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Kites
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Nights in White Satin
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Eloise
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Whiter Shade of Pale
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battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby The Modernist » 03 Nov 2017, 19:29

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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby jimboo » 03 Nov 2017, 19:33

It's Eloise of course , a sound bigger than your speakers.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby The Modernist » 03 Nov 2017, 19:35

jimboo wrote:It's Eloise of course , a sound bigger than your speakers.


I agree.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby ChrisB » 03 Nov 2017, 19:38

The Modernist wrote:
jimboo wrote:It's Eloise of course , a sound bigger than your speakers.


I agree.

Thirded. First song that came to mind even before I saw the choices.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby ChrisB » 03 Nov 2017, 19:39

Thought McArthur Park would have been listed as well
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby naughty boy » 03 Nov 2017, 19:40

Is ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ seen as a bit naff today? I get the feeling it is. It’s terribly uptight somehow. But I love it.

It’s between that and ‘Eloise’, anyway.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby The Modernist » 03 Nov 2017, 19:41

slightbreeze wrote:Thought McArthur Park would have been listed as well


It probably should've been.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Diamond Dog » 03 Nov 2017, 19:43

I love "Kites" but "Eloise" is one of the really glorious singles of that era. The Drums coming back into the verse after the middle eight are just spine tingling.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby naughty boy » 03 Nov 2017, 19:48

Diamond Dog wrote:I love "Kites" but "Eloise" is one of the really glorious singles of that era. The Drums coming back into the verse after the middle eight are just spine tingling.


A moment that never fails to send me skywards too. Just fabulous.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Moleskin » 03 Nov 2017, 20:34

Not sure I'd describe "Kites" as bombastic at all.

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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby toomanyhatz » 03 Nov 2017, 21:06

"Whiter Shade" is not bombastic to my ears. And brilliantly sung, it must be said. Easy winner of this group, though it's a bit of 'which of these things is not like the other.'
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Sneelock » 03 Nov 2017, 21:13

Bombastic or not, that’s my choice too. To be fair, it was nearly a coin flip. I’m a sucker for all that “cold hearted orb..” stuff.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Ranking Ted » 03 Nov 2017, 21:23

Eloise, and with quite a bit to spare as well.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby pcqgod » 03 Nov 2017, 21:42

I want with "Nights" although I would have gone with "kites" if I had realized that it had no votes. :cry:
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Spock! » 03 Nov 2017, 22:28

Bombastic? Elouise by far.





My favourite? Nights in White Satin.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby The Modernist » 04 Nov 2017, 00:56

A Whiter Shade..is now drawing with Eloise. :evil: How can this be?
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby fange » 04 Nov 2017, 01:55

'Eloise', please.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Walk In My Shadow » 04 Nov 2017, 03:57

Eloise, yes.



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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby Neige » 04 Nov 2017, 10:55

With the "bombast" premise, it's Eloise, of course.

But Kites is my favourite of the four.
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Re: battle of the 60s bombastic ballads

Postby The Modernist » 04 Nov 2017, 10:57

Well the idea was to vote for your favourite.
The bombastic bit, which seems to have irked some, was just to give it a snappy, alliterative thread title.
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