Band Face Off - Round 29
 

Nirvana are still the kings of grunge as they won the last face off with 15 votes.

Next up: two piano men.

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

Hooray!

Okay, this actually tough for me. Neither of them is one of my favorite artists, but I do have a soft spot for them both. They both tend to get bad raps as cheesy schmaltz factories, but that wasn't always the case. They're both fantastic piano players, and Billy has written some wonderful love/story songs that fall somewhere in between the realms of Jackson Browne and Springsteen - "Captain Jack," "Summer, Highland Falls," "She's Only A Woman" - I mean that's just some great stuff, and light years away from "Uptown Girl." And if you get me drunk enough, I can sing you every single word to "We Didn't Start the Fire."

A lot of Billy's albums suffer from dull or maudlin production, though, and that really compromises some of his songs. Billy never produced anything as epic or grand as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which seems to deliver hit after hit at every listen, insanely catchy melodies and brilliant playing coupled with wonderful stories and lyrical vignettes - though Elton never did write the words.

So this is really hard. And what's the better Disney song: "Why Should I Worry?" or "Can You Feel The Tonight?" Both important questions.

In the end, I think I've got to give it to Elton. Even though he always had someone else penning the words. At his peak, his music was just more dynamic, and even Billy's best albums suffer from boring, MOR production where Elton's best really come alive.

So another tally for Elton, who gets an extra point for not having sold his (not-speficially-written-for-Broadway) songs into a bad Broadway musical... yet.

This is the first one I've participated in for a while. :)

Okay, I can't stand Billy Joel, and I honestly don't think you can compare him to Elton John. He doesn't hold a candle. I went with Elton, and he *better* win! :mad: :nod:

*sigh*
thanks for the 'fix':D

Elton. I like him MUCH more than Billy. :nod:

Definitely Elton John... :nod:

I vote for Elton. Billy Joel drives me NUTS! :]

Elton John for many reasons but mostly for Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.

Am I the first to come forward for Billy? :laugh: I like them both, but Elton rarely pens lyrics. Plus, I love "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."

This is hard. However many songs I like from EJ, he equally bugs.
Actually, I could probably say that about BJ too.
At one point, I think the only song I ever listened to was "Candle in the Wind" -
and for some reason when I broke up w/my first boyfriend, I incessantly thought of "I guess that's why they call it the blues" which is strange b/c I barely knew, and didn't like the song before that.
but - I, too, could sing all the words to "We Didn't Start the Fire". "Piano Man" is beautiful and sad, and oh, shoot - "For the Longest Time" - it's gross, but I love it. "Only the Good Die Young" and "Uptown Girl" are really fun and cheesy.
Now that Jqym reminded me of "She's Always a Woman" my heart is going soft for BJ.
Well, I guess Elton has more, but BJ is giving me a warm feeling. (hehe)
Yep, I'll pick Billy Joel. Poor guy. :laugh:
Plus, I hate Crocodile Rock sooooo much. It makes me want to stab myself. But with something serrated! For added Stabbiness!!! I can saw and stab!!! 20 % more scraping technology!!

Billy Joel here.:nod:

Name the karaoke bar, baby. Let's do this thang.

Yes. And then we will do "We Built This City".

I'll start tipping off the talent scouts. They won't want to miss this.

I have 3 label heads who said they would "drop by". We're on our way, bay bee!!!