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Post by rayge on Aug 24, 2021 10:27:38 GMT
A Nina Simone - Just say I love him
Apparently this is not available in the USA - try this one
B New Model Army - Grandmothers Footsteps |
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Post by fearlessfreap on Aug 24, 2021 14:05:02 GMT
A says not available, but I'm familiar with it, and it's quite a bit better than B
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 24, 2021 21:35:50 GMT
I think Nina Simone is a remarkable vocalist but I'll take B.
I think it runs out of gas before it's over but it sure sounds great when it's working up a head of steam at the beginning.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 24, 2021 22:13:29 GMT
A says not available, but I'm familiar with it, and it's quite a bit better than B This. |
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Post by osgood on Aug 25, 2021 9:20:23 GMT
I've said it before, I have a problem with Nina's voice, not denying her singing, writing and playing abilities, all of them top class, but I can't stand her. And it gets worse when she shows her manierisms.
And I found B quite to my taste, although the mid part with that bass was a wrong detour.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 18:44:28 GMT
A is beautifully sung, but its quite a middle of the road arrangement, and I prefer her when she's jazzier.
B wasn't bad at all, quite rousing! Drums and guitar combined very well.
Sod it...B
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 25, 2021 23:04:33 GMT
I really don't like Nina Simone. I admit that's a fault of my own. I've honestly tried, but it's like drinking castor oil.
Like the last couple of posters have said, the NMA track was a pleasant surprise. It sounded convincing somehow rather than silly or overblown.
B
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Post by bungo the mungo on Aug 27, 2021 13:52:49 GMT
i'm in agreement with oz and JC, i've always had a dislike for simone. probably the most overrated sacred cow.
not overly keen on NMA but it did take me back to my youth and wasn't as bad as i imagined it would be.
B
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Post by DayoRemix on Aug 27, 2021 16:22:31 GMT
The arrangement lets A down..Average NMA takes it..Vote B
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Post by fonz on Aug 27, 2021 20:39:24 GMT
This NMA is from when they were really good. A great choice.
B
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Post by DarknessFish on Aug 27, 2021 21:32:22 GMT
Nina Simone seems such a lazy pick, surely she's been stamped with the preludin mark of approval already? I'm surprised it's getting such a kicking. Great voice, great pianist, dreary bastard song which goes on forever.
New Model Army are surely the opposite of a sacred cow, I would expect this lot to be slaughtered no matter what track they picked. My brother and his missus watch this lot live at least twice a year, and I see Ed busking in Chester city centre, regularly playing rubbish space-prog-fiddle stuff. It's a bit like The Danse Society on a big budget this, or an earnest Specimen. Gash will be along to vote against it, no doubt, but I want to be part of a world where NMA are taken as seriously as Nina, so I'm voting for them.
B
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Post by fange on Aug 28, 2021 6:37:36 GMT
Surprising and good match. B is better than is remember them, but A feels fresh still somehow after all these years.
A
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 29, 2021 14:08:43 GMT
Both of those links for A are unavailable to me, and I'm a lazy bastard, so in the interest of fairness I'm not going to listen to B either and toss a coin.
B
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Post by morgan on Aug 29, 2021 14:45:16 GMT
A for me, I've never heard NMA before and it didn't really grab my attention.
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Post by blue on Aug 30, 2021 8:29:45 GMT
I prefer screamy Nina personally.
It's easy to forget how adept NMA were in this period. Rob Heaton's drumming was a force of nature.
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