Championship Match: Jessie Ware v. Henri Texier - Games

Fischman
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My fave vs. one of three intolerable listens. I'm pleasantly surprised Chance made it this far, but still would have rather seen it lose to a more palatable option. Losing to Fetch The Bolt Cutters would have been far more acceptable.

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Fischman wrote:

My fave vs. one of three intolerable listens. I'm pleasantly surprised Chance made it this far, but still would have rather seen it lose to a more palatable option. Losing to Fetch The Bolt Cutters would have been far more acceptable.

do you hate disco or more pop-y and dancy music? I am trying to understand the loathing. Are there any disco, dance-pop, or synth pop/funk that you enjoy (not even asking if you've loved)?
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baystateoftheart
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Fischman wrote:

My fave vs. one of three intolerable listens. I'm pleasantly surprised Chance made it this far, but still would have rather seen it lose to a more palatable option. Losing to Fetch The Bolt Cutters would have been far more acceptable.

If it's one of the three most intolerable albums of the tournament, why did you vote for it in the first round? Has your opinion of it declined a lot since then?
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Fischman
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Mercury wrote:

do you hate disco or more pop-y and dancy music? I am trying to understand the loathing. Are there any disco, dance-pop, or synth pop/funk that you enjoy (not even asking if you've loved)?

Neither disco or dance pop is my thing at all. I do find exceptions to the rule, but this definitely isn't one of them.

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Fischman
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Location: Land of Enchantment

baystateoftheart wrote:

If it's one of the three most intolerable albums of the tournament, why did you vote for it in the first round? Has your opinion of it declined a lot since then?

Thats why I said one of the three.... its competition in the first round was another of the three, which I took to even less.

That said, I do think my impression did decline with subsequent listens. It definitely wasn't a grower for me.

baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash

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Fischman wrote:

Thats why I said one of the three.... its competition in the first round was another of the three, which I took to even less.

That said, I do think my impression did decline with subsequent listens. It definitely wasn't a grower for me.

Gotcha. I assumed two were Clipping. and Charli XCX, the match when you didn't vote for either contestant.

If I recall correctly you said What's Your Pleasure? was a grower in the first round, so perhaps an arc of appreciation. Like throwing a disco ball across the club, with it ultimately shattering on the dancefloor Wink

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Fischman
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baystateoftheart wrote:

Fischman wrote:

Thats why I said one of the three.... its competition in the first round was another of the three, which I took to even less.

That said, I do think my impression did decline with subsequent listens. It definitely wasn't a grower for me.

Gotcha. I assumed two were Clipping. and Charli XCX, the match when you didn't vote for either contestant.

If I recall correctly you said What's Your Pleasure? was a grower in the first round, so perhaps an arc of appreciation. Like throwing a disco ball across the club, with it ultimately shattering on the dancefloor Wink

Clever analogy. It works.

theblueboy

Leaning towards Chance but its close. I've not heard such a French sounding jazz album before and I like it. Parts of it really take off!

Still, it would feel bad to vote against Ware a second time so I cant make my mind up really. I like that we have disco and post-bop in the final.

baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash

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Chance may be the better meme, but What's Your Pleasure? wins my vote here.
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EyeKanFly
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theblueboy wrote:

Leaning towards Chance but its close. I've not heard such a French sounding jazz album before and I like it. Parts of it really take off!

Still, it would feel bad to vote against Ware a second time so I cant make my mind up really. I like that we have disco and post-bop in the final.

Check out some of Texier's earlier work, and also Legrand Jazz by Michel Legrand (mostly interpretations of American jazz standards, but it's a great album).
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