Song-Off: Recap and Suggestions Thread

Hi folks! Since I’m currently under the weather, I’ll keep this short and sweet. As of today, there have been fourteen Song-Off matchups. I’ve got a endless supply of matchups already lined up for the future, but I thought it would be fun to see what matchups that Popdose readers would like to see. So have at it in the comments section below:

Date

Subject

Winner

%

Loser

5/27

Tunnel of Love

Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love

61%

Dire Straits – Tunnel of Love

6/10

Poison

Alice Cooper – Poison

56%

Bel Biv Devoe – Poison

6/24

Evil Twins

The Magnetic Fields – I Wish I Had an Evil Twin

52%

They Might Be Giants – My Evil Twin

7/8

Rolling Stones

Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone

54%

The Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone

7/22

Vagrancy

Dramarama – Work for Food

60%

Pearl Jam – Evenflow

8/5

Having a Rock and Roll Heart

Lou Reed – Rock and Roll Heart

53%

Eric Clapton – I’ve Got a Rock and Roll Heart

8/19

Rockets

Herbie Hancock – Rockit

53%

Def Leppard – Rocket

8/26

Neuromancer

Straylight Run – Existentialism on Prom Night

60%

Sonic Youth – The Sprawl

9/2

Teen Angst

Placebo – Teenage Angst

60%

M83 – Teen Angst

9/9

Rollergirl

Dire Straits – Skateaway

77%

Melanie Safka – Brand New Key

9/16

Families Who are Alright

Cheap Trick – Surrender

67%

The Who – The Kids are Alright

9/23

Ball and Chain

Social Distortion – Ball and Chain

53%

XTC – Ball and Chain

9/30

Major Tom

Peter Schilling – Major Tom

53%

David Bowie – Space Oddity

10/7

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Neil Young – Heart of Gold

45%

Radiohead – Paranoid Android

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  • Awww... Pearl Jam lost! That's ok cuz The Boss won! I don't know whether to be happy or sad. I guess I'll flip a coin.
  • eddie
    Magnet by NRBQ [1971] vs Magnet And Steel by Walter Egan [1978]
  • Ian B
    Teacher lust:
    Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
    When I Kissed the Teacher - ABBA
    Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
  • Matt
    Speaking of pervy Police songs, how about "Be My Girl Sally" vs. "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" by Roxy Music?
  • Oldetymer
    A ghost story: This Ghost (Memphis Radio Kings) Vs. Searching For The Ghost (Heartless Bastards)
  • Maybe with Kristen Hersh's "Your Ghost" thrown in. And if anyone here mentions Tegan and Sara, I will kill you. I will physically kill you. Though if you can name any song by Ghost of an American Airman without cheating and looking it up, you will gain +25 cool points.
  • Eric S.
    I'm no math major, but how does Neil Young win with 45% of the vote? (Was it the electoral college?)
  • It was a threesome (actually, a foursome), so Neil Young won with a plurality. Lazy matchup monkey should have linked the entries to their original posts.
  • MichaelFortes
    Dogs: Neil Diamond "Shilo" vs. Henry Gross "Shannon"
    Show or tell?: Al Wilson "Show and Tell" vs. Rush "Show Don't Tell"
    One More Day: Todd Rundgren "One More Day (No Word)" vs. Chicago "One More Day"
    Float On: The Floaters "Float On" vs. Modest Mouse "Float On"
  • Flaregun
    Howz about:
    Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd or Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
    Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac vs. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
    Evil Urges - MMJ vs. Evil Ways - Santana
    Stray Cat Blues - Stones vs. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
  • Nice, I'd forgotten about the Pink Floyd one. I'd originally planned to use the Foo Fighters version for Aviation Week (it will be a part of a larger month dedicated to transportation!) but late Pink Floyd vs. late Tom Petty is a much better matchup.

    Oh, and suck it, Zack.
  • Elaine
    If it was PF vs. FF, I have no idea who'd win. They're both awesome. Tongue tied twisted just an earthbound misfit vs. lookin to the sky to save me. gosh.
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