Michael Jackson vs. Snow Patrol vs. Smokey Robinson
Matthew Sweet vs. Judas Priest
Garbage vs. BLACKstreet
Ben E. King vs. Abba
Billy Joel vs. The English Beat
Bloc Party vs. Blink 182
The Killers vs. Bay City Rollers
XTC vs. ZZ Top
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1971 - 25. Michael Jackson -- Got To Be There
1972 - 15. Michael Jackson -- Rockin' Robin
1972 - 30. Michael Jackson -- Ben
1972 - 195. Michael Jackson -- I Wanna Be Where You Are
1979 - 6. Michael Jackson -- Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
1979 - 14. Michael Jackson -- Rock With You
1979 - 75. Michael Jackson -- Off The Wall
1979 - 314. Michael Jackson -- You Can't Win (Part 1)
1980 - 149. Michael Jackson -- She's Out Of My Life
1981 - 219. Michael Jackson -- One Day In Your Life
1983 - 2. Michael Jackson -- Billie Jean
1983 - 4. Michael Jackson -- Beat It
1983 - 22. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson -- Say Say Say
1983 - 25. Michael Jackson -- Thriller
1983 - 35. Michael Jackson -- Wanna Be Starting Something
1983 - 130. Michael Jackson -- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
1983 - 148. Michael Jackson -- Human Nature
1983 - 310. Michael Jackson -- The Lady in My Life
1983 - 323. Michael Jackson -- Baby Be Mine
1984 - 248. Michael Jackson -- Farewell My Summer Love
1987 - 9. Michael Jackson -- Bad
1987 - 21. Michael Jackson -- I Just Can't Stop Loving You
1987 - 30. Michael Jackson -- The Way You Make Me Feel
1988 - 18. Michael Jackson -- Man In The Mirror
1988 - 28. Michael Jackson -- Smooth Criminal
1988 - 43. Michael Jackson -- Dirty Diana
1988 - 128. Michael Jackson -- Another Part Of Me
1991 - 5. Michael Jackson -- Black Or White
1992 - 16. Michael Jackson -- Remember The Time
1992 - 42. Michael Jackson -- In The Closet
1992 - 82. Michael Jackson -- Heal The World
1992 - 101. Michael Jackson -- Who Is It
1992 - 133. Michael Jackson -- Jam
1993 - 169. Michael Jackson -- Will You Be There
1993 - 262. Michael Jackson -- Give Into Me
1995 - 8. Michael Jackson -- You Are Not Alone
1995 - 17. Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson -- Scream
1995 - 212. Michael Jackson -- Earth Song
1995 - 255. Michael Jackson -- Childhood
1996 - 272. Michael Jackson -- They Don’t Care About Us
1997 - 92. Michael Jackson -- Blood On The Dance Floor
1997 - 283. Michael Jackson -- Ghosts
1997 - 309. Michael Jackson -- Stranger In Moscow
2001 - 68. Michael Jackson -- You Rock My World
2001 - 311. Michael Jackson -- Butterflies
2003 - 209. Michael Jackson -- One More Chance

2004 - 47. Snow Patrol -- Run
2004 - 81. Snow Patrol -- Chocolate
2004 - 114. Snow Patrol -- Spitting Games
2006 - 17. Snow Patrol -- Chasing Cars
2006 - 121. Snow Patrol -- Hands Open
2006 - 222. Snow Patrol -- You’re All I Have
2006 - 390. Snow Patrol -- Setting Fire To The Third Bar
2007 - 143. Snow Patrol -- Open Your Eyes
2007 - 165. Snow Patrol -- Signal Fire
2008 - 98. Snow Patrol -- Take Back The City
2008 - 322. Snow Patrol -- Crack The Shutters
2009 - 80. Snow Patrol -- Just Say Yes

1973 - 247. Smokey Robinson -- Baby Come Close
1975 - 282. Smokey Robinson -- Baby That's Backatcha
1975 - 341. Smokey Robinson -- The Agony & The Ecstasy
1976 - 331. Smokey Robinson -- Quiet Storm
1977 - 342. Smokey Robinson -- There Will Come A Day (I'm Gonna Happen To You)
1978 - 312. Smokey Robinson -- Daylight And Darkness
1979 - 89. Smokey Robinson -- Cruisin'
1980 - 351. Smokey Robinson -- Let Me Be The Clock
1981 - 25. Smokey Robinson -- Being With You
1981 - 305. Smokey Robinson -- You Are Forever
1982 - 323. Smokey Robinson -- Old Fashioned Love
1984 - 301. Smokey Robinson -- And I Don't Love You
1987 - 145. Smokey Robinson -- One Heartbeat
1987 - 195. Smokey Robinson -- Just To See Her

