Band Face Off - Round 32

[trackaghost]

Wayne Campbell would be pleased, as Steven Tyler and the boys beat out AC/DC (my faves) and Van Halen (Bill & Ted's faves), with 20 votes.

For round 32, I thought we needed a Diva Face Off.

Semi Finals will start next week...

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
Round 30: Creedence Clearwater Revival defeat The Band/The Grateful Dead - 23 to 7/7
Round 31: Aerosmith defeats AC/DC/Van Halen - 20 to 10/7

[DavidMn]

Too bad WHitney has had all the drug problems:(

[danax6]

Celine! And don't anybody dare vote anything else. ;)

[DavidMn]

Celine! And don't anybody dare vote anything else. ;)Uh Oh. guess that means I'm banned?:laugh:

[amber]

Trackie. TRACKIE! You didn't. Did you? No. I can't believe it.
Reading all those names at once has scarred my fragile little mind.

[DavidMn]

Trackie. TRACKIE! You didn't. Did you? No. I can't believe it.
Reading all those names at once has scarred my fragile little mind.Now NOw, you'll be fine. At least Barry Manilow wasnt on the list....:lol:

[DavidMn]

I wish he was, then I could've voted. :wavey:I actually went through a phase when I was about 17 where I listened to him all the time. I still llike him, but I can only take so much at one time

[Richard B]

Crap. I'm out this round. Can't stand any of these wailing divas. I'd rather hear a banshee sing in a cemetery.

[dissention]

:laugh: Yeah, I know. But I thought I needed to inject some mainstream pop into the proceedings. I have no idea who to vote for I must admit.

Anyone got any ideas who I should put Joni Mitchell up against? I feel I need to include her before I go onto the semi-finals.

Joan Baez.

[amber]

:laugh: Yeah, I know. But I thought I needed to inject some mainstream pop into the proceedings. I have no idea who to vote for I must admit.

Anyone got any ideas who I should put Joni Mitchell up against? I feel I need to include her before I go onto the semi-finals.
Not Joan Baez.

[DavidMn]

Joan Baez.Thats a great choice. Very underrated singer!!!

[amber]

Cool. Thanks Josh :xoxo:
That's not a good choice. They have nowhere near the same level of career. :confused: That's like pitting a Great Dane against a Chihuahua. :shrug:

[Dreammms]

I went with Whitney. Before all the drugs she wasn't bad. I loved her when she first came out and have all her cassettes.

[ryan8472]

I went with Celine. I can tolerate her in some small way.

[DavidMn]

I went with Mariah. Just cos she's so good to the homeless these days :laugh:Yeah, that whole story was rather interesting, wasnt it?

[dissention]

I went with Mariah. Just cos she's so good to the homeless these days :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I don't know about you, but it looks like the same homeless guy in EVERY picture to me.

[amber]

But if she's good enough for Bobby D...
Any other ideas Amber? :xoxo:
I wanted her against Patti Smith - different music, similar career arcs. :) does everyone have to sound the same for you to put them together?
Either way, surely you agree that Joni Mitchell will trounce Baez. Great Dane/Chihuahua. I'll see if I can think of anything else.

[amber]

Did you already do Loretta Lynn?

[DavidMn]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I don't know about you, but it looks like the same homeless guy in EVERY picture to me.Kinda like this picture that appears in the paper here every year around the holidays of this same guy getting a meal. He looks kinda like Santa Claus with his beard

[amber]

Oooo that's a great suggestion actually. I like Baez but I think Patti may have a better chance against Joni. Sorry Josh!
Yes, it seemed more even to me. :) People will be mad. They'll be all "Oh, I can't pick!!!!" I love those.

[dissention]

Oooo that's a great suggestion actually. I like Baez but I think Patti may have a better chance against Joni. Sorry Josh!

I think Patti is a ****ty choice to put next to Joni, but whatever. Patti surely gets my vote already, though. :woohoo:

[amber]

Not yet. Maybe I'll do Loretta vs Joni vs Patti. They are all really different but it could be interesting.
I think Joni v. Patti by itself is interesting, too.

