BOARDSIES DECIDE: Greatest Music Act Of All-Time!

Reberetta

Coming soon to a cinema near you-

128 music acts, 675 matches, 7 rounds, lots of nerds with too much time on their hands voting, lots of counting mistakes by me and only one winner!

Boardsies decide the greatest music act of all-time!

Are you excited? No, me neither, but I said I was going to do it and now I have to...unless I can get Kolido to do it for me? Kolido?

I have the random draw set down in front of me. Below will be the number of votes required to advance and win:

1st round: 5 votes
2nd round: 6 votes
3rd round: 7 votes
4th round: 8 votes
Quarter Finals: 9 votes
Semi-Finals: 11 votes
Final: No limit, votes via PM over a 24 hour period.

But before all of that, there's one place remaining in the main draw so I handpicked some big acts who weren't nominated.

Vote for one of the acts below and I'll count up the votes in let's say...24 hours.

Buddy Holly
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Black Sabbath

The competition proper will get underway when I can be arsed after Necro's competition finishes, rest assured.

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I'll throw a vote to Black Sabbath for that final spot, some cracking tunes and Ozzy Osbourne is a legend.

Zaph

Chuck Berry. It's not that there'd be no rock'n'roll without him, but it would possibly have turned out very different. Plus Johnny B. Goode is still one of the greatest songs of all time.

Kolido

Given the choice to listen one of those four, I would pick black sabath. Im sure the other three are worthy of a place in the comp also but sure what can ya do.

JP Liz V1

Buddy Holly

Necro

Zaph wrote:

Chuck Berry. It's not that there'd be no rock'n'roll without him, but it would possibly have turned out very different. Plus Johnny B. Goode is still one of the greatest songs of all time.

Yeah this would be my choice too for essentially the same reasons

Irish Aris

I will also vote for Black Sabbath.

Reberetta

Black Sabbath
3
Chuck Berry
2
Buddy Holly
1
Little Richard
Nil pointe

Voting closes at 10pm.

ILikeBoats

Black Sabbath

Purgative

Yep I'm most inclined to listen to Black Sabbath as well.

Reberetta

I'm going to vote Buddy Holly.

That's right, the host is voting! These are the sort of twists & turns you can expect from this competition so don't change the channel folks! It's gonna be wild!:cool:

Sawduck

I'll vote for the legend that is Chuck Berry

Chuck berry for me too

Tauriel

Black Sabbath for me please

BandMember

Zaph wrote: »

Chuck Berry. It's not that there'd be no rock'n'roll without him, but it would possibly have turned out very different. Plus Johnny B. Goode is still one of the greatest songs of all time.

This. Although I don't feel good about it given everything that happened in his personal life.

mick087

Black Sabbath

Reberetta

RESULT

1. Black Sabbath
7
2. Chuck Berry
5
3. Buddy Holly
2





















4. Little Richard
0

Reberetta

Black Sabbath go through to the first round.

I said there was one place remaining but there's two more so while we're at it we might as well go the whole hog. I took at look at the fifty top-selling music acts of all-time and included them as well as some other big ones who weren't picked. I just thought of this and wasn't really prepared so I'll give Chuck Berry another chance and include him here too.

Vote for TWO of the following acts:


Velvet Underground
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Les Paul
Charlie Parker
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Billy Joel
Soundgarden
Mariah Carey
Celine Dion
Tchaikovsky
Wagner
James Taylor
The Grateful Dead
Chuck Berry
The B-52s
Barbara Streisand
George Strait
Whitney Houston
Van Halen
Kenny G
Kenny Rogers
Chopin
Taylor Swift
Alabama
Rod Stewart
Backstreet Boys
Britney Spears
Dave Matthews Band
Tim McGraw
Foreigner
Journey
Bob Seger
Chicago
Reba McEntire
Santana
Alan Jackson


I will leave the voting open until Saturday

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Billy Joel & Foreigner

paddythere

Tchaikovsky and Wagner

Irish Aris

I would vote for Mariah but LeVar is gonna kill me!!! :pac:

I'll go for Whitney Houston and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Reberetta

Thanks for going for Tchaikovsky, that's him on two already!

I don't want to end up with all acts on one vote and look like an incompetent newbie-host buffoon!

So guys, please vote strategically if the situation calls for it!

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Irish Aris wrote: »

I would vote for Mariah but LeVar is gonna kill me!!! :pac:

I genuinely didn't even spot her in the list - first time in a bar after four months this evening, so got a bit of that double vision going on, and pretty drunk, although happy with how I've voted I think...

Drunk enough to admit, that this Mariah song is an absolute bop (as the kids would say)... As in, I like it, I've found something likeable about the person I've claimed to be the absolute worst... Dare I Say... CHOON!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfRNRymrv9k

JP Liz V1

Backstreet Boys

Dave Matthews Band

Zaph

Tchaikovsky
Chuck Berry

Reberetta

I just edited The B-52s, Charlie Parker, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Les Paul & James Taylor into the list. If anyone wants to change to them, go ahead.

