BOARDSIES DECIDE: Greatest Music Act Of All-Time!

Reberetta

Neil Young 5-1 Iron Maiden
Arcade Fire 5-3 Queen
M61: The Monkees 1-5 Carole King
M62: The Cure 5-2 The White Stripes
M63: The Beach Boys 5-2 The Eagles
M64: Greenday 2-5 Bon Jovi


And on that BOMBSHELL, the winners of the eighties tournament bite the dust!

Nirvana, Eminem, Oasis, Bob Marley & Elvis are also casualties on the first day! As well as the cast from Fame.

Think of the people who will wake to that result in the morning and the ensuing coffee spillage!

Will you sleep tonight? I won't. But then that's becuase of my neighbour's dog.

Thanks for all the votes, especially to you night owls.

I'll be back tomorrow around 6pm for round 2. Be there as there's some big match-ups!*

*And S Club 7. Dammit Burton!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Reberetta wrote: »

*And S Club 7. Dammit Burton!

Ficheall

Reberetta wrote: »

Arcade Fire 5-3 Queen

Wtf..

Reberetta

Reberetta wrote: »

Arcade Fire 5-3 Queen

Nirvana, Eminem, Oasis, Bob Marley & Elvis are also casualties on the first day!

The gig-going, skinny jean/Converse/slouch beanie wearing, obscure artist searching, "Yeah, man, the record had real depth with really eclectic sounds" saying, Arctic Monkey-ing over-35s are running amok.

I will no longer be partaking in this fiasco.

Zaph

Deleted User wrote: »

The gig-going, skinny jean/Converse/slouch beanie wearing, obscure artist searching, "Yeah, man, the record had real depth with really eclectic sounds" saying, Arctic Monkey-ing over-35s are running amok.

I think it's a bit of a stretch to call Arcade Fire obscure.

Nirvana lost out to Johnny Cash, Eminem to Black Sabbath, Oasis to The Clash, Bob Marley to Steely Dan and Elvis to Creedence. Not really much evidence of hipsters running amok there. If anything, it displays a significantly older voter bias. But don't let that stop you throwing your toys out of the pram over your own weird pet peeve again.

Kolido

Ficheall wrote: »

Wtf..

Strange one that, love them or hate them, Queen gotta be in the top 10 acts of all time. But, this is boards....:)

Sawduck

How the hell did the overrated and boring Arcade Fire beat one of the greatest bands of all time, that's just pure madness

Ficheall

Zaph wrote: »

I think it's a bit of a stretch to call Arcade Fire obscure.

Also a bit of a stretch to call them good They're okay, in a "If they were playing in my kitchen, I wouldn't leave the room if I were already in it, but I also wouldn't go downstairs to hear them" kind of way..

Freddie Mercury's undeniably excellent voice and showmanship aside, I find Queen hard to warm to. I just find them pompous and overblown, and occasionally painful to listen to. I like some of their songs (mainly their later ones like "Who Wants To Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On", which actually had a bit of heart to them) but otherwise they were very much style over substance. And <opens can of worms> "Bohemian Rhapsody" is definitely up there with the most overrated and overplayed songs of all time. :pac:

Arcade Fire may not be the greatest act of all-time but Funeral and The Suburbs are both excellent albums. Their other albums are a bit more hit-and-miss but still contain some real gems.

And for the record I'm under 35 and have never worn Converse, a beanie or skinny jeans.

ShaneU

Creedence and Arcade Fire knocking out Elvis and Queen! and I didn't even vote! Got to love it

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

I think it's a bit of a stretch to call Arcade Fire obscure.

Nirvana lost out to Johnny Cash, Eminem to Black Sabbath, Oasis to The Clash, Bob Marley to Steely Dan and Elvis to Creedence. Not really much evidence of hipsters running amok there. If anything, it displays a significantly older voter bias. But don't let that stop you throwing your toys out of the pram over your own weird pet peeve again.

Well that's just unnecessary.

AndrewJRenko

M61: Carole King
M62: The Cure
M63: The Beach Boys
M64: Greenday

AndrewJRenko

Neil Young
Queen

AndrewJRenko

Foo Fighters
The Pixies
Donovan
Fleetwood Mac

Zaph

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Well that's just unnecessary.

If it was the first time that the poster had an almost identical rant about what is essentially a bit of fun, I'd agree. But we'd been subjected to that nonsense previously, so I don't feel it was unnecessary at all
in this instance.

