Band Face Off - Round 13
 

It was a close race, but Bob Dylan narrowly beat out Neil Young, winning by 22 votes to 21. But in Young's defense, there's certainly no shame in losing to one of the greatest singer-songwriters ever, and I'm sure if Neil had to vote in Round 12, he would have cast his vote for Mr Dylan as well.

So, onto Round 13, and three extremely talented ladies who once worked together under the name Trio. But which of them is your favourite?

The results so far:
Round 1: Petty defeats Springsteen - 36 to 19
Round 2: Led Zeppelin defeat The Who - 22 to 18
Round 3: Madonna defeats Sheryl Crow/Kate Bush - 24 to 12/10
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 15/6
Round 7: The Beach Boys defeat The Kinks/The Byrds - 24 to 10/10
Round 8: Elvis Presley defeats Johnny Cash/Roy Orbison - 19 to 18/6
Round 9: Abba defeats The Carpenters - 25 to 15
Round 10: Prince defeats Jimi Hendrix/Lenny Kravitz - 24 to 14/3
Round 11: No Doubt defeat Garbage/Hole - 25 to 10/9
Round 12: Bob Dylan defeats Neil Young - 22 to 21

The polls are still open, vote now!

No contest
 

Miss Dolly!

Have to call this one..
 

a draw...Sorry.

Emmylou Harris

The other two are phenomenal, but they truly don't hold a candle to Emmylou. They haven't released albums that I consider to be amongst the greatest ever recorded, Emmylou has. And she has that voice. It's angelic and it's incomparable to other female country voices. Emmylou also gets bonus points for growing as an artist and being better now than she was thirty years ago, imo. She hadn't really written her own songs until a little while back (save The Ballad of Sally Rose album), but once she started, they blew away anything written by Dolly. Michelangelo, The Pearl, Here I Am, Lost Unto This World, etc. Words cannot describe how awesome she is.

Since both Sharon and I voted for Emmylou, I expect the tradition of another artist winning to continue. :laugh:

Hard to choose between Dolly and Emmylou. Dolly is so over the top and honest that it's hard not to like her. I've followed Emmylou's career forever and have many of her early albums on vinyl. I think her strength is how understated she is. Her voice alone can change a cover song in to being her own. I remember seeing her in concert at a small club in San Diego. Innocence Mission opened for her and it was obvious from the beginning that the "country" crowd couldn't be bothered. All it took was Emmylou coming out and singing background vocals alongside Karen Perris and the crowd instantly accepted them. I gave up on Linda Ronstadt a long time ago...

Terry

Do you have Western Wall, the album Linda and Emmylou did together a few years ago? If not, you'll probably love it. It's exceptional.

I love Linda Ronstadt! I think she has the most gorgeous voice in the world.

I can't believe that no one else voted for her. :distress:

I will have to check it out. I used to be a huge Linda Ronstadt fan. She rubbed me the wrong way a couple of times. She was scheduled to perform after a San Diego State football game. She flew in to the stadium in a helicopter, got out, sang maybe 3 songs, and got back in the helicopter and left. She never even acknowledged the crowd with a simple hello. Also, the whole fiasco on the Tonight Show with Robin from the Howard Stern show.

I think Linda has the best voice, but I like Dolly and her whole "thing" better. She gets my vote.

:lol:

She was such a loony bitch on that show! She really lit into Robin. I made a point to buy Robin's autobiography after that.

Dolly...
 

for some God-foresaken reason makes me think of volleyball :shrug:

She is playing OKC this November and will probably sellout the Ford Center (Ah volleyball...)

Two words: Steel Magnolias.

It was a hoot. Too bad Linda had never listened to the Stern show she was ranting about. Robin called her on it and she didn't know what to say. I think she was just trying to channel her hispanic roots to sell more of her Canciones de mi Padre albums.

If I had been drinking anything while reading that, I would have spewed it on my monitor. :laugh:

Robin was on Leno to promote her book and then Linda came on to sing. After she sang her song, she went over and lit into Robin over her and Howard's show, how they were digusting for making jokes about Selena, and all that jazz. She went ape****, but admitted to never hearing their show, so Robin ripped her a new one and told her she should listen to the show before going crazy over it. Leno, like the ass that he is, jumped in at the end and said his show was great because he lets people speak their minds. :rolleyes: