Future Song Battle Suggestions: Please post some and if you're willing to host it.

Jali is coordinating these so far and we have some suggestions for the future:

The Who
The Beatles
Michael J.
Pink Floyd
Genesis or Peter Gabriel.
The Doors

List of winners:
Round 1 - Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Round 2 - The Rolling Stones: Sympathy For The Devil
Round 3 - Cake: The Distance
Round 4 - Prince: When Doves Cry
Round 5 - Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love
Round 6 - The Allman Brothers Band: Whipping Post
Round 7 - Madonna: Like a Prayer
Round 8 - Elvis Presley: Don't Be Cruel
Round 9 - Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Blue
Round 10 - U2: Pride (In the Name of Love)

Chat suggestions:

Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:16 am » oguthta do a battle of original vs. cover too
What Exit? « Tue May 05, 2009 11:16 am » MsRobyn, I'm not sure where the battles are going. For Zeppelin I chronologically picked 16 top songs to match them up.
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:16 am » To be certain, I suggested Ice T vs. Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
MsRobyn « Tue May 05, 2009 11:12 am » What about Prince and the Revolution vs. Prince and the New Power Generation?
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:12 am » Er, and it's Ice T
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:10 am » Or, Ice Cube vs. Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:09 am » Henry Rollins vs. Cheech and Chong Earache My Eye
Lady Xoc « Tue May 05, 2009 11:07 am » T-Rex
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:06 am » Van Morrison...marymary might want dibs on that, tho..........PAGING marymary!
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:06 am » King Missle, specifically Detachable Penis
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:06 am » I'll see your Yes and raise you King Crimson
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:06 am » Aye
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:06 am » Red Hot Chili Peppers
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:06 am » Zabbie, Yes means Yes, yes? ;-)
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:05 am » KISS
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:05 am » The Prodigy
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:05 am » Fine Young Cannibals
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:05 am » Pearl Jam, if it hasn't been mentioned
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » *tssssssssssssssppppp* What about the Doobie Brothers? *exhaaaaaaaaales*
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » Nirvana
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » Savage Garden
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » No Doubt
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » Soundgarden
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » Tears For Fears
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am » Alice in Chains
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:03 am » (the group, I mean)
Lady Xoc « Tue May 05, 2009 11:03 am » Depeche Mode
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:03 am » Yes
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:03 am » ooOOOhh
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:03 am » Erasure
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:03 am » Tom Jones
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:02 am » Seal
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:02 am » has David Bowie been mentioned?
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:02 am » Pet Shop Boys vs. Culture Club
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:02 am » Chaka Khan
Lady Xoc « Tue May 05, 2009 11:02 am » Jackson 5
MsRobyn « Tue May 05, 2009 11:02 am » Janet Jackson
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am » Duran Duran
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am » Huey Lewis and the News
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am » Culture Club
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am » her too
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am » yes
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am » with Allison Krauss?
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:00 am » gah, that duet he did...
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:00 am » Robert Plant
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 11:00 am » Neil Young vs. Crosby Stills and Nash! Grudge match.
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 11:00 am » they'd beat the Beach Boys
EthelMercaptan « Tue May 05, 2009 10:59 am » Soft Cell. Eurythmics
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:59 am » awww
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 10:59 am » no no no lol
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:59 am » Sha Na Na?
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 10:58 am » Stevie Wonder, CCR, Elton John
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:58 am » and/or
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:58 am » Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:58 am » The Ramones
CRSP « Tue May 05, 2009 10:57 am » kinks
criminey.jicket « Tue May 05, 2009 10:57 am » What Exit, can I suggest Tom Petty for the Song Battle (ooh, ooh, Mistah Kottah..can I has it?)
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:57 am » Bob Marley
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:57 am » U2
Zabigail « Tue May 05, 2009 10:55 am » Jimi Hendrix
What Exit? « Tue May 05, 2009 10:54 am » Thank to Jali, we've been having Song Battles in the Games and Sports Forums. So far: Queen, The Stones, Cake, Prince & Led Zeppelin viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2374 Suggestions for future ones: The Who, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Pink Floyd, Genesis or Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Allman Brothers, The Doors What other groups/artists would be good?

A few more suggestions, and I would be happy to run another round, with any of these bands or any from the list above:

The Beach Boys
Metallica
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
Nirvana

NiN also. Maybe NiN with Johnny Cash?

Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Beach Boys
Joni Mitchell
CSN&Y
Neil Young

I have an Allman Brothers one ready to go at the close of the Zep thread.

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Originally posted by Cluricaun

I have an Allman Brothers one ready to go at the close of the Zep thread.

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Closed out "Whole Lotta Love" won. See post 82.

(Let's see how many people think I'm 60 based on this.)

Bing Crosby, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Peter, Paul, and Mary, John Denver, Elton John, Phil Collins, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Four Tops.

