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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Black Sabbath/Ozzy pod
Results: Another upset? No big surprise there. Sonic Youth outpacing Warren Zevon? Didn’t see that coming. In any case, The Kinks establish an early lead and maintain it throughout for a close but...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Neil Young pod
Results: Our closest match yet ended regulation in a tie between Eels and Santana. The numbers: #8 Eels/E 39%; Santana/Carlos Santana 39%; Richard Thompson 9%; The Animals 7%; Peter Frampton 5%;...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Radiohead pod
Results: Well, damn. There’s no denying the greatness of Carlos Santana, but there’s also no arguing that this is the biggest surprise of the tournament so far: Santana, the upset machine, laps the...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Clash pod
Results: Wow. Total lack of drama in this one. Dylan runs off and hides. The numbers: #1 Bob Dylan 86%; The Smiths/Morrissey 7%; The Doobie Brothers 7%. Dylan advances to the Sweet 16. Let’s mosey our...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the U2 pod
Results: Well, the top seeds are on a roll now, and this time there wasn’t even a hint of drama to be had, as “Which one’s Pink?” Floyd administered the worst butt-kicking we’ve seen so far. The...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Nirvana pod
Results: About what you’d expect – The Stones laid an Altamont on all comers. Maybe they’ll find stiffer competition at the next level. The numbers: #2 The Rolling Stones 80%; #7 Bob Marley/Wailers...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: U2 vs Neil Young
Results: I know. It’s only rock & roll. But I like it. So, too, do our voters, although it was a pretty good race from wire to wire. The numbers: #2 The Rolling Stones 54%; #3 David Bowie 46%. The...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Clash vs Neil Young
Results: And Carlos Santana’s magical Cinderella run to the Great 8 … well, as they say, it’s not the fall that hurts, it’s when you hit the ground. The numbers: #2 Pink Floyd 81%; Santana/Carlos...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Final Four (and open thread)
First, the results: perhaps S&R voters are tired of conventional wisdom. Some would examine the results of ToR voting to date and reply that “conventional” isn’t the problem, they just lack wisdom,...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Rolling Stones vs Neil Young
Welcome to the Tournament of Rock – Legends Final Four. Let’s get it started. Up first, The Rolling Stones and Neil Young, the winners of the Budokan and Red Rocks regions, respectively. #2 The Rolling...
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