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Old 01-15-2021, 12:22 PM   #16 (permalink)
Eleanor Rigby 14
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Originally Posted by ribbons View Post
Ray Davies for me. I respect Townshend's intelligent writing, but I'm just not a Who fan. Davies is a supreme melodicist, and besides, I'm a supreme Anglophile. There's also a tenderness, poignancy and playfulness with Davies, which I tend to go for.

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday View Post
Days is such a great song! As a fellow anglophile I relate to that, Ray Davies is certainly the quitessential English musician
Well, it was very difficult for me to vote, I voted for Townshend while listening to Roger Daltrey's scream in Won't Get Fooled Again. But now I'm not so sure. Thanks for voting!
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