kosmo
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Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:03 PM UTC
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Meant to post this last week but… There is a March Madness type tournament for bands going on right now going on here
http://bandmadness.net/ I weighed in on Bracket B and didn't check back in time for Bracket C. Bracket D has some interesting pairings some which weren't even worth voting on and how do you choose between
XTC vs. Dead Kennedys
Interesting match ups
Belle & Sebastian vs. Megadeth
Barry White vs. Elliott Smith
Moby vs. Lionel Richie
Public Enemy vs. Mary J. Blige
Not worth the vote
Bryan Adams vs. Blues Traveler
Collective Soul vs. Justin Timberlake
Cake Vs Goo Goo Dolls
When i voted this one was neck and neck
Guided By Voices vs. Dio
In Bracket B The Meat Puppets beat Fallout Boy not sure if that was pro MP or anti-FOB. There was
sweetcell
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:23 PM UTC
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closest:
Phish vs. King Crimson
Phish 738 - 50% of all votes
King Crimson 743 - 50% of all votes
Curtis Mayfield vs. Blind Melon
Curtis Mayfield 716 - 51% of all votes
Blind Melon 696 - 49% of all votes
update:
Guided By Voices vs. Dio
Guided By Voices 708 - 52% of all votes
Dio 653 - 48% of all votes
confused:
The Hold Steady vs. Echo and the Bunnymen
The Hold Steady 377 - 27% of all votes
Echo and the Bunnymen 1022 - 73% of all votes
and The Bangles are beating Marilyn Manson :)
vansmack
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:30 PM UTC
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I started to vote, but that's like the longest thing ever…
Rhett Miller
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:36 PM UTC
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This reminds me of my college roommate, who would take ANY conversation and twist it into something music related. It got so annoying that when he's do it at the dining hall table, we'd all give him the silent treatment.
They're doing the same thing with beer in the Washington Post. I guess everyone has their own passion.
nkotb
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:38 PM UTC
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Christ, talk about lesser of two evils:
Sublime vs. Matisyahu
* Sublime
129680% of all votes
* Matisyahu
31620% of all votes
Reod Dai
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:38 PM UTC
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Originally posted by kosmo:
Not worth the vote
Bryan Adams vs. Blues Traveler
Collective Soul vs. Justin Timberlake
Cake Vs Goo Goo Dolls
I actually really like Collective Soul, and absolutely despise Timberlake, so I beg to differ on that one being worth voting on.
skeeter
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:40 PM UTC
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Yeah - It's a little long.
The only one I had a hard time deciding was Television vs. Sleater-Kinney.
kosmo
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 06:55 PM UTC
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In bracket B here was some of my observations
The Velvet Underground is beating Kravitz but poor Big Star is going up against the Chem Bros. And how do you choose between DEVO and P-Funk or Wire and My Bloody Valentine
kosmo
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 07:01 PM UTC
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In Bracket A
Misfits beat Sigur Ros
Audioslave beat T. Rex WTF!
The Grateful Dead beat Teenage Fanclub :(
My Chemical Romanace beat Ween :eek:
Jethro Tull beat Muse (talk about a battle of inflated egos)
Styx beat The Dead Milkmen :eek:
and i had to stop and clean up the puke seeing that the Smashing Pumpkins beat the MC5
kosmo
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 07:02 PM UTC
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Ok The Smiths beating Danzig is pretty classic
nkotb
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Re: Band Madness
March 23, 2007 at 07:04 PM UTC
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I can see the Dead beating just about anyone, but these below make me sad…thought no entirely surprised…
Originally posted by kosmo:
In Bracket A
Audioslave beat T. Rex WTF!
My Chemical Romanace beat Ween :eek:
Styx beat The Dead Milkmen :eek:
and i had to stop and clean up the puke seeing that the Smashing Pumpkins beat the MC5
kosmo
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Re: Band Madness
March 27, 2007 at 12:39 PM UTC
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Ok Round two is up and there is are some definite which of the pair sucks least matches up…
this one amuses me
Michael Jackson vs. Get Up Kids
and i believe smackies head will explode when he gets to this one
Journey vs. Scissor Sisters
the most unfair match-ups are
The Clash vs. Monkees
Simon & Garfunkel vs. My Bloody Valentine
TheDirector217
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Re: Band Madness
March 27, 2007 at 03:19 PM UTC
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Originally posted by kosmo:
In Bracket A
Misfits beat Sigur Ros
Audioslave beat T. Rex WTF!
The Grateful Dead beat Teenage Fanclub :(
My Chemical Romanace beat Ween :eek:
Jethro Tull beat Muse (talk about a battle of inflated egos)
Styx beat The Dead Milkmen :eek:
and i had to stop and clean up the puke seeing that the Smashing Pumpkins beat the MC5
1) Styx shouldn't beat anything.
2) I don't care for Ween, but My Chemical Romance is . . . . well, let's not elaborate on them. They pass themselves off as a rock band. But here's my theory on that.
Just cause you pour syrup on shit, that doesn't make it pancakes.
3) Love the Pumpkins, but > the MC5??? Fuck no.
Lastly, in all fairness, I won't begin to justify nor pretend that Audioslave ever stood up to the legend of Rage & Soundgarden. But last I checked, T. Rex tracks (
Electric Warrior is a GREAT/CLASSIC album, though) do NOT contain the guitar work of Tom Morello. And in a perfect world, indie hipster or otherwise, I think we all should agree that Tom Morello is a BAD man. That's all . . . Good day.
alex
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Re: Band Madness
March 27, 2007 at 06:58 PM UTC
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Bon Jovi vs System of a Down…virtually tied for the battle of who sucks less!
TheDirector217
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Re: Band Madness
March 27, 2007 at 07:44 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Just cause you pour syrup on shit, that doesn't make it pancakes.
Poast of the day !
Thank you. Thank you. I try to drop a jewel of life in there from time to time.
vansmack
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Re: Band Madness
March 27, 2007 at 07:59 PM UTC
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Originally posted by kosmo:
and i believe smackies head will explode when he gets to this one
Journey vs. Scissor Sisters
Don't Stop Believing my friend!!!
kosmo
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Re: Band Madness
April 03, 2007 at 12:50 PM UTC
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Round Three Up
Voting ends weds
Interesting Match-ups
These are all neck and neck so far
Peter Gabriel vs. The Kinks
AC/DC vs. Grateful Dead
The Smiths vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd
Journey vs. Joy Division
Smashing Pumpkins vs. Sonic Youth (SY losing to the bald one)