CP Music Draft # 2 - ALBUMS (RAPID FIRE FREE FOR ALL ROUND) [Archive] - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

troutman

11-04-2008, 12:34 PM

Welcome to the CP Music Draft # 2 - ALBUMS!

Draft Board

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdOYgXyW6y_jbVBf1zCPNFA

Notes: Thread title will display the next 3 picks so if you see your name it's either your turn or pretty close. Time limit is 24 hours for this draft. Draft order (NO SNAKE) was determined by WindomURL:
FanIn80
Hart50
Bobblehead
habernac
rogermexico
Sowa
Displaced Flames Fan
Prototype
Itse
Dodsdomd
liamenator
troutman
Sparks
czure32
Hanna Sniper
Aeneas
WindomURL
peter12
Boblobla
Ro
Eastern Girl
rubecube
Jagger
Flamesguy_SJ
Timestamp: 2008-11-04 18:13:18 UTC

RULES:

You can only pick a particular band or artist once in this draft. Other GMs could pick that band or artist though.

Categories:

Album 1981-1985
Album 1986-1990
Album 1991-1993
Album 1994-1996
Album 1997-1999
Album 2000-2002
Album 2003-2005
Album 2006-2008

Album - Pop
Album - Rock
Album - Jazz / Classical
Album - Folk / Blues / World (Country, Western, Bluegrass, Reggae, Afro, Flamenco, what ever)
Album - Heavy / Metal
Album - Rap / Hip Hop / R&B / Funk
Album - Electronica / Techno
Album - Punk / Political

Album - Live
Album - Soundtrack
Album - Greatest Hits/Compilation
Album - wildcard

GS, if you don't mind, I'm copying your excellent rules here:

24 teams and 20 categories.

Trades! you can make trades but the it has to be zero-sum since every team needs 20 albums. For example Team A can trade the 1st and 40th pick to Team B for the 5th and 6th pick. Even after you have selected a shows you can trade. There is no trade deadline however there will be no trades allowed after the very last pick. Both parties must send the trade details to me.

Make use of PMs and the chatroom to negotiate.

Switching!
At any time you can switch an album from one category to another if it qualifies for it.

--

When you are selecting please state in BOLD letters who you are selecting and in what category.

example: With the 1st overall pick of the draft, GirlySport's In-Box selects ......... in the Pop category.

And you can use a paragraph to state your case of why you made this selection and convince everyone why this album was great. You've seen how it's been done in the other drafts. We're all here to learn!

--

Ass-kickin'!: When it's your turn you have 24 hours to select. After 24 hours the draft will continue on until you come back and pick. Your name will have brackets around it in the thread title. If your turn is coming up and you are away, please send 3 choices to me and I will select for you.

- If you see a name in the thread title with a * beside it, that means they have submitted their pick to the commish.

That's pretty much it. Any questions you can ask in here or PM me...

Posting suggestions:

Try and post a picture of an album cover, and the track list. Provide your review, or link to a critic's review. I think we are all keen to learn about albums that are special to you, and might be unknown by a lot of people. Embed 2-3 youtube videos if possible:

Example (how to embed):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iv_E-Fn9E

Copy portion in link after = sign ex. Y2iv E-Fn9E, and enclose it between (youtube) and (/youtube), but use square brackets [ ]

or: Y2iv_E-Fn9E

For reference:

www.allmusic.com (http://www.allmusic.com/)

www.metacritic.com (http://www.metacritic.com/)

www.rocklist.net (http://www.rocklist.net/)

Prototype

11-04-2008, 12:35 PM

Snake or no snake?

GirlySports

11-04-2008, 12:36 PM

FanIn80 is first in something? :D

troutman

11-04-2008, 12:39 PM

Snake or no snake?

we decided no snake

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 01:02 PM

FanIn80 is first in something? :D

Holy cow! I was expecting my usual middle-of-the-pack-or-down-at-the-bottom spot.

Hmmm... Gimme a few minutes to narrow my list down here.

Edit: This is nuts. There are lots of potential first overall picks. The trick is to not cop out and just pick the best-selling album of all time, I think it's more important to pick an album that I actually listen to.

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 01:03 PM

I am pretty sure the randomizer just flat out hates me. Always near the bottom. Blast!

