SPARKS

OuterSpace · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:42 pm Post subject: cruel dilemna

one of the cruelest dilemna...... :twisted:

Alex Robertson · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:19 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry,but I can't vote...to me Ron and Russell are two sides of the same coin....a musical tandem,if you will..both seats and sets of pedals need to be occupied for it to work efficiently and it doesn't really matter who is steering as the destination is ultimately the same for both riders.

Ron = Geniuus · Groupie Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 100

Unthinkable question......

sparkette · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:22 pm Post subject: please!

Outerspace!!!!!
The devil himself wouldn't ask such a question.
They are both grand in so many ways.
It's as clear as crystal - the score equally.

MARK II · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 1:43 am Post subject:

Fans don't ask questions like that.
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MARK II · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 1:44 am Post subject:

However, some trolls do.
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SOLDAT · Power Groupie Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 433

my favourite is Ronssel...
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mark-sparks · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:56 pm Post subject:

Mine is Russon.

Bryan Kelly Woodward · Groupie Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 134

I like both of them.
I not going to vote on this one.

cfsmtb · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject:

nut, can't bring myself to vote. just couldn't forgive myself. :oops:
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MARK II · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:54 am Post subject:

I changed my mind.....my fave is Ronssellammy!!!!
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OuterSpace · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:40 am Post subject:

"Ronssellammy"...... wow !
it's sounds like "mon seul ami" ! [my only friend]

Great verse for a new collaboration with Les Rita Mitsouko...

Ronssellammy
Mon seul ami
Ca suffit

Big Beat · Certified Fan Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 61 Location: UK

has anybody voted on this because i tried to , i thought of all the pros and cons of each of the above and it just worked out a dead heat :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Bryan Kelly Woodward · Groupie Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 134

I tell you what.....
I vote for the drummer Tammy Glover....
She is very pretty and I like females. :P

JUDE TURPIN · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:38 pm Post subject:

bryan_davey · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:02 am Post subject:

i love the both equally they come as a pair x

PeterE · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:22 am Post subject:

I do like this question...

both of them are great in their own way...

I do like Rons intellectual touch, looks and his great
songwriting ...

I do like Russell`s singing/voice... that is now better than ever, the way he dresses is pretty cool... forever young

SteveBoyce · Sub-Deity Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Posts: 769

I think Ron would have turned into an [even] better and probably more successful songwriter if he'd had to go it alone without Russell

Also I think Russell's delivery although always very exact sometimes detracts from the meaning of the songs.

Just my opinion!!!!

PeterE · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:12 pm Post subject:

J. Prufrock · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:26 pm Post subject:

Ron might have been a more successful songwriter on commercial grounds, but it would be because without Russell he'd have had to adapt his melodies to be more easily sung* and probably his whole artistic vision to something more easily palatable (and less Sparks.) Russell's written a few songs on his own, enough to show that he brings ideas and not only that astounding voice

but it seems to me they bring out the best in each other - keep in mind they've written many as a team - and that neither would have become as wonderful as they are now without the other.

*Would more bands attempt to cover Sparks if not for the vocal difficulty level, and would this be a good or bad thing? Possible future discussion questions...