Band Face Off - Round 23

[trackaghost]

Two fondly remembered bands of the 80s went head to head but in the end it was the pop fun and video savy of Simon Le Bon and the boys that got your vote.

Round 23 sees three hugely successful chick singers who made their names in the 1990s go up against each other. Just who will you pick?


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 - 20 to 19
Round 17: Billie Holiday defeats Ella Fitzgerald - 22 to 7
Round 18: The Eagles defeat Lynyrd Skynyrd - 26 to 16
Round 19: The Doors defeat Jefferson Airplane - 21 to 16
Round 20: Elvis Costello defeats Sting - 18 to 12
Round 21: Eurythmics defeat Depeche Mode/New Order - 20 to 7/6
Round 22: Duran Duran defeat Tears For Fears - 17 to 15

[heyjupiter678]

Tori. No contest.

[Miss Vicky]

I'm sitting this one out. Chick music makes me ill. (shakes head as horrifying visions of the Lilith Fair flicker in her mind) Yuck.

[Jyqm]

Oooh, interesting. Jewel's out of the running immediately for me. As a one-trick pony, it wasn't a bad trick, it just wasn't that interesting.

So, Alanis vs. Tori? I have to say, I'm not a Tori fan by any means, but I do respect her. My first instinct is to go with Alanis because Jagged Little Pill is just so definitive. But she spent the following ten years releasing music that just got crappier and crappier until she had nothing left to do but... rerecord her hit album unplugged and sell it through Starbucks? Does she need to pay her bills that badly? Is that creatively bankrupt?

Plus, Dogma was just a ****ty movie, and she certainly didn't help.
Tori it is.

[Mari]

Some of Alanis songs are ok but I'm not a big fan of a lot of this 'chick' music either. Tori Amos is on my list of artists I hate. Jewel too. Sorry.

[amber]

What the????









uh...lets see...I've never like Alanis, I liked Tori okay for a second, I liked one Jewel song...
this is pretty lame.
Guess I'll pick Tori, she seems the most talented overall.

[ontheEdgeof17]

ummm....errr....hrmmmmm


Jewel, I guess. I really enjoy her Spirit album.

[ryan8472]

Tori Amos.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

I'm sitting this one out. Chick music makes me ill. (shakes head as horrifying visions of the Lilith Fair flicker in her mind) Yuck.

but...phil collins writes chick music .......

sorry, it's so fun to tease people who like phil collins. Not that I've met other people who like phil collins.

[shackin'up]

well. alanis I guess.

but I like Liz Phair and PJ Harvey and Patti Smith and Kristin Hersh Marianne Faithfull ALOT more. REAL chick-music.

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Well, you know I love all those artists you mentioned Gerald, but in a way I thought that was quite unfair. I don't know that any of those artists are any more "real" than the ones in this poll.

The reason I chose these three is because they all had mainstream success in the 1990s and everyone knows who they are.

But I still like ya Gerald

I did not mean to critisize your choices, sharon, you're doing great with these face offs. I'm just not so into these singers and wanted to put my lame post into my taste-perspective so that you all know why i don't have very much arguments for this choice.

[Red]

I'm with Amber on this one - not a fan of Jewel or Alanis and even though I'm not familiar with a ton of her music Tori is easily the most talented, so Tori for me.

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by amber

Not that I've met other people who like phil collins.

Not that you've met me either.

I, on the other hand, have met many people who like him. Of all ages.

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Hmmm, I don't think of it simply as "chick music". I think that's derogatory to every single woman who makes music. The Lilith Fair comment was off too, as only Jewel was on that tour. Each of these artists is completely different I think. The only thing they really have in common is the fact that they made it in the 90s and they are female singer songwriters. Okay feminist rant over

I can count the number of female artists that I truly respect on one hand. I could probably chop a couple of fingers off and still be able to do it.

Oh and saying that the only thing they have in common (other than being women) is that they are singer songwriters from the 90's doesn't make much sense. Since it is music that we're talking about, what other similarities or differences would even matter?

[amber]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Not that you've met me either.

I, on the other hand, have met many people who like him. Of all ages.

That's cool. It's nice to know there are others I could tease, too.
no, i'll never stop! hahahahahahahaha!!! okay, I like one phil collins song, I have to admit.