TS: Beck's Debra vs D'angelo's Untitled (How Does It Feel) - battle of two classic Prince slow jam tributes

def interesting. and def warrants it. obv he likes it. but obv he also has some rockist supremacy in relation to it so i wonder how much he really respects it. i remember hearing live shows on bootleg mp3s from the 90s that he had where he was, IIRC, kind of taking the piss out of james brown somewhat, affecting JB-isms for comedic effect, which didnt sit that well with me at the time tbh. i think he has quite a detached relationship to it, i doubt he would ever get as ridiculously romantic about old bluesmen as someone like keith richards in that sort of over-affected indebtedness, he just sees it as something to keep up to date with as its doing new stuff that might be interesting for someone like him to utilise, which leads to things like his work with timbo and pharrell (though the pharrell stuff was years after the neptunes heyday). i think he has different relationships with the stuff thats rock canon that he did in his americana, bluesy folksy periods, then a diff relationship with whats come after.

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I am genuinely curious to see how many votes "Debra" will get

"Debra" voters, reveal yourselves

NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF! SOMETHING TELLS ME YOU WANNA GO HOME!
Champagne, bibles, custom clothes you own
Calling up from special area codes
Hollywood notes with the Hollywood phones

That's the part that always sticks with me from Midnite Vultures.

How Does It Feel obv. Silly poll but the beef upthread is also silly.

Not gonna vote, but when I saw Beck he encored with “Debra” and there were approximately zero layers of irony; shit was ridiculous but he was completely into it

we'll finally know how many drive an elantra

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Okay, all nine of you reveal yourselves