80s Cup Final 11 - fange 12-10 Kaspar

[Penk!]

A

Sister Nancy - Bam Bam



B

Pixies - Something Against You

[Dayodead]

B

[C]

-+B+-

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[The Modernist]

Although A isn't much of a song, an enthusiastic vocal and a great, spacey dub production make it an enjoyable listen.
B is quite a brave Pixies pick as it's them at their most uncompromising. Can't say I liked it though. Relentless in a bad way.

A

[toomanyhatz]

A may not be much of a song, but B is really not much of a song.

I'd say if you're going for the Pixies, B is rather typical. It shows off how "uncompromising" they are. I'm not sure it has any other reason to exist, which seems to be their thing.

[Purgatory Brite]

B

[Polishgirl]

FUCK ME but B is a raucous, glorious, speed freaky wonder and I love it.

Bbbbbbbbbbbbbb

[trans-chigley express]

Neither are really my bag but I enjoyed A the most.

[Deebank]

Is Joey Santiago the greatest living Filipino? I think so, just listen to that queasy guitar (actually that's probably Black Francis). Genius.

Sister Nancy is good fun too, but it has to be B

[Darkness_Fish]

A is another cheap as chips production, the overuse of echo in space is a beautiful thing. Kind of in a similar vein to Althea & Donna, but superior in my view. I'm a sucker for a brazen catchy nonsense vocal. Hook and atmosphere, above all else. Joyous. Not sure what else to say about this, this has been the find of the round for me. I love it, perfect pop simplicity. Is the rest of her output as good?

Hmm. I like the vocals to B, but the song's a bit of a chug-along, isn't it? It's all a bit tame, if there's going to be guitar noise, I want it peeling the skin off my face. I think the lumpen drums don't help much, probably would've been better with no percussion at all. I don't think I'll ever get The Pixies.

A

[never/ever]

Thanks A, it was lovely to meet you but the memory of seeing myself on VPRO-TV in the heavily moshing crowd during this song at the Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam in 1990 is just too good of a moment for me.


B

[WG Kaspar]

B

[fange]

B is good Pixies, but A is just about perfect.


A

[Loki]

Good pick, fangey!

[Rayge]

Haven't heard Sister Nancy before. I love the production, the way the echoes bounce from speaker to speaker.
I don't know if there's a band I've gone off more than I have the Pixies. I loved Surfer Rosa at the time, found i fascinating, but after the third or fourth album I just gave up. The Black Francis effect. Still, this at least harks back to the beginnings.

Um, difficult, but I think A shades it on this lovely spring afternoon. If I'd listened at night, things might have been different.

[Jumper K]

Best round so far.
I like both but A gets the vote. You may have noticed in previous cups I’m a bit of a reggae fan.

[Neige]

A, surprisingly

[Ranking Ted]

A is a nice obscure pick and I’d have gone elsewhere on Surfer Rosa but it’s just about

B

[Hightea]

A is nice but B is the winner

[echolalia]

B