choose ye: musical edition.
We’ve done ones like this before… but let’s do it again!
Remember, CHOOSE ONE. Even if it’s hard. Even if you prefer both! Even if you prefer neither!
You still must CHOOSE!
Mozart or Beethoven?
Coltrane or Miles?
Ry Cooder or John Lee Hooker?
Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel?
Hall or Oates?
Loggins or Messina?
Bjork or Sinead?
Rolling Stones or Beatles?
Jimmy Page or Robert Plant?
Duran Duran or Depeche Mode?
Sammy Hagar or David Lee Roth? (or a Gary Cherone write-in)
Harry Connick, Jr or Michael Buble?
Oscar Peterson or Thelonius Monk?
Jay-Z or Kanye?
WHAM! or ABBA?
David Bowie or Freddie Mercury?
Jason Mraz or John Mayer?
Justin Timberlake or Whoever The Heck is Still Releasing from Backstreet Boys?
Peter, Paul and Mary or Mamas and the Papas?
Young MC or Skee Lo?
Sex Pistols or Black Flag?
The Pixies or Throwing Muses?
Marvin Gaye or Al Green?
Wilco or Spoon?
RJD2 or Mark Ronson?
Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday?
Elton John or Billy Joel?
Jackie Wilson or James Brown?
Van Morrison or Bob Dylan?
John Legend or Musiq Soulchild?
Pearl Jam or Nirvana?
GO!
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Beethoven
Coltrane
Ry Cooder
Paul Simon
Hall
Loggins
Sinead
Beatles
Robert Plant
Depeche Mode
Sammy Hagar
Harry Connick, Jr
Thelonius Monk
Kanye
ABBA
Freddie Mercury
Jason Mraz
Justin Timberlake
Mamas and the Papas
Skee Lo
Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco
RJD2 ( have never heard of either, but since this reminds me of R2D2 I’ll go with this)
Ella Fitzgerald
Elton John
James Brown
Van Morrison
John Legend
Pearl Jam
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Completely frozen by indecision.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Beethoven
Miles
Ry Cooder
Paul Simon
Hall
Loggins
Bjork
Beatles
Robert Plant
Depeche Mode
David Lee Roth
Harry Connick, Jr.
Monk
Kanye
Wham!
Bowie (although that one was tough)
John Mayer
Timberlake
Peter, Paul & Mary
Young MC or Skee Lo (don’t know either)
Black Flag
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco
RJD2 or Mark Ronson (?)
Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday (no opinion)
Billy Joel
Jackie Wilson
Dylan
John Legend
Pearl Jam vs. Nirvana = impossible
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 am
Mozart
Miles
Cooder (for the soundtrack work)
Simon
Hall (One exists without the other?)
Loggins (I’m unfamiliar with Messina’s work)
Sinead (for her collaberative stuff)
I look at my iTunes lists, and surprisingly, it’s the Stones
Plant, but you knew that.
Duran Duran, and you knew that too.
Roth
Buble
Peterson
Kanye
WHAM! if a gun is held to my head.
Mercury (but only as part of Queen)
Mayer (but then, I’ve not heard Mraz)
Timberlake, ’cause dude, he’s FUNNY!
PPM
Who? Skee-Lo, ’cause that’s funnier to say.
Pistols
Pixies
Marvin
Wilco
Who? RJD2, ’cause it sounds Star Wars-y
Ella
Either or, as long as it’s pre-1985.
Jackie Wilson, ’cause he said it’s rite petite.
Van Morrison, ’cause he reminded us what Jackie Wilson Said.
Legend
Pearl Jam
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 am
Mozart
Coltrane
Ry Cooder
Paul Simon
Oates
Loggins or Messina? (no idea who they are!)
Bjork
Beatles
Jimmy Page
Depeche Mode
David Lee Roth
Harry Connick, Jr
Oscar Peterson or Thelonius Monk? (again, I plead ignorance)
Kanye
ABBA
David Bowie (Bowie! Bowie! Bowie!)
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Mamas and the Papas
Young MC
Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco or Spoon? (no idea again… I’ll pick Spoon for their name. Reminds me of The Tick: “SPOON!”)