1991 - 71. Matthew Sweet -- Girlfriend
1992 - 347. Matthew Sweet -- I've Been Waiting
1993 - 341. Matthew Sweet -- The Ugly Truth
1995 - 117. Matthew Sweet -- Sick Of Myself
1995 - 367. Matthew Sweet -- We're The Same
1997 - 196. Matthew Sweet -- Where You Get Love

1974 - 222. Judas Priest -- Rocka Rolla
1976 - 151. Judas Priest -- The Ripper
1976 - 322. Judas Priest -- Deceiver
1978 - 143. Judas Priest -- Hell Bent For Leather
1978 - 292. Judas Priest -- Better By You, Better Than Me
1979 - 194. Judas Priest -- Take On The World
1979 - 260. Judas Priest -- Evening Star
1980 - 46. Judas Priest -- Living After Midnight
1980 - 80. Judas Priest -- Breaking The Law
1980 - 146. Judas Priest -- United
1980 - 389. Judas Priest -- Stealer
1981 - 75. Judas Priest -- Heading Out To The Highway
1981 - 337. Judas Priest -- Hot Rockin'
1982 - 48. Judas Priest -- You've Got Another Thing Coming
1982 - 272. Judas Priest -- Electric Eye
1984 - 339. Judas Priest -- Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
1986 - 196. Judas Priest -- Turbo Lover
1986 - 382. Judas Priest -- Locked In
1987 - 370. Judas Priest -- Parental Guidance
1990 - 269. Judas Priest -- Painkiller
1991 - 314. Judas Priest -- A Touch of Evil
2005 - 322. Judas Priest -- Revolution
2008 - 256. Judas Priest -- Nostradamus
2008 - 342. Judas Priest -- Visions

1995 - 62. Garbage -- Only Happy When It Rains
1995 - 122. Garbage -- Queer
1995 - 277. Garbage -- Vow
1995 - 348. Garbage -- Subhuman
1995 - 363. Garbage -- Supervixen
1996 - 16. Garbage -- Stupid Girl
1996 - 183. Garbage -- Milk
1997 - 68. Garbage -- #1 Crush
1998 - 45. Garbage -- Special
1998 - 64. Garbage -- Push It
1998 - 85. Garbage -- I Think I'm Paranoid
1999 - 101. Garbage -- When I Grow Up
1999 - 151. Garbage -- The World Is Not Enough
1999 - 175. Garbage -- You Look So Fine
2001 - 150. Garbage -- Androgony
2002 - 160. Garbage -- Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)
2002 - 290. Garbage -- Breaking Up The Girl
2002 - 325. Garbage -- Shut Your Mouth
2002 - 370. Garbage -- Silence Is Golden
2005 - 119. Garbage -- Why Do You Love Me
2005 - 164. Garbage -- Bleed Like Me
2005 - 224. Garbage -- Run Baby Run
2005 - 282. Garbage -- Happy Home
2005 - 376. Garbage -- Sex Is Not The Enemy
2007 - 254. Garbage -- Tell Me Where It Hurts

1994 - 140. BLACKstreet -- Bootie Call
1994 - 351. BLACKstreet -- Before I Let You Go
1995 - 317. BLACKstreet -- Joy
1996 - 10. BLACKstreet -- No Diggity
1997 - 153. BLACKstreet -- Fix
1997 - 200. BLACKstreet -- Don't Leave Me
1998 - 122. BLACKstreet & MYa -- Take Me There
1999 - 296. BLACKstreet -- Girlfriend/Boyfriend

1960 - 12. Ben E. King -- Spanish Harlem
1961 - 2. Ben E. King -- Stand By Me
1961 - 91. Ben E. King -- Amor
1962 - 82. Ben E. King -- Don’t Play That Song
1962 - 187. Ben E. King -- Ecstasy
1963 - 197. Ben E. King -- I (Who Have Nothing)
1975 - 132. Ben E. King -- Supernatural Thing
1975 - 264. Ben E. King -- Do It In The Name Of Love

