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Toni
U2 (Beautiful Day) vs. The Kinks (Apeman) - I can't understand the acclaim of Beautiful Day, for me it's one of the least good songs out of it'ws album.
The Smiths (This Charming Man) vs. Elvis Costello (Alison) - Now, two overrated songs, but I stick with Alison easily.
Stevie Wonder (Another Star) vs. Marvin Gaye (Ain’t No Mountain High Enough) - I find Another Star too overlong, and that "nanana" quite annoying.
Bob Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues) vs. David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust) - The PC bolded Ziggy, but I'm voting for Dylan!!!! I think Ziggy would lose to almost all the other songs in the week, so don't get my vote wrong! hahah
Radiohead (Paranoid Android) vs. The Beach Boys (Good Vibrations) - Well, I think both of this would have won any of the previous matches. But it's not difficult for me to vote for Paranoid Android, one of my all time favorite songs, and Radiohead's best.
Prince (Little Red Corvette) vs. Bruce Springsteen (The River) - The River would lose against practically any song from Sign O' the Times or Purple Rain, but probably would win against anything from 1999, including this.
The Rolling Stones (Gimme Shelter) vs. The Beatles (Eleanor Rigby) - The Beatles going out in the round of 32, who would have thought? And Eleanor Rigby is maybe in my bottom 50 tracks from them, so it's losing here is more than fair.
New Order (Ceremony) vs. Tom Waits (‘Ol 55) - My great surprise of the week.
Arcade Fire (Keep the Car Running) vs. Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Johnny Cash (San Quetin) vs. Pearl Jam (Better Man) - I was already up to vote for Cash, but Better Man exploded in an awesome piece in the middle, turning into one of the best Pearl Jam song's I've listened to.
Blur (This is a Low) vs. Coldplay (Clocks) - For my luck, Blur is this time competing with a song I don't really like, so I don't have to vote against my own team. I respect This Is A Low (which is probably their 2nd most beloved song in this forum), because of it's grandiosity, combining some of Blur's most delicate moments with others of intensity, not to say about the beautiful guitar lines and the solo middle. Maybe the thing is that I'm not at all into this kind of depressed music, making it one of my least Parklife faves. Clocks, on the other hand, is Coldplay's signature, combinning it's unique and unforgettable arrangement, with a great structure and production. It's the kind of song that you know it was in a kind of a limbo waiting to be written by someone.
Kanye West (Monster) vs. Wilco (Misunderstood) - Didn't expect to vote for Wilco, but I heard both tracks out of their albums, and a song that I've always considered average by Wilco sounded better than maybe my 2nd favorite Kanye's song. Does it say something?
The Smiths (This Charming Man) vs. Elvis Costello (Alison) - Now, two overrated songs, but I stick with Alison easily.
Stevie Wonder (Another Star) vs. Marvin Gaye (Ain’t No Mountain High Enough) - I find Another Star too overlong, and that "nanana" quite annoying.
Bob Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues) vs. David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust) - The PC bolded Ziggy, but I'm voting for Dylan!!!! I think Ziggy would lose to almost all the other songs in the week, so don't get my vote wrong! hahah
Radiohead (Paranoid Android) vs. The Beach Boys (Good Vibrations) - Well, I think both of this would have won any of the previous matches. But it's not difficult for me to vote for Paranoid Android, one of my all time favorite songs, and Radiohead's best.
Prince (Little Red Corvette) vs. Bruce Springsteen (The River) - The River would lose against practically any song from Sign O' the Times or Purple Rain, but probably would win against anything from 1999, including this.
The Rolling Stones (Gimme Shelter) vs. The Beatles (Eleanor Rigby) - The Beatles going out in the round of 32, who would have thought? And Eleanor Rigby is maybe in my bottom 50 tracks from them, so it's losing here is more than fair.
New Order (Ceremony) vs. Tom Waits (‘Ol 55) - My great surprise of the week.
Arcade Fire (Keep the Car Running) vs. Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Johnny Cash (San Quetin) vs. Pearl Jam (Better Man) - I was already up to vote for Cash, but Better Man exploded in an awesome piece in the middle, turning into one of the best Pearl Jam song's I've listened to.
Blur (This is a Low) vs. Coldplay (Clocks) - For my luck, Blur is this time competing with a song I don't really like, so I don't have to vote against my own team. I respect This Is A Low (which is probably their 2nd most beloved song in this forum), because of it's grandiosity, combining some of Blur's most delicate moments with others of intensity, not to say about the beautiful guitar lines and the solo middle. Maybe the thing is that I'm not at all into this kind of depressed music, making it one of my least Parklife faves. Clocks, on the other hand, is Coldplay's signature, combinning it's unique and unforgettable arrangement, with a great structure and production. It's the kind of song that you know it was in a kind of a limbo waiting to be written by someone.
Kanye West (Monster) vs. Wilco (Misunderstood) - Didn't expect to vote for Wilco, but I heard both tracks out of their albums, and a song that I've always considered average by Wilco sounded better than maybe my 2nd favorite Kanye's song. Does it say something?
Hates 1999, loves Coldplay....
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
Moonbeam
Hates 1999, loves Coldplay....
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
I always thought of Henry as more of an anti-Jackson than an anti-Moonbeam.
Jackson
Moonbeam
Hates 1999, loves Coldplay....
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
I always thought of Henry as more of an anti-Jackson than an anti-Moonbeam.
Probably best to think of me as the old guy who as hard as he tries remains somewhat stuck in 1970's.
Moonbeam
Hates 1999, loves Coldplay....
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
Indeed we have some notable differences in our tastes, man. I dislike the majority of '80s synth pop, post punk and also much of new wave; and, also, I don't mind if an artist's music is comercial or all the other things people use to consider bland, as long as it's pleasing to me.
About Prince, it's interesting that he's the only artist to have two albums in my all time top 10, but the other things I've heard from him (Controversy, 1999 and Parade) all failed to catch me. I want to hear Dirty Mind some day, looks to be a great album. I find 1999's songs all overlong, repetitive and with few interesting melodies. If I'm not wrong, I put it in the penultimate position of my list in the '80s poll (only in front of Swordfishtrombones, haha!), while Sign O' the Times was my #2, practically tied with #1 The Stone Roses.
Toni
Moonbeam
Hates 1999, loves Coldplay....
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
I think you might be even more of an anti-Moonbeam than Henry!
Indeed we have some notable differences in our tastes, man. I dislike the majority of '80s synth pop, post punk and also much of new wave; and, also, I don't mind if an artist's music is comercial or all the other things people use to consider bland, as long as it's pleasing to me.
About Prince, it's interesting that he's the only artist to have two albums in my all time top 10, but the other things I've heard from him (Controversy, 1999 and Parade) all failed to catch me. I want to hear Dirty Mind some day, looks to be a great album. I find 1999's songs all overlong, repetitive and with few interesting melodies. If I'm not wrong, I put it in the penultimate position of my list in the '80s poll (only in front of Swordfishtrombones, haha!), while Sign O' the Times was my #2, practically tied with #1 The Stone Roses.
I don't mind commercial stuff at all! My top 10 artists include the likes of Madonna, Janet Jackson and Kylie Minogue. However, the general rule of thumb for me is that 80s = great, especially if it is synthy or post-punky.