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BRACKET #18
#1 (60) AC/DC vs. #16 (965) DOUG E. FRESH
#8 (453) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE vs. #9 (572) EXTREME
#5 (316) JAMES TAYLOR vs. #12 (709) FAITH HILL
#4 (197) BAD COMPANY vs. #13 (828) WORLD PARTY
#3 (188) ROXY MUSIC vs. #14 (837) INSPIRAL CARPETS
#6 (325) THE ALLMAN BROTHERS vs. #11 (700) THE SHINS
#7 (444) BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS vs. #10 (581) ERIC B. & RAKIM
#2 (69) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA vs. #15 (956) MY MORNING JACKET
AC/DC … “You Shook Me All Night Long”, “Back In Black”, “Highway To Hell”, “Hells Bells”
DOUG E. FRESH - Rapper… “The Show”, “La Di Da Di” and “I-ight”
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Indie psychedelic… “Peacebone”, “Summertime Clothes”, “Who Could Win A Rabbit” and “Brother Sport”.
EXTREME - Hard glam funk rock… “More Than Words”, “Hole Hearted”, “Rest In Peace”, “Stop The World”
JAMES TAYLOR - Singer/songwriter… “Fire And Rain”, “You’ve Got A Friend”, “Handy Man” and “Carolina On My Mind”.
FAITH HILL - Country/pop… “This Kiss”, “Breathe”, “The Way You Love Me”, “Cry”
BAD COMPANY - Hard rockers… “Can’t Get Enough”, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, “Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy” and “Bad Company”.
WORLD PARTY - 80’s/90’s alt/rock… “Ship Of Fools”, “Way Down Now”, “Put The Message In The Box” and “Is It Like Today”
ROXY MUSIC - Art Rock… “Virginia Plain”, “More Than This”, “Do The Strand” and “Love Is The Drug:.
INSPIRAL CARPETS - Madchester/indie… “Commercial Reign”, “This Is How It Feels”, “Two World Collide” and “Caravan”.
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS … “Whipping Post”, “Jessica”, “Melissa” and “Ramblin’ Man”
THE SHINS - Indie… “New Slang”, “Phantom Limb”, “So Says I” and “Know Your Onion”
BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS - British Invasion/Merseybeat… “Bad To Me”, “Little Children”, “Do You Want To Know A Secret” and “I’ll Keep You Satisfied”.
ERIC B. & RAKIM - Rappers… “Paid In Full”, “Follow The Leader”, “Eric B. Is President” and “Juice (Know The Ledge)”.
ELO - Symphonic Prog rockers .. “Do Ya”, “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head”, “Don’t Bring Me Down” and “Livin’ Thing”.
MY MORNING JACKET - Indie/psychedelic/country rock… “Heartbreakin’ Man”, “I’m Amazed” and “Run Thru”.
BRACKET #18
#1 (60) AC/DC
#8 (453) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
#5 (316) JAMES TAYLOR
#4 (197) BAD COMPANY
#3 (188) ROXY MUSIC
#11 (700) THE SHINS
#10 (581) ERIC B. & RAKIM
#15 (956) MY MORNING JACKET
AC/DC
Animal Collective
Bad Company
Roxy Music
Eric B and Rakim
#1 (60) AC/DC
#8 (453) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
#5 (316) JAMES TAYLOR
#13 (828) WORLD PARTY
#3 (188) ROXY MUSIC
#6 (325) THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
#10 (581) ERIC B. & RAKIM
#15 (956) MY MORNING JACKET
#8 (453) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
#5 (316) JAMES TAYLOR vs. #12 (709) FAITH HILL
Panderer vs panderer
#3 (188) ROXY MUSIC
#6 (325) THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
#10 (581) ERIC B. & RAKIM
#15 (956) MY MORNING JACKET
This is another one of the matchups where I really have to gawk at the seedings.
AC/DC - Though they annoy me everytime they come on the radio...
Animal Collective - I don't get the infatuation with these guys, there good don't get me wrong, but you read places that their the greatest thing since sliced bread... not buying it. Extreme, would be unsliced stale bread...
JT vs. Faith - Too ugly... I guess Sweet Baby James...
BadCo...
Inspiral Carpets... I was one of the few people I knew back in 1990 who really got into the Manchester Bands here in Milwaukee... A lost fad on middle America.
The Shins... I only like one Allman Bros song "Whipping Post". I like just about everything The Shins have done.
Eric B. & Rakim... great driving music. These guys were way underrated and thank god. Nothing worse than having good music ruined by overpopularity...
ELO -- MMJ, great band... just too many ELO songs to ignore.
