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#1 The Cure
#1 Prince
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#2 John Lennon
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 Talking Heads
#2 Lou Reed
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 AC/DC
#3 Al Green
#1 The Clash
#2 The Police
#1 Elton John
#2 Queen
#2 Ramones
I like 'em all though.
#1 Prince
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
pass
#2 Queen
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
Prince
Talking Heads
The Cure
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello
Ramones
The Clash
#2 John Lennon
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
Thanks!
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 The Clash
#2 The Police
#2 AC/DC
#1 Elton John
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#3 Al Green
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Queen
#2 Lou Reed
#2 Black Sabbath
#2 Ramones
Prince
Black Sabbath
The Cure
MJ
Al Green
Elvis Costello
Ramones
Clash
#1 Prince
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
I will also try the Stephan format.
Prince: I'd be bummed if he lost, but I don't put as much stock into these games as I used to. If he loses, he loses!
The Cure: I'm seeing them at the famed "Reflections" show on June 1st! Maybe I'll be on the DVD like I was with Madonna!
Michael Jackson: "Who Is It" came up on shuffle today. What a great, underrated song.
Lou Reed: An up-and-down solo career with some great highs.
Talking Heads: They've grown on me more and more over the years.
Ramones: Hey ho. Let's go! My favorite 70s punk band, unless Blondie counts.
Elvis Costello: Anybody have any recommendations other than the first 2 albums? This Year's Model is wonderful.
The Clash: Tough matchup.
Al Green: The compilation I have of his is nice, but I feel like I'll need to explore his albums soon enough.
The Police: Overrated to be sure, but they have some nice songs.
Black Sabbath: I respect them, but don't know enough by them.
Bruce Springsteen: I respect him, but know enough to think he'd never be a big favorite.
Elton John: I don't really respect him, probably due to overexposure to his sappy ballads from my mom.
Queen: Glam-lite isn't my thing.
John Lennon: Neither is anything by him.
AC/DC: Or them. Ugh.
Prince
Black Sabbath
The Cure
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello
Elton John
The Clash
#1 Prince It's a joke ?
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Al Green
Tie
#1 Elton John
#2 Lou Reed
As is usually the case for the 70s, there are no really difficult matchups, so I don’t have much to say. So, for today at least, I’ll jump on board and do this Stephan-style.
The Clash
Talking Heads
Prince
Elvis Costello
Ramones
Michael Jackson
Black Sabbath
Al Green
Lou Reed
The Police
The Cure
Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
Queen
Elton John
John Lennon
#1 Prince - No contest... but the Lennon hate is a little over the top in my opinion.
#1 Talking Heads - Blow out of the day.
#1 The Cure - Although the Cure would lose to most of the other contestants today.
#2 The Police - Jackson is once again hurt by the exclusion of his sterling Jackson 5 singles.
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#2 Queen
#2 Ramones
#2 Lou Reed
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Elvis Costello
#1 Elton John
#1 The Clash
1. #1 Bruce Springsteen
2. #1 Prince
3. #1 Michael Jackson
4. #2 Lou Reed
5. #1 Elvis Costello
6. #2 The Police
7. #2 AC/DC
8. #1 The Clash
9. #2 Queen
10. #1 Talking Heads
11. #1 Elton John (Early Elton is terrific)
12. #1 The Cure
13. #3 Al Green
14. #2 Ramones
15. #2 Black Sabbath
16. #2 John Lennon (Finally he's out of here)
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Prince
#1 Michael Jackson
#2 John Lennon
#2 The Police
#1 Elvis Costello
#3 Al Green
#1 The Clash
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#2 Queen
#2 Lou Reed
#1 Elton John
#2 AC/DC
#2 Ramones
#2 Black Sabbath
Using basketball metaphors
#1 Prince (Lennon jumped out to an early lead, but it was tied at halftime and Prince pulled away to win handily)
#1 Talking Heads (Looked like a tough matchup after the first quarter, but Talking Heads cruised to a blowout)
#2 AC/DC (After a high-scoring first quarter this one became a defensive struggle. Once they fell behind, the Cure were so depressed they didn't even come out for the fourth quarter)
#2 The Police (This one was neck-and-neck until late in the fourth when MJ turned it over by molesting some kids and Stuart Copeland went in for the winning dunk)
#1 Bruce Springsteen (Tied at halftime, this one was all Boss in the second half)
#1 Elvis Costello (Even "We Will Rock You" playing on the loud speakers couldn't inspire Queen to much of a showing against Elvis C.)
#2 Ramones (The Ramones came out blazing, running up a sizable lead at halftime. Any second-half comeback attempts by John were repelled easily)
#1 The Clash (Reed wins the fourth quarter 28-2 to make it interesting, but the Clash hold on for the 103-101 victory)
#1 Prince- As much as a Beatles fan as I am, I've never been a big Lennon solo fan. For a guy who always talked about love and peace, his music was pretty selfish and inclusive. Worst lyric ever: "I just believe in me". The Baby Boomer mantra.
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#2 Queen
#1 Elton John
#2 Lou Reed
Prince (Lennon has to be out!!!!)
Pass (To close to call)
AC/DC
MJ
The Boss
Queen (They may win via the email vote.)
Elton (Ditto the Queen Comment)
Clash
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I really love "Armed Force", "Imperial Bedroom" and "Blood & Chocolate" (aaahhhhh, I want you, incredible song), these three albums are in the same level of "this year's model" for me.
#1 Prince
#1 Talking Heads
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Ramones
#2 Lou Reed
The only pick of the day that wasn't easy.
#1 Prince
#1 Talking Heads
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#1 Bruce Springsteen
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
#1 Prince
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Al Green
#1 Elvis Costello
#2 Ramones
#1 The Clash
Prince
Black Sabbath
The Cure (tuffy)
The Police
The Boss
Queen
Elton John
Clash (closest of the region)
RESULTS:
Prince 92.1% / John Lennon 7.9%
Talking Heads 56.8% / Black Sabbath 43.2%
The Cure 68.4% / AC/DC 31.6%
Michael Jackson 68.8% / The Police 13.2%
Bruce Springsteen 75% / Al Green 25%
Elvis Costello 56.8% / Queen 43.2%
Ramones 52.6% / Elton John 47.4%
The Clash 75.7% / Lou Reed 24.3%
AM/E-mail:
Talking Heads (16-7AM) / Sabbath (9-5e-mail)
Elvis (17-6AM) / Queen (10-4e-mail)
Ramones (14-10AM) / Elton (8-6e-mail)