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Vote for your winners, results posted tomorrow:
#1 Prince vs. #4 Billy Joel
#3 Steely Dan vs. #2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads vs. #4 Van Halen
#3 Roxy Music vs. #2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure vs. #5 Pretenders
#3 Sex Pistols vs. #2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson vs. #5 Paul Simon
#3 Kraftwerk vs. #2 The Police
Prince |
Steely Dan |
Talking Heads | Touch choice, I think the fact I was listening to alot of TH last week gave them the edge over VH...
Sabbath |
THE CURE |
AC/DC | Though to be honest, really do not want to see either go on to the next round...
MJ | Why couldn't VH or Roxy Music be in this matchup?
The Police |
#1 Prince
#3 Steely Dan
#1 Talking Heads
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Kraftwerk
All are relatively easy choices
#1 Prince
#3 Steely Dan
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure
#2 AC/DC (close!)
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Kraftwerk
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#5 Pretenders
#3 Sex Pistols
#5 Paul Simon
#2 The Police
Prince
Steely Dan
Talking Heads
Black Sabbath
Cure
Sex Pistols
Michael Jackson
Kraftwerk
#1 Prince: Duh.
#3 Steely Dan: Easy choice.
#1 Talking Heads: Another easy pick!
#3 Roxy Music: And another, although given the tepid reception of Roxy here, I think they'll lose.
#1 The Cure: Easy for me, and I love Pretenders.
#3 Sex Pistols: Easy yet again. AC/DC is horrible to my ears.
#1 Michael Jackson: Cakewalk.
#3 Kraftwerk: The 8th easy choice today.
Six of these artists are among my top 30 artists.
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure
#3 Sex Pistols
#5 Paul Simon
#3 Kraftwerk
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#3 Sex Pistols
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Kraftwerk
Thanks!
#4 Billy Joel
#3 Steely Dan
#4 Van Halen
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure (tough call for me)
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#2 The Police
The 70s region usually seems to be full of easy choices, and so it is today.
PRINCE. Slick, have we had a 100%-0% vote in the UMT this time? I don’t remember one, but this seems like a good candidate.
Passing on John vs. the Dan. Sorry about that, but then I’m sorry we’ve got such a weak third-round pairing.
TALKING HEADS. David B. sang about alienation and mundanity; David L.R. sang about sex and abandon. Both are valid.
ROXY MUSIC. Today’s only really tough call.
PRETENDERS. Chrissie’s band is a top-20 artist for me; the Cure I respect more than like.
SEX PISTOLS. Interesting matchup.
MICHAEL JACKSON
KRAFTWERK
PRINCE. Slick, have we had a 100%-0% vote in the UMT this time? I don’t remember one, but this seems like a good candidate.
I know the Stones blanked B.B. King, Talking Heads blanked The Tubes in rd. 1 and I think The Smiths did the same in rd. 1.
I know Billy Joel has at least a couple of votes here this round, Henry on the forum and maybe as many as 4 or 5 on e-mail.
Prince
Steely Dan
Van Halen
Black Sabbath
The Cure
AC/DC
Michael Jackson
The Police
#1 Prince (biggest slam-dunk of the tournament)
#3 Steely Dan
#4 Van Halen (probably a controversial pick, and yes, post-DLR VH is crap, but I love those early years)
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure
#3 Sex Pistols (tougher choice than I expected)
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Kraftwerk (I used to love the Police as a kid. They are not as good as Kraftwerk.)
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#3 Kraftwerk
Prince
John Lennon (had to think for this one)
Talking Heads
Roxy Music (though Black Sabbath are great and are also my first favorite band)
The Cure
Sex Pistols
Michael Jackson
The Police
#1 Prince
#3 Steely Dan (please let originality, complexity and lyrical genius win over blandness, derivativeness and lyrical mediocrity)
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#2 The Police
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure
pass -- dislike both
#1 Michael Jackson *
*Is 'Paul Simon' separate from 'Simon and Garfunkel'? If so, I vote MJ. If not, I vote Simon.
#3 Kraftwerk
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#5 Pretenders
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#2 The Police
#1 Prince
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
#2 Black Sabbath
#1 The Cure
#2 AC/DC
#1 Michael Jackson
#2 The Police
#4 Billy Joel
#2 John Lennon
#1 Talking Heads
pass
#1 The Cure
#2 AC/DC / I don't like AC/DC very much, but wel...
#5 Paul Simon
#3 Kraftwerk
#1 Prince
#3 Steely Dan - Both have inconsistent albums, with some nice deep cuts and a few great singles. Steely D. has a more of each.
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music - Awful matchup between two of my least favorite vocalists of all time. But "Virginia Plain" is great so Roxy Music wins.
#5 Pretenders - The Cure is too inconsistent, and Hynde too bad ass, not to go with the Pretenders.
#3 Sex Pistols
#5 Paul Simon - Much better, if not bigger, solo career. I was listening to parts of Thriller again recently, and too much of it grates.
#2 The Police
*Is 'Paul Simon' separate from 'Simon and Garfunkel'? If so, I vote MJ. If not, I vote Simon.
Heh... In response, I question whether Michael Jackson is separate from the the Jackson 5 (which I know he is for purposes of this game), since his far and away best work came with his brothers.
I am really surprised at the landslide Jackson win here, but I have been a dissenter on his solo career for a long time now.
Billy Joel
Steely Dan (Won't someone? anyone? Eliminate John Lennon!!!)
Van Hlaen
Sabath
Cure
AC/DC
MJ
Police
#1 Prince - Partyman vs. Pianoman
#3 Steely Dan
#1 Talking Heads
#3 Roxy Music
#1 The Cure
#3 Sex Pistols
#1 Michael Jackson
#2 The Police
Prince
John Lennon
Talking Heads
Black Sabbath
The Cure
AC/DC
Michael Jackson
Police (only really close one)
RESULTS:
Prince 77.8% / Billy Joel 22.2%
John Lennon 51.4% / Steely Dan 48.6%
Talking Heads 63.9% / Van Halen 36.1%
Black Sabbath 58.9% / Roxy Music 41.1%
The Cure 80% / Pretenders 20%
AC/DC 62.9% / Sex Pistols 37.1%
Michael Jackson 83.3% / Paul Simon 16.7%
The Police 66.7% / Kraftwerk 33.3%
To answer a few questions that I am sure will come up:
W had the final vote which put Lennon up over Steely Dan 18-17, e-mailers voted 8-5 for Lennon.
The Police were 12-1 e-mail / 12-11 AM
John Lennon 51.4% / Steely Dan 48.6%
W had the final vote which put Lennon up over Steely Dan 18-17, e-mailers voted 8-5 for Lennon.
COME ON!!!!
I'm curious, what was the Black Sabbath/Roxy Music split?
Black Sabbath 58.9% / Roxy Music 41.1%
AC/DC 62.9% / Sex Pistols 37.1%
The Police 66.7% / Kraftwerk 33.3%
The Police were 12-1 e-mail / 12-11 AM
Sabbath 11-1 e-mail / Roxy 13-9 AM
That's the problem with these email voters. AM splits its vote, and they vote wholeheartedly to one artist, do they always get their way. (LENNON!!!!!)
And whenever that happens, it happens for the mutliplatinum artist over the audiophile-pleasing artist.