The Cure vs. Spencer Davis Group
Muddy Waters vs. Robert Plant
Linkin Park vs. Tommy James
Devo vs. Dion
Aretha Franklin vs. The Libertines
Siouxsie & The Banshees vs. The Velvet Underground
Three Doors Down vs. Jeff Buckley
Joe Walsh vs. Pet Shop Boys
______________________________________________________________________
1978 - 52. The Cure -- Killing An Arab
1979 - 29. The Cure -- Boys Don't Cry
1979 - 147. The Cure -- Jumping Someone Else's Train
1979 - 338. The Cure -- Grinding Halt
1980 - 77. The Cure -- A Forest
1980 - 137. The Cure -- 10:15 Saturday Night
1980 - 243. The Cure -- A Play For Today
1980 - 379. The Cure -- Seventeen Seconds
1981 - 77. The Cure -- Charlotte Sometimes
1981 - 157. The Cure -- Primary
1981 - 326. The Cure -- Other Voices
1981 - 348. The Cure -- The Holy Hour
1982 - 147. The Cure -- Let's Go To Bed
1982 - 205. The Cure -- The Hanging Garden
1982 - 308. The Cure -- One Hundred Years
1982 - 395. The Cure -- Lament
1983 - 126. The Cure -- The Lovecats
1983 - 226. The Cure -- The Walk
1983 - 358. The Cure -- The Upstairs Room
1984 - 190. The Cure -- Shake Dog Shake
1984 - 229. The Cure -- The Caterpillar
1985 - 19. The Cure -- In Between Days
1985 - 82. The Cure -- Close To Me
1985 - 202. The Cure -- A Night Like This
1985 - 323. The Cure -- The Blood
1985 - 360. The Cure -- Sinking
1985 - 395. The Cure -- Push
1987 - 3. The Cure -- Just Like Heaven
1987 - 41. The Cure -- Why Can't I Be You?
1987 - 151. The Cure -- Catch
1987 - 236. The Cure -- Snow In Summer
1987 - 281. The Cure -- The Perfect Girl
1987 - 292. The Cure -- How Beautiful You Are
1987 - 375. The Cure -- Fight
1987 - 397. The Cure -- Icing Sugar
1988 - 112. The Cure -- Hot Hot Hot!!!
1989 - 6. The Cure -- Lovesong
1989 - 29. The Cure -- Lullaby
1989 - 68. The Cure -- Fascination Street
1989 - 287. The Cure -- Disintegration
1989 - 368. The Cure -- Plain Song
1989 - 398. The Cure -- Prayers For Rain
1990 - 10. The Cure -- Pictures Of You
1990 - 119. The Cure -- Never Enough
1990 - 363. The Cure -- Hello, I Love You
1992 - 30. The Cure -- Friday I'm In Love
1992 - 76. The Cure -- High
1992 - 144. The Cure -- A Letter To Elise
1992 - 344. The Cure -- Doing The Unstuck
1993 - 386. The Cure -- Purple Haze
1994 - 323. The Cure -- Burn
1996 - 169. The Cure -- Mint Car
1996 - 240. The Cure -- The 13th
1996 - 284. The Cure -- Gone!
