British Band Tournament - Round 1. T-Rex vs The Smiths

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

I like T-Rex but its The Smiths here 

[KMD7]

Like T. Rex but the Smiths easily for me

[Champ]

T Rex

[YorkshireRed]

T. Rex were good but The Smiths all day long. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

T-Rex.

 

I know it's a cliché, but The Smiths are too miserable to get my vote over a good-time rock band.

[The Golden Eel]

My dad used to listen to Tyrannosaurus Rex records. I've never really heard much T Rex apart from the singles. The Smiths are one of my favourite bands of all time and I'll probably be voting for them in every round of this. 

[SasaS]

7 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

T. Rex were good but The Smiths all day long. 

 

Well, they are no Tears For Fears.

Another ridiculous tie. Draw should have been done by UEFA.

[Bjornebye]

Some opinions in this thread are closer to lunacy than they appear 

[YorkshireRed]

5 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

Well, the are no Tears For Fears.

Another ridiculous tie. Draw should have been done by UEFA.

It’s the nature of the beast but some quality bands have gone home early in this competition. The cream will still rise to the top in the end though. By cream, I don’t mean Cream. I obviously mean The Rolling Stones.

[Numero Veinticinco]

The Smiths by a massive margin. I’m just waiting for Queen to draw Atomic Kitten in the first round. Then lose by a vote. 

[Pidge]

Great band, but never liked his voice and he's such a cunt I doubt I'd vote for him even if I was into his music.

 

Bolan on the other hand, taken too soon, Marr's hero and supported the likes of the Damned despite having a totally different audience.

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Now we get to the strategic voting mindset which has broken the Empire.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

5 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Now we get to the strategic voting mindset which has broken the Empire.

Not from me. I’m consistently voting for the losers, every time. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Not from me. I’m consistently voting for the losers, every time. 

To be fair, that is a strategy - just an unusual one.

 

On this vote, I had the same strategy.

[aws]

Preferred them as Tyranasaurus Rex before they changed their name and went more commercial but can't deny they rattled out some decent singles as T Rex. 

[Jairzinho]

T-Rex.

[Moo]

Easy, The Smiths.  Comfortably the best thing to come out of Manc. 

Don't mind a bit of The Buzzcocks and The Hollies, New Order too.  Everything else is pretty shite, hate that whole Madchester scene and sound. 

The Smiths though, wonderful.

[Lee909]

T - Rex

The Smith is just miserable shite that makes you want to slash your wrists. 

[Red_or_Dead]

Fucking hell, what a bloody draw!  Two of my favourites against each other.

 

Bolan's massively under-rated as a songwriter and Morrissey is now (always?) a daft racist.  So I'll go T. Rex.

 

 

[sir roger]

Went to school with a lad who adored Bolan and skipped school for weeks to sit around the tree that he crashed into with other admirers / hippies. Not too popular with the Brothers who ran the school , but eventually he came back and was allowed to pick up his A Level year. Weirdly enough he ended up a copper.

 

The Smiths for me.

[VladimirIlyich]

I'm more of a fan of The Smith's type of music and while The Smiths made a few songs I liked T-Rex made a bigger splash on the music scene and influenced more people ib my view.

[Paul]

Just want to be clear that mine is a vote for Johnny Marr and not that other cunt, the racist, preening tit. 

[PestiRed]

 Johnny Marr’s guitar playing was one of the few musical bright points of the mid-80’s plus he he’s still cool as fuck whilst also seeming to be a very nice man. A rock legend that I’d love to have a pint with

 

 

Proving  that he probably didn’t need the other bloke anyway

[YorkshireRed]

2 minutes ago, PestiRed said:

 Johnny Marr’s guitar playing was one of the few musical bright points of the mid-80’s plus he he’s still cool as fuck whilst also seeming to be a very nice man. A rock legend that I’d live to have a pint with

Another one who’s book is, if you haven’t already, well worth a read.