Semifinal - The Beatles - Round 3
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Semifinal - The Beatles - Round 3
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Happiness versus Helter Skelter!!
Happiness versus Helter Skelter!!
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Two songs about violence—very 1968. I'm voting against HiaWG again just because the other song is a behemoth. That pop pretty boy Paul came up with that makes it even more impressive.
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I love both of these songs, but Happiness is my favorite Beatles song so I can’t not defend it until the end. It won’t suck losing to HS, at least. Both are top tier.
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Happiness is a great track. It might not have the spontaneous insanity of HS, but it's a far better composition and the ensemble playing by the band is great. I agree, I would be okay if it lost to HS...but it is a really incredible song.
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Listening to them back to back, Happiness is a much better track. Love the energy of HS, but...
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It’s weird how a board full of the Softest of SRPs is going for the loudest Beatles song instead of pop craftsmanship, but this board will ever confound me.
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To borrow from Newsradio, this board is a cipher wrapped in an enigma smothered in secret sauce.
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I've been voting against Warm Gun til now, but it's got my vote against Helter Skelter. Helter Skelter fails to convince as hard rock - MacCartney wrote it in response to reading about a heavy song in the music press and that's how it comes off - whereas Gun succeeds on its own whimsical terms.
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i'm voting for helter skelter (to advance) because i want as many chance as possible for heston to refer to it as "heavy metal"
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thread drift, but I loved that show and can't believe I forgot all about it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 12:37pmTo borrow from Newsradio, this board is a cipher wrapped in an enigma smothered in secret sauce.
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absolutely one of the best. i use that line all the time (as well as "everyone loves a cane")Mimi wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 1:05pmthread drift, but I loved that show and can't believe I forgot all about it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 12:37pmTo borrow from Newsradio, this board is a cipher wrapped in an enigma smothered in secret sauce.
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"Just because I'm Canadian doesn't mean I'm a spy!"Mimi wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 1:05pmthread drift, but I loved that show and can't believe I forgot all about it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 12:37pmTo borrow from Newsradio, this board is a cipher wrapped in an enigma smothered in secret sauce.
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The cane episode is one of the funniest episodes of any show ever. It's such a funny show. We just rewatched them all. Phil Hartman was absolutely brilliant.Flex wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 1:06pmabsolutely one of the best. i use that line all the time (as well as "everyone loves a cane")Mimi wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 1:05pmthread drift, but I loved that show and can't believe I forgot all about it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Mar 2021, 12:37pmTo borrow from Newsradio, this board is a cipher wrapped in an enigma smothered in secret sauce.
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Re: Semifinal - The Beatles - Round 3
I've evened it up with a vote for HS. Gun is stronger by a fair margin.
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I pushed Gun over the edge for now with another HS vote.
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