Being a holiday weekend, the next 2 brackets will be posted for 36 hours instead of 24...
Ray Charles vs. Eddy Grant
Death Cab For Cutie vs. Nelly
Simon & Garfunkel vs. The Cardigans
Phoenix vs. Black Sabbath
Chicago vs. Elastica
The Spinners vs. Deep Purple
Lionel Richie vs. Coolio
Berlin vs. Whitney Houston
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1955 - 20. Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman
1955 - 67. Ray Charles -- This Little Girl Of Mine
1955 - 86. Ray Charles -- A Fool For You
1955 - 99. Ray Charles -- Greenbacks
1956 - 39. Ray Charles -- Hallelujah, I Love You So
1956 - 63. Ray Charles -- Drown In My Own Tears
1956 - 135. Ray Charles -- Lonely Avenue
1956 - 159. Ray Charles -- Leave My Woman Alone
1957 - 95. Ray Charles -- Swanee River Rock
1958 - 67. Ray Charles -- (Night Time Is) The Right Time
1958 - 145. Ray Charles -- Rockhouse (Part. 1)
1959 - 1. Ray Charles -- What I'd Say
1959 - 75. Ray Charles -- I'm Movin' On
1959 - 173. Ray Charles -- I Believe To My Soul
1960 - 6. Ray Charles -- Georgia On My Mind
1960 - 69. Ray Charles -- Sticks And Stones
1960 - 135. Ray Charles -- Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
1960 - 170. Ray Charles -- Let The Good Times Roll
1960 - 190. Ray Charles -- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
1961 - 4. Ray Charles -- Hit The Road Jack
1961 - 28. Ray Charles -- Unchain My Heart
1961 - 65. Ray Charles -- One Mint Julep
1961 - 160. Ray Charles -- But On The Other Hand Baby
1961 - 184. Ray Charles -- I've Got News For You
1962 - 2. Ray Charles -- I Can’t Stop Loving You
1962 - 36. Ray Charles -- You Don’t Know Me
1962 - 93. Ray Charles -- Your Cheatin’ Heart
1962 - 144. Ray Charles -- Born To Lose
1962 - 149. Ray Charles -- You Are My Sunshine
1962 - 182. Ray Charles -- At The Club
1962 - 184. Ray Charles -- Baby It’s Cold Outside
1963 - 42. Ray Charles -- Take These Chains From My Heart
1963 - 61. Ray Charles -- Busted
1963 - 156. Ray Charles -- No One
1964 - 97. Ray Charles -- Love Me With All Your Heart
1965 - 105. Ray Charles -- Crying Time
1966 - 251. Ray Charles -- Together Again
1966 - 273. Ray Charles -- Let's Go Get Stoned
1967 - 201. Ray Charles -- Here We Go Again
1967 - 289. Ray Charles -- Yesterday
1968 - 292. Ray Charles -- Understanding
1979 - 257. Eddy Grant -- Living On The Frontline
1982 - 125. Eddy Grant -- I Don't Wanna Dance
1983 - 16. Eddy Grant -- Electric Avenue
1984 - 157. Eddy Grant -- Romancing The Stone
1988 - 230. Eddy Grant -- Give Me Hope Jo’Anna
2002 - 316. Death Cab For Cutie -- I Was A Kalediscope
2003 - 354. Death Cab For Cutie -- Tiny Vessels
2004 - 101. Death Cab For Cutie -- The Sound Of Settling
2004 - 162. Death Cab For Cutie -- The New Year
2004 - 269. Death Cab For Cutie -- Passenger Seat
2005 - 34. Death Cab For Cutie -- Soul Meets Body
2005 - 299. Death Cab For Cutie -- Summer Skin
2005 - 397. Death Cab For Cutie -- Title And Registration
2006 - 53. Death Cab For Cutie -- I Will Follow You Into The Dark
2006 - 73. Death Cab For Cutie -- Crooked Teeth
2008 - 7. Death Cab For Cutie -- I Will Possess Your Heart
2008 - 49. Death Cab For Cutie -- Cath…
2008 - 90. Death Cab For Cutie -- Grapevine Fires
2009 -111 Death Cab For Cutie -- Meet Me On The Equinox
2000 - 26. Nelly -- (Hot Shit) Country Grammar
2000 - 116. Nelly -- E.I.
