Taking Sides: Stock, Aitken & Waterman vs The Neptunes

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1 'You Spin Me Round' vs 'Superthug'
2 'Too Many Broken Hearts' vs 'Like I Love You'
3 Sonia vs Kelis
4 Kylie (old skool) vs Britney (neps model)

Clearly in the battle for teen pop supremacy SAW come out victorious (ditto vs Spector but that's another thread...)
What do you guys think?
Are Neptunes genius producers and SAW merely pop svengalis with only 1 backing track?
For the Indie Guiltees at the time; how did SAW's production merits match up to the Neptunes ie did SAW sound equally as NOW (or THEN) as the Neptunes do (or did rather) today

― gi66y, Friday, 10 January 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

The Neptunes because:

a) they're young and hip (it seems SAW NEVER actually were themselves)

b) they're even more economical what with the minimal production style

c) they've really brought the concept of superstar producer fully into the media consciousness for the first time since Spector era?

d) tracks like 'Grindin' and 'Caught Out There' actually blow people's minds in ways not even 'Roadblock' did it seems

e) they're more prolific than SAW i swear - they seem to curn it out more than SAW did in that hazy '85-'89 period

f) just cooler music dammit!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Equally one trick ponies with more minuses than their rabid supporters will ever acknowledge. At times, however, both tricks are fun enough.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 11 January 2003 00:11 (twenty-three years ago)

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