#1 AC/DC
#5 James Taylor
#4 Bad Company
#2 ELO
1. AC/DC
8. Animal Collective
5. James Taylor
13. World Party
3. Roxy Music
11. The Shins
10. Eric B. & Rakim
15. My Morning Jacket
****
MOST UNDERRATED (A bunch today.)
My Morning Jacket (UMT 956, AM 493); Eric B. & Rakim (UMT 581, AM 175); The Shins (UMT 700, AM 372); Roxy Music (UMT 188, AM 46).
MOST OVERRATED
Bad Company (UMT 197, AM 834); Electric Light Orchestra (UMT 69, AM 577); Inspiral Carpets (UMT 837, AM 1659).
NOT AM RANKED
Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Extreme, Faith Hill.
(I’ve added this category just because it’s hard to know exactly how overrated UMT has an artist if they don’t even register with the critics. In the case of the three shown above, though, it’s clear that they ARE overrated. A lot.)
PRETTY DARN CLOSE
James Taylor (UMT 316, AM 308); AC/DC (UMT 60, AM 72).
#16 (965) DOUG E. FRESH
#9 (572) EXTREME
#5 (316) JAMES TAYLOR
#3 (188) ROXY MUSIC
#10 (581) ERIC B. & RAKIM
#1 AC/DC
#9 Extreme
#5 James Taylor
#13 World Party
#3 Roxy Music
#6 The Allman Brothers
#10 Eric B. & Rakim
#2 Electric Light Orchestra
AC/DC
Roxy Music
Allman Bros
Eric B & Rakim
ELO
#1. AC/DC
#8. Animal Collective
#5. James Taylor
#13. World Party (I perferred them to the Waterboys, less folky)
#14. Inspiral Carpets (Sorry I had to do it. They're not going to get any love and they are so underrated. I perferred them to the Charlantans and the Happy Mondays but they weren't taken as seriously. They deserve better, they wrote some ridiculously catchy gems)
#6. The Allman Brothers
#7. BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS
#15. MY MORNING JACKET
#1 (60) AC/DC
#8 (453) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
#5 (316) JAMES TAYLOR
#4 (197) BAD COMPANY
#3 (188) ROXY MUSIC
#6 (325) THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
#10 (581) ERIC B. & RAKIM
#2 (69) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
8. Animal Collective
5. James Taylor
13. World Party
3. Roxy Music
11. The Shins
10. Eric B. & Rakim
15. My Morning Jacket
****
MOST UNDERRATED (A bunch today.)
My Morning Jacket (UMT 956, AM 493); Eric B. & Rakim (UMT 581, AM 175); The Shins (UMT 700, AM 372); Roxy Music (UMT 188, AM 46).
MOST OVERRATED
Bad Company (UMT 197, AM 834); Electric Light Orchestra (UMT 69, AM 577); Inspiral Carpets (UMT 837, AM 1659).
NOT AM RANKED
Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Extreme, Faith Hill.
(I’ve added this category just because it’s hard to know exactly how overrated UMT has an artist if they don’t even register with the critics. In the case of the three shown above, though, it’s clear that they ARE overrated. A lot.)
PRETTY DARN CLOSE
James Taylor (UMT 316, AM 308); AC/DC (UMT 60, AM 72).
I really enjoy seeing how the rough calculations of my formula compared to the AM rankings. Someday if I ever am able to get Slicknation off the ground, I would like to expand this utilizing a spreadsheet of over 100 lists and charts and get a true representation of each artist and see how it compares. A huge project that only time and money could make happen...
Bracket #18 Winners...
AC/DC 91.7% / Doug E. Fresh 8.3%
Animal Collective 65.2% / Extreme 34.8%
James Taylor 81.8% / Faith Hill 18.2%
Bad Company 68.2% / World Party 31.8%
Roxy Music 83.3% / Inspiral Carpets 16.7%
The Allman Brothers 56.5% / The Shins 43.5%
Eric B. & Rakim 79.2% / Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 20.8%
ELO 60.9% / My Morning Jacket 39.1%
AC/DC 91.7% / Doug E. Fresh 8.3%
Animal Collective 65.2% / Extreme 34.8%
James Taylor 81.8% / Faith Hill 18.2%
Bad Company 68.2% / World Party 31.8%
Roxy Music 83.3% / Inspiral Carpets 16.7%
The Allman Brothers 56.5% / The Shins 43.5%
Eric B. & Rakim 79.2% / Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 20.8%
ELO 60.9% / My Morning Jacket 39.1%
Wow...surprised to see that much support for Extreme. I guess "More Than Words" lives on for a lot of people...