70s Cup Round 5 Match 9 *PB 12- K 20*

[toomanyhatz]

Based on the comments, I expected B to be a lot better and A to be a lot worse. I love you, BCB, but sometimes we just don't get each other at all.

[Count Machuki]

B

of course!

[Penk!]

The Dildo song is smart, very well put-together, well-written and well-played. I just don't like it.
B has atrocious sound quality and what I can make out in the murk seems to be a pretty run-of-the-mill soul-funk blaster, but Edwin gives it his all. Pretty impressive for a man who's reportedly not doing so well these days. I do hope he pulls through.

B

[fange]

I, perhaps regrettably, love both of these. The Dan in arguably their most difficult "studio pro" form vs Edwin trying to crossover into the new decade and stay "relevant". A by a 70s whisker.


A

[Neige]

I'll take B simply because it's Edwin Starr (and A is one of the very few Steely Dan songs I don't care for).

[trans-chigley express]

Based on the comments, I expected B to be a lot better and A to be a lot worse.

I'm in agreement. The Dan tune was better than I was expecting and had an agreeable jazz groove to it. B was a bit run of the mill.

A

[Ranking Ted]

I’m with my learned friends Fange and TCE here. Both enjoyable but the Dan in second gear beats most bands at full pelt.

A

[Hightea]

B

[mantochanga]

B

[never/ever]

Oh goody, a free round! It's Steely Dan!


B

[Rayge]

A because it's already lost and I don't have to listen to it or yet another funk tune

[echolalia]

Two rather boring tracks, each in its own way.

B

[algroth]

A's a better Steely Dan pick than the one we had a few rounds back, but that's not saying much. As with the previous match, B has some blood running through its veins and it shows all the more when placed in contrast to the wallpaper music that is A.

[never/ever]

Purgatory Brite 12

K 19