Band Face Off - Round 13

[trackaghost]

It was a close race, but Bob Dylan narrowly beat out Neil Young, winning by 22 votes to 21. But in Young's defense, there's certainly no shame in losing to one of the greatest singer-songwriters ever, and I'm sure if Neil had to vote in Round 12, he would have cast his vote for Mr Dylan as well.

So, onto Round 13, and three extremely talented ladies who once worked together under the name Trio. But which of them is your favourite?

The results so far:
Round 1: Petty defeats Springsteen - 36 to 19
Round 2: Led Zeppelin defeat The Who - 22 to 18
Round 3: Madonna defeats Sheryl Crow/Kate Bush - 24 to 12/10
Round 4: The Beatles defeat Rolling Stones/U2 - 23 to 16/14
Round 5: Guns N Roses defeat Bon Jovi/Metallica - 17 to 13/12
Round 6: Heart defeat Blondie/The Pretenders - 23 to 15/6
Round 7: The Beach Boys defeat The Kinks/The Byrds - 24 to 10/10
Round 8: Elvis Presley defeats Johnny Cash/Roy Orbison - 19 to 18/6
Round 9: Abba defeats The Carpenters - 25 to 15
Round 10: Prince defeats Jimi Hendrix/Lenny Kravitz - 24 to 14/3
Round 11: No Doubt defeat Garbage/Hole - 25 to 10/9
Round 12: Bob Dylan defeats Neil Young - 22 to 21

The polls are still open, vote now!

[wondergirl9847]

Miss Dolly!

[estranged4life]

a draw...Sorry.

[dissention]

Emmylou Harris

The other two are phenomenal, but they truly don't hold a candle to Emmylou. They haven't released albums that I consider to be amongst the greatest ever recorded, Emmylou has. And she has that voice. It's angelic and it's incomparable to other female country voices. Emmylou also gets bonus points for growing as an artist and being better now than she was thirty years ago, imo. She hadn't really written her own songs until a little while back (save The Ballad of Sally Rose album), but once she started, they blew away anything written by Dolly. Michelangelo, The Pearl, Here I Am, Lost Unto This World, etc. Words cannot describe how awesome she is.

Since both Sharon and I voted for Emmylou, I expect the tradition of another artist winning to continue. :laugh:

[Beachwood Mac]

Hard to choose between Dolly and Emmylou. Dolly is so over the top and honest that it's hard not to like her. I've followed Emmylou's career forever and have many of her early albums on vinyl. I think her strength is how understated she is. Her voice alone can change a cover song in to being her own. I remember seeing her in concert at a small club in San Diego. Innocence Mission opened for her and it was obvious from the beginning that the "country" crowd couldn't be bothered. All it took was Emmylou coming out and singing background vocals alongside Karen Perris and the crowd instantly accepted them. I gave up on Linda Ronstadt a long time ago...

Terry

[dissention]

Hard to choose between Dolly and Emmylou. Dolly is so over the top and honest that it's hard not to like her. I've followed Emmylou's career forever and have many of her early albums on vinyl. I think her strength is how understated she is. Her voice alone can change a cover song in to being her own. I remember seeing her in concert at a small club in San Diego. Innocence Mission opened for her and it was obvious from the beginning that the "country" crowd couldn't be bothered. All it took was Emmylou coming out and singing background vocals alongside Karen Perris and the crowd instantly accepted them. I gave up on Linda Ronstadt a long time ago...

Terry

Do you have Western Wall, the album Linda and Emmylou did together a few years ago? If not, you'll probably love it. It's exceptional.

[Karlie]

I love Linda Ronstadt! I think she has the most gorgeous voice in the world.

I can't believe that no one else voted for her. :distress:

[Beachwood Mac]

Do you have Western Wall, the album Linda and Emmylou did together a few years ago? If not, you'll probably love it. It's exceptional.

I will have to check it out. I used to be a huge Linda Ronstadt fan. She rubbed me the wrong way a couple of times. She was scheduled to perform after a San Diego State football game. She flew in to the stadium in a helicopter, got out, sang maybe 3 songs, and got back in the helicopter and left. She never even acknowledged the crowd with a simple hello. Also, the whole fiasco on the Tonight Show with Robin from the Howard Stern show.

