Who will win? Raging Hun or whiny pre-teen? Let's see those votes in the comments!
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Saturday, September 28, 2019
Saturday Slug-Fest!
Older readers - if their meds kicked in - may remember our epochal cagefight a couple weeks back, where The Carpenters narrowly beat Last Exit in a competition that drew up to three responses. Hoo boy! Today's bareknuckle bruising has a sophisticated European flavor. We're pitting rigorous Teuton intellectual Karleheinz Stockhausen against pert n' pouty French shantoozie [Fr. singer - Ed.] from France, Vanessa Paradis.
Karlheinz "call me Chuckles" Stockhausen is represented by his space-rock double Hymnen, a personal favorite because side four (or "Fourth Region" as he insists on calling it) is the most cranium-unscrewing thing I ever heard. It makes Hawkwind sound like the Banana Splits. It is very nearly as great as Tago Mago, is how great it is. But unless, like me, your favorite White Album track is Revolution #9, you may want to skip the first three sides.
Gallic nuisance Vanessa Paradis is represented by her first, europopcentric album M&J, recorded when she was, like, nine or something. Since this chipmunk-styled debut, she's made a series of fantastic albums that may be future-features at th' House o' Foam©, but I've chosen this to make the contest less equal.
Who will win? Raging Hun or whiny pre-teen? Let's see those votes in the comments!
Who will win? Raging Hun or whiny pre-teen? Let's see those votes in the comments!
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ReplyDeleteSeconds away!
No contest!! Karl is not going to be taken in by some pouty french hussy. He ain't got no time for that. As his suppressed emotions erupt in fury, he will pummel her with unrelenting German precision as she curls up and weeps in the corner. Makes me feel sad just thinking about it. She's going to need some tender care and gentle caressing to recover her confidence.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Not sure. Gainsbourg said "Paradis, c'est l'enfer", and I can well imagine Stockhausen cowering from her cat-like fury. My vote's with Nessa.
DeleteOh boy! If this piece gets another vote, and we count mine, we're up to three votes already! This is going viral!
The Paradis cover could be the latest fashion advert for M & S. Back in the day, I did enjoy their own brand of chunky chicken in rich creamy sauce, and they are a reliable source of slacks for the older gentleman with the growing girth. So I'm tempted to send my vote in this direction. Stockhausen? Excellent music to play loud in the house after you've told your wife you want a divorce. Oh, go on then. Lets have a vote for Karlheinz.
ReplyDeleteKarleheinz for the win. as much as i love a french chanteuse, i'll take a brain rattling 20th century modernist every time.
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ReplyDeleteStockhausen for sure. Vanessa Paradis is over produced boring by the numbers pop music, no intellectual challenge whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteSince we are dealing with the ramifications of the Epstein horrors in the US, no way I'm voting for a pre-pubescient female. Team Karl.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a clear win for the plucky German. I still say he'd be reeling from the one-two punch of Joe Le Taxi and Marilyn & John, and she'd brush aside his cosmic assault because you can't dance to it.
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