1974 - 19. Abba -- Waterloo
1974 - 201. Abba -- Honey Honey
1975 - 78. Abba -- S.O.S.
1975 - 107. Abba -- Mamma Mia
1975 - 151. Abba -- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
1976 - 1. Abba -- Dancing Queen
1976 - 31. Abba -- Fernando
1976 - 97. Abba -- Money, Money, Money
1977 - 49. Abba -- Knowing Me, Knowing You
1977 - 119. Abba -- The Name Of The Game
1978 - 17. Abba -- Take A Chance On Me
1978 - 199. Abba -- Summer City Night
1978 - 316. Abba -- Thank You For The Music
1978 - 326. Abba -- Eagle
1979 - 107. Abba -- Chaquita
1979 - 126. Abba -- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
1979 - 157. Abba -- Voulez-Vouz
1979 - 200. Abba -- Does Your Mother Know
1980 - 45. Abba -- Winner Takes It All
1980 - 102. Abba -- Super Trouper
1981 - 207. Abba -- One Of Us
1981 - 215. Abba -- Lay Your Love On Me
1982 - 231. Abba -- When All Is Said And Done
1982 - 287. Abba -- The Day Before You Came

1974 - 13. Billy Joel -- Piano Man
1974 - 198. Billy Joel -- The Entertainer
1974 - 239. Billy Joel -- Travelin' Prayer
1974 - 274. Billy Joel -- Worse Comes To Worst
1976 - 148. Billy Joel -- New York State Of Mind
1976 - 243. Billy Joel -- Say Goodbye To Hollywood
1977 - 33. Billy Joel -- Just The Way You Are
1977 - 179. Billy Joel -- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
1977 - 258. Billy Joel -- The Stranger
1977 - 280. Billy Joel -- Get It Right The First Time
1978 - 43. Billy Joel -- My Life
1978 - 64. Billy Joel -- Only The Good Die Young
1978 - 95. Billy Joel -- Movin’ Out
1978 - 131. Billy Joel -- She’s Always A Woman
1979 - 136. Billy Joel -- Big Shot
1979 - 151. Billy Joel -- Honesty
1979 - 349. Billy Joel -- Until The Night
1980 - 22. Billy Joel -- It's Still Rock 'N Roll To Me
1980 - 61. Billy Joel -- You May Be Right
1980 - 136. Billy Joel -- Don't Ask Me Why
1980 - 151. Billy Joel -- Sometimes A Fantasy
1980 - 345. Billy Joel -- All For Leyna
1982 - 112. Billy Joel -- Pressure
1982 - 130. Billy Joel -- Allentown
1983 - 26. Billy Joel -- Uptown Girl
1983 - 33. Billy Joel -- Tell Her About It
1983 - 109. Billy Joel -- An Innocent Man
1984 - 154. Billy Joel -- The Longest Time
1985 - 136. Billy Joel -- You're Only Human (Second Wind)
1985 - 199. Billy Joel -- Keeping The Faith
1986 - 81. Billy Joel -- A Matter Of Trust
1986 - 202. Billy Joel -- This Is The Time
1986 - 259. Billy Joel -- Modern Woman
1989 - 42. Billy Joel -- We Didn't Start The Fire
1989 - 371. Billy Joel -- Leningrad
1989 - 390. Billy Joel -- That's Not Her Style
1990 - 137. Billy Joel -- I Go To Extremes
1990 - 283. Billy Joel -- The Downeatser "Alexa"
1990 - 364. Billy Joel -- And So It Goes
1993 - 38. Billy Joel -- River Of Dreams
1993 - 265. Billy Joel -- All Above Soul
1994 - 399. Billy Joel -- Lullaby E (Goodnight, My Angel)

1979 - 167. The English Beat -- Tears Of A Clown
1980 - 53. The English Beat -- Mirror in the Bathroom
1980 - 231. The English Beat -- Too Nice To Talk To
1980 - 298. The English Beat -- Hands Off .. She's Mine
1982 - 111. The English Beat -- Save It For Later
1982 - 139. The English Beat -- I Confess
1983 - 285. The English Beat -- Can't Get Used To Losing You

2004 - 36. Bloc Party -- Banquet
2005 - 83 Bloc Party -- So Here We Are
2005 - 108. Bloc Party -- Like Eating Glass
2005 - 118. Bloc Party -- Helicopter
2005 - 169. Bloc Party -- Two More Years
2005 - 250. Bloc Party -- The Pioneers
2007 - 27. Bloc Party -- The Prayer
2007 - 79. Bloc Party -- I Still Remember
2007 - 192. Bloc Party -- Hunting For Witches
2007 - 234. Bloc Party -- Flux
2007 - 283. Bloc Party -- Sunday
2007 - 348. Bloc Party -- A Song For Clay
2008 - 229. Bloc Party -- Mercury
2008 - 282. Bloc Party -- Talons

