The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Printable Version

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The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - gsmacleod - 04-10-2018

Well, here we go; the last of the studio work (at this point - fingers crossed for the half finished album and unreleased work Rob spoke about).

At Transformation was the champion of Now For Plan A giving us:

EP - Smalltown Bringdown
UTH - New Orleans is Sinking
RA - Three Pistols
FC - Locked in the Trunk of a Car
DFN - Nautical Disaster
TATH - Ahead by a Century
LBU - Grace, Too
PP - Emperor Penguin
M@W - Lake Fever
IVL - The Dire Wolf
IBE - Goodnight Josephine
YF - No Threat
TNIT - Grace, Too
WC - Family Band
WATS - Morning Moon
NFPA - At Transformation

Vote for the song you believe to be the weakest on Man Man Machine Poem and after 48 hours, we will remove the two songs that have the most votes. As before, a song must have at least 10% of the vote in order to be removed otherwise it will carry forward into the following round.

The poll will end Thursday at 9:08am Eastern.

Happy voting!

Shane

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - potsie - 04-10-2018

Don't let "Hot Mic" go down in the first round! At the very least "Great Soul" and "Man" are more deserving of early votes.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - andrew sharpe - 04-10-2018

Machine is my horse here. I'll be surprised if it gets one vote before the final two. There's a direct correlation between Sinclair and song goodness. Science.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - andrew sharpe - 04-10-2018

potsie Wrote:Don't let "Hot Mic" go down in the first round! At the very least "Great Soul" and "Man" are more deserving of early votes.

Did you a solid and went with Ocean Next instead of Hot Mic. Ocean is a good song, but its sequencing seems odd...feels like more of a palette cleanser.

LOVE the Man/Machine bookend. Sure, Man as a single doesn't work, but in terms of the album it's essential.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Moof_Milker - 04-10-2018

Sorry Gord, nothing is better than sex or salt n vinegar chips. Ocean next!

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - sean.bonner - 04-10-2018

Moof_Milker Wrote:Sorry Gord, nothing is better than sex or salt n vinegar chips. Ocean next!

What about.... sex AND salt and vinegar chips?!

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Escape@Hand - 04-10-2018

So many worthy songs to go out this round, but Man isn't one of them...voted TAF, but Sarnia and Great Soul are deserving as well. Is there really a point to this one, I mean we all know Machine is going to be the champion?!

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Killer Whale Tank - 04-10-2018

I really believe TAF is being punished for the fact that it was released as a single, and is heard as disappointing in that context. It is a really excellent little track - great frisson between the vocals and guitars, especially in the 'balloon' part - dealing with the challenge of remaining creatively powerful with the passage of time (not unlike 'The Kids Don't Get It' thematically). It just wasn't 'single' material. No way is it one of the weakest cuts on the record, however.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - direwolf74 - 04-10-2018

Voted Man for this round. I dig it, but more as a cool sonic experiment than a song. The other tunes on the album are much stronger.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Chris Tanz - 04-10-2018

Get rid of the self -- vote for Man.

Eat 'em up in two gulps -- vote for Man.

Wait to be excited -- vote for Man.

Be what you hate; don't understand -- vote for Man.

Man is awesome. The whole album is awesome. But something has to go in the first round, and it's not Great Soul. And it Sure as Sh*t ain't Tired as F*ck. And the people voting for Ocean Next and Hot Mic are beyond the pale. Vote for Man.

ct

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Killer Whale Tank - 04-10-2018

How, how, how can anyone vote for 'Ocean Next?' Are these AC Dc fans or what? cratch: cratch: cratch:

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Tomacco - 04-10-2018

I really like “Man” a lot, personally.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - potsie - 04-10-2018

Tomacco Wrote:I really like “Man” a lot, personally.

The problem for me with that song is that it suffers in comparison to it's womb-mate, 'Machine'. At times it feels like a first draft of 'Machine'.

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - ryan93 - 04-10-2018

I love TAF, would hate to see it go out in round 1!

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Re: The Weakest Link - Man Machine Poem - Round 1 - Escape@Hand - 04-10-2018

Can't believe Hot Mic is going out in round 1...it's a solid song on album short of both songs, and good songs.

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