@trip: Well, there's Sting and Falco. They'll probably go a couple rounds.

Yeah, and striking out swinging isn't the same as striking out looking, but neither get you anywhere.

Also, after consideration, throw out Huey Lewis and the News. Replace them with Heart.

If there's room for another what about Judas Priest

Also I will drop Tech N9ne to make room for others, he's really good but way too obscure to win this thing

You have Pet Shop Boys and the Smiths. New Wave's on there.

I will gladly switch Ravi Shankar for Eurythmics, but not Cure or Depeche Mode (even though I like them too).

Well, I feel confident in my picks: 30 Seconds to Mars, Queen, Phil Collins, Falco, Michael Jackson (more like a joint pick with kasi) and Heart. I feel they will all at least make it past the first round (and I am not withdrawing 30STM, they are my favorite modern band).

PE, any choice of who to swap out for Tech N9ne.

Prolly Judas Priest, but before you do, someone give me a rough list of nominations still outstanding and lemme look first. I might think another group's more meritorious of the spot

What about Santana

Alright, so is that our final list, or do people want to compress/alter more?

Tenative List:
1. Bob Dylan
2. Billy Joel
3. Kanye West
4. Sam Cooke
5. Lady Gaga
6. The Beatles
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Mozart
9. Puccini
10. Vivaldi
11. Tchaikovsky
12. Nirvana
13. Marshall Mathers
14. 30 Seconds to Mars
15. The Mountain Goats
16. The White Stripes
17. The Decemberists
18. Big Star
19. Queen
20. Beethoven
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. Brahms
23. Johnny Cash
24. Black Sabbath
25. Bob Marley
26. U2
27. David Bowie
28. Green Day
29. James Brown
30. The Eagles
31. Tupac
32. Frank Sinatra
33. Grateful Dead
34. The Who
35. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
36. Straight No Chaser
37. Mahler
38. Pink Floyd
39. Dave Matthews
40. Paul Simon
41. Bach
42. Frankie Valli
43. Red Hot Chili Peppers
44. Otep Shamaya
45. Anti-Flag
46. Laura Jane Grace
47. Bruce Springsteen
48. Elvis Presley
49. Etta James
50. Aretha Franklin
51. Phil Collins
52. Sting
53. Stevie Ray Vaughn
54. Iron Maiden
55. Jay-Z
56. Janis Joplin
57. Metallica
58. Tech N9ne (PE's choice)
59. Falco
60. Chopin
61. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
62. The Mars Volta
63. System of a Down
64. Slayer
65. Woody Guthrie
66. Hank Williams
67. BB King
68. Elton John
69. Daft Punk
70. Public Enemy
71. Eurythmics (formerly Ravi Shankar)
72. New Pornographers
73. Robert Johnson
74. Spoon
75. Jimi Hendrix
76. Schumann
77. Liszt
78. Louis Armstrong
79. Billie Holiday
80. Gershwin
81. Cole Porter
82. The Rolling Stones
83. Edith Piaf
84. Animal Collective
85. LCD Soundsystem
86. Frank Zappa
87. Arcade Fire
88. Journey
89. Maurice Andre
90. Miles Davis
91. Thelonious Monk
92. Radiohead
93. REM
94. The Stone Roses
95. The Smiths
96. The Pet Shop Boys
97. The Beastie Boys
98. The Beach Boys
99. The Kinks
100. Tom Petty
101. Rise Against
102. Pantera
103. Turisas
104. Propagandhi
105. Phish
106. Foo Fighters
107. AC/DC
108. Fall Out Boy
109. Family Force 5
110. Portishead
111. Björk
112. Jeff Buckley
113. Skunk Anansie
114. 3 Doors Down
115. Good Charlotte
116. The Killers
117. Velvet Underground
118. The Raconteurs
119. Wilco
120. Alt-J
121. Queens of the Stone Age
122. Built to Spill
123. Fleet Foxes
124. Paul Simon
125. Eric Clapton
126. Michael Jackson
127. Heart
128. Nine Inch Nails

@obi: I say we give it another couple minutes. The discussion has not yet died.

I really would like to make a push for P!nk. Kinda underappreciated, considering she can sing like her records midair attached to strings.

Rihanna would deserve a nomination over Pink.

I'll switch out my nomination of fleet foxes with Charles Mingus if that's ok.

Also, I hope we can link a couple of youtube songs with each match up. Give us a sample of the completion.

why everyone hating on Green Day?

Justin bieber all the way.

anyone who mentions him will be deported.....like he soon will be

My serious nomination would be the offspring

Nice.

"why everyone hating on Green Day? "

It's like a rite of passage for some people to hate on green day, especially after they became popular. Hipsters call that selling out. Even though these same people will probably praise the Clash or Nirvana. And the same people who ridicule the guy-liner will defend the fashion style of New Wave.

Or maybe we just think they're really bad.

I kinda love you right now. Is that weird...

Not you ghug FUUUUUUUUck

YOU SAID IT AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK

Really though I've picked Green Day as my band to make fun of because you insulted the honor of The Mountain Goats and that's simply not acceptable. There are plenty of bands on the list I dislike just as much.

I'm glad you're honest now that I admitted my love for you.

Just think about it this way, ghug - I could have nominated Linkin Park.

You nominated Green Day, they're basically equivalent.