Taking Sides: Ian McCullochs Solo Career vs Julian Copes Solo Career

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So, who wins?

― Lord Custos, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You cannot be serious. Well, for a start, Cope has eleven solo albums, whereas Mac's only got what....two? (not counting Electrafixion) Cope's best (SANT JULIAN and PEGGY SUICIDE) are untouchably sublime...the former showcasing Cope's mastery of pop, the latter a sprawling concept album that's actually credible, whereas Mac's first outting was dour and depressing and his second was misguided and scattered. Cope wins. Hands down.

That said, the Bunnymen blew the Teardrop Explodes completely out of the water.

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Seconded. And Cope is a much nicer man than Mac, and writes f'in hilarious books where he talks about Teardrops concepts stolen by Bill Drummond for the Bunnymen, ie. camouflage clothes.

― suzy, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cope all the way here. You could boil down the two Mac solos to a reasonable enough comp, adding in some B-sides. Whereas Saint Julian has oodles of grand albums, etc.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

McCullochs solo career isn't even as good as DeFreitas's.

― Billy Dods, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think I've ever heard Fugazi, all that integrity just gets to me somehow.

― http://gygax.pitas.com, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ho ho ho. New thread on that subject just posted.

― Lord Custos, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cope. Even if he'd only made "saint julian", putting him against iam mcculloch would be like putting a tiger up against a mouse.

― Norman Phay, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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