Acclaimed Music Madness: Round 2A

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Acclaimed Music Madness: Round 2A

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After one week's worth of voting we are ready to begin the second round of the Acclaimed Music Madness tournament. The first half of Round 2 features the London and Lagos regions. This poll closes around 11pm EST (4am GMT) Wednesday night (Thursday morning for GMT).

For each matchup, indicate which artist you prefer and then assign that artist a score between one and three using the following scale:
1 - you feel the same about both artists, but have a slight preference for one or the other (e.g., you like both artists but prefer artist A over artist B).
2 - you clearly prefer one artist over the other, but not by a vast margin (e.g., you like one artist and are indifferent to the other).
3 - you like/love one artist and dislike/hate the other.

Please remember to have at least a passing familiarity (i.e., listen to a couple of their songs) with each artist. To accommodate this, I have prepared three-song playlists for each artist which can be accessed via the link at the bottom of the post.

Matchups:
London Region
1) The Beatles
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis


Lagos Region
1) Prince
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin

Results will be posted in the Acclaimed Music Madness results thread (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2192).

Playlists: https://acclaimedmusicmadness.wordpress.com/artists/
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London Region
1) The Beatles -1
9) Jimi Hendrix
Arghhhhh !

5) Kraftwerk -3
4) Bruce Springsteen
Not arghhh at all.

6) Duke Ellington - 1
3) Madonna

10) Serge Gainsbourg - 2
2) Miles Davis
And I fucking loving Miles.


Lagos Region
1) Prince -2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra - 2
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground - 2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin - 2

Except the first one, not too difficult for me to choose.
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London Region
1) The Beatles
9) Jimi Hendrix 1

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen 3

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna 1

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis 2


Lagos Region
1) Prince 2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys 1

11) The Velvet Underground
14) Fela Kuti 1

7) Neil Young 2
2) Led Zeppelin
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London Region
1) The Beatles 1
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk 2
4) Bruce Springsteen

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna 1

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis 2


Lagos Region
1) Prince
9) Aretha Franklin 1

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys 2

11) The Velvet Underground 2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin 1
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London Region
1) The Beatles - 1
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen - 2

6) Duke Ellington - 2
3) Madonna

10) Serge Gainsbourg -1
2) Miles Davis

Lagos Region
1) Prince - 1
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra - 1
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground - 1
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young - 2
2) Led Zeppelin
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London Region
1) The Beatles +3
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen +1
Closest match by far.

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna +1

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis +1
Also pretty difficult to decide.

Lagos Region
1) Prince +2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys +2

11) The Velvet Underground
14) Fela Kuti +2

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin +2
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London Region
1) The Beatles (2)

4) Bruce Springsteen (3)

3) Madonna (2)

2) Miles Davis (2)


Lagos Region
9) Aretha Franklin (2)

5) Frank Sinatra (3)

14) Fela Kuti (2)

2) Led Zeppelin (1)
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London Region
1) The Beatles -2
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen -2

6) Duke Ellington -3
3) Madonna
Possibly the only 3 I'm going to give in this game.

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis -2


Lagos Region
1) Prince -2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys -2

11) The Velvet Underground -2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young -1
2) Led Zeppelin
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London Region
1) The Beatles 2
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen 2

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna 2

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis 1


Lagos Region
1) Prince 2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra 2
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground 1
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young 1
2) Led Zeppelin
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London Region
1) The Beatles 1
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen 1

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna 1

10) Serge Gainsbourg 1
2) Miles Davis


Lagos Region
1) Prince 1
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra 1
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground 2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young 2
2) Led Zeppelin
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1) The Beatles - 2
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk - 2
4) Bruce Springsteen

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna - 1

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis - 2
Serge is good, but Miles is Miles.


Lagos Region
1) Prince
9) Aretha Franklin - 1

5) Frank Sinatra - 1
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground
14) Fela Kuti - 2
. . . and I really like the Velvets.

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin - 2
. . . and I don't even like Led Zeppelin.
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Beatles 1

Bruce Springsteen 2

Duke Ellington 1

Serge Gainsbourg 1

Prince 2

Frank Sinatra 3 (and Beasties won last round)

Velvet Underground 1 (almost a draw)

Led Zeppelin 2
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London Region
1) The Beatles
9) Jimi Hendrix - 2

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen - 2

6) Duke Ellington - 2
3) Madonna

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis - 2


Lagos Region
1) Prince
9) Aretha Franklin - 1

5) Frank Sinatra - 1
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground - 1
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young - 1
2) Led Zeppelin
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Matchups:
London Region
1) The Beatles - 1
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk - 1
4) Bruce Springsteen

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna - 1

10) Serge Gainsbourg - 2
2) Miles Davis


Lagos Region
1) Prince - 1
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys - 2
I was worried last time that the Beastie Boys would lose with more votes in their favor than their opponent because they receive more hate... seems they might lose "regularly" this time at least.

