Yeah, yeah, yeah--I'm a bit late posting this, but I said I'd do it on the 8th so maybe I'm not all that late. I'm here ain't I?
Typically. I'll tally my votes the night before the scheduled post and compose the whole deal and, voila, the post goes up in the wee hours while I'm still sleeping. Except this time I just couldn't stay awake to do it. Or, should I say, I just didn't feel like staying awake to write this short post.
So without further blah blah, I'm whipping this together on the morning of and let us get down to the business of....
Battle of the Bands Results
My recent Battle was an example of the risky tactic of putting up a classic performed by the original artist against a later version by a cover artist. In this potentially misguided Battle I had the original movie version of Fred Astaire singing "Let's Face the Music and Dance" while dancing with his most famous dance partner Ginger Rogers. On the opposing side I had singing the same song the electro-pop eighties artist Taco with his own dance version from fifty years after Astaire did his number.
I knew I was going to vote Astaire and I felt sure at the beginning that he would win this match. In fact I almost didn't use the Astaire version just for that reason. But then, after listening a few times to Taco's version, I actually felt lured by the more modern sounds. I was tempted to vote Taco, but the grand sweep of the orchestra and Astaire's classic phrasing of the lyrics called me back to my first appreciation of this great song. Astaire owns this song, but Taco wasn't bad at all.
The outcome was interesting to me and somewhat unexpected. Astaire is still King on this song, but Taco was a worthy contender. This is the kind of outcome I like to see.
Final Vote Tally
Fred Astaire 10 votes
Taco 9 votes
Next Battle on Wednesday June 15th
I guess I'll do a midmonth Battle this time around. Anyone going to join me? I'm not doing much else. I might even be on time next time. Time will tell.
An interesting battle for certain. I'm kind of surprised it came down to your vote being the difference. I was sure Astaire was going to run away with it.
ReplyDeleteA One-Vote Margin Of Victory -- that's the *IDEAL* Battle outcome!
ReplyDeleteI had a close contest, too, but not quite *that* close.
Interesting match-up that was better'n I would have guessed it would turn out.
~ D-FensDogG
STMcC Presents BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Lee,
ReplyDeleteNot a bad battle. I was on the wrong side of the voting pattern but I still prefer Taco as my pick. See ya around. Have a good weekend, my friend!
I actually like Taco's music better than I like Fred's. I voted for Fred because I thought Taco violated the mood of the song. It it meant to be more of a dirge.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised Taco got that many votes! That sure was an interesting outcome.
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