# Let's Play Music Artist vs Music Artist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 29, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306 "2015-03-29T22:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/181 "2015-04-27T15:57:37Z")
Procul Harum. I was a fan of both back in the day, and a big fan of the Moody Blues at that, but they just haven’t held up with the passing of the years. Clint Black or George Strait? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/182 "2015-04-27T19:41:32Z")
George Strait. Way better for drinking beer to. Canada Rocks Time: Barenaked ladies or Tragically Hip? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/183 "2015-04-28T20:39:26Z")
Hmm… Tragically Hip had a few really good songs, but Barenaked Ladies had more good songs and were funny, to boot. Ambrosia or the Little River Band? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/184 "2015-04-28T20:46:51Z")
LRB. “Reminiscing” is a song for the ages. Rickie Lee Jones or Juice Newton? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/185 "2015-04-28T21:04:06Z")
Juice Newton. Her stupid songs have been a major source of earworms most of my adult life. I’ll forgive her because she is/was pretty good looking. Along the same lines: Sheryl Crow or Faith Hill? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/186 "2015-04-28T21:45:08Z")
Sheryl Crow, because she’s more pop than country. Pat Boone or his neighbor Ozzy Osbourne? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/187 "2015-04-28T22:13:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Pat Boone or his neighbor Ozzy Osbourne? \ They aren’t the same person? Like Ringo Starr/Yasser Arafat? Pass. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/188 "2015-04-29T19:28:29Z")
I’d take Ozzy; less evil. Robin Trower or Joe Satriani? ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/189 "2015-06-15T19:25:39Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I’d take Ozzy; less evil. > > Robin Trower or Joe Satriani? Trower, easily. More soul. NRBQ or The Radiators? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/190 "2015-06-15T19:37:03Z")
The Radiators, because New Orleans. Keiths - Moon or Richards? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/191 "2015-06-15T19:53:18Z")
Kieth Richards. He held it together. Neko Case or Lucinda Williams? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/192 "2015-06-17T15:14:43Z")
At her best, Lucinda Williams is awesome- her inconsistency is the only reason I consider her overrated. Neko Case, on the other hand, does nothing for me. Alan Sherman or Weird Al Yankovic? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/193 "2015-06-17T15:24:39Z")
Alan Sherman, because he basically invented the genre. David Hasselhoff or Bruce Willis No one said they had to be great artists… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/194 "2015-06-18T00:36:56Z")
OK, I know who this guy is…wasn’t expecting anything surprising other than some straightforward hard rock with an extended solo, and that is precisely what I got. Has a fair amount of power to it. So…old style guitar heroes, tho in this case said side project kind of breaks expectations a bit, and since I just used it in the lyric thread… [Blackmore’s Night, “Shadow of the Moon”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTPVsuiNPqw) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/195 "2015-06-22T20:58:03Z")
Bruce Willis. I know in Germany David’s a hero, but Madame P. loves Bruno. Robert Plant or Robert Palmer? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/196 "2015-06-29T19:32:47Z")
Robert Palmer. At least he gave you something else to look at in his videos besides himself… Vivaldi or Mozart? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/197 "2015-06-29T21:09:06Z")
Vivaldi’s best is as good as Mozart’s best. Mozart just wrote a lot MORE great stuff, so he wins. Judy Collins or Joan Baez? ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/198 "2015-06-29T21:25:14Z")
Really neither but Joan Baez wins. Sting or Phil Collins? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/199 "2015-07-01T02:23:01Z")
Sting, by an inch and a half. Dinah Washington or Nina Simone? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/200 "2015-07-08T23:37:17Z")
Dinah Washington. Nina could be a little didactic and cranky. The Kinks or The Who [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306.md?page=11)