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!"

[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!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by 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.

Skynyrd was/is a great live band.

[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...)

[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".

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by 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".

except in sarcasm

I just went by which of the 2 artists I listen to more (My Mom's music collection included both the Eagles & Lynyrd Skynyrd) and who I enjoy more.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by 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".

I'll assume you're talking about my prediction about how the votes will go, and if so, you're reading a hell of a lot into it that isn't there. I didn't say anything about people who "know" music "better" than anyone else.

The fact is, there are two ways that people vote in these little face-offs. They either vote for musical reasons and choose the artists whose music they like more, or they vote for non-musical reasons and choose an artist based on some association or another (Neal voted for Neil Young because they share a first name, someone voted for Emmylou because she's associated with Gram Parsons, and a number of people have voted for The Eagles because they've been associated with Stevie). Given that this is just a for-fun poll on an Internet message board, there's nothing more or less legitimate about either tactic. My prediction was simply that most of the people who vote because of the music will pick Skynyrd. I didn't say anything about "experts," and I think we already had the thread in another forum about how there really aren't any objective standards to "quantify" music taste or decree that one band's music is "better" than any other's.

As for why I think most people who will vote based on the music will vote for Skynyrd: For one, Skynyrd strikes me as a slightly more dynamic and arresting band who would appeal to more of the music nerds who post here. Second, I think the people who tend to vote based on the music also realize that a lot of people will be voting for the Eagles simply because of Stevie, so they'll vote for Skynyrd just to even things out and make things more interesting.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

My prediction was simply that most of the people who vote because of the music will pick Skynyrd.
For one, Skynyrd strikes me as a slightly more dynamic and arresting band who would appeal to more of the music nerds who post here.
Second, I think the people who tend to vote based on the music

Okay, dude.