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Band Ladder Challenge: Aerosmith vs Queen

seawolf17 Feb 10 2006 09:45 AM

Walk This Way ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Sweet Emotion ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Toys In The Attic ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Train Kept A Rollin' ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Janie's Got A Gun ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Dream On ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Last Child ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Back In The Saddle ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Big 10" Record (live) ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000002BVE/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) One Way Street ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000002BVE/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) Note: Clips for the first eight take you to the Amazon page for O Yeah! Ultimate Hits. Clips nine and ten are from Pandora's Box.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 09:46 AM

Great to work with clips. We're getting more sophisiticated every 9.39 minutes.

metirish Feb 10 2006 10:07 AM

Good list Seawolf, although i would have expected 'Mam kin' in any Aerosmith top 10.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 10 2006 10:12 AM

I'll be running out the same lineup that nearly took out Hendrix. Good luck. All clips at amazon, Queen's greatest, but for DOTL (song 1, Night at the Opera). Let's get it on. Don't Stop Me Now Another One Bites the Dust Bohemian Rhapsody You're My Best Friend Under Pressure Somebody to Love Fat Bottomed Girls Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…) Keep Yourself Alive We Will Rock You/We are the Champions

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 10:15 AM

I'd have expected "Come Together," although, if you included that, the anal judge may have dismissed it as actually credited to the Future Villian Band.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 10:24 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Feb 10 2006 10:35 AM

"Walk This Way" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" "Sweet Emotion" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" "Toys In The Attic" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Train Kept A Rollin'" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "You're My Best Friend" "Janie's Got A Gun" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Under Pressure" "Dream On" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Somebody to Love" "Last Child" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" "Back In The Saddle" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000068QZI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" "Big 10" Record (live)" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000002BVE/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "Keep Yourself Alive" "One Way Street" ([url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000002BVE/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1464159-4553755?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]clip[/url]) vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions"

cooby Feb 10 2006 10:26 AM

Queen is really getting picked on this week

metirish Feb 10 2006 10:28 AM

Walk This Way (clip) vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" ....Queen "Sweet Emotion (clip) vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" ...Aerosmith "Toys In The Attic (clip) vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" ...Aerosmith "Train Kept A Rollin' (clip) vs. "You're My Best Friend" Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun (clip) vs. "Under Pressure" .....Aerosmith "Dream On (clip) vs. "Somebody to Love" .....Queen "Last Child (clip) vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls".....Queen "Back In The Saddle (clip) vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)"..Aerosmith "Big 10" Record (live) (clip) vs. "Keep Yourself Alive".....Queen "One Way Street (clip) vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" ..Queen WOW,I'm surprised with the tie...5 points each, great matchup.

soupcan Feb 10 2006 10:33 AM

"Walk This Way" vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" - AEROSMITH "Sweet Emotion" vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" - AEROSMITH "Toys In The Attic" vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - QUEEN "Train Kept A Rollin'" vs. "You're My Best Friend" - QUEEN "Janie's Got A Gun" vs. "Under Pressure" - QUEEN "Dream On" vs. "Somebody to Love" AEROSMITH "Last Child" vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" - QUEEN "Back In The Saddle" vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" -TIE "Big 10" Record (live) vs."Keep Yourself Alive" -TIE "One Way Street" vs."We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" - QUEEN AEROSMITH - 4 / QUEEN - 6

seawolf17 Feb 10 2006 10:35 AM

Can we vote on our own battles? I'll be fair. "Walk This Way" vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" - AEROSMITH "Sweet Emotion" vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" - AEROSMITH "Toys In The Attic" vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - QUEEN "Train Kept A Rollin'" vs. "You're My Best Friend" - AEROSMITH "Janie's Got A Gun" vs. "Under Pressure" - AEROSMITH "Dream On" vs. "Somebody to Love" AEROSMITH "Last Child" vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" - AEROSMITH "Back In The Saddle" vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" -AEROSMITH "Big 10" Record (live) vs."Keep Yourself Alive" -AEROSMITH "One Way Street" vs."We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" - QUEEN Nuts. If I knew you'd keep the same order, I would have rearranged them to give Toys a better matchup. Aerosmith 8, Queen 2.

