70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2 *TCE 10- fange 12*

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70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2 *TCE 10- fange 12*

Postby never/ever » 22 Dec 2018, 03:27

A


Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind The Mask





B

Four Tops - Are You Man Enough

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby C » 22 Dec 2018, 11:49

YMO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF!

Sakamoto is a genius and a bloody great pianist

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby naughty boy » 22 Dec 2018, 13:42

B is yer classic Ange/Moddie sumptuous seventies soul session bollocks and I've seen far too much of it over the last few weeks. fuck off

A is better anyway
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Diamond Dog » 22 Dec 2018, 15:23

Well I'll be blowed... I never knew that was the origin of "Behind The Mask"! :)

The Four Tops tune is perfectly serviceable but...

It's definitely A
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby toomanyhatz » 22 Dec 2018, 19:06

The Four Tops' ABC years are highly underrated. OK, it's not a Whitfield production, but those are pretty high standards. Anyway, thanks to B for not being "Ain't No Woman" or "Keeper of the Castle."

I'd personally say A is easily the more ordinary/dated track here, as ABC soul, despite producing plenty of hits, is often forgotten in favor of Motown West, Philly, Curtom, etc. It deserves better, whereas RS helped give us the 80s. Gee, thanks. :roll: :D
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby The Modernist » 22 Dec 2018, 19:47

Initially A was too plinky plonky 70s tv theme tune for me, but when the vocoder came in and the groove kicked in, it started to grab me a lot more. Daft Punk were definitely listening. B might not be one of The Four Tops better known tunes but the meaty production and Levi Stubbs' authoritative vocal are hard to argue against.

B but close..

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Darkness_Fish » 22 Dec 2018, 21:40

Blimey, it's normally quite hard for me not to vote for the electronically inclined and synthpop stuff, but the sound on this thing is horrible, it's a Playschool bounce along and piercing cheese-synth madness. Ugh. Jeez, synthpop of this time was gritty, innovative, heartfelt and reflecting the times, the only thing this reflects is badly on themselves. Horrible.

I'm more than tired of this kind of thing from B, which is really run of the mill by-the-numbers soul bobbins that was probably not good enough to make a b-side. But the vocals are good enough, and A was bad enough.

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Dayodead » 22 Dec 2018, 21:53

A, I guess...

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Purgatory Brite » 23 Dec 2018, 20:19

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Loki » 25 Dec 2018, 11:51

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby trans-chigley express » 25 Dec 2018, 13:03

The Four Tops tune has plenty of agreeable pizzazz but Sakamoto sure can come up with great melodies and just takes this one for me.

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Osgood » 26 Dec 2018, 19:48

Only needed ten seconds of B and the decision was made.
Synth pop can fuck right off, gimme some real music.


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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Neige » 27 Dec 2018, 12:16

A - very inspired selection!
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Count Machuki » 27 Dec 2018, 20:02

B!
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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby the masked man » 27 Dec 2018, 22:19

A

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Jumper K » 28 Dec 2018, 09:12

b.

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby Ranking Ted » 28 Dec 2018, 09:39

I really like both of these - good tie.

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby echolalia » 28 Dec 2018, 10:53

A

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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby kath » 28 Dec 2018, 19:55

these are pretty evenly matched for me. both pretty good at what they do, but neither blows me out of the water.

i'll take the four tops. more meat there for me.


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Re: 70s KnockOut Cup- SF 2

Postby T. Willy Rye » 29 Dec 2018, 01:13

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