Body Electric 82 or 84?

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Body Electric 82 or 84?

82
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47%
84
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53%
 
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The original or the one on the Body And Soul 12". I ain't gonna give you a cop out option.
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no explenation here ... :?:
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13Vision13 wrote:no explenation here ... :?:
You don't understand the question?
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Already answered this in the Alice poll - I'm perverse that way.

Got to be the 84 version.
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first one I heard was on the CNT compilation so I guess that would be 82, much more manic than the later one
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Thrash Harry wrote: You don't understand the question?
I do ...

but I accidentically forgot to mention I preferred the 84 version ...

I just can't explain why.

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[quote="13Vision13]Exsqueeze me ...[/quote]

Well alright!
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Yup.'84 version for me as well 8)
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82

the angriest song i've ever heard..

the 84 version is too tinny, but the 82 recording rocks like a motherf**ker.
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84

I'm just annoyed I couldn't get to choose the demo, instrumental or alternative lyrics versions. :innocent:
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82 cause the end of the 84 version ending on the D chord just sucks.

I have no idea why this bothers me so much, but it does.
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OK QB. Am I stupid or can I only see the results when I'm not logged in?
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OK. So I hadn't voted yet. I knew that.
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82 because it is that original one.
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Gotta be 82, it goes so well with Adrenochrome......
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The 84 version is 24 track - the 82 version is 8 track - I much prefer the 84 version - a much "bigger" sound - and its almost 20 years old! :-)
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It totally kicks live. The studio versions can't touch it. Hope they bring it back on the next tour.
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Time passes Mr. The Goth, somethings remain
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84 - bigger, harder.
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Red Sunsets wrote:Time passes Mr. The Goth, somethings remain
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AndyTheGoth wrote:
Red Sunsets wrote:Time passes Mr. The Goth, somethings remain
@ Red Sunsets - Time does Pass - Something does Remain - Unlike my Hair! ;-)
Yep <sigh>
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AndyTheGoth wrote:
Red Sunsets wrote:Time passes Mr. The Goth, somethings remain
@ Red Sunsets - Time does Pass - Something does Remain - Unlike my Hair! ;-)
...your hair and my memory :urff: :wink:
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82 for the mad energy and Von's voice sounding weird on it. OK, I buy the arguments about the 84 version sounding bigger and all, but it lacks the spark (pun intended).
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Hey, this one is interesting. I have a real soft spot for 84. As a spotty teenager, just getting into the Sisters, Body and Soul was the first Sisters 12" I ever bought, and I can still smell the amazing smell, and smell the crackly crackle. I really like the cover. I never much liked Body and Soul, or Train for that matter (though in other mixes, and live, it kicks). But Afterhours and the rerecorded Body Electric were like nothing I had heard before. I think I was 17. It was manna from heaven. Therefore I must cast my vote accordingly.
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Well that's that argument won then. 84 it is. Well done my team. Another victory for the first-past-the-post two-party system.
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