BSAT Round #3: Marvin Gaye vs. Lou Reed

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Marvin Gaye
52%
 52%  [18]
Lou Reed
47%
 47%  [16]
Total Votes : 34

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  • Posted: 06/23/2014 02:45
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Marvin Gaye

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Lou Reed

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  • Posted: 06/23/2014 03:34
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Just going on solo work, it's not that close for me. Gaye.
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As amazing as Gaye is and as much as I voted for him in this round, I do actually feel like Lou Reed's solo work is pretty unfairly forgotten. Obviously Transformer is a pretty well loved glam album, but aside from that you don't get much appreciation outside of the less common Berlin love. Berlin is an amazing album though, and even some of his more spotty stuff like Street Hassle has amazing moments. The title track on that album in my mind is up there with some of his best work. Aside from that, Coney Island Baby, New York, The Blue Mask, they're all good albums and worthy of more than they get.

Still, What's Going On and Here, My Dear alone are probably enough to convince me to vote Gaye over Reed as a solo artist. Gaye was a genius visionary type that only comes every so often. Stack him against Cale's solo work though, and I don't know who I would take.
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  • Posted: 06/23/2014 05:38
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Gaye.
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Norman Bates



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SilverWalrus wrote:
Stack him against Cale's solo work though, and I don't know who I would take.


Ah, that's another problem altogether.
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Norman Bates wrote:
Ah, that's another problem altogether.


I'm crying on the inside that he went out against Eno in the first round. Both are amazing and I'd love to have seen both at this point in the tourney. Such is the nature of these things. But Fear made my overall last update, and I've really been loving Cale lately.
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SilverWalrus wrote:
I'm crying on the inside that he went out against Eno in the first round. Both are amazing and I'd love to have seen both at this point in the tourney. Such is the nature of these things. But Fear made my overall last update, and I've really been loving Cale lately.


Fear is an exceptional record that doesn't quite get the love it should. On the whole, Cale solo is much more interesting than Reed solo imo.
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Gaye. As I've said previously, I don't think anybody had a more fruitful, consistent 1970s in terms of musical output. That run was just stellar. Lou Reed's solo stuff is often great, but his best stuff doesn't match Gaye's for me, nor was he as consistent.
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Norman Bates wrote:
Fear is an exceptional record that doesn't quite get the love it should. On the whole, Cale solo is much more interesting than Reed solo imo.


I agree on the whole, but I will always have some love for Reed inside me. Even on his most spotty solo releases he has this endearing quality to him, along with having a few gems of solo albums. I don't think most of it compares to Fear or even Paris 1919 except for Berlin, but I do love Reed. Cale has more great albums though, and my god if the opening track to Fear isn't one of my favorites of the 70s. Cale vs. Gaye though would be way too hard of a vote for me.
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Velvet > Marvin > Lou Reed, so going with Gaye here.
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