Band Face Off - Round 18

[trackaghost]

Two legends of jazz went up against each other, but in the end it was the amazing voice of Billie Holiday that beat the true artistry of Ella Fitzgerald.

Round 18 should be interesting. How will you vote?

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 defeat The Clash - 18 to 16
Round 17: Billie Holiday defeats Ella Fitzgerald - 18 to 7

[skcin]

Oh, Sharon, I hate you right now.

I think I will go with Skynyrd. I love the Eagles, but they are more soft AC pop than rock IMO. Skynyrd is good old hard country rock. And I love that.

[WildInTheWind]

Skynyrd for me. I like the Eagles, but some of there songs are very boring to me. And I don't find them all that interesting live, either. LS has always been very entertaining to me.

[CreepingDeath]

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Both of them make me cringe, but The Eagles are unbearable. Henley & Co. are just boring hacks, imo.

[Dreammms]

I guess Eagles for the Stevie connection.

[Miss Vicky]

Skynyrd!!!

To quote one of my favorite movies: (probably not verbatim but you get the idea.)

"Look man, I've had a bad night and I hate the f*cking Eagles!"

[ryan8472]

Originally Posted by amber

I picked the Eagles because they have more songs I like. Many of which remind me of easy summer living. What does that mean? It means it's hot, and I'm driving with the top down to the river with my friends, and we have not a care in the world the whole summer. We're also thin and tan, and we wear our swimsuits everywhere. Has this ever happened? Not really. I like Skynard too, though.

Same here.

[markolas]

The Eagles. Aren't Lynyrd Skynyrd a bunch of racists?

[ontheEdgeof17]

Eagles. Stevie's pretty much a member.

[Red]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Both of them make me cringe, but The Eagles are unbearable. Henley & Co. are just boring hacks, imo.

I'm with you on this one. Don Henley's voice really is boring, isn't it!

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by markolas

The Eagles. Aren't Lynyrd Skynyrd a bunch of racists?

the late/great Ronnie Van Zandt had plenty of friends who were of color...So no, That is just a stigma attached to LS due to their southern roots...And their fans.

I went with LS (Sorry ya Eagles nutswingers)...More guitar oriented than the Eagles, Plus their song "Simple Man" owns (aka smokes) anything the Eagles ever did.

[Karlie]

Eagles, and not just because of Stevie.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Round 18 should be interesting. How will you vote?

Should be interesting, indeed. My prediction: The people who are voting on musical grounds will mostly go for Skynyrd. Most other folks will choose The Eagles simply because Stevie screwed half of them.

I'm sure you can guess where my vote went. I may be able to count the great Skynyrd songs on one hand, but at least I have to use more than one finger.

As Miss Vicky already noted: "Look, I've had a long night, and I hate the ****ing Eagles, man."

(And Sharon, bless your heart for spelling Lynyrd Skynyrd correctly...)

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Eagles. Stevie's pretty much a member.

I think you mean she's seen the member of pretty much... ahh, these kinds of jokes are just going be too easy in this thread...

[amber]

My favorite thing about this is how sometimes when certain people vote for some things over others, they say it's because they know music waaaay better than other people, or that people who "really" know music will vote for such and such. It cracks me up when people choose to quantify their particular musical taste using that "pseudo expert" reasoning. I'll have to do that myself more often. I mean, you know, why not? I played instruments and sang for years. Surely I'm an "expert".