FACE OFF: Black Francis [Frank Black] vs Meat Loaf

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Marvin Lee Aday vs Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV. Which is the greater artist? Which has the mightier back catalogue? Is This Monkey's gone to Heaven really better than I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)? Doolittle or Bat Out of Hell? Kim Deal or Karla DeVito? Which is the sexier man? The funnier lyricist? The more expressive vocalist?

YOU DECIDE

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Black Francis	34
Meat Loaf	13

― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 17 August 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3YuQCaDeBBg/TFnIjUm89RI/AAAAAAAABC0/sVuvSz-Za3U/s1600/IMG1014_a_evans_flag.jpg

― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Sunday, 17 August 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link

Musically, i'll take Black Francis hands down - but really, I think they're both probably precious little twerps.

― bodacious ignoramus, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link

They're both nothing without Jim Steinman

― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link

poll of the year

― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link

meat loaf no second thoughts

― g simmel, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link

lol fat people

although if this is the "Rocky Horror vs Fight Club: undersexed nerd coming-of-age movie, gen x vs millennial" thread I guess I'll take RHPS, as long as I don't have to you know actually watch it again

― the ghosts of dead pom-bears (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link

meat loaf had sold way more records, but francis has way more cred

― OutdoorFish, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link

but Rocky Horror vs Fight Club would be meat loaf vs meat loaf

― who cares? the moon sucks. (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link

kim deal vs cher

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link

but Rocky Horror vs Fight Club would be meat loaf vs meat loaf

And would also be boomer vs x, if anything.

Voted Meat Loaf without having to think.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link

If it were Meat Loaf vs Pixies, I might have to think.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link

Bat Out Of Hell vs Monkey Gone To Heaven

― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link

Bat Out Of Hell vs Monkey Gone To Heaven

I like your style

― OutdoorFish, Friday, 22 August 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link

this poll is going to be some serious contrarian catnip, so I guess I better vote for Black Francis.

― Darin, Friday, 22 August 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link

I haven't heard either of frank black's last 2 albums, any good? also has anyone here heard bat out of hell III?

― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 23 August 2014 10:47 (nine years ago) link

only one of these guys made "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," so that one.

― birdman junior dad (some dude), Saturday, 23 August 2014 12:21 (nine years ago) link

only one of these guys wrote Debaser

― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 23 August 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ

― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 23 August 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link

I don't really feel that voting for Meat Loaf over Frank Black is particularly contrarian.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 23 August 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdpXx-PHuM

― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 23 August 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link

I don't really feel that voting for Meat Loaf over Frank Black is particularly contrarian.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:44 AM (Yesterday)

now, no, but re: (10 years ago), it's high challops

probably what makes it so probable now

― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Sunday, 24 August 2014 08:05 (nine years ago) link

Taking a position where that Dashboard Light song is better than the entirety of Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Trompe le Monde and Bosanova is laughable.

― Darin, Sunday, 24 August 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link

I will never understand the unabashed ILM love for Meatloaf.

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 24 August 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link

I'm glad we have wildly varying opinions here, looks like the poll might be close.

― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 12:03 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 31 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

i predict a win for black francis

― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 31 August 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 1 September 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Not nearly as close as I thought.

― OutdoorFish, Monday, 1 September 2014 05:21 (nine years ago) link

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