Versus (Week Fifty-Six) (lock me, please)

[DM was on fire!]

Welcome to Versus! Versus will pit two artists/bands against one another. PPT will vote (On the Poll) to see which band/artist they want to win. The winner will than take on a challenger the next week and so on and so forth.

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Winner from Last Week

U2 won against Natasha Bedingfield! The results:

Natasha Bedingfield: 40%
U2: 59%

Total Votes: 32

This week, U2 will take on Relient K (I had an 8 year old threaten me with an inch of my life! Plus, I did promise a few other people I'd do Relient K)!

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Facts

U2

• U2's latest album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, sold over 800,000 units in it's first week, doubling the sales of the CD they had released before that (All That You Can't Leave Behind)
• After touring with hip-hop superstar Kayne West (who has sang, or in this case, rapped, hits like Gold Digger and Heard 'Em Say), U2 says they will be experimenting with styles that of hip-hop and rap.
• Their singles include "Vertigo", "Sometimes You Can't Make It Out On Your Own", and "Original of the Species".

Total Number of Videos: 31



Relient K

• Relient K originally formed back in 1999 on Gotee Records (home to artists such as Grits, 4th Avenue Jones and John Reuben) with four members. They have now grown to five members, but only two are the original.
• Relient K's name was originally because guitarist Matt Hoopes had a Plymouth Reliant K car, but because of copyright issues, it couldn't be Reliant K. Therefore, they spelt it with two "e"s, and didn't have to worry.
• Their singles include "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been", "Be My Escape" and "The Truth"

Total Number of Videos: 5

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Feedback

• Suggest bands or artists you would like to see!

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Hall of fame

Bands and artists which were taken out of the competition due to continously winning, are automatically posted in the Hall of Fame:

Matchbox Twenty (Won from Week Sixteen to Week Twenty-One, Won the Golden Round)
Queen (Won from Week Twenty-One to Week Twenty-Seven)
Coldplay (Won from Week Thirty-Nine to Week Forty-Four)
Christina Aguilera (Won from Week Thirty-Four to Week Forty-Seven)

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Previous Versus Competitors

AC/DC
Avril Lavigne
Ashlee Simpson
Backstreet Boys
Beyoncé
Black Eyed Peas (Won from Week Two to Week Four)
Blink 182
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera (Won from Week Thirty-Four to Week Forty-Six)
Ciara
Clay Aiken
Coldplay (Won from Week Thirty-Nine to Week Forty-Four)
Destiny's Child
Eminem (Won from Week Eleven to Week Thirteen)
Evanescence (Won from Week Nine to Week Eleven)
Green Day (Won from Week Four to Week Seven, Week Mega-Versus to Week Fifty-Four)
Good Charlotte
Guns N' Roses
Gwen Stefani (Won from Week Twenty-Nine to Week Thirty-Two)
Hilary Duff
Hoobastank
Jessica Simpson
Jet (Won from Week Thirty-Two to Week Thirty-Four)
Jojo
Kanye West
Kelly Clarkson
Kym Huynh (Won from Week Thirty-Four to Week Thirty-Five)
Linkin Park (Won from Week One to Week Two) (Second Chance to Week Forty-Nine)
Lindsay Lohan
Madonna (Won Week Fifty-One to Week Fifty-Three)
Mariah Carey (Won from Week Forty-Seven to Week Second Chance)
Matchbox Twenty (Won from Week Sixteen to Week Twenty-One)
Metallica (Won from Week Thirty-Five to Week Thirty-Six)
Missy Elliott
Natasha Bedingfield
Nelly
No Doubt (Won from Week Thirty-Six to Week Thirty-Nine)
Norah Jones
Oasis
OutKast (Won from Week Thirteen to Week Sixteen)
Our Lady Peace
Queen (Won from Week Twenty-One to Week Twenty-Seven)
Rammstein
Rob Thomas
R. Kelly
Seether
Spice Girls (Won from week Forty-Nine to Week Fifty-One)
The Bee Gees
The Game
The Killers (Won from week Twenty-Seven to Week Twenty-Nine)
Tim McGraw
U2 (Won from Week Fifty-Four to Week ???)
Usher
Yellowcard (Won from Week Seven to Week Nine)

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Coming Soon!

