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Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 2:24pm
by WestwayKid
After over 150 songs...

After over a month of polls...

Complete Control is the ultimate survivor of The GREAT Clash SURVIVOR Poll of 2019!!

This was a lot of fun. Thank you all for taking part - lots of great debate and great discussion and at least for me - it was a great reminder of just what an awesome catalog they have. I've been listening to them since I was a teenager and maybe I've taken their music for granted after all these years - so taking a deep dive into their music has been a lot of fun!!

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 2:28pm
by Flex
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:17pm
by WestwayKid
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 2:28pm
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.
...and now we can get back to more polls about KISS! Personally, I want to see a Vinnie Vincent versus Mark St. John poll! ;) :mrgreen:

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:22pm
by Heston
WestwayKid wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:17pm
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 2:28pm
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.
...and now we can get back to more polls about KISS! Personally, I want to see a Vinnie Vincent versus Mark St. John poll! ;) :mrgreen:
I'm behind this.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:26pm
by BitterTom
Heston wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:22pm
WestwayKid wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:17pm
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 2:28pm
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.
...and now we can get back to more polls about KISS! Personally, I want to see a Vinnie Vincent versus Mark St. John poll! ;) :mrgreen:
I'm behind this.
I've never heard any of Kiss' material properly. I'd be up for at polls in terms of reccomendations.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:31pm
by WestwayKid
BitterTom wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:26pm
Heston wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:22pm
WestwayKid wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:17pm
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 2:28pm
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.
...and now we can get back to more polls about KISS! Personally, I want to see a Vinnie Vincent versus Mark St. John poll! ;) :mrgreen:
I'm behind this.
I've never heard any of Kiss' material properly. I'd be up for at polls in terms of reccomendations.
I don't think there is a proper way to listen to KISS... ;)

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:49pm
by Wolter
Heston wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:22pm
WestwayKid wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:17pm
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 2:28pm
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.
...and now we can get back to more polls about KISS! Personally, I want to see a Vinnie Vincent versus Mark St. John poll! ;) :mrgreen:
I'm behind this.
Finally, a confession!

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:50pm
by Wolter
For real though: thanks, Westway. This has been a blast.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 3:52pm
by Flex
Oh, and here's the studio cut of the song that won it all, if you need to re-familiarize yourself quickly:

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 4:20pm
by Marky Dread
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:52pm
Oh, and here's the studio cut of the song that won it all, if you need to re-familiarize yourself quickly:
Sounds poorly produced to me and that '77 Joe voice is terrible.

Rinky dink punk rock rubbish. :mrgreen:

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 6:57pm
by Heston
BitterTom wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:26pm
Heston wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:22pm
WestwayKid wrote:
09 May 2019, 3:17pm
Flex wrote:
09 May 2019, 2:28pm
this whole this is illegitimate because we didn't vote on both This Is Radio Clash AND Radio Clash. :shifty:

Great, great work WestwayKid. This has been a fun as hell exercise, and it restored my faith in the wrong tastes of a majority of this board a majority of the time.
...and now we can get back to more polls about KISS! Personally, I want to see a Vinnie Vincent versus Mark St. John poll! ;) :mrgreen:
I'm behind this.
I've never heard any of Kiss' material properly. I'd be up for at polls in terms of reccomendations.
Just go to the KISS thread.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 6:59pm
by Heston
The champ and deservedly so.

That moment went it all kicks in...on the LAST tour....priceless.

I fucking love this song.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 7:05pm
by Flex
i cranked it up on my headphones at work until the sound was bleeding out of the cans. It is a great fucking song.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 7:08pm
by Marky Dread
Heston wrote:
09 May 2019, 6:59pm
The champ and deservedly so.

That moment went it all kicks in...on the LAST tour....priceless.

I fucking love this song.
It has so many great moments. On very first playing it (I bought it in WH Smiths, Reading) I just fell in love with it. I played it over and over again and the line ''I don't trust you...so why trust me'' was like my punk mantra.

Re: Complete Control Reigns Supreme!

Posted: 09 May 2019, 7:19pm
by Heston
Marky Dread wrote:
09 May 2019, 7:08pm
Heston wrote:
09 May 2019, 6:59pm
The champ and deservedly so.

That moment went it all kicks in...on the LAST tour....priceless.

I fucking love this song.
It has so many great moments. On very first playing it (I bought it in WH Smiths, Reading) I just fell in love with it. I played it over and over again and the line ''I don't trust you...so why trust me'' was like my punk mantra.
I could write an essay on all the great things about it. I love the way the intro is in some weird timing like 6/8 or something. Matey will probably correct me but it has this unorthodox bar length. The way it has no chorus, just a bridge. That unexpected G chord just after the "you're my guitar hero" bit. Then it has a middle eight which kicks in out of nowhere and just keeps on rolling to the end. Utter genius made to sound so simple.