FOFC Favorite Rock Act - Round 2 Group A

[BYU 14]

Closed the first round with some interesting results, including our first tie, which went to ROTM as the lower seed. Round two begins and the choices get tougher!

Most votes one act	Most votes both acts	Fewest votes winner	Most votes loser
70 - Beach Boys - 1st rd	75 - AC/DC vs Asia (68-7) - 1st rd	23 - Jeff Buckley - Play in rd	35 - Sting - 1st rd
69 - Eagles - 1st rd	75 - Paul Simon vs Billy Idol (42-33) - 1st rd	23 - Counting Crows - Play in rd	33 - Eric Burdon & The Animals - 1st rd
68 - Guns n' Roses - 1st rd	74 - Thee way tie	24 - Sammy Hagar - Play in rd	33 - Billy Idol - 1st rd
68 - AC/DC - 1st rd
Largest margin of victory	Smallest margin of victory	Biggest upset	Largest Shutout
64 - Guns n' Roses vs Slipknot (68-4) - 1st rd	0 - Rage against the Machine vs Sting (35-35) 1st rd	175/74 - James Taylor over Alice in Chains 1st rd	Chicago 63 - Arcana 0 - 1st rd
64 - Queen vs Counting Crows (67-3) 1st rd	1 - Elvis Costello vs STP (29-28) 1st rd	187/94 - Tears for Fears over Judas Priest 1st rd	The Kinks 63 - Free 0 - 1st rd
63 - Chicago vs Arcana (63-0) - 1st rd	2 - Kiss vs The Cranberries (31-29) 1st rd	185/96 - No Doubt over Eric Burdon - 1st rd
63 - The Kinks vs Free (63-0) - 1st rd	2 - ELO vs Hall and Oates (31-29) 1st rd

[tarcone]

I picked Chuck Berry over No Doubt. But it was difficult.
These 2 are 2 of my favorite artists. It was a toss up.

[heybrad]

Foreigner vs Chicago... I just saw Foreigner last night and to my surprise they killed (although they're basically a tribute band at this point). I love Chicago. I ended up voting Foreigner based on last nights euphoria but I'm fine with Chicago beating them.

Side note... Cheap Trick played as well. They look like a bunch of 70 year olds trying to hang on.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by heybrad

Side note... Cheap Trick played as well. They look like a bunch of 70 year olds trying to hang on.

Those are my boys

But sadly, they are very hit and miss anymore. Sometimes it's 1979 again, others it's like. Guys, everyone loves you, call it a day.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

But sadly, they are very hit and miss anymore. Sometimes it's 1979 again, others it's like. Guys, everyone loves you, call it a day.

The two singles they've released from the current album illustrate that very well.

The first one was pretty sad.
The second/current one is, well, it's at least tolerable (and helped considerably by being under three minutes IIRC)

[korme]

So happy RATM tied and advanced. Probably first influential band of my lifetime.

Reason for Beatles having an asterisk next to the name or just a typing error?

[thesloppy]

There are at least 8,000 Steely Dan songs I'd like to listen to before any solo John Lennon. There's a couple good songs in there, to be sure, but I really wouldn't miss Lennon's post-Beatles work if we had to scrap certain artist's entire catalog for fuel, or something.

On the other hand Steely Dan is the absolute best at hiding sleaze and depravity inside self-indulgent, fake-jazz rock, and I can't get enough of that shit. "Time Out of Mind" for example is a smooth ass jam, complete with Michael McDonald singing background gibberish, entirely about smoking heroin. "The Cuervo Gold, The fine Colombian" etc. Most Steely Dan lyrics are like William Burroughs stories, while the music has been infused with studio magic and worked up to a ridiculously slick shine. They have their own peculiar, unique style, and sometimes it seems like they were just trying to entertain themselves, but I'm sad to see them go down. Steely Dan were also one of the first musical acts that I had to acquire a taste for, as I wouldn't even bother with boring ass crap like that until I turned 21 or around there. I probably still wasn't listening to solo Lennon, though.

[General Mike]

Originally Posted by korme

So happy RATM tied and advanced. Probably first influential band of my lifetime.

Reason for Beatles having an asterisk next to the name or just a typing error?

I think they had a first round bye.

[ColtCrazy]

Kind of the opposite of heybrad, but I got to see Chicago once, and they were fantastic. Nothing against Foreigner.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by korme

Reason for Beatles having an asterisk next to the name or just a typing error?

Not sure what the hell's up with that. I have all these brackets in excel and there is no asterisk there. Weird.....

[ntndeacon]

Maybe it's the Beatles with Starr instead of their first drummer. Because a Starr is better than Best.

[Izulde]

I'm pretty sure I voted for him first round, but fuck Bob Dylan.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I'm pretty sure I voted for him first round, but fuck Bob Dylan.

Amen.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

There are at least 8,000 Steely Dan songs I'd like to listen to before any solo John Lennon. There's a couple good songs in there, to be sure, but I really wouldn't miss Lennon's post-Beatles work if we had to scrap certain artist's entire catalog for fuel, or something.

On the other hand Steely Dan is the absolute best at hiding sleaze and depravity inside self-indulgent, fake-jazz rock, and I can't get enough of that shit. "Time Out of Mind" for example is a smooth ass jam, complete with Michael McDonald singing background gibberish, entirely about smoking heroin. "The Cuervo Gold, The fine Colombian" etc. Most Steely Dan lyrics are like William Burroughs stories, while the music has been infused with studio magic and worked up to a ridiculously slick shine. They have their own peculiar, unique style, and sometimes it seems like they were just trying to entertain themselves, but I'm sad to see them go down. Steely Dan were also one of the first musical acts that I had to acquire a taste for, as I wouldn't even bother with boring ass crap like that until I turned 21 or around there. I probably still wasn't listening to solo Lennon, though.

Yeah, agree. I never really listened to the Steely Dan lyrics until maybe the last 5 years... and "Hey Nineteen" is definitely effed up.

[britrock88]

Lennon/Dan is a barnburner!

[CrescentMoonie]

No Doubt was my pro-Brexit vote. No chance they would win so I threw them a bone. Thankfully it isn't going to backfire like the real vote.

[thesloppy]

Ooh, I thought Steely Dan were going down, let's go Fagen/Becker!

[dawgfan]

I can't believe solo Lennon is beating Steely Dan. I mean, I guess I can believe it, but it's BS. Don't get me wrong - I'm a major Beatles fan and Lennon was indispensable in their catalog. But his solo output is a far cry from his time in the Beatles, and doesn't hold up compared to Steely Dan.

[NobodyHere]

Why do the Beatles have an asterisk next to their name?

[bhlloy]

Steroids. The hair was to cover up the obvious growth in head size.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Why do the Beatles have an asterisk next to their name?

Something happened when I copied it from my excel sheet. No reason.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

On the other hand Steely Dan is the absolute best at hiding sleaze and depravity

Hell, it's right there in the band name.

[BYU 14]

Round over and no real tense moments outside of the Steely Dan/Lennon matchup, which closed with a big push for Lennon who pulled away. The one upset can not even really be considered one due to the seeds and general reverence Chicago gets. On to group B.

[Butter]

Without research, I thought Chicago over Foreigner was an obvious choice.

But separately from this tournament I did some digging through the Foreigner catalog last night... and it is surprisingly (to me) good. Lot of great songs in there.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Butter

Without research, I thought Chicago over Foreigner was an obvious choice.

But separately from this tournament I did some digging through the Foreigner catalog last night... and it is surprisingly (to me) good. Lot of great songs in there.

There really is and this was a very tough choice for me