70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1 *Trans Chigley Express advances*

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby Osgood » 15 Dec 2018, 19:12

I was about to quit A after two minutes but I'm glad I didn't cause that's when many interesting things started to happen in the background. Lovely track.
B was fine too, but this evening I feel more like

A
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby never/ever » 15 Dec 2018, 20:10

This is top stuff, both albums are classics in my book.
I'll give it for personal reasons to


A
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby Darkness_Fish » 15 Dec 2018, 21:24

Who cares about the rhythm section? I bloody well do when it's Danny Thompson on bass, fer chrissakes. Cruel Sister is Pentangle's finest album, and one of the absolute greatest folk albums of the 60s and 70s. There's so much going on in this track, I don't know how anyone can accuse it of being too trad. Sure, Jacqui's (superb) vocals are taking on a traditional ballad, but that jazzy bass hot-footing around the place, Renbourn's sitar floating in and out, it's hardly trying to recreate the past. It's a fleet-footed thing of beauty. That production job is pristine, too.

B's not bad, but it's very, very in thrall to Ultravox! It perhaps has an overtone of Roxy, too. It doesn't feel that it gets to really go anywhere, when you expect a chorus, nothing happens. It's a very empty kind of song, and the way it peters out at the end doesn't do it any favours.

A by a country mile.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby Neige » 16 Dec 2018, 00:32

toomanyhatz wrote:B is cute. A is epic.



In a nutshell... A it is.








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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby Nick Danger » 16 Dec 2018, 01:20

A

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby harvey k-tel » 16 Dec 2018, 03:02

B
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby trans-chigley express » 16 Dec 2018, 08:55

I love how these songs bookend the 70's, A from 1970 and B from '79. A has such a delightful arrangement with lovely tinkling percussion and the sitar accompanying the finger picking guitar.

B is a solid non-obvious choice from Numan from his all too brief purple patch during 1979 when he released two terrific albums. Grace Jones does a nice version too.

A

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby C » 16 Dec 2018, 20:46

A tough choice - I love them both

Chalk and cheese

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby GoogaMooga » 16 Dec 2018, 23:18

A's got too much feeling and B too little. A is for Albion, B is for Britain. New over ancient. B
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby fange » 17 Dec 2018, 01:37

I make this a tie again. :(
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby Darkness_Fish » 17 Dec 2018, 09:53

I think I made my feelings pretty plain on how superior Pentangle are, so lets just go with that.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby never/ever » 17 Dec 2018, 10:08

fange wrote:I make this a tie again. :(


Yeah....
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby never/ever » 17 Dec 2018, 10:22

Trans Chigley Express 13

Harvey K-Tel 13


OK, since this has ended in a tie again, the deciding factor will be the total amount of votes in favor of the players during this KnockOut Cup....

Trans Chigley Express- Round 1: 17 votes, Round 2: 19 votes, TB 13= 49 votes.
Harvey K-Tel: Round 1, 15 votes, Round 2 19 votes, TB 13 votes= 47 votes.

That means Trans Chigley Express advances to the next round.
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1

Postby trans-chigley express » 17 Dec 2018, 10:26

Darkness_Fish wrote:I think I made my feelings pretty plain on how superior Pentangle are, so lets just go with that.

I like the cut of your jib :D

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1 *Trans Chigley Express advances*

Postby trans-chigley express » 17 Dec 2018, 10:30

Sorry Harvey, that’s a very unfortunate way to lose but it’s been a titanic battle and I honestly thought I was doomed at one point with eight consecutive votes for Tubeway Army but somehow managed to claw my way back. I feel like a cat with nine lives.

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1 *Trans Chigley Express advances*

Postby never/ever » 17 Dec 2018, 10:34

I agree. It was a tough decision to make.

I will keep your next track in reserve though since I am still waiting for two players to cough up their next track....
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup Tiebreak 1 *Trans Chigley Express advances*

Postby harvey k-tel » 17 Dec 2018, 14:34

:(

Ah well, I understand you can't keep this competition going on indefinitely, n/e, and props to Trans-Chigley Express - I hope you make it through the next round with fewer bitten nails!! :)

Thanks again for all your effort, Maarts.

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