ROUND 3 - GEER - Side One
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ROUND 3 - GEER - Side One
If you're looking for the Last Gang in Town it is no longer part of this poll. Sorry.
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Three incredible tracks, but ECW is a little less incredible than the other two. I suspect this one is gonna be a massacre.
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The only curiosity about Side 1 is whether "Tommygun" might upset the heavy favourite.
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I might vote Tommy just out of sympathy.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 7:54pmThe only curiosity about Side 1 is whether "Tommygun" might upset the heavy favourite.
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I'll probably hold off and see whether my vote might be a difference maker.Wolter wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 8:01pmI might vote Tommy just out of sympathy.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 7:54pmThe only curiosity about Side 1 is whether "Tommygun" might upset the heavy favourite.
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Fuck sympathy, SEH deserves every accolade coming its way. It's one of those rare songs where I can remember exactly what I was doing when I first heard it, because it's so good. It's like the JFK shooting in song form. It just totally levelled me as a 14 year old when I first heard it. Superb song.Wolter wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 8:01pmI might vote Tommy just out of sympathy.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 7:54pmThe only curiosity about Side 1 is whether "Tommygun" might upset the heavy favourite.
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No brainer here. ECW just has to go.
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It's a total punch in the gut the first time you hear it. You just have to listen. My first experience with the band was through the US version of the first album. I loved it...but the first time I got my hands on GEER - I simply was not prepared for the SOUND of that opening track. Catchy, bombastic, Mick sounds like he's playing an entire guitar factory. One of my all-time faves by the band.Heston wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 9:36pmFuck sympathy, SEH deserves every accolade coming its way. It's one of those rare songs where I can remember exactly what I was doing when I first heard it, because it's so good. It's like the JFK shooting in song form. It just totally levelled me as a 14 year old when I first heard it. Superb song.Wolter wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 8:01pmI might vote Tommy just out of sympathy.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 7:54pmThe only curiosity about Side 1 is whether "Tommygun" might upset the heavy favourite.
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On a good day, Tommy Gun is a top 5 Clash song for me. That outro gets me every time. SEH is maybe top 15-20.Wolter wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 8:01pmI might vote Tommy just out of sympathy.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 7:54pmThe only curiosity about Side 1 is whether "Tommygun" might upset the heavy favourite.
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I'm not a massive fan of the outro to Tommy Gun, I get it adds another dimension but I think the song would have benefited from just staying in the same key. That E chord at the start is powerful as fuck, that's how it should have ended.
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Now I think the change to B is pretty clever.
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Agreed, love the key change.
Side note - ECW is the weakest of the three as recorded. ECW fucking smokes live. Might even like it better than the other two live.
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I never noticed it was a key change, but now that you mention it, it's so obvious.
I think of GEER as kind of their 'outro album' where the main body of most of the songs is still 2 minutes or so like the first album, but a lot of them have a new part at the end to give the songs more depth. Not that this is exclusive to GEER, but it represents that particular creative breakthrough for them.
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It could be seen as a creative breakthrough or unnecessary padding, depending on your point of view. I certainly think Last Gang and All the Young Punks go on too long.msza2 wrote: ↑08 Apr 2019, 10:49amI never noticed it was a key change, but now that you mention it, it's so obvious.
I think of GEER as kind of their 'outro album' where the main body of most of the songs is still 2 minutes or so like the first album, but a lot of them have a new part at the end to give the songs more depth. Not that this is exclusive to GEER, but it represents that particular creative breakthrough for them.
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I agree those two go on too long, but it's because of an overlong song bodies, not outros.Heston wrote: ↑08 Apr 2019, 11:13amIt could be seen as a creative breakthrough or unnecessary padding, depending on your point of view. I certainly think Last Gang and All the Young Punks go on too long.msza2 wrote: ↑08 Apr 2019, 10:49amI never noticed it was a key change, but now that you mention it, it's so obvious.
I think of GEER as kind of their 'outro album' where the main body of most of the songs is still 2 minutes or so like the first album, but a lot of them have a new part at the end to give the songs more depth. Not that this is exclusive to GEER, but it represents that particular creative breakthrough for them.