2001 - 38. Nelly -- Ride Wit Me
2002 - 7. Nelly -- Hot In Herre
2002 - 16. Nelly -- Dilemma
2003 - 75. Nelly, P Diddy & Murphy Lee -- Shake Ya Tailfeather
2003 - 237. Nelly -- Air Force Ones
2003 - 262. Nelly -- Pimp Juice
2004 - 59. Nelly -- Over And Over
2004 - 126. Nelly -- My Place
2004 - 241. Nelly -- Tilt Ya Head Back
2005 - 389. Nelly -- N Dey Say
2006 - 185. Nelly -- Grillz
2008 - 211. Nelly -- Party People
2008 - 236. Nelly -- Body On Me
1965 - 18. Simon & Garfunkel -- The Sounds Of Silence
1965 - 178. Simon & Garfunkel -- We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'
1966 - 58. Simon & Garfunkel -- I Am A Rock
1966 - 70. Simon & Garfunkel -- Homeward Bound
1966 - 128. Simon & Garfunkel -- Hazy Shade Of Winter
1966 - 281. Simon & Garfunkel -- The Dangling Conversation
1967 - 191. Simon & Garfunkel -- At The Zoo
1967 - 244. Simon & Garfunkel -- The World We Know (Over And Over)
1967 - 255. Simon & Garfunkel -- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
1967 - 298. Simon & Garfunkel -- Faking It
1968 - 6. Simon & Garfunkel -- Mrs. Robinson
1968 - 122. Simon & Garfunkel -- Scarborough Fair
1968 - 214. Simon & Garfunkel -- America
1969 - 24. Simon & Garfunkel -- The Boxer
1970 - 2. Simon & Garfunkel -- Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970 - 29. Simon & Garfunkel -- Cecilia
1970 - 144. Simon & Garfunkel -- El Condor Pasa
1972 - 239. Simon & Garfunkel -- For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
1975 - 171. Simon & Garfunkel -- My Little Town
1995 - 208. The Cardigans -- Carnival
1995 - 266. The Cardigans -- Sick And Tired
1996 - 12. The Cardigans -- Lovefool
1996 - 253. The Cardigans -- Been It
1997 - 262. The Cardigans -- Your New Cuckoo
1998 - 33. The Cardigans -- My Favourite Game
1998 - 265. The Cardigans -- Paralyzed
1999 - 79. The Cardigans -- Erase/Rewind
1999 - 171. The Cardigans -- Hanging Around
1999 - 268. The Cardigans -- Explode
2003 - 271. The Cardigans -- For What It's Worth
2003 - 379. The Cardigans -- You're The Storm
2005 - 79. The Cardigans -- I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
2006 - 358. The Cardigans -- Don’t Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)
2000 - 196. Phoenix -- Too Young
2000 - 313. Phoenix -- If I Ever Feel Better
2004 - 218. Phoenix -- Everything Is Everything
2006 - 251. Phoenix -- Long Distance Call
2006 - 323. Phoenix -- Consolation Prizes
2009 - 2 Phoenix -- 1901
2009 - 32 Phoenix -- Lisztomania
1970 - 5. Black Sabbath -- Paranoid
1970 - 83. Black Sabbath -- War Pigs
1970 - 100. Black Sabbath -- Black Sabbath
1970 - 117. Black Sabbath -- The Wizard
1970 - 135. Black Sabbath -- Evil Woman
1970 - 143. Black Sabbath -- N.I.B.