1996 - 294. The Cure -- Strange Attraction
1997 - 232. The Cure -- Wrong Number
2000 - 137. The Cure -- Maybe Someday
2000 - 366. The Cure -- The Last Day Of Summer
2001 - 238. The Cure -- Cut Here
2001 - 396. The Cure -- Just Say Yes
2004 - 116. The Cure -- The End Of The World
2004 - 308. The Cure -- Alt. End
2004 - 340. The Cure -- Taking Off
2008 - 149. The Cure -- Freak Show
2008 - 201. The Cure -- The Perfect Boy
2008 - 263. The Cure -- Sleep When I’m Dead
2008 - 272. The Cure -- The Only One
1965 - 162. Spencer Davis Group -- Keep On Running
1966 - 25. Spencer Davis Group -- Gimme Some Lovin'
1966 - 132. Spencer Davis Group -- Somebody Help Me
1967 - 112. Spencer Davis Group -- I'm A Man
1955 - 19. Muddy Waters -- Mannish Boy
1955 - 31. Muddy Waters -- Hoochie Coochie Man
1955 - 82. Muddy Waters -- Trouble No More
1955 - 166. Muddy Waters -- Sugar Sweet
1956 - 144. Muddy Waters -- Forty Days and Forty Nights
1956 - 181. Muddy Waters -- Don't Go No Farther
1957 - 32. Muddy Waters -- Got My Mojo Working
1982 - 246. Robert Plant -- Burning Down One Side
1982 - 366. Robert Plant -- Worse Than Detroit
1983 - 95. Robert Plant -- Big Log
1983 - 128. Robert Plant -- In The Mood
1983 - 216. Robert Plant -- Other Arms
1985 - 144. Robert Plant -- Little By Little
1985 - 311. Robert Plant -- Sixes And Sevens
1988 - 56. Robert Plant -- Tall Cool One
1988 - 98. Robert Plant -- Heaven Knows
1988 - 175. Robert Plant -- Ship Of Fools
1990 - 118. Robert Plant -- Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You)
1993 - 244. Robert Plant -- 29 Psalms
1993 - 251. Robert Plant -- I Believe
1994 - 195. Page/Plant -- Gallows Pole
1998 - 362. Page & Plant -- Most High
2002 - 178. Robert Plant -- Darkness, Darkness
2005 - 300. Robert Plant -- All The Kings Horses
2007 - 262. Robert Plant -- Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
2007 - 318. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss -- Please Read The Letter
2008 - 196. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss -- Rich Woman
2001 - 8. Linkin Park -- In The End
2001 - 37. Linkin Park -- Crawling
2001 - 59. Linkin Park -- One Step Closer
2001 - 207. Linkin Park -- Papercut
2002 - 247. Linkin Park -- My December
2002 - 259. Linkin Park -- Points Of Authority
2002 - 302. Linkin Park -- Runaway
2003 - 15. Linkin Park -- Numb
2003 - 25. Linkin Park -- Somewhere I Belong
2003 - 46. Linkin Park -- Faint
2004 - 17. Linkin Park -- Breaking The Habit
2004 - 90. Linkin Park/Jay-Z -- Numb/Encore
2004 - 96. Linkin Park -- Lying From You
2004 - 384. Linkin Park -- From The Inside
2007 - 10. Linkin Park -- What I’ve Done
2007 - 49. Linkin Park -- Shadow Of The Day
2007 - 65. Linkin Park -- Bleed It Out
2007 - 300. Linkin Park -- Given Up
2008 - 158. Linkin Park -- Leave Out The Rest
1966 - 56. Tommy James -- Hanky Panky
1966 - 233. Tommy James -- Say I Am (What I Am)
1967 - 208. Tommy James -- Mirage
1968 - 12. Tommy James -- Crimson And Clover
1968 - 31. Tommy James -- Mony, Mony
1968 - 252. Tommy James -- Do Something For Me
1969 - 36. Tommy James -- Crystal Blue Persuasion
1969 - 146. Tommy James -- Sweet Cherry Wine
1969 - 247. Tommy James -- Ball Of Fire
1971 - 87. Tommy James -- Draggin' The Line
1977 - 88. Devo -- Jocko Homo
1977 - 114. Devo -- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1977 - 236. Devo -- Mongoloid
1979 - 339. Devo -- Secret Agent Man
1980 - 9. Devo -- Whip It
1980 - 229. Devo -- Freedom Of Choice
1980 - 248. Devo -- Girl U Want
1981 - 240. Devo -- Working in the Coal Mine
1981 - 345. Devo -- Beautiful World
1958 - 43. Dion -- I Wonder Why
1958 - 89. Dion -- No One Knows
1958 - 192. Dion- Don't Pity Me
1959 - 8. Dion -- A Teenager In Love
1959 - 42. Dion -- Where Or When
1959 - 156. Dion -- Every Little Thing I Do
1960 - 55. Dion -- Lonely Teenager
1961 - 3. Dion -- Runaround Sue
1961 - 9. Dion -- The Wanderer
1961 - 183. Dion -- The Majestic
1961 - 193. Dion -- Havin' Fun
1962 - 57. Dion -- Lovers Who Wander
1962 - 122. Dion -- Love Came To Me
1962 - 131. Dion -- Little Diane
1962 - 178. Dion -- (I Was) Born To Cry
1963 - 59. Dion -- Donna The Prima Donna
