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Post by bungo the mungo on Jul 18, 2021 16:09:47 GMT
no beating about the bush on this.
one vote. choose carefully.
let's get to the bottom of it.
anyway, anyhow, anywhere - the who
tin soldier - the small faces
jumpin' jack flash - the rolling stones
pretty vacant - the SeX PisToLs
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 18, 2021 16:15:59 GMT
Marriott, once he hits that upper register is untouchable.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jul 18, 2021 16:47:11 GMT
'My Generation' is way more exciting as a Who choice. I like AAA but it's the weakest of this bunch.
'Tin Soldier' is fine but the verses don't thrill as much as the intro and the other 'workouts'.
So it's between the Stones and the Pistols, which are indisputably among the most exciting A-sides ever released. I'll have to give it some thought.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jul 18, 2021 16:48:40 GMT
'My Generation' is way more exciting as a Who choice. I like AAA but it's the weakest of this bunch. no way, although i know why YOU would think that. |
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Post by rayge on Jul 18, 2021 18:39:47 GMT
AAA wins by a landslide, although No Future or Anarchy in the UK would have given me FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I'm very fond of the Small Faces, expecially the Immediate years, but never really found them exciting.
And I'm not knocking the Stones, or JJF, but teenage Rayge merely liked it, and again, I found very little in their singles - fine pop though many of them are, to get the adrenaline pumping the way the Who in full overload mode did. AAA was the first time I ever heard feedback, and it was love at first eardrum perforation.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 18, 2021 19:37:27 GMT
Pretty Vacant is the only one I'd choose to listen to.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 19, 2021 9:08:19 GMT
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere is absolutely one of the most exciting singles. An anthem of liberation. When they come out the feedback break back into the verse it's a real Who moment.
Tin Soldier climaxes magnificently and has a rolling, surging quality that builds beautifully. When Marriot sings, "Cos I love you!" it's a great, ecstatic moment in pop.
I voted JJF though. There is just something really visceral and charged about it. All the Stones sexual energy and swagger condensed into three minutes that sounds like the greatest rock n roll record ever made. Or thereabouts anyway.
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Post by fange on Jul 19, 2021 9:20:17 GMT
A quartet of 5-star monsters. If i had to vote for one it would just be on which means most to me personally, and that would probably be JJF.
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Post by cousinlou on Jul 19, 2021 9:22:46 GMT
Tin Soldier
Pretty Vacant
JJF
AAA
I really can't see all the high praise for AAA.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jul 19, 2021 9:23:58 GMT
I really can't see all the high praise for AAA. No, well, of course not. It's daft. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2021 10:08:59 GMT
For me...
Tin Soldier
Jumping - great, but I'm a teeny bit burnt out on it.
Pretty Vacant
AAA - Good, but I'd go as far as to say it's the weakest of the early hit singles. Can't Explain is much better.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jul 19, 2021 10:16:48 GMT
i'm getting a bit sick of all the negativity towards AAA.
how can people not see the excitement in it?
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jul 19, 2021 10:24:38 GMT
it, is gauche
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jul 19, 2021 10:28:59 GMT
instead of behaving like a 65-year-old, imagine hearing it in '65. no one else was making a record like it. you are like michael elphick in quadrophenia. |
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jul 19, 2021 10:32:22 GMT
G's right that 'I Can't Explain' is better. 'Substitute' too. And of course 'My Generation' is more exciting.
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