UMT 2012: Round of 128 #3

[slick]

We move on to the head to head portion of the Tournament. Pick your winners in each matchup. The results from last round are in parenthesis.

R.E.M. (274) vs. The Stone Roses (56)
Oasis (107) vs. Blur (95)
The Beastie Boys (174) vs. The Replacements (78)
The Smiths (181) vs. Jane’s Addiction (72)
Nirvana (195) vs. Violent Femmes (67)
Pixies (152) vs. Willie Nelson (82)
Public Enemy (137) vs. Sonic Youth (91)
Johnny Cash (242) vs. Hank Williams (60)

[slick]

Stone Roses (Hate to vote against R.E.M.)
Blur (No I did not set this up...)
Replacements
Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Public Enemy
Cash (No, I did not set this up either...)

[Nick]

R.E.M.
Blur (The Battle of Britpop, Round 2)
Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

[John]

R.E.M.
Oasis
The Replacements
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Hank Williams

[Midaso]

R.E.M.
Blur
The Replacements
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

[Schwah]

R.E.M.
Blur (95)
The Beastie Boys (174)
Jane’s Addiction (72)
Violent Femmes (67)
Pixies (152)
Sonic Youth (91)
Johnny Cash (242)

[Kingoftonga]

The Stone Roses
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

[Henry]

R.E.M.
Oasis
Replacements
Smiths
Nirvana
Willie Nelson
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

[Moonbeam]

Ratings out of 20. Winners in bold:

R.E.M.: 6 vs. The Stone Roses: 14
Oasis: 0 vs. Blur: 14
The Beastie Boys: 14 vs. The Replacements: 14
The Smiths: 19 vs. Jane’s Addiction: 13
Nirvana: 15 vs. Violent Femmes: 14
Pixies: 8 vs. Willie Nelson: 6
Public Enemy: 14 vs. Sonic Youth: 14
Johnny Cash: 5 vs. Hank Williams: 4

[Jirin]

The Stone Roses
Oasis (Worst winner of the week)
The Replacements
The Smiths
Nirvana (Femmes: Best loser of the week)
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

[Evan]

R.E.M.
Oasis
The Replacements
Jane's Addiction
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

[Michel]

R.E.M.
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

[dr_Robert]

R.E.M.
Oasis
The Replacements (78)
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth (91)
Johnny Cash

[Henrik]

R.E.M. #81 vs. The Stone Roses
Oasis vs. Blur #85 - the more we can put this debate into perspective the more obvious is the conclusion
Beastie Boys #40 vs. The Replacements - remove the "The" for BB
The Smiths #23 vs. Jane’s Addiction
Nirvana #64 vs. Violent Femmes
Pixies #55 vs. Willie Nelson
Public Enemy #96 vs. Sonic Youth #47
Johnny Cash #60 vs. Hank Williams #37 - Cool matchup. Hank will probably lose but he has been my country man #1 for many years now. Long way to go to #3...

[Otisredding]

R.E.M.
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Violent Femmes
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

[Romain]

R.E.M. (274)
Blur (95)
The Replacements (78)
The Smiths (181)
Nirvana (195)
Pixies (152)
Sonic Youth (91)
Johnny Cash (242)

[Stephan]

1. R.E.M. (6)
2. Johnny Cash (8)
3. The Smiths (40)
4. Oasis (44)
5. Pixies (60)
6. Hank Williams (~150)
7. The Stone Roses (~150)
8. Willie Nelson (~150)
9. Public Enemy (~150)
10. The Replacements (~200)
11. Sonic Youth (~250)
12. Blur (~300)
13. The Beastie Boys (~300)
14. Jane’s Addiction (?)
15. Violent Femmes (?)
16. Nirvana (?)

[nicolas]

R.E.M.
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Willie Nelson
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

[Gillingham]

R.E.M.
Blur
The Beastie Boys
Jane’s Addiction
Nirvana
Willie Nelson
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

[Brad]

R.E.M.
Oasis
The Replacements
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

Thanks!

[Greg Rumpff]

1) R.E.M.
2) Oasis
3) The Beastie Boys
4) The Smiths
5) Nirvana…This was pretty tough, I like a lot of the Femmes’ stuff
6) Willie Nelson
7) Public Enemy
8) Johnny Cash….even though it’s painful to be voting against Hank Sr., I really wish he had been up against Blur or The Stone Roses.

[Greg]

R.E.M.
Oasis
The Replacements
The Smiths
Nirvana
Willie Nelson
Sonic Youth
Hank Williams

[SuperFurry]

REM
Oasis
Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

Apologies to Blur, The Stone Roses, Public Enemy & The Replacements.

[Nassim]

First post from Melbourne!
I flew with Emirates and their selection of music could have been made through AM, with classic albums (most of the Beatles, Bowie, Dylan... Albums + albums like VU & Nico, Marquee Moon, Trout Mask Replica, Funeral, Low End Theory and lots of others! Even Music has the Right to Children!

R.E.M.
Blur (I guess it has already been said, but it's fun to see them face each other, especially this soon in the tournament!)
The Beastie Boys
Pass
Violent Femmes
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

[Listyguy]

(No I did not set this up...)
(No I did not set this up either...)

R.E.M.
Oasis (This was tough)
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash
Only one hard call today.

[sonofsamiam]

R.E.M.
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Pixies
Public Enemy
Johnny Cash

[slick]

RESULTS... (45) voters....

R.E.M. over The Stone Roses (39-6)
Oasis over Blur (25-20)
Beastie Boys over The Replacements (29-16)
The Smiths over Jane's Addiction (29-15)
Nirvana over Violent Femmes (34-11)
Pixies over Willie Nelson (27-18)
Public Enemy over Sonic Youth (28-17)
Johnny Cash over Hank Williams (39-6)

[Henrik]

Closer match between Pixies and Willie than between PE and SY!?

[Jirin]

The only one here I find insane is Beasties over Replacements. They have redeeming stuff later in their career but early on it was just 'Take turns screaming in a grating whiny voice'.