[Mr. Dashbee]

A battle of two jobbers…Ultimate Jobber vs. Jobber Blitz! Which one will finally do the job?!

Tale of the Tape:

#5 seed Jobber’s Perfect Purgatory - Freddie Mercury (vocals), Eric Clapton (guitar), Bo Diddley (utility 1 - guitar), Paul McCartney (bass), David Garibaldi (drums), Keith Emerson (utility 2 - keyboards)

How did Jobber get here?
First Round – defeated Courtney’s The Sexy No-Blonde Mofos 11-10
Quarterfinals – defeated Hodgey’s Scarecrow Believer 13-4
Semifinals – defeated Dead’s Birth of the Cool 12-6
Average margin of victory = 5.333 votes

vs.

#10 seed Blitz’s Barefoot Sex - Mick Jagger (vocals), Jimi Hendrix (guitar), Johnny Ramone (utility 1 - guitar), Chuck Berry (utility 2 - guitar, vocals), John Entwistle (bass), John Bonham (drums)

How did Blitz get here?
Round 1 – defeated Punker’s Heroes and Heroin 12-10
Quarterfinals – defeated Serge’s The Originals 14-4
Semifinals – defeated Thai’s The New Originals 10-9
Average margin of victory = 4.333 votes


Two men. One championship!

Please keep in mind that set-lists were optional. Please vote based on the artists drafted!

[creepy]

Just put Blitz in the lead.........

[The Canadian Content]

I've said since early in the draft that I think Clapton/McCartney could win the whole thing. I stand by that.

[Habs]

Ultimate

[Sportsguy]

Barefoot Sex just barely

[Deadly]

Blitz.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Blitz.

As much as I love Clapton and McCartney, I think Jagger is a better front man than Mercury and has a slightly better collective set of musicians behind him.

[Byrntrigan]

Both are good, but I ultimately chose Jobber Blitz as I believe his band could play varied styles and with mercury, I just hear Queen-ish type stuff. No knock on that band, but I like the other one just a tad better due to Jagger.

[Ultimatejobber]

Wow, getting housed here. I would like to point out that Freddie Mercury and for that matter Queen as a whole were more than Bohemian Rahpsody and the Operatic stuff. Mercury knew how to rock, could sing the blues (See the Sheer Heart Attack album) and was every bit the showman (better IMO) that Jagger was. Also, I would see McCartney and Clapton doing some vocal work as well.

While I can't argue against Hendrix and Berry, I don't see how Ramone fits. I think he is as great a guitarist as anyone. I just don't see him and his style of play matching as well with Berry and Hendrix. I will also say don't dsicount the greatness that would be Bo Diddley and Clapton. I envisioned some some bad ass Blues instrumentals with those two.

Finally, I wish I had time to showcase Garibaldi and Emerson more, but I am at work and am putting off a couple of things to make a hasty plea for votes. I will say Emerson and Garibaldi could play any style and were perfect support for four much higher profile band members. I'll try to get some you tube stuff up later when I'm home, but trust me they add to the band.

[Jobber Blitz]

I'm going to win a showdown? This is impossible. I'm sure Jobber has some cousins just lurking, ready to swing it 11-10 at the last moment.

[creepy]

Maybe he has a young daughter or wife that never posts.. This one ain't done yet...........

[Ultimatejobber]

Sadly, my wife will never be cool and post on this board. sigh.

[Lucky]

I'm not related to Jobber but I voted for him. I basically agree with the whole argument he made. Ramone and Berry are great but I don't see them fitting with Hendrix and Jagger. I'm a huge Queen fan and Mercury has more range than he's given credit for as "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is one of my favorite songs. I LOVE Clapton and even if Mercury was limited as a lead singer I assume Clapton would get some songs and mix it up. And Bo Diddley's great and fits with this band better than the band seems to with Blitz's. Jobber's feels like a band that really works as a rock band with some nice blues, soul, and rockabilly sounds. A band I could see myself loving.