Band Face Off - Round 31

[trackaghost]

Creedence Clearwater Revival were the surprise Ledgie favourites, beating out both The Band and The Grateful Dead with 23 votes.

Next up: some hard rockin'!

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 - 23 to 7/7

[face of glass]

Aerosmith popularized the power ballad, so they're out of the question for me.

Van Halen with Roth were GREAT, after that they made music with those two singers that actually took themselves way too seriously. Roth always had his tongue firmly in his cheek even during his most macho moments.

AC/DC have been solid for over 30 years now, doing their goof-rock schtick (which I can't take all seriously and I believe it isn't meant to be taken seriously anyway) to near-perfection. So they're my choice.

[Neal]

Aerosmith won the coin toss this time.

[estranged4life]

depending on which era for which band...

I went with Van Halen, cause the Roth era OWNED Aero-Supply (Total lameass commercial sellouts, Hate to admit it but they need to hit the drugs and go back to when they were a great rock band instead of some lameass trendy band. "Night in the Ruts" is appropriate for Aero-Supply now because they no longer have any "Nuts", cause they were hit by the $$$ "Right in the Nuts"!!!)....But then again so did the Bon Scott era of AC/DC.

Btw, AC/DC's Brian Johnson has the greatest name EVER of ANY rock n roll musician...Trust me, that is a GREAT NAME!!!!

[DavidMn]

I went with Van Halen

[Jyqm]

This is almost cruel, Sharon.

Originally Posted by face of glass

Aerosmith popularized the power ballad, so they're out of the question for me.

Van Halen with Roth were GREAT, after that they made music with those two singers that actually took themselves way too seriously. Roth always had his tongue firmly in his cheek even during his most macho moments.

AC/DC have been solid for over 30 years now, doing their goof-rock schtick (which I can't take all seriously and I believe it isn't meant to be taken seriously anyway) to near-perfection. So they're my choice.

But I think I have to agree with Gaius here, almost word-for-word. I think Van Halen with DLR were better than AC(lightning bolt)DC with either of their lead singers, but they just released too much horrible, self-serious crap with Hagar, who has the distinction of penning one of the worst and stupidest rock lyrics of all time: "Only time will tell if we can stand the test of time." Gee, you think so?

AC(lightning bolt)DC have just been an incredibly solid band for years, and the only thing about themselves that they take seriously is their commitment to rock the f*** out. Also, two thumbs up for their cameo at the end of Private Parts.

[UnwindedDreams]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Emotion!

[Hawkeye]

ACDC by far, I havent heard a Van Halen song I like yet, I find DLR annoying and Eddie Van Halen can't play the guitar. Aerosmith has a few good songs but they PISS me off, so ACDC wins this batch by a Landslide.

[Sarah]

van halen has only a relatively short period of not sucking for such an extended career.

aerosmith.. zzzzz..

butthead wears an ac/dc shirt. clearly, this makes ac/dc superior.

angus, baby.

[Richard B]

Argh. Tough face off round. I listen to them all (with the weakest link being Van Halen)...but AC/DC rules them all.

Fav Song: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

[mylittledemon]

This was a tough choice for me, again! I chose Aerosmith because they have changed things up slightly over the years. The AC/DC formula has been hammered into the ground at this point...although they are great at what they do. Plus, I like Bon scott's vocals better....

Van Halen I prefer with David Lee, and he's been long gone.....

so I pick Aerosmith...props to them for having all the original members too.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Van Halen I prefer with David Lee

He's a clown. Can't stand him. Sammy Hagar was so much cooler.

[ryan8472]

Van Halen. But ONLY with David Lee Roth.

That's so weird. Today, out of NOWHERE, I got VH stuck in my head. And now, this poll. It's like I have developed Ledgie ESP.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by face of glass

Van Halen with Roth were GREAT, after that they made music with those two singers that actually took themselves way too seriously. Roth always had his tongue firmly in his cheek even during his most macho moments.

I couldn't have said it better

And I'd like to add that AC/DC has been the most consistantly good among these three bands. Aerosmith had that embarrassing 80's, 90's and 00's period and Van Haggar sucks balls.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Aerosmith....

...They have the most star power....and great songs! (except for I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing).