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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jun 28, 2023 20:15:46 GMT
Drive into work coming up , so have drawn Dog of Two Head v Piledriver for my commute.
Same rules as before ( BfY v Quo). 1 point for best opening track , 1 for the middle tracks and then a final point for the closing one . Repeat for side 2.
Lets see your scores.
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Post by juansupposin on Jun 29, 2023 17:02:31 GMT
My vote for DOG, despite Don't waste my time being one of my QUO favourites.
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Post by viza on Jun 29, 2023 22:14:31 GMT
Love the Dog album. Piledriver is much better on every point though.
Umleitung is a great opener but it can't beat Don't Waste My Time. 1-0 to Piledriver.
Never really liked Nanana, especially not the shorter versions. I think Somethings Going on in my Head is equal to Oh Baby but I prefer A Year over Mean Girl. 2-0 to Piledriver.
Nanana vs Unspoken Words, come on! 3-0 to Piledriver!
Gerdundula is really the odd Quo song. I do enjoy listening to that some times but there is no chance that I would rate it higher than Big Fat Mama. Might be their best song to date. 4-0.
Both Railroad and Someone's Learning are great, as are Paper Plane and All The Reasons but Paper Plane lack some dynamic and the performance of All The Reason is not super tight. That's why I will go for the Dog this time. 4-1.
Comparing Nanana to Roadhouse Blues, well there is no question. It's 5-1 to Piledriver!
I think Piledriver is one of the best, if not the best, album they have ever recorded.
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Post by gerh on Jun 29, 2023 23:01:46 GMT
‘Cos DWMT never (really!) fails to brighten my mood… Piledriver (plus, ‘cos Nanana was an early sign of the utter rubbish that was headed our way)
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jun 30, 2023 8:45:49 GMT
Umleitung v Dont Waste My Time is a real slugfest of an opening to both albums.
Its been a while since I have listened to the Dog and must admit , I had it on repeat.
Any way , I am going to score this one 1-0 to The Dog. Umleitung is one of my fave Quo tracks ever, whereas DWMT has probably suffered a bit of overplay.
Best live version of Umleitung, I have ever heard is a segue into it performed by JCQ with 4500 hundred times.
As the late great David Coleman used to say
ONE NIL !
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Post by col on Jun 30, 2023 10:47:12 GMT
These are my two favourite Quo albums.
The thing is I think The Dog is The Greatest Rock Album, by anyone, Ever.
It greater than the sum of it's parts, and those parts include Umleitung, Railroad and Someone's Learning, which would be among my top seven or eight Quo songs.
As great as Piledriver is, and in the ol' days of tape players in the car, the tape with these two lived in my player, The Dog is my go to album, not just for Quo, but in general.
It doesn't help Piledriver's cause that the lyrics Alan uses on Roadhouse Blues are wrong and annoy me so me much, OK, so bungalows isn't a very 'rock' word, but The Doors version is the one I know. (He got away with it on Juniors Wailing, as I didn't know the original version).
As brilliant as Paper Plane and DWMT are, The Dog is the sound of a band arriving at true greatness.
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Post by 37 on Jun 30, 2023 13:09:30 GMT
Piledriver. Big Fat Mamma and Paper Plane alone wins it for me!
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Post by dennis on Jun 30, 2023 15:59:09 GMT
I can't really consider the "extractions" of Nanana, I can barely bring myself to consider it as a song at all as it's such a throw away.
So, for me, it's:
Umleitung beaten by Don't Waste My Time = 0-1 Something's Going On In My Head beaten by the combination of Oh Baby & A Year = 0-2 Mean Girl beats Unspoken Words = 1-2
Gerdundula beaten by Big Fat Mama = 1-3 Railroad & Someone's Learning beat Paper Plane & All The Reasons = 2-3 Nanana beaten by Roadhouse Blues = 2-4
I have to admit Piledriver is my favourite Quo album, despite the omission of Softer Ride (!), & I always feel that the otherwise excellent Dog Of Two Head is a song short.
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Post by kursaal75 on Jun 30, 2023 16:17:09 GMT
Umleitung v Don't Waste My Time, went to a replay...with The Piledriver track just edging it. 1:0 Never liked Oh Baby, so it's 1:1 with Something's Going On In My Head. I prefer A Year over Mean Girl. 2:1 As a teenager I loved Gerdundula and I think Unspoken Words is okay. 2:2 Another big fixture with Railroad v Big Fat Mama and the the Piledriver track just taking the vote. 3:2 For me another tight one, with the no nonsense, in yer face intro of Paper Plane taking the point over Someone's Learning. 4:2 I enjoyed the Aquostic live version of Na, Na, Na, but I have to go with All The Reasons . 5:2 and of course there's Roadhouse Blues.. An easy win for Piledriver.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jun 30, 2023 18:54:07 GMT
Oh Baby and A Year v Nanana and Something Going on in my Head
The Dog trying to play Nanana early to put something else up against Roadhouse.
Its a Nonono from the crowd despite the heroic efforts of SGIMH to hold off the talented Pildriver midfield.
One All
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Post by viza on Jun 30, 2023 21:59:59 GMT
For those who doesn't listen to the LP versions anymore I can remind you that Gerdundula and Big Fat Mama is the first songs on side two of respectively albums.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jul 1, 2023 21:58:59 GMT
Good ppint Viza , I have had to check a couple of tracks
Talk about a penalty re take . Closing track Dog v Piledriver is :
Nanana v Unspoken Words
Has to be a victory for Unspoken Words
2 - 1
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jul 4, 2023 20:18:12 GMT
Lost a bit of momentum due to some very sad news of a friend of forty years.
Any way for what its worth I had Piledriver pulling away despite strong opposition from The Dog.
Both class albums.
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Post by blagult on Jul 4, 2023 21:48:59 GMT
Piledriver for me. Purely because I’ve always been for songs rather than solo’s. Although SGOIMH for me might just be the best track in both albums.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jul 4, 2023 22:05:48 GMT
Well the scores are in, but may be different next season 😁
I find these comparisons impossible. DWMT and Umleitung are both fantastic yet so different.
I don't see how it's possible to compare a year to anything!
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