1970 - 159. Black Sabbath -- Planet Caravan
1970 - 270. Black Sabbath -- The Warning
1971 - 28. Black Sabbath -- Iron Man
1971 - 109. Black Sabbath -- Sweet Leaf
1971 - 146. Black Sabbath -- Children Of The Grave
1971 - 236. Black Sabbath -- Into The Void
1971 - 265. Black Sabbath -- After Forever
1972 - 154. Black Sabbath -- Snow Blind
1972 - 228. Black Sabbath -- Tomorrow's Dream
1972 - 282. Black Sabbath -- Wheels Of Confusion
1973 - 100. Black Sabbath -- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973 - 127. Black Sabbath -- Changes
1973 - 178. Black Sabbath -- Supernaut
1974 - 233. Black Sabbath -- Killing Yourself To Live
1975 - 173. Black Sabbath -- Sypmtom Of The Universe
1975 - 281. Black Sabbath -- Am I Going Insane
1976 - 245. Black Sabbath -- It’s Alright
1978 - 209. Black Sabbath -- Never Say Die
1978 - 277. Black Sabbath -- A Hard Road
1980 - 123. Black Sabbath -- Neon Knights
1980 - 141. Black Sabbath -- Heaven And Hell
1980 - 209. Black Sabbath -- Die Young
1981 - 302. Black Sabbath -- Mob Rules
1981 - 399. Black Sabbath -- Turn Up The Night
1969 - 78. Chicago -- I'm A Man
1969 - 143. Chicago -- Questions 67 And 68
1970 - 27. Chicago -- 25 Or 6 To 4
1970 - 76. Chicago -- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
1970 - 110. Chicago -- Make Me Smile
1971 - 68. Chicago -- Beginnings
1971 - 85. Chicago -- Colour My World
1971 - 159. Chicago -- Free
1971 - 279. Chicago -- Lowdown
1972 - 40. Chicago -- Saturday In The Park
1972 - 63. Chicago -- Feeling Stronger Every Day
1972 - 181. Chicago -- Dialogue (Parts I & II)
1973 - 61. Chicago -- Just You 'N Me
1974 - 79. Chicago -- Wishing You Were Here
1974 - 125. Chicago -- (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
1974 - 169. Chicago -- Call On Me
1975 - 98. Chicago -- Old Days
1975 - 180. Chicago -- Harry Truman
1975 - 306. Chicago -- Brand New Love Affair (Part I & II)
1976 - 7. Chicago -- If You Leave Me Now
1976 - 328. Chicago -- Another Rainy Day In New York City
1977 - 63. Chicago -- Baby What A Big Surprise
1977 - 309. Chicago -- You Are On My Mind
1978 - 241. Chicago -- No Tell Lover
1978 - 282. Chicago -- Alive Again
1978 - 301. Chicago -- Take Me Back To Chicago
1978 - 322. Chicago -- Little One
1979 - 272. Chicago -- Gone Long Gone
1979 - 306. Chicago -- Must Have Been Crazy
1980 - 306. Chicago -- Thunder And Lightning
1982 - 38. Chicago -- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
1982 - 153. Chicago -- Love Me Tomorrow
1983 - 393. Chicago -- What You're Missing
1984 - 75. Chicago -- Hard Habit To Break
1984 - 88. Chicago -- You're The Inspiration
1984 - 181. Chicago -- Stay The Night
1985 - 185. Chicago -- Along Comes A Woman
1986 - 118. Chicago -- Will You Still Love Me?
1987 - 352. Chicago -- If She Would Have Been Faithful
1987 - 392. Chicago -- Niagara Falls
1988 - 94. Chicago -- Look Away
1988 - 137. Chicago -- I Don’t Want To Live Without Your Love
1989 - 126. Chicago -- What Kind Of Man Would I Be?
1989 - 226. Chicago -- You're Not Alone
1997 - 377. Chicago -- Here In My Heart
1994 - 7. Elastica -- Connection
1995 - 84. Elastica -- Stutter
1995 - 157. Elastica -- Waking Up
1995 - 294. Elastica -- Line Up
1996 - 304. Elastica -- Car Song
1961 - 179. The Spinners -- That's What Girls Are Made For
1970 - 129. The Spinners -- It’s A Shame
1972 - 49. The Spinners -- I'll Be Around
1972 - 121. The Spinners -- Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
1973 - 117. The Spinners -- One Of A Kind (Love Affair)
1973 - 210. The Spinners -- Ghetto Child
1974 - 251. The Spinners -- Mighty Love Pt. 1
1974 - 288. The Spinners -- Love Don't Love Nobody Pt. 1
1975 - 110. The Spinners -- They Just Can't Stop (Games People Play)
1975 - 248. The Spinners -- Sadie
1976 - 58. The Spinners -- Rubberband Man
1978 - 342. The Spinners -- If You Wanna Do A Dance
1979 - 83. The Spinners -- Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl
1980 - 91. The Spinners -- Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time