[DavidMn]

I think Joni v. Patti by itself is interesting, too.I agree that would be very interesting:nod:

[amber]

I think Patti is a ****ty choice to put next to Joni, but whatever.
Sadly, you are wrong. :laugh: It's better than Baez, though, but there could be still another choice that is better than both of those. Oh, and I voted for Aguilera. She doesn't seem as fake. Or rather, she doesn't try to seem like she's pretending she's not as fake. She's a ho, too, but she doesn't try to pretend like she's not.

[DavidMn]

Joan is nearer to Joni in style, I agree,but I think Patti is closer to her in popularity, on the Ledge anyway. I know Joni, Patti and Loretta don't necessarily fit but I'm attempting to round up some artists I've left out so far but want to include so I can get this thing moving onto the next level by next week. :) Otherwise Band Face Off could go on forever and ever, and no one wants that! :laugh:Youre doing great with this!! keep it up:nod:

[dissention]

Sadly, you are wrong. :laugh:

How anyone could listen to Pissing in a River, Gandhi, Rock'n'Roll Nigger, and countless other Patti songs, and think that putting her next to Joni Mitchell is a good idea is beyond me. :laugh:

[amber]

How anyone could listen to Pissing in a River, Gandhi, Rock'n'Roll Nigger, and countless other Patti songs, and think that putting her next to Joni Mitchell is a good idea is beyond me. :laugh:
How could someone put Joan's career up against Joni's and compare them is beyond me. Again, I don't think the people have to sound alike. :shrug: They are contemporaries, too, right? Outside the box, dear, outside the box.

[Jyqm]

:laugh: Yeah, I know. But I thought I needed to inject some mainstream pop into the proceedings.

At least we can all feel better about ourselves when one of them loses in the next round?

Anyone got any ideas who I should put Joni Mitchell up against? I feel I need to include her before I go onto the semi-finals.

Bonnie Raitt? Jackson Browne? James Taylor?

Wilco vs. Ryan Adams or The Shins? (And are you going to Tweedy's London solo show?)

Tom Waits vs. anybody? Pretty please?

[amber]

Joni v. Carole King?

[Jyqm]

It is but I want to include Loretta now and I've nowhere else to fit her.

Against Patsy Cline?

I've got about five Face Offs left and then onto the semi-finals.

Well, I mean, if we're gonna go beyond 32 anyway, we might as well go for 64, just to be fair. We could make NCAA brackets and have a pool!

[amber]

Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor are all good matches for Joni actually. Now I'm conflicted! Who would go up against Patti Smith then?

I'm going to do Wilco vs Ryan and Tom Waits vs Nick Cave, don't worry.
I don't know much about The Shins I must admit.
(Yep, I'm going to Tweedy's solo show!)
Why don't you leave it and just put Jackson Browne against James Taylor?

[cliffdweller]

I hate divas! But if you're going to have a diva face off why not pit Aretha Franklin vs. Tina Turner? Loves me some Tina.

[Jyqm]

Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor are all good matches for Joni actually. Now I'm conflicted!

Throw all four of them up against each and you'll have a very interesting contest.

Who would go up against Patti Smith then?

Courtney Love!*

I'm going to do Wilco vs Ryan and Tom Waits vs Nick Cave, don't worry.
I don't know much about The Shins I must admit.
(Yep, I'm going to Tweedy's solo show!)

(Me too!)

*What the hell are you thinking? Of course I'm kidding.

[cliffdweller]

Now I'm conflicted! Who would go up against Patti Smith then?

Why not give Diss a convulsive fit and pit Patti Smith against Debbie Harry? :laugh:

[amber]

Can't you put Tom Waits against Patti Smith?

[cliffdweller]

Can't you put Tom Waits against Patti Smith?

No way, Tom Waits against Nick Cave. It's only right. :laugh:

and I will go ahead and cast my vote for Mr. Cave.

[cliffdweller]

Okay, I will. Would it be cheeky to put Bonnie up against Eric Clapton? Best female guitarist vs the best male guitarist?

I think that would be ace :thumbsup:.

[ragandbone]

I think it should be Rickie Lee Jones VS. Joni, or yes, maybe James Taylor or Jackson Browne. Joan Baez is certainly a good musician, and has that high pure voice (like a Joni) but I don't think she is a contemporary of Joni's, she comes more from a folk tradition.
Of course I already can't imagine who could beat Joni, so I should probably shut up.

Patti Smith VS PJ Harvey


Oh yes, I was supposed to vote for someone...er, I pick Whitney Houston. I don't have a very good reason, she just made me want to sing along more than the other choices, way back when.

