-mail)
Lou Reed (17-5AM) / Aerosmith (10-2e-mail)
The other 5 winners all won both AM & e-mail votes.