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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 14:54:25 GMT
Cat got your tongue Dougie?
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on May 6, 2019 16:22:20 GMT
He's been very quiet lately.
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Post by fearlessfreap on May 6, 2019 16:56:56 GMT
B Deram Bowie is an acquired taste I never acquired.
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Post by fonz on May 6, 2019 17:01:46 GMT
Yeah, I like some nice tunes
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Post by Reactionary Rage on May 6, 2019 19:02:57 GMT
Cat got your tongue Dougie? Losing G?
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 19:44:15 GMT
Yeah...my Alien Sex Fiend selection has let me down.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on May 6, 2019 19:58:31 GMT
If it makes you feel better I’m looking at 0 from 2
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 20:20:22 GMT
Thanks..that's cheered me up!
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Post by Reactionary Rage on May 6, 2019 20:21:20 GMT
Thought it would...cunt
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Post by Sneelock on May 7, 2019 4:01:23 GMT
I often love early Bowie but this track sounds like Anthony Newley trying to be Bobby Vinton. Pass. I pick B. also largely by virtue of hiss and reverb but also because it’s plumb Purdy.
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Post by alejandro on May 8, 2019 14:07:26 GMT
I don't mind either of these, there's a bit of a cinematic quality and time-place stamp on them that makes of them intriguing and evocative if not hugely exciting listens. B takes this one however.
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Post by countmachuki on May 8, 2019 15:00:09 GMT
it's
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(sorry, Bowie, but that early stuff of yours didn't take off for you for a reason)
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Post by rayge on May 8, 2019 16:10:19 GMT
a - oh dear, it's Gurney Slade on drugs. There's a potentially interesting lyric here (I'm not familiar with this btw - no one cared about this sort of nonsense in the 1960s) but he really doesn't have a voice, does he? And the backing and production choices seem like wilful eccentricity when seen in hindsight (having never experienced them, as I said, at the time, that's all I've got). And of course it's about Mods, so yah boo. 3 / 10 b - it's odd that some of the greatest exponents of the girl group sound were basically soloists or vocal groups made up mostly of men, such as The Essex, Ruby and the Romantics, and this lot. I fell for this hard when I first hear it on its release, for its sway and flow, its delicacy, its muted horns, grace notes on the guitar, small-town studio sound, but mainly and overwhelmingly for the beauty of Carol Jackson's tone, the effortless expression of yearning, of tremulous doubt, uncertainly, all wrapped up in bell-like harmonics and the sweet spot of echo. It's pretty, sure, but it's also lovely and a singular piece of art. The b-side, Oh So Soon, is a rush as well, check it out on youtube. I've probably played this six hundred or more times since I bought it in 1964 (on a red A demo, too. Bidding starts at £50) and it still has the power to move me. Part of my life. 9 / 10
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2019 17:25:30 GMT
I'm mystified by the criticisms of his vocal. I mean just listen to the way he handles the peak of the song from about 2.29, the power and passion he puts into it..by any criteria it's a great vocal.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on May 8, 2019 17:39:53 GMT
Both good tunes, and I could easily vote for either.
Coin toss says...
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