[Neal]

I think Linda has the best voice, but I like Dolly and her whole "thing" better. She gets my vote.

[dissention]

Also, the whole fiasco on the Tonight Show with Robin from the Howard Stern show.

:lol:

She was such a loony bitch on that show! She really lit into Robin. I made a point to buy Robin's autobiography after that.

[estranged4life]

for some God-foresaken reason makes me think of volleyball :shrug:

She is playing OKC this November and will probably sellout the Ford Center (Ah volleyball...)

[ontheEdgeof17]

Two words: Steel Magnolias.

[Beachwood Mac]

:lol:

She was such a loony bitch on that show! She really lit into Robin. I made a point to buy Robin's autobiography after that.

It was a hoot. Too bad Linda had never listened to the Stern show she was ranting about. Robin called her on it and she didn't know what to say. I think she was just trying to channel her hispanic roots to sell more of her Canciones de mi Padre albums.

[dissention]

I think she was just trying to channel her hispanic roots to sell more of her Canciones de mi Padre albums.

If I had been drinking anything while reading that, I would have spewed it on my monitor. :laugh:

[dissention]

What happened?

Robin was on Leno to promote her book and then Linda came on to sing. After she sang her song, she went over and lit into Robin over her and Howard's show, how they were digusting for making jokes about Selena, and all that jazz. She went ape****, but admitted to never hearing their show, so Robin ripped her a new one and told her she should listen to the show before going crazy over it. Leno, like the ass that he is, jumped in at the end and said his show was great because he lets people speak their minds. :rolleyes:

[shackin'up]

I voted for emmylou, although the other two come really close. Let's say that the work that miss Harris did on the last album of Bright Eyes makes the difference for me: to work with young talent and add something wicked to that mix makes my day, not only in quality but also in sympathy. Emmylou Rules.

[Serrart]

Dolly Parton: great lady, great singer, great songwriter... and she also has a fantastic sense of humour.

Romy

[Beachwood Mac]

Leno is an ass. Stern's show is lame and crass and whatever. Linda should've seen one before commenting, right though she may have been.
Hmmm, makes me want to vote for her. :D

If I remember right (and I usually don't :o) , the whole issue was over the fact that when Howard Stern used to report celebrity deaths or murders of some kind there would be the sound of guns shooting in the background as the intro to the segment. It was part of the show but Linda chose to take offense to it because Selena was hispanic and, at the time, so was Linda.

[shackin'up]

Have you got Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams, Gerald?


:eek: :eek: :eek: How dare you ask that question!!!! ;) :laugh:

Off course dear. And that is one of the prettiest duets EVER.

PS Emmylou sings on the bright eyes album on 4 or 5 songs!

[CreepingDeath]

Dolly Parton: great lady, great singer, great songwriter... and she also has a fantastic sense of humour.

Romy

What she said.

[Jyqm]

Woah, does she? I hear her on Land Locked Blues, what other tunes is she on?

Only three songs, actually. "Land Locked Blues," "We Are Nowhere And It's Now," and I believe "Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)."

It's for stuff like this that I have to give Emmylou my vote, I think. Not only has she created some absolutely brilliant music in her own right, but she adds a certain grace, dignity and beauty to every song she sings with another artist. There's a reason that "duet with/backing vocals by Emmylou Harris" has become something of a cliche these days.

And boy do I feel sorry for you if you missed her touring with Elvis Costello for a month or two this summer.

[dissention]

You think that's why she took offense? Possible. I don't think Miss Linda likes guns or anything like them at any time, though. Member her little political speachy recently????

It came across as a sour attempt at grandstanding. Very poor form. She ended up looking as if she lacked the taste that she belligerently accused Robin of not possessing.

[dissention]

And boy do I feel sorry for you if you missed her touring with Elvis Costello for a month or two this summer.

Sure, rub it in. I couldn't get tix, but I've been living vicariously through bootlegs. Some of the best shows I've ever heard and they're practically epic in length.

[shackin'up]

Woah, does she? I hear her on Land Locked Blues, what other tunes is she on?


