๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ† The World Cup Of... ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒ Backing Bands - Final - post 144 The Bad Seed vs Crazy Horse

Hello! Inspired by the World Cup threads down on the Social Board and an idea @NeilYoung had, weโ€™re going to do some music World Cups. 8 groups of 4, the top 2 of each go through to the knockout stages until we either decide who or what the best of each category is or we die arguing about it. Firstly, itโ€™s backing bands, and here are the groups:

GROUP A:

  • The JBโ€™s (James Brown)
  • The Innocent Criminals (Ben Harper)
  • Bad Seeds (Nick Cave)
  • The Jicks (Stephen Malkmus)

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GROUP B:

  • Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst)
  • Heartbreakers (Tom Petty)
  • E Street Band (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Attractions (Elvis Costello)

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GROUP C:

  • The Band (Bob Dylan)
  • Blackhearts (Joan Jett)
  • Love Unlimited (Barry White)
  • The Revolution (Prince)

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GROUP D:

  • Crickets (Buddy Holly)
  • Spiders From Mars (David Bowie)
  • Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)
  • Wailers (Bob Marley)

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GROUP E:

  • The New Power Generation (Prince)
  • The News (Huey Lewis)
  • Booker T and the Mgs (Otis Redding)
  • Maytals (Toots Hibbert)

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GROUP F:

  • Miracles (Smokey Robinson)
  • The Shadows (Cliff Richard)
  • Crazy Horse (Neil Young)
  • Sugar Mama (Beyoncรฉ)

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GROUP G:

  • Stooges (Iggy Pop)
  • Magic Band (Captain Beefheart)
  • Animals (Eric Burdon)
  • Miami Sound Machine (Gloria Estefan)

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GROUP H:

  • The Experience (Jimi Hendrix)
  • Banshees (Siouxsie Sioux)
  • LCD Soundsystem (James Murphy)
  • The Funk Brothers

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As always, chat, discussions and moaning are greatly encouraged!

Wow Group B is really a toughie eh?

Egbert Nobacon and the Black Puddings

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This isnโ€™t the social board Chegg, no jokes please.

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Absolutely cracking idea @NeilYoung and itโ€™s a shame Crazy Horse will be going out so early

Wrong genres maybe but the omission of both classic Miles and Coltrane backing bands is pretty damning.

Of this lot Iโ€™ll plump for the E Street Band

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Yeah thatโ€™s who Iโ€™m backing tbh. NY provided most of this list by the way, I added a few.

Oh shit so it isnโ€™t. Iโ€™m very sorry

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Versatility of styles and amount of outright bangers itโ€™s hard to dispute them in their pomp.

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Good bandanas too.

Literally being Steve Van Zandt next Friday for a halloween covers band, itโ€™s bandanas o clock :smiley:

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How are the Funk Brothers last you fucking philistines!

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Cool!

Yeah Iโ€™m gonna make it a series I think :grinning:

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Was going to include like 5 neil young backing bands but thought that might be excessive

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Why? Do you like him or something?

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Just a tad

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  • Glenn Ponder and Chalet
  • Glenn Ponder and Debonair
  • Glenn Ponder and Ferrari
  • Glenn Ponder and Bangkok
  • Glenn Ponder and Savoir Faire
  • Glenn Ponder and Lazarus

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Fucking planned to make this joke and forgot didnโ€™t I.

Tough bracket for the news

Er why arenโ€™t Love Unlimited smashing it. One of the finest backing bands/orchestras ever.

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