70s KnockOut Cup Match 10 *kath advances- bouncebouncebounce*
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70s KnockOut Cup Match 10 *kath advances- bouncebouncebounce*
A
REO Speedwagon - Roll With The Changes
B
George Harrison - Beware of Darkness
REO Speedwagon - Roll With The Changes
B
George Harrison - Beware of Darkness
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Match 10
Hell, are we in for Journey and Supertramp as well ?/....lol....Vote B
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Match 10
Them's fighting words, B.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Match 10
Sublime guitar-god AOR up against some Gumby surrounded by Pixies.
A.
A.
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A I'm a sucker for the gauche charms of American FM, stadium rock such as this. Those in the USA were supposed to have not been able to hear anything else on the radio back then, poor dears but I'm not sure that I care about any of that stuff.
George Harrison, wasn't he in one of those 60s bands? Freddie and the Dreamers or something? I like it well enough.
George Harrison, wasn't he in one of those 60s bands? Freddie and the Dreamers or something? I like it well enough.
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REO fell out side my radar at the time and thereafter. The track is ok - mediocre perhaps but it rocks in parts.
George Harrison's solo stuff never hit the spot and this time is no exception. Tedious to the point of boredom.
Do people listen to this stuff?
It's an abstention really but:
-+A+-
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George Harrison's solo stuff never hit the spot and this time is no exception. Tedious to the point of boredom.
Do people listen to this stuff?
It's an abstention really but:
-+A+-
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Match 10
A makes me wish I had a girl sitting on my shoulders, screaming at some poodle-haired fucknut up on stage, while B makes me realize that I'm never going to have a girl sitting on my shoulders, ever in my life. And I'm fine with that because I'd just end up with a sore back.
B
B
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The first, and probably last time, I'd vote for REO Speedwagon over a Beatle
A
A
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ah Jesus, come on!
B by several thousand furlongs
B by several thousand furlongs
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I preferred Reo Speedwagon when they were a much more working-class, grittier outfit. Before they got professional styling, air-brushed photography and all that. Here's an early publicity still from the bloke in the middle:
I don't know if I've ever heard anything from them before, did they have any big hits? It's certainly in that horrible Boston/Journey territory. Can I mention truck drivers again? Best not. Lets just say this is not for me, and move on.
I've always considered George Harrison to be the acceptable face of The Beatles, but he's sorely testing that theory with an album cover like that. He also appears to have forgotten to write a song, or not even borrowed Elton John to write one for him, just copied a lot of his sound. I guess with a song as bland as this, you need a real force of character to inject something into it vocally, and he just hasn't got it, has he?
Sorry, but this is abstention territory.
I don't know if I've ever heard anything from them before, did they have any big hits? It's certainly in that horrible Boston/Journey territory. Can I mention truck drivers again? Best not. Lets just say this is not for me, and move on.
I've always considered George Harrison to be the acceptable face of The Beatles, but he's sorely testing that theory with an album cover like that. He also appears to have forgotten to write a song, or not even borrowed Elton John to write one for him, just copied a lot of his sound. I guess with a song as bland as this, you need a real force of character to inject something into it vocally, and he just hasn't got it, has he?
Sorry, but this is abstention territory.
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A is an authentic bona fide veritable shocker, and the kind of thing we have come to expect from the shoddy, one-trick-pony outfit that is REO Speedwagon.
B
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B
is every second a beauty
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The kind of US smooth power rocker that A exemplifies is so foreign to my tastes and so outside what I grew up with, that listening to it is quite an exotic experience, like trying a bizarre new flavour of crisps! I really didn't find it so bad, it was pretty catchy and had a certain buoyancy, although I can imagine if I had it stuffed down my throat hearing it all the time on the radio, I'd soon come to hate it.
B is George in his golden period, when he was better than Lennon and McCartney, creating beautifully crafted mature, soul searching songs like this, songs with a genuine power. Love it.
B
B is George in his golden period, when he was better than Lennon and McCartney, creating beautifully crafted mature, soul searching songs like this, songs with a genuine power. Love it.
B
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B is quite at the bottom of my list of tracks to select from ATMP, to the point that for a while I was tempted to vote for A, a clean piece of FM rock that feels harmless for a couple of minutes. But I came to my senses when the solos + choir part appeared. Jesus wept.
B
B
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I had a friend in school days that really liked REO Speedwagon and use to play their albums in his bedroom, and Toto's too now I think of it. This was definitely one of their better moments and brings back some nice memories even if it's really not my bag.
B very much is my bag.
B
B very much is my bag.
B
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Match 10
a - a band I successfully ignored for 40 years, I've only heard them in the context of these cups: for all I know, this is first time of hearing (they meant squat in the UK). I quite like the fountain of guitar at the very beginning, but then the song stared. It is all so dull, derivative (presumably: for all I know they were the first with this sort of shit) and pedestrian – oh, hello, a sort of guitar solo. The previous version of me who could happily listen to Cipollina, Betts and other Div 2 cycle delicate gweetarists didn't mind his work on here one bit. The organ wasn't hateful either, but the vocals and the general mess that were the band all playing together failed to impress. 3.5/ 10
b - Oooh, we all know Ray hates the Beatles, but as it happens, I thought that GH had the second-best former Beatle solo career (after Nesmith, naturally) and I actually bought this album, and not only to keep up my complete collection of Spector productions. That said, this meander through misery isn't a stand-out. Perhaps some interesting guitar would have improved it. 3 / 10
Surprisingly, A
b - Oooh, we all know Ray hates the Beatles, but as it happens, I thought that GH had the second-best former Beatle solo career (after Nesmith, naturally) and I actually bought this album, and not only to keep up my complete collection of Spector productions. That said, this meander through misery isn't a stand-out. Perhaps some interesting guitar would have improved it. 3 / 10
Surprisingly, A
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Ha ha. Some cunt actually put an REO Speedwagon track in a knockout round?
B is my favourite George track, full stop. A mighty tune.
B is my favourite George track, full stop. A mighty tune.
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You know, I'm not sure I have ever heard an REO Speedwagon song before. My life is one step closer to completion. Thanks for that, A.
Well done on managing to hit "send" on your PM to Maarts, B.
(that's a pretty dreary George song, that)
Well done on managing to hit "send" on your PM to Maarts, B.
(that's a pretty dreary George song, that)
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PENK wrote:
(that's a pretty dreary George song, that)
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The other bugger picked REO Speedwagon and you're asking me that?
No, I just never really liked it that much.
I have a pretty low tolerance for solo Beatles all told, though I like a good deal of that album.
No, I just never really liked it that much.
I have a pretty low tolerance for solo Beatles all told, though I like a good deal of that album.
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