1997 - 69. Blink 182 -- Dammit
1997 - 229. Blink 182 -- Pathetic
1998 - 157. Blink 182 -- Josie
1998 - 293. Blink 182 -- Apple Shampoo
1999 - 9. Blink 182 -- What’s My Age Again
2000 - 10. Blink 182 -- All The Small Things
2000 - 75. Blink 182 -- Adam’s Song
2000 - 254. Blink 182 -- Man Overboard
2000 - 296. Blink 182 -- Dysentary Gary
2000 - 380. Blink 182 -- Aliens Exist
2001 - 92. Blink 182 -- The Rock Show
2001 - 109. Blink 182 -- Stay Together For The Kids
2001 - 171. Blink 182 -- First Date
2003 - 65. Blink 182 -- Feeling This
2004 - 56. Blink 182 -- I Miss You
2004 - 155. Blink 182 -- Down
2005 - 281. Blink 182 -- Always

2004 - 2. The Killers -- Mr. Brightside
2004 - 6. The Killers -- Somebody Told Me
2005 - 37. The Killers -- All These Things That I’ve Done
2005 - 60. The Killers -- Smile Like You Mean It
2005 - 291. The Killers -- Change Your Mind
2005 - 400. The Killers -- Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
2006 - 2. The Killers -- When You Were Young
2006 - 76. The Killers -- Bones
2006 - 245. The Killers -- All The Pretty Faces
2006 - 304. The Killers -- The River Is Wild
2007 - 6. The Killers -- Read My Mind
2007 - 104. The Killers -- For Reasons Unknown
2007 - 146. The Killers -- Shadowplay
2007 - 298. The Killers -- Tranquilize
2007 - 346. The Killers -- Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf
2008 - 34. The Killers -- Human
2008 - 50. The Killers -- Spaceman
2008 - 81. The Killers -- A Dustland Fairytale
2008 - 244. The Killers -- Neon Tiger

1974 - 174. Bay City Rollers -- Summerlove Sensation
1974 - 178. Bay City Rollers -- Shang-A-Lang
1974 - 185. Bay City Rollers -- All Of Me Loves All Of You
1975 - 48. Bay City Rollers -- Saturday Night
1975 - 89. Bay City Rollers -- Money Honey
1975 - 169. Bay City Rollers -- Give A Little Love
1975 - 192. Bay City Rollers -- Bye Bye Baby
1976 - 85. Bay City Rollers -- I Only Want To Be With You
1976 - 205. Bay City Rollers -- Rock ‘N Roll Love Letter
1977 - 194. Bay City Rollers -- You Made Me Believe In Magic

1978 - 349. XTC -- Statue Of Liberty
1979 - 66. XTC -- Making Plans For Nigel
1979 - 142. XTC -- Life Begins At The Hop
1980 - 105. XTC -- Generals And Majors
1981 - 330. XTC -- Respectable Street
1982 - 81. XTC -- Senses Working Overtime
1982 - 359. XTC -- Ball And Chain
1982 - 382. XTC -- No Thugs In Our House
1986 - 317. XTC -- The Meeting Place
1986 - 374. XTC -- Grass
1987 - 100. XTC -- Dear God
1989 - 74. XTC -- The Mayor Of Simpleton
1989 - 199. XTC -- King For A Day
1992 - 180. XTC -- The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
1992 - 359. XTC -- The Disappointed
2000 - 327. XTC -- The Man Who Murdered Love

1972 - 131. ZZ Top -- Francene
1973 - 91. ZZ Top -- Jesus Just Left For Chicago
1973 - 120. ZZ Top -- Waiting For The Bus
1974 - 33. ZZ Top -- La Grange
1974 - 104. ZZ Top -- Just Got Paid
1974 - 196. ZZ Top -- Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
1975 - 44. ZZ Top -- Tush
1975 - 170. ZZ Top -- Heard It On The X
1975 - 317. ZZ Top -- Mexican Blackbird
1976 - 258. ZZ Top -- It’s Only Love
1977 - 303. ZZ Top -- Arrested While Driving Blind
1979 - 342. ZZ Top -- I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
1980 - 109. ZZ Top -- Cheap Sunglasses
1980 - 191. ZZ Top -- I Thank You
1981 - 204. ZZ Top -- Pearl Necklace
1981 - 275. ZZ Top -- Tube Snake Boogie
1981 - 332. ZZ Top -- Leila
1983 - 54. ZZ Top -- Gimme All Your Lovin'
1983 - 131. ZZ Top -- Sharp Dressed Man
1983 - 215. ZZ Top -- Got Me Under Pressure
1983 - 293. ZZ Top -- TV Dinners
1984 - 17. ZZ Top -- Legs
1985 - 123. ZZ Top -- Sleeping Bag
1985 - 333. ZZ Top -- Can't Stop Rockin'
1986 - 116. ZZ Top -- Rough Boy
1986 - 134. ZZ Top -- Stages
1986 - 266. ZZ Top -- Velcro Fly
1986 - 362. ZZ Top -- Woke Up With Wood
1990 - 101. ZZ Top -- Double Back
1990 - 145. ZZ Top -- My Heads In Mississippi
1990 - 226. ZZ Top -- Concrete And Steel
1990 - 311. ZZ Top -- Give It Up
1992 - 203. ZZ Top -- Viva Las Vegas
1992 - 369. ZZ Top -- Gun Love
1994 - 166. ZZ Top -- Pincushion
1994 - 353. ZZ Top -- Breakaway
1996 - 283. ZZ Top -- What’s Up With That

