# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/161 "2015-04-19T15:54:05Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Gotta go for the hometown band, Old 97’s > Iron Maiden or Mötley Crüe? Iron Maiden. The Crue’s _Shout at the Devil_ gave me a little pause, but it’s Maiden all the way here. Men At Work or Men Without Hats? ---
**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 19, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/162 "2015-04-19T16:07:03Z")
Men At Work. John Williams vs. Jerry Goldsmith ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/163 "2015-04-21T16:28:21Z")
I like Williams’ best stuff more than Goldsmith’s… but Goldsmith wins because he repeats himself far less and has shown far more range than Williams. The Temptations or Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ---
**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 21, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/164 "2015-04-21T16:38:19Z")
**astorian** –those are excellent points and I agree 100%. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/165 "2015-04-21T17:42:32Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > … > Todd Rundgren or Adrian Belew? Picking up one that got skipped… Adrian Belew. He works the prog without losing the rock, plus has a killer voice. **Garbage** or **No Doubt**? ---
**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 21, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/166 "2015-04-21T18:56:39Z")
**No Doubt** up to the point when Gwen went out on her own, **Garbage** from then on. **Thomas Dolby** or **Talking Heads**? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/167 "2015-04-21T19:36:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **No Doubt** up to the point when Gwen went out on her own, **Garbage** from then on. > > **Thomas Dolby** or **Talking Heads**? Talking Heads, without any hesitation. Dolby had some nice work, but, at a minimum, the first five Talking Heads albums were just about perfect. Liz Phair or Tori Amos? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/168 "2015-04-21T19:51:08Z")
Moving this to Thread Games. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/169 "2015-04-21T20:20:22Z")
Since it was overlooked… The Temptations or Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/170 "2015-04-21T21:53:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Since it was overlooked… > > The Temptations or Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Tough both had great vocals, Smokey Robinson but also Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. Hard to say, though Smokey is an underrated song writer . I like songs from both, and their solo stuff. I will give it to the Temptations, and also because Ruffin and Kendrick’s’ deaths were sad. And Berry Gordy is an a-hole and abused them. Smokey was a close friend of that snake. So Temptations. And they were a better group than the Miracles who were Smokey and some back up guys. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/171 "2015-04-21T21:55:32Z")
Sting or Phil Collins? ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/172 "2015-04-21T22:03:19Z")
Not a big fan of either, but I’d say Sting because he writes his own stuff. And my wife likes him. :mad: The Guess Who vs. Bachman-Turner Overdrive ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/173 "2015-04-22T15:27:22Z")
Guess Who all the way! That jazzy pop style is something I’ve always liked and Burton Cummings voice was amazing. Black Keys or Black Crows? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/174 "2015-04-22T16:05:54Z")
Black Crowes, mainly because I’m not familiar with the other. An eclectic one: Metallica vs. Elvis Presley. ---
**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 22, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/175 "2015-04-22T17:41:59Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Liz Phair or Tori Amos? Tori. Liz flamed out pretty hard after her initial peak, and even that was frankly overrated. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/176 "2015-04-22T17:57:19Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Black Crowes, mainly because I’m not familiar with the other. > > An eclectic one: Metallica vs. Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley Diana Ross vs. Beyonce ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/177 "2015-04-23T03:30:21Z")
Diana Ross is better singer and most of her songs are better. I like some of Bey’s hits also, though would not call myself a fan of either women. Their careers mirror each other in many ways, both came from a three piece group and went on to successful solo careers. I will give it narrowly to Ms. Ross. Madonna or Cher? ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/178 "2015-04-23T03:53:40Z")
Madonna. Cher was fine, lasted a long time, and won an Oscar for best actress, but Madonna’s ability to reinvent herself is why she still has albums at the top of the charts 30 years after she started. Ringo Starr or George Harrison? ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/179 "2015-04-27T00:09:07Z")
Ringo always seemed to be having more fun than George. Richard takes it. Classics IV or Atlanta Rhythm Section ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306/180 "2015-04-27T15:30:09Z")
Atlanta Rhythm Section, mainly because they were more of my generation Procol Harum or the Moody Blues? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-music-artist-vs-music-artist/716306.md?page=10)