Band Face Off - Round 36
 

The unique sounds of Andre 3000 and Big Boi beat out Eminem and Kanye West in the Rap-Off.

Round 36: two legendary guitar heroes


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 - 25 to 7/7
Round 31: Aerosmith defeat AC/DC/Van Halen - 20 to 11/7
Round 32: Whitney Houston defeats Celine Dion/Christina Aguilera/Mariah Carey - 10 to 9/9/8
Round 33: Joni Mitchell defeats Carole King/Jackson Browne/James Taylor - 12 to 11/4/4
Round 34: Patti Smith defeats PJ Harvey - 22 to 5
Round 35: OutKast defeat Eminem/Kanye West - 18 to 6/4

Eric Clapton.

Bonnie Raitt. I love her and I never liked Eric Clapton.

Or rather, "the unique combination of people not liking Kanye and Eminem and voting for Outkast by default."

As for this round... shoot. I'm gonna have to think about this for a while and get back to you.

bonnie.

clapton is ...

Yep. She has better hair and a better voice, IMO.

Oh yeah, I realize that. And I do like Outkast, and I'm disappointed that they're new album has been pushed back to next year. And even if my choice (Kanye) had won, I don't have any illusions that he wouldn't have been stomped in round two by absolutely anybody he was put up against. But it was a lovely throwaway round for the few of us who were interested by it, so thank you for indluging us. (Same commentary applies to the future Nick Cave/Tom Waits round. Don't matter who wins that one - they won't be making it to round three. But I'm still looking forward to it!)

I'm still thinking about this round, though...

And also thinking about who's going to win the whole thing... I think I've got a pretty good idea.

Eh. Eric is a better guitarist. But hair is important. :nod: :p

Ooh, throw NWA in there, too, for good measure!

Yes! And I am ashamed of myself for never thinking of Cohen. He's a great match for both of them.

Oh cruel! I love all three of them, and for totally different reasons. AAAAAh! How will I choose?

Where's your modern black girls? Hehehehe. You know, MJB v. Badu, TLC v. Salt n Peppah....En Vogue v. Destiny's Child, etc.
:D

They both bore me to tears, but I went with Raitt....I do like some of her stuff.

Oh man, TLC v. Salt 'n Pepa would kick ass.

Poor Spinderella never gets her due.

After Left Eye died, a friend of mine wiped away a tear and proclaimed: "No scrubs where you are, old friend..."

Bonnie Raitt. I love her.

I agree! I'd love to see that round.

TrackAGhost...you're killing me. Tough rounds recently. I like both Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt...but I sure have more of Bonnie Raitt in my collection...so I should simply lean with her for that.

But then...Layla...Cocaine...Let It Grow...Wonderful Tonight...After Midnight. I treasure these Clapton songs.

Now I'm just confused and must end this post and vote later.

What he said, but I'll go a step further and say that I LOATHE Clapton with every fiber of my being. Is that dramatic enough? :laugh:

Bonnie Raitt is one cool chica :thumbsup:.

Eric Clapton, great guitar player, I have a couple of his albums while I don't know much of Bonnie Raitt. So he's my choice.

Romy

Why?

(Dots dots dots BAN AMBER)

dotdotdot YOU SUCK.

I went with the Angel from Montgomery. She's a survivor and, like Stevie, is as relevant today as she was 30 years ago.

Terry

As relevant as Stevie? Low blow...

Ditto. :wavey:

I was going to say that I hated Clapton, but I didn't want to invite the wrath of ChiliD. :o

Oh ****. Oh well, let said wrath ensue...

Where's all the Clapton hatred coming from? I can see being indifferent towards him, or maybe having a mild distaste for him, but I had no idea so many people loathed the guy.

Because I can't stand his boring, generic music and I think he's an overrated and (dare I say?) limited guitar player. And this **** about him being a "bluesman" is just laughable to me. Sorry if I offend, but I calls it like I sees it.

And what does the latter of your post mean??

Precisely. I've just always found him to be incredibly boring. Not to mentiont hat my mother drove me ****ing batty with the soundtract to "Rush" just like she did with the bloody Eagles while i was growing up. I won't comment on his guitar playing because I'm not an expert and I'd look like a fool, but his actual music just leaves me cold.

Ten characters. ;)

Oh, I get it.

I think your choices this round are VERY intersting.!!!:nod:

I'm no expert either, I know he's a good guitar player, I just think his playing sounds boring and predictable, I don't like the sound of his guitar, and like you said, it leaves me cold. Cream was a great band, I'll give him that much.

Bonnie Raitt BTW:thumbsup:

I like your mother's taste in music, I admit. :o

yeah, I was just the lucky one named. :)
Also because dots are for nerds, and I'm a nerd who uses dots, and nerds should be banned, so I should be banned.

Why the unncessary rudeness?

wow...a tough one. But I dont really consider them combatants...they are quite different to me. I have 4 Bonnie albums and 3 Clapton ones, as well as his Derek/Dominoes stuff and Cream. I have to pick Clapton....although Bonnie's voice is to die for.

What unnecessary rudeness? I asked an honest question (and got a couple of good honest answers), and since you can't post anything that's fewer than ten characters long, I filled the remaining space with a joke for Amber from another thread.

Friggin' nerds!

Actually, you love me, and that is the online equivalent of pulling my ponytail....




*snick*

I can definitely see that. Actually, now that I think about it, most of his music has been pretty horribly boring and MOR since the early 70s. (Remember that damn song with Babyface from that John Travolta telekinesis movie?)

Most of his stuff up through Derek and the Dominoes is pretty great, though. (And he can still kick some ass in concert when he wants to, too.)

Don't tease me so, my darling.