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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 00:53:56
Disc 1 Survivor saw the victory of If Your Poison Gets You, followed closely by Johnny Barleycorn. Disc 2 is full of excellent songs so we can expect a fun game.
For the record, tracklisting is as follows:
01 In The Time Of My Ruin
02 Down To You
03 Highway To Lowdown
04 Kiss My Ring
05 My Terrible Ways
06 Fitzgerald
07 Elijah
08 It's Just Not Your Moment
09 The Real El Rey
10 Where The Wind Is Going
11 Holland Town
12 Sad Old World
13 Don't Cry That Way
14 Fare Thee Well
As said previously, I'll try to make the rounds shorter this time (no more than 4 or 5 days). Go ahead and vote off your least favorite.
Denis
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| Neptune |
Posted - 09/01/2006 : 11:28:26
listened to disc 2 last night to figure out how my votes would fall, and i'd like to rescind my "cheesy" comment from 3 posts ago. still, would be happy to see it go next... |
| vilainde |
Posted - 09/01/2006 : 02:05:13
Seems we're stuck in this round, so I'll change my vote from Down to You to Holland Town. That was my initial choice anyway, and I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned once in this game. So that kills Kiss My Ring and the ruond is now closed.
Denis
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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 02:34:24
yeah, but the bass! Think about the bass!
Anyway, the tie is between Down to You and Kiss My Ring, so that doesn't really matter.
Denis
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| Neptune |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 02:26:47
I like disc 2 much better than disc 1
I might be too late (and I haven't counted, so this might not help with the tie...) but the choice for me is easy
It's Just Not Your Moment
there are some Frank Black songs i don't love, but only one I think is cheesy |
| vilainde |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 01:22:09
quote:
Originally posted by fumanbru
my terrible ways
i was expecting so much more from the press releases. maybe i'm just missing something.
Have you heard the live solo version? That's where its true beauty lies. I can't even listen to the album track, I'm gonna burn a copy with a live version instead.
Denis
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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 00:10:15
damn. Just when I was about to close the round, I realized we have a draw. I'll let it open for a few more hours then.
Denis
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| Kiriyama |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 22:51:08
Down to You |
| josephmichael |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 22:34:25
it's just not your moment |
| fumanbru |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 21:20:50
OK. i'm ready to play! some how i had forgotten about the excellent joy of the pong section! please forgive me.
ok. i vote off.......
my terrible ways
i was expecting so much more from the press releases. maybe i'm just missing something.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!" |
| coastline |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 14:39:48
Sad Old World.
 Look, a pony! |
| 1965 |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 07:13:46
my TERRIBLE ways.
(( I'm a Snake... )) |
| martha_promise |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 05:22:47
Kiss My Ring.
-Tom
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 00:52:42
My first vote stands, IJNYM. The second post was just me sighting my next vote.
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 00:19:01
Carl and llama, could you please tell more explicitely which song you're voting off? You've posted a bunch of different songs and you can only vote once.
Denis
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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 00:16:57
Down To You. If only for the way it ends.
Denis
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| ATBNG |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 21:17:48
This is going to be brutal. This is a great CD.
I'll vote for Kiss My Ring, winning by a nose over the cover song which I like but I don't like the version on the album so much. |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 20:34:17
quote:
Originally posted by mikaelp75
(I like everything on the second disc. Down To You does seem like a filler song to me but damn the band sounds good on it. Someone else pointed out that it's reminiscent of recent Dylan stuff and I agree. But I am glad that I'm not a native English speaker so I can focus on the band's light touches and not listen too closely to the lyrics. Frank's not quite beyond clichés yet like Dylan is. Sometimes perhaps, but the vocal on this track doesn't carry them too gracefully. I like his tragicomical delivery of My Terrible Ways. Kiss My Ring is just funny. If Don't Cry That Way gets voted off first I will.)
I like Down To You, actually. The chorus certainly reminds me of Dylan, and I love the intro/verse. My Terrible Ways is another favorite, and Don't Cry That Way is beautiful. Kiss My Ring is one of the tracks that just won't lodge itself in my brain!
