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BLC: Pogues v. The Kinks

Rotblatt
Jun 15 2006 10:41 AM

1. The Sunny Side of the Street (Best Of)
2. If I Should Fall from the Grace of God (Best Of)
3. A Pair of Brown Eyes (Best Of)
4. Fairytale of New York (Best Of)
5. Streams Of Whiskey (Best Of)
6. Whiskey In the Jar (Sunnyside of the Street)
7. Tuesday Morning (Waiting for Herb)
8. [url=http://www.pogues.com/Releases/WAVs/LPs/IfIShould/THOUSAND.WAV]Thousands are Sailing[/url]
9. [url=http://www.pogues.com/Releases/WAVs/LPs/RumSodomy/IMAMAN.WAV]I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Everyday (Rum, Sodomy & the Lash)[/url]
10. Misty Morning, Albert Bridge (Best Of)

[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B00005AQCL/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/103-1820422-0859052?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1]Best Of[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006957SU/qid=1143030717/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/103-1820422-0859052?s=music&v=glance&n=5174]Sunnyside of the Street[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001A3T/qid=1143031004/sr=1-14/ref=sr_1_14/103-1820422-0859052?s=music&v=glance&n=5174]Waiting For Herb[/url]

Edgy DC
Jun 15 2006 10:42 AM

Excellent.

RealityChuck
Jun 15 2006 11:00 AM

You Really Got Me
All Day and All of the Night
Picture Book
Village Green Preservation Society
(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
Victoria
Lola
Low Budget
Attitude
Celluloid Heroes

Songs can be found http://tinyurl.com/r4znp and http://tinyurl.com/rbseh; "Picture Book" was on that great HP printer ads campaign (with the white frames) last year.

Edgy DC
Jun 15 2006 11:24 AM

vs.

"The Sunny Side of the Street"vs."You Really Got Me"
"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God"vs."All Day and All of the Night"
"A Pair of Brown Eyes"vs."Picture Book"
"Fairytale of New York"vs."Village Green Preservation Society"
"Streams Of Whiskey"vs."(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
"Whiskey In the Jar"vs."Victoria"
"Tuesday Morning"vs."Lola"
"Thousands are Sailing"vs."Low Budget"
"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day"vs."Attitude"
"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge"vs."Celluloid Heroes"
Interesting Fact: For If I Should Fall from Grace with God, the Pogues not only replaced Cait O'Riordan with Darryl Hunt on bass, but added Terry Woods (mandolin and cittern), despite him being ten years older than the lot of the rest of the band and his primary experience being with early seventies folk revivalists Steeleye Span.
Interesting Fact: The Kinks' internal squabbles became legendary in the US in the seventies, but they go back to the very beginning before the band was even allowed to play in the US. In one notorious incident, at The Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales in 1965, the normally placid drummer Mick Avory hit Ray Davies with his drum pedal and assaulted him on stage. He then went into hiding for days to avoid arrest for grievous bodily harm.

metirish
Jun 15 2006 11:38 AM

"The Sunny Side of the Street" vs. "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks

"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God" vs. "All Day and All of the Night" - The Pogues

"A Pair of Brown Eyes" vs. "Picture Book" - The Pogues

"Fairytale of New York" vs. "Village Green Preservation Society" - The Pogues

"Streams Of Whiskey" vs. "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" The Pogues

"Whiskey In the Jar" vs. "Victoria" - The Pogues

"Tuesday Morning" vs. "Lola" - The Pogues

"Thousands are Sailing" vs. "Low Budget" - The Pogues

"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" vs. "Attitude" - The Kinks

"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" vs. "Celluloid Heroes" - The Pogues

Plastic Paddies 8 - Limeys - 2

sharpie
Jun 15 2006 12:25 PM

"The Sunny Side of the Street" vs. "You Really Got Me" KINKS
"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God" vs. "All Day and All of the Night" POGUES
"A Pair of Brown Eyes" vs. "Picture Book" Tie. Both great songs.
"Fairytale of New York" vs. "Village Green Preservation Society" POGUES (very tough)
"Streams Of Whiskey" vs. "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" POGUES
"Whiskey In the Jar" vs. "Victoria" KINKS
"Tuesday Morning" vs. "Lola" KINKS
"Thousands are Sailing" vs. "Low Budget" KINKS
"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" vs. "Attitude" POGUES
"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" vs. "Celluloid Heroes" KINKS

KINKS 5.5
POGUES 4.5

Good matchup.

RealityChuck
Jun 15 2006 03:23 PM

I suppose I should put in my vote: Kinks 10-0 (I don't care much for the Pogues). But if Rotbatt doesn't vote, then don't count mine.