Reberetta

Full list of round 1 results:

The Police v Def Leppard, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Vivaldi, Marvin Gaye, Coldplay, Cliff Richard
The Beatles v Rory Gallagher
Eminem v Black Sabbath
S Club 7 v Daft Punk
Paul Weller/Style Council v Notorious B.I.G.
Prince v The Strokes
Hall & Oates v Avril Lavigne
Jimi Hendrix v Depeche Mode
Hanz Zimmer v Elton John
The Who v Pink Floyd
Kate Bush v Muddy Waters
Aretha Franklin v The Cast From Fame
Heart v Duran Duran
Blur v Imagine Dragons
Guns N Roses v Matchbox 20
Jason Mraz v Peter Gabriel
Donna Summer v Pearl Jam
The Stranglers v Madonna
The Doors v Dr. Dre
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons v Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
David Bowie v Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Bob Marley v Steely Dan
Radiohead v Simon & Garfunkel
Mozart v Chemical Brothers
Skid Row v Billy Joel
The Cure v The White Stripes
Willie Nelson v Survivor
UB40 v Prodigy
Django Reinhardt v Fairport Convention
Tom Waits v T-Rex
R.E.M v Neil Diamond
Michael Jackson v Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin v James Brown
Eric Clapton v Joy Division
Within Temptation v New Radicals
Dire Straits v Aerosmith
Beethoven v The Pogues
Shania Twain v Supertramp
Greenday v Bon Jovi
Abba v ACDC
The Monkees v Carole King
John Coltrane v Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Clash v Oasis
Neil Young v Iron Maiden
Queen v Arcade Fire
Nirvana v Johnny Cash
The Beach Boys v The Eagles
Townes Van Zandt v Thin Lizzy
Kraftwerk v The Cranberries
Fleetwood Mac v Verdi
Metallica v Lady Gaga
Kenny Loggins v The Smiths
The Kinks v Tupac
Leonard Cohen v Stevie Wonder
U2 v Jay Z
Earth, Wind & Fire v Pixies
Donovan v Dead Can Dance
Nightwish v Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley v Creedance Clearwater Revival
Garth Brooks v The Rolling Stones
Rage Against The Machine v Blondie
Brian Eno v Van Morrison
Foo Fighters v Janis Joplin
Talking Heads v Linkin Park

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

If it was the first time that the poster had an almost identical rant about what is essentially a bit of fun, I'd agree. But we'd been subjected to that nonsense previously, so I don't feel it was unnecessary at all
in this instance.

Ah, there's history there? I just thought it was a humour post, given the gifs and such.

We're all dealing with the Queen shocker in our own ways.:pac:

I must give Arcade Fire a proper go. I know about 5 of their songs.

Wow, Hans Zimmer and Elton John squared off. I would have been badly stuck on where to place my vote, probably would have abstained.

Reberetta

Deleted User wrote: »

The gig-going, skinny jean/Converse/slouch beanie wearing, obscure artist searching, "Yeah, man, the record had real depth with really eclectic sounds" saying, Arctic Monkey-ing over-35s are running amok.

I don't necessarily agree but that is an amusing sentence.:)

You still have Michael Jackson.;)

5pm kick-off for today's action folks!

Second round is first to SIX VOTES.

rainbowtrout

Reberetta wrote: »

Full list of round 1 results:

The Police v Def Leppard, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Vivaldi, Marvin Gaye, Coldplay, Cliff Richard

I missed the start of the knockouts. Why was there 8 acts in the first match?

Reberetta

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I missed the start of the knockouts. Why was there 8 acts in the first match?

Because of my unpreparedness mainly.

And I wanted to include as many music acts as possible without it being superflous.

Arghus

Late to the party.I'm getting annoyed already looking at those results. This should be good!

My own opinions follow:

The Arcade Fire over Queen one is just inexplicable. I don't even like Queen all that much and I can admit that they were one of the most important bands in the history of popular music. Arcade Fire are merely pretty good.

S-Club 7 over Daft Punk? Absolutely nuts.

T-Rex over Tom Waits? Ah, heyor lads...

quickbeam

Oi, leave T-Rex alone. Though I agree Waits is excellent. It was an unfortunate mashup, and nowhere in the same league as Arcade-gate.

Reberetta

R2/M1
NEIL YOUNG VS ARCADE FIRE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Euj9f3gdyM

R2/M2
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN VS CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL




R2/M3
ARETHA FRANKLIN VS HEART

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBbyglq37E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAfxs0IDeMs

R2/M4
PEARL JAM VS TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKWTzr-k6s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA


Neil Young v Arcade Fire
Bruce Springsteen v Creedance Clearwater Revival
Aretha Franklin v Heart
Pearl Jam v Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Necro

Bruce Springsteen v Creedance Clearwater Revival
Aretha Franklin v Heart
Pearl Jam v Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Votes in bold above

Irish Aris

Neil Young v Arcade Fire
Bruce Springsteen v Creedance Clearwater Revival
Aretha Franklin v Heart
Pearl Jam v Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

speckle

neil young
heart
pearl jam

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Heart
Pearl Jam

Arghus

Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Aretha Franklin
Pearl Jam

Sawduck

Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Aretha Franklin
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - this was a very difficult choice