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Post by Simone on May 21, 2022 12:42:29 GMT
AKA THE BATTLE OF WHITE/BLUE EYED SOUL/POP/WHATEVER  Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) vs Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (1969) Once again two albums from the very tail end of the 60s, this time we venture into a more soul/baroque territory. Both as requested by forum members.
You have the usual five days to take your pick and make your case. Have fun.
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Post by mahoney on May 21, 2022 14:26:41 GMT
Scott 4 easily.
I don’t rate Dusty in Memphis at all. If it had been made by a black women it would have been completely forgotten about by now. It’s the moment where she begs to be taken seriously & is completely exposed as being second rate. A fine pop-soul artist, many great songs but please, it’s laughable that anyone would choose Dusty in Memphis over the 100s of better soul artists/records of the late 60s.
The trouble is, poor journalism over the years has helped glorify this as some kind of essential soul record, the kind of lazy journalism that only allows room for the same dozen soul records to ever be talked about & treated with the same respect as music made by rock musicians. Listen with your ears, Dusty in Memphis is like listening to Florence + the Machine over Kate Bush, Phil Collins over The Supremes, The Jesus Abyss over Brian Eno.
Go fuck yourself Dusty & all that wank over your mediocrity.
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Post by jp on May 21, 2022 14:44:23 GMT
voted for scott. pretty sure i've never heard that dusty record and i have no real desire to. it won't be better than scott 4 anyway
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Post by titchjuicy on May 21, 2022 21:37:22 GMT
No contest. I do like Dusty Springfield, but this is not a fair match up.
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Post by krburg on May 23, 2022 9:37:31 GMT
Scott 4 easily. I don’t rate Dusty in Memphis at all. If it had been made by a black women it would have been completely forgotten about by now. It’s the moment where she begs to be taken seriously & is completely exposed as being second rate. A fine pop-soul artist, many great songs but please, it’s laughable that anyone would choose Dusty in Memphis over the 100s of better soul artists/records of the late 60s. The trouble is, poor journalism over the years has helped glorify this as some kind of essential soul record, the kind of lazy journalism that only allows room for the same dozen soul records to ever be talked about & treated with the same respect as music made by rock musicians. Listen with your ears, Dusty in Memphis is like listening to Florence + the Machine over Kate Bush, Phil Collins over The Supremes, The Jesus Abyss over Brian Eno. Go fuck yourself Dusty & all that wank over your mediocrity. Wrong forum, mate: forums.stevehoffman.tv/I like the Dusty record fine enough, nothing that special. But this is a no brainer as Scott 4 is one of music's finest achievements, ever. |
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Post by eddiemurphy on Jun 12, 2022 15:02:46 GMT
hurry up with the next round ya fucker.  |
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Post by Bigred3 on Jun 13, 2022 12:46:31 GMT
Dusty for sure.
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Post by Bigred3 on Aug 9, 2022 14:45:59 GMT
Are we ever doing anything with this or what? I am spending my time here waiting for the next fucking poll.
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