Cold-Cock #1

Welcome to our first "Cold-Cock", where an unsuspecting listener is forced to respond in writing to a song he or she may have never heard. The listener's response must be composed and completed before the song ends.

ROUND 1 (Lee's listening & responding, Hiawatha's spinning)
Song - "Watchmaker"
Artist - Excuse 17
Length - 3:08
Response - Sounds a lot like the Replacements at first, but then some awful singing starts! Whoa! The vocals are WAY too high in the mix!...
Now I'm starting to think it's pretty good, but just not for me. I mean, this chick can definitely sing, but not always the way I like. Almost sounds like a fucked up broadway play put on by performance students up at LaGuardia HS. I'd have to say the band is Bikini Kill.

ROUND 2 (same thing: Lee's listening & responding, Hiawatha's spinning)
Song - "Modern Romance"
Artist - The Rapture
Length - 2:33
Response - All I'm hearing is guitar and drums. OK now it sounds like a Gang of Four kinda slashfest, with Public Image-style vocals and clumsy textural drum stuff. The song just goes right by, unless you're lucky enough to keep up. Either way, I can't remember a damn thing from it. Gimme something to grab onto man! I actually know this one, it's the Rapture.

ROUND 3 (this time Hiawatha's listening & responding, Lee's spinning)
Song - "Got a Hold on Me"
Artist - Christine McVie
Length - 3:52
Response - Fleetwood Mac. Chrystie McVie. second female singer. Cheery 80's pop - but a little better than some. husky voice. cheesy keybaords. drums sound fake or canned. crazy sound in back some kind of cheap sound effect. super 80's percussion. yea, that drum sound sounds like a rototom. is lindsay on this?