Ugh, I really do not like Fear. It's the goat vocals, and the lack of a tune.
Siouxsie and the Banshees vs Cocteau Twins vs Shakespears Sister Rate: Complete
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It's me
Kitty
Is anybody there?
Take the lead and I will follow
It was many years ago
Is it me you're looking for?
5
8.72
Highest: 10 (@Sprockrooster, @berserkboi, @ohnoitisnathan, @Eric Generic, @Remorque)
Lowest: 7 (@soratami, @ModeRed, @AshleyKerwin, @D_ni)
My ranking: 3rd
Gotta love the song that introduced me to Shakespears Sister! Back in the halcyon days of 2009, when each and every moderately floppy girlband's offering was to be poured over and replayed ad nauseam, little əʊæ's mother overhears the Queensberry cover of "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" and utters her trademark "I know that song!" underlayed by the threat of another "back in my day we used to have only one radio station that would play foreign music and all the kids would gather around the radio set and I was alwayd left out because the you couldn't catch the right frequency at our house blahblahblah so deprived blahblahblah" rant. I admit, at first listen I wrote off the song as old people music that I just didn't get. There were no bells and whistles, Siobhan's unpolished voice was nothing like the TV competition pageant vocals I'd been consuming all my childhood, it all felt very grey and placid. Flash forward 9 years and these are exactly the things that I love about the song. They capture the daily feeling of disenchantment and the hollow state of depression when you can't even comprehend the reality so brilliantly! Especially, the above-highlighted lyric nails it for me, as I have been in permanent state of uncertainty and insecurity for so long n n n.Kitty
Is anybody there?
Take the lead and I will follow
It was many years ago
Is it me you're looking for?
5
8.72
Highest: 10 (@Sprockrooster, @berserkboi, @ohnoitisnathan, @Eric Generic, @Remorque)
Lowest: 7 (@soratami, @ModeRed, @AshleyKerwin, @D_ni)
My ranking: 3rd
Time for a quick fact copy&paste: writen by the band with Dave Stewart, the single was released in the UK on 26 October 1992. Unfairly, it went top 20 only in four countries (UK, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland). "The album version of the song was remixed for its single release, featuring more bass and adding drums. The single version is also slightly extended, with a repeat of the chorus towards the end of the song. The single sleeve artwork was created by Laurence Dunmore, with photography by Derek Ridgers." I think they've done an iconic job!
How bout you, guys?
(i'm not putting the scores in brackets cause everyone's but @Filler's (8) and mine (9.9) has already been mentioned)
And that is a big chorus, also coming at the moment I least expected it making it more powerful. - @Sprockrooster (i'm not putting the scores in brackets cause everyone's but @Filler's (8) and mine (9.9) has already been mentioned)
Great discovery! - @berserkboi
Feel I should like this more than I do… something about the chorus puts me off it - @ModeRed
It was either this, 'Stay', or 'The Trouble With Andre' that was going to get my 11 in this rate. - @ohnoitisnathan
and, just for a kii
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Tomorrow: one of the albums falls, which means it's either Siouxsie or Sisters we're saying goodbye to. Place your bets in your heads (or here cause the thread is so dead)!
Hello is one of the reasons I like Shakespear's Sister. They could be hit and miss, but when they hit they hit the bullseye.
Is Stay really leaving before top 3?! Or perhaps the end of Siouxsie then...
If Stay departs before the top 3, it'll be the It Must Have Been Love syndrome....big song everyone knows (too well) feels the backlash of over-exposure. Or maybe people just prefer the other songs more.
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I really should have asked somebody to be my back-up host ":("
Someone who would make a better Cher Lloyd pun
Someone who would have something to say
Someone who wouldn't have hit a mental wall just before the finish line
":("
4.
8.82
Highest: 11 (@Sprockrooster, @ohnoitisnathan, @Remorque)
Lowest: 6 (@soratami)
My ranking: 36th ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Terrific song, excellent video, and I bought it, and then was promptly sick to death of it as it was overplayed at the time. - @ModeRed (9)
Stunning, as always! - @berserkboi (10)
This might be the weakest argument I ever had for giving my 11 to a song in a rate, but this is literally the only song I knew going into the rate (thanks to the cover of Cher Lloyd). So that connectivity made it stand out easier compared to all the other fresh tracks for me. It is however an undeniable well-crafted opus. - @Sprockrooster (11)
Even though it's mostly Marcy, Shuv's part is what makes the song. I first became aware of this track when seeing it listed in the UK top 10 in (Australian) Smash Hits, and thought it was cool they were back, having success again. I don't know why, but I thought maybe SS would be a one-album wonder. Then I caught it on the radio a week or two later, and it took a while to figure out it was THEM. I wasn't expecting Marcy to sing lead on an SS song. And then Shuv's part came in! Another week or two after that, I caught the video on TV. And BAM, again, when Shuv appeared as the Angel of Death, looking like THAT! Whoever would have thought this was the same person from Bananarama?! The most stunning and unexpected transformation in pop. Ever. - @ohnoitisnathan (11)
and, just for a kii
Someone who would make a better Cher Lloyd pun
Someone who would have something to say
Someone who wouldn't have hit a mental wall just before the finish line
":("
4.
