70's Knockout Cup musings......

[Diamond Dog]

For all things connected to the knockout cup.....

[harvey k-tel]

I'm enjoying the comments on the match-ups, but I notice that although it says that Rayge has commented on match 6, I don't see anything there after Mr. Trans Chigley's post. Is there a glitch in the system?

[Diamond Dog]

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[Rayge]

I'm enjoying the comments on the match-ups, but I notice that although it says that Rayge has commented on match 6, I don't see anything there after Mr. Trans Chigley's post. Is there a glitch in the system?

There must be - it's disappeared into the ether. It was the 20th reply, so should have been at the top of page 2. It's a pity, as it was a doozy.

Stop press, I went back a few dozen pages and retrieved it. Put it up there, but in case it doesn't take again, here it is:
a - ah, this has started well. I never was into this band at the time, but there was such a flood of excellent, spirited, single-making going on in the late 1970s, that I overlooked them, although I bought plenty of singles similar to this. I see that the yelping has brought out the pearl-clutchers in force. Personally, I think he has an interesting voice that perfectly suits the poppy-Cabs instrumental track, and is entirely in keeping with the era. One of the great things about punk and post punk was that vocals came to be more about theatrical performance, the projection of mood and the adoption of personae than hitting notes and all that moo-sick shit. Six minutes passed pleasantly enough. 6 / 10
b - pretty beginning. Sing up, lad, don't be shy. Unless of course you don't want to be heard, which I could well understand given that you're burbling out a folky nonentity like Nick the Duck's slightly less feeble younger brother. Labouring under the misapprehension that tunefulness and a bit of tasty picking is all you need. There were one or two parts where my ears pricked up where he seemed to be singing his own harmony lines – oh and just as I was beginning to think it wasn't so bad, the band has brought the cow-chunder, he's adopted a silly falsetto swoop and the whole thing has gone to shit and bombast. Good choice to fade it out after that. So, he is the mercury and he thinks it should rain. Is it a song about the weather? Outlook bleak
3.5 / 10

A

[Jumper K]

Big Star really are dull as fuck. Horrible.

[Diamond Dog]

Unless I'm losing the plot... where are matches 14-16?

[The Modernist]

Unless I'm losing the plot... where are matches 14-16?

26 entered and the idea is for the next round to be 16, so 13 winners and three best losers.

[Diamond Dog]

Unless I'm losing the plot... where are matches 14-16?

26 entered and the idea is for the next round to be 16, so 13 winners and three best losers.

Ah right - not been on here much until today. Cheers G.

[Dayodead]

Well, I'm throwing in the towel on my match..calling it...Here's to the next time I get my ass kicked by an inferior artist..

[The Modernist]

Don't throw in the towel just yet. The three best losers also go through.

[never/ever]

And vote of course. I'll tally the lot tomorrow!

[never/ever]

Couple of great ties. especially the one between algroth and fange- really liked the Nascimento and Ikettes-tracks.

[sloopjohnc]

Big Star really are dull as fuck. Horrible.

The Jumper K of Power Pop, as it were.

[Diamond Dog]

This "I must vote for the underdog" thing... wtf is that all about?

Seriously - it's completely beyond me.... and has been right from when I re-entered the cups.

You listen to the music and you decide you like B more but vote A because it has less votes than B?

And?!

[sloopjohnc]

This "I must vote for the underdog" thing... wtf is that all about?

Seriously - it's completely beyond me.... and has been right from when I re-entered the cups.

You listen to the music and you decide you like B more but vote A because it has less votes than B?

And?!

I don't understand some of the reasons either. Either you like the song better or not, that should be it.

I tried explaining to a co-worker all the weird factors one has to consider before choosing a song in BCB competitions, not just this one, and I discovered halfway through that it sounded like I was talking about mental patients.

[Diamond Dog]

I tried explaining to a co-worker all the weird factors one has to consider before choosing a song in BCB competitions

You did what?

[sloopjohnc]

I tried explaining to a co-worker all the weird factors one has to consider before choosing a song in BCB competitions

You did what?

I know. I should be committed.

[never/ever]

Thanks for the comment in regards to C's 'missing vote' in one of the ties. That is rather strange. Fortunately I don't think any other votes suffered the same fate.

[Dayodead]

Can't believe Can lost to The Pretty Things....wow

[Rayge]

The semis reinforced yet again the gulf between my taste and that of the BCB massive. Several have proclaimed them full of great ties, but there were only two tracks - one of them, the Wah Heat, I actually bought and loved, the other, barbara and ernie, completely new to me - for which I could summon up any more than the faintest of praise.
Ange, Geraint, well done, now try harder