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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 17:32:19 GMT
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Henry Rollins – End of Something
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Desert Sessions Vol. 11 / Grace Libby – If You Run
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Post by nolamike on Jan 28, 2021 17:42:40 GMT
The Rollins track isn't doing anything for me. I like the Grace Libby tune well enough, though it hardly blows me away.
B.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 17:57:05 GMT
The most tame song off the ill fated 'Come in and burn' album v. a dust trail super group track..While I didn't dislike the second as much as I thought I would, I wasn't sent enough to pick it over a decent, if uninspired Rollins Band..Vote A
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jan 28, 2021 18:02:03 GMT
not a fan of either.
B is the sort of thing that seems to be dominating this year's cup. this is the first one that i haven't found offensive.
B
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Post by wobblie on Jan 28, 2021 18:50:31 GMT
Spoiling my ballot on this one
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Post by Sneelock on Jan 28, 2021 20:05:57 GMT
I actually like a lot of Rollins Band so my knee was getting ready to jerk in that direction - nothing doing. it takes too long to rock and once it does it seems sort of phoned in.
so the knee jerks to the other one, right? nah. again, the video is the perfect way to hear both of these. they seem like two people who clocked in and are doing their jobs.
abstain-a-vous!
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Post by toomanyhatz on Jan 28, 2021 21:40:00 GMT
These both need a firmer production hand. There's some elements of something interesting on each, but neither is grabbing me.
At least A doesn't have the over-pumped drums, or B the waify distanced voice, that you'd expect from these things, but they don't provide anything interesting in their place, either.
B, I suppose, without much enthusiasm.
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Post by *LARK* on Jan 28, 2021 21:47:08 GMT
Sometimes I'll make the effort to avoid seeing the name of the artist and manage to click on the song anyway. I did this with this round and I was really surprised to find out the first one was Hank the old treetrunk. I thought it was very good.
The other one was good too but didn't do as much for me.
A clear
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Post by sloopjohnc on Jan 28, 2021 22:37:12 GMT
Henry Rollins bugs me. I never thought he was much out of Black Flag. B is good.
B
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Post by fonz on Jan 29, 2021 9:32:19 GMT
A fan of both of these. The Rollins track starts slowly, with a slightly jazzy vibe-something that group were more than capable of, but rarely did. But, wow. Towards the end it really lifts off. Brilliant.
A
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Post by osgood on Jan 29, 2021 13:17:28 GMT
Two tracks very much up my street. I really enjoyed both, but I'll vote for the one that is inspiring me to explore further, and that Grace Libby tune definitely calls for it.
B
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2021 17:43:15 GMT
A begins in a sort of misanthropic Lou Reed way then scrapes a chorus from the bottom of grunge's bargain bin. Not for me. B is okay, although it feels like the kind of thing I've heard a lot of over the last few years( moody but sophisticated Americana)and it's not a song I can imagine returning to. I did like her voice.
B
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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 29, 2021 21:24:58 GMT
So this round's obvious fonz track is Hank, and I figure the name alone is probably enough to lose the tie here. I don't know if I've ever heard a Rollins solo track before. I've not really heard much of him with a band either, to be fair, but he was pretty good in Wrong Turn 2 (underrated silly horror film alert). I kind of feel the opposite to Snee here, it's only interesting when it isn't trying to rock, it has an interesting mellow-but-sinister feel to it that reminds me of Queensryche's cover of "Gonna Get Close to You", but the chorus is lame and lumpen hard-rock by numbers.
B's actually quietly impressive, I like the restraint, the confidence that the vocals can carry the melodic weight of the song. Hmm, for the first minute or so, anyway. I like the addition of the occasional wail from the guitar, but drums are rarely welcome in this kind of thing, I find them uninteresting and add a structure that isn't required, an unnecessary restraint on the freedom of the music. It feels like it wants to really rock out, and I'm glad that for the most part it resists the temptation, the tension would be lost, and it would undoubtedly become lame. Interesting choice, I'd be intrigued to know if I'd like the rest of her output, because I suspect this is a tasteful one-off. I'd be happy to be proved wrong though.
B
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Post by T. Willy Rye on Jan 30, 2021 0:24:24 GMT
That Rollins track is really not my sort of thing, but B is a pretty solid pick.
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Post by rayge on Jan 30, 2021 14:30:43 GMT
Ooh, portentous, doomy even. Wish I could make out the verses, because the chorus, and my experience of Rollins's spoken word stuff, suggest they may be worth hearing. Liked the guitar at the end. Can't think of anything scathing to say, really, so he's probably doing something right. 5.5 /10
I had some of the early Desert Sessions stuff, mainly because I have liked Josh Homme from his time in Kyuss, but this is a long way from the sound of those. I quite liked this, too, another 5.5 /10 Voting A in an attempt - probably doomed – to promote a tie
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