Boardsies Greatest Music Act of the 80s - Live Thread

Zaph

ABBA vs Rush - Pass

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Toto vs Romeo Void - Pass

Bob Marley

BandMember

ABBA vs Rush (not a fan of Rush, so that swings that vote)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs Paul Young (no idea why, I can only barely tolerate about one song! )
Toto vs Romeo Void (Could anyone name more than about 3 songs though? :pac:)
Joy division vs Bob Marley (Although, I'm not sure how he could be nominated as one of the greatest acts of the decade seeing as he died one year into the decade....)

PsychoPete

ABBA 
Frankie Goes to Hollywood  
Toto
Joy division

JP Liz V1

Roxette
The Rolling Stones
Chris Rea

JP Liz V1

ABBA
Paul Young
Toto
Bob Marley

Also Starring LeVar Burton

BandMember wrote: »

Toto vs Romeo Void (Could anyone name more than about 3 songs though? :pac:)

Africa, Hold The Line, Stranger In Town, Rosanna, Saint George and the Dragon, I'll Supply The Love, Pamela, Georgy Porgy

Just off the top of me head, some quality Toto tunes right there

Rothko

ABBA
Pass
Toto
Joy Division

Rothko

Necro wrote: »

Oh it's much worse than that, the lunatics somehow deemed Love Will Tear Us Apart the best 80s song a while back

It'd be near the top of my own list

playonplayette

ABBA - great band. Never got into Rush

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - I like Paul Young but there's a few Paul Youngs

Toto - always liked Africa and Rosanna. Never heard of Romeo Void but they do look cool in that picture.

Joy Division - I love their style of music. I like Bob Marley and a bit of reggae but it's like Aslan where they're cult following kind of ruins it for you because of overexposure.

Kolido

The Replacements 5 - 5 Black Flag

Hugh Masekela 4 - 1 GG Allin

Steve Earle 5 - 2 Paul McCartney

ABBA 6 - 0 Rush
Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6 - 0 Paul Young
Toto 6 - 1 Romeo Void
Joy division 6 - 5 Bob Marley

BandMember

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Africa, Hold The Line, Stranger In Town, Rosanna, Saint George and the Dragon, I'll Supply The Love, Pamela, Georgy Porgy

Just off the top of me head, some quality Toto tunes right there

Fair play! But I suspect even you will admit that you are in a tiny minority on that one.....

playonplayette wrote: »

Joy Division - I love their style of music. I like Bob Marley and a bit of reggae but it's like Aslan where they're cult following kind of ruins it for you because of overexposure.

Hang on, did you just compare Aslan to Bob Marley??? OI!! PLAYONPLAYETTE!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Kolido

3 matches to resolve, I will call them in an hour if there is no change and kick off Round 2

Also Starring LeVar Burton

BandMember wrote: »

Fair play! But I suspect even you will admit that you are in a tiny minority on that one.....

Maybe. I'd say quite a lot of people are familiar enough with Rosanna and Hold The Line, as well as Africa though. They'd be the big three. Stranger In Town and Hold The Line are probably their best songs.

playonplayette

BandMember wrote: »

Fair play! But I suspect even you will admit that you are in a tiny minority on that one.....



Hang on, did you just compare Aslan to Bob Marley??? OI!! PLAYONPLAYETTE!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Ye, they're music's not similar but I've found their hardcore fans are equally annoying.

Bob Marley has too much merchandise associated with him and at one stage Aslan were playing everywhere in Ireland. I like them both though.

BandMember

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Maybe. I'd say quite a lot of people are familiar enough with Rosanna and Hold The Line, as well as Africa though. They'd be the big three. Stranger In Town and Hold The Line are probably their best songs.

Indeed they would. Hence why I said about people being able to name more than 3.....

Gru

ABBA

Paul Young

Toto

Joy division


just to be controversial & late to the party apparently!


oh and

The Replacements - i never heard of them until now but i like...

Hugh Masekela - ditto...

Kolido

Calling these, will then rand round 2 and get a few matches done this evening.


The Replacements 6 - 5 Black Flag

Hugh Masekela 4 - 1 GG Allin

Steve Earle 5 - 2 Paul McCartney

Kolido

Round 2 Lineup

ABBA
AC/DC
Aha
Blondie
Bon Jovi
Bonnie Tyler
Bruce Springsteen
Depeche Mode
Dire Straits
Duran Duran
Echo & The Bunnymen
Elton John
Eurythmics
Fleetwood Mac
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Guns'N'Roses
Hall and Oates
Heart
Huey Lewis and the News
Hugh Masekela
Human League
Iron Maiden
Joy division
Judas Priest
Kate Bush
Kenny Loggins
Madness
Madonna
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Neil Young
New Order
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pet Shop Boys
Phil Collins
Prince
Queen
REM
REO Speedwagon
Rick Astley
Roxette
Simple Minds
Steve Earle
Stevie Wonder
Talking Heads
Tears For Fears
The B-52s
The Bangles
The Clash
The Cure
The Pixies
The Police
The Smiths
The Replacements
The Travelling Wilburys
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Toto
U2
Ultravox
Van Halen
Wham!
Whitesnake