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 19:16:40
You are correct Darwin. That song is not a favorite of mine by any stetch.
-Brian - http://bvsrant.blogspot.com |
| darwin |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 17:11:30
Yes, he is the only person to think that? |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 17:00:50
quote:
Originally posted by NimrodsSon
Am I the only person who thinks "Highway to Lowdown" is one of the finest examples of song craftsmanship and lyric-writing in all of Frank's catalogue? Seriously.
¡Viva los Católicos!
Yes you are.
[Edited for clarity]
-Brian - http://bvsrant.blogspot.com |
| Don Eduardo |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 16:49:37
Sad Old World |
| mikaelp75 |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 16:47:38
(I like everything on the second disc. Down To You does seem like a filler song to me but damn the band sounds good on it. Someone else pointed out that it's reminiscent of recent Dylan stuff and I agree. But I am glad that I'm not a native English speaker so I can focus on the band's light touches and not listen too closely to the lyrics. Frank's not quite beyond clichés yet like Dylan is. Sometimes perhaps, but the vocal on this track doesn't carry them too gracefully. I like his tragicomical delivery of My Terrible Ways. Kiss My Ring is just funny. If Don't Cry That Way gets voted off first I will.) |
| s_wrenn |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 15:31:29
Kiss My Ring
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| Carl |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 14:50:22
I stuck it on my discman and played along with it earlier today. Thankfully, we've got the song database for chords and lyrics.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 14:42:51
I've been listening exclusively to Disc 2 this afternoon and I have to say it's not an easy choice. A lot of the songs have cool elements and parts I really dislike. I like It's Just Not Your Moment a lot in the verses but the choruses really hurt, for example.
My vote's for Down to You. There's nothing in the song that really bothers me, except maybe some of the "You-ou"'s sound offkey, but it's also got nothing I really like. I won't miss this one.
"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself." |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 14:27:50
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Despite llama's poor music taste, I'll have to say:
Kiss My Ring
any song that has the line, "spill my seed on the ground", shouldn't last long.
pfft, are you still holding the Eagles against me? Next you'll be telling me you don't like Free. Good choice though, a rare moment of sanity.
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| vilainde |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 14:08:35
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Despite llama's poor music taste, I'll have to say:
Kiss My Ring
any song that has the line, "spill my seed on the ground", shouldn't last long.
What about "Alcohol and speed were friends"? And yet nobody has voted against Holland Town.
I like Kiss My Ring, the chord progression is nice.
Denis
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| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 14:03:28
Am I the only person who thinks "Highway to Lowdown" is one of the finest examples of song craftsmanship and lyric-writing in all of Frank's catalogue? Seriously.
¡Viva los Católicos! |
| darwin |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 13:46:18
Despite llama's poor music taste, I'll have to say:
Kiss My Ring
any song that has the line, "spill my seed on the ground", shouldn't last long. |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 13:39:37
Damn, I forgot Kiss My Ring was on there too. Still in denial that it made it onto a record.
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| edbanky |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 13:05:26
Sad Old World: It's not the song's fault. It's the Huey Lewis arrangement.
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 13:03:06
El Ray is a bit dull, if you ask me.
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 11:33:42
quote:
Originally posted by vilainde
quote:
Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
At a chance of being ridiculed, I'll say Real El Rey. I'll have to listen to Disc 2 some more before I can really decide.
Now, I don't mind about other people's choices, but this is going too far. Go listen to it again, it's the best song on the record by far.
Denis
You are on crack.
-Brian - http://bvsrant.blogspot.com |
| vilainde |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 10:54:18
quote:
Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
At a chance of being ridiculed, I'll say Real El Rey. I'll have to listen to Disc 2 some more before I can really decide.
Now, I don't mind about other people's choices, but this is going too far. Go listen to it again, it's the best song on the record by far.
Denis
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 10:18:43
man, everybody hates/loathes other songs
this is going to be interesting
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