Taking Sides: "Nice Guy Edie" by Sleeper Vs "Dreaming of You" by The Coral

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Despite this being The Coral's one good song, it still doesn't stand up to this sort of pop brilliance. An easy win by Sleeper.

― C-Man (C-Man), Saturday, 21 February 2004 12:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't kknow either song.

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― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 21 February 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Well that's your fecking loss innit?

― C-Man (C-Man), Saturday, 21 February 2004 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

"Nice Guy Eddie" wins hands down. If only for this:

"Summer '92 I remember it clearly
When eh choked on the olive in his dry Martini
There was dismay from the friends he was close to
And it may sound funny but it wasn't supposed to
It may sound funny but it wasn't supposed to be..."

― Colin Cooper, Saturday, 21 February 2004 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I was just being nice, like you were.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 21 February 2004 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

ANOTHER BRILLIANTLY REASONED CONVINCING AND WELL ARGUED THREAD, THANK YOU

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 21 February 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Glad to be of help mate. Why isn't Nutty Nigel around anymore? He was funny.

― C-Man (C-Man), Saturday, 21 February 2004 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I know both tracks.

"Nice Guy Eddie" (NB: sp!) was quite poor even in 1996. It was not the best track on that Sleeper LP, or the best Sleeper 45; it had the usual trite, half-baked mode of words; and worst, it had a title far too shamelessly ripped from Tarantino who was then current.

"Dreaming Of You" is quite an OK contemporary pop track, I think. I guess it must win for me: a rare win for present vs past.

― the blissfox, Saturday, 21 February 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I vote for "Gypsy Woman" by Crystal Waters.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

don't sully this thread with such brilliance

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

It really is a good song, isn't it? Why is it viewed as some nadir of early ninties dance? They even had some random talking heads denigrating its greatness on I Love 1991, you know? Before going on to praise... whatever the other big piano-house track was that year. Ned's Atomic Dustbin or something.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

by rights the lyrical sentiment of 'Gypsy Woman' shouldn't really work on the dancefloor, and I'm not convinced it does - after all there was a dance cover of Phil Collins 'Another Day In Paradise' the year before which was obviously shite. I quite liked Waters as a vocalist but take her off the track and you still have a very pleasant house groove which straddled the trends on both sides of the Atlantic (there's a Euro flavour somehow in spite of the implicit NY vibe) to create a hit with broad appeal.

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Why isn't Nutty Nigel around anymore? He was funny.

He was rubbish!

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 23 February 2004 10:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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