Cup 24 R1 M5

[Stacy Heydon]

A

Al Kooper – John the Baptist




B


The Blues Project – I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes

[toomanyhatz]

Ooh, it's a Kooper-off!! Love how these things happen constantly in the cups.

A is more expansive, of course, and is an interesting track. I should look into this era of Kooper a bit more. Ultimately, just a decent Band imitation, though, rather than being very strong on personality. And of course it was 1971, so we needed the Electric Flag horns and flute, didn't we? (Not that I'm sure it's them, the credits don't say.)

B just has so much more fire, to my ears. And gets to the point quicker and doesn't let up. Weird to see that it's the longer of the two tracks. Certainly doesn't feel like it.

[osgood]

Yep, nice to see this coincidence, and in the best tie of this round.

Some very imaginative arrangements in B, you can feel Kooper pushing the boundaries, but ultimately it lacks a bit of emotion to make the song achieve its aim.

A is awesome. The melody, the choir, all the instruments fitting perfectly and contributing to push the song ahead in all its bombastic magnificence. A masterpiece.

A

[Playground LEVINE]

B really is nondescript, isn't it? Most puzzling choice so far. There's nothing special about it at all, to my ears.

A is better. I wouldn't fish it out of a pond if it was shouting at me, THO