# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/21 "2015-03-31T14:18:07Z")
I’m going to say Clapton, but only because of Cream. The Replacements or The Smiths? ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/22 "2015-03-31T14:36:18Z")
The Replacements, because Morrissey sounds like a Muppet. Van Morrison or Paolo Nutini? ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/23 "2015-03-31T14:41:27Z")
Van Morrison, because I’ve been listening to his music since childhood and I barely know who Paolo Nutini is. Bob Dylan or Tom Waits? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/24 "2015-03-31T15:12:15Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I’m going to say Clapton, but only because of Cream. I love Cream and some of his other work, but you’re still dead to me. 😉 😃 ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/25 "2015-03-31T15:22:45Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Van Morrison, because I’ve been listening to his music since childhood and I barely know who Paolo Nutini is. > > Bob Dylan or Tom Waits? Dylan, but that’s close. Both have written timeless songs. But Dylan changed how songs are written. Squeeze or XTC? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/26 "2015-03-31T16:04:47Z")
Squeeze. Not even close. The Kinks or the Small Faces? ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/27 "2015-03-31T17:13:25Z")
Kinks because of ‘You Really Got Me’ has my absolute favorite guitar solo. CCR or The Band ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/28 "2015-03-31T17:43:23Z")
CCR- Fogerty is a jerk, but a brilliant jerk! KISS or Van Halen? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/29 "2015-03-31T17:46:34Z")
Van Halen, by a country light year. Kiss’ greatest talent was for selling merchandise. Leonard Cohen or Lou Reed? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/30 "2015-03-31T17:56:37Z")
Eclectic power pop chiming in… The Cars or Oingo Boingo? ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/31 "2015-03-31T18:10:07Z")
Gotta go with the Cars here. I can still remember how fresh they sounded when they first came on the air. No one was doing exactly what they were doing at that exact moment, and I value originality. Hmmmm… Credence Clearwater Revival? or Canned Heat? ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/32 "2015-03-31T18:20:26Z")
Leonard Cohen for the music, Lou Reed for the influence. So… Cohen? I guess? CCR easily over Canned Heat, not just because the vocals don’t sound like Kermit the Frog. Blur or Oasis? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/33 "2015-03-31T18:20:26Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Hmmmm… Credence Clearwater Revival? or Canned Heat? CCR. I know tons of CCR songs, all of them good. I know like one Canned Heat song, and I don’t really care for it. To go in a different direction, do you like your electronic music mainstream and pop-y, or frenetic and weird: Daft Punk or Aphex Twin? ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/34 "2015-03-31T21:05:23Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > Leonard Cohen for the music, Lou Reed for the influence. So… Cohen? I guess? > > CCR easily over Canned Heat, not just because the vocals don’t sound like Kermit the Frog. > > Blur or Oasis? Like both, but Oasis by far. I have owned most of their albums at times, while for Blur only their greatest Hits. Oasis had by far the better songs, and had more success here in America. “Wonderwall” is a great 90’s songs, nothing Blur did was on that level, even album wise as “What’s The Story Morning Glory”?. So Oasis wins. I’ll let some one else take over the Daft Punk vs. Aphex Twin as it still stands. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/35 "2015-03-31T23:50:34Z")
Aphex Twins leave me cold, but I’ve always found a song or three to like from Daft Punk. Plus, that’s cool name points. An obvious offering from me… Alice Cooper vs. Ozzy Osbourne ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/36 "2015-04-01T00:49:47Z")
Dang, that one’s hard. I’ll go with Ozzy. Waylon or Willie? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/37 "2015-04-01T00:55:07Z")
Willie by a mile Janis Joplin or Gracie Slick? ---
**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 1, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/38 "2015-04-01T00:55:47Z")
Willie can sing; he wins. Grace Slick Who? Janis put her heart in it. She wins. Fifth Dimension vs. The O’Jays ---
**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 1, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/39 "2015-04-01T01:41:32Z")
Fifth Dimension, if only because they have Marilyn McCoo. Little Richard or Chuck Berry? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/40 "2015-04-01T01:47:02Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Dang, that one’s hard. I’ll go with Ozzy. > > Waylon or Willie? We’re over, man. Just over. Out of Richard and Chuck I’d pick the litter. The former just seemed way too pervy for my taste and Mr. Berry still rocks my socks when I hear him. Pink or Cher? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306.md?page=3)