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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby harvey k-tel » 13 Feb 2017, 16:05

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Count Machuki » 13 Feb 2017, 16:20

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby dgs » 13 Feb 2017, 17:00

That Sister Rosetta Thorpe Rocks!

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby driftin » 13 Feb 2017, 17:35

List A is boring guff. Even the reliably madcap Captain Beefheart is treading water here.

List B has several interesting and unusual things on it. The Whyte Boots' Nightmare is a highlight. Awesome.

B wins.

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Jumper K » 13 Feb 2017, 17:41

B. You cloth-eared twonks.

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby kath » 13 Feb 2017, 17:47

dgs wrote:That Sister Rosetta Thorpe Rocks!


yes, it does.

i find myself agreeing with others on the solid run on A from 2-6, although the rest is alright.

i think B has a groovy run from 1-6, and the rest is alright. that last track grew on me as it went along.

it's a hard pick, really. in the end, i guess B just has more meat on dem bones for me... along with some stellar gweetar work bestrewn along the way.


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Postby sloopjohnc » 13 Feb 2017, 17:54

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby toomanyhatz » 13 Feb 2017, 18:20

There's a whole lot of good on A, but outside of Beefheart and The Left Banke (both songs I know well, so nothing new about them) nothing approaching great.

B is a lot more interesting, and has Sister Rosetta. And that Whyte Boots track is...something.
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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby The Dríver » 13 Feb 2017, 19:45

Hard to vote against Rosetta and Bobbie. But it's

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Polishgirl » 13 Feb 2017, 19:49

A is monster. Absolutely love it. Lots of good, strong, guitar stuff. The Allah-Las are new to me, and that track is a corker.
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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Penk! » 13 Feb 2017, 20:31

Not feeling either of these. A plays it a bit too "BCB Cup" and B just doesn't move me. I am voting A in protest at the unquestioning acceptance of stuff like Sister Rosetta Tharpe even though it's old and boring.
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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Darkness_Fish » 13 Feb 2017, 21:19

Jeez, someone risks something close to industrial, and it's a band as limp and unoriginal as Stabbing Westward. I despair sometimes.
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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby algroth » 13 Feb 2017, 22:29

B. Good list!

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby whodathunkit » 13 Feb 2017, 23:49

One for the old and boring.

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Postby Nick Danger » 14 Feb 2017, 00:22

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby pcqgod » 14 Feb 2017, 04:01

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Postby T. Willy Rye » 14 Feb 2017, 04:38

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Postby Loki » 14 Feb 2017, 07:14

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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Neige » 14 Feb 2017, 12:23

Both lists good to great with little chaff but B is more "me"

Nothing to add about Sister Rosetta and the Whyte Boots - only this: it's a bloody stupid band name, but that L.A. Salami track is amazing!
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Re: BCB CUP 2017 - Round 1 Match 8

Postby Spec » 14 Feb 2017, 13:36

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