70s Cup Round 8 Match 7 *Darkness_Fish 10- Jumper K 17*

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby never/ever » 10 Nov 2018, 10:25

I really want to pick A but it is not my favorite track by Basho by a long stretch. B is one of the best Spear-tracks on a great album.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby GoogaMooga » 11 Nov 2018, 20:42

Basho comes across so earnest, he really wants to be liked, in a folded arms, cocked head sort of way. But Burning Spear is my man, any performing artist who'd let me skin up on his stage, right below him, is worth a tick in my book of love. B
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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby Ranking Ted » 11 Nov 2018, 22:32

To get Robbie Basho, I guess you need to get over those vocals. The atmosphere of the thing wasn’t unpleasant and I can understand what people like about it. It’s not for me. Against it is one of the better of the reggae submissions we’ve had. It’s got enough to win here.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby Rayge » 12 Nov 2018, 14:08

a - well, I rather like Basho's quavery, unearthly singing voice, with it's touches of John Hurt and other lost mid-century arcana. And somewhere in the spaces between the keening, and the relentless rhythm of the guitar, magic happens. Loved it. 7 / 10
b - I was never particularly impressed by this at the time, largely because I'd read a great deal about Garvey for my doctoral thesis, and wasn't impressed by the sentiments of the song, although I can't see that bothering many people here :-). It sounds fine, but it also sounds like many other fine things to my uneducated ears. 5.5 / 10

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby algroth » 12 Nov 2018, 18:52

Another good match. Quite like B, I should definitely get a little closer to Burning Spear, but A is sublime.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby joels344 » 12 Nov 2018, 20:25

I’m favoring A in this matchup.
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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby The Red Heifer » 13 Nov 2018, 09:16

I'm a mad fan of B, finally a reggae song I can vote for with the utmost of confidence
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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby Count Machuki » 13 Nov 2018, 15:04

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby never/ever » 14 Nov 2018, 09:47

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Jumper K 17
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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7 *Darkness_Fish 10- Jumper K 17*

Postby Jumper K » 14 Nov 2018, 16:31

Ha ha! Loser.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby kath » 14 Nov 2018, 16:42

never/ever wrote:Image


oh my god. why is he strangling his own mother? why does the daughter look like she wants to join in?

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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby Darkness_Fish » 14 Nov 2018, 17:27

kath wrote:
never/ever wrote:Image


oh my god. why is he strangling his own mother? why does the daughter look like she wants to join in?

The really scary thing is, that does look quite a lot like a teenage me.
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Re: 70s Cup Round 8 Match 7

Postby Loki » 15 Nov 2018, 01:30

kath wrote:why does the daughter look like she wants to join in?



And she's dressed for the 80s. Hmmmmm
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