RJD2
Ella Fitzgerald
Elton John
James Brown
Van Morrison
John Legend or Musiq Soulchild? (don’t know ‘em)
Nirvana
Wow… I need to get out more. Or stay in and do some music-related research.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 am
Beethoven
Coltrane
Ry Cooder
Paul Simon
Hall
Loggins
Bjork
Beatles
Robert Plant
Depeche Mode
Sammy Hagar
Harry Connick, Jr
Thelonius Monk
Kanye
ABBA
Freddie Mercury
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Peter, Paul and Mary
Young MC
Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco
Mark Ronson
Ella Fitzgerald
Billy Joel
James Brown
Van Morrison
John Legend
Pearl Jam
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:06 am
Beethoven
Miles
John Lee Hooker
Paul Simon
Hall
Loggins
Bjork
Beatles
Robert Plant
Depeche Mode
David Lee Roth
Harry Connick, Jr
Oscar Peterson or Thelonius Monk?
Kanye
ABBA
David Bowie
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Peter, Paul and Mary
Skee Lo
Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco
Mark Ronson
Billie Holiday
Billy Joel
James Brown
Van Morrison
John Legend
Pearl Jam
I do love a good list to start out my day.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 am
Beethoven
Miles
John Lee Hooker
Paul Simon
Hall
Loggins
Bjork
Beatles
Robert Plant
Depeche Mode
David Lee Roth (I question the logic of anyone who chooses Sammy)
Harry Connick, Jr
Thelonius Monk
Jay-Z
WHAM!
David Bowie
Jason Mraz
Justin Timberlake
Peter, Paul and Mary
Young MC
Black Flag
The Pixies
Al Green
Spoon
RJD2 (There’s a comparison? Really?)
Ella Fitzgerald
Elton John
Jackie Wilson
Bob Dylan
Musiq Soulchild
Nirvana
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I don’t know enough of these to have opinions…
June 24th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Mozart
Coltrane
Ry Cooder
Paul Simon
Hall
Loggins
Sinead
Rolling Stones
Jimmy Page
Depeche Mode
Sammy Hagar
Harry Connick
Thelonius Monk
Jay-Z
ABBA
David Bowie
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Peter, Paul and Mary
Skee Lo
Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco or Spoon
Mark Ronson
Billie Holiday
Elton John
James Brown
Van Morrison
John Legend
Pearl Jam
I must admit that I totally picked at random on many of these…
June 24th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Mozart
Coltrane
John Lee Hooker
Art Garfunkel
Oates
Loggins
Sinead
Beatles
Robert Plant
Duran Duran
David Lee Roth?
Harry Connick, Jr
Thelonius Monk
Jay-Z
ABBA
David Bowie
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Mamas and the Papas
Young MC or Skee Lo?(who?)
Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Marvin Gaye
Wilco
Mark Ronson
Billie Holiday
Elton John
James Brown
Bob Dylan
John Legend
Pearl Jam
July 8th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
What the heck. I’m going for a prize tonight. There is a prize, right?
Mozart.
Coltrane.
John Lee Hooker.
Paul Simon.
Hall. (But only because I hate Oatmeal. Gag.)
Loggins. (’Cause I gotta cut loose. Footloose.)
Sinead.
Beatles.
Robert Plant.
Duran Duran. (Ouch. Tough one.)
David Lee Roth
Harry Connick, Jr.
Thelonius Monk
Kanye
WHAM!
David Bowie. (By a hairsprayed hair.)
John Mayer. (Even though his head is too big for his body.)
Justin Timberlake. (But I think the other answer is Nick - who squeezed my waist at GM Place - insert schoolgirl giggle here.)
Mamas and the Papas.
Skee Lo.
Sex Pistols.
The Pixies.
Al Green.
Wilco.
Mark Ronson.
Billie Holiday.
Elton John.
James Brown.
Van Morrison.
John Legend.
Pearl Jam or Nirvana. I refuse to choose. That’s the third time I’ve broken the Choose Ye rules tonight, but I won’t do it!!