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BLC: Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. The Pretenders

Rockin' Doc Jul 10 2006 08:04 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 10 2006 09:15 AM

Contrasting styles collide. "I Know a Little" "What's Your Name" "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" "Saturday Night Special" "Free Bird" "Call Me The Breeze" "Gimme Three Steps" "That Smell" "You Got That Right" "Sweet Home Alabama" Edited to add sound clips: Get your southern rock here.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 10 2006 09:02 AM

Day After Day Tattooed Love Boys* Middle of the Road Back on the Chain Gang I'll Stand By You Mystery Achievement* Don't Get Me Wrong Brass in Pocket Message of Love My City Was Gone Listen: [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004YL2X/sr=8-1/qid=1152536162/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9368121-3791219?ie=UTF8[/url] * [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002KO1/sr=8-2/qid=1152536162/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-9368121-3791219?ie=UTF8[/url]

Edgy DC Jul 10 2006 10:38 AM

vs. "I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" Interesting Neil Young State Song Fact: "Sweet Home Alabama" is widely understood to be a response song to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama." Learn all you need to know about the apparent feud between Skynyrd and Neil Young here. Interesting Neil Young State Song Fact: Chrissie Hynde was a student at Kent State at the time of the infamous National Guard shootings there, the incident which inspired, of course, Neil Young's "Ohio."

RealityChuck Jul 10 2006 11:14 AM

"I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" -- tie "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" -- Skynyrd "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" -- Skynyrd "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" -- tie "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" -- Pretenders. Any song ever written beats "Free Bird" "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" -- Skynyrd "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" -- Skynyrd "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" -- Skynyrd "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" -- tie "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" -- tie The dead men win, 7-3

sharpie Jul 10 2006 12:37 PM

"I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" TIE "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" SKYNYRD "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" PRETENDERS "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" PRETENDERS "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" PRETENDERS "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" SKYNYRD "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" TIE "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" PRETENDERS "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" PRETENDERS "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" SKYNYRD LYNYRD SKYNYRD 4 PRETENDERS 6

Willets Point Jul 10 2006 12:42 PM

Two bands I never liked much, it's hard to vote. "I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" Tie "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" The Pretenders "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" Tie "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" The Pretenders "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" Lynyrd Skynyrd (I think this is the name of a Patrick McCabe novel) "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" The Pretenders "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" The Pretenders "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" Tie "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd 3.5:6.5 The Pretenders I guess I dislike the Pretenders less.

metirish Jul 10 2006 12:46 PM

"I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" -- The Pretenders "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" -- Skynyrd "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" -- The Pretenders "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" -- The Pretenders "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" -- Pretenders. "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" -- Skynyrd "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" -- The Pretenders "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" -- The Pretenders "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" -- The Pretenders "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" -- Skynyrd 7 - 3 win for the Pretenders.

Edgy DC Jul 10 2006 12:48 PM

]"The dead men win, 7-3" Premature death pretty much claimed as large a percentage of The Pretenders as it did from the Skynyrds. Interesting fact I should have included, copied directly form Wikipedia: ]Drummer Artimus Pyle crawled out of the plane wreckage with several broken ribs, yet ran nearly a mile to a farmhouse to try to get help. The farmer Johnny Mote, on first seeing the wild-haired blood- and mud-encrusted drummer babbling incoherently, greeted him with a (fortunately non-fatal) shotgun blast to his shoulder. Only when Mote realized that this person was connected with the plane crash he had just heard did he call for help.

RealityChuck Jul 10 2006 01:31 PM

Edgy DC wrote: ]"The dead men win, 7-3" Premature death pretty much claimed as large a percentage of The Pretenders as it did from the Skynyrds. But they didn't have a song written about it, one you can play all night long.

Edgy DC Jul 10 2006 01:52 PM

My first instinct was, "Yeah, but they've got one that'll at least last you 3:43," and then I dial up the track below to check my numbers, and the playing time is ...3:43! True story.

Gwreck Jul 10 2006 05:13 PM

I Know a Little vs. Day After Day Pretenders What's Your Name? vs. Tattooed Love Boys Tie The Ballad of Curtis Loew vs. Middle of the Road Pretenders Saturday Night Special vs. Back on the Chain Gang Pretenders Free Bird vs. I'll Stand by You What song is it that I want to hear? Not this one, ever again. Pretenders Call Me the Breeze vs. Mystery Achievement Skynryd Gimme Three Steps vs. Don't Get Me Wrong Pretenders That Smell vs. Brass in Pocket Pretenders, easily. You Got That Right vs. Message of Love Pretenders Sweet Home Alabama vs. My City Was Gone Pretenders. Skynryd would've won against a lesser Pretenders song, maybe. Impressive Pretenders lineup. 8.5-1.5

Edgy DC Jul 10 2006 05:44 PM

Come on, they each have a tie to a Neil Young song named after a US state. That's pretty good.

