[Closed] Best of 1974 1Q: Sweet Exorcist vs. On the Beach

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Poll: Which do you like better?
Sweet Exorcist, by Curtis Mayfield
38%
 38%  [8]
On the Beach, by Neil Young
57%
 57%  [12]
Liked both
4%
 4%  [1]
Didn't like either.
0%
 0%  [0]
Total Votes : 21

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sp4cetiger
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  • Posted: 08/12/2014 18:25
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RepoMan wrote:
Oops! I was talking about On The Beach! Laughing


Oh, haha, yeah. In the case of On the Beach I'm probably unfairly holding Young to the ridiculously high standards set by my other favorites of his (After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Rust Never Sleeps). "Ambulance Blues" is a great closing track, though.

Really, I like more than 2/3 of the albums here, so most of the time it's just a matter of distinguishing between different degrees of like.
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  • Posted: 08/13/2014 05:08
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sp4cetiger wrote:
Oh, haha, yeah. In the case of On the Beach I'm probably unfairly holding Young to the ridiculously high standards set by my other favorites of his (After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Rust Never Sleeps). "Ambulance Blues" is a great closing track, though.

Really, I like more than 2/3 of the albums here, so most of the time it's just a matter of distinguishing between different degrees of like.


Totally know what you mean on both points. If Rust Never Sleeps was Neil's only album, I'm pretty sure I'd hail it as a masterpiece. LOL. Fortunately, I have all those other albums to compare it too. Very Happy

And, yeah, this tourney has proved a long held axiom of mine - There are simply no bad years for music!!!
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  • Posted: 08/13/2014 14:37
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Listened to Sweet Exorcist and thought I might swing that way, only to re-listen to On The Beach and be reminded just how incredible that record is.
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  • Posted: 08/13/2014 18:33
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Decided to vote Sweet Exorcist mainly because On the Beach doesn't need more love. Looks like I'll be voting for On the Beach in the next round anyway.
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  • Posted: 08/13/2014 19:32
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sp4cetiger wrote:
Decided to vote Sweet Exorcist mainly because On the Beach doesn't need more love. Looks like I'll be voting for On the Beach in the next round anyway.


I've put it up to 7 votes for you Smile Thats all the help I can give.
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Going with the crowd; On The Beach.


Love the lyrics in Walk On; ''It all gets real, Walk On.''

Just another gorgeous Yong installment. Second half, as Skinny would observe, is dope.
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  • Posted: 08/14/2014 10:47
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"Sweet Exorcism" was a discovery for me. I'm not really into the genre, but I liked it. I think I should explore more of the artist's discography to appreciate it more, anyway.

"On the Beach", though, is incredible, one of my favourites. It's one of those Neil's intimate and delicate moments, and it keeps an approach in the balance between extremely melancholic (the closing track is a masterpiece) and hopeful (Walk On, See the Sky...). It's like a deep description of life in 40 minutes.
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  • Posted: 08/14/2014 16:28
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Too much exorcist, not enough sweet.

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