‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #14 – POST-SUPER BOWL BLOWOUT EDITION’ (Or, ‘BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND VS. EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS’)

Republican Vs. Democrat, Male Vs. Female, War Vs. Peace, Light Vs. Dark, Good Vs. Evil, Man Vs. Machine, Love Vs. Hate, Dog Vs. Cat, Sun Vs. Moon, Brain Vs. Brawn, Oscar Vs. Grammy, Angel Vs. Demon, Laurel Vs. Hardy, Beer Vs. Wine, TV Vs. Radio, Pitcher Vs. Batter, Paper Vs. Plastic, Reality Vs. Fantasy, Yeshua Vs. Beelzebub, Conservative Vs. Liberal, You Vs. Me, House Vs. Senate, Offense Vs. Defense, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Spy Vs. Spy, Fischer Vs. Spassky, W.C. Fields Vs. Sobriety, Harold Gimpy, Jr. Vs. Sheldon J. Pismire, Rock Vs. Paper Vs. Scissors, Islam Vs. Everything, Singer Vs. Singer, Band Vs. Band...

THE  BATTLE  OF  THE  BANDS! (‘BOTB’)

Shoop-Shooby –

Shooby-duh-Dooby-Doop-Dooby-Dooby-Doo-Wah –

Buh-Doo-Wah!

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EUGENE  MARTONE  VS.  JACK  BUTLER

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So... didja watch Super Bowl XLVIII? I did. That is, I did through the first play of the second half when the Seattle Seahawks ran the kick-off back for a touchdown. At that point (to use an expression from The Holy Bible), “the handwriting was on the wall”, and I found more exciting things to do, like... go to the grocery store, peel my toenails and clip potatoes.

Beforehand, the Denver Broncos were favored to win the game by 3 points. The Seattle Seahawks won the game by a score of 43 to 8. Ooh! How did anyone survive such suspense?

I’ll bet the embarrassment of such a lopsided loss to an underdog team caused many Broncos fans to wish they could... “get out of Denver”.

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GODZILLA  VS.  KING  KONG

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Well, this post-Super Bowl Blowout ‘Battle Of The Bands’ (‘BOTB’) installment is in honor of those poor souls in Denver, Colorado, who were forced to endure such a humiliating defeat in “The Biggest Game On Planet Earth”. My heart (and my ‘BOTB’ post) goes out to them!

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In 1974, Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band released the album ‘Seven’ which included the high-velocity song ‘GET OUT OF DENVER’. Although it was never a Billboard Top 40 hit, it did receive quite a bit of airplay on FM radio stations over the years. I always dug that song big time.

Here’s the Bob Seger original, getting out of Denver at "120" miles per hour:

Bob Seger – ‘Get Out Of Denver’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WWHdBuOC6Q

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In 1976, a British Pub and prototype Punk band called Eddie And The Hot Rods released an album called ‘Teenage Depression’. I can no longer recall how I first heard about it, but I purchased a copy of it probably a year later in ’77. Being a depressed teenager at the time, I played it a lot.

Included on that release was a cover version of Seger’s ‘GET OUT OF DENVER’, although Eddie and his Hot Rods were getting out of Denver a bit faster, like, at about 170 miles per hour. Here’s their cover version, recorded live somewhere:

Eddie & The Hot Rods – 'Get Out Of Denver'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v50nQobyIus

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RIDDLER  VS.  BATMAN

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Alright now, “you know the gig”... I welcome EVERYONE to vote for their favorite of these songs in the comment section below. And feel free to tell us WHY you chose one song over the other. (NOTE: Comment Moderation is activated. All submitted comments that do not transgress "Ye Olde Comment Policy" will be posted as soon as possible. Thanks for taking the time to comment.)

After voting here, I suggest - actually I insist - you pop over to FAE’s ‘Far Away Series’, Arlee Bird’s ‘Tossing It Out’, Robin’s ‘Your Daily Dose’, LC’s ‘DiscConnected’, and Chris' 'The Creative Outlet Of StratPlayer' blogs to see which songs they have chosen and vote there also. (If their ‘BOTB’ blog bits aren’t posted yet, pour yourself two shots of ‘Grand Marnier’ over ice – do it twice – and then return to their blogs to vice your voice ...vote your vice ...voice your vote.)

Voice Your Vote @ ‘FAR AWAY SERIES’ by clicking HERE.

Voice Your Vote @ ‘TOSSING IT OUT’ by clicking HERE.

Voice Your Vote @ ‘YOUR DAILY DOSE’ by clicking HERE.

Voice Your Vote @ ‘DISCCONNECTED’ by clicking HERE.

Voice Your Vote @ ‘CREATIVE OUTLET OF STRATPLAYER’ by clicking HERE.

As I've done in the past, I will continue to return to my 'BOTB' blog bits on the 7th and 21st of each month to post my own votes and announce the winners in the comment sections.

Links To Previous 'BOTB' Installments:

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #1’ (Or, ‘BEBEL VS. BEBEL’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #2’ (Or, ‘FLEETWOOD MAC VS. THE ROCKETS’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #3’ (Or, ‘THE BEATLES VS. BRIAN AUGER AND TRINITY’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #4’ (Or, ‘BROADWAY HAIR VS. HOLLYWOOD HAIR’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #5’ (Or, ‘NAT VS. VAN VS. D'MODE’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #6’ (Or, ‘ZEVON VERSUS RONSTADT’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #7’ (Or, ‘FATS VS. SATCH VS. BOCEPHUS’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #8’ (Or, ‘SATCHMO VERSUS DARIN’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #9’ (Or, ‘SINATRA VERSUS CARPENTER’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #10’ (Or, ‘DURANTE VERSUS CONNIFF’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #11’ (Or, ‘JULIE ANDREWS VS. DIANA ROSS’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #12’ (Or, ‘THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS VS. THE BEACH BOYS’)

‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS #13’ (Or, ‘ELLINGTON VS. VISCOUNTS VS. GATTON’)

~ Stephen T. McCarthy

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