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Post by Pete on Mar 12, 2010 14:39:29 GMT -5
If you hate both just vote for the one you hate least.  and if you want explain your vote.  |
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Post by Pete on Mar 12, 2010 14:41:15 GMT -5
Some comparisons I found at Billboard that inspired me to do a poll.  In the '80s and into the '90s, however, Def Leppard and Poison each enjoyed quite a run in their hit-making primes. The careers of the bands each predate the advent of Nielsen SoundScan sales data in 1991, but let's look at how each has sold since then. Since 1991, Def Leppard has sold more than twice that of Poison: 16,566,000 albums. Its best-selling title in that period is also a best-of collection, 1995's "Vault - Greatest Hits 1980-1995," with sales to date of 4,908,000. According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), Def Leppard handily leads Poison in album sales, 35 to 14.5 million, sums which encompass the bands' entire careers. Some deeper comparisons, chart-wise? Billboard Hot 100 hits: Def Leppard 19, Poison 12 Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits: Def Leppard 15, Poison 10 Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits: Poison 6, Def Leppard 4 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits: one each (Def Leppard "Love Bites," Poison "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"), both in 1988 Mainstream Rock hits: Def Leppard 21 (including 13 top 10s, three of which reached No. 1), Poison 8 (including two top 10s) So, with Def Leppard ahead in all but one of the above comparisons, you easily win bragging rights over your friend. Since their last Hot 100 appearances in the '90s, both have acts remained relevant thanks to touring and/or Bret Michaels' celebreality career post-Poison's '80s heyday. Both have even paired with two of today's top female stars. Def Leppard teamed with Taylor Swift on an episode of CMT's "Crossroads" in 2008, and the episode's subsequent release topped Billboard's Video Music Sales chart last July. Michaels recently debuted a new song, "Nothing to Lose," featuring Miley Cyrus. She's due to return the favor by covering "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," with Michaels, on her next album. "Miley got ahold of me and wanted to re-cut 'Every Rose...,' " Michaels recently told billboard.com. "When we were in the studio, I said, 'Do you want to hear some of my new tracks?' She said 'I'd love to,' and I played her 'Nothing to Lose' and she fell in love with it and said she'd love to sing on the song. I was like, 'That'd be killer!'" |
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Post by kim on Mar 12, 2010 17:38:07 GMT -5
Def Leppard just sounds a lot better and has moved me a lot more than that other group ever has. Thanks Kim |
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Post by Pete on Mar 13, 2010 13:50:57 GMT -5
Def Leppard just sounds a lot better and has moved me a lot more than that other group ever has. Thanks Kim Yeah Def Leppard for me too. I don't know why I posted the poll the article at Billboard got me thinking I guess. I remember when I was in HS coming home to watch 1-800-DialMTV and Adam Curry announcing that for the first time in something like 18 monts Def Leppard or Poison don't have the number one spot. |
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Post by spacel0rd on Mar 13, 2010 14:11:06 GMT -5
Def Leppard had 2 or 3 good albums (the first one has its moments..the 2nd and 3rd ones are good).
Poison was crap in the early years...in their "prime"...and now.
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Post by Warpig on Mar 15, 2010 13:03:43 GMT -5
Def Leppard had 2 or 3 good albums (the first one has its moments..the 2nd and 3rd ones are good). Poison was crap in the early years...in their "prime"...and now. I pretty much agree with spacel0rd. Def Leppard lost me after Pyromania, and I never got Poison. |
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Post by snakesandladders on Mar 17, 2010 4:58:11 GMT -5
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Post by Jesse on Mar 19, 2010 6:26:17 GMT -5
I'll take Poison, if for no other reason, because they never took themselves as seriously as Def Leppard. Early Def Leppard was really good, but once Rick Allen lost an arm and every song became a variation of "We Will Rock You" I lost interest. Poison's "Flesh And Blood" and "Native Tongue" are solid Rock albums that I still get a kick out of listening to. Their 1st 2 albums are so dated they are nearly unlistenable and every thing they've done recently has been crap.
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Post by blackers45 on Mar 19, 2010 7:01:52 GMT -5
Leppard because at least they started out rockin' then went soft.  |
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Post by GodSlut on Mar 20, 2010 20:13:11 GMT -5
POISON
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Post by snakesandladders on Mar 25, 2010 4:17:53 GMT -5
It's for this very reason that Leppard rulzzzz over Poison...any day
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Post by duojett71 on Apr 5, 2010 9:51:12 GMT -5
While I think Def Leppard has sucked for a long time...they at least
had 3 really good albums with their first 3. Poison never put out one good song that I am aware of let alone an album.
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