cooby Feb 10 2006 10:39 AM

"Walk This Way" (clip) vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" AEROSMITH "Sweet Emotion" (clip) vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" AEROSMITH "Toys In The Attic" (clip) vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" QUEEN "Train Kept A Rollin'" (clip) vs. "You're My Best Friend" QUEEN "Janie's Got A Gun" (clip) vs. "Under Pressure" AEROSMITH "Dream On" (clip) vs. "Somebody to Love" AEROSMITH "Last Child" (clip) vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" AEROSMITH "Back In The Saddle" (clip) vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" TIE "Big 10" Record (live)" (clip) vs. "Keep Yourself Alive" QUEEN "One Way Street" (clip) vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" QUEEN A's 5.5 Q's 4.5 _________________ K

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 10:44 AM

Three judges in and it's Queen by a single point. Again it's the matchup that didn't occur that intrigues me: "Dude Looks Like a Lady" vs. "I Want to Break Free"

Willets Point Feb 10 2006 10:55 AM

"Walk This Way" vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" - AEROSMITH "Sweet Emotion" vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" - AEROSMITH "Toys In The Attic" vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - QUEEN "Train Kept A Rollin'" vs. "You're My Best Friend" - AEROSMITH "Janie's Got A Gun" vs. "Under Pressure" - QUEEN "Dream On" vs. "Somebody to Love" AEROSMITH "Last Child" vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" - AEROSMITH "Back In The Saddle" vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" - AEROSMITH "Big 10" Record (live) vs."Keep Yourself Alive" - AEROSMITH "One Way Street" vs."We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" - QUEEN AEROSMITH 7:3 QUEEN

RealityChuck Feb 10 2006 11:22 AM

Walk This Way (clip) vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" ....Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion (clip) vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" ... Queen "Toys In The Attic (clip) vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" ... Queen "Train Kept A Rollin' (clip) vs. "You're My Best Friend" ... Queen "Janie's Got A Gun (clip) vs. "Under Pressure" .....Aerosmith "Dream On (clip) vs. "Somebody to Love" ..... Queen "Last Child (clip) vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls".....Queen "Back In The Saddle (clip) vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)"..Queen "Big 10" Record (live)" (clip) vs. "Keep Yourself Alive" -- Queen "One Way Street" (clip) vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" Queen Queen 8, Aerosmith 2

Johnny Dickshot Feb 10 2006 11:35 AM

Walk This Way vs. Don't Stop Me Now I’m definitely more sick of the former (you are too), but I’ll give it to Aerosmith based on its influence and endurance. Sweet Emotion vs. Another One Bites the Dust Aerosmith goes up 2-zip on a song with a classic bass line, great drumming, and good harmonies Toys In The Attic vs. Bohemian Rhapsody I like “Toys” – it rocks, but it can’t stand up to one of the great recordings of our time. Queen gets on the board. Train Kept A Rollin' vs. You're My Best Friend Cranepoolian TKRollin (I always pronouce it as “rahl-lin”) would disagree, but Queens’s sweetness, harmonies and May’s tasteful, rollicking guitarwork beat the crap out of this one. Janie's Got A Gun vs. Under Pressure Janie should shoot herself. Queen takes a 3-2 lead. Dream On vs. Somebody to Love I like how the cover of the first Aerosmith LP had the words “featuring ‘Dream On’ actually printed on the cover and not affixed with a sticker on the shrink wrap. However wrong it may have turned out to be, to me that always said: “If the rest of this album turns out to be crap, which it just might be, we don’t know, and they do nothing else for the next 35 years, they’ll still always be the band that did ‘Dream On.’” Great accomplishment. Tied up at 3-3. Last Child vs. Fat Bottomed Girls Back In The Saddle vs. Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…) I’m afraid Aerosmith is going to suffer in this competition in my mind because I just don’t fall easily for the bluesy honkey-tonk thing they do, as evidenced by the above two entries from the ROCKS album. Ironic that a song called Back in the Saddle would basically be Aerosmith’s last stand for the next decade+. It’s a question of taste, but I’m going to go for narrow Queen victories here, gaining 1.5 of the 2 overall points, or if you will .75-.25 victories in each contest. Big 10" Record (live) vs. Keep Yourself Alive An Aerosmith novelty song, basically standard blues. Queen again. "One Way Street (clip) vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions Queen are the champions, my friend. FINAL SCORE: Queen 6.5, Aerosmith 3.5

