Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6 *Purgatory Brite 4- n/e 13*

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Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6 *Purgatory Brite 4- n/e 13*

Postby never/ever » 07 Nov 2019, 10:17

A

Oysterband - The Deserter





B

Veronique Chalot- Complainte De La Blanche Biche

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby toomanyhatz » 07 Nov 2019, 21:52

Tough call - B is lovely and unfamiliar. And A is an inferior (recent?) live version, but I know from experience that their studio material is hard to find on line, and I also know there's only about three people here who even vaguely like the Oysterband, let alone love them as I do, so it pretty much has no chance in winning.

So congrats in advance to B and cheers for the good pick. It just happened to go against one of my favorite bands in the cup so far (albeit not one of their better tracks).
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby C » 08 Nov 2019, 09:51

Oysterband (formerly Oyster Band) - they rose from the remnants of Fiddler's Dram who had a novelty hit with Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time.

I saw Oyster Band and Oysterband live a couple of times each - they changed their image (and their music) from shaggy folk hairies to leather jacketed cool dudes playing a more punkish ditty a la The Men They Couldn't Hang.

Notwithstanding, I enjoyed the music of both bands and they made some good records.

This is a very pleasant boppy jaunt with some nice fiddle and instrumentation - very pleasant and very robust- it is taken from their 90s album Deserters

Veronique Chalot I am not familiar with. A very pleasant voice though a little shrill but delightful nonetheless.

I enjoyed it

It's a tough call - which track did I enjoy most...?

Difficult, but, A has it

A has it

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Flower » 08 Nov 2019, 12:30

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby T. Berry Shuffle » 08 Nov 2019, 20:42

A: I had to stop it at a minute in. I must be allergic.
B: Lovely.


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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Darkness_Fish » 08 Nov 2019, 22:18

A is suffering from a touch of the Bruce Springsteens. Might go down well at the over 70s line-dancing club in some ex-pat town in the med, but doesn't go down well with me. I can't believe the drop in quality over the last couple of ties, God forgive you all for what you've done.

Aaaaaaaaand that's better. This would've beaten many a decent pick in this cup, so I'm glad it's up against A. New to me, delicate and pretty, and even though it's light on its feet, it stomps the crap out of A. And that's a lot of crap to stomp.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Jumper K » 09 Nov 2019, 10:27

Fuck off back to the 1500's B.
Just fuck off A.
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby never/ever » 09 Nov 2019, 11:18

A is the kind of folk-rock I really don't like.
B is great!

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Purgatory Brite » 09 Nov 2019, 22:00

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Nick Danger » 10 Nov 2019, 14:06

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Spock! » 10 Nov 2019, 21:22

Enjoyed both - Oysterband I do have a couple of CDs by, Veronique Chalot is new to me and I shall check out some more. Tough call, the Oyster boys have been folkier...

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby fange » 11 Nov 2019, 10:25

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby trans-chigley express » 11 Nov 2019, 11:23

A is really not my kind of thing at all. Basically second rate rock with a fiddle thrown in.

B was a lovely thing, came as quite a relief after A

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby pcqgod » 12 Nov 2019, 04:08

First time I've heard Oysterband, to my knowledge. They sure take their time in getting to the chorus of the song, don't they?

I love medieval folk! Easy win for B.
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Corporate whore » 12 Nov 2019, 13:41

A tough one - I love the Oysterband, but this isn't one of their better tracks IMO, a bit of a bizarre choice. B is new to me, but quite lovely.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Hightea » 12 Nov 2019, 18:50

A was okay B was better.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby Neige » 13 Nov 2019, 20:15

Oyster Band are ok, I even love some of their stuff... but no chance against the purity of B's voice (and her épinette des Vosges)

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby The Fish » 14 Nov 2019, 05:56

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 6

Postby never/ever » 14 Nov 2019, 09:00

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