tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post2642699475437823080..comments2023-11-17T00:07:33.896-08:00Comments on March Sadness 2016: First Round Matchup: DEAD CAN DANCE vs ALPHAVILLEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-33962108238945460762016-03-09T12:02:55.712-08:002016-03-09T12:02:55.712-08:00YES. YES. Anderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162102610439637214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-49798637946404807952016-03-09T06:15:40.090-08:002016-03-09T06:15:40.090-08:00Both songs too proud of themselves to be the type ...Both songs too proud of themselves to be the type of sad you claim to adjudicate. BlogSlothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286657614256259879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-43984054828173624832016-03-08T23:27:43.953-08:002016-03-08T23:27:43.953-08:00I'm imagining Charlie Kelly's spider in hi...I'm imagining Charlie Kelly's spider in his soul is choreographing this Alphaville strut. "Go Fuck Yourself" has got to be Charlie's saddest song, by the way, what with the ring of spray paint around his nose and it being the final gesture of an episode called "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4c9T2k42MIELawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230503595951271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-54915193777534973422016-03-08T17:30:10.302-08:002016-03-08T17:30:10.302-08:00My money is on Alphaville to win this one in overt...My money is on Alphaville to win this one in overtime, perhaps with a long-range three-pointer. Lord knows they can't bring their sissy business hard in da paint against Dead Can Dance's Brendan Perry, who seems like he could throw around some serious elbow. I wouldn't cross him, at any rate.<br /><br />I do admire DCD's affiliation with 4AD, a brilliant label, and whose This Moral Coil supergroup should by all accounts take this tournament with “Song to the Siren.” In fact, if they don't advance, I will DDoS this blog. And I've never even done that. I know damn well enough to be dangerous when it comes to defending my favorite, special bands. Heed these words: I'll bring the whole thing to ruin. Also, I like what's going on here.<br /><br />So, yeah, I voted “Forever Young.” Can't figure what transpired in that video, though. Sadness devours us like a diamond wormhole? And other inexplicable things?Kenneth Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11419559471567343465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-1828742113138384012016-03-08T13:39:19.057-08:002016-03-08T13:39:19.057-08:00As I was cynically told during my MFA years, put &...As I was cynically told during my MFA years, put "American" in front of anything and it'll instantly sound like it's part of the conversation. Not so with this song, especially up against a gem that distills 80s bombast so magnificently. I'm already looking forward to how it will face up against other songs in the bracket. But, as Duke and North Carolina often find out, never count those chickens.Moo Moohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449387228310691035noreply@blogger.com