Friday Poll Thread #10 - Favourite most hated IMCT song

General music discussion.

Which do you like best?

Tears In Heaven
1
4%
WBTCORAR
2
8%
You Can't Hurry Love (Phil version)
2
8%
Bitter Sweet Symphony
4
15%
We Didn't Start the Fire
2
8%
Fingerpoppin'
7
27%
Peaceful Easy Listening
1
4%
Boogie With Your Children
4
15%
St Elmo's Fire
1
4%
BLACK DIAMOND
2
8%
 
Total votes: 26

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Hello,

Which Black Diamond?

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
07 Nov 2019, 9:50pm
revbob wrote:
07 Nov 2019, 9:22pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
07 Nov 2019, 9:12pm
“Fingerpoppin'” has achieved a perverse appeal that makes it more listenable than rest of the Hestonian soundtrack of the doomed.
It was a toss up between this and Boogie With Your Children.
Pretty much. Those two have the only singer on this list that a sane person can respect.
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Oops. I messed up too. Subtract one vote for Boogie. That’s the worst of the bunch. Most of these songs are really good.
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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I voted "Boogie With Your Children" - shitty sound, shitty lead guitar, lame white boy rhythm section, but playful, sweet sentiment and Joe's vocal delivery gives it the lift in his inimitable way. At least it sounds like humans playing it. Sorta kinda the same for "Fingerpoppin'" - cheeky and rude but real (meaning the sentiment and vocal, not the backing track).

The rest I don't know or don't care/like ("We Didn't Start the Fire" is one of Joel's more tolerable songs for me, say I. And Collins' "Can't Hurry Love" cover is a glass of luke-warm milk - neither here nor there. Forgettable.).
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WTTCORAR. By a country mile.

Edit: St Elmo's Fire not far behind, good track.
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gkbill wrote:
07 Nov 2019, 11:37pm
Hello,

Which Black Diamond?
The real one.
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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BitterTom wrote:
08 Nov 2019, 3:57am
WTTCORAR. By a country mile.

Edit: St Elmo's Fire not far behind, good track.
"Best of the worst" not "worst of the worst" Tom

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revbob wrote:
08 Nov 2019, 7:05am
BitterTom wrote:
08 Nov 2019, 3:57am
WTTCORAR. By a country mile.

Edit: St Elmo's Fire not far behind, good track.
"Best of the worst" not "worst of the worst" Tom
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A lot of bad songs on this list, but I felt the St. Elmo's Fire song needed a vote.
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I mean, it's in my signature.

I wish there was a "bullet to the head" option.
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I've no idea what Peaceful Easy Listening is and looking at Hestons death wish I've no intention of finding out.
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JennyB wrote:
08 Nov 2019, 10:52am
I wish there was a "bullet to the head" option.
Whose head? :shifty:
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Black Diamond is pretty fucking cool relative to the rest of the songs. St Elmo's and We Built This City have absurdly good hooks though.
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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Also, SEF reminds me of:
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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Marky Dread wrote:
08 Nov 2019, 11:13am
I've no idea what Peaceful Easy Listening is and looking at Hestons death wish I've no intention of finding out.
Perhaps Heston typing Peaceful Easy Listening instead of Peaceful Easy Feeling after having a few pints? ;)
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