Purgative

Whitney Houston
Billy Joel

Wagner & Barbara Streisand

Necro

Taylor Swift
Kenny Rogers

*Gets coat*

Kolido

Please.

lassykk

Taylor Swift
Dave Matthews Band

ILikeBoats

Billy Joel
Mariah Carey

I’m holding out on voting till I see what’s what.

JohnGreenFan

Taylor Swift

Britney Spears

Reberetta

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I’m holding out on voting till I see what’s what.

Everyone is allowed to change their vote later anyway, when they see what's what.

I'm going to vote for B-52s & Carole King. To be fair, I won't be voting much in main tournament, just pre-lims. This probably isn't a good time to mention that I'm not really a numbers person so let me know if you see any mistakes.

Current Standings:

3 VOTES
Billy Joel
Tchaikovsky  
Taylor Swift

2 VOTES
Wagner
Whitney Houston
Dave Matthews Band
Mariah Carey

1 VOTE
B-52s
Carole King
Backstreet Boys
Foreigner
Chuck Berry
Barbara Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Celine Dion
Britney Spears

Irish Aris

Reberetta
I will switch my one vote from Whitney Houston to The B-52s.
I will keep the other one to Tchaikovsky

Tauriel

Celine Dion and Backstreet Boys

BandMember

Joni Mitchell and The Velvet Underground.

JP Liz V1

Is that Wagner from X Factor?

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is that Wagner from X Factor?

Reberetta

Current Standings:

3 VOTES
Billy Joel
Tchaikovsky  
B-52s
Taylor Swift

2 VOTES
Wagner
Dave Matthews Band
Mariah Carey
Backstreet Boys
Celine Dion

1 VOTE
Carole King
Whitney Houston
Chuck Berry
Barbara Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Britney Spears
Joni Mitchell
Velvet Underground

O VOTES
Les Paul
Charlie Parker
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Soundgarden
Foreigner
James Taylor
The Grateful Dead
George Strait
Van Halen
Kenny G
Chopin
Alabama
Rod Stewart
Tim McGraw
Journey
Bob Seger
Chicago
Reba McEntire
Santana
Alan Jackson

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Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Billy Joel & Foreigner

Can I switch one of my votes from Foreigner to the B-52s?

So Billy Joel and B-52s being my final choices.

mick087

Billy joel

Reberetta

Current Standings:

4 VOTES
Billy Joel

3 VOTES
Tchaikovsky  
B-52s
Taylor Swift

2 VOTES
Wagner
Dave Matthews Band
Mariah Carey
Backstreet Boys
Celine Dion

1 VOTE
Carole King
Whitney Houston
Chuck Berry
Barbara Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Britney Spears
Joni Mitchell
Velvet Underground

O VOTES
Les Paul
Charlie Parker
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Soundgarden
Foreigner
James Taylor
The Grateful Dead
George Strait
Van Halen
Kenny G
Chopin
Alabama
Rod Stewart
Tim McGraw
Journey
Bob Seger
Chicago
Reba McEntire
Santana
Alan Jackson

REMEMBER: VOTE FOR TWO OF THE ABOVE TO ADVANCE TO ROUND 1

I'd vote for The Velvet Underground and Carole King from that list, please.

I may have plumped for Tchaikovsky, Chopin or Wagner if I knew more about classical music but it's an area I must admit I'm a bit ignorant on.

Sawduck

Billy Joel
The Velvet Underground

ShaneU

Billy Joel and Mariah

speckle

The Velvet Undeground as they had some brill songs and influencedso many bands to come after them.

speckle

Carole King . Song writer extradanaire 100 pop songs, albums and grammys galore etc... From late 50s to today..
think A natural woman.. aretha franklin
think youve got a friend james taylor
will you love me tomorrow the bee gees
cryin in the rain AHA
its going to take some time the carpenters

And I feel the earth move

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BAImmeHEIA

Reberetta

Current Standings:

6 VOTES
Billy Joel

4 VOTES
Velvet Underground

3 VOTES
Tchaikovsky  
B-52s
Carole King
Taylor Swift
Mariah Carey

2 VOTES
Wagner
Dave Matthews Band
Backstreet Boys
Celine Dion

1 VOTE
Whitney Houston
Chuck Berry
Barbara Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Britney Spears
Joni Mitchell

O VOTES
Les Paul
Charlie Parker
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Soundgarden
Foreigner
James Taylor
The Grateful Dead
George Strait
Van Halen
Kenny G
Chopin
Alabama
Rod Stewart
Tim McGraw
Journey
Bob Seger
Chicago
Reba McEntire
Santana
Alan Jackson

REMEMBER: VOTE FOR TWO OF THE ABOVE TO ADVANCE TO ROUND 1

mick087

mick087 wrote: »

Billy joel

And B52s