Dunno the titles, play the album and you'll hear it. It's every girlie back-vocal you hear.
(.....goes checking cuz he thinks this is a ****ty answer.....)

hmm. On three songs. I'm a bit overentusiastic here. The other ones are:

Old Soul Song

We Are Nowhere And It Is Now

[shackin'up]

Thanks for filling in, Jyqm. Hmm I'm tired.

[dissention]

I don't think I can vote for this round, anyways. Maybe I'll do Linda just cause she's a Cancer.... :laugh:

But Emmylou needs you... :xoxo:

[ryan8472]

That's tough. I dont listen to any of the 3 a whole lot, but I voted for Dolly.

[markolas]

I voted for Linda. I like all three of these, really, but it looks like Linda is the underdog in this round, so I went for her. She's also more eccentric than the other two. :p

[Jyqm]

Sure, rub it in. I couldn't get tix, but I've been living vicariously through bootlegs. Some of the best shows I've ever heard and they're practically epic in length.

Sorry! The show in the Chicago area was indeed one of the best shows I've been to this year and was easily the most songs I've ever heard at a single concert - 37! Nearly three hours worth, and so many songs I'd never seen EC perform live before. (I've seen Elvis live six times in four years, yet I've seen him perform over a hundred different songs - hint hint, various members of Fleetwood Mac...)

[Jyqm]

Thank you. I'll have to listen to that album again. I haven't listened to it since I saw Bright Eyes play earlier this year, I must admit.
I'm afraid the Elvis/Emmylou pairing didn't reach these shores as far as I know. Sounds fab though.

I'm listening to IWAIM right now as a result of this thread, as well, and it's really a great album. So many folks seem to get hung up on labeling Conor Oberst as too emo or too this or too that, and it all seems so besides the point. This is just a wonderful country-folk offering from a very talented songwriter. (And actually, speaking of great country-folk albums in 2005, has anybody else picked up Mr Adams' Jacksonville City Nights?)

EC and EH (Larry Campell was also along for this tour, playing any number of instruments) didn't make it to Europe, alas, but find a bootleg if you can!

[dissention]

:laugh: What are you talking about? Linda only has four votes!

But we can't let Dolly overtake Emmylou! :laugh:

[dissention]

Sorry! The show in the Chicago area was indeed one of the best shows I've been to this year and was easily the most songs I've ever heard at a single concert - 37! Nearly three hours worth, and so many songs I'd never seen EC perform live before. (I've seen Elvis live six times in four years, yet I've seen him perform over a hundred different songs - hint hint, various members of Fleetwood Mac...)

From the bootlegs that I have, they sounded like stellar shows. The thought of even being in the audience makes me giddy. "The Scarlet Tide" is breathtaking live, did they do it at your show?

[Beachwood Mac]

But we can't let Dolly overtake Emmylou! :laugh:

And if they are neck and neck at the end, Dolly will, um, flex, and beat her to the finish line - by four lengths!. :D

[dissention]

I think it's going to happen again Josh!

That's fine. Not everyone can have as spectacular taste as the two of us. :p

I have found it kind of eerie how we choose the same artists in almost every round, though. We're soulmates!1!!!1!!11!

[Jyqm]

From the bootlegs that I have, they sounded like stellar shows. The thought of even being in the audience makes me giddy. "The Scarlet Tide" is breathtaking live, did they do it at your show?

Yes, I think that's how they ended every show, actually! Here's the setlist (unfortunately, I didn't know two of the songs):

http://www.elviscostello.info/setlists/050727.php

[Jyqm]

Jacksonville City Nights is my favourite album at the moment. I think that, and his previous album Cold Roses, are my favourite albums of 2005 so far.

So who wants to start that thread?

[shackin'up]

But we can't let Dolly overtake Emmylou! :laugh:

Shall I rehash the American Preferation For Image And Icons - argument here?

Dylan-Young: the same!

[SteveMacD]

Emmylou, only because she worked with Gram Parsons. Other than that, I hold them pretty much in equal regard.

[Beachwood Mac]

From the bootlegs that I have, they sounded like stellar shows. The thought of even being in the audience makes me giddy. "The Scarlet Tide" is breathtaking live, did they do it at your show?

Josh,

What site did you download the bootlegs from? There is one show on dime from Connecticut, I think, but only 1 seed.

Terry

[dissention]

Josh,

What site did you download the bootlegs from? There is one show on dime from Connecticut, I think, but only 1 seed.

