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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 16:36:02 GMT
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The 5 Royales - Think
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National Wake - International News
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 1:54:25 GMT
If you watch the video of B without the sound, it looks like the song can be aggressive and propulsive, but with the sound, the actual song is kinda tame...The first track is standard fare for this kind of thing...Marginal Vote for B
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Post by toomanyhatz on Jul 8, 2019 2:35:02 GMT
B is incredibly important historically and a wonderful discovery - I am glad South Africa had something like them. It's pretty run-of-the-mill sounding, though.
A is elemental and ahead of its time - you get great harmonies and guitar heroics and a soulful vocal and a sax break for good measure. Sure crams a lot into 2 1/2 minutes like a good single should.
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Post by lokie on Jul 8, 2019 6:36:01 GMT
Not big on either, sorry.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 17:30:56 GMT
For me the bluesy stabs of the guitar make A and lift it beyond its slightly formulaic nature. Nice, swinging track.
There's a wonderful story to B. I'd urge everyone to read The Guardian piece on them (sorry, too lazy to provide a link). It's just a shame they sound like The Vibrators.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 17:35:03 GMT
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jul 8, 2019 22:55:31 GMT
Sorry, but I just found A kind of boring.
B does sound a bit like the Vibrators, but GOOD Vibrators! and that's not a bad thing, really. And considering their time and place, you know....?
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 9, 2019 7:44:13 GMT
If B was on some English punk comp nobody would bat an eyelid. I wasn't sold on A but it's more up my street.
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Post by fange on Jul 9, 2019 8:14:26 GMT
Man, another good match. The 5 Royales had some of the baddest motherfucking guitarists of that time, and Pauling was top of the pile. I almost voted A as a kneejerk reaction, but i'm really glad I played B because I like it a lot! Never heard the name or tune before, but it's got a heap of energy - the tight guitar sound plus echoey vocals hit a bunch of my musical hot spots. I'm giving it my vote.
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Post by osgood on Jul 9, 2019 9:13:16 GMT
Well so far four excellent matches out of four, well done preludiners.
B is really good, but the vocals guitar combination in A ultimately conquered me.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 9, 2019 12:29:13 GMT
A's very much of its time. The guitar twangs are all good and well, but otherwise it's a fairly lifeless piece of blues. Hard to say anything about it, really.
B has a lot more going on, the way the vocals and bass seem to bounce off each other, there's quite a dynamic there. Yeah, wouldn't exactly stand out on a Brit punk comp, but A wouldn't stand out in a public library.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jul 11, 2019 12:16:10 GMT
i wasn't keen on B. the 5 royales is OK but uninspiring. must do better.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jul 11, 2019 21:49:37 GMT
I'm not really too fussed by either of these, although the line "think of all the bad things I tried not to do" cracks me up every time.
Just for that I'll give it to A.
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Post by rankingted on Jul 12, 2019 6:34:30 GMT
Really interesting picks. The story of B is amazing but the track is in truth a little ordinary. And A is fairly ahead of its time sounding, bluesy licks, early rock n soul. I make it just about the winner here.
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Post by lokie on Jul 12, 2019 7:38:31 GMT
the line "think of all the bad things I tried not to do" cracks me up every time. Me too! |
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