sharpie Feb 10 2006 11:54 AM

"Walk This Way" vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" AEROSMITH "Sweet Emotion" vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" TIE "Toys In The Attic" vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" QUEEN "Train Kept A Rollin'" vs. "You're My Best Friend" QUEEN "Janie's Got A Gun" vs. "Under Pressure" QUEEN "Dream On" vs. "Somebody to Love" AEROSMITH "Last Child" vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" QUEEN "Back In The Saddle" vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" AEROSMITH "Big 10" Record (live)" vs. "Keep Yourself Alive" QUEEN "One Way Street" vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" QUEEN Final: Queen 6.5, Aerosmith 3.5 2 bands I have no special affinity for but my son listened to Queen and while I still think they are a second tier band, my disdain for them has turned around in recent years. Aerosmith started out, to me, like warmed-over Rolling Stones, which is not really a bad thing. They just have never moved me. This was the first Queen win for me in their various matchups.

Lundy Feb 10 2006 12:48 PM

"Walk This Way" vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion" vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" Aerosmith "Toys In The Attic" vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen "Train Kept A Rollin'" vs. "You're My Best Friend" Queen "Janie's Got A Gun" vs. "Under Pressure" Queen "Dream On" vs. "Somebody to Love" Aerosmith "Last Child" vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" Queen "Back In The Saddle" vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" Aerosmith "Big 10" Record (live)" vs. "Keep Yourself Alive" Queen "One Way Street" vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" Queen Final: Queen 6, Aerosmith 4

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 01:01 PM

I'm showing Queen up by 11.

Willets Point Feb 10 2006 01:03 PM

"one of the great recordings of our time." Um...let's not let our enthusiasm get out of handed. This is "Bohemian Rhapsody" we're talking about, a song that is popular because its histrionics make it a shoe-in with the ironic "so-bad-it's-good-crowd" not because its actually good.

cooby Feb 10 2006 01:04 PM

I can't think of Bohemiam Rhapsody without seeing the little hand puppet thingy on "Putting On the Hits"

seawolf17 Feb 10 2006 01:13 PM

I'm honestly surprised by the support for "You're My Best Friend" in this battle.

cooby Feb 10 2006 01:14 PM

That's a pretty song. And so unQueenlike

Frayed Knot Feb 10 2006 01:28 PM

What's always been amazing to me is that Aerosmith essentially built about 6 hit tunes into a 3+ decade long career.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 01:41 PM

Frayed Knot's judgment is awaited.

HahnSolo Feb 10 2006 01:53 PM

Walk This Way (clip) vs. "Don't Stop Me Now" AEROSMITH "Sweet Emotion (clip) vs. "Another One Bites the Dust" QUEEN "Toys In The Attic (clip) vs. "Bohemian Rhapsody" QUEEN "Train Kept A Rollin' (clip) vs. "You're My Best Friend" QUEEN "Janie's Got A Gun (clip) vs. "Under Pressure" QUEEN "Dream On (clip) vs. "Somebody to Love" AEROSMITH "Last Child (clip) vs. "Fat Bottomed Girls QUEEN "Back In The Saddle (clip) vs. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)" AEROSMITH "Big 10" Record (live)" (clip) vs. "Keep Yourself Alive" TIE "One Way Street" (clip) vs. "We Will Rock You/We are the Champions" QUEEN Final Tally: Queen 6.5, Aerosmith 3.5

Johnny Dickshot Feb 10 2006 02:00 PM

Willets Point wrote: "one of the great recordings of our time." Um...let's not let our enthusiasm get out of handed. This is "Bohemian Rhapsody" we're talking about, a song that is popular because its histrionics make it a shoe-in with the ironic "so-bad-it's-good-crowd" not because its actually good. I think that was probably the least controversial thing I said in the whole thread. By "great recording" I mean "great recording" -- like it or hate it, there's hardly any room to argue it's not a genuine accomplishment of sound and style. I happen to like it, though.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2006 02:29 PM

It predicted post-rock before rock was even established as a distinct thing from rock 'n' roll.