HahnSolo Jul 11 2006 11:23 AM

I Know a Little vs. Day After Day Tie What's Your Name? vs. Tattooed Love Boys Skynyrd The Ballad of Curtis Loew vs. Middle of the Road Pretenders Saturday Night Special vs. Back on the Chain Gang Pretenders Free Bird vs. I'll Stand by You What song is it that I want to hear? Skynyrd Call Me the Breeze vs. Mystery Achievement Meh. Tie. Gimme Three Steps vs. Don't Get Me Wrong Skynyrd That Smell vs. Brass in Pocket Pretenders You Got That Right vs. Message of Love Pretenders Sweet Home Alabama vs. My City Was Gone Pretenders Pretenders 6-4.

Edgy DC Jul 11 2006 11:46 AM

"I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" “I Know” has that seventies Aerosmith funk but “Day After Day” makes me stop what I’m doing. Pretenders "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" Pretenders. Name one other rock song that kicks your butt like this in 15/16 time. "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" I can’t take it. “Loew” s OK. That harmonica waxes the Loew guitar lick. I can’t explain it except to say “Brrr…neow! Pretenders. "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" A great vocal trumping raw rock here, Click that video, yo. It breaks my heart at many levels. Click that video link. Pretenders. "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" “Bird” is the word. Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" I’m not a big Motown man, but I know what they were doing, making midtempo compositions into dance songs, not by speeding them up, but having a really good drummer go down like a metronome on the snare four times every measure. That’s what Martin Chambers does in “Mystery Achievement,” and the bass and drums are… relentless. Pretenders. "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" “Fella with the hair-colored yella” is an irresistible internal rhyme. The protagonist is probably a southern boy with sun-bleached hair, but a like to think of him as glammy rocker with a fay dye job that plays on stage but gets snickered at in more realistic dye jobs like at the road house with Linda Lou. Lynyrd Skynyrd. "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" Flirty beating screamy. Pretenders. "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" It’s the reason we’re here, for God’s sake. Pretenders. "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" Pleas from Ronnie and Chrissie for what they believe in about the place they’re from. Can you say one is more valid than another? Tie. This is what this challenge is to me. Skynyrd is not a favorite of mine. At all. But I appreciate the chance to give them a deeper reading. It’s like Warren Zevon said… reconsider me. That's all. Pretenders win it 7.5-2.5.

Willets Point Jul 11 2006 04:43 PM

No sponsor votes as of yet.

Rockin' Doc Jul 11 2006 08:55 PM

Not that it will matter, but I'll cast my vote. I Know a Little vs. Day After Day - Skynyrd What's Your Name? vs. Tattooed Love Boys - Skynyrd The Ballad of Curtis Loew vs. Middle of the Road - Pretenders Saturday Night Special vs. Back on the Chain Gang - Pretenders Free Bird vs. I'll Stand by You - Skynyrd Call Me the Breeze vs. Mystery Achievement - Skynyrd Gimme Three Steps vs. Don't Get Me Wrong - Tie That Smell vs. Brass in Pocket - Pretenders You Got That Right vs. Message of Love - Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama vs. My City Was Gone - Tie Skynyrd by a slim 6-4 margin.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 11 2006 10:23 PM

"I Know a Little" vs. "Day After Day" --Pretenders "What's Your Name?" vs. "Tattooed Love Boys*" --skynyrd "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" vs. "Middle of the Road" --pretenders "Saturday Night Special" vs. "Back on the Chain Gang" --pretenders "Free Bird" vs. "I'll Stand by You" --not a big fan of sby, so i'll do the unpredictable thing ang give this one to skynyrd "Call Me the Breeze" vs. "Mystery Achievement*" --bum-bum-bum bumbumbum bum-bum-bum bumbumbum... pretenders "Gimme Three Steps" vs. "Don't Get Me Wrong" --skynyrd. i like how it starts all rocky, and he gooes "whoo!" "That Smell" vs. "Brass in Pocket" --close but pretenders "You Got That Right" vs. "Message of Love" --also close. but message of love can't be beat with a stick. "Sweet Home Alabama" vs. "My City Was Gone" --skynyrd pretenders 6, skynyrd 4

sharpie Jul 12 2006 05:44 PM

Pretenders win handily 54.5-34.5.

Rockin' Doc Jul 12 2006 11:36 PM

I knew this would be a tough match for Skynyrd to win, but I never envisioned the completely lopsided route this match turned out to be.. Chrissie and the Pretenders put a major ass kickin' on the southern boys. I think I may need to go hang out on a Braves website for Lynyrd Skynyrd to have a shot at a victory. Good show, JD.