Break 4 Love vs Tell Me Why (The Riddle)

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Which early 00 Techno producer guest vocal song is better?

Break 4 Love - PSB and Peter Rauhofer
3
33%
Tell Me Why (The Riddle) - St. Etienne and Paul Van Dyke
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67%
 
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#1 Post by York Minster »

It seems like that "the snow is falling" song is the St. Etienne equivalent of Break 4 Love. Which is the better track?
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Not big on trance. Not big on Rauhofer either. Break 4 love richard morel mix and the amdursky and laroz mix (particularly) are sublime.
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I thought their cover of Break for Love was pointless. I loved the original.
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To me ,the St. Etienne song is total garbage and it must be justified why it's better than Break 4 Love
And tryin' to figure out what happened to 'Germaine Propaine'
"He couldn't have fell off that hard" Ain't no way
"What happened to the way you was rappin' when you was scandalous
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Plus he raps with his regular voice [BOOSH! BOOSH!]
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Saint Etienne by miles. Now if it were the original Break 4 Love you mght be onto something. Peter Rauhofer's mix of I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more is quite alright though. Kind of random poll though. I'm sure there's dozens of techno songs with guest vocalists.

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Scapa Flow wrote:To me ,the St. Etienne song is total garbage and it must be justified why it's better than Break 4 Love
justify it then
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Scapa Flow wrote:To me ,the St. Etienne song is total garbage and it must be justified why it's better than Break 4 Love
It's a Paul Van Dyk song anyway (featuring Saint Etienne), but most things Saint Etienne touch is gold. I just wish they could sell some records. I do prefer their normal, non-dance stuff.
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Tell Me Why is one of the classic records of the last decade. Break 4 Love is something you download for free, play a few times, and open a mindless poll about. Oh.

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Radiophonic wrote:I thought their cover of Break for Love was pointless. I loved the original.
Yes. I like their pop version of It's alright but the original is obviously the definitive version. Nobody should cover house classics.

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Patrick Bateman wrote:
Radiophonic wrote:I thought their cover of Break for Love was pointless. I loved the original.
Yes. I like their pop version of It's alright but the original is obviously the definitive version. Nobody should cover house classics.
Although I do like Paul Weller's version of Joe Smooth's Promised Land. :dance:
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Drico One wrote:Tell Me Why is one of the classic records of the last decade. Break 4 Love is something you download for free, play a few times, and open a mindless poll about. Oh.

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What about the Etienne vocaled track is that much superior to Break 4 Love? To me it sounds like a breath of air just floating along, not much to bother with. At least Break 4 Love, while certainly a tad generic (Ab Fab being another example of generic PSB) has SOME attitude. The Etienne track is so sparse that I almost can't bear listening to the production. It upsets me. Break 4 Love is average, but it sounds full. Sh#t, maybe I'm really missing out on something, but I had the CD single of the Etienne track on and I could just barely make it through.

Or am I just thinking to much?
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Scapa Flow wrote:
Drico One wrote:Tell Me Why is one of the classic records of the last decade. Break 4 Love is something you download for free, play a few times, and open a mindless poll about. Oh.

Drico.
What about the Etienne vocaled track is that much superior to Break 4 Love? To me it sounds like a breath of air just floating along, not much to bother with. At least Break 4 Love, while certainly a tad generic (Ab Fab being another example of generic PSB) has SOME attitude. The Etienne track is so sparse that I almost can't bear listening to the production. It upsets me. Break 4 Love is average, but it sounds full. Sh#t, maybe I'm really missing out on something, but I had the CD single of the Etienne track on and I could just barely make it through.

Or am I just thinking to much?
I don't know, my mercurial friend. Maybe you could open a poll about that.

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I must admit I'm at a loss why those two songs are being compared anyway. Is there a common factor I'm missing?
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Radiophonic wrote:I must admit I'm at a loss why those two songs are being compared anyway. Is there a common factor I'm missing?
Saint Etienne is a band many PSB fans listen to. Both songs came out around the same time, and both tracks are with techno DJ producers.
And tryin' to figure out what happened to 'Germaine Propaine'
"He couldn't have fell off that hard" Ain't no way
"What happened to the way you was rappin' when you was scandalous
That Canibus turned into a television evangelist"
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Scapa Flow wrote:To me it sounds like a breath of air just floating along
Any idea how hard it is to get a song to do this???
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