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Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

cestuneblague — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:41:00 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/22/2019 17:41

ALL FEELING THE SOUL THEN BECOMING SOMEBODY'S... PONYBOY

HE'S ON TIME 14-8

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

mickilennial — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:10:58 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 02/22/2019 07:10

i have always felt sophie's qualities are a bit overstated and here i agree with BEAs consensus that he's on time is better than ponyboy

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Skinny — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:21:31 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/21/2019 11:21

Hayden wrote:

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Quite admire SOPHIE ("BIPP" was a great track) but the album and this track did nothing for me. Going to stick by my choice.

Bipp's a better track for sure, but sorry Jim, still went with Ponyboy. We have a track here that sounds like it's from 1967, and another from 2067. I'm digging He's On Time, nothing against it, but Ponyboy's one of 2018's most exciting highlights for me. It's pop as it's never been before.

I actually largely agree with this take, even if I feel your 'Ponyboy' praise is a little hyperbolic. But I still prefer the other track. 'Ponyboy' grates, despite its extremely admirable desire to push things forward. Vote to 'He's On Time', albeit with a heavy heart that I'm kinda going against my own principles about pop music in doing so.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:03:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/20/2019 13:03

Ponyboy

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

cestuneblague — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 04:28:05 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/20/2019 09:28

Yeah but I think it's a t rack that either needed to be cut in half or expanded out to 17 minutes, either needing a sense of fast-on-repeat mystery or clutching the listener through an endless loop of madness, feels kinda pointless as a standard three-and-a-half-minute pop track if it ends exactly where you expect it to.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Hayden — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:09:30 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/20/2019 05:09

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Quite admire SOPHIE ("BIPP" was a great track) but the album and this track did nothing for me. Going to stick by my choice.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

cestuneblague — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:33:11 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/20/2019 03:33

Yeah the Harlem Gospel Travelers is just a great, rousing if yes gospel-standard performance, while I enjoy some of the Sophie songs that particular one just gnaws on me and not in a good way (and please, I beg of you don't link me to another pretentous wankpiece about how all her music is brilliant satire that's TRYING to sound grating, I've gone through enough of them)

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Luigii — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:59:28 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 02/20/2019 02:59

travelful wrote:

I also voted Ponyboy, but I enjoyed both tracks.

Same here.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

babyBlueSedan — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:59:27 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 02/20/2019 02:59

Paperboi from Atlanta > Ponyboy > Paperboy and his Harlem Gospel Travelers

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

travelful — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:58:22 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 02/20/2019 02:58

I also voted Ponyboy, but I enjoyed both tracks.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Luigii — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:56:02 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 02/20/2019 02:56

After listening to both tracks in this bracket that I'm somewhat curious of, I decided to listen to both tracks.

With He's On Time, I definitely think think this is a great track. There is a lot of passion within the vocals And the sound is immediate. However, there are some issues. For one, the most interesting part of the track becomes the double edge sword. And I am referring to the drumming. I will agree that the drumming brings the energy and is quite different compared to other soul tracks. But I'm somewhat flabbergasted by how lo-fi it is. Like I feel like other soul tracks in this vein would be more crisp. And as I listen to this track, I wished there was more bells and whistles to keep me distracted from the drumming.

So Ponyboy actually wins by default. Now, I do need to explain why I love this track. For one, even though it is noisy and atonal and doesn't give a fuck whether you would enjoy it or not, this track is quite controlled. It mastered the act of balancing on a tightrope. For another I like how it creates a weird and alien world that would be scary to exist in but is a fascinating one to view. And lastly, while I could go on for a few more sentences on why I enjoy this, my favorite part is close to two minutes in are these surreal panting noises that sounds like a warped concoction of the record scratches in Herbie Hancock's Rockit as well as the pants in George Clinton's Atomic Dog.

Maybe there will be further discussion for these songs, but for me it's Ponyboy.

I'm going to be damned if my vote is the first for the latter rather for the former.

Edit:No. Mine was the fourth for the latter. That's not that bad actually.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

baystateoftheart — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:13:33 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 02/20/2019 01:13

I love SOPHIE's latest album, but Ponyboy was not one of my favorite tracks. Jimmy's pick was everything I hoped for 🥰

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

LittleM1971 — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:58:28 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 02/19/2019 21:58

Love that Harlem Gospel Travelers track...great stuff. I managed to get to 41 seconds of the SOPHIE track but by then it was quite clear where my vote was going so played ‘he’s on time’ again instead.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Repo — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:31:22 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 02/19/2019 21:31

These songs are on polar opposites of the spectrum. Like both a lot. That Harlem Gospel Traveler track is fantastic retro soul. And Sophie sounds like the future of freaked out pop. Another tough one. 😕

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Jimmy Dread — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:51:43 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 02/19/2019 18:51

I've spent many bottles of talcum powder bopping to "He's On Time". Most authentic Northern Soul stomper I've heard in years (hence the nom).

Quite admire SOPHIE ("BIPP" was a great track) but the album and this track did nothing for me. Going to stick by my choice.

Re: CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

Fischman — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:37:08 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 02/19/2019 18:37

Harlem by a universe over that horrendous assault on the senses.

CLOSED- 2018 BTT- He's on Time vs Ponyboy

cestuneblague — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:26:27 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/19/2019 18:26

THE HARLEM GOSPEL TRAVELERS- HE'S ON TIME (Captain: Jimmy Dread)

Link

VS

SOPHIE- Ponyboy (Captain: AntonioPedro)

Link

(This isn't the exact song title you nominated but I'm 99.9999 percent sure this is what you actually meant?)