Round 6 God

[rayge]

A Matching Mole – God Song



B Metro – Mono Messiah

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Oh I do struggle with Robert Wyatt's singing. This one .. god. So I possibly disproportionately really enjoyed

B

["BING E BONG"]

Matching Mole did 'O Caroline' which is a beauty. Unfortunately this one's a bit of a dog. I love Wyatt's voice but you've only really got half an hour's worth of good stuff over his whole career.

The other thing is naff Europop. I think this lot did the original 'Criminal World' which Bowie covered. Anyway it's still quite a bit better than A

B

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Vote B

[DarknessFish]

Blimey, prog goons ahoy, are Joel and Ale late entrants in the cup? This is more pleasant than I was expecting, the absence of drums so far may be the bonus, they kill this kind of thing. Wyatt seems to be making a decent fist of a lack of a melody line though. Was he still drinking at this point?

Supertrampy intro. Hmm, I was expecting this to me more of a catchy thing given the scorn poured on A so far, but this is quite horrible. Feels like a proggish take on AOR to me, those high-pitched chorus vocals are awful. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's a deeply unpleasant smell about this thing. Feels more American than Europop, those guitars...

A

[toomanyhatz]

By god (pun intended) do I ever love A with an intense passion. Love Wyatt to begin with, but even as a -- let's just say not irreligious person - I relate to the lyrics. I suppose fundamentalists would find it blasphemous. I suppose that's one reason I'm not a fundamentalist. I find it hilarious, particularly the part about how we could have related to a pretty daughter more than the long-haired, European-looking son. And I feel like it has all kinds of melody - I love the way it swirls around the notes. This might be one of the best Wyatt songs to me. Despite all this, no, this is not my pick.

I gave a cursory listen to B, and it's fine. But it's not one of my favorite recordings ever.

[toomanyhatz]

Mar 22, 2020 21:23:29 GMT DarknessFish said:

Was he still drinking at this point?

The answer is decidedly yes - he refers to it in the song, but this is also pre-accident. Not to mention as far as I know, he's only become sober in the last few years. 

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Struggling with both here.
A is too rambling and tuneless. B is a kind of musos try and do pop thing which feels very airless and processed.A bit like late period Police without the tunes.
There's probably a bit more about B

[Sneelock]

I had both of those records and actually listened to them!
I get people's problem with Wyatt but I think there is a sincerity to his singing that either gets you or it don't. it gets me most of the time.

I only remember one track of the other and this isn't it. Thrift Store Roxy Music. A

[fange]

Ugh, this one was a bit of hard work, tbh. I think maybe b.


B

[osgood]

B was actually quite nice and even nicer after listening to A. Probably biggest difference so far in this Cup.

B

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Neither of these are particularly in view from my wheely bin and I need to get work done instead of trying too much harder. Abstain.

[rayge]

I don't have problems with RW's voice, but what's going on behind it is the essence of my dislike of prog.

Nothing to like in B either.

[neige]

I have and like that metro album, but no contest - I'm with hatz

A

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Robert and I have grown steadily apart, back in the day he was a vital part of a prepunk British arty alternative along with Eno, Ayers, Coyne, Cale, etc.,

B