80s Cup R3M12 - Machuki 17-9 Heifer

[Penk!]

A

Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song





B

Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half-Steppin'

[Dayodead]

MOB Rules !...A

[Purgatory Brite]

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[Penk!]

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[Deebank]

I enjoyed A's angular charms more than B's braggadocio

AAAA

[Polishgirl]

Pretty evenly matched for me- enjoyed both. More in the mood for

B

[toomanyhatz]

A tough call. A is another on my short list - or at least the album was, though that's probably not the song I would have chosen. But I want to reward A for not picking "That's When I Reach For My Revolver."

But B is simply undeniable. Braggadocio it may be, but it's impressively unrelenting, and rare for something that was a minor hit in the 80s, has dated very well. It's also at least a slightly deeper pick than what we've had so far.

One of the finest matches so far - not coincidentally pretty much lycra-free.

[Purgatory Brite]

A

[The Modernist]

I liked the committed urgency of A, which reminded me of The Ruts in some respects, it just lacked that killer chorus to nail the point home.
I got bored with B fairly quickly.

A

[The North Yorks Moors]

B. Hard to believe it's 80s.

[T. Willy Rye]

A

[Diamond Dog]

B was really quite dull after the first 30 seconds.

The first tune was okay, not great, but certainly good enough here.

A

[Penk!]

Mission of Burma were one of the best of the early-80s American bands and this is a taut, zinging highlight, all about the interplay between the frantic bass riff and the guitars and feedback.
B is good too, a fine old-school cut that would have won many a match-up in this round but I'm going to give this one to A.

[Darkness_Fish]

It's always this bloody track, did they only record one song or something? It's a decent enough song, a kind of genteel take on punk, not very much like a fight song at all. REM on steroids. Presuming that REM never exercise.

B is genteel in a similar way. He's going on about how dope he is, but he's enunciating clearly and calmly, like he's been on a work-sponsored public speaking course. It's quite pleasant, but doesn't do an awful lot. Neither track did, really.

A

[Jumper K]

B by a country mile.

[Belle Lettre]

A

[never/ever]

A

[Count Machuki]

A

[The Write Profile]

The forceful, wired, energy of A takes this quite handily. I like the sheer staccato attack of it.

[The Red Heifer]

B by a rural kilometre