Band Face Off - Round 27
 

Sadly for me, Pink Floyd beat out Radiohead in the last round. Well, I guess Thom Yorke has another thing to be miserable about now, bless him.

Round 27 sees three modern bands with not much in common at all, except all have been mentioned on The Ledge. But who is your fave?


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 11/7
Round 24: REM defeat Coldplay - 33 to 9
Round 25: The White Stripes defeat Beck - 19 to 17
Round 26: Pink Floyd defeat Radiohead - 24 to 8

well, I went for The Killers, because FF is too retro and stylish for me. Maroon 5 had a fantastic radiohit but that album bored the frick out of me. So it's the killers because of energy and straight forward thinking musically.

I went for The Killers. Their debut album is great. Nice melodic rock. I can't get enough of 'Smile Like You Mean It' and 'Andy, You're A Star.'

Nice one, Sharon. :laugh:

The Killers suck so hard. If only I had a magic eraser on the end of my pencil, I would erase every trace of them. In the words of Stevie, they hurt my everything.

Maroon 5? Someone unscrew that vice grip and remove Levine's balls from it.

Franz Ferdinand all the way. One of my favorite bands. I love those pale, skinny boys with every fiber of my being.

ecckkhh....i'm not buying into any of these "new wave" groups. I dont care for any of those 3.

I am so not trying to be contrary or anything of the sort, Gerald, but could you please expound on this just a bit?

I don't care for Maroon 5 at all, and The Killers do absolutely nothing for me, so this is an easy choice for me. I don't have Franz Ferdinand's new album, but I still enjoy their first one, and they put on a fantastic concert. I like the rakishness, and I like any band that names itself after an Archduke.

Sharon - It's my turn to HATE you. :laugh:

I'm going to have to do some soul-searching before I vote on this.

I like Franz, they've actually stayed in my ishuffle since a friend gave me some songs. And there's only about 200 songs on there, people. ;)

Bitch plz. You know you're going to cast a vote out of spite for me. ;)

Well, Maroon 5 is out of the mix. So we know who its between. I may be leaning towards the Killers because I love their music AND Brandon Flowers is hot. Then again, Nick McCarthy is pretty hot too. I'm too torn. :laugh:

Naturally.

Thinking with your schlong. Typical guy. :p

He's got such a tight little ass (while Alex has no ass...whatsoever). I really noticed it last week. Too bad he's about as tall as leprechaun in Manolo Blahnik's.

Perfect. Pass him over here. :p

Ok, Mr. "Alex Kapranos will be my love-slave". ;)


This made me REALLY laugh out loud. :lol:

He does have a nice ass tho. :nod:

I'm also trying to base my vote on how these bands would match up against any other band in the 2nd round. So I know who I'm voting for now...

FRANZ FERDINAND :shocked:

I have no idea who you are talking about. But a short guy with a cute butt ?

Come to Sparky....come to Sparky.:laugh:

Nonetheless, the Franz boys get my vote. I can't imagine a better new band.

And he'd love it, too. I generally don't like them so skinny that they look like heroin addicts, but I'll make one exception.

I chuckled at the image it provoked, too. :laugh:

That he does.

Maroon 5 are dull, The Killers are a copy of a copy, Franz Ferdinand are brilliant musicians, and write very nice songs so they're my choice.

Romy

How do you like the new album, Romy? I was hoping you'd pop up sometime to say something about it and give your unique perspective. :xoxo:

Hey thanks :o . But I'm a bad fan, since I haven't bought it yet. I hope to repent sometime next week.

Romy

Well, I understand that you don't understand. It's a drag sometimes to pronounce what you mean in another language. I think The Killers-songs are less "construction" than those of Franz Ferdinand. The flow more naturally. And I've got every album that Fischer-Z brought out and every Talking heads record, so FF is something that sounds so familiar to me that they don't surprise me anymore. The killers are not on my top list though because they are very ecclectic, too , but their songs are more straight forward songideas, not 5 ideas that morph into one.....

catch my drift?

My vote's for Joy Division. Ehm, I meant Killers. Ehm, I meant Franz Ferdinand. Ehm.. oh hell!

Oh, it's Killers, not The Killers, am I right? I'm not a fan but they won't stop talking about them on the NewOrderOnlineboard.

I must concur...with everything.

The Killers. Because Brandon Flowers is f*ckin' hot, and Maroon 5 are waaay overrated.

Not really. :laugh:

:thumbsup: He soooo is. I wish I could spent one day with that man. Ho****. :D

I really would've voted for the Killers, but I don't think they'd stand a chance against some of the other older bands. :distress:

I forgot if I posted this already and am too lazy to check :laugh:

The Killers are okay and Mr. Brightside is positively glorious in is mania to these ears.

FF is okay, but I just do not get into their stuff.

Maroon 5 is okay, but nothing really stands out to me.

All is all, these three are varying shades of the lower end of mediocrity as far as I am concerned.

You've turned. I don't even recognize you anymore. :laugh:

:(

FF is still way more fun to dance to and sing to. If that makes you feel better. :p :laugh:

I've always loved The Killers tho. You know that. ;)

You should see me try to sing The Fallen. I gasp for air a minute into it. :lol:

Hee :laugh:

I have practice singing fast; It's The End Of The World As We Know It. :nod: :laugh:

I trip over my tongue. It's just impossible for me to sing along with. I mean, the man never pauses between lyrics. Trying to sing "I never feel pain, won't you hit me again?"/"I need a bit of black and blue to be a rotation" is like trying to bend over to kiss my own ass. :laugh:

That's my cue.


The Killers. :D

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Josh will NOT be happy. :distress: :lol:































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