The Cure (“Plainsong” & untitled track)
Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” & “Are You Experienced?”)
Rolling Stones (“Rocks Off” & “Soul Survivor”)
(“Tell Me Why” & “Cripple Creak Ferry”)
R.E.M. (“Drive” & “Find the River”)
Prince (“Sign ‘o’ the Times” & “Adore”)
The Who (“Baba O’Riley” & “Won’t Get Fooled Again”)
EDIT
The Smiths (“The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty)” & “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”)
The Cure (“Plainsong” & untitled track)
Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” & “Are You Experienced?”)
Rolling Stones (“Rocks Off” & “Soul Survivor”)
Neil Young (“Tell Me Why” & “Cripple Creak Ferry”)
Bob Dylan (“Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35” & “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”)
U2 (“Where the Streets Have No Name” & “Mothers of the Disappeared”)
The Who (“Baba O’Riley” & “Won’t Get Fooled Again”)
Bruce Springsteen (“Thunder Road” & “Jungleland”)
pass
Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” & “Are You Experienced?”)
Velvet Underground (“Sunday Morning” & “European Son”)
The Beatles (Taxman” & “Tomorrow Never Knows”)
Bob Dylan (“Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35” & “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”)
U2 (“Where the Streets Have No Name” & “Mothers of the Disappeared”)
The Who (“Baba O’Riley” & “Won’t Get Fooled Again”)
EDIT
Bruce Springsteen (“Thunder Road” & “Jungleland”)
The Cure (“Plainsong” & untitled track)
Radiohead (“Airbag” & “The Tourist”)
Rolling Stones (“Rocks Off” & “Soul Survivor”)
The Beatles (Taxman” & “Tomorrow Never Knows”)
R.E.M. (“Drive” & “Find the River”)
Prince (“Sign ‘o’ the Times” & “Adore”)
Led Zeppelin (“Black Dog” & “When the Levee Breaks”)
The Smiths (“The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty)” & “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”)
David Bowie (“Five Years” & “Rock & Roll Suicide”)
Radiohead (“Airbag” & “The Tourist”)
Velvet Underground (“Sunday Morning” & “European Son”)
Neil Young (“Tell Me Why” & “Cripple Creak Ferry”) (close...Tomorrow Never Knows is one of my favourite songs ever, but Taxman isn't that great. on the other hand, these two are more than solid)
Bob Dylan (“Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35” & “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”)
Prince (“Sign ‘o’ the Times” & “Adore”)
Led Zeppelin (“Black Dog” & “When the Levee Breaks”)
David Bowie (“Five Years” & “Rock & Roll Suicide”)
Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” & “Are You Experienced?”)
Rolling Stones (“Rocks Off” & “Soul Survivor”)
The Beatles (Taxman” & “Tomorrow Never Knows”)
Bob Dylan (“Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35” & “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”)
Prince (“Sign ‘o’ the Times” & “Adore”)
The Who (“Baba O’Riley” & “Won’t Get Fooled Again”)
Bruce Springsteen (“Thunder Road” & “Jungleland”)
Funny how some albums on my personal Top 10 lose with that “bookends” approach
Results given in vote count rather than goals. No teams from the lower divisions made it to the quarterfinals.
David Bowie (“Five Years” & “Rock & Roll Suicide”) def. The Cure (“Plainsong” & untitled track) 7-3-1
Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” & “Are You Experienced?”) def. Radiohead (“Airbag” & “The Tourist”) 8-3
Rolling Stones (“Rocks Off” & “Soul Survivor”) def. Velvet Underground (“Sunday Morning” & “European Son”) 6-5
The Beatles (Taxman” & “Tomorrow Never Knows”) def. Neil Young (“Tell Me Why” & “Cripple Creak Ferry”) 6-5
Bob Dylan (“Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35” & “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”) def. R.E.M. (“Drive” & “Find the River”) 7-4
Prince (“Sign ‘o’ the Times” & “Adore”) def. U2 (“Where the Streets Have No Name” & “Mothers of the Disappeared”) 6-5
The Who (“Baba O’Riley” & “Won’t Get Fooled Again”) def. Led Zeppelin (“Black Dog” & “When the Levee Breaks”) 6-5
Bruce Springsteen (“Thunder Road” & “Jungleland”) def. The Smiths (“The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty)” & “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”) 9-2
Ok, I did not take the time to listen to the songs I don't know, so here goes the match-ups where I know all 4 songs well enough.
David Bowie (“Five Years” & “Rock & Roll Suicide”) vs. The Cure (“Plainsong” & untitled track) : close call though Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” & “Are You Experienced?”) vs. Radiohead (“Airbag” & “The Tourist”) : draw between Are You Experienced and Airbag, 2 songs I love, but Purple Haze easily beats The Tourist
Rolling Stones (“Rocks Off” & “Soul Survivor”) vs. Velvet Underground (“Sunday Morning” & “European Son”) : Exile is good as a whole, not song wise. And well, not my cup of tea anyway.
Led Zeppelin (“Black Dog” & “When the Levee Breaks”) vs. The Who (“Baba O’Riley” & “Won’t Get Fooled Again”) : Wow what a match-up, Black Dog being the lesser song (even if very good), I have to go with The Who.