Creedence Clearwater Revival vs the Grateful Dead vs the Band

ccr vs. Husker Du

(Minnesota, obvs)

(and maybe Fugazi from DC)

CCR steely dan hall & oates

but maybe that's too obviously the marital aid

idk man that's seriously tough

I knew CCR would win, but I'm surprised it was so lopsidedly in their favor. Now that I think about it, the Band didn't enter the conversation as much as I'd have imagined. Could it be that a lot of us just aren't familiar with them?

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Yeah ive never listened to The Band. I have that live movie though, one of these days i'll watch it...

that live movie's maybe the worst way to experience 'em - check out their second LP, the self-titled one. it's sublime.

I didn't vote - couldn't choose between CCR & the Dead. The Band have a handful of nice songs (and I love the Basement Tapes), but I don't know... I have "Music from Big Pink", but I've only listened to it a couple of times and it hasn't really clicked with me yet. Maybe I need to give it another try.

Results are ridic

Results are awesome. CCR heads above these other pretenders

creedence vs. band vs. allmans anyone?

― how's life, Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this would be interesting

or simply allmans v. dead

CCR vs Jesus Christ, the Son of Man

CCR vs. Thor, God of Thunder

surprised by how CCR destroyed in this poll. voted for the band fwiw.

didn't vote, but wrote letter to Obama telling him to listen to Pembroke Pines 77

guys let's take all the "random band vs. vaguely contemporaneous band" poll ideas, write them down on pieces of paper, put them in a big bowl, and then set the bowl on fire

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think CCR would beat anybody in a poll except Mount Rushmore-type people--Beatles, Dylan, Velvet Underground, etc. Draw that line wherever you want to, and they're at the lower end. I think they'd beat the Allman Brothers handily.

well this poll came into existence because CCR finished 3rd in Dead vs. Yes vs. CCR and CCR fans were like "you can't treat my grampa like that, grampa is the best"

grampa v. CCR

that was Rush that lost the poll w/ the Dead and Yes

guys let's take all the "random band vs. vaguely contemporaneous band" poll ideas, write them down on pieces of paper, put them in a big bowl, and then set the bowl on fire

I wonder if there's some way you could just not click on the polls that offend you?

there's really not!

that was Rush that lost the poll w/ the Dead and Yes

Rush is the Canadian CCR though

You're both tiresome.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think CCR would beat anybody in a poll except Mount Rushmore-type people--Beatles, Dylan, Velvet Underground, etc.

Well, they did lose to the combined forces of The Velvet Underground + The Stooges + Big Star, though they still finished respectably:

CCR vs. The Velvet Underground + The Stooges + Big Star Poll

im surprised that Algerian Goalkeeper hasnt started a CCR v. Ulver v. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum v. the top 100 bands of the 80s (not hair metal, not punk, not country) poll

these threads are some of the best talk on canonical rock band stuff on ilx in years imo

some dude's antipathy to these threads is weird to me - I think the worst of these three bands won by a landslide in this poll but it's still a good time, chill out some dude

Don't remember that one, but 25 votes is pretty good in that context. (Confusing calculation on the one side...)

somehow, some dude and thomp are both otm

did I mention that Creedence was playing at the u-mail-it place when I went in yesterday? several songs, too, not just the radio. it reminded me that if I ever get access to the master tapes of these records I must wipe all Fogerty's vocals without pausing to consider the historical effects of my actions

So what should a Deadhead-averse person listen to in order to not hate the Dead?

American Beauty

Dick's Picks 3 + 10 are pretty good, although I'm not really well-versed on the late-70s. Dick's Picks 22 is just MASSIVE and really shouldn't be passed up on.

― spanky hotel frogstrot (how's life), Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:08 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, 22 is the Dead record I'd play for Velvets fans who think they hate the Dead. This thing could go toe-to-toe with The Quine Tapes (and I think it even has more feedback).

― Choogle Image Search (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:10 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Perhaps a suggestion.

some dude's antipathy to these threads is weird to me - I think the worst of these three bands won by a landslide in this poll but it's still a good time, chill out some dude

― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:20 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

eh BAND VS BAND SMACKDOWN is just kind of a dumb type of thread to me, but even if they're gonna go down tbh they'd just be more fun w/ more bands in the mix or a more carefully considered trio with stronger parallels and/or less predictable winners.

Start here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1v0JquteQ

you don't think these three bands have strongly considered parallels...?

xp

"Feedback" from Live/Dead on a continuous loop.

naw man this was a good throwdown w/quality zings and some exposition, I got a window into why people like ccr so much a little & even enjoyed one of the ccr live clips. Then again I am a poll-option fascist, I dislike polls that have too many options - prefer limited ones. I thought the Band had a shot here!

these are 3 bands that definitely share a certain late '60s/early '70s americana rock zeitgeist but i don't see why you couldn't include like 10 other bands in that (xpost)

Hey this thread reminded me I was supposed to listen to the Band at some point, so it's not all a waste of time.

because polls with a whole bunch of options are stupid xp

Disagree those things aren't really what the dead does, and sorry they don't stand up to VU or lots of other skronky stuff, the american beauty is the dead at their best, a good country rock band with sine jazzy, out there tendencies, its well made and well produced

i don't see why you couldn't include like 10 other bands in that (xpost)

probably because those 10 other bands don't have loyal partisans here

Anyone remember when iatee did those march madness-style bracket polls? Those were so fun.

like you could include the Burritos in here, but why the fuck would you? and the New Riders, and America for that matter, but contrast is best when there's just a few flavors.

xp what's "out there" about AB? p straight country rock album imo

unless you wanted to throw Neil Young in here (he would've won btw)

xp

Stay out of the damn threads if you don't like them

Polls are just arbitrary conversation starters anyway, the results are meaningless

Neil Young vs. New Order vs. Public Enemy