Terry

I got them all from Dime, actually. Including the Connecticut show, I think there were four that were posted altogether. I don't have them on my hard drive anymore, so I can't reseed them. :(

[dissention]

:laugh: :xoxo: I think the only round we differed on was the Hole/Garbage/No Doubt one. We do have superb taste. Let's console ourselves in the knowledge that the music at our parties will always be kick ass!

I do love Dolly but, well, it's Emmylou!!! Do I need to say more?

Oh, man, our parties would be legendary. :laugh:

I just got that new Ryan Adams album in the mail today, I'll listen to it after I'm done spinning the **** out of the new Franz album.

[DavidMn]

Damn that was hard. Can I make it a tie between Dolly and Linda?

[markolas]

I'm serious. Sarah Vaughan vs. Dinah Washington. I want to see how many people on this board know who Dinah Washington is. :p

[strandinthewind]

I'm serious. Sarah Vaughan vs. Dinah Washington. I want to see how many people on this board know who Dinah Washington is. :p

I have almost everything both have ever recorded.

Now, if you want to talk Mable Mercer - I can go all night :cool:

[ryan8472]

Emmylou, only because she worked with Gram Parsons. Other than that, I hold them pretty much in equal regard.
Steve, your sig is one of the best ever. :nod: :laugh: Thought I'd let you know. :D

[markolas]

I have almost everything both have ever recorded.

Why does that not surprise me? :p :laugh: :xoxo:

Now, if you want to talk Mable Mercer - I can go all night :cool:

Not too familiar with her. She's not really jazz, is she?

[strandinthewind]

. . . Not too familiar with her. She's not really jazz, is she?

She was really more of a cabaret singer - but she def. delved into jazz and blues.

Also, Brazilian Romance is one of my fav.'s by Vaughn.

[markolas]

Also, Brazilian Romance is one of my fav.'s by Vaughn.

I checked out a biography of her at the library this weekend, so I'm kind of on a kick. I haven't heard her Brazilian stuff...I'm still on her '50s jazz recordings. The Mancini Songbook album intrigues me, though.

[Miss Vicky]

I'm going to have to sit this one out. I'm not at all familiar with the work of any of these ladies so it wouldn't be fair for me to vote.

In fact, the only one of them that I own <i>anything</i> from is Emmylou Harris... and that's only because she's collaborated with both John Zambetti and Warren Zevon and I own <i>their</i> albums, but not hers.

[Mari]

:eek: Sharon, are you telepathic?! I was going to propose these three ladies for a face off! Um, well, I guess it's logical to put them together since they recorded together.. anyway, the choice is easy.

Emmylou Harris :) Been a fan ever since Red Dirt Girl. But some of her older stuff as well. It's that voice, it's just incredible.

[Mari]

Oh, man, our parties would be legendary. :laugh:

I just got that new Ryan Adams album in the mail today, I'll listen to it after I'm done spinning the **** out of the new Franz album.

Haven't read the rest of this read, sorry to butt in, but have to say: you'll love it. I've been listening to it since last week, I think I like it best of all his albums so far (the ones I know, don't have them all). I hear Neil Young in it, Gram Parsons.. not saying that it doesn't sound like Ryan Adams, because it does. I need heart smilies. This will do.. <3<3<3<3

[sparky]

once she started, they blew away anything written by Dolly.


I love you my friend, but that is a crock of ****. :wavey:

[eclipse]

I know I am too old when I pick Linda
Emmy lou would be the politically correct choice and I do like her
but Linda before she went classical and/or spanish was..
Like an early Stevie with a pretty voice.. When she was with the stone pony's or by herself singing lovely bluesy tunes
Willin... or Someone to Lay Down beside me or ....Hasten Down the Wind
many others she was , at that time
Sublime.
I know she won't win but she deserves my vote :wavey:

[dissention]

I love you my friend, but that is a crock of ****. :wavey:

:laugh:

Sorry, I think "Michelangelo" is one of the greatest songs ever written. "Bang the Drum Slowly" ain't too shabby, either.