1968 - 38. Deep Purple -- Hush
1970 - 67. Deep Purple -- Black Night
1970 - 242. Deep Purple -- Speed King
1971 - 118. Deep Purple -- Fireball
1972 - 42. Deep Purple -- Highway Star
1972 - 139. Deep Purple -- Child In Time
1972 - 232. Deep Purple -- Lazy
1972 - 269. Deep Purple -- Never Before
1973 - 5. Deep Purple -- Smoke On The Water
1973 - 97. Deep Purple -- Woman From Tokyo
1973 - 189. Deep Purple -- Space Truckin'
1974 - 229. Deep Purple -- Burn
1974 - 265. Deep Purple -- Might Just Take Your Life
1974 - 285. Deep Purple -- Lady Double Dealer
1976 - 306. Deep Purple -- You Keep On Moving
1984 - 109. Deep Purple -- Knocking At Your Back Door
1984 - 300. Deep Purple -- Perfect Strangers
1985 - 289. Deep Purple -- Nobody's Home
1981 - 21. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross -- Endless Love
1982 - 36. Lionel Richie -- Truly
1983 - 19. Lionel Richie -- All Night Long (All Night)
1983 - 76. Lionel Richie -- Running With The Night
1983 - 86. Lionel Richie -- You Are
1983 - 113. Lionel Richie -- My Love
1984 - 35. Lionel Richie -- Hello
1984 - 78. Lionel Richie -- Stuck On You
1984 - 114. Lionel Richie -- Penny Lover
1985 - 45. Lionel Richie -- Say You, Say Me
1986 - 15. Lionel Richie -- Dancing On The Ceiling
1986 - 227. Lionel Richie -- Ballerina Girl
1986 - 337. Lionel Richie -- Love Will Conquer All
1987 - 318. Lionel Richie & Alabama -- Deep River Woman
1987 - 336. Lionel Richie -- Se La
1992 - 264. Lionel Richie -- Do It To Me
1992 - 303. Lionel Richie -- My Destiny
1996 - 275. Lionel Richie -- Don’t Want To Lose You
2001 - 290. Lionel Richie -- Angel
2004 - 336. Lionel Richie -- Just For You
2006 - 347. Lionel Richie -- I Call It Love
1994 - 32. Coolio -- Fantastic Voyage
1995 - 2. Coolio -- Gangster's Paradise
1995 - 220. Coolio -- Too Hot
1996 - 89. Coolio -- 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New)
1997 - 107. Coolio -- C U When You Get There
1982 - 154. Berlin -- Sex (I'm A...)
1983 - 150. Berlin -- The Metro
1983 - 365. Berlin -- Masquerade
1984 - 166. Berlin -- No More Words
1984 - 322. Berlin -- Touch
1986 - 29. Berlin -- Take My Breath Away
1985 - 11. Whitney Houston -- How Will I Know
1985 - 20. Whitney Houston -- Saving All My Love For You
1985 - 105. Whitney Houston -- You Give Good Love
1986 - 45. Whitney Houston -- Greatest Love Of All
1987 - 19. Whitney Houston -- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
1987 - 61. Whitney Houston -- So Emotional
1987 - 97. Whitney Houston -- Didn't We Almost Have It All
1988 - 194. Whitney Houston -- Where Do Broken Heart Go
1988 - 205. Whitney Houston -- One Moment In Time
1988 - 274. Whitney Houston -- Love Will Save The Day
1990 - 25. Whitney Houston -- I'm Your Baby Tonight
1990 - 102. Whitney Houston -- All The Man I Need
1991 - 208. Whitney Houston -- Miracle
1991 - 237. Whitney Houston -- My Name Is Not Susan
1992 - 9. Whitney Houston -- I Will Always Love You
1993 - 39. Whitney Houston -- I Have Nothing
1993 - 51. Whitney Houston -- I'm Every Woman
1993 - 393. Whitney Houston -- Run To You
1995 - 39. Whitney Houston -- Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
1996 - 218. Whitney Houston -- Count On Me
1997 - 376. Whitney Houston -- Step By Step
1998 - 72. Whitney Houston -- Heartbreak Hotel
1998 - 94. Whitney Houston And Mariah Carey -- When You Believe
1999 - 47. Whitney Houston -- It’s Not Right But It’s Okay
1999 - 188. Whitney Houston -- My Love Is Your Love
2003 - 369. Whitney Houston -- One Of Those Days
RAY -- No challenge...
DEATH CAB --
S&G -- Really wanted to vote for The Cardigans, jus couldn't...
SABBATH -- I Like Phoenix, alot, but against the mighty Sabbath, no chance...
CHICAGO -- Really wish Elastica had a few more albums like their first...
DEEP PURPLE -- I really like some of The Spinners tunes, but...
COOLIO -- I wish Phoenix or The Cardigans were in this matchup...
BERLIN -- see above, never like Whitney...