Jagger

11-04-2008, 01:08 PM

This is a new position for me, 2nd last. I've been near the top of the other drafts. Serves me right for voicing my opinion on the snake draft I guess! It's all good, lot's of good albums to choose from.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 01:29 PM

Sorry trout, I have to do this...

With the first overall selection in this year's CP Album Draft, The Upper Brash would like to select... in the Metal category...

Metallica's Master of Puppets!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Metallica_-_Master_of_Puppets.jpg/200px-Metallica_-_Master_of_Puppets.jpg

Master of Puppets

Upon its release, Master of Puppets was immediately commercially successful, selling over half a million copies at its time of release without any major video/radio airplay, making it the band's first record to be certified Gold by the RIAA.

According to Allmusic's Steve Huey, Master of Puppets "was the band's greatest achievement." "Some critics have called Master of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded", Huey noted. Master of Puppets has featured on several "greatest albums of all time" lists. The album is present in a list dubbed "The All-TIME 100 Albums" and published by TIME magazine in November 2006. In TIME critic Josh Tyrangiel's opinion, "Metallica didn't bother with hooks or pop discipline" in writing Master of Puppets. Metal Rules rated the album as being number one in a list of the "Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" published in September 2003, whereas IGN also rated the album as being at first position in a list of the "Top 25 Metal Albums" issued in January 2007. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and Q magazine counted it among the 50 heaviest albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 167 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track Listing
1. Battery - James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich [5:13]
2. Master of Puppets - Hetfield, Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett [8:36]
3. The Thing That Should Not Be - Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett [6:37]
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett [6:28]
5. Disposable Heroes - Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett [8:17]
6. Leper Messiah - Hetfield, Ulrich [5:41]
7. Orion - Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton [8:28]
8. Damage, Inc. - Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett [5:30]

GyYZFtnCTE4

peter12

11-04-2008, 01:30 PM

Haha, dammit. That was totally my first pick.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 01:34 PM

Haha, dammit. That was totally my first pick.

Yeah, no way was this making it out of the first round. I had to pick it now. :D

habernac

11-04-2008, 01:53 PM

one of my favourites as well. Great choice. So many great songs, Disposable Heroes and Leper Messiah are tops for me.

Prototype

11-04-2008, 01:56 PM

Are we still using the rule that, say in the case of FanIn80... now that he's picked Metallica, he's not able to choose Metallica in any other category?

troutman

11-04-2008, 01:57 PM

Are we still using the rule that, say in the case of FanIn80... now that he's picked Metallica, he's not able to choose Metallica in any other category?

Yes, thanks, I need to add that to the rules.

czure32

11-04-2008, 02:21 PM

Are we still using the rule that, say in the case of FanIn80... now that he's picked Metallica, he's not able to choose Metallica in any other category?

interesting...
I mustve missed that glancing through the other thread
glad this was brought up early or I mightve missed it completely...certainly makes things a little more interesting

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 02:27 PM

Are we still using the rule that, say in the case of FanIn80... now that he's picked Metallica, he's not able to choose Metallica in any other category?

Right, but someone else is still allowed to use Metallica (in any category)... just not Master of Puppets.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 02:28 PM

one of my favourites as well. Great choice. So many great songs, Disposable Heroes and Leper Messiah are tops for me.

Totally. Every song on the album is perfect (to me). Damage Inc and Battery are my two favourites.

habernac

11-04-2008, 02:38 PM

Right, but someone else is still allowed to use Metallica (in any category)... just not Master of Puppets.

yep

WindomURL

11-04-2008, 03:02 PM

Who is this Metallica you speak of?
Seriously, I don't own a single album of theirs :bag:

And to show all you whiners that the draft order is on the up-and-up,
http://members.shaw.ca/windomurl/Randomizer.png (http://members.shaw.ca/windomurl/Randomizer.png)

:p
(http://members.shaw.ca/windomurl/Randomizer.png)

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 03:03 PM

^^ I don't own any Metallica either. Outside of a few songs, I have never really been a fan.

Bobblehead

11-04-2008, 03:04 PM

Prototype

11-04-2008, 03:14 PM

Less searching, more picking Bobblehead :D

Oops... I guess Hart50 is ahead of you, but this thing is taking forever.

Bobblehead

11-04-2008, 03:15 PM

Less searching, more picking Bobblehead :D

A soon as Hart50 goes, I'm ready.

