Match EA: Deep vs. Help Help

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed March 19, 2014 1:17 am

This is a tough one. I dig both of these songs. I voted Help Help but early live versions of Deep can be amazing.

Post by **stip** » Wed March 19, 2014 1:24 am

Deep. It's not a favorite but I do like it, and despite some valiant attempts on my part I just can't get myself to care much about help help

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Wed March 19, 2014 2:10 am

Help Help. "The man they call my enemy. I've seen his eyes, he looks just me." line is superb.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Wed March 19, 2014 2:27 am

Help Help is a forgotten diamond in the rough. Deep is just OK.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Wed March 19, 2014 2:45 am

I have to go Help Help

Literally no band could cover Deep without it suffering a quality drop, because the writing is insufficient to support the drama. It, like so many Who classics, grows strong solely on the fact that it is written to exactly the band that is playing it.

But the "tell me lies" not-quite-plea ("I don't really know that I want this, but it will make my day go by easier so grant me this one simple ease...") and subsequent horror speak to my adult moral pursuits and failures, and to the awareness of inexactness therein, more than the easy comfort of "rapists are bad WHOAH CANT TOUCH.."

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Wed March 19, 2014 3:06 am

Help Help, love that song

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Wed March 19, 2014 4:48 am

Help Help is leaps and bounds better than Deep.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Wed March 19, 2014 4:52 am

Help Help

Though I love me something Deep

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Wed March 19, 2014 4:57 am

I like Help Help an awful lot but I'm absurdly fond of Deep's churning sway so Deep it is.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Wed March 19, 2014 4:57 am

I won't be mad either way here.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Wed March 19, 2014 5:28 am

Deep. One of the few Ten tracks I'd choose to listen to today. HH is ordinary.

malice · Post by **malice** » Wed March 19, 2014 5:28 am

Post by **stip** » Wed March 19, 2014 9:57 am

McParadigm wrote:I have to go Help Help

Literally no band could cover Deep without it suffering a quality drop, because the writing is insufficient to support the drama. It, like so many Who classics, grows strong solely on the fact that it is written to exactly the band that is playing it.

But the "tell me lies" not-quite-plea ("I don't really know that I want this, but it will make my day go by easier so grant me this one simple ease...") and subsequent horror speak to my adult moral pursuits and failures, and to the awareness of inexactness therein, more than the easy comfort of "rapists are bad WHOAH CANT TOUCH.."

Deep is a younger song, but there is more going on there than you are allowing for. The absence of content and context in help help should no more be seen as a sign of sophistication than a particular detail should become the entirety of a story

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Wed March 19, 2014 10:27 am

Help Help is one of the bright spots on a turgid mess of an album. Even so, most pre-2000 songs poop on it from varying heights.

Deep.

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Wed March 19, 2014 11:48 am

I do love Help Help.

But, Deep.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Wed March 19, 2014 11:49 am

Did someone really just call help help ordinary?

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Wed March 19, 2014 11:52 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:Did someone really just call help help ordinary?

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Wed March 19, 2014 11:53 am

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Wed March 19, 2014 11:59 am

Had a listen again. It's certainly not a favourite and is stuck in one of my least favourite runs in their entire catalogue. Ordinary may not be the right word but it's not ever been enjoyed by me. In fact, I probably enjoyed it the most just then.

Red Mosquito

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