Piano Man defeats Benny and the Jets!

The Contenders:

"Benny and the Jets" - Elton John

vs.

"Piano Man" - Billy Joel

The Story:

You've gotta start off with some real heavyweights if you're gonna be taken seriously in the blogosphere.

Unless you're a complete fucking zombie (in which case, awesome!!!), you've heard these songs before. They're both fucking good, everyone loves them, and if you hate either of them you hate puppies and candy. (Asshole.)

Furthermore, if judging these songs on their own auditory merits wasn't tough enough, the Interwebbers have pulled out all the stops on these YouTube renditions.

Benny and the Jets, 17 seconds in? Muppets.

Piano Man, 15 seconds in? Booze.

John v. Joel is hard enough, but really? Muppets v. booze? I can't decide.

Hopefully, you can.