Surging out of Convalescence
vs.
Paintball’s Coming Home
In terms of qualifying round votes, a bit of a mismatch, as the 29th highest-ranked song takes on one from the top 10. But there’s a passionate following behind the underdog, which might make for an interesting final tie in this round.
Result
Surging out of Convalescence 123
vs.
Paintball’s Coming Home 126
chedgzoy
‘Paintball’s’ was funny the first couple of listens, but the joke’s worn a bit thin now. The ‘darts in soap operas’ observation wins it for me.
9 May 2011
TWO FAT FEET
Paintball after a degree of deliberation.
Having given Surging a more sympathetic ear of late, given the obvious strength of feeling for this song, okay I do quite like it but it still grates the way each of the verses run out of steam at the end. Also the second verse isn’t really much good anyway. Sounds great at the start and the second half is wonderful, so it may well have got the nod against a lesser opponent than this.
Paintball set the trend for pretentious-people-bashing songs which include the likes of Gas Safe Registered Friends and Totnes. I particularly commend it for its implied criticism of B&Q.
9 May 2011
Kingsbeef
I Love Paintball, but Surging Out Of Convalescence is underrated gold.
Is your child hyperactive, or is he perhaps a twat?
9 May 2011
2 Chevrons
TenPin bowling after work anybody ?
Paintball for me.
9 May 2011
BrumBiscuit
PCH could be about my over-aspirational sister, so gets my vote.
9 May 2011
TWO FAT FEET
Funnily enough when I first heard the verse about the “person who loves all things Pierrot” in Dickie Davies Eyes, I wondered when Nigel had ever met my sister.
9 May 2011
LaL
Very difficult, paintball is a classic and always good fun to play about with the lyrics when performed live,you just never know which version you will get.However surging pips it,because one of my all time favourite lines is in this song ‘
Is your child hyperactive, or is he perhaps a twat?
9 May 2011
Kingsbeef
That person who loves all things Pierrot is in Reasons To Be Miserable which I would have had in the last 32 over Honved anyday -Cringe!
9 May 2011
TWO FAT FEET
Sorry Beef. Not concentrating.
9 May 2011
EzekialpunchedDanBrown
….the inevitable asterisk…
9 May 2011
littlegrafter
As I recently have found that I do generally know where things are in B&Q, I’m afraid it has to be Surging. If I were 10 years younger however…
10 May 2011
Martin
Purely for children being twats rather than hyperactive…..
10 May 2011
Bobby String
I love Paintball because of the “If I were a linesman” line and of course the closing line, and for the fact that it has so many variations (love the one about the cat choosing its owners and having its own website). But, for me Surging wins hands down lyrically. So many classic lines, I had to vote for it. Probably my favourite line is the ending about the table tennis ball, though I’m not sure what I would expect it to smell like!
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10 May 2011
Simon Smith
The venomous rasp of ‘ANNIE LENNOX’ wins the day. Once met, always despised.
10 May 2011
Dagenham dave
I’ll be extremely upset if Paintball goes out, it’s a proper classic.
If it does I’ll resemble that small child with his face painted that the tv cameras always manage to find at the end of a footy match bawling their eyes out.
10 May 2011
Gregg Z
Naught to do with the match of the day, but didn’t know how/where to categorize this:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/24peck.html
Written by a fellow Yank, so there might be a few arcane references (seems like the proper audience for such things), but still pant-pissingly funny. I guess you might say after I read this list, I was “Mr. Wet Underpants”.
By accident.
10 May 2011
Trumptonrioter
very difficult this one, I love them both but having shit tantric sex just beats replacing Sheba with Prince by a dogs whisker. Surging it is
10 May 2011
Poolio
Paintball is a much loved tune and one of the tools I use to get people to listen to HMHB, although usually only briefly… so thought I’d tick that box… but thinking about the subtler genius of the content of SOOC.. I actually plumbed for that… felt a bit like cheering on Plymouth Argyle as they attempt to depose Man Utd in the cup… and somehow get a spawny 83rd minute own goal… g’awn Green Army!!
10 May 2011
TWO FAT FEET
Well, this is shaping up to be not only the biggest giantkilling of the round, but if the exit poll is any indication, a bit of a tanking on the way.
11 May 2011
Mr Larrington
GREGGZ! You owe me a keyboard.
11 May 2011
Gregg Z
Mr. Larrington:
I can only assume from the brevity of your text, that you are referring to some sort of accident caused by a reaction to the link I sent to the group.
To this end, I will re-send the original link, along with part two:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/24peck.html
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/17peck.html
Those who have not yet clicked on these sites are missing some very funny observations on “What your favorite classic rock band says about you”.
11 May 2011
Charles Exford
I find it worthwhile (though many of you will doubtless disagree) to note, while it may still be noted, that there are 3 songs in the last 32 that are basically hymn tunes. Brilliant lyrical perversions of hymn tunes of course, but basically hymn tunes which are have all been oft perverted before. One of which is hybridised with an old Black lace tune, undoubtedly the finest ever hybridisation of Black Lace and a hymn tune, but none of which actually require much choonsmithery.
Just saying like.
11 May 2011
Peter Gandy
Completely agree Charles; and because of that I didn’t vote for any of those songs.
11 May 2011
Bobby String
I kind of agree with Mr. Exford 66.666% on this point. Indeed, I pointed out that I didn’t vote for Vatican Broadside for that very reason, it being a modified hymn / “footy chant of the type so beloved of our dear Professor Exford”. However, Irk The Purists got my vote precisely because of its hybridisation of a hymn and a Black Lace song, plus the ‘punkification’ of a hymn tune. Each to his / her / its own I suppose.
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12 May 2011
Jeremy
Paintball’s coming home as it so reminded me of friends who used to put their cat (Elvis) on their webcam
12 May 2011
Seany O
I decided I had to sleep on this on and decide with a clear head – in the cold light of day I’ve decided that Convalecence not going through, possibly on penalties (which will enteratining and keep pressure off the ref), would be as wrong as, well, darts in soap operas.
12 May 2011
S J Redmond
* (inevitably)
12 May 2011
2 CHEVRONS
This competition is starting to do my head in. Favourite songs drawn against each other and having to choose between the two it’s a bit like having to tell somebody which of your kids you love the most. That answer depends on which one is giving me the least grief at the time.
Looking forward to the results of this round, a bit like waiting for Jeff Stelling on Soccer Saturday to tell you that there is a late goal in the dying minutes of an evenly poised tie. Which way will it go? Are you in the next round or concentrating on the league for another year? I’m a Newcastle fan, so that will be the latter then (again)…
What about the draw for the next round? WIll it be David Beckham and The Stig or perhaps two other famous faces?
12 May 2011
bomaya
I love Paintball I really do but the lines in Surging are so so much better and fitted to an original, and fucking fantastic, tune.
12 May 2011
paul f
2 Chevrons – surely you can’t consider The Stig a “famous face”?
14 May 2011
2 Chevrons
PAUL F – You are right. Famous skid lid or crash hat perhaps …
14 May 2011