90s Cup Round 2 Match 10 *Mike Boom 14- BFOT 11*
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90s Cup Round 2 Match 10 *Mike Boom 14- BFOT 11*
A
Ride - Twisterella
B
Hawkwind - Right To Decide
Ride - Twisterella
B
Hawkwind - Right To Decide
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
I get the feeling this cup's gonna really wear me down on weedy college rock soon. But much as I say that, and much as I love Hawkwind's classic era, I think A is probably the better track here.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
If I never heard neither again, it would be too quick.
But B just edges it.
But B just edges it.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
Well, as college rock goes, better Tom Verlaine as an influence than Bad Company. And I don't even like Hawkwind's 70s stuff that much.
In this spirit, an unenthusiastic vote for A.
In this spirit, an unenthusiastic vote for A.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
I always thought of Ride as being a bit too wet and colourless to fit in with the best power-pop or shoegaze stuff and this backs me up. It's a pleasant tune but lacks anything that makes it grab the attention.
B is presumably from the same source as the Mötorhead song in the last round. Like hatz, I find Hawkwind a bit dull in the '70s, and didn't really need to know that they were still droning on twenty years later.
A for being OK.
B is presumably from the same source as the Mötorhead song in the last round. Like hatz, I find Hawkwind a bit dull in the '70s, and didn't really need to know that they were still droning on twenty years later.
A for being OK.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
That Hawkwind track feels pretty generic. I haven't gotten around to exploring their later stuff, and probably for good reason. I never was really sold on Ride either, but it gets my vote in this case. A.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
Shit. Twisterella was where Ride got unbearably light for me. Any other track than that.....
So Hawkwind it is!
B
So Hawkwind it is!
B
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
I actually don't mind the Hawkwind, but the Ride, even though it's not them at their best, still feels irresistibly 90s.
A
A
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
A, please.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
Ride prove that they're not as good at being Teenage Fanclub as Teenage Fanclub. I have a low tolerance for this kind of indie power pop these days, it's just so bland.
B does nothing to make me want to enter its world ever again, but at least the old buggers sound like they've got a bit of life left in 'em.
B
B does nothing to make me want to enter its world ever again, but at least the old buggers sound like they've got a bit of life left in 'em.
B
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
Far from my fave Ride tune. Can't believe I like a Hawkwind song better.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
Christ, the stuff you people come up with...
B for not being A
B for not being A
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
I like Ride. I still enjoy their (earlier) records. The trick is to not listen to the words.
A.
A.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
Ooh, an NME mixtape cast-off. I was expecting much more of this jangly bed-wetting nonsense. So long as we harmonise, and the guitars jangle, the NME will love it won't they... It's sub Bluetones shite.
And I take it someone's come up with the humorous theme of hoary old bands who should've stopped 15 years before the nineties. Motorhead, then Hawkwind. Well done.
Fucking rubbish.
Abstain.
And I take it someone's come up with the humorous theme of hoary old bands who should've stopped 15 years before the nineties. Motorhead, then Hawkwind. Well done.
Fucking rubbish.
Abstain.
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Re: 90s Cup Round 2 Match 10
It takes a brave man to enter Hawkwind in a 90's Cup and the fact that a track by a hoary old band that should have quit before the turn of the 80's is miles better than the other song is an embarrassment for Ride.
B
B