#1 (43) Bon Jovi vs. #16 (982) Golden Earring
#8 (470) 10,000 Maniacs vs. #9 (555) Soul II Soul
#5 (299) Kraftwerk vs. #12 (726) Jamiroquai
#4 (214) TLC vs. #13 (811) Cracker
#3 (171) The Jackson 5 vs. #14 (854) The Screaming Trees
#6 (342) Sonic Youth vs. #11 (683) Todd Rundgren
#7 (427) Adam Ant vs. #10 (598) Rob Zombie
#2 (86) Neil Diamond vs. #15 (939) Biz Markie
Bon Jovi...
10,000 Maniacs... This would have been an interesting matchup, in 1989...
Jamiroquai... Never understood the love for Kraftwerk...
TLC... Used to really dig Cracker, now they kinda annoy me...
Screaming Trees... I'd rather listen to "Nearly Lost You" than "I Want You Back"...
Sonic Youth...
Rob Zombie... This was the toughest matchup of the day for me, I had to quick listen to both and went Zombie...
Neil... His 60's stuff was catchy as hell...
#16 (982) Golden Earring
#8 (470) 10,000 Maniacs
#5 (299) Kraftwerk
#4 (214) TLC
#3 (171) The Jackson 5
#6 (342) Sonic Youth
#7 (427) Adam Ant
#2 (86) Neil Diamond
#16 (982) Golden Earring (I'm Dutch so this is simply obligatory)
#9 (555) Soul II Soul
#5 (299) Kraftwerk
#4 (214) TLC
#3 (171) The Jackson 5
#11 (683) Todd Rundgren (Poor Todd, facing Sonic Youth in the first round)
#2 (86) Neil Diamond
#1 Bon Jovi
#8 10,000 Maniacs
pass
#4 TLC - not happy about this vote, but they're more deserving than Cracker
#3 Jackson 5 - surprised they're only a 3!
#11 Todd Rundgren
#7 Adam Ant - amusing matchup
#2 Neil Diamond - not really my style of music, but he's an extremely talented and accomplished singer/songwriter...certainly deserves to make it to round 2
Today's favorite: Bon Jovi
Today's favorite I didn't vote for: Jamiroquai
Favorite song by artist from today's bracket: Livin on a Prayer!
#1 (43) Bon Jovi
#9 (555) Soul II Soul
#5 (299) Kraftwerk
#4 (214) TLC
#3 (171) The Jackson 5
#6 (342) Sonic Youth
#7 (427) Adam Ant
#2 (86) Neil Diamond
Bon Jovi
Soul II Soul
Jamiroquai
TLC
Jackson 5
Sonic Youth
Adam Ant
Neil Diamond
really, really easy this week. the only pang of guilt I felt was excluding Kraftwerk but hey, I prefer Jamiroquai; guilty pleasure, childhood nostalgia factor etc.
Winners in #48...
Bon Jovi 80% / Golden Earring 20%
10,000 Maniacs 56% / Soul II Soul 44%
Kraftwerk 52% / Jamiroquai 48%
TLC 72% / Cracker 28%
The Jackson 5 80% / The Screaming Trees 20%
Sonic Youth 73.1% / Todd Rundgren 26.9%
Adam Ant 66.7% / Rob Zombie 33.3%
Neil Diamond 92% / Biz Markie 8%
Sheesh…missed not one but TWO brackets over the weekend. There’s nothing for it but to do a special omnibus edition of the stats for brackets 47 and 48:
MOST UNDERRATED
Sonic Youth (UMT 342, AM 49); Kraftwerk (UMT 299, AM 48); The Streets (UMT 875, AM 181); Todd Rundgren (UMT 683, AM 230).
MOST OVERRATED
Neil Diamond (UMT 86, AM 1955); Bon Jovi (UMT 43, AM 444); Bryan Adams (UMT 107, AM 925); Papa Roach (UMT 406, AM 2102).
NOT AM RANKED
The Fixx, Nazareth, Rob Zombie, The Tubes, Toni Braxton, DMX, Golden Earring, Keith Urban.
CLOSEST
The Screaming Trees (UMT 854, AM 867); The Notorious B.I.G. (UMT 235, AM 220); Marvin Gaye (UMT 22, AM 14).
