'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby naughty boy » 15 Nov 2017, 20:20

Jimboo what the fuck is going on? What's wrong with you tonight? :lol:
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Minnie the Minx » 15 Nov 2017, 20:21

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Goat Boy » 15 Nov 2017, 20:21

jimboo wrote:
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Getting beyond the issue of melody, I still like Helpless more of the two records because I think it allows the listener to bring more of themselves to it.


WHAT?

Get a grip man ffs.


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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby jimboo » 15 Nov 2017, 20:32

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Neil's gonna play helpless , we must be in heaven man!

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Minnie the Minx » 15 Nov 2017, 20:36

:D
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Matt Wilson » 15 Nov 2017, 20:37

You've made Anna VERY happy!

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Ranking Ted » 15 Nov 2017, 20:45

I was listening to CSNY this morning and while this is not prime Neil, it's certainly better than [insert whatever]. However, it's brought a knife to a gunfight here.

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Moleskin » 15 Nov 2017, 20:47

Ranking Ted wrote:I was listening to CSNY this morning and while this is not prime Neil, it's certainly better than [insert whatever]. However, it's brought a knife to a gunfight here.


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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Neige » 15 Nov 2017, 20:53

Minnie the Minx wrote:Then I went and listened to Life on Mars which sounds like a wizard ejaculating sponge cake on a moon made of crystals.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Helpless? No tune to speak of, verse and chorus are almost identical, a NY song I always skip!

And Life on Mars might be my very favourite Bowie song.
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Davey the Fat Boy » 15 Nov 2017, 21:08

Minnie the Minx wrote:Then I went and listened to Life on Mars which sounds like a wizard ejaculating sponge cake on a moon made of crystals.


Yes, it does.

My point exactly.
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby The Modernist » 15 Nov 2017, 21:10

More like Hopeless.

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Davey the Fat Boy » 15 Nov 2017, 21:23

Interesting how dismissive so many of you are.
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Minnie the Minx » 15 Nov 2017, 21:25

Oh Christ, now we're all going on DAVEY'S EXAMINATION COUCH
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Davey the Fat Boy » 15 Nov 2017, 21:27

Just relax and put on this gown...
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Goat Boy » 15 Nov 2017, 21:34

Davey the Fat Boy wrote:
Minnie the Minx wrote:Then I went and listened to Life on Mars which sounds like a wizard ejaculating sponge cake on a moon made of crystals.


Yes, it does.

My point exactly.


Whereas Helpless sounds like Young ejaculating nothing but a puff of dust and a smell that resembles an old folks home
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby Penk! » 15 Nov 2017, 21:35

Davey the Fat Boy wrote:Interesting how dismissive so many of you are.


I don't think it's that. It's not like you've taken some obscure deep cut from some random brown album that sold eight copies in 1972 and tried to convince us it's a better song, and we're just sticking our fingers in our ears and ignoring you. You've taken a Neil fucking Young song that we've all heard a million times. We know it isn't a better song.
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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby The Modernist » 15 Nov 2017, 21:36

Davey the Fat Boy wrote:Interesting how dismissive so many of you are.


It's a plodding dirge Davey.
Why do you think he picked Helpless? JC was being mischievous in taking one of Young's worst songs and putting it against a Bowie classic.

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby clive gash » 15 Nov 2017, 21:36

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby clive gash » 15 Nov 2017, 21:39

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Re: 'Helpless' vs 'Life On Mars'

Postby The Modernist » 15 Nov 2017, 21:44

Matt Harringay wrote:
The Modernist wrote: ...one of Young's worst songs...


One of his worst "standards" perhaps but, believe me, he's got dozens of worse songs.


I believe you, but it's the worst one I own, by some distance.


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