70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6 *kath advances*
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
a is a Junkie blowing farts down a tube from his 'funk' period. Or so I assume, because I'm just not listening to it, as
B is one of the three unquestionably great tracks on on of the finest album of this or any decade. And it is a song, too, unlike the similarly brilliant Piss Factory, which is an ecstatic poem over Tom Verlaine's finest guitar and Richard Sohl's most magical piano, or Land and Horses from the same album, which are suites/performance pieces. DNV does great here, too, but it's the vocal performance and the writing that make this. So Patti can't sing? [Yawn emoticon] Well she has as much of a technical voice as Bowie, to name but one who managed to build a career on a thin reedy warble, limited range and wobbly pitch, but where her greatness lies is in the declamation of ecstatic, shamanistic poetry that gets closer to the dark sexual heart of rock and roll than any other artist, certainly from this benighted decade, which this album illuminated with a prog-scouring flash and boom. No matter that she never bettered it. I've seen her live three times now (more than any other artist), and marveled at her astonishing charismatic ability to project such an onslaught, a tsunami, of emotional, spiritual and sexual joy, a tiny dark loose-limbed stick of energy entrancedly surfing on her sexuality: the only other performer that's come close in my admittedly limited experience is another who is regularly sneered at by the CoDs for being a screaming harridan, Janis Joplin. But the shadow, and indeed the Shadow, knows, and leads me to hold Patti close to my once dark, now effulgent, heart. And she can write some nifty prose, too.
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B is one of the three unquestionably great tracks on on of the finest album of this or any decade. And it is a song, too, unlike the similarly brilliant Piss Factory, which is an ecstatic poem over Tom Verlaine's finest guitar and Richard Sohl's most magical piano, or Land and Horses from the same album, which are suites/performance pieces. DNV does great here, too, but it's the vocal performance and the writing that make this. So Patti can't sing? [Yawn emoticon] Well she has as much of a technical voice as Bowie, to name but one who managed to build a career on a thin reedy warble, limited range and wobbly pitch, but where her greatness lies is in the declamation of ecstatic, shamanistic poetry that gets closer to the dark sexual heart of rock and roll than any other artist, certainly from this benighted decade, which this album illuminated with a prog-scouring flash and boom. No matter that she never bettered it. I've seen her live three times now (more than any other artist), and marveled at her astonishing charismatic ability to project such an onslaught, a tsunami, of emotional, spiritual and sexual joy, a tiny dark loose-limbed stick of energy entrancedly surfing on her sexuality: the only other performer that's come close in my admittedly limited experience is another who is regularly sneered at by the CoDs for being a screaming harridan, Janis Joplin. But the shadow, and indeed the Shadow, knows, and leads me to hold Patti close to my once dark, now effulgent, heart. And she can write some nifty prose, too.
Enthusiastic enough for you, John? - 8.5 / 10
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
wrong song, wrong artist
now if you'd have gone just as overboard about 'See My Baby Jive'...
now if you'd have gone just as overboard about 'See My Baby Jive'...
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SWIMMING POOL HARRINGTON wrote:wrong song, wrong artist
now if you'd have gone just as overboard about 'See My Baby Jive'...
If someone picks it, I will
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
THIS IS MY 70S
FULL OF MUSIC
TUBS
OOF
OK, both artists did other things in the '70s that are better, but these are both songs to get lost in. Overwhelming artistic experiences, you know? I'm happy to sit and listen to both.
I'm going to be petty and vote for B, because I already picked a Miles song (and lost ) while I don't think we've had Patti before now.
FULL OF MUSIC
TUBS
OOF
OK, both artists did other things in the '70s that are better, but these are both songs to get lost in. Overwhelming artistic experiences, you know? I'm happy to sit and listen to both.
I'm going to be petty and vote for B, because I already picked a Miles song (and lost ) while I don't think we've had Patti before now.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
Half-heartedly
B
B
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
toomanyhatz wrote:Tough, as I like both a great deal, but right now I guess I have more affection for A. B is possibly my least favorite song from an album I love. And I think Miles "got" rock and funk in a way his contemporaries who flirted with it didn't.
Yeah, what hatzy says. Miles also had the advantage of having brilliant players around him, who could bring to life his vision in extraordinary ways.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
Gimme A's space voodoo over B's hippie jive nonsense any time.
A
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
Love both of these tracks reminds me of my bedroom growing up I would put on a Miles album and my brother would take it off and play Patti.
Luckley I liked Patti he hated Miles. In honor of my brother I'll give it to Patti
B
Luckley I liked Patti he hated Miles. In honor of my brother I'll give it to Patti
B
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Of all the great Miles-tracks entered in this Cup I found this one the least satisfying. The core of it is good but I lose a bit the elemental instruments in the wash of percussion. The tabla-bit is a bit perfunctory....
Patti is not in my direct interest-group but this was quite nice.
B
Patti is not in my direct interest-group but this was quite nice.
B
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
Oof, this is a great match. B's my favorite Patti cut by some distance and one I considered for my list as well, and A is Miles in full force. I would have voted for A were it up against any other track this round save for the Rallizes Denudes perhaps - but it's B for me.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6
Count Machuki 11
kath 21
kath 21
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6 *kath advances*
That's my girl!
Good luck in the QF.
Good luck in the QF.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SS 6 *kath advances*
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Good luck in the QF.
mwhahaha. thanks. i don't really have much of a shot, but i dew look so luvvvvly in armor and braids.
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