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Post by Stacy Heydon on Sept 24, 2024 7:01:43 GMT
All ties are open for voting for a week.
A
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - MRA
B
The Righteous Brothers - Night Owl
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 24, 2024 8:24:54 GMT
Ah, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. I thought it was one of the many other Brotherhood of Breaths, glad they clarified that. Got to say I wasn't expecting jazz parping from the pic, more some kind of Celtic folkie shenanigans. You know what, it's quite pleasant, quite poppy. Not assaulting anyone's eardrums, but it's got a nice spiky dynamism to it, the almost motorik drums propel it along nicely. A thing of jauntiness.
Hmm. Feels to me like it dips in and out of doo-wop and Ray Charles, a very early 60s sounding thing with a later sounding big production sound. I can hazard a guess at who picked this as much as I can guess who picked A. Again, it's not unpleasant, but I think it's much less my thing, more of a minor curio from a major artist doing something for the 60s teen disco. It's ok, but I wouldn't swap a kidney for it.
A
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Post by fearlessfreap on Sept 24, 2024 11:11:44 GMT
McGregor had all the big South African jazz guys with him at one time, Dyani, Moholo, Fezi. I think Evan Parker and Harry Beckett are around here somewhere as well.
I'm familiar with the Tony Allen (not the Fela guy) and the original Specialty version of Nite Owl which is more mellow and lanquid than this version. It's ok, but...
A
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Post by osgood on Sept 24, 2024 13:35:24 GMT
Both picks right my alley, in fact I played them twice. I like a lot the multilayered structure of A, though it could benefit of being shorter or alternatively add a couple of extra variations.
B soul pop approach with a bit of doowop is irresistible and gets my vote.
B
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Post by DayoRemix on Sept 24, 2024 15:21:03 GMT
Neither my thing.. A has a bit more life to it, I guess. Never much of a Righteous Brothers fan...
Vote A
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Post by toomanyhatz on Sept 24, 2024 16:27:02 GMT
A is fine - at least it's not ten minutes long, though 5 around the same basic riff is already plenty. My 'not my thing' gut reaction is my problem, not its, of course. Nice feel, musicianship is great, grooves along nicely enough.
B is an oddly uncomfortable marriage between 50s streetcorner doo wop and slick 60s pop soul, but it still makes a more pleasant noise to me overall. And goes about its business a lot more quickly, it must be said.
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Post by Playground LEVINE on Sept 24, 2024 23:34:40 GMT
I kind of liked A. It gets a bit busier than I'd like after not too long with the horns parping frantically, but like a Christmas pudding there's good stuff in there.
B - and I really hate to say this, 'cos I hate it when others do - just sounds like lots of other things from that era. And in some ways it's like A - overcrowded, shrill, not very cool.
I'm giving it to
A
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