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Black Sabbath
Chicago
Deep Purple
Lionel Richie
Berlin
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Black Sabbath
Elastica
Deep Purple
Lionel Richie
Whitney Houston
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Black Sabbath
Chicago
Deep Purple
Lionel Richie
Whitney Houston
Ray Charles
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Berlin
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Phoenix
Chicago
Deep Purple
Lionel Richie
Whitney Houston
Ray Charles - Eddy got to rock down to round number 2, and Electric Avenue was #16 for 1983??? Wow...that's a good showing
Nelly - Death cab for DCFC
Simon & Garfunkel - laugher...surprised their list is so short, but almost every song is a classic
pass
Chicago
The Spinners - Deep Purple is certainly more influential, but "Smoke on the Water" is about the only song of theirs I'd put on these days
Lionel Richie
Whitney Houston - sorry Berlin
Today's underdogs: #10 Phoenix, #10 Berlin
Today's favorite: Simon & Garfunkel
Today's favorite I didn't vote for: Berlin
Favorite song: "Take My Breath Away", Berlin
Ray Charles
...
Simon & Garfunkel
Black Sabbath
Chicago
The Spinners
Lionel Richie
Berlin
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie
DCFC is a little overrrated, but I can't stand a single thing Nelly ever did. He only became famous by Sean Combs' aggressive marketing strategy, not on his own merit.
Simon & Garfunkel
Black Sabbath
Two bands I think are good but overrated.
Chicago
This is a hard vote to cast because I really like Elastica.
Deep Purple
Lionel Richie
Don't like Lionel Richie, but Coolio's one song with any actual merit is a ripoff of a Stevie Wonder song.
Berlin
I, IYAYAYEEEEEEE! I HA-HAII, HA-HA-HAIIIII! I-HAIIIIIIIIIIIIII I SAID IIIIIIIIII will never vote Whitney Houston. Even if she ends up against Coolio next round.
Ray Charles
Death Cab for Cutie
Simon and Garfunkel
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Death Cab For Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Phoenix
Elastica
Deep Purple
Coolio
Berlin
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie vs. Nelly - pass
Simon & Garfunkel (best bracket so far, it saddens me to vote out The Cardigans)
Black Sabbath
Elastica
Deep Purple
Lionel Richie vs. Coolio - pass (worst bracket so far)
Whitney Houston
Ray Charles
Death Cab for Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Phoenix
Elastica
The Spinners
Coolio
Berlin
****
AM TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
4. Deep Purple - Machine Head
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
6. Deep Purple - In Rock
7. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
8. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
9. Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
10. Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage Rosemary & Thyme
AM TOP 10 SONGS
1. Ray Charles, "What'd I Say"
2. Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
3. Black Sabbath, "Paranoid"
4. Simon and Garfunkel, "The Sound of Silence"
5. Ray Charles, "Georgia on My Mind"
6. Coolio, "Gangsta's Paradise"
7. Deep Purple, "Smoke on the Water"
8. Simon and Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson"
9. Black Sabbath, "Iron Man"
10. Elastica, "Connection"
MY FAVORITE ARTIST TODAY
Nobody really stands out...depending on when you ask me, it might be Ray Charles, Phoenix or Elastica
Ray Charles
Death Cab For Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel - Don't get me wrong - I adore the Cardigans... but Simon and Garfunkel are huge for me.
Phoenix - Wonderful band... and I still say that Sabbath sucks
Elastica
The Spinners
Lionel Richie
Whitney Houston
Favorite this round - All due respect to Brother Ray, I'm going with Simon and Garfunkel
Favorite not voted for - The Cardigans
Ray Charles
Death Cab for Cutie
Simon & Garfunkel
Phoenix
Chicago
The Spinners
Coolio
Whitney Houston
Winners in 2.8...
Ray Charles 100% / Eddy Grant 0%
Death Cab For Cutie 81.5% / Nelly 18.5
Simon & Garfunkel 89.7% / The Cardigans 10.3%
Black Sabbath 68.9% / Phoenix 31.1%
Chicago 66.7% / Elastica 33.3%
Deep Purple 66.7% / The Spinners 33.3%
Lionel Richie 66.7% / Coolio 33.3%
Whitney Houston 57.1% / Berlin 42.9%
You for got Coolio's other hits, Slick.
"Living For The Gangster"
"Sunshine Of My Gangster"
"Isn't She Gangster"
"Uptight Gangster"
"Gangster Superstition"
"Gangster Gangster Gangster Higher Ground Gangster"
More original songs from Coolio.