Funfact: Only 1 seeded act was eliminated in round 1

Rothko

Pretty good list

Kolido

Round 2, first to 6 votes

Kolido

R2 / Match 1


Echo & The Bunnymen





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_%26_the_Bunnymen


Vs


The Clash





https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash



R2 / Match 2


Talking Heads





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads


Vs


The Bangles





https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bangles



R2 / Match 3


Tom Waits





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits


Vs


Hall and Oates





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates



R2 / Match 4


Iron Maiden





https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden


Vs


Whitesnake





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake


Echo & The Bunnymen vs The Clash
Talking Heads vs The Bangles
Tom Waits vs Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden vs Whitesnake

Also Starring LeVar Burton

The Clash

The Bangles

Hall & Oates

Iron Maiden

Best of each of the matches

Gru

The Clash
Talking Heads
Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden

these are my preferred of the two options....

PsychoPete

The Clash
Talking Heads
Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden

Necro

Echo & The Bunnymen vs The Clash
Talking Heads vs The Bangles
Tom Waits vs Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden vs Whitesnake

rainbowtrout

Echo & The Bunnymen vs The Clash
Talking Heads vs The Bangles
Tom Waits vs Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden vs Whitesnake

Rothko

The Clash
Talking Heads
Tom Waits
Iron Maiden

The Clash
The Bangles
Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden

the purple tin

Echo & The Bunnymen vs The Clash [clash morphed into a stones tribute in the 80s]
Talking Heads vs The Bangles [th had a few good songs but a lot of mediocre ones too]
Tom Waits vs Hall and Oates [wait no longer tom]
Iron Maiden vs Whitesnake [troop on maiden, whitesnake go through again on their own]

This round is a real battle of the hairstyles

Necro

Irish Aris

Echo & The Bunnymen vs The Clash - Because they have written (and I quote) "the best song ever"
Talking Heads vs The Bangles - Pass, like both of them
Tom Waits vs Hall and Oates - I have been listening to them a lot the last year
Iron Maiden vs Whitesnake - Not a fan of heavy metal and Coverdale is such a character

Collie D

2. Talking Heads vs The Bangles
3. Tom Waits vs Hall and Oates
4. Iron Maiden vs Whitesnake

JP Liz V1

The Clash
Tom Waits
The Bangles
Iron Maiden

Kolido

Echo & The Bunnymen 0 - 6 The Clash
Talking Heads 5 - 4 The Bangles
Tom Waits 3 - 6 Hall and Oates
Iron Maiden 6 - 5 Whitesnake

Kolido

R2 / Match 5


Duran Duran





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran


Vs


Neil Young





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young



R2 / Match 6


Metallica





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica


Vs


Rick Astley





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley



R2 / Match 7


Frankie Goes to Hollywood





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood



Vs


New Order





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order_(band)



R2 / Match 8


Nina Simone





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone



Vs


Kenny Loggins





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Loggins


Duran Duran vs Neil Young
Metallica vs Rick Astley
Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs New Order
Nina Simone vs Kenny Loggins

Necro

Duran Duran vs Neil Young
Metallica vs Rick Astley
Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs New Order
Nina Simone vs Kenny Loggins

Zaph

The Clash
Talking Heads
Tom Waits
Iron Maiden

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Duran Duran

Rick Astley ; sure f**k it, why not?

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Kenny Loggins

Zaph

Duran Duran vs Neil Young - Pass
Metallica
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Nina Simone

Ficheall

Neil Young
Rick Astley
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Nina Simone

PsychoPete

Duran Duran
Metallica
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Kenny Loggins

Collie D

5. Duran Duran vs Neil Young
6. Metallica vs Rick Astley
7. Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs New Order
8. Nina Simone vs Kenny Loggins

Rothko

Neil Young
Metallica (still don't know how the Stones lost)
New Order
Nina Simone

Irish Aris

Duran Duran vs Neil Young - Duran Duran ftw
Metallica vs Rick Astley - Rick because it's Rick and I don't like heavy metal
Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs New Order - New Order because they had so many songs throughout the 80's whereas FGTH was 1-2 albums
Nina Simone vs Kenny Loggins - Though she had some success in the 80's I wouldn't associate Nina Simone as an 80s artist

Gru

Duran Duran
Metallica - time to give Rick up!
New Order
Kenny Loggins

JP Liz V1

Neil Young
Metallica
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Kenny Loggins

Duran Duran
Rick Astley
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Nina Simone

Kolido

Talking Heads 6 - 4 The Bangles

Duran Duran 6 - 2 Neil Young
Metallica 6 - 3 Rick Astley
Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6 - 4 New Order
Nina Simone 4 - 6 Kenny Loggins

rainbowtrout

Duran Duran vs Neil Young
Metallica vs Rick Astley
Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs New Order
Nina Simone vs Kenny Loggins