I love Dolly, don't get me wrong, but she's written fewer songs than Emmylou that have just blown my ass away. In "Hour of Gold," when Emmylou sings "To bind the fatal wound and catch your last sweet breath," the effect is devastating. It's one of those moments in a song that's so beyond words that you can't even comprehend how powerful it is; you just feel it and that's enough. That voice forged with those amazing lyrics that she writes has an otherworldly effect on me. To think that it's only been in the past few years that she's been recording her own material is amazing to me. What stopped her from doing it all of these years? :laugh:

[dissention]

Haven't read the rest of this read, sorry to butt in, but have to say: you'll love it. I've been listening to it since last week, I think I like it best of all his albums so far (the ones I know, don't have them all). I hear Neil Young in it, Gram Parsons.. not saying that it doesn't sound like Ryan Adams, because it does. I need heart smilies. This will do.. <3<3<3<3

I am loving it. I think "Silver Bullets" is my favorite at this point. :angel:

[amber]

I had a battle of the chicks face off last night. I sang Boulder to Birmingham & Leaving Louisiana, then Jolene, then Long, Long Time and Love is a Rose. I sounded best on Linda's songs, so I voted for her. :laugh:

[sparky]

:laugh:

Sorry, I think "Michelangelo" is one of the greatest songs ever written. "Bang the Drum Slowly" ain't too shabby, either.

I love Dolly, don't get me wrong, but she's written fewer songs than Emmylou that have just blown my ass away. In "Hour of Gold," when Emmylou sings "To bind the fatal wound and catch your last sweet breath," the effect is devastating. It's one of those moments in a song that's so beyond words that you can't even comprehend how powerful it is; you just feel it and that's enough. That voice forged with those amazing lyrics that she writes has an otherworldly effect on me. To think that it's only been in the past few years that she's been recording her own material is amazing to me. What stopped her from doing it all of these years? :laugh:

Of course, you are entitled to your opinion, Homie. I love both of them, myself. I would submit, however, that perhaps you haven't heard a whole lot of Dolly. To state that Emmylou's dozen or so self written songs she has done blow away anything Dolly has done sounds silly. I don't suspect you have even heard 25% of Dolly's catalogue. Keep in mind she has recorded and released about 350 songs. Methinks you just love Emmy's voice. If you have heard every one of Dolly's recorded songs... number one, I stand corrected, and number two, how in hell did you find the time ? You're only 23. :lol:

For ****s and grins on the volume.....http://www.dollymania.net/songs.html

[dissention]

Of course, you are entitled to your opinion, Homie. I love both of them, myself. I would submit, however, that perhaps you haven't heard a whole lot of Dolly. To state that Emmylou's dozen or so self written songs she has done blow away anything Dolly has done sounds silly. I don't suspect you have even heard 25% of Dolly's catalogue. Keep in mind she has recorded and released about 350 songs. Methinks you just love Emmy's voice. If you have heard every one of Dolly's recorded songs... number one, I stand corrected, and number two, how in hell did you find the time ?

I only have around ten of Dolly's albums, so of course I haven't heard every one of her songs. :laugh: And of course I was employing hyperbole in my first post, silly. Dolly's fab, no doubt about it, but she just doesn't do it for me like Emmylou Harris does. And Dolly gets points docked for "Rhinestone," anyway...

You're only 23. :lol:

Since when? :laugh:

For ****s and grins on the volume.....http://www.dollymania.net/songs.html

Isn't Dolly in the Songwriters Hall of Fame?

[strandinthewind]

. . . Since when? :laugh: . . . .

1935 :p :laugh:

[dissention]

1935 :p :laugh:

Wiseass. :laugh:

[sparky]

Since when? :laugh:

23, 25, 26....something like that. You are a child, basicallly.

Isn't Dolly in the Songwriters Hall of Fame?

Yeah, among other halls of this or that..

BTW, I tried to get a copy of "Call Me Crazy" to get signed for you and couldn't find one in a 20 mile radius of me over the weekend. :laugh:

[dissention]

You are a child, basicallly.

Naturally.

Yeah, among other halls of this or that..

BTW, I tried to get a copy of "Call Me Crazy" to get signed for you and couldn't find one in a 20 mile radius of me over the weekend. :laugh:

How much do you want to bet that her management systematically wiped all of them off the shelves? :laugh:

Oh, Celestia, you silly girl.