1963 - 75. Dion -- Ruby Baby
1963 - 130. Dion -- Drip Drop
1963 - 170. Dion -- This Little Girl
1963 - 178. Dion -- Sandy
1968 - 77. Dion -- Abraham, Martin And John
1967 - 1. Aretha Franklin -- Respect
1967 - 25. Aretha Franklin -- Chain Of Fools
1967 - 50. Aretha Franklin -- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
1967 - 84. Aretha Franklin -- Baby I Love You
1967 - 96. Aretha Franklin -- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
1967 - 106. Aretha Franklin -- Do Right Woman - Do Right Man
1968 - 26. Aretha Franklin -- Think
1968 - 58. Aretha Franklin -- I Say A Little Prayer
1968 - 83. Aretha Franklin -- Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
1968 - 95. Aretha Franklin -- The House That Jack Built
1968 - 139. Aretha Franklin -- Ain’t No Way
1968 - 262. Aretha Franklin -- See Saw
1969 - 248. Aretha Franklin -- Share Your Love With Me
1969 - 258. Aretha Franklin -- Eleanor Rigby
1969 - 273. Aretha Franklin -- The Weight
1970 - 122. Aretha Franklin -- Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
1970 - 202. Aretha Franklin -- Son Of A Preacher Man
1970 - 235. Aretha Franklin -- Call Me
1970 - 243. Aretha Franklin -- Dark End Of The Street
1970 - 264. Aretha Franklin -- Border Song (Holy Moses)
1971 - 34. Aretha Franklin -- Spanish Harlem
1971 - 101. Aretha Franklin -- Bridge Over Troubled Water/Brand New Me
1971 - 147. Aretha Franklin -- Rock Steady
1971 - 280. Aretha Franklin -- You're All I Need To Get By
1972 - 128. Aretha Franklin -- Day Dreaming
1972 - 246. Aretha Franklin -- All The King's Horses
1973 - 72. Aretha Franklin -- Until You Come Back To Me
1973 - 197. Aretha Franklin -- Angel
1973 - 290. Aretha Franklin -- Master Of Eyes
1975 - 315. Aretha Franklin -- Mr. DJ (5 For The DJ)
1976 - 259. Aretha Franklin -- Something He Can Feel
1976 - 284. Aretha Franklin -- Jump
1977 - 338. Aretha Franklin -- Look Into Your Heart
1982 - 178. Aretha Franklin -- Jump To It
1983 - 368. Aretha Franklin -- Get It Right
1985 - 35. Aretha Franklin -- Freeway Of Love
1985 - 74. Aretha Franklin -- Who's Zooming Who
1986 - 280. Aretha Franklin -- Jimmy Lee
1986 - 328. Aretha Franklin -- Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986 - 348. Aretha Franklin -- Another Night
1987 - 36. Aretha Franklin & George Michael -- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
1989 - 271. Aretha Franklin & Elton John -- Through The Storm
1994 - 352. Aretha Franklin -- Willing To Forgive
1994 - 394. Aretha Franklin -- A Deeper Love
1998 - 130. Aretha Franklin -- A Rose Is Still A Rose
2002 - 99. The Libertines -- What A Waster
2002 - 135. The Libertines -- Up The Bracket
2002 - 210. The Libertines -- Time For Heroes
2003 - 126. The Libertines -- Don't Look Back Into The Sun
2004 - 73. The Libertines -- Can’t Stand Me Now
2004 - 280. The Libertines -- What Becomes Of The Likely Lads
1978 - 84. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Hong Kong Garden
1979 - 278. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- The Staircase
1979 - 292. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Placebo Effect
1979 - 310. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Playground Twist
1980 - 286. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Happy House
1980 - 302. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Christine
1980 - 313. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Israel
1981 - 335. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Spellbound
1981 - 368. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Arabian Knights
1982 - 330. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Slow Dive
1982 - 352. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Fireworks
1983 - 159. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Dear Prudence
1984 - 280. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Dazzle
1985 - 127. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Cities In Dust
1987 - 239. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- The Passenger
1987 - 303. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- This Wheels On Fire
