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UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Last bracket in the 1st round... vote for your winners, results posted tomorrow:

#1 Nirvana vs. #16 Adam Ant
#8 Phil Collins vs. #9 Salt-N-Pepa
#5 Motley Crue vs. #12 The Church
#4 NWA vs. #13 Mission Of Burma
#3 Janet Jackson vs. #14 Megadeth
#6 Faith No More vs. #11 Men At Work
#7 Kurtis Blow vs. #10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements vs. #15 Paula Abdul

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Nirvana ~~~ More on my Nirvana theories in rd. #2...
Pass ~~~ I guess there is a 1st for everything, I really do not want to choose either...
The Church ~~~ Here I want to choose both. Starfish was the soundtrack to my freshman year of HS...
NWA ~~~ Why can't MOB be in the 8-9 matchup???
Megadeth ~~~ Janet had a few good songs...
Faith No More ~~~ One of my all-time favs...
Soft Cell ~~~ Say Hello Kurtis... the wave goodbye... cuz those are the breaks....
The Replacements ~~~ I would really like to see them win this bracket!!!

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins
Pass
Pass
Pass
#6 Faith No More
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins
#12 The Church
big pass
#3 Janet Jackson
#11 Men At Work (based on the songs I've heard...)
#10 Soft Cell
pass again

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana: A lot closer than most 1/16 matchups.
#9 Salt-N-Pepa: The most underrated hip hop act ever, Salt-n-Pepa are true legends.
#5 Mötley Crüe: My favorite hair metal band by a long shot, and still a staple among my top 100 artists.
Pass (Don't know either well enough)
#3 Janet Jackson: A top-5 artist for me, Janet deserves at least a win or 2.
#6 Faith No More: Tough call, as Men at Work have some great singles. I bought The Real Thing, though, so my vote goes to FNM.
#10 Soft Cell: Seady synth pop with a lot of emotion underneath, Soft Cell are great.
Pass (Don't know enough by The Replacements)

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins (Push it or Let's Talk About Sex are good party anthems, Against All Odds and Another Day in Paradise guilty pleasures... nothing much about any, I'll go with Phil based on those 2 songs and a few other singles, even though he made terrible songs since that)
pass
#13 Mission Of Burma
pass, sometimes 2 artists are so different that any comparison seem pointless
#6 Faith No More (2 bands you'd better listen in best-ofs than in album, Men at Work best single are fun and quite innocuous but songs like Epic or The Secret Art of Making Enemies are a league higher)
pass
#2 The Replacements

If the Replacements meet Nirvana in the last round, it will be a tough choice, I like Let it Be more than any Nirvana album but I've been very disappointed by other Replacements albums, while all the Nirvana albums are good... Unsatisfied, I Will Dare and Bastards of Young could make the difference.

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Nirvana
Phil Collins
Th Church (by a slim margin; originally the Crüe was going to win)
NWA
Megadeth (something tells me this is the right choice
Faith no More
Soft Cell
Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Nirvana
Pass
Pass
N.W.A.
Pass
Pass
Soft Cell
The Replacements

Nobody I'm really crazy about today except for Nirvana and The Replacements...

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Nirvana
Phil Collins (To quote Eminem: "You know that song by Phil Collins In the Air of the Night when that guy coulda stopped that other guy from drowning but didn't?")
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Soft Cell (Tough call, really was. "The Breaks" is good, but "Tainted Love" is better. I'd be happy to see either move on, actually.)
Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#9 Salt-N-Pepa
#12 The Church
#13 Mission Of Burma
#3 Janet Jackson
#11 Men At Work
#7 Kurtis Blow
#2 The Replacements

Man, the '80's were weird.

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins
#5 Motley Crue
#4 NWA
#3 Janet Jackson
#11 Men At Work
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Let’s see…

#1 Nirvana (I’m very fond of Mr. Ant, and would happily push him through against a lot of opponents.)

#9 Salt-N-Pepa (This is about 15% because I like them and 85% because of Phil.)

#12 The Church (Crue would only win this if the criterion was: Which band bio would I rather read?)

#13 Mission of Burma (Tough call, but I’m just not a big fan of West Coast.)

#3 Janet Jackson

#6 Faith No More

#7 Kurtis Blow

#2 The Replacements

***

My preferred Final Four for the 80s region would be:

Public Enemy (over Pet Shop Boys)
R.E.M. (over the Smiths)
Pixies (over Run-D.M.C.)
Beastie Boys (over Nirvana)

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

Nirvana
Phil Collins
The Church
NWA
Janet Jackson
Faith No More
Soft Cell
The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

This is by far the worst bracket so far.

#1 Nirvana
#9 Salt-N-Pepa
#12 The Church
#13 Mission Of Burma
#3 Janet Jackson
#11 Men At Work - Really dislike Faith No More, even though I really love Roddy Bottom and his next band Imperial Teen.
#7 Kurtis Blow
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins
pass
pass
#3 Janet Jackson
#11 Men At Work
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements (could there be an easier match up?)

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#9 Salt-N-Pepa
#5 Motley Crue
#13 Mission Of Burma
#3 Janet Jackson
#11 Men At Work
#7 Kurtis Blow
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#9 Salt-N-Pepa
"Meh" beats "Eww."
pass
#13 Mission Of Burma
I like NWA's beats, but all the lyrics seem to be just about recreational murder.
#3 Janet Jackson
Might have voted the other way before I heard the full Rythym Nation album.
#6 Faith No More
Love Epic.
pass
#2 The Replacements
Seriously?

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
Don't care
Don't care
Don't care
#3 Janet Jackson
#6 Faith No More
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements

Five close matchups with three blowouts

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#9 Salt-N-Pepa
#12 The Church
#4 NWA
#14 Megadeth
#11 Men At Work
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#9 Salt-N-Pepa
#12 The Church
#4 NWA (ouch, tough bracket)
#3 Janet Jackson
#6 Faith No More
#7 Kurtis Blow
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins
#12 The Church
#4 NWA
#3 Janet Jackson
#6 Faith No More
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

#1 Nirvana
#8 Phil Collins (In the Air Tonight > Push It)
pass
#4 NWA
#3 Janet Jackson
tie
#10 Soft Cell
#2 The Replacements

Re: UMT2: 80's Region, bracket #2:

RESULTS:
Nirvana 91.2% / Adam Ant 8.8%
Phil Collins 67.7% / Salt-N-Pepa 32.3%
Motley Crue 56% / The Church 44%
NWA 70.4% / Mission Of Burma 29.6%
Janet Jackson 76.7% / Megadeth 23.3%
Faith No More 61.3% / Men At Work 38.7%
Soft Cell 58.1% / Kurtis Blow 41.9%
The Replacements 84.4% / Paula Abdul 15.6%