80s Cup R8M7 - Googa 9-16 Samoan
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80s Cup R8M7 - Googa 9-16 Samoan
A
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
B
Hazel O'Connor - Will You?
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
B
Hazel O'Connor - Will You?
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
Ugh...B, I guess..
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
A is as good as CSN got in the 80s, but it's still CSN in the 80s.
The only thing that saves B from the out bin is the vocal, which sounds like it was recorded in a speakeasy in post-war Berlin. It's at odds with that New Yawk sax, which is a good thing.
The only thing that saves B from the out bin is the vocal, which sounds like it was recorded in a speakeasy in post-war Berlin. It's at odds with that New Yawk sax, which is a good thing.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
I'll take a lukewarm, tepid CSN over Hazel 'O' Bloody Connor anytime. A isn't that bad, those harmonies are still very enjoyable, even if the song is a little mediocre. B has always made my skin crawl, a horribly overwrought thing.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
Oh God; I love B. I haven't heard it for years but I still remembered the lyrics and had a right good singalong. It's so self-pitying and melodramatic - ideal listening if you were a 12 year old girl when it came out. I even like the sax.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
B
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
Oh. I had no idea Crosby, Stills, or Nash recorded in the 80s, let alone at the same time. I don't want to sound in any way snobbish. Heaven forfend. However. I'm pretty sure this would go down well amongst the line-dancing community. I'm pretty sure there is many an end-of-pier pub where this would be considered fairly average background music. I'm entirely unsure why it's here. Christ, I thought the Iggy Pop was a bad choice.
Ooh, I'd forgotten the existence of B. It's like the bastard offspring of Bowie and Toyah, and particularly poor Bowie at that. To be fair to Hazel, I think she does a decent job of the vocals, but that sax is entirely unnecessary, intrusive, and shit. Again, could've been a decent song under the bones of the wretched production job, if it was stripped back to just a dramatic vocal and minimal backing. I'd have voted for Jive Bunny rather than A, however.
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Ooh, I'd forgotten the existence of B. It's like the bastard offspring of Bowie and Toyah, and particularly poor Bowie at that. To be fair to Hazel, I think she does a decent job of the vocals, but that sax is entirely unnecessary, intrusive, and shit. Again, could've been a decent song under the bones of the wretched production job, if it was stripped back to just a dramatic vocal and minimal backing. I'd have voted for Jive Bunny rather than A, however.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
A wasn't as bad as I was expecting. An ok slice of soft rock that passed by sweetly enough.
B for being the better song
This is just about right, but I actually don't mind the song at all even if both the vocal and the sax solo let it down. There is potential there.Darkness_Fish wrote: It's like the bastard offspring of Bowie and Toyah,
B for being the better song
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
I'm a sucker for a Stills tune, and these harmonies really soar. Add in 70s memories, and I gotta go with
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
Darkness_Fish wrote:, but that sax is entirely unnecessary, intrusive, and shit.
No no no! That's Hazel's love interest Jonathan Price playing that sax!
The film-makers clearly had the sketchiest idea of what punk was about (I wonder if Yomp was their consultant? Arf!) - and decided it was about a middle-aged-looking balding Price in a Geog teacher's jacket honking away on sax as O'Connor debated whether or not he was worth a shag.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
A is inoffensive but forgettable. Do you think any of the trio at any point paused for a moment and thought "come on lads, the magic's gone. Let's get out before it's too late"?
B is alright, I think. Nowhere near as arty or moving as it wants to be, but I quite like the sax and it has more personality.
B
B is alright, I think. Nowhere near as arty or moving as it wants to be, but I quite like the sax and it has more personality.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
A- the hit song of their 80's albums, Sounded okay back in the day but hasn't aged well. still has a few nice harmonies.
B- nice vocals but the sax sounds too smooth jazz and also the vocals just doesn't have any power to them.
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B- nice vocals but the sax sounds too smooth jazz and also the vocals just doesn't have any power to them.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
Not a big fan of either, but for the sake of things i'll go with the melodrama of B.
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Re: 80s Cup Round 8 Match 7
Bleurgh.
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