Band Face Off - Round 19
 

The dark desert highways of The Eagles came up against the southern rock of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and beat them 26 to 16.

Round 19 was suggested by Dissention and sees two iconic, drug-enhanced bands of the 60s battling it out for the Face Off crown. Grace Slick or Jim Morrison? It's your choice, maaan. Groovy.

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 - 35 to 5/2
Round 16: Talking Heads TIE WITH The Clash - 18/18
Round 17: Billie Holiday defeats Ella Fitzgerald - 22 to 7
Round 18: The Eagles defeat Lynyrd Skynyrd - 26 to 16

**Break the tie between Talking Heads and The Clash, vote now!!**

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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.

I think they're waaaay better than The Doors, who I hate. :p :nod:

Have to go with the Airplane. Grace could kick Jim's doped up ass anyday... :nod:

Up against the wall, mother****ers!! The human dream doesn't mean **** to a tree!

Jefferson Airplane all the way. One of my favorite bands. Forget Janis, forget Stevie, forget Ann, forget them all, because Grace Slick was the original rock chick.

The Doors royally suck; I've never liked them. Pretentious as all get out.

:laugh:

I think that's the first time I've seen you swear like that. :p :thumbsup:

Jefferson Airplane. I'm not in love with them, but I used to have Surrealistic Pillow, and Grace Slick is a helluva singer. I don't really like The Doors.

Jefferson Airplane, mostly because Doors and Jim Morrison's poetry bore me deeply.

Romy

Damn you, you dark hearted woman.

Doors are a bore.

J. Airplane it is.

The Doors all the way.

Morrison... omg the charisma! There ain't nobody like that today, not even close.

His good looks (before the scary Charles Manson looking beard/hair thing) don't hurt either.

The Doors

They were one of the first bands I really got into. They seemed kind of dangerous and forbidden. But then, a lot of things do when you're 10.

I think I had a very brief crush on Jim Morrison, too. Not the Grizzly Adams version though.

I like how everyone is qualifying "not with the beard, though!" :laugh:

Ugh...you guys. Which one of you voted for The Clash? :mad: :laugh:

Someone give the Heads some love!

CREEPY!!!!!! :shocked: :shocked:

I can't watch that movie. It's like he's come back to life. Val Kilmer was too good as Morrison.

Wow...this is the first face off where I dislike BOTH groups a great deal. No vote from the Demon!!!!

The Doors. I like them both, but I like the Doors better. I have some Doors bootlegs that are just straight up creepy. They are awesome though. And I love the Doors movie.

jefferson airplane. Not the starship ****. The doors were great. But never really got to me.

All that Starship stuff was awful!!!

WOW - two extreme opposites from the drug jam era. The Doors were brilliant, but I gotta vote for gun totin "WE WON THE WAR" Slick :laugh: if for nothing else - Feed Your Head.

Hmm. I own at least a couple of albums from both of these bands, but I can't bring myself to get too excited about either...

Still, I think Jefferson Airplane wins by a long shot for me. Though the Volunteers album in particular sounds increasingly dated, I think the Airplane's music still holds up better than The Doors', who were always just a little too undeservedly pretentious for their own good. It can be difficult to listen to Doors records sometimes without wanting to roll your eyes every few minutes.

I don't think I'll ever understand the continued reverence of Jim Morrison as a cult figure. And while John Densmore may always be remembered as a saint for his efforts to preserve the integrity of the band's music, Krieger and Manzarek's completely shameless money-grubbing has truly tainted whatever legacy of respectability The Doors ever had. Oh well.

Hey... "We Built This City" was a favorite song of mine.

Then again... I think I was all of 5 or 6 years old when that came out.

I will sit this...
 

one out, I very much dislike both bands...So I wont be casting a vote this time (Not even if I was offered $$$$ for my vote).

I'll still stand up for "We Built This City." Kiss my ass, Blender!

Yes, I'm guilty of liking that song a lot, too. I was...11? 10?
Yes, I still like it.

I mean, the song's got a fake weather report in the middle! How can anyone resist it!

Somebody needs to do to that song what that bear is doing to the Fox in Estranged's signature.

Giggity gooo!

That song is one helluva guilty pleasure. We can easily pick apart the Starship stuff, but if anyone wants to talk about really bad material, go and listen to their Airplane reunion album for the late eighties.

I like planes...jet aircraft!!

The Doors for me. Both bands could be pretty dark by the standards of the '60s (The Doors more often, I guess), but the Airplane's in-your-face political stuff doesn't work for me. (At least The Doors didn't have that in their music although we all know about those few Morrison stunts on stage). Of course I have problems with the Morrison worship, I don't think he was a great poet or anything. But musically they edge out the Airplane to me.

Oooohhhhh, and with the Ledge going down in half an hour, it's neck and neck...

Doors
 

I have to think. I love them both. HATE the starship, but love the Airplane.The Doors were one of my first favorite bands. One of my ex boyfriends was a dead ringer for Jim Morrison. I love Gracie. I must meditate on my vote.

The Doors. Jefferson Airplane does nothing for me.

I also don't understand the love for "We Built This City." What a total sack of ****.

Doors
 

I love Riders on the Storm. Never cared for the JA. :shrug:

That's not an Airplane song, schmuck. :wavey:

Have you heard the new "collaboration" between The Doors and Blondie called "Rapture Riders"? It's trippy.

Do you have it?......;) :p

No, unfortunately. I've only heard clips of it. It's on the new "Best of" package that Blondie's releasing next month; it's got a few new and rare songs on it, including a new techno version of In the Flesh. I can't wait to hear that one. :D

The Doors. I can't handle Grace. Too annoying.

Come on baby light my fire...

Hmmm... sorry dude. that really is not an advertisement for good taste, imo. Is littl4e Lies your fave Mactune? Then I know enough....;)