WindomURL

11-04-2008, 03:16 PM

Interesting search in the Google search bar :eek:

LOL, i was waiting to see how long it would take for someone to catch that.

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 03:16 PM

Quick question, what are peoples thoughts on compilation albums where there's more than one disc? Are we allowed to pick those or is that a no no?

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 03:16 PM

Interesting search in the Google search bar :eek:

Hahahahaha. :#1:

habernac

11-04-2008, 03:17 PM

Quick question, what are peoples thoughts on compilation albums where there's more than one disc? Are we allowed to pick those or is that a no no?

I don't see why these wouldn't fit the bill.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 03:17 PM

Quick question, what are peoples thoughts on compilation albums where there's more than one disc? Are we allowed to pick those or is that a no no?

You mean like a Greatest Hits disc vs a Box Set?

Technically speaking, a Greatest Hits disc is about 10-15 songs, while a Box Set is usually the band's entire catalogue. Although, I guess a Box Set is the very definition of a compilation, I'm not sure a 10-song disc can compete with picking an entire bands music catalogue.

I'm not sure...

habernac

11-04-2008, 03:18 PM

You mean like a Greatest Hits disc vs a Box Set?

I'm not sure...

ah, that might be a little trickier. I was thinking more double album sized. A box set might be a bit much.

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 03:20 PM

I was thinking two disc Greatest Hits compilations.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 03:21 PM

I was thinking two disc Greatest Hits compilations.

Oh. Yeah, I don't have a problem with that. Some bands have more hits than others.

WindomURL

11-04-2008, 03:22 PM

I was hoping a box set compilation would be ok. If not, I have to rethink my picks.
If there is a limit, what do you think of 2-disc maximum for compilations?

Bobblehead

11-04-2008, 03:22 PM

I think a Box set is like a greatest hits, and should be fine.

The only issue I could see is some artists have released a number of different Greatest Hits, and I would hope we wouldn't see 3 people pick a different Greatest Hits by the same artist.

I would suggest that only Greatest Hits/Box set per Artist can be picked in the draft (by anybody).

WindomURL

11-04-2008, 03:25 PM

Here is my $hi++y attempt at a Google spreadsheet. I know it needs work...
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=psXqGXkP0tpOkh_9njphRZw&hl=en

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 03:27 PM

Here is my $hi++y attempt at a Google spreadsheet. I know it needs work...
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=psXqGXkP0tpOkh_9njphRZw&hl=en

What are your permissions settings on it? I can't see it unless I log in.

Bobblehead

11-04-2008, 03:27 PM

Here is my $hi++y attempt at a Google spreadsheet. I know it needs work...
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=psXqGXkP0tpOkh_9njphRZw&hl=en

I don't have permission to access it.

Edit: Try to "Publish" it as a website.

That is what i did with http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdOYgXyW6y_jbVBf1zCPNFA

czure32

11-04-2008, 03:27 PM

box sets are a little tricky though
some bands have box sets that is literally every CD they put out, it wouldnt be fair if someone took said box set and those albums then were no longer available

as for one greatest hit/box set per artist, there are some artists that have been around for decades and have enough songs to put out multiple greatest hits albums without having any over lapping songs as well

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 03:29 PM

troutman

11-04-2008, 03:33 PM

I propose re; greatest hits - 2 cd max - no box sets - a band/artist can only be selected once by all GMs for greatest hits

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 03:33 PM

Another question - We are only allowed to choose an artist once, but what if I am choosing a soundtrack that has a song or a few from an artist I have already picked, is that okay? Am I being too nitpicky now or what?

WindomURL

11-04-2008, 03:33 PM

K, it's shared with anyone without needing to log in to view/edit.
Bobblehead, how did you get those Album (Year), Album (Type), Album (Genre) labels to span several columns? I'm not familiar with Google docs yet.

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 03:36 PM

I propose re; greatest hits - 2 cd max - no box sets - a band/artist can only be selected once by all GMs for greatest hits

So, if I choose Band X as my greatest hits/compilation choice, no one else can choose Band X in the Greatest hits category, but they are still available for other categories?

troutman

11-04-2008, 03:36 PM

troutman

11-04-2008, 03:37 PM

So, if I choose Band X as my greatest hits/compilation choice, no one else can choose Band X in the Greatest hits category, but they are still available for other categories?

Yes

maybe we should move all rule questions to the workshop thread?