I'd suggest Jim Nabors and Gordon Lightfoot, but Nabors largely covered stuff (and is largely unknown outside of "Andy Griffith"), and Lightfoot has only the one song anyone's heard of. And Fats Domino and Glen Miller are probably a bit old.

And for more modern stuff, Chicago, Boston, U2 and Sting (with or without the Police) would do well. And Nirvana and Foo Fighters ought to have enough good music for a nice eight-song bracket.

Doobie Brothers have already been mentioned, but the Eisley Brothers usually get most in the mix, and a combo bracket of Buddy Holly and Patsy Cline might be nice given their circumstances. Also, Jackie Wilson -- though, again, many people know only "Lonely Teardrops" and "Higher."

Has Elvis already been done?

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Originally posted by iampunha

(Let's see how many people think I'm 60 based on this.)

Bing Crosby, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Peter, Paul, and Mary, John Denver, Elton John, Phil Collins, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Four Tops.

I'd suggest Jim Nabors and Gordon Lightfoot, but Nabors largely covered stuff (and is largely unknown outside of "Andy Griffith"), and Lightfoot has only the one song anyone's heard of. And Fats Domino and Glen Miller are probably a bit old.

And for more modern stuff, Chicago, Boston, U2 and Sting (with or without the Police) would do well. And Nirvana and Foo Fighters ought to have enough good music for a nice eight-song bracket.

Doobie Brothers have already been mentioned, but the Eisley Brothers usually get most in the mix, and a combo bracket of Buddy Holly and Patsy Cline might be nice given their circumstances. Also, Jackie Wilson -- though, again, many people know only "Lonely Teardrops" and "Higher."

Has Elvis already been done?

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Whatever you'd like to host would be great. You'll need to pick 8 songs to fight it out with each other.

I'd like to have a go at it. From the list in the OP, I'd love to do either Madonna or Peter Gabriel.

Who is next? What Group? It is time for the next one.

Looks like Taumpy Tearrs was interested. If he doesn't respond by the time I get home from work (3 hours from now), I'll start one up and he can get the next one.

No one else is up? Okay, I'll get one together tonight.

Who is up for the next Song Battle? We're ready for it to start tomorrow as Madonna completes.

I've already done it once, so I'm happy to let someone else run the next one, but if nobody steps up by the end of this round, I'll be happy to fire us up some Elvis.

Takin' care of business in a flash, baby.

I'll put together one for Dylan to go after Elvis.

OK, I have put together a Bob Dylan Battle to go when Elvis is done.

I had to make it a 16 song battle. Fucker wrote too much good music.

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Originally posted by NAF1138

OK, I have put together a Bob Dylan Battle to go when Elvis is done.

I had to make it a 16 song battle. Fucker wrote too much good music.

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His new album has at least one great track on it. I have to listen to the whole thing at some point.

I had to cut off the battle with the Desire album unfortunatly. It was hard enough to weed down to only 16 songs as it was. I was orignally going to do an early acoustic folk bracket (Bob Dylan to the acoustic Bring it all Back Home) an early electric bracket (Bring it all back home to John Wesly Harding) a 1970s bracket (Nashville Skyline to Desire) and a modern (everything after desire)

But while I was able to pick just 4 songs from the early acoustic stuff to go head to head, I couldn't keep the early electric one to only 4 songs without leaving out some really important stuff, so that got expanded to two four song brackets (Bring it all back home and Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde and John Wesly Harding) and I dropped the modern music bracket.

It was tough. My first pass at the songs I thought should be in the battle was 30 songs long. :eek:

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Originally posted by NAF1138

I had to cut off the battle with the Desire album unfortunatly. It was hard enough to weed down to only 16 songs as it was. I was orignally going to do an early acoustic folk bracket (Bob Dylan to the acoustic Bring it all Back Home) an early electric bracket (Bring it all back home to John Wesly Harding) a 1970s bracket (Nashville Skyline to Desire) and a modern (everything after desire)

But while I was able to pick just 4 songs from the early acoustic stuff to go head to head, I couldn't keep the early electric one to only 4 songs without leaving out some really important stuff, so that got expanded to two four song brackets (Bring it all back home and Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde and John Wesly Harding) and I dropped the modern music bracket.

It was tough. My first pass at the songs I thought should be in the battle was 30 songs long. :eek:

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Any chance of you PM'ing me the list for a preview?

Sure thing. Take a look, tell me what you think.

What happened here, guys? Anybody interested in doing this again? If so, I'll run the next one.

Go for it, Taumpy. One thing that might have happened is the song battles went really long (some seemed to take a couple of weeks between rounds), and I think people lost interest/just plain forgot.

Just off the top of my head,

The Clash

Iggy & The Stooges.(would this include the newer Stooges albums?)

Chuck Berry

Or a "Gloria" battle. There are enough versions of this song to make a good battle. Them, Shadows of the Knight, The Doors,Jimi Hendrix,101'ers, Patti Smith Group all do excellent renditions of this song. I'm sure there are others too.