Band Face Off - Round 30

[trackaghost]

Elton is still everyone's favourite piano man it seems as he beat Billy Joel with an impressive 31 votes to 11.

Round 30: some rocking American legends.

I'm only going to do a couple more rounds after this before going onto the semi-finals.


The results so far...
Round 1: Petty defeats Springsteen - 36 to 19
Round 2: Led Zeppelin defeat The Who - 22 to 19
Round 3: Madonna defeats Sheryl Crow/Kate Bush - 24 to 13/10
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 16/6
Round 7: The Beach Boys defeat The Kinks/The Byrds - 24 to 10/10
Round 8: Johnny Cash defeats Elvis Presley/Roy Orbison - 20 to 19/7
Round 9: Abba defeats The Carpenters - 25 to 15
Round 10: Prince defeats Jimi Hendrix/Lenny Kravitz - 24 to 15/3
Round 11: No Doubt defeat Garbage/Hole - 27 to 11/9
Round 12: Bob Dylan defeats Neil Young - 26 to 25
Round 13: Dolly Parton defeats Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt - 20 to 17/9
Round 14: Marvin Gaye defeats Aretha Franklin/Stevie Wonder/Diana Ross - 14 to 11/10/2
Round 15: David Bowie defeats Lou Reed/Iggy Pop - 38 to 5/2
Round 16: Talking Heads defeat The Clash - 21 to 19
Round 17: Billie Holiday defeats Ella Fitzgerald - 25 to 7
Round 18: The Eagles defeat Lynyrd Skynyrd - 30 to 17
Round 19: The Doors defeat Jefferson Airplane - 22 to 17
Round 20: Elvis Costello defeats Sting - 19 to 13
Round 21: Eurythmics defeat Depeche Mode/New Order - 27 to 7/6
Round 22: Duran Duran defeat Tears For Fears - 21 to 15
Round 23: Tori Amos defeats Alanis Morissette/Jewel - 21 to 11/8
Round 24: REM defeat Coldplay - 34 to 9
Round 25: The White Stripes defeat Beck - 19 to 18
Round 26: Pink Floyd defeat Radiohead - 30 to 9
Round 27: The Killers defeat Franz Ferdinand/Maroon 5 - 15 to 14/5
Round 28: Nirvana defeat Pearl Jam/Soundgarden - 15 to 13/4
Round 29: Elton John defeats Billy Joel - 31 to 11

[Mari]

I'll go with CCR, that's childhood sentimentality for me. My mum loves them and made sure we heard them from early on. Each time I hear Willy & the Poor Boys, it brings back childhood memories.
And they are great:woohoo:

[ryan8472]

Grateful Dead. <333 that band a lot. :nod:

[gldstwmn]

Creedence. :) Fogerty wrote some great songs.

[ontheEdgeof17]

CCR!

I love that folksy rock.

[Richard B]

Bad Moon Rising. Yeah....Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

[danax6]

CCR definitely. :nod:

[DavidMn]

CCR here. What an interesting breakup they had too.

[Jyqm]

I'm amazed that CCR is running away with this one like this! Not that I don't think CCR are a great band, but I'd have figured it'd be a pretty even contest among these three.

I went for The Band, and not even so much for their own material (though that's certainly great stuff too), but because I love their work with Dylan, and The Last Waltz, with its string of guest stars, is just incredible. I think they could have played behind anybody and given an incredible amount of life to their songs.

[shackin'up]

Oh, a very hard one. What pr*ck can come up with such a choice?

Looking at pure musical and instrumental quality, it's The Band for me. But THEY didn't write Rockin' All Over The World, Proud Mary and Fortunate Son.

So. Hail Fogerty.

[mylittledemon]

Oh wow.......for once, this was a tough choice for me. Its definitely between The Band and CCR....But I sided with "The Band" because The Last Waltz is pure brilliance.

[UnwindedDreams]

Saw fog twice! I love who'll stop the rain! I just love him!:xoxo: :nod:

[macfanken]

I've always loved CCR!

[Hawkeye]

CCR's my favorite band after Fleetwood Mac.

[amber]

CCR's my favorite band after Fleetwood Mac.

I could *almost* say the same thing. I just really love them.
CCR really hits the spot. :cool:

[mylittledemon]

The Band was more versatile though. They had 3 distinct (& equally talented) vocalists...and the music was much more influential, I think. I think the musicianship was also better. As much as I love CCR, if you remove Fogerty, the power of the band would be lost.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

The Grateful Dead

and not just because Ann went to 67 of their concerts! :laugh: