22 May 2011
The Lux Familiar Cup: Last 16 Knockout Round – Match 8
Vatican Broadside
vs.
Evening Of Swing (Has Been Cancelled)
The final tie of the round features two of the lower-ranked songs to make it this far, and quite a contrast.
Result
Vatican Broadside 97
vs.
Evening Of Swing (Has Been Cancelled) 206
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TWO FAT FEET
Vatican Broadside is a searing indictment of popular culture, the modern day Catholic church and the Pope in particular.
It’s also a thirty second joke which has gone about as far as it deserves.
Evening of Swing, on the other hand, is a rockin’ good choon which is a dark horse for the final. I would expect the overall winner to come from ties 2 or 3 in this round, but if the winners of those two ties do go head to head before the final, I would expect the winner to be up against this or Light at the End of the Tunnel for the trophy.
May 22nd, 2011
aiwacat
I agree with Two Fat Feet.
May 22nd, 2011
Chris Warwick
God I love this band… This makes me grin every time – as do so many other fine lyrics
And the christening party arsehole
Who hitherto had blurred
My conception of man as nature’s final word
Was fleeing from the lava
His SatNav pleading thus:
“I’m not from round here mate, you should have got the bus”
Class
May 22nd, 2011
Shirt Man
As my satnav always seems to send me veering wildly in all directions it has to be Evening of swing for me too!
May 22nd, 2011
dagenham dave
I do enjoy a bit of ‘Vatican Broadside’ however it can’t really be compared to any ‘proper’ song can it?
and as mentioned above ‘Evening of Swing….’ should get through for the satnav line alone.
May 22nd, 2011
anidlelayabout
Chris Warwick has swung the vote – I’d come here to vote for Vatican because it’s great, but mainly because Evening knocked out Yahoo in the previous and a grudge is nothing if it’s not worth holding…
but then:-
And the christening party arsehole
Who hitherto had blurred
My conception of man as nature’s final word
is just too good to let go.
to paraphrase from Chevrons where else can you here the word hitherto used in lyrics these days
May 22nd, 2011
incrediblestringbiscuitman
“Evening of Swing” for me if only because I love the use of the word “score” meaning twenty.
In fact, the only people who use the word “score” are Our Lord Himself and those blokes who wrote the Bible.
May 22nd, 2011
Kingsbeef
Not really a contest though I agree with Layabout. Should be a walkover.
May 22nd, 2011
Toerag
No contest. “Evening of Swing” is living proof that, unlike most bands, HMHB just keep getting better. Could it go “all the way”? Only we can say
May 22nd, 2011
Look Dad No Tunes
One way traffic, Evening swing.
May 22nd, 2011
spoonunit
Evening of Swing 4/11 Fav in the 8th race at Monmore.
Barring a headlong plunge into a ravine…put your mortgage on it.
May 22nd, 2011
MATLOCK BATH
I love Vatican Broadside in its simplicity but Evening of Swing gets it for me, if only for “Equus On The Buses – with Mr. Ed”. Can’t see any other result in this one.
May 22nd, 2011
Gregg Z
Listen, nobody appreciates a proper go at the Catholic Church more than I do…well, except perhaps for a few of my friends…uh, and my brother. And, of course, Christopher Hitchens.
But while “Vatican Broadside” is about spotless for what it is, it doesn’t measure up to “Evening of Swing”.
Over to you.
May 22nd, 2011
Chief Exec
Ezekiel punching Dan Brown – splendid image.
No contest really.
May 22nd, 2011
Neil G
This is surely the most one-sided game in the competition so far. Evening of Swing takes it by so many lengths it’s not worth counting them. Mixing metaphors there, I know.
May 23rd, 2011
Chief Exec
I sit and look at some of these qualifiers and can’t help thinking… I wonder how far Tommy Walsh could have gone?
Or should I just celebrate the bright future of the Lux Familiar Cup with the possibility of some fresh faced qualifiers next season?
May 23rd, 2011
Bob Todd
Im bucking the trend, futile i know. It holds good memories for me, as i once manage to get a small party of people sing Vatican whilst waiting for Slipknot to appear at Leeds Festival.
May 23rd, 2011
Alan K
Evening of swing; no contest.
Nigel’s pronunciation of ‘Glyder Fach & Glyder Fawr’ is spot on.
May 23rd, 2011
BrumBiscuit
Seeing as my team has been relegated to Division 2 (in old money) and VB put out one of my favourites in the previous round, I’ll go for EoSHBC.
May 23rd, 2011
Ben Woodcock
Evening of Swing with no problem whatsoever. I have no idea how Vatican has got this far and presumably trashed some of my favorites on the way.
May 23rd, 2011
Seany O
You have to give credit to VB for punching well above it’s weight and making it to the final 16 – it’s fans have enjoyed the ride, possibly seen a few of bigger grounds and the TV money should secure the future of the club for years to come but Evening of Swing is a powerhouse of brilliance. I expect it to sail through without ever having to hit top gear.
hmmm hitting ‘top gear’ – an interesting idea…
May 23rd, 2011
Dave Cooper
Sorry, but the plucky non -leaguers from The Vatican are going out, and it could be a humiliation for them, but their fans will remember this run for a long time.
May 23rd, 2011
Steve G
The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see … off an Evening of Swing, Sorry but voting with my heart cos VB knocked out Honved so I’d like to see it progress ~ but confidence as low as the Friday Gates reading the comments above ….
May 23rd, 2011
Third Rate Les
“searing indictment of the Pope”, Two Fat Feet? I think His Holiness emerges well from the story.
Evening Of Swing – it’s got perfectly timed comedy (the Satnav line), it’s got apparent non-sequiturs that somehow add up to an oddly unsettling story (all the End Days stuff), it’s got Welsh mountains (at least I assume that’s what that Welsh stuff means), it’s got Mr Edd, it’s got odd little vignettes of everyday tragedy (the flowers), it’s got the loathsome Dan Brown being punched by an Old Testament prophet, and it’s got one of those wonderfully un-ambitious guitar solos. I mean, what more can you ask for?
Able to rest some key players in the last 16 – that’s got to be an advantage getting to the sharp end of the competition.
Not sure how it beat Totnes Bickering Fest, mind you.
May 24th, 2011
TWO FAT FEET
I know Les, I was talking bollocks really but just trying to add a bit of gravitas for comic effect, hoping nobody would read it too closely.
May 24th, 2011
Third Rate Les
heh heh – you’re on the wrong site if you hope nobody’s going to read anything too closely!
May 24th, 2011
poolio
Time for those Vaticanians (amusing as they are) to catch that bus methinks!
May 24th, 2011
Third Rate Les
Perhaps they should give us a song
(ssshhhhhhhhh…….)
May 25th, 2011
TWO FAT FEET
they’ll never make the station.
May 25th, 2011
Trumptonrioter
Swing for me, who the fuck are slipknot anyway? didn’t they win eurovision a few years back or am i all confused…. again
May 25th, 2011
Ferenc Puskás to you
Rioter, I always get them confused with Insane Clown Posse, and think that they too are another band with silly facemasks who’ve “come out” as Christian. Sort of like The Alarm for teenage mid-westerners, then.
May 26th, 2011
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