Best American Artist Tournament: Round 1, Day 2

[Listyguy]

The opening round in the quest to find the greatest American artist marches on with a new day and four new matches.

For each of the four match ups listed below, pick the artist you prefer. This poll will close at 12 forum time tomorrow (8 pm EDT).

Here are today’s matches:

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire)

[JimmyJazz]

Man, I'm not gonna lie, these American artist versus games are, so far, pretty easy, for me at least.

Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash
CCR
REM

[DocBrown]

Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash
Lynyrd Skynnyrd
R.E.M

[whuntva]

Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash
Lynyrd Skynyrd (by a slim margin)
REM

[jamieW]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)

I'll pass on the final matchup, since I'm not familiar enough with Tom Rush to make an informed decision.

[Luke JR68]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)
Creedence has more songs that hold up well today

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire)
And now that i've heard a Tom Rush song, i can vote for R.E.M. without hesitation

[GucciLittlePiggy]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)
This was a toss-up until I realized that "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" stand head and shoulders above anything by CCR, in my opinion. So far, the toughest match-up for me.

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire)

[slick]

Here are today’s matches:

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire)

[slick]

Thanks Listyguy for putting this together... It has been awhile since I have done an UMT and I am not sure I will have time to do another one in the near future. This helps fill the void.

[Nassim]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)

No idea who Tom Rush is and I don't think this one with be even close anyway.

[PlasticRam]

Johnny Cash even though he's only my third fav country artist, behind Willie Nelson and Hank Williams.

CCR cos I like many of their songs; they have many classics. Lynyrd Skynyrd has only two classic songs, and I personally think Sweet Home Alabama is good, but nothing special.

Tom Rush cos I don't like REM very much, and I thought The Circle Game was quite good.

[Brad]

Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash
CCR
REM

[Jirin]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

Abstain because I have no familiarity with Peggy Lee

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)

40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)

CCR/Lynyrd Skynyrd was a tough call. I have both positive and negative feelings about Skynyrd but no strong feelings either way about CCR, so I went with the mixed feelings.

Though Lynyrd Skynyrd is responsible for some of the stupidest songs ever. "Gimme Three Steps", a song about how having a gun pointed in your face for flirting with a guy's girlfriend is a normal occurrence not, as normal people would assume, resulting in an assault with a deadly weapon charge. "Red, White And Blue", "My neck is still red, my hair's turning red, my collar is BLUUUUEEE", a song way ahead of its time in cheesy faux-humble nationalistic pandering.

[Blanco]

Hey, a friendly question:
Why if the tournament covers "America"​​, only U.S. artists will be taken into account?
We are Americans too!

[antonius]

Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
R.E.M. (Georgia)

[Rocky Raccoon]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
Would be closer if only counting classic '70s Skynyrd

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)

[Mattceinicram]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire)

No real difficult choices this round

[Listyguy]

Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash
CCR
REM

Nothing even remotely close.

[Listyguy]

Hey, a friendly question:
Why if the tournament covers "America"​​, only U.S. artists will be taken into account?
We are Americans too!

A fair point...

[Listyguy]

I won’t be home later to close this poll at it’s proper time, so, given none of these are close, I’ll close it now. Here are the winners from Day 2:

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC) 14
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota) 0

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee) 15
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri) 0

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California) 11
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida) 4

8. R.E.M. (Georgia) 12
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire) 1

[Jirin]

You are certainly Americans, but are you Mur'cans?

[Bruno]

9. Marvin Gaye (Washington DC)
56. Peggy Lee (North Dakota)

24. Johnny Cash (Tennessee)
41. Ike and Tina Turner (Missouri)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival (California)
40. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Florida)

8. R.E.M. (Georgia)
57. Tom Rush (New Hampshire)