[amber]

Okay, I will. Would it be cheeky to put Bonnie up against Eric Clapton? Best female guitarist vs the best male guitarist?

I've just worked out the next Face Offs and I have 10 ready to go! I think it should stop after that.
Cheeky? I'm not exactly sure, but it seems like a good idea to me. :)

[amber]

Patti Smith VS PJ Harvey

ooo, nice one!

[ragandbone]

Can't you people stop distracting me from me work!:rolleyes:
:xoxo:

[Patti]

:laugh: Yeah, I know. But I thought I needed to inject some mainstream pop into the proceedings. I have no idea who to vote for I must admit.

Anyone got any ideas who I should put Joni Mitchell up against? I feel I need to include her before I go onto the semi-finals.

Carole King.

[amber]

Can't you people stop distracting me from me work!:rolleyes:
:xoxo:
Your signature is distracting me!!! :blob1:

[ragandbone]

Your signature is distracting me!!! :blob1:

In a good way? Is blobby thing happy, or moving at too fast a frame rate, never getting anywhere?

[Neal]

I'd have said Whitney 10 years ago, but it's not 10 years ago. So I went with Christina.

[ragandbone]

I have absolutely no inkling at all of RLJ. Except that one song. No clue. Not even a glimmer.
:)
I just wanted to say that.
That's reasonable. She was often compared to Joni way back when, and she was sort of sour about it, as if she had never heard Joni. I think it was the long straight blond hair, the sometimes jazzy arrangements, and good lyrics (but not Chuck E's in love) that caused poeple to compare them. I think Pirates is her best album - in fact it is an amazing album.
Carole King seems a good choice too, if you are keeping it gender-seperate.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I <3 Christina.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Mariah!

She is hot! (have seen her up close...I know)

She can sing (DUH!)

And writes her own stuff!

[wondergirl9847]

Your signature is distracting me!!! :blob1:

Lindsey giving the screw me eyes and that cute lil whatever-the-heck-it-is with his lips! GAH!!

*DED*

I can't vote. I like them all...or did at one time or another.

[ragandbone]

Lindsey giving the screw me eyes and that cute lil whatever-the-heck-it-is with his lips! GAH!!

*DED*

I can't vote. I like them all...or did at one time or another.

BTFLCHLD worked her fairy magic on a little sample I gave her from Japan Music Show. He does a couple of amazing sexy things right before this part, too. I have to fan myself when I look at it.

[Richard B]

In a good way? Is blobby thing happy, or moving at too fast a frame rate, never getting anywhere?
Sig is GREAT! Looks like he has coke drip he is taking care of.

[ragandbone]

Sig is GREAT! Looks like he has coke drip he is taking care of.
Totally! he sniffs, and then the huge sniff turns into snarl. it is "Oh Well" and I think he is summoning the attitude. Just before this, he looks sideways at Christine, and/or John, and grins, but the expression is more fleeting, and too subtle to read in a short anim. I think she got just the right part!

[macfanken]

... the chest-pounding, the creepy husband, the accent, the DRAMA... what's not to like? :shrug:

[Brwn_eyes0511]

... the chest-pounding, the creepy husband, the accent, the DRAMA... what's not to like? :shrug:

"Let the poor people touch these things! Maybe they have never had a TV...let them touch these things!"

[Serrart]

I can live without all of them, but voted for Dion, for putting a patch to Streisand fiasco at the Oscars. She showed some class there.

Romy

[sparky]

Can I vote to have all four of them tied up in a giant burlap sack full of cement blocks and tossed off the Brooklyn Bridge ?

BTW, Joni is best matched against Dylan in terms of career and she would be scandalized and furious to be judged in terms of gender. :wavey:

[Karlie]

I don't like any of them, so I'm not voting this round.

[markolas]

Can I vote to have all four of them tied up in a giant burlap sack full of cement blocks and tossed off the Brooklyn Bridge ?

Yeah, that sounds good! I'll vote for that. :cool:

[Hippocampus]

Whitney for me. Only because I have a soft spot for her first album. :o

[dissention]

Yeah but I bet you're intrigued who will win now :laugh:

It better be Patti, dammit. :xoxo:

[dissention]

Why not give Diss a convulsive fit and pit Patti Smith against Debbie Harry? :laugh:

That would be evil, but I expect nothing less from the likes of you. ;)

[dissention]

"Let the poor people touch these things! Maybe they have never had a TV...let them touch these things!"