1988 - 115. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Peek-A-Boo
1988 - 298. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- The Killing Jar
1991 - 63. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Kiss Them For Me
1991 - 185. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Fear (Of The Unknown)
1991 - 276. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Shadowtime
1992 - 307. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Face To Face
1966 - 79. The Velvet Underground -- Sunday Morning
1966 - 144. The Velvet Underground -- Femme Fetale
1966 - 245. The Velvet Underground -- I'll Be Your Mirror
1967 - 41. The Velvet Underground -- Waiting For The Man
1967 - 63. The Velvet Underground -- Heroin
1967 - 134. The Velvet Underground -- All Tomorrows Parties
1967 - 158. The Velvet Underground -- Venus In Furs
1968 - 76. The Velvet Underground -- Sister Ray
1968 - 104. The Velvet Underground -- White Light White Heat
1968 - 236. The Velvet Underground -- I Heard Her Call My Name
1969 - 151. The Velvet Underground -- What Goes On
1969 - 170. The Velvet Underground -- Pale Blue Eyes
1970 - 43. The Velvet Underground -- Sweet Jane
1970 - 148. The Velvet Underground -- Rock And Roll
1972 - 297. The Velvet Underground -- Head Held High
1976 - 321. The Velvet Underground -- Foggy Notion
2000 - 7. Three Doors Down -- Kryptonite
2000 - 78. Three Doors Down -- Loser
2001 - 88. Three Doors Down -- Be Like That
2001 - 128. Three Doors Down -- Duck And Run
2001 - 327. Three Doors Down -- The Better Life
2002 - 33. Three Doors Down -- When I’m Gone
2003 - 24. Three Doors Down -- Here Without You
2003 - 84. Three Doors Down -- The Road I'm On
2004 - 125. Three Doors Down -- Away From The Sun
2005 - 63. Three Doors Down -- Let Me Go
2005 - 180. Three Doors Down -- Behind Those Eyes
2005 - 220. Three Doors Down -- Here By Me
2006 - 86. Three Doors Down -- Landing In London
2008 - 30. Three Doors Down -- It’s Not My Time
2008 - 148. Three Doors Down -- Let Me Be Myself
2008 - 210. Three Doors Down -- Train
2008 - 288. Three Doors Down -- Citizen Soldier
1994 - 114. Jeff Buckley -- Hallelujah
1994 - 194. Jeff Buckley -- Grace
1995 - 67. Jeff Buckley -- Last Goodbye
1998 - 270. Jeff Buckley -- Everybody Here Wants You
1970 - 98. The James Gang -- Funk #49
1971 - 125. The James Gang -- Walk Away
1973 - 118. Joe Walsh -- Rocky Mountain Way
1974 - 254. Joe Walsh -- Meadows
1975 - 135. Joe Walsh -- Turns To Stone
1978 - 24. Joe Walsh -- Life’s Been Good
1980 - 159. Joe Walsh -- All Night Long
1981 - 131. Joe Walsh -- Life of Illusion
1981 - 388. Joe Walsh -- Things
1983 - 287. Joe Walsh -- Space Age Whiz Kid
1983 - 375. Joe Walsh -- I Can Play Rock 'N Roll
1985 - 226. Joe Walsh -- The Confessor
1991 - 353. Joe Walsh -- Ordinary Average Guy
1985 - 4. Pet Shop Boys -- West End Girls
1986 - 52. Pet Shop Boys -- Opportunities
1986 - 78. Pet Shop Boys -- Suburbia
1986 - 179. Pet Shop Boys -- Love Comes Quickly
1987 - 37. Pet Shop Boys -- It's A Sin
1987 - 48. Pet Shop Boys -- What Have I Done To Deserve This?
1987 - 67. Pet Shop Boys -- Always On My Mind
1987 - 114. Pet Shop Boys -- Rent
1988 - 93. Pet Shop Boys -- Domino Dancing
1988 - 126. Pet Shop Boys -- Heart
1988 - 148. Pet Shop Boys -- Left To My Own Devices
1990 - 39. Pet Shop Boys -- Being Boring
1990 - 114. Pet Shop Boys -- So Hard
1991 - 240. Pet Shop Boys -- How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously
1991 - 256. Pet Shop Boys -- Jealousy
1991 - 265. Pet Shop Boys -- Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You)
1993 - 56. Pet Shop Boys -- Go West
1993 - 129. Pet Shop Boys -- Can You Forgive Her
1996 - 205. Pet Shop Boys -- Before
1996 - 316. Pet Shop Boys -- Single Bilingual
1997 - 236. Pet Shop Boys -- Somewhere
1999 - 185. Pet Shop Boys -- New York City Boy
1999 - 220. Pet Shop Boys -- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It
2002 - 227. Pet Shop Boys -- Home And Dry
2003 - 243. Pet Shop Boys -- Miracles
2004 - 240. Pet Shop Boys -- Flamboyant
2006 - 239. Pet Shop Boys -- Minimal
2006 - 346. Pet Shop Boys -- I’m With Stupid
2009 - 61. Pet Shop Boys -- Love Etc.
