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Post by rayge on Mar 12, 2020 19:30:36 GMT
A The Flying Machine – The Devil Has Possession Of Your Mind
B Rev. Charlie Jackson – God's Got It
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Post by toomanyhatz on Mar 12, 2020 20:50:35 GMT
B is just my kind of thing. A would be if it were a little more special rather than a pleasant period piece.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 4:19:32 GMT
Neither are my kind of thing..A annoyed me less..Vote A
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Post by Crunchy Col on Mar 13, 2020 21:06:23 GMT
Really liked both of these.
I'm giving my vote to
A
because I'm sick of people calling top-hole groovy songs 'pleasant' or 'average' or 'underwhelming' or some such, when they're anything but. Take THAT, Dave Hatz!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 18:37:16 GMT
I can't believe I've agreed with Hatz twice in this round.
B
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 0:13:47 GMT
Given A has exhuberent harmonies, a great groove featuring cowbell and is spilling over with melody, I expect this to be slagged off something rotten. But picker A ignore them because for me this is the pick of the round. It has that bright, unpretentious quality of really good early 70s pop. It sounds like Crosby, Stills and Nash transplanted to a Working Man's club in Yorkshire. Great!
B is a bit of a crusty old museum piece. It's okay but sounds like a lot of other stuff.
A
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 6:50:15 GMT
Gah, there's appeal and off-putting in both of these again.
Despite liking the Staple Singers (they have soul - there's the difference), I have an innate aversion to religious proselytizing. A isn't really about that whereas B's pretty much saying that God will pay off your mortgage. A has a lot of loveliness but is dated again (oh fantastic if you've loved it a long time it puts off my fresh ears) whereas B's style is classic.
I've played B through once then checked in a few times. I've played A few times. Do I like it? I think I do. Can I get over the dated or the lyrics? No.
Abstain.
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Post by fange on Mar 16, 2020 10:52:37 GMT
Great match. Both really enjoyable for me, hitting different pleasure zones but no less directly. I'm giving it to A for the cowbell.
A
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Post by DarknessFish on Mar 17, 2020 23:37:30 GMT
Christ, Bloody hell, I knew from the comments above that I'd hate A, fucking awful with that cloying awful 70s production chorus thing. Donny Osmond kinda hateful.
B is a pretty generic blues stomp. So it easly does enough here.
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Post by osgood on Mar 18, 2020 15:55:45 GMT
Not terribly moved by A, but it clearly wins here. I might change my vote if coronavirus pandemic disappears tomorrow, cause I need it.
A
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Post by oleandermedian on Mar 23, 2020 11:15:25 GMT
A is OK but I fucking love B and have chosen it myself in the past. It rocks and reels like nobody’s business.
B
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Post by rayge on Mar 23, 2020 15:21:55 GMT
A is pleasant pop with a nice guitar sound and only a hint of proggery
B isn't as good as I hoped it would be, not so much gospel as church blues. I love gospel, not because of the sentiments expressed in the words - lord knows, as I'm sure I must have mentioned, I never know what the words are anyway – but because of the souldfulness of the voices and its ability to express and provoke sheer existential joy. But this is more Jimmy Reed than Rosetta, and I tired of him in my time-misted teens.
A surprise to me, because cowbell, and it's from an era and in a style that's way down my list of worthwhileness, but
A
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