Want to see if your favorite artist/band is coming up next? Well, here is the list of upcoming challengers!

Fall Out Boy
Pink
Rihanna
Gretchen Wilson
L'arc-en-Ciel
The Pussycat Dolls

And more...

(Note: This list is subject to change)

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Information

- Any band/artist is able to compete (Ranging from as old as Queen to as new as Panic! At the Disco). The only thing is that they most have songs with English lyrics. No foreign music, unless they have broken the language barrier (Example: Utada Hikaru)
- You may suggest artists/bands to compete.
- Every Wednesday the votes will be tallied and a new round will be posted.

Last edited by DM was on fire! on Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Matterbug]

I'm not sure I've ever actually heard a Reliant K song, so U2 it is.

[DM was on fire!]

Relient K.

Most of the time, they're played on mainstream top 20 stations. Can't tell you how many times I've heard Who I Am Hates Who I've Been on my local station.

[Paul]

U2, by far.

[iamherefor_relientk]

relient k. look at my display name...OmGzZzZz EyE nO eWe FrOm Da ReLiAnT kAy BoArDs!!$!!!!!!!!!#$%$%^#@@!!%551!fourandahalf!%!!!!!!!

~megan "guitargurl2".

relient k is the best. they beat u2 by...a lot.

[DM was on fire!]

Leeetle hyper, are we, Megan?

[Kitten Medli]

I must change my set in honor of this special event, although I know U2 will woop their bums.

RELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTKRELIENTK.


*JUMPS AROUND WITH MEGAN*

[Adoration]

*is stationary* The 8 year old will threaten me with an inch of my life if I don't vote for Relient K.

I WANT ANDY HUNTER AND I WANT 'IM NOW, DM WAS ON FIRE.

[DM was on fire!]

There's an exclamation point there, and don't you forget it, Elizabeth Ingrid.

[Light]

U2. I voted. Don't ask why. I don't know why?

[May]

U2 all the way! No question about it.

[MyleneFarmer]

Coming Soon!

Want to see if your favorite artist/band is coming up next? Well, here is the list of upcoming challengers!

L'arc-en-Ciel


Information

- Any band/artist is able to compete (Ranging from as old as Queen to as new as Panic! At the Disco). The only thing is that they most have songs with English lyrics. No foreign music, unless they have broken the language barrier (Example: Utada Hikaru)

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Now, I'm not the most knowledgeable L'arc-en-ciel fan, I will admit this. I've been listening to them on a very limited basis since about 2001, and only own one album (another's in the mail). But I didn't think they had an English-language release yet. At least not in the capacity of the "Utada" release by Utada Hikaru (which was horrible...sad since she has such great Japanese songs that are 1/2 in English in the first place). So, um, isn't there a contradiction here?


Oh, and I vote for U2.

[Bangel]

Relient K = suck to the ninth power.

[Ammer]

Coming Soon!

Want to see if your favorite artist/band is coming up next? Well, here is the list of upcoming challengers!

L'arc-en-Ciel


Information

- Any band/artist is able to compete (Ranging from as old as Queen to as new as Panic! At the Disco). The only thing is that they most have songs with English lyrics. No foreign music, unless they have broken the language barrier (Example: Utada Hikaru)

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Now, I'm not the most knowledgeable L'arc-en-ciel fan, I will admit this. I've been listening to them on a very limited basis since about 2001, and only own one album (another's in the mail). But I didn't think they had an English-language release yet. At least not in the capacity of the "Utada" release by Utada Hikaru (which was horrible...sad since she has such great Japanese songs that are 1/2 in English in the first place). So, um, isn't there a contradiction here?

In L'arc-en-ciel's case, they are widely known around the world. I even know of them and I don't listen to French music a lot although I do like some artists. If an artist is widely recognized around the world by people who don't listen to that type of foreign music, they are allowed to compete.

[Kitten Medli]

Relient K = suck to the ninth power.

That was meeeeean. :{