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Post by alejandro on May 20, 2019 17:55:14 GMT
Honestly don't like A at all, I'll pretty much abscribe to Hatz's opinions on it. Not terribly big on B as a song or a choice either, even if it is better than A. I guess it's an abstention on my part.
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Post by Sneelock on May 21, 2019 17:11:03 GMT
B because of that whole greased up Scarlet Johansen image in my mind's eye.
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Post by rayge on May 23, 2019 13:14:08 GMT
a - this is sweet, pretty even, in a shoegazy sort of way, but then the characterless male voice comes in and the atmosphere falls apart. And then it stops. 5 / 10 b - and of course I've heard this literally hundreds of times, although I never owned the single. It's a song by my favourite auteur songwriters, performed by the best male voice of his generation, with my favourite producer in the booth, even if his name isn't on the record. Am I supposed to vote against it? That impossibly evocative arrangement with the vibes and heartbeat bass, 'soft and sweet and yearning', the lyric in general, the string and alto sax break, full of yes, yearning emotion. Even those la la las at the fade. It's brilliant, taste defining, perhaps the culmination of that New York, vaguely Latin, Leiber and Stoller sound. It's a little over-familiar, sure, which is why it only gets 8 / 10
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Post by rayge on May 23, 2019 13:18:02 GMT
At least it's not the Aretha version (also great, but even more overplayed). Might be another US/UK diversion here, but I don't think I've ever heard the Aretha version. Don't bother, it's pants. In a song that demands delicacy, she puts her hob-nailed boots on. Laura Nyro's version, on the other hand, runs Ben E close
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Post by rankingted on May 23, 2019 22:17:13 GMT
I didn’t know I knew A, but i did - it’s been called out already as a fairly brisk and entertaining JD/NO manque for the kids. It’s certainly better than a lot of the chin stroking efforts I’ve seen in this round, I liked it. Anyway, after that praise, I’m going for the homely comfort of
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Post by oleandermedian on May 24, 2019 11:24:57 GMT
For goodness’ sake. What a poor round it’s been.
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Post by countmachuki on May 24, 2019 17:41:54 GMT
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Post by Inspector Norse on May 25, 2019 10:48:36 GMT
The XX are one of my pet hates. Everything they do sounds like a studied, posey attempt to replicate somebody better's sound and convince students that they're cool. The New Order guitar line, the vocals - who the fuck thinks Kim Gordon is a good vocal inspiration? - and the refusal to ever sound anything other than restrained and constipated: that girl could actually have a good voice if she let herself sing properly. The less said about the man the better. Why is this considered an OK way to sing nowadays? Like you're one of the victims in The Human Centipede. Utterly loathsome.
B quite obviously, and if you think otherwise you are evidently a wanker who probably works for the NME. As an intern.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2019 13:55:47 GMT
Ouch!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2019 14:13:58 GMT
Ridiculous...
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Post by rayge on May 25, 2019 14:21:14 GMT
a 6 Dayodead b 11 Sloop
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