11) The Velvet Underground - 2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin - 1
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Getting difficult...

London Region

The Beatles 2 (vs. Jimi Hendrix)

Bruce Springsteen 1 (vs. Kraftwerk)

Duke Ellington 1 (vs. Madonna)

Miles Davis 1 (vs. Serge Gainsbourg)

Lagos Region

Prince 1 (vs. Aretha Franklin)

Frank Sinatra 2 (vs. Beastie Boys)

The Velvet Underground 1 (vs. Fela Kuti)

Neil Young 2 (vs. Led Zeppelin)
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As Honorio has pointed out, getting really hard....

Beatles 1

Springsteen 1

Duke Ellington 1

Miles Davis 1

Prince 1

Frank Sinatra 1

The Velvet Underground 1

Neil Young 1
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London Region

1) The Beatles 2

4) Bruce Springsteen 1

3) Madonna 1

2) Miles Davis 1


Lagos Region

9) Aretha Franklin 1

5) Frank Sinatra 3

11) The Velvet Underground 2

7) Neil Young 2
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Sounds fun! I'm a little confused about the scale, though. For example, I like Kraftwerk a LOT more than Bruce Springsteen. The margin is insurmountable, so a score of 2 seems to small. However, I don't hate Bruce at all, which seems to mean a score of 3 is inappropriate. I'll put in half scores where I feel I'm on the border and will edit based on your opinion of how I should score them. :)

Matchups:
London Region
1) The Beatles
9) Jimi Hendrix: 3

5) Kraftwerk: 2.5 (I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kraftwerk and am generally indifferent to Bruce. Happy for you to go with either 2 or 3 based on this, but most comfortable with 2.5)
4) Bruce Springsteen

6) Duke Ellington
3) Madonna: 2 (Madonna is in my top 5 ever, but I like Duke well enough.)

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis: 1


Lagos Region
1) Prince: 3 (no surprise here)
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys: 3 (really can't stand Frank)

11) The Velvet Underground: 2 (I love VU and merely like Fela)
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young: 1 (I loathe Zep and am indifferent to Neil on the whole).
2) Led Zeppelin
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Too bad I missed the first round entirely; this game is fun!

1) The Beatles
9) Jimi Hendrix: 1 (Not a fan of either, but Jimi edges it out just barely)

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen: 2 (I really like Kraftwerk, but Bruce is sitting comfortably at #3 on my artist list)

6) Duke Ellington: 1 (Neither of these is in my top 100, but Duke might have a shot some day)
3) Madonna

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis: 2 (Big, big fan of Miles and my appreciation of Serge is too 'theoretical', if that makes sense)

1) Prince: 2 (Aretha is great (#84), but Prince is greater (#11))
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra: 1 (Tough call, if Watertown hadn't been in Moderately Acclaimed this would've gone the other way)
4) Beastie Boys

11) The Velvet Underground: 1 (Ouch, I hate to have to vote against Fela but he's no Lou Reed)
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young: 2 (I doubted between 1 and 2, but I reckon a 50-place difference (#5 vs #55) warrants 2 points)
2) Led Zeppelin
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London Region
1) The Beatles - 1
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk - 1
4) Bruce Springsteen

6) Duke Ellington - 2
3) Madonna

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis - 2


Lagos Region
1) Prince - 2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys - 1

11) The Velvet Underground
14) Fela Kuti - 2

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin -1
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London Region
1) The Beatles - 1
9) Jimi Hendrix

5) Kraftwerk
4) Bruce Springsteen - 3

Tie

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis - 1

Lagos Region
1) Prince - 2
9) Aretha Franklin

5) Frank Sinatra
4) Beastie Boys - 1

11) The Velvet Underground - 2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin - 1
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This poll closes in just under 24 hours. Keep those votes coming in!
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London Region
1) The Beatles
9) Jimi Hendrix 1

5) Kraftwerk 2
4) Bruce Springsteen

No vote

10) Serge Gainsbourg
2) Miles Davis 1


Lagos Region
No vote

No vote

11) The Velvet Underground 2
14) Fela Kuti

7) Neil Young
2) Led Zeppelin 1
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Voting for this round is closed.
Moonbeam wrote:Sounds fun! I'm a little confused about the scale, though. For example, I like Kraftwerk a LOT more than Bruce Springsteen. The margin is insurmountable, so a score of 2 seems to small. However, I don't hate Bruce at all, which seems to mean a score of 3 is inappropriate. I'll put in half scores where I feel I'm on the border and will edit based on your opinion of how I should score them. :)
Ideally, 3-votes would be fairly rare and used only when you truly dislike one of the artists. However, I do not want to dictate how people vote beyond the scale I post, so just vote how you feel.
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