Title: Rock and roll cage match : music's greatest rivalries, decided /
Authors: Manning, Sean.; Manning, Sean.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Rock music History and criticism; Rock musicians.; Rock groups.
Abstract: "In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today's leading cultural critics, humorists, music journalists, and musicians themselves take sides in thirty of the all-time juiciest 'Who's better' musical disputes."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: R.E.M. vs. U2 / Dan Kois -- Phil Spector vs. Timbaland / Michaelangelo Matos -- The Smiths vs. The Cure / Marc Spitz -- Whitney Houston vs. Mariah Carey / Whitney Pastorek -- The Rolling Stones vs. The Velvet Underground / Richard Hell -- Jay-Z vs. Nas / Tom Breihan -- Band Aid vs. USA for Africa / Dan LeRoy -- Guided by Voices vs. Pavement / Elizabeth Goodman -- Phil Collins vs. Sting / Sean Manning -- Hall & Oates vs. Simon & Garfunkel / Michael Showalter -- Blur vs. Oasis / Jim DeRogatis -- Bernard Herrmann vs. Ennio Morricone / Dennis Lim -- Led Zeppelin vs. Black Sabbath / Robert Lanham -- ABBA vs. The Bee Gees / Katy St. Clair -- The album vs. The single / Daphne Carr and Scott Gursky -- Radiohead vs. Coldplay / Matt Diehl -- Van Halen vs. Van Hagar / Mick Stingley -- Patsy Cline vs. Kitty Wells / Laura Cantrell -- Bob Dylan vs. Bob Marley / Vivien Goldman -- Elton John vs. Billy Joel / The Harvard Lampoon -- The Four Tops vs. The Temptations / Sean Howe -- Trent Reznor vs. Marilyn Manson / Melissa Maerz -- Bruce Springsteen vs. Bon Jovi / Russ Meneve -- Parliament vs. Funkadelic / Ben Greenman -- John Lennon vs. Paul McCartney / Joe Donnelly -- Nirvana vs. Metallica / Gideon Yago -- N.W.A. vs. Wu-Tang Clan / Jonah Weiner -- Devo vs. Kraftwerk / Tom Reynolds -- Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera / Sara Barron -- Michael Jackson vs. Prince / Touré.