Ah, don't make fun of her. I developed a lot of respect for Celine after seeing her on Larry King.

[ragandbone]

Can I vote to have all four of them tied up in a giant burlap sack full of cement blocks and tossed off the Brooklyn Bridge ?

It can be arranged but I think it is expensive.
It also might be amusing if you just left the bag sitting on the curb, like a crazy singing Martha Graham.

[dissention]

Can I vote to have all four of them tied up in a giant burlap sack full of cement blocks and tossed off the Brooklyn Bridge ?


Just recruit the Gargyle Lady to sit on them.

[UnwindedDreams]

I'm going to have to see Celine in Vegas, I get free seats and passes from my brother.:nod:

[ontheEdgeof17]

I going to have to see Celine in Vegas, I get free seats and passes from my brother.:nod:


Hook me up.

[UnwindedDreams]

Hook me up.ya got the dough street angel!

[michelle2677]

I think I'm sitting this one out too *L*

[Moony]

I <3 Christina.
...me, too :o

[Brwn_eyes0511]

...me, too :o

We all know she is just a Mariah wannabe!:p ;)

[Moony]

We all know she is just a Mariah wannabe!:p ;)
Ha yeah yeah. I like Mariah to some degree, but I don't think she's at all consistent. Plus,...GLITTER. Need I say more? :laugh:

[dissention]

Ha yeah yeah. I like Mariah to some degree, but I don't think she's at all consistent. Plus,...GLITTER. Need I say more? :laugh:

No. You've already said enough.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Ha yeah yeah. I like Mariah to some degree, but I don't think she's at all consistent. Plus,...GLITTER. Need I say more? :laugh:

Poor Glitter! Movie sucked...soundtrack I thought rocked!

[Moony]

Poor Glitter! Movie sucked...soundtrack I thought rocked!
I think it's the funniest movie of all time. My friend and I actually went to watch it in the theatres...we were in hysterics

[Brwn_eyes0511]

I think it's the funniest movie of all time. My friend and I actually went to watch it in the theatres...we were in hysterics

I just felt so bad for Mariah! She was sooo much better than that!

Wisegirls...NOW THAT was a great movie with Mariah!

[face of glass]

My voting was based on looks, and, um, technicality. The latter in the musical sense, of course. ;)

[shackin'up]

:laugh: Yeah, I know. But I thought I needed to inject some mainstream pop into the proceedings. I have no idea who to vote for I must admit.

Anyone got any ideas who I should put Joni Mitchell up against? I feel I need to include her before I go onto the semi-finals.

If you had put joni in this round I would have voted. Sorry. I have to pass on this one. Only crap.

Put joni in with suzanne vega and sinead oconnor.

[shackin'up]

okay, at last I did vote. I voted for best ass. So the last one on the list wins.

but i wish they all keep their mouth shut.

[Mari]

but i wish they all keep their mouth shut.

Hear, hear. And not just to sing :D

Uh-oh, the way it looks there will be two winners from this round who'll go on to the next one...

[Beachwood Mac]

Someone break the tie please! Just so we can move on to the next round.

I was boycotting this round because I really didn't want to vote for any of them. To help the cause and get to round 33 I went with the pre-ghetto Whitney. :rolleyes:

Terry

[SuzeQuze]

I was boycotting this round because I really didn't want to vote for any of them. To help the cause and get to round 33 I went with the pre-ghetto Whitney. :rolleyes:

Terry

I'm with ya. So now she is in the lead. Can we move on now? :lol:

[SteveMacD]

Okay, this one is total crap. I'm voting for Celine ONLY because she's Canadian, and that's the only thing interesting of the four of them.

[Johnny Stew]

I voted for Celine, because I actually like three of her songs ("It's All Coming Back To Me Now," "A New Day Has Come," "That's The Way It Is"), while I only like two of Whitney's ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody," "Could I Have This Kiss Forever"), one of Christina's ("Beautiful"), and none of Mariah's.

[Sarah]

i have to go with xtina.

gag.

but she does have a set of pipes on her.. and the marilyn monroe throwback was kind of interesting.