Favorite Musical Act 15. Pink Floyd 12 14. Tom Petty 13 13. Led Zeppelin 14 12. Rush 14 11. Billy Joel 15
Favorite Sports Team:
17. Chicago Bears 16 16. Buffalo Bills 16 15. Raiders 17 14. LA Lakers 17 (top ranked NBA team)
Favorite Music Act: 10. Pearl Jam 16
9. U2 18
Favorite Sports Team:
12. New York Giants FB 18
11. Dallas Cowboys 18
10. Boston Bruins 18 (Top ranked NHL team)
9. Green Bay Packers 24
Favorite Musical Act
20 votes
8. Prince
Favorite Sports Team
29 votes
8. New York Mets
Favorite Musical Act:
22 votes
7. Foo Fighters
Favorite Sports Team
29 votes
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite Music Act
26 votes
6. The Rolling Stones
Favorite Sports Team
30 votes + Top ranked NFL team
6. Seattle Seahawks
And now, the top fives
Favorite Musical Act
26 votes
5. Grateful Dead
Favorite Sports Team
39 votes
5. Chicago Cubs
Favorite Musical Act
27 votes
4. Queen
Favorite Sports Team
42 votes.
4. San Francisco Giants
Favorite Musical Act
33 votes
3. The Eagles
Favorite Sports Team
47 votes
3. Boston Red Sox
This is it, folks. The final two sports teams. The final two musical acts. As voted by you. Or other people like you from big coastal cities or liberal pockets everywhere.
And FYI, numbers one and two in both categories have traded off the top spot throughout the survey. In fact, they were tied as often as they weren’t.
Favorite Sports Team
54 votes.
Number two:
Los Angeles Dodgers
And number one...
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they have 27 titles.
Plus the most votes with 56
1. New York Yankees
And now the final 2 musical acts. This race was such a route that both top 2 finishers had nearly THREE times the vote of any other act.
Number two.
With 83 votes.
It’s... Bruce Springsteen
And that leaves one more musical act. They traded the top with The Boss the whole time.
But finishing first. With 86 votes.
It’s The Beatles.
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The recent, sad passings of Lance Kerwin and Adam Rich have got me thinking of how quickly time is passing. And thinking a lot about the 1970’s. This thread is a quick photo salute to some of my other favorite 70’s figures, real or fictional. Enjoy. 🤟
There is no sports team I love more than #USMNT. And I’ve never been less excited for a World Cup, because of Gregg Berhalter’s arrogance & stubbornness. 3 years in & he’s still basing player selection around his system & not the other way around. Setting this team up to fail. 🇺🇸
Insistence on playing a “high line” w/o the players to do it. Even worse, an adherence to “playing out of the back” long after we assumed we were done with that. Long/ Zimmerman are not the CBs for that. If you insist on it, call up Brooks & Ream. What a disaster this close to WC
Jordan Pefok’s the most obvious case in point. For an entire qualifying cycle the narrative has been “we don’t have a 9 who can score.” Suddenly, an American is lighting up the Bundesliga but GB won’t call him. Doesn’t fit his “system.” All he does is score goals & assist on them
For tonight’s #FridayNightMusicFun, I’m going to go, year by year, picking the Best Pop Hit Single of each year & runners up. You may disagree/add your own. But remember, this isn’t Pitchfork or Village Voice—these are Pop Hit Singles. Anyone ready to begin?
Best Pop Single 2021:
Olivia Rodrigo- Good for U
Runners-up:
Dua Lipa/ DaBaby- Levitating
Doja Cat/SZA- Kiss Me More
Bieber- Peaches
BTS- Butter
Adele- Easy on Me
Kid Laroi/Bieber- Stay
Olivia Rodrigo- Driver’s License
Best Pop Single 2020:
The Weeknd- Blinding Lights
Runners up:
Harry Styles- Watermelon Sugar
Megan/Beyoncé- Savage
Roddy Ricch- The Box
Dua Lipa- Don’t start now
Doja Cat- Say So
24KGoldn- Mood