Battle of the Bands, Round Two

The Rolling Stones

As regular readers of this blog know, we're having some fun with a Battle of the Bands on my radio show, Dr. John's Record Shelf. The goal is to determine the top British (or Commonwealth) group from the period 1960-1974, and we recently wrapped up Round One, reducing the field from 64 to 32 bands. I've now set up the second round matchups, with songs that will represent each group, as seen below. The seedings appear after the band names. Comments are welcome on the selections, but I'm unlikely to make any changes at this point. If you'd like to cast a vote on any or all of these pairings, please feel free to do so in the comments section, and I'll add them to the tally. The actual competition will unfold through the Spring-- starting in mid-January on the program (which will be on hiatus over the holidays).

Empire Bracket:
"D'yer Maker" Led Zeppelin (1) v."She's Not There" the Zombies (8)
"Itchycoo Park" Small Faces (5) vs"Can't You See That She's Mine" the Dave Clark Five (4)
"Bungle in the Jungle: Jethro Tull (6) v."I Started a Joke" Bee Gees (3)
"No Matter What" Badfinger (7) v."Waterloo Sunset" the Kinks (2)

Teddy Boy Bracket:
"Street Fighting Man" Rolling Stones (1) v."All the Young Dudes" Mott the Hoople (8)
"The Stealer" Free (12) v."The Mighty Quinn" Manfred Mann (4)
"Paranoid" Black Sabbath (6) v."It'as My Life" the Animals (3)
"Takin' Care of Business" Bachman-Turner Overdrive (10) v."Tales of Brave Ulysses" Cream (2)

Mod Bracket:
"My Generation" The Who (1) v."Co-Co" Sweet (9)
"I'm Just a Singer in a Rock'n Roll Band" Moody Blues (5) v."Silence is Golden" the Tremeloes (13)
"I've Seen All Good People" Yes (11) v."Hand Me Down World" Guess Who (3)
"Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple (7) v."See Emily Play" Pink Floyd (2)

Pop Bracket:
"Day Tripper" Beatles (1) v."Keep On Runnin'" Spencer Davis Group (9)
"Needles and Pins" The Searchers (5) v. "Dandy" Herman's Hermits (4)
"Sorry" Easybeats (11) v."Bluebird" Buffalo Springfield (3)
"Love Is All Around" The Troggs (10) v. "This Wheel's On Fire" the Band (2)