Michael Jackson
Props to Smokey but it's no contest.
Matthew Sweet
Garbage
Ben E. King
The English Beat
Bloc Party
Blink 182 deserved to beat Sum 41, but this is a real opponent.
The Killers
XTC

MJ (How did Snow Patrol tie with Smokey?)
Judas Priest
pass
Ben E
Billy
pass
Killers
ZZ
Fave: Mj or Billy
FNVF: ABBA

MIKEY -- If this was who I wanted to hear, I might go Snow Patrol, but even if you take their Greatest Hits, you still wouldn't have a 'Thriller'...
PRIEST -- I like Matthew Sweet, but even Matthew might vote for Priest in this one...
GARBAGE --
ABBA -- Not a fan and "Stand By Me" is better than everything they ever did, but Abba deserves the nod...
BILLY JOEL --
BLOC PARTY --
THE KILLERS -- 3 1/2 Killers albums in and they are becoming one of the biggest bands of their generation...
XTC -- Perhaps ZZ Top deserves the nod here, but XTC was way too brilliant to be ignored...

Michael Jackson
Judas Priest
Garbage
Abba
Billy Joel
Bloc Party
The Killers
XTC

Michael Jackson
Matthew Sweet
...
ABBA
The English Beat
Blink 182
...
XTC

Michael Jackson
Judas Priest
Garbage
Abba
The English Beat
Bloc Party
Bay City Rollers
ZZ Top

Michael Jackson
Judas Priest (I am really happy about all the love JP suddenly receive here)
Garbage vs. BLACKstreet
Abba
The English Beat
Bloc Party
ZZ Top

Round #3 starts tomorrow night (CDT). The next 5 weeks will go by really fast as we go from 256 down to a champion.

Michael Jackson
pass
pass
Abba (both would have won any of the 2 previous match-ups)
pass
Blink-182 (so long for my street cred, but both did one great album followed by bad ones, those of Blink might be worse than those by Bloc Party, but Dude Ranch is better for me than Silent Alarm, and Blink has kept on releasing a few great singles while Bloc Party has not)
pass
XTC

Michael Jackson
Judas Priest
Ben E King
Blink 182
XTC

MJ
-
Garbage
Abba (harsh break for Ben E King despite having one of my favourite songs of all time but...y'know...it's one not loads)
Billy Joel
Bloc Party (nightmare clash for Blink who would've swept up any other round apart from Jacko and The Killers)
The Killers
XTC

Michael Jackson
BLACKstreet
Ben E. King
Billy Joel
Bloc Party
The Killers
XTC

Michael Jackson
Matthew Sweet
Garbage
Abba
The English Beat
Bloc Party
The Killers
XTC

XTC's up 9-3 in the AM voting, so it'll probably lose 19-10.

Michael Jackson
Judas Priest
Garbage
Ben E. King
Billy Joel
Bloc Party
The Killers
XTC

Michael Jackson
BLACKstreet
Abba
Bloc Party
The Killers

Winners in the final bracket of round #2...
Michael Jackson 92.4% / Snow Patrol & Smokey Robinson 3.8% each
Judas Priest 75% / Matthew Sweet 25%
Garbage 83.3% / BLACKstreet 16.7%
Abba 63% / Ben E. King 37%
Billy Joel 63% / The English Beat 37%
Bloc Party 63% / Blink 182 37%
The Killers 80% / Bay City Rollers 20.8%
XTC 55.6% / ZZ Top 44.4%