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Post by rayge on Feb 11, 2020 13:30:35 GMT
A Peggy Lee - Of Such Is the Kingdom of God
B The Weather Prophets - Almost Prayed
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 16:24:00 GMT
A wasn't what I expected at all, more of a mood piece and, I would imagine, quite an unusual track for the time. It tested my patience a little, but does have a certain spectral beauty to it. Very interesting choice. B is firmly in that style of Jonathan Richmond/Velvets with its chugging, building momentum and is a bit of an old favourite of mine that I've used myself in past cups. I have to go with my heart here, but apologies to A.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Feb 11, 2020 19:07:21 GMT
A is interesting. Sweet. It reminds me a bit of that Seeds song that kicks off Future
but of course B has to win this one - one of the most spirited tunes from the mostly disappointing C86 crowd
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 21:20:32 GMT
I like it when Peggy Lee spices it up a bit. Did not dig this.
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Post by DarknessFish on Feb 11, 2020 21:49:01 GMT
A's more interesting than I expected. There's something quite formally school-teachery about the enunciation coupled with the quite simple lyrical patterns. Another track where the instrument feels quite disconnected from the voice. Again, lacking much frame of reference, I kinda hoped Josephine Foster would turn up and make this into a masterpiece, that sounds much, much older.
Is B's cover an impressionist portrait of Leatherface? I can't quite decide if this track does enough, there's a hint of Velvets, but there's also a dollop of a much more boring kind of Americana about it. It is not without charm, I think the warmth of the vocal buys the band a lot of leeway.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Feb 11, 2020 22:44:52 GMT
Wow, I really think these are both more 'god-adjacent' than anything having to do with g(G)od(s) or religion.
Both are pleasant enough musically but don't really excite me - one's dated exotica and the other's dated jangle pop.
A is a deeper cut, I guess. Hope this subject offers more in future rounds. It's a great theme.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 22:46:24 GMT
Hmm, the Alice Coltrane-esque-ish harps at the beginning of A wasn't expected. And suddenly now it's gone baroque. But what's she talking about? Birds and feet I think. The feet are happy. Happy feet. God is indeed good, He who makes our feet happy. There's a charming naivety about this ... in fact really it's far too naive. It fades out of memory, like a forgotten childhood poem.
B goes into nature as well. Why do they keep forcing religion on animals? Argh this is really monotone but thankfully short.
A gave me a better listen but I wouldn't do so again.
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Post by osgood on Feb 12, 2020 8:32:16 GMT
I don't know what to do about A, but certainly I'm not playing it again to decide. B is harmless and forgettable, but enough to win.
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Post by fange on Feb 15, 2020 13:11:43 GMT
Interesting match. A is very pretty in its way, something that i can certainly enjoy if i'm in the mood. But B is more immediate and appealing right now so wins this one.
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Post by oleandermedian on Feb 16, 2020 0:41:59 GMT
A is good. Dreamy harps! I’m feeling verily on high right now. B I almost yawned.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 18:42:29 GMT
intense dislike of the first one and not digging the sub basement Creation second choice...ugh..Guess if the vocals are stripped from B it's passable...Vote B
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Post by fonz on Feb 19, 2020 8:13:44 GMT
A wouldn’t load, but B is hideous. It couldn’t be worse, so
A
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Post by The Red Heifer on Feb 20, 2020 21:48:04 GMT
Somewhat surprisingly I enjoyed what Peggy Lee was laying down more than the other one, which was also good mind you.
I vote A.
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Post by rayge on Feb 21, 2020 17:26:51 GMT
a I never 'got' Peggy Lee's notion of what constituted jazz vocalising, and that harp is horrid. Nope, can't hack this, sorry.
b I definitely did get the Weather Prophets, a band featuring an NME journo, and played this 12 inch a lot. I like the TV-derivative guitar sound, the rhythmic chug, the one-finger piano abuse, the light, off-hand vocals, even the lyric, which, owing to familiarity, I can actually hear. Nothing to do with Gawdah or religion, of course - can't imagine the recipient of that almost prayer is JHVH or Allah.
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