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Post by joeyself on Oct 18, 2010 14:23:21 GMT -5
BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES, Side 1 vs. PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2
BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES, Side 1
1. "Beaucoups of Blues" (Buzz Rabin) – 2:33
2. "Love Don't Last Long" (Chuck Howard) – 2:45
3. "Fastest Growing Heartache In The West" (Larry Kingston/Fred Dycus) – 2:34
4. "Without Her" (Sorrells Pickard) – 2:35
5. "Woman Of The Night" (Sorrells Pickard) – 2:21
6. "I'd Be Talking All The Time" (Chuck Howard/Larry Kingston) – 2:10
PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2
1. "Remember" – 4:33
2. "Love" – 3:21
3. "Well Well Well" – 5:59
4. "Look at Me" – 2:53
5. "God" – 4:09
6. "My Mummy's Dead" – 0:49
Two releases from 1970 face off this time.
JcS
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Post by mikev on Oct 18, 2010 14:32:29 GMT -5
B. Blues has some fine crafted country songs, but Ringo is merely filling in on vocals.
If it was an album full of stuff like Early 1970, Coochy Coochy and Blindman- which although country flavored are more Beatle soloish if that makes any sense... maybe it could compete, but not with POB.
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Post by vectisfabber on Oct 18, 2010 15:41:40 GMT -5
I think Ringo may have his work cut out for him here.
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Post by ursamajor on Oct 18, 2010 16:10:51 GMT -5
This is a mismatch of gargantuan proportions.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Oct 18, 2010 16:36:48 GMT -5
I'll need a week or so to think about it. (  ) POB, natch... I'm not a fan of the LP BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES, though I do enjoy the title track and "Coochy Coochy"... |
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Post by Joseph McCabe on Oct 18, 2010 16:43:52 GMT -5
Not even ... fair. Gee.
Even one song from JL/POB would beat both sides together of BOB.
McCabe
PS Remember though that Ringo plays on JL/POB.
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Post by joeyself on Oct 18, 2010 17:57:50 GMT -5
Not even ... fair. Gee. Even one song from JL/POB would beat both sides together of BOB. I voted for POB 2 over BOB 1, but had it been reversed (POB 1 against BOB 2), I would have gone for Ringo. The first four songs on Side 2 are great ("Remember" and "Love") or good ("Well Well Well" wears out its wel-wel-welcome before it ends, and "Look At Me" is OK). "God" (the song, not the Deity) is a dead bore after the first play. However, the 1st side of BOB is the weaker of the two and has nothing approaching "Remember" or "Love," and Lennon wins this one easily. JcS |
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Post by anyoneanyhow on Oct 18, 2010 18:37:33 GMT -5
POB2, easily.
First 4 songs are amazing. Remaining 2 not so good.
BOB has one good song, the title cut.
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Post by coachbk on Oct 18, 2010 21:10:32 GMT -5
Even being less of a fan of POB than most people on here, this is still an easy win for POB. Ringo doing Country was a decent idea, but a whole album is a bit much, heck half an album side is more than enough.
And this is the better side of POB. "Remember" has a nice piano. "Love" is the one song on this album with a beautiful melody, though "Look At Me" come close as well. "God" is more of a concept than song. Better as art than music. "Well Well Well" is too long. The finale is a bit morbid.
But POB gets the vote and I will be surprised if BOB gets more than a couple votes.
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Oct 18, 2010 21:19:34 GMT -5
There you go. There is one for John though its over Ringo.
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Post by joeyself on Oct 18, 2010 22:25:54 GMT -5
"God" is more of a concept than song. Better as art than music. ""God" is a song by which we measure our concepts of art..." JcS |
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 18, 2010 22:46:05 GMT -5
PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2
I really love every song on POB-2. As I wrote elsewhere, "Remember" may be one of the coolest solo Beatle songs ever. It has a fantastic groove.
"God" still sends shivers down my spine although when I first heard this at the age of 14, I thought that I was going to be struck with lightning for digging this song.
And I must say, "My Mummy's Dead" is a favorite because it is so haunting, so primal, it goes right to the darkest corner of John's soul. It is in no way a throwaway, even though short. I actually prefer "Look At Me" to "Love" but both are very good.
BEAUCOUPS OF BLUES, Side 1 is okay, I love the title track but nothing else there is going to compete with me against JL/POB.
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Post by ursamajor on Oct 18, 2010 23:34:57 GMT -5
PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2I really love every song on POB-2. As I wrote elsewhere, "Remember" may be one of the coolest solo Beatle songs ever. It has a fantastic groove. And the bit where it goes into "And don't you worry ..." is very Beatley to me |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 5:21:06 GMT -5
PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2
That's a fair pasting you've given Ringo John, it's a bit like you borrowed Pete Shotton's washboard ,engraved P.O.B. on it and smashed it over Ringo's head.....
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Post by JCV on Oct 19, 2010 12:32:16 GMT -5
PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2JCV
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Post by John S. Damm on Oct 19, 2010 12:37:19 GMT -5
PLASTIC ONO BAND, Side 2 That's a fair pasting you've given Ringo John, it's a bit like you borrowed Pete Shotton's washboard ,engraved P.O.B. on it and smashed it over Ringo's head..... LMAO! That is a great analogy, fabfour! |
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Post by theman on Nov 25, 2010 8:33:51 GMT -5
POB. A shutout!
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Post by stavros on Nov 29, 2010 14:28:40 GMT -5
Whilst Beacoups of Blues is wonderfully produced the stark and bare Plastic Ono Band wins easily. This is one of the reasons I loved John's stuff. Much as Macca would vary his tracks on an album. John would often dedicate the whole album to a certain style or loose theme.
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