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Post by egoodstein on Feb 22, 2020 23:07:38 GMT -5
Like both, but Hud-- mainly for Melvin Douglas and Patricia Neal
'Later' gal soul groups: Pointer Sisters or The Fugees?
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Post by erik on Feb 23, 2020 0:27:21 GMT -5
The Pointer Sisters
C&W/Rock Groups: Flying Burrito Brothers or Poco?
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Post by egoodstein on Mar 1, 2020 22:36:34 GMT -5
FBB-- pretty easy for me there.
Lone Justice or Maria McKee solo?
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Post by erik on Mar 7, 2020 12:13:22 GMT -5
Maria on her own (close)
Great American composers: William Schuman or Morton Gould?
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Post by egoodstein on Mar 13, 2020 7:08:56 GMT -5
Schuman, if less prolific & Gould underrated these days IMO.
Significant contemporary (or near-contemporary) American composers: Joan Tower or Jennifer Higdon?
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Post by erik on Mar 14, 2020 12:08:36 GMT -5
Jennifer Higdon (close, however)
Movies about viral outbreaks: OUTBREAK or CONTAGION?
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Post by egoodstein on Mar 22, 2020 19:00:52 GMT -5
Haven't seen either I'm afraid
Classic novels involving 'plague' issues (& others) and the effect on people caught in it: Camus's The Plague or Manzoni's The Betrothed?
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Post by erik on Mar 23, 2020 8:51:00 GMT -5
The Plague (close)
More 'plague" novels: The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton) or The Stand (Stephen King)?
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 4, 2020 11:46:07 GMT -5
Neither exactly favess: Andromeda Strain
EM Forster novels: Room With a View or A Passage to India?
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Post by erik on Apr 4, 2020 17:17:43 GMT -5
A Passage To India (close)
Nelson Riddle film scores: OCEAN'S 11 (1960 original) or LOLITA (1962 original)?
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 19, 2020 19:23:44 GMT -5
Hmmn-- both great. Coin flip came up Lolita
Preston Sturges directed films: The Lady Eve or Hail the Conquering Hero?
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Post by erik on Apr 20, 2020 19:14:41 GMT -5
HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO
Modern-day Westerns: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK or JUNIOR BONNER?
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 28, 2020 23:35:17 GMT -5
Like both-- Bad Day at Black Rock
'90's 'westerns' of sorts: Lone Star or Unforgiven?
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Post by erik on May 2, 2020 17:29:24 GMT -5
UNFORGIVEN (close)
Kirk Douglas films: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL or ACE IN THE HOLE?
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Post by egoodstein on May 4, 2020 18:29:19 GMT -5
Love both. Bad and the Beautiful overall by a whisker.
'Political' films of a sort: The Great McGinty or The Last Hurrah?
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Post by erik on May 4, 2020 19:12:18 GMT -5
THE LAST HURRAH (close)
Politically-themed films from 1964: SEVEN DAYS IN MAY or FAIL SAFE?
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Post by egoodstein on May 17, 2020 17:21:58 GMT -5
Seven Days.
Carter Family classic songs: Wildwood Flower or Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
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Post by erik on May 17, 2020 19:28:09 GMT -5
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken?"
Buck Owens classics: "Act Naturally" or "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"?
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Post by egoodstein on May 25, 2020 14:34:57 GMT -5
Hmm. Act Naturally. Neither in fact Buck faves of mine, if fun.
Buck Owens ballads: Together Again or Cryin' Time?
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Post by erik on May 25, 2020 18:58:08 GMT -5
"Crying Time" (close)
Rolling Stones in 1966: "Paint It Black" or "Mother's Little Helper"?
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 13, 2020 14:13:48 GMT -5
PIB-- closesh.
More Stones: You Can't Always Get What You Want or Gimme Shelter?
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Post by erik on Jun 13, 2020 15:01:36 GMT -5
"Gimme Shelter"
British 20th century cello concertos: Walton's or Elgar's?
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 21, 2020 14:01:37 GMT -5
Elgar's-- Walton's deserving of much more attention however.
Mozart or Brahms Clarinet Quintet?
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Post by erik on Jun 23, 2020 8:53:10 GMT -5
Mozart's (close)
Modern 20th century clarinet concertos: Stravinsky's (Ebony Concerto) or Copland's?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 5, 2020 22:06:25 GMT -5
Close & contrasting-- Stravinsky.
Mendelssohn Octet or Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht (original chamber sextet)?
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