** V.U. Song Contest - Preliminary Round Match 26 **

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Coney Island Steeplechase vs. Ferryboat Bill

Poll ended at 21 Jan 2005 10:39

Coney Island Steeplechase
16
53%
Ferryboat Bill
14
47%
 
Total votes: 30

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** V.U. Song Contest - Preliminary Round Match 26 **

Post by arjan »

Match Twenty-Six is between

Coney Island Steeplechase (off Another View)

and

Ferryboat Bill (off Another View)

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Post by Pig Related »

I had to go with Ferryboat Bill because of the version on The Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes. Is there a live bootleg version of Coney Island Steeplechase available? Or a different mix.
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Pig Related wrote:I had to go with Ferryboat Bill because of the version on The Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes. Is there a live bootleg version of Coney Island Steeplechase available? Or a different mix.
I don't know if there was a different mix on the 22 demos tape or something. I do believe there was an entirely different take of Ferryboat Bill that was considered for inclusion on V.U..
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Just curious, how does one find out about things like which tracks were discussed as hypothetical V.U. inclusions?
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Post by Mark »

There's an early promo cassette for VU that includes Ferryboat Bill in place of Ocean. I don't think it's a different version though.
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This has to be one of the toughest of the the prelims...to make a football comparison, sorta of a tie between two top 'Coca Cola Championship' sides....they are both good & strong though not as good as Chelsea, Arsenal or Man U in the higher status Premiership league.

CIS is a much underrated song in the VU canon and is rather cute.....FB is a a great one line joke and the Guitar Tapes version is fantastic....I went for CIS as its is lesser known and probably wont be voted for as much.
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Yep, really tough... I love both... went for CIS.
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jimjim wrote:This has to be one of the toughest of the the prelims
Homme Fatale wrote:Yep, really tough... I love both... went for CIS.
I went as far as throwing a die to determine which one to vote for. I just couldn't decide.
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