8.82
Highest: 11 (@Sprockrooster, @ohnoitisnathan, @Remorque)
Lowest: 6 (@soratami)
My ranking: 36th ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Terrific song, excellent video, and I bought it, and then was promptly sick to death of it as it was overplayed at the time. - @ModeRed (9)
Stunning, as always! - @berserkboi (10)
This might be the weakest argument I ever had for giving my 11 to a song in a rate, but this is literally the only song I knew going into the rate (thanks to the cover of Cher Lloyd). So that connectivity made it stand out easier compared to all the other fresh tracks for me. It is however an undeniable well-crafted opus. - @Sprockrooster (11)
Even though it's mostly Marcy, Shuv's part is what makes the song. I first became aware of this track when seeing it listed in the UK top 10 in (Australian) Smash Hits, and thought it was cool they were back, having success again. I don't know why, but I thought maybe SS would be a one-album wonder. Then I caught it on the radio a week or two later, and it took a while to figure out it was THEM. I wasn't expecting Marcy to sing lead on an SS song. And then Shuv's part came in! Another week or two after that, I caught the video on TV. And BAM, again, when Shuv appeared as the Angel of Death, looking like THAT! Whoever would have thought this was the same person from Bananarama?! The most stunning and unexpected transformation in pop. Ever. - @ohnoitisnathan (11)
and, just for a kii
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Hormonally Yours
7.84
Highest scorers:
9.46 @ohnoitisnathan
9.38 @berserkboi
8.71 @Remorque
8.29 @Eric Generic
Lowest scorers:
6.25 @soratami
6.42 @Filler
6.66 @D_ni
7.84
Highest scorers:
9.46 @ohnoitisnathan
9.38 @berserkboi
8.71 @Remorque
8.29 @Eric Generic
Lowest scorers:
6.25 @soratami
6.42 @Filler
6.66 @D_ni
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Horrible cut!!
That's no way to talk about Emily Thornberry.
Damn, I was too generous with my Cocteau and Siouxsie scores. 'Stay' going at #4 is just wrong.
Okay, so my Hormonal average was 8.29, but that's compared to about 14.6 for Cocteaus isn't it.
My top 3 average is 9.33. I hope Kiss Them for Me wins but I wouldn't really mind if it's something else. You just know the Cocteau Twins are going to get tanked in the next Winners Rate if they win though
Everything I like always does!
One of the reasons why I didn´t participate in this rate: I always hated Stay with a passion!
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It's a highly divisive track! Personally, I would have lived for a shock exit at like 19.
But I'm happy with the results anyway, and I should be - my average for top 3 is 10.2.
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We're down to an album track and two singles.
Which ones make it to the finale?
I’m not used to the signs of cherry-coloured funk
3.
8.94
Highest: 11 (@ModeRed) 10 (@əʊæ, @Remorque)
Lowest: 6 (@ohnoitisnathan)
My ranking: 2nd
Anyone else remember Ultimate Popjustice 1.0? Well, that's how I got first indroduced to "Cherry-Coloured Funk." I was hit by its melancholic vulnerability like a ton of bricks and immediately knew I'd have to dig deeper, first the parent album, then the rest of their discography. But somehow nothing could come close to that first encounter, that feeling of the chest growing heavier and the head growing lighter. Not knowing why, but feeling like crying. Let me quote what wise woman once wrote: "who even needs normal lyrics" when your voice is such a perfect conduit for emotion?Which ones make it to the finale?
I’m not used to the signs of cherry-coloured funk
3.
8.94
Highest: 11 (@ModeRed) 10 (@əʊæ, @Remorque)
Lowest: 6 (@ohnoitisnathan)
My ranking: 2nd
Puts you in a trance! - @berserkboi (9.8)
This is such a beautiful, atmosperic song. Talk about creating an ambience that takes you away to a different place... I don't comprehend a thing Liz is saying, but I'm sure it's poetic-ish. A great introduction to this band for me. - @Remorque (10)
firstly I have to say I just adore the Heaven or Las Vegas album, and this song as the opening track has a lot to do with it - the way that first chorus is sung is a thing of plaintive beauty - @ModeRed (11)
This is such a beautiful, atmosperic song. Talk about creating an ambience that takes you away to a different place... I don't comprehend a thing Liz is saying, but I'm sure it's poetic-ish. A great introduction to this band for me. - @Remorque (10)
firstly I have to say I just adore the Heaven or Las Vegas album, and this song as the opening track has a lot to do with it - the way that first chorus is sung is a thing of plaintive beauty - @ModeRed (11)
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