90s Cup Round 1 Match 2 *Mike Boom 23- Red Heifer 9*

[never/ever]

A

Elliot Smith - Bled White






B

Ratcat - Don't Go Now

[Ranking Ted]

I vaguely recall Ratcat from the time but couldn’t name you a song. There’s a generic 90s Fountains Of Wayne, theme from Friends type perkiness there. Whatever, it’s completely outclassed by a song from one of the latter half of the decade’s finest LPs, the very ace Bled White.

A

[Tom Waits For No One]

A

[Dayodead]

A

[Polishgirl]

I felt like A wasn't my thing; then I heard B.

A

[algroth]

B feels like a nondescript part of the 90s MTV audiovisual landfill. A isn't a particularly creative choice, I feel, but it's a great track and easily wins this one.

[toomanyhatz]

B is one of the 25 songs on a small label pop comp, and not one of the ones you give a second listen to just to see if it sticks, either.

A is, as algroth mentioned, not exactly a "deep cut." But it is by a great artist from a decade not rich in them.

[Samoan]

A

[Moleskin]

A, easily. B is just...

[The Modernist]

B feels like a nondescript part of the 90s MTV audiovisual landfill.

Exactly.
The growth of this kind of music was one of the worst things about the 90s and its still with us today.

A doesn't blow me away, but its pleasant enough.

A

[Neige]

I enjoyed B more than I thought I would, but no match for Elliott

A

[Diamond Dog]

B is the kind of thing you don't notice but... that's because it's completely forgettable from top to bottom.

A by a mile.

[C]

B



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[Jumper K]

I’m regretting taking part in this farrago. Unlistenable crap. B.

[Penk!]

A is Smith at his liveliest and most direct - and arguably not at his strongest - but B sounds like it was written for - and rejected by - Saved by the Bell.

[Rayge]

A- God he was an ugly sod wasn't he? Probably why I never bothered with his solo career, although Heatmiser were all right. As always whenever I actually listen to one of his songs, I think, OK, tuneful, but so fucking generic and pointless I can hardly get through to the end. I did this time, and ten seconds later I've forgotten it completely 2.5 / 10
B - Aussie Indie, not a patch on the Go-Betweens. It's all right, although again it sounded hugely derivative to me. The guitar solo was OK and just about drags this over the line. 3 / 10


b

[pcqgod]

Hmm, never heard either one of these before. The Smith track is surprisingly catchy and I like the vocal. Ratcat sounded like a cross between Hanson and Redd Kross to me, which isn't necessarily bad in my book, but in this case a bit too obnoxious for my liking.

A

[joels344]

A and it's not even close really.

[Loki]

Since I hadn't heard A before, it sounds just as generic as B. Which I hadn't heard either.

[Count Machuki]

A by a long way

I wish I hadn't been so late to the Elliott Smith "party"