Willets Point
Jun 15 2006 03:32 PM

"The Sunny Side of the Street" vs. "You Really Got Me" The Kinks
"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God" vs. "All Day and All of the Night" The Pogues
"A Pair of Brown Eyes" vs. "Picture Book" The Pogues
"Fairytale of New York" vs. "Village Green Preservation Society" The Pogues
"Streams Of Whiskey" vs. "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" <The Pogues
"Whiskey In the Jar" vs. "Victoria" The Pogues
"Tuesday Morning" vs. "Lola" The Pogues
"Thousands are Sailing" vs. "Low Budget" The Pogues
"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" vs. "Attitude" The Pogues
"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" vs. "Celluloid Heroes" The Pogues

The Pogues 9:1 The Kinks

Rotblatt
Jun 15 2006 03:52 PM

"The Sunny Side of the Street" vs. "You Really Got Me" The Kinks
"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God" vs. "All Day and All of the Night" The Pogues
"A Pair of Brown Eyes" vs. "Picture Book" The Pogues
"Fairytale of New York" vs. "Village Green Preservation Society" The Pogues
"Streams Of Whiskey" vs. "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" <The Kinks
"Whiskey In the Jar" vs. "Victoria" The Pogues
"Tuesday Morning" vs. "Lola" The Pogues
"Thousands are Sailing" vs. "Low Budget" The Pogues
"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" vs. "Attitude" The Pogues
"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" vs. "Celluloid Heroes" The Pogues

The Pogues 8:2 The Kinks

sharpie
Jun 16 2006 10:34 PM

This one is over at 11am Monday. Vote, those who haven't.

sharpie
Jun 19 2006 09:27 AM

Only 2.5 hours left. Vote.

Edgy DC
Jun 19 2006 09:49 AM

"The Sunny Side of the Street" vs. "You Really Got Me"
Kinda Kinks

"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God" vs. "All Day and All of the Night"
Purely Pogues

"A Pair of Brown Eyes" vs. "Picture Book"
Neither is a favorite. “Picture Book” exists at the nexus of hippy drippy and garage-band fun, but I’m going Pogues here.

"Fairytale of New York" vs. "Village Green Preservation Society"
Nice song by the Kinks but “Fairytale” is one of two Pogues songs that it takes a haymaker to put a dent in. Pogues.

"Streams of Whiskey" vs. "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
Kinks.

"Whiskey In the Jar" vs. "Victoria"
Kinks.

"Tuesday Morning" vs. "Lola"
Pogues.

"Thousands are Sailing" vs. "Low Budget"
This is the other impervious monster for the Pogues. Another good Kinks song goes down.

"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" vs. "Attitude"
I’ll go for the Kinks for feeding a nu wave rhythm guitar lick through Dave Davies' old blown out cones. Drenching Cait O’Riordan’s vocals in all that echo is a little cheap for the Pogues.

"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" vs. "Celluloid Heroes"
Wow. I feel pretty much exactly the same about these two songs. Tie.

I think about the Kinks rarely and the Pogues all the time, but this turned into a great matchup, with the Pogues winning 5.5-4.5 by virtue of two songs I find it hard to vote against in any context or contest.

Johnny Dickshot
Jun 19 2006 10:04 AM

"The Sunny Side of the Street" vs. "You Really Got Me"
--Kinks

"If I Should Fall from the Grace of God" vs. "All Day and All of the Night"
--Kinks

"A Pair of Brown Eyes" vs. "Picture Book"
--Kinks

"Fairytale of New York" vs. "Village Green Preservation Society"
--Pogues

"Streams Of Whiskey" vs. "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
--I'd love to fly but I can't even swim. Kinks

"Whiskey In the Jar" vs. "Victoria"
--Kinks

"Tuesday Morning" vs. "Lola"
--Kinks

"Thousands are Sailing" vs. "Low Budget"
--Tie

"I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" vs. "Attitude"
--Tie

"Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" vs. "Celluloid Heroes"
--Kinks

Kinks 8, Pogues 2. I was kind to offer the Irishmen ties where I didn't totally love the Kinks entry and didn't completely hate the 30 seconds of Pogueishness offered.

Johnny Dickshot
Jun 19 2006 10:05 AM

The Pogues will take this on the fanboy vote.

Willets Point
Jun 19 2006 10:46 AM

Johnny Dickshot wrote:
The Pogues will take this on the fanboy vote.


What exactly is a fanboy? It sounds deragatory but how is it different then a fan? If I'm a Pogues fanboy then does that make you a Queen fanboy?

metirish
Jun 19 2006 10:59 AM

Queen fanboy sounds worse to me.

sharpie
Jun 19 2006 11:00 AM

Pogue Fanboys beat Kink Fanboys 37-33

Johnny Dickshot
Jun 19 2006 11:20 AM

Willets Point wrote:
="Johnny Dickshot"]The Pogues will take this on the fanboy vote.


What exactly is a fanboy? It sounds deragatory but how is it different then a fan? If I'm a Pogues fanboy then does that make you a Queen fanboy?


Sorta but not really. This contest had low voter turnout, except from partisans.

Edgy DC
Jun 19 2006 11:27 AM

Partisan was Miyagi called Daniel after he spent all his time at Chico State hitting the booze and bongs.

Willets Point
Jun 19 2006 11:29 AM

Vive les partisans de les Pogues.

seawolf17
Jun 19 2006 12:20 PM

Because most of us don't know anything by the Pogues, and because everything I've heard by them has made my ears bleed, so I have no interest in learning anything more about them. I feel bad giving the Kinks a 10-0 win on that basis alone.

RealityChuck
Jun 19 2006 03:43 PM

I don't mind. :)