I love that wonky part as it evokes the misguided optimism at the beginning of the war.Flex wrote: ↑09 Apr 2019, 12:58pmI re-listened to S! last night. SAE rates a bit higher than I'd recalled - next round will be interesting, since my beloved Junco Partner seems to be getting the boot - but for me it's that wonky choral stuff towards the end that deflates the song a touch. A lot to think about in the next few hours, song-wise.
ROUND 4 - Sandinista! - Side One
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”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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the wife was like "why are they doing that?" when it came on. was hard to make a persuasive argument it made the listening experience better.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Something About England is emerging as a real dark horse in this contest. I think it has a serious chance to make it out of the first round...though doubtful it will make it off of the album.
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble
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Mick’s vocals are always thin and usually weak. Also there are with those terrible synth horns. Though it’s a nice juxtaposition when joe’s warm, weary vocal enters.Heston wrote: ↑09 Apr 2019, 12:45pmI think it is fine in general, pretty good in fact. I can see where you're coming from with that note but is in tune, maybe just a bit ambitious.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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The thinness and frailty is what I like about Mick's vocals. It's a great contrast to Joe and we know what happened when Mick was sacked and they got some "proper" vocalists in. .matedog wrote: ↑09 Apr 2019, 1:40pmMick’s vocals are always thin and usually weak. Also there are with those terrible synth horns. Though it’s a nice juxtaposition when joe’s warm, weary vocal enters.Heston wrote: ↑09 Apr 2019, 12:45pmI think it is fine in general, pretty good in fact. I can see where you're coming from with that note but is in tune, maybe just a bit ambitious.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Yes I was just going to post that. It is the fragility or vulnerability of Mick’s voice that gives it the song the realism.Heston wrote: ↑09 Apr 2019, 1:55pmThe thinness and frailty is what I like about Mick's vocals. It's a great contrast to Joe and we know what happened when Mick was sacked and they got some "proper" vocalists in. .matedog wrote: ↑09 Apr 2019, 1:40pmMick’s vocals are always thin and usually weak. Also there are with those terrible synth horns. Though it’s a nice juxtaposition when joe’s warm, weary vocal enters.