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Post by rayge on Aug 3, 2021 19:24:34 GMT
A Runaways – Little Sister
B Rudimentary Peni - Nothing but a nightmare
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 3, 2021 20:31:34 GMT
Oooh now...both pretty good! First time for me.
I'm going to give it to the Runaways, 'cos they're just a little bit cooler, even with all the shouting! But thanks for the Rudimentary Peni intro, whoever - that's a fine little number. I'll do a bit of digging...
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 3, 2021 21:34:07 GMT
B is indeed rudimentary. Not that that's a bad thing; it's a good riff, and it's energetic and concise as can be, but it's not something that's going to linger in the memory for any longer than it takes to play.
A is of course a 'moment in time' more than anything universal as well, but as the years go by, and more and more talented female musicians pick up the mantle, I grow to appreciate just how revolutionary they were at the time. It helps that you don't need the caveat "for a bunch of girls." They rock with purpose, and can certainly play their instruments just as well as the guys with the same aesthetic could. Bless 'em.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Aug 3, 2021 21:40:20 GMT
The Runaways could be very average. B is the shit I like.
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 3, 2021 22:15:31 GMT
oh man, I think A walks this one.
that guitar solo alone made me get up and put on some pants.
you know, I think the Runaways are getting pretty fucking famous. a lot of good that does them now but they certainly deserve it.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Aug 3, 2021 23:17:21 GMT
Like both
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I assume the poster for Peni is the same as the previous Test Tubes, hoping to see more of the same throughout the cup. I like the punk/oi motif.
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Post by DayoRemix on Aug 3, 2021 23:51:13 GMT
Always found The Runaways sort of average and this track is no exception..the RP track simply has more energy to it..Vote B
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Post by bungo the mungo on Aug 4, 2021 8:37:09 GMT
the runaways were ok, solid glam rock but nothing special.
rudimentary peni are more my WHEELHOUSE (cup buzzword), i like it a lot. kudos to whoever picked it.
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Post by fange on Aug 4, 2021 11:45:17 GMT
Good match, i like both here. They rely on energy and riffing, and luckily they both have more than enough to keep me interested. A is the one i felt like playing again after, though.
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Post by fearlessfreap on Aug 4, 2021 14:38:55 GMT
If A was Little Sister singing Somebody's Watching You, it would get my vote, but it isn't
B makes me want to go out and hit old people.
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Post by rayge on Aug 4, 2021 18:04:55 GMT
B makes me want to go out and hit old people.  |
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Post by sloopjohnc on Aug 4, 2021 23:03:04 GMT
B makes me want to go out and hit old people.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2021 9:12:29 GMT
Neither do a lot for me, but I will say The Runaways track has quite a punch, I just can't find much of a song there.
As for B, there were a lot of these third rate punk bands around in the early 80s - Chron Gen, Anti Pasti, Vice Squad etc. I didn't rate any of them. The sub Crassisms of B are very unappealing.
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Post by DarknessFish on Aug 6, 2021 19:04:40 GMT
Well, I'm hoping it's better than "Cherry Bomb", the dull chugging guitars are still there, but at least the vocals have a bit more energy about them. Still, sounds more like fat blokes with flares, or KISS or something than you'd hope. This kinda thing is really as much not my thing as the cheesy 70s soul thing.
I've never quite got the underground kudos that Rudimentary Peni have, they never really sounded particularly adventurous or exciting, though Nick Blinko's artwork is always nice to see. The bass is really the saving grace of this, has something of The Fall at their best about it, it's a pity the vocal is so poor, because the guitar cuts through quite nicely at times. Still, it's obviously superior in everyway to A.
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Post by fonz on Aug 7, 2021 13:00:41 GMT
B is more my kind of thing than A. I like ‘Cherry Bomb’ though. Good memories. I did choose RP- they escaped me first time around, whereas I was a dirty teenage fan of PATTTBs. ‘Pissed and Proud’ was one of ‘our’ albums, with its mix of energy and humour. They sounded like a gang.
RP seem pretty one dimensional in comparison,
But B then.
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