ROUND 1 - Global A Go-Go, LP 1

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Vote for the song you like LEAST

Poll ended at 25 Jun 2019, 12:33pm

Johnny Appleseed
0
No votes
Cool 'N' Out
2
12%
Global A Go-Go
2
12%
Bhindi Bhagee
0
No votes
Gamma Ray
9
53%
Mega Bottle Ride
2
12%
Shaktar Donetsk
2
12%
 
Total votes: 17

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ROUND 1 - Global A Go-Go, LP 1

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This is a 4-sided record, but largely due to lengthier tracks. I'm going to have us vote per LP since Side D is just the ultra-long Minstrel Boy.
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I knew this one would be weird, because some people adore the songs I’m least interested in and are already voting against two of my favorites.
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Gamma Ray is a touch dull relative to a few others, imho.
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Flex wrote:
24 Jun 2019, 12:55pm
Gamma Ray is a touch dull relative to a few others, imho.
Agreed, though I remember there being some massive partisans back in the day.

It’s probsbly my second least favorite track on the album after the Minstrel Boy instrumental.

Which, when vocals are added, becomes a personal favorite. So much so that I swapped it on my digital version and often forget it isn’t the real album closer unless I go back to the CD.
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Gamma Ray Easy first round choice but then will get difficult.

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Flex wrote:
24 Jun 2019, 12:55pm
Gamma Ray is a touch dull relative to a few others, imho.
For me it's all about the layering and development. There's no bass for the first big chunk of it, and then it comes in at EXACTLY the perfect moment. Everything else on the track is doing something different but it all interlocks so well.
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Kory wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 1:48pm
Flex wrote:
24 Jun 2019, 12:55pm
Gamma Ray is a touch dull relative to a few others, imho.
For me it's all about the layering and development. There's no bass for the first big chunk of it, and then it comes in at EXACTLY the perfect moment. Everything else on the track is doing something different but it all interlocks so well.
I just think to Joe's vocal take on Gamma Raaaayyy and then it's like the song just dives into the ocean. I mean, I love all the tracks on this record, so it's splitting hairs, really.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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