Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

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Arthur
18
43%
Nick
16
38%
Roger
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19%
 
Total votes: 42

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Purgatory Brite » 07 May 2018, 12:38

Blatant homophobia on BCB? Once again Coan scrapes the bottom of the barrel.

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby naughty boy » 07 May 2018, 13:28

Bald people who miss the point #346
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Goat Boy » 07 May 2018, 13:43

I voted for that Roger fella.

The greatest double whammy in single history, fucking Piper and the solo stuff which is patchy but has some wonderful gems too.

People are really underselling Drake though
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Bent Fabric » 07 May 2018, 14:06

Syd's particular type of singularity (Piper, the first two singles, the late '67 tracks) is just such a beacon of magic to me. He was always going to be my front-runner here.

It was close with Love, whom I do adore and listen to a LOT.

And, yeah - Drake is Drake. Utterly magnificent, but...perhaps muted enough in his way that he was never going to stand a chance against these two.

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby WG Kaspar » 07 May 2018, 14:45

Nick Drake for me. I can't think of anything he's done that I don't like. The other two are slightly overrated.
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby naughty boy » 07 May 2018, 15:48

No homework to mark, lads?
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Mike Boom » 07 May 2018, 15:59

The "Pansy" appears to be winning - #Pansy Power, #Pansies Rock

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Rayge » 07 May 2018, 16:10

K wrote:Coan doesn't like him, so that's reason enough.
Getting Rayge in that is a bonus.

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Rayge » 07 May 2018, 16:10

German Dave wrote:Do you have any views on Arthur Lee's skin colour, by the way?

Kind of beige?
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Mike Boom » 07 May 2018, 16:12

ooo ooh a sudden surge of voting for Arthur :lol:

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby clive gash » 07 May 2018, 16:14

The pro-Coan lobby will always abide.
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Rayge » 07 May 2018, 16:15

K wrote:He developed an interest in sport, becoming an accomplished sprinter over 100 and 200 yards, representing the school's Open Team in 1966. He played rugby for the C1 House team and was appointed a House Captain in his last two terms. School friends recall Drake at this time as having been confident and "quietly authoritative", while often aloof in his manner


Don't conflate the man with the persona presented by his songs, which was all I was talking about


And as an aside, while I don't support Coan's tinkerishly provocative use of terms often applied derogatively to homosexuals, the idea that playing bugry is somehow evidence of rugged heterosexuality is risible.
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby clive gash » 07 May 2018, 16:28

I sense a third flounce :)
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby naughty boy » 07 May 2018, 16:38

Not while the wife's out
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Rayge » 07 May 2018, 16:53

K wrote:
Rayge wrote:Ah, but I didn't say that did I? I was comparing "pansy" with "weak and wet". I clearly wrote that, but you go ahead and argue against me about something I didn't write. Perhaps turn it into a couple of hilariously loquacious paragraphs and then get an alias to agree with you. The odd funny word (eg "bugry") goes down well too.


And I'm saying the fact that he may has been a sporty adolescent and not weak and wet doesn't mean that his song persona is not weak and wet, not to mention precious and mimsy. So what I wrote addressed your point pointedly.

And as I have said many times before all my atlases are out, and none of them 'agree with me' on this or any other subject, but then again you never believe what I write, do you, even when an admin (Prof, another of my aliases) confirms it?

And while both loquacity and hilarity are trademarks of my posts, in this thread they've been terse to the point of coaninanity, so I'm not sure what that's about ;)
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby sloopjohnc » 07 May 2018, 17:21

Mike Boom wrote:The "Pansy" appears to be winning - #Pansy Power, #Pansies Rock




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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby clive gash » 07 May 2018, 17:24



One of John’s faves.
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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby sloopjohnc » 07 May 2018, 17:25

Rayge wrote:
K wrote:He developed an interest in sport, becoming an accomplished sprinter over 100 and 200 yards, representing the school's Open Team in 1966. He played rugby for the C1 House team and was appointed a House Captain in his last two terms. School friends recall Drake at this time as having been confident and "quietly authoritative", while often aloof in his manner


Don't conflate the man with the persona presented by his songs, which was all I was talking about


One of the heroes of flight 93, one of the passengers who took down the plane in a field before terrorists could crash it into something else, was Mark Bingham, a star rugby player at University of California, Berkeley. He was 6' 4" and 225 lbs. Bingham also just happened to be gay.

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby Thang-y » 07 May 2018, 17:28

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Re: Arthur Lee v Nick Drake v Syd Barrett

Postby sloopjohnc » 07 May 2018, 17:57

K wrote:
sloopjohnc wrote:
Rayge wrote:
Don't conflate the man with the persona presented by his songs, which was all I was talking about


One of the heroes of flight 93, one of the passengers who took down the plane in a field before terrorists could crash it into something else, was Mark Bingham, a star rugby player at University of California, Berkeley. He was 6' 4" and 225 lbs. Bingham also just happened to be gay.

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As low Ng as you are referencing Rayge and not me. At no point was I saying sports were incompatible with homosexuality. I was noting that's being a "pansy" (eg lacking strength of character) was at odds with being "quietly authoritative".


It wasn't a specific response to anyone - just that you can't judge a book by its cover.
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