ROUND 4 - Permanent Record

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Vote for the song you like LEAST

Poll ended at 28 Jun 2019, 5:05pm

Trash City
4
22%
Nothin' Bout Nothin'
14
78%
 
Total votes: 18

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Kory wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:33pm
101Walterton wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:32pm
Heston wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:29pm
Kory wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:17pm
Heston wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 6:38pm


I agree with you about the samey-ness of the song but I grew to like it a lot. The tune is also a total lift of "Doo Wah Diddy" by Manfred Mann but something about the song wins through in the end. I love the way it becomes more agitated as the song goes on and you end up with all this crazy percussion and stuff. The ending is also genius, this is why fade outs should be outlawed.
All the songs on Permanent Record have worse production than Earthquake Weather, yet there doesn't seem to be any complaints there...
Yeah, but Trash City as a song is better than everything on EW save for maybe one or two songs. You're right though, the production is very similar.
You can hear Joe on Trash City
I think the lyrics are way more intelligible on EW than PR.
At least you can hear how unintelligible they are on PR.
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Kory wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:17pm
Heston wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 6:38pm
matedog wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 6:21pm
Only issue with Trash City is the verse/chorus melodies are the same. I don't think the chord progression changes at all either. Love that off key piano in the intro. Not unlike Dictator. :cool:
I agree with you about the samey-ness of the song but I grew to like it a lot. The tune is also a total lift of "Doo Wah Diddy" by Manfred Mann but something about the song wins through in the end. I love the way it becomes more agitated as the song goes on and you end up with all this crazy percussion and stuff. The ending is also genius, this is why fade outs should be outlawed.
All the songs on Permanent Record have worse production than Earthquake Weather, yet there doesn't seem to be any complaints there...
The songs on PR are garage rock; they benefit from a less polished sound.
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I would argue every single vocal Joe song on PR is better than every single song on EW except Shouting Street, which sounds like it would fit on PR.
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Wolter wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:53pm
I would argue every single vocal Joe song on PR is better than every single song on EW except Shouting Street, which sounds like it would fit on PR.
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101Walterton wrote:
28 Jun 2019, 4:04am
Wolter wrote:
27 Jun 2019, 7:53pm
I would argue every single vocal Joe song on PR is better than every single song on EW except Shouting Street, which sounds like it would fit on PR.
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i voted for nothin' bout nothin' purely because it is one of Laxman's favourites & I am a vindictive bastard. :mrgreen:
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deny wrote:
28 Jun 2019, 12:38pm
i voted for nothin' bout nothin' purely because it is one of Laxman's favourites & I am a vindictive bastard. :mrgreen:
It is indeed, I love that song. Is this tactical voting allowed? ;)

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laxman wrote:
28 Jun 2019, 3:58pm
deny wrote:
28 Jun 2019, 12:38pm
i voted for nothin' bout nothin' purely because it is one of Laxman's favourites & I am a vindictive bastard. :mrgreen:
It is indeed, I love that song. Is this tactical voting allowed? ;)
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Marky Dread wrote:
29 Jun 2019, 5:35pm
laxman wrote:
28 Jun 2019, 3:58pm
deny wrote:
28 Jun 2019, 12:38pm
i voted for nothin' bout nothin' purely because it is one of Laxman's favourites & I am a vindictive bastard. :mrgreen:
It is indeed, I love that song. Is this tactical voting allowed? ;)
You can't deny him his fun.
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