80s Cup Final 1 - Profile 10-15 Modernist

[Penk!]

A

Dexys Midnight Runners - There There My Dear



B

Josef K - It's Kinda Funny

[Rayge]

Two tracks I'm fond of, among the very best the two bands produced, but the pinginess of IKF just about wins this over Kevin Rowland's wracked vocals.
B

[toomanyhatz]

That's probably one of the better DMR songs I've heard, meaning it's faintly tolerable. Barbs tossed my way aside, even fiddles didn't help him. Fooled the NME crowd for a while, though. Nice work if you can get it.

Not that B is great shakes, but at least it doesn't feel like it's trying to con me.

[Neige]

Seriously: The sound of B is so eighties-style ugly it makes me ill... I do prefer minor Dexy's!

A

[The Write Profile]

Two great choices, and either is a worthy winner, but for me the brassy confidence of A wins it.

[Dayodead]

B

[The Modernist]

Two great tracks ( I had both singles) to kick things off.
TTMD is, with Plan B, my favourite Dexy's single. A charged, impassioned rush with a great brass sound pushing it to higher peaks. The Josef K track is so stripped down as to be barely there, but that's what makes you notice the details - the fragile but romantic croon of the vocal, the chopped guitar making it's angular shapes, the crispness of the drumming. It creates a wonderful atmosphere. So it's A's passion against B's detached, cool romanticism..for being a fresher pick from an underrated band, I'm going..
B

[Darkness_Fish]

Ooh, good start to the final, and it's even a Dexy's track I'm not aware of. I'm struggling a bit with it's Northern Soul revivalism, but that's a personal taste thing. I really want the brass to be a bit more explosive when it comes to the chorus, I want to be knocked backwards, not just honked at. But still, decent tune, nice burst of energy.

It's been so long since I've dragged any Josef K out that I didn't recognise this song at all until the chorus. It's quite a slender thing with a mannered vocal. The verse seems almost inconsequential, which makes the languid warmth of the chorus more surprising.

It's a close one, but I think B just speaks to me that bit more.

[Samoan]

B

[joels344]

Solid matchup here, but I’m feeling B today.

[trans-chigley express]

Despite the fact that I find Kevin Rowland acutely annoying I actually like that Dexy's song but I agree with DF's criticism regarding the horns.

B had a nice stripped down feel to it and was good too but I'll take A

[Deebank]

The Dexy's song is a good tune, sadly it has Kev at his most trying too hard 'brrr' ever few seconds annoying.
Charming man though in person.

I preferred the Joseph K track - great guitar solo

B

[Polishgirl]

I find B a bit dour and repetitive. A is ok

A

[Purgatory Brite]

A

Dexy's never really recaptured the intensity of their early records like this one.

[Ranking Ted]

Great start! Two top picks - my favourite by Dexys, urgent and righteous - pity poor Robin! - and one of Josef K’s finest, languid and delicate in a decidedly Postcard Records specific way. Hard to call but ultimately TTMD is a track I never tire of.

A

[fange]

I like A, but the feel and sound of B is something i return to much more.


B

[Hightea]

While I did like the guitar at the end of B, A kept my attention thru out.

A

[Hightea]

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[Hightea]

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[WG Kaspar]

A