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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Loki » 15 Oct 2018, 16:54

I recall reading some disparaging remarks about the Timmy Thomas tune previously on BCB, so I'm surprised (and delighted) to see the support for it here.


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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Osgood » 15 Oct 2018, 17:37

Hmm, I was sure I had submitted my vote, but apparently not. In any case, without much enthusiasm

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Jumper K » 15 Oct 2018, 19:21

Linval is an odd choice when considering the 70's were the greatest period of Reggae. This is entirely unremarkable.
B is a stone dead classic.
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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Darkness_Fish » 15 Oct 2018, 21:28

I've never got into reggae in any way at all, which always irks me somewhat, because I absolutely love the vibrancy and joyfulness of the ska which preceded it. I mean, I don't want to sound like a middle-aged white man with no connection to Jamaican culture or urban life.... but I just did, and I just am, and this means nothing to me, Oh, Vienna. Another song that ends rather abruptly, but not a second too soon.

I can't decide if Timmy Thomas sounds like he should be a schoolmate of Billy Bunter, or the star of an Ealing comedy. It's a very sparse, stripped back thing, almost like the kind of experimental electronic thing I'd have bought it if didn't have a soul vocal over the top. Odd, distinctive, not entirely successful, but yeah, it's the winner here.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby echolalia » 15 Oct 2018, 22:58

What’s so good about A? I don’t see it. Oh shut up.

B is a fantastic track but it’s getting to be a cup recidivist – that must be three or four times I’ve seen it picked. I still love it though – Sade’s version too – and A poses no competition so

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby trans-chigley express » 16 Oct 2018, 05:54

I first heard B when Sade covered it and I loved her version long before I ever heard the original which turned out to be even better.

I wasn't keen on A

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby fange » 16 Oct 2018, 06:00

A is fun and perfectly pleasant, but on just about every metric i can think of (except "reggae-ness" obviously), B wins here.


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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby WG Kaspar » 16 Oct 2018, 10:28

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Ranking Ted » 16 Oct 2018, 21:13

A is pleasant enough but seems pretty generic. Legalise it! Anyway, all fairly moot as despite B now venturing into Cup stalwart territory, it remains a magnificently singular and spartan blend of rickety, primitive electronics, stabbing keys and that wonderful vocal and song over the top. It’s a copper bottomed classic.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Neige » 17 Oct 2018, 11:30

A is good (pity it gets cut off before the end)... but B is simply great!
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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Sneelock » 17 Oct 2018, 19:54

B because of the way I'll be walking around with it caught in my head the rest of the day.
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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby algroth » 17 Oct 2018, 22:30

Musically I don't exactly mind A even if it's pretty generic, as others have said, but marihuana culture's utter bastardization where I live at at least have done the tracks utterly naff lyrics no favours - I couldn't roll my eyes harder at it. Absolutely dig B however, very spacious and there's something about the cold mechanical feel of the drum machine paired with the soulful delivery elsewhere that gets to me.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Hightea » 18 Oct 2018, 02:32

A - not much there prefer other reggae. Its okay

B- after getting over the drum machine I thought the second half of the song was much more interesting. Part of the reason I prefer longer tracks because maybe the song actually gets good. Not the case here as its just an okay song.

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby toomanyhatz » 18 Oct 2018, 20:07

I feel like I've seen B too often in these cups, but it's still a monumental production, and A is pretty boring and cliche. I mean, I love the Willie Nelson just as much as the next man (probably more), but I'd probably pick Dark Side of the Fucking Moon over that were I "under the influence."
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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby never/ever » 19 Oct 2018, 04:52

I'd be interested to see how many times Timmy Thomas appeared in BCB-cups. I feel it must have been a dozen or so...
Nothing wrong with it, it sucks the ganja out of A with ease....


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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby The Red Heifer » 20 Oct 2018, 03:48

If only the song was called "I Love Hahn Super Dry and KFC"

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby Rayge » 20 Oct 2018, 16:58

a - I don't understand Reggae, have no frame of reference for it. While I have no problem with the sentiments, their simple repetition over a donkey-plod backbeat didn't engage me at all. Um, 4 / 10
b - I've heard this before in cups, like everyone else. It's a pleasingly retro arrangement and style for 1970s R&B, without any of the contemporary cliches (although I could do without the big bongoes or whatever those hand drums are called), and he's got a fine soulful voice. The organ sound appeals, too. Pity it's not a better song – just doesn't go anywhere, much like its opponenet, but it easily wins this tie. 5.5 / 10

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Re: 70s Cup Round 1 Match 14

Postby never/ever » 21 Oct 2018, 03:24

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