The Cure - The Cure are a net negative for me, but have a few standout hits that lift them over the generic Spencer Davis Group
Muddy Waters - Hee... the master schools the pupil.
Tommy James
Devo - I like Dion and he is not well thought of on these boards enough... but Devo's early stuff had such a fierce tense urgency, it was good stuff.
Aretha Franklin - No contest
The Velvet Underground - No contest
Jeff Buckley - No contest
Pet Shop Boys - No contest
Favorite this round - The Velvet Underground
Favorite not voted for - Dion
CURE -- Not many artists even make me think about picking against Robert Smith & the crew...
MUDDY -- Robert Plant, arguably the greatest lead singer ever, also had a solid solo career capped off with his work with Allison Kraus, but there is something special about Muddy which is one of the influences behind Zep in the 1st place...
LINKIN PARK -- Begrudgingly, TJ doesn't deserve the round of 256...
DEVO -- We are Devo...
ARETHA -- Looking ahead to The Queen and Velvet Underground should cause some trouble for the AMers...
VU -- Tough to go against Siouxsie...
3DD -- Call it a guilty pleasure, especially since Jeff Buckleys music is a pleasure to listen to...
PET SHOP BOYS--
The Cure
Muddy Waters
Based only on solo stuff, Muddy Waters wins easily.
Tommy James
This is an anti-Linkin Park vote for their pandering to depressed teenagers.
Devo
There are some things I like about Dion. But like I said in Bracketology, I want to hear Runaround Sue's side of the story!
Aretha Franklin
Like the Libertines, but come on. It's Aretha.
The Velvet Underground
Again. Come on, it's VU.
Jeff Buckley
3 Doors Down aren't terrible, but they're pretty bland and so-so, whereas Grace is truly a great album.
The Cure
Muddy Waters
Linkin Park
Devo
The Libertines
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Joe Walsh
The Cure
Muddy Waters (Muddy might lose this matchup, but even Robert Plant—no, ESPECIALLY Robert Plant—knows what a travesty that would be.)
Tommy James
Devo
Aretha Franklin
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
****
AM TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
2. Jeff Buckley – Grace
3. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
4. Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
5. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
6. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
7. The Velvet Underground – Loaded
8. Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
9. The Cure – Disintegration
10. The Libertines – Up the Bracket
AM TOP 10 SONGS
1. Aretha Franklin, “Respect”
2. The Velvet Underground, “I’m Waiting for the Man”
3. The Velvet Underground, “Heroin”
4. Aretha Franklin, “I Say a Little Prayer”
5. Spencer Davis Group, “Gimme Some Lovin’”
6. Muddy Waters, “Mannish Boy”
7. Muddy Waters, “Hoochie Coochie Man”
8. Aretha Franklin, “Chain of Fools”
9. Dion, “Runaround Sue”
10. The Cure, “Just Like Heaven”
MY FAVORITE ARTIST TODAY
The Velvet Underground
The Cure
Muddy Waters
Tommy James
Dion
Aretha Franklin
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Muddy Waters
Tommy James
Dion
Aretha Franklin
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Muddy Waters
Aretha Franklin
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
Cure
Muddy Waters
VU
Jeff Buckley
The Cure
Robert Plant
Tommy James
Dion
Aretha Franklin
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
Spencer Davis Group - tilting against windmills, again, but no disease is worse than The Cure
Robert Plant
Tommy James
Devo
Aretha Franklin
pass
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
Today's favorite: Aretha Franklin
Today's favorite I didn't vote for: Three Doors Down
Favorite Song: Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah"
The Cure
Muddy Waters
Devo
Aretha Franklin
(tough break for The Libertines)
The Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley
Pet Shop Boys
winners in 2.16...
The Cure 92.6% / Spencer Davis Group 7.4%
Muddy Waters 70.4% / Robert Plant 29.6%
Tommy James 66.7% / Linkin Park 33.3%
Devo 60% / Dion 40%
Aretha Franklin 92.3% / The Libertines 7.7%
Velvet Underground 73.1% / Siouxsie & The Banshees 26.9%
Jeff Buckley 70.4% / Three Doors Down 29.6%
Pet Shop Boys 72% / Joe Walsh 28%