WAR vs MANDRILL
kala
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I always confuse them what's your choice???[this is a trick jungian question.....not]
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This is a good versus!!!
Ive NEVER found myself humming a Mandrill tune...WAR gots songs...
Get Familiar.
War got more radio than Mandrill.
I'm stuck...
deal with it
I think I am pretty familiar...of the only 8 or so hip hop records I own that is one of them and I have had plenty of Mandrill LPs over the years, I never hesitate to throw them in the sale box for record swaps...I still say War are better songwriters.
Man,.......... Composite Truth has them on some Multi-Culti shit.
And Mandrilland got them on some Jazz & Rock shit.
I'mma tip my cap to Mandrill because War does too much harmonica work on their tracks.
This is a mitigating factor - WAR gets cornball at times
although both bands have a bundle of slop
But this has been in heavy rotation these days:
but does War have anything that comes close to the scalp-tingling heaviness of Two Sisters of Mystery?
Yes.
I think Slippin into Darkness is heavier (not fuzz gtr-chugging heavier but heavier nonetheless)
Goes with the territory. Lee Oskar played the hell out of that thing and deserved the spotlight.
(Of course, I play harmonica too, so I'm biased, but Oskar was no rudimentary Bob Dylan honker; I prefer him to any number of funk bands who featured the goddamned flute[/b]...)
this is probably as heavy as they got. think i'd have to ride for mandrill overall, they had jazz, rock, latin, funk all mashed into one. i guess war did too, but one thing mandrill never did was record a song called 'why can't we be friends?'
familiarize me with this scamp tingling.
i have to say i am more familliar with War's music as well.
over
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"why can't we be friends" is the shit
both bands were great but probably have to give it to War. but yeah tough call.
Most definitely.
define 'heaviness'
lyrically 'slippin' wins but if we're talking sonically, 'two sisters' is on top (reverse-)
ive been down on mandrill lately and they need some redemption.
Dude, you need to listen to 'House of Wood' again, you may catch yourself hummin'...
that said, WAR by a country mile. They are in that rare company of EW&F and P-Funk as almost creating genres unto themselves.
She said "scalp-tingling; I don't even know what scamp-tingling is, but I doubt bassie indulges in it.
I'd pick Mandrill myself - just because I dont think War made an LP as strong as Mandrill's 'Just Outside Of Town'. I really love that set.
War had better singles, could jam a groove till the next morning but couldn't fashion an album like Mandrill. Actually I think Mandrill ONLY came into their own in the context of a long player. I think it depends what kind of musical chunk you might feel more inclined to listen to.
Having said that, both bands had plenty of cheese to spare but Mandrill had a few tunes here and there which I found more awesome than anything I ever heard from War and/or 'funky' Eric Burdon.
So I think I pick Mandrill.
Sorry guys, it's War