By request of the wife of Wintremute.

Without You

Harry Nilsson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQGRRolrg0

Motley Crue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QhVeHr-gM

Mark Gormley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngDHc4JQZqI

David Bowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM85EOxgFnU

Doobie Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EVZA1VCq4

Manfred Mann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YEjSUmDEWQ

Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIPD09St_gw

Hinder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNg4r4qYPw

Just in honor of our lost voter who passed on; Soxolas, the Badfinger original for the Nilsson version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU

He probably would have preferred that I use that.

You know, I was listening to Harry just the other day and I thought this song of his would make a great Car commercial or Video Game commercial song.

Jump into the Fire

One more... 80s Freestyle legend George Lamond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zLf5tcpYJg

-J

Harry Nilsson
Motley Crue
Doobie Brothers
Manfred Mann
David Bowie
Mark Gormley
Van halen
Hinder

Harry Nilsson - Just a great, great song.

Manfred Mann - Not entirely convincing as the blues, but still a lot of fun.

Doobie Brothers - I generally enjoy their stuff, and this was no exception

David Bowie - Not one of his more interesting songs, but one can do worse than mediocre Bowie.

Hinder - Kind of indifferent.

Motley Crue - Okay power ballad, except I found the lead singer's vocals kind of irritating. It was like he had an edge of helium. Or chipmunk.

Mark Gormley - This isn't the first time we've seen this guy. Was he in a Rock Wars somewhere? Can't believe he made it back into the rotation somehow.

Van Halen - What happened to Van Halen? They used to be decent. Now, they're ranking below Mark Gormley. They should be ashamed.

No David Guetta on that list? Too pop for you?

Actually; I toyed with the idea of making this a two parter and then pit the winners against each other, but then I thought I might end giving that turd Chris Brown free publicity and decided I didn't want to be party to that.

There's been plenty of pop in other matches.

I'll go...

Doobie Brothers
David Bowie
Manfred Mann
Motley Crue
Harry Nilsson
Mark Gormley
Van Cherone
Hinder



My wife says...

David Bowie
Harry Nilsson
Motley Crue
Mark Gormley
Doobie Brothers
Manfred Mann
Van Halen
Hinder

1) David Bowie - Really surprised here. I'm not even that big of a Bowie fan, but he easily won it for me. Nothing over the top, just a nice tune with an interesting vocal and drum beat
2) Manfred Mann - Is this Mod? kinda cool, I was tapping along the whole time
3) Doobie Brothers - speaking of Mod, they have some parts here that remind me of The Who
4) Harry Nilsson - a nice, sweet tune. I'm glad it picked up, because the beginning dragged for me but overall was a decent listen.
5) Motley Crüe - I love the Crüe, but no.
6) Mark Gormley - This one made me laugh because is was so bad it was good. And because it made me laugh it beat out....
7) Van halen - Ugh. This. Is. Not. Van Halen.
8) Hinder - 10mil views? really? WTF? These guys look like the hugest d bags. They look like 30-50 year olds singing in a video set at a high school.

And thank you Cap for sparing us from Chris Brown, he would be 9 on principle.

1) Harry Nilsson - loved this song since he first covered it. He stole it from Badfinger and made it his own.

2) Doobie Brothers - This is the Doobies the way I liked them, before Michael McDonald watered the band down.

3) Manfred Mann - These guys had it going on back then. Gotta get a collection of their 60s work in my library.

4) Mark Gormley - I love watching how awkward this guy looks in his videos. Like watching your dungeon master sing karaoke. I'd buy his album.

5) David Bowie - I liked everything about that album. Hard to believe that's SRV on guitar.

6) Motley Crue - Not as fun as Wild Side but not bad.

7) Van Halen - I liked a few songs by Extreme but this doesn't do much for me.

8) Hinder - Maybe I should have shopped around and used one of those two suggestions given above instead.

Best thread comment...

Like watching your dungeon master sing karaoke.

Quite a few good songs in this group! Nice listen, and I actually liked all of them.

1-Hinder- Most listenable, balanced, emotional, enjoyable song in the group.
2-Manfred Mann- After all these years, it just occurred to me that I don't believe I've ever heard a Manfred Mann song that I didn't like. As much as I love Bowie, Ozzy, Stones, Captain Beyond, Hendrix, they all have soings I don't care for, but not so for Manfred Mann. I'll have to dig further.
3-Doobie Brothers- Very Nice
4-Van Halen- Well wasn't that surprisingly refreshing! They've been through so many band and style changes, its been hard to keep track, but I like this phase!
5-Mark Gormley- Great song, so underappreciated. Kudoes to the nominator. When watered down and washed up songs like "Lady" win Rock War rounds over actual good music, you can't expect people to appreciate a guy like this. He's been offered TV appearances and declined them, just loves to make music.
6-Motley Crue- Surprisingly good.
7-David Bowie- Not my favorite Bowie song, but did make me go listen to "Cat People" one more time.
8-Harry Nilsson- A classic, but so dated after all these plays.

Wow, just read everyone's comments, and I swear I wasn't trying to pick any fights! I vote before reading other people's comments, so just looks like I was on a different planet from everyone else this time. Fortunately my planet has a great soundtrack!

I'm really not a Hinder fan, never listened to much of their music, but am surprised that they are last on so many lists! And first on my list. Maybe I need a Xanex or a drink or something, a readjustment device of some sort!!