Sunday 6 April 2014

Battle of the New Wave Bands - Elite 8 (Round 3)

We are now down to the remaining Elite 8 bands, all influential in their own right.  Several were near-unanimous selections, namely the Cure, Police, Clash and New Order.  Depeche Mode came soooo close to upending the Ramones, but the last vote cast decided the winner!

Now for Round 3, the selections become that much more difficult but the actual voting process is simple: select one winner for each of the four brackets, ie

A)  Cure vs Police
B)  Ramones vs. Smiths
C)  Clash vs. New Order
D)  Sex Pistols vs. Talking Heads

Simply send a Comment  (enter Name only in Name/URL drop-down option) to this post with your selections.  As a reminder, when voting take into account the Band's legacy to the New Wave genre and their entire body of work.

The winners for Round 3 will be announced in this coming weekend, so DEADLINE is Friday April 11th, 10 pm EST. 

GOOD LUCK and MAKE YOUR VOTES COUNT!


A) El Mocambo

B) CBGB




1. English Beat 4. Cure (91%)
1. Ramones
4. Cure
1. Ramones (55%) 4. Depeche Mode




2. Blondie 3. Police (82%)
2. Smiths
3. Police
2. Smiths (64%) 3. Joe Jackson








D) 100 Club

C) Roxy




1. Sex Pistols 1. Sex Pistols (73%)
1. Clash
5. Duran Duran
1. Clash (91%) 5. Pretenders




2. Elvis Costello 3. Talking Heads (64%)
2. New Order
3. Talking Heads
2. New Order (91%) 6. Undertones
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11 comments:

  1. Chris M9 April 2014 at 10:21

    I’m not sure if I can continue with the Undertones falling of the list. For those of you that are too young to remember…go listen.

    Here is my winners

    Cure
    Smiths
    Clash
    Pistols

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  2. Santino Bellisario9 April 2014 at 10:22

    These are my selections:

    A) Cure
    B) Ramones
    C) Clash
    D) Talking Heads

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  3. Enza D9 April 2014 at 12:36

    A) Police
    B) Smiths
    C) New Order
    D) Talking Heads

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  4. Brian Kirk10 April 2014 at 16:48

    Here are my selections….really the easiest round yet for me!

    A) Police
    B) Ramones
    C) Clash
    D) Talking Heads

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  5. Sheelagh10 April 2014 at 16:51

    Ok.. so here goes..
    Duran duran (go Simon.. )
    Depeche mode…
    The specials

    Oh.. hold on,.. they are out…!!!

    So it isn’t easy… but here are my selections:
    · The Cure (because the Police became slightly “sameish” after a few songs)
    · The Smiths. ANYONE but the Ramones
    · New Order .. because who can resist BLUE MONDAY?
    · Talking Heads. (because the sex pistols is just a lot of BAD noise.. Miller…. )

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  6. Tony DiRaddo10 April 2014 at 20:43

    A. Police
    B. Ramones
    C. Clash
    D. Sex Pistols

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  7. Jeroen11 April 2014 at 15:12

    OK, here goes...

    A. The Police
    B. The Smiths
    C. The Clash
    D. Talking Heads

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  8. Cindy13 April 2014 at 21:42

    1) Cure
    2) Ramones
    3) The Clash
    4) Talking Heads

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  9. Lawrence13 April 2014 at 21:44

    Thx for the reminder. Here is my vote (drum roll please):

    Cure
    Smiths
    New Order
    Heads

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  10. Joann13 April 2014 at 21:44

    Cure
    Smiths
    New Order
    Heads

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  11. John Minicucci13 April 2014 at 21:45

    1) Cure
    2) Ramones
    3) Clash
    4) Sex Pistols

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