I'm the queen of rock 'n' roll

Random fun vote-quote of the day:

"I'm concerned that Yo La Tengo turned rabid after losing to the NPs last round. Naming their next album "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass"?" - Canadian Dave

#16 Gil Scott–Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - 10 votes
defeats
#1 Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the UK - 8 votes

Analysis:
" The Revolution Will not Be Televised. Seriously, if this makes it to the very top, I will not be disappointed...only surprised." - Tri-L

#9 Pixies, Debaser - 14 votes
defeats
#8 Depeche Mode, Just Can't Get Enough - 5 votes

Analysis:
"Pixies--Another vote for the Pixies. Yawwwn." - Mike is bored with us.

#5 White Stripes, Fell In Love With a Girl - 10 votes
defeats
#12 Velvet Underground, Rock 'n' Roll - 8 vote
(1 abstention)

Analysis:
"White Stripes. I got Civ IV after my defense and Leonard Nimoy, as narrator, quotes "Rock 'n' Roll" at one point. I actually think Nimoy would do better reciting "Fell in Love With a Girl" Is there any line more Spock-like that "sometimes these feelings can be so misleading"?" - Canadian Dave

#4 Cure, Close to Me - 14 votes
defeats
#13 Tori Amos, Silent All These Years - 2 votes
(1 tie, 1 neither, 1 abstention)

Analysis:
"Cure, This is the one Tori Amos song that I don't despise, but I watched five seconds of the live clip and decided to vote against her pretension." - WBF

#3 Massive Attack, Unfinished Sympathy - 9 votes
defeats
#14 Blondie, Rip Her to Shreds - 7 votes
(3 abstentions)

Analysis:
"Massive Attack, Unfinished Sympathy. Massive Attack, I never quite got them in college, but I totally kind of get them now, and I like it. I blame House." - CDB


#11 New Pornographers, Letter from an Occupant - 15 votes
defeats
#6 Jeff Buckley, Last Goodbye - 3 votes
(1 abstention)

Analysis:
"NPs. shouldn't Buckley be facing "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism?"" - Exceedingly Tacky Cranky Uncle Greg

"NPs (are there a lot of math jokes about the New Pornographers?)" - SRF [Does that make the current touring lineup sans Neko NP-incomplete? - Ms. L]

#10 New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle - 11 votes
defeats
#7 Roxy Music, Love Is the Drug - 8 votes

Analysis:
"Roxy Music--Toughest choice this round. Roxy Music almost lost because a local (Cleveland) radio station uses "Love is the Drug" as the background to their traffic reports, so when I hear it I think of either a> annoying nasal voiced traffic reporters or b> being stuck in traffic." - Mike

#2 Smiths, How Soon Is Now? - 10 votes
defeats
#18 Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane - 9 votes

Analysis:
"How Soon Is Now? When Morrissey loses... and yes, I know he has no hope against Belle & Sebastian in this crowd... I will mourn the last remaining Smiths song by locking myself in a dark room and attempting to masturbate while crying." - Danimal

"How is that different than any other day of his life?" - Cranky Uncle Greg on Tuesday


Voting for this round will end at 9:00pm CST Sunday. Comment or email me.

And now...the final matchups of the second round:

#1 U2, I Will Follow (video)
vs.
#17 De La Soul, Me Myself and I (video)
After upsetting The Smiths in the first round, the guys from Amityville take on the one U2 song with any shred of "indieness."

#9 Nirvana, All Apologies (video)
vs.
#8 Green Day, Longview (video)
Would Green Day be famous without Nirvana?

#5 Sleater-Kinney, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (video)
vs.
#12 Specials, A Message To You Rudy (video)
Upbeat politically-aware punk-pop battle!

#13 Dead Kennedys, Kalifornia Uber Alles (video)
vs.
#4 Replacements, I Will Dare (iTunes)
Figurative 1984 meets the literal.

#3 Mission of Burma, Academy Fight Song (video [actually the second song in the clip])
vs.
#19 Pulp, Common People (video)
Covered by REM vs. covered by Shatner.

#11 Oasis, Supersonic (video)
vs.
#6 Belle & Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister (iTunes)
Unibrow or bowlie?

#7 Bjork, Army of Me (video)
vs.
#10 Beck, Where It's At (video)
Let's just combine them and send "Bjëck" to the next round.

#15 Dead Milkmen, Bitchin' Camaro (iTunes)
vs.
#2 Nine Inch Nails, Head Like a Hole (video)
Two novelty acts. Only one is funny.