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Post by rayge on May 24, 2019 16:59:45 GMT
A Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
B Tommy McCook, Richard Ace, The Skatalites & Disco Height - Shockers Rock
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 17:12:20 GMT
I like both of these. I like how A puts an updated spin on a pretty standard template, but like how exotic B is.
A wins.
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Post by bungo the mungo on May 24, 2019 18:12:54 GMT
i think A is my second favourite pick of the round. love it.
B does nothing for me.
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Post by Crunchy Col on May 24, 2019 20:02:27 GMT
A
but it's close
B has maybe more interesting things going on, but it just goes on too long
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 22:15:56 GMT
B suffers from a rather cluttered, hectic arrangement. It needed more space to breathe. However it does take off when the horns start soloing. Could do with an edit, but liked it overall.
I was worried A would be one of those tasteful, overly referential neo-soul things. It does skirt dangerously close to that at times, but there's a full bloodied approach here that I like and it's got enough slightly idiosyncratic elements (that mellotron sounding instrument) to keep things interesting. Not a great song, but they get the most from it. Yeah good stuff. A
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Post by lokie on May 26, 2019 6:52:48 GMT
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Post by toomanyhatz on May 26, 2019 19:20:15 GMT
I agree with what G says about A, except I think it does cross the line into slickness. B is too long by half, but feels a lot more organic.
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Post by rayge on May 27, 2019 12:31:43 GMT
a - lasted two minutes. Seems pretty generic to me. And slick. They're all very good at what they do, I just don't see much point in what they're doing. Like many revivalist bands, they sit uncomfortably in a gap between pastiche and homage. 4 / 10 b - sounds like it was recorded in a corrugated iron shed, and probably was. Not that that's a bad thing, never hurt Gary Bonds or the Church Street Five. It's all about the solos, really, and there were enough of them to keep me listening, and minimally bouncing in my chair, all the way through. 5 / 10
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Post by fange on May 28, 2019 3:54:31 GMT
Good match! Both are comfortably in my wheelhouse and get repeat plays. If i must choose i'll go with B for the sheer invention of the sounds being made, the exotic feel and genre-crossing playing.
B
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Post by fonz on May 29, 2019 10:26:48 GMT
Neither really my thing, but A gets the nod.
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Post by osgood on May 29, 2019 10:54:45 GMT
I had not heard of Raphael Saadiq (apparently I should have for what I read on wiki), and this track has impressed me a lot. I can't hear the pastiche anywhere, it feels very much the real thing, no matter it's done in a wrong era. B had interesting parts but as a whole it felt rather dull.
A
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Post by DarknessFish on May 29, 2019 12:56:15 GMT
Was there not more than enough of A's kind of thing recorded at 60 years ago? I mean, it's alright, you wouldn't necessarily leave the pub if they were playing live, but you wouldn't seek 'em out, either.
B's much more my kind of thing, a genericky ska track, with a bit of an ethno jazz thing played out over the top. Not exactly the best of its type, and not far removed from an Ethiopian elevator soundtrack. But yeah, as uninspiring ska goes, it's ok.
B
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 15:32:52 GMT
I'll go with the sorta ska track over the generic overproduction of A...Vote B
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Post by countmachuki on May 30, 2019 16:23:03 GMT
B!
Thoroughly relentless the entire way with dub mixing of a scorching hard ska track. Hear how it invents dance music about 3/4ths of the way through?!
Tone (Toni? Tonay?) is cool if you like polite revival soul on VH1, I guess.
B, I tell you!
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 18:38:04 GMT
B! Thoroughly relentless the entire way with dub mixing of a scorching hard ska track. Hear how it invents dance music about 3/4ths of the way through?! Tone (Toni? Tonay?) is cool if you like polite revival soul on VH1, I guess. B, I tell you! Why am I not surprised?
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