70s Cup Final Round Match 8 *echolalia 14- Machuki 12*
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70s Cup Final Round Match 8 *echolalia 14- Machuki 12*
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Electric Light Orchestra – Rockaria!
B
Erkin Koray - Cemalim
Electric Light Orchestra – Rockaria!
B
Erkin Koray - Cemalim
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
the 60's throwback might have garnered a vote if it were edited down to a more manageable size, alas, Abstain...
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
B - easy choice, there. Koray was the best of that 'rediscovered' Turkish lot and this is a fine track
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
I have never been very keen on ELO and I don't like this track at all - sorry
Erkin Koray I have never heard of the track was good, but somewhat overlong, and it was better than ELO to my old ears
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Erkin Koray I have never heard of the track was good, but somewhat overlong, and it was better than ELO to my old ears
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
ELO are the worst thing in the history of the world. Worse than Kiss, Hitler, Genghis Khan, solo Paul McCartney, and even worse than the voice that says "Tonight?" on that Clean Bandit/Sam Smith song what's played on radio all the bloody time at the minute.
I wouldn't imagine that I'd choose to listen to Erkin Koray, if I could avoid it. I guess Turkey has always been the place where East meets West, but why the fuck did the West have to win this particular battle? Lumpen rock song with a Turkish vocal is not a good enough meld for my melding needs.
Poor tie all round, but I have to make sure ELO are discouraged. B
I wouldn't imagine that I'd choose to listen to Erkin Koray, if I could avoid it. I guess Turkey has always been the place where East meets West, but why the fuck did the West have to win this particular battle? Lumpen rock song with a Turkish vocal is not a good enough meld for my melding needs.
Poor tie all round, but I have to make sure ELO are discouraged. B
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A at least it's a bit lively!
I suppose B is hoping to get extra hipster points for choosing Turkish pysche, but there's just too little going on there.
I suppose B is hoping to get extra hipster points for choosing Turkish pysche, but there's just too little going on there.
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
For the time in the competition ABSTAIN. Both really poor picks, I was going to vote for B but I don't think it deserves it really. The guys that are selling very ordinary Turkish pop of the early 70s as "Turkish Psych" are perpetuating a scam (and yes I've heard the comps). This is about as psych as a cup of Typhoo.
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
A is a blast, especially as I am secretly a bit partial to parts and bits of ELO
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Good grief. B is shit, A is shit.
In all honesty, Im more likely to play A though. Desperate times.
In all honesty, Im more likely to play A though. Desperate times.
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
ha ha, A
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A is a great track. Brilliant fun and a slice of pop genius.
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B was okay. i kinda liked it when it first started, and then it went on for a year doing much the same thing and it just lost my interest. many folk are throwing around the word soporific in this cup, but the singer fits that description for me. makes me wanna mainline coffee.
go ahead on and be brazen, A. mwhaha. like polishgirl, i think it's a blast of a track. the blend of rock-n-roll + aria is great. they pack a lot in just over three minutes, and i am all over it.
go ahead on and be brazen, A. mwhaha. like polishgirl, i think it's a blast of a track. the blend of rock-n-roll + aria is great. they pack a lot in just over three minutes, and i am all over it.
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Re: 70s Cup Final Round Match 8
OMG, impossible to finish either. I hate to abstain, but I just can't vote for any of these.
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B was dreary. A is a long way from favourite ELO but still wins.
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B for me!
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I loved A when it came out. Yeah, it's loaded with stuff that impresses 14-year-old boys. Damn, I was a dork. Not an ounce of anything in it for me now. How embarrassing.
B is dull and overlong, but at least it has something going for it other than "I'm putting classical music and good ol' rock and roll together! Ain't I special?"
B is dull and overlong, but at least it has something going for it other than "I'm putting classical music and good ol' rock and roll together! Ain't I special?"
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I am not a fan of ELO, 98% of their songs just kind of annoy me, and this is one of those. B is ok and wins by default.
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toomanyhatz wrote:I loved A when it came out. Yeah, it's loaded with stuff that impresses 14-year-old boys. Damn, I was a dork. Not an ounce of anything in it for me now. How embarrassing.
i am highly offended by this, hatz. (she gives you her mocked outrage face.)
sure, if you think that ELO track is crap, fine. there is a lot of that goin around in this thread and in this cup.
no, what i take issyew with is the logic of only a 14 year old boy-dork would love a track like this. i've heard it applied to more tracks and bands than i can name. i recall some years ago laughing hysterically when folk on this very board applied it to the doors and the ramones. whether you love the doors and the ramones and hate ELO, the logic is still the same.
it implies two things:
1. the wielder of that principle has moved beyond such foolishness and into a more mature, evolved musical taste
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2. whoever still likes that music has not. they are stuck in boy-dork, zitty, unlaid adolescence. what a shame, cluck cluck. what an embarrassment.
it's good to know that the "great pop" of an ELO track on the album preceding this one did not stunt yer musical development, until you hit this track, and yer dorkiness almost got in yer way. phew, that was a close one for you, i'm sure.
toomanyhatz wrote:B is dull and overlong, but at least it has something going for it other than "I'm putting classical music and good ol' rock and roll together! Ain't I special?"
yes, shocking that a rock/pop band with its own string section would fuse in classical. the act of fusing, say, punk and rockabilly is fine... any other bands that fuse in bach, melodic... but get that opera singer outta here. after all, opera is the epitome of 14-year-old boy-dorky.
roll over, hatzhoven.