Jagger

11-04-2008, 03:37 PM

NM. Already ruled on.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 03:45 PM

Yes

maybe we should move all rule questions to the workshop thread?

Yeah, good idea. Maybe a mod can move these recent posts into that thread as well?

czure32

11-04-2008, 03:54 PM

I propose re; greatest hits - 2 cd max - no box sets - a band/artist can only be selected once by all GMs for greatest hits

not sure Im a big fan of that, for the reason i outlined before.
also, it gets a little sticky then if someone were to say...choose a greatest hit album in one of the decade categories, not saying it will happen but it certainly could

troutman

11-04-2008, 04:05 PM

Let's not take this so seriously. It is not a competition.

habernac

11-04-2008, 04:16 PM

Let's not take this so seriously. It is not a competition.

and one of the points of the exercise is to get a broad spectrum of stuff, not much fun if every one of your picks (or everyone else's) is from the same artist.

Bobblehead

11-04-2008, 04:28 PM

and one of the points of the exercise is to get a broad spectrum of stuff, not much fun if every one of your picks (or everyone else's) is from the same artist.

I'm personally planning on picking a few favourites, then look for a bunch of lesser knows.

I know my tastes are not very exotic, and are often things you can hear on the radio, but I'm going to go through a few of my lesser know CDs and pull out a few things that people may not have heard of, or have forgotten about.

FanIn80

11-04-2008, 04:32 PM

I'm personally planning on picking a few favourites, then look for a bunch of lesser knows.

I know my tastes are not very exotic, and are often things you can hear on the radio, but I'm going to go through a few of my lesser know CDs and pull out a few things that people may not have heard of, or have forgotten about.

I think a lot of what makes these fun is just picking things I like and seeing how I compare against other people. What makes it weird for me, is that I tend to avoid magazines and radio stations, etc. I discover a lot of music on my own, and if I find myself playing it enough times, I consider it something I like. To then find out that I like the same things a lot of other people like, even though I might get there through different means, is comforting. :D

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 05:24 PM

Sorry guys, didn't mean to clog up the thread with my questions.

As for the draft, I will admit that in the 90s and early 2000's, I was very boyband oriented, it's pretty much all I listened to for awhile. But in the last few years, I have come out of the fog and realized a lot of it wasn't really good, so I am trying to go back and find stuff that I missed the first time around. I am hoping this draft gives me a lot of "new to me" music that I can look up and enjoy.

I am already having trouble with the metal category though. I just don't like it, not my thing at all. I'll probably defer that one to my brother. He loves that stuff.

peter12

11-04-2008, 05:57 PM

Look the whole point of this is to get a feel for other people's music and maybe pick up something cool you have never heard before. There is taste in music and there is no taste in music. Just put down what you like.

Eastern Girl

11-04-2008, 06:15 PM

^^I think that's what people are saying they are going to do.

HalifaxDrunk

11-04-2008, 07:10 PM

Interesting search in the Google search bar :eek:

Haha, it's almost sig worthy...

Hart50

11-04-2008, 10:11 PM

Sorry for the delay and I hope I do this right but with the second overall selection in this year's CP Album Draft, Hart50 would like to select... in the Live Album category...

The Allman Brothers Band-At Fillmore East

http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/cms/2004/album_170x170/allman_brothers_170_live_at_filmore.6597885.jpg

IMHO this is a tour de force from a Band at the peak of their powers before various tragedies hit them, notably the death of Duane Allman. Not only is it one of the best live albums ever it is one of the best albums over the last 40 years. Here is some additional background material.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Fillmore_East

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598732/49_at_fillmore_east

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhKnc0XZrs

Displaced Flames fan

11-04-2008, 11:09 PM

Outstanding pick Hart.

Hart50

11-04-2008, 11:42 PM

Thanks DFF, if people would like to listen to another great album with Duane Allman on it I would also highly recommend Layla and other Assorted Love Songs by Derick and the Dominos. The combination of Clapton and Allman is simply stunning.

Torture

11-04-2008, 11:44 PM

Outstanding pick, love the Allman Brothers.

Also agree with Layla and Assorted Love Songs...so many people only know Layla, but it's an unbelievable album. (Although I would think that other albums should only be mentioned after they've been picked)

Hart50

11-05-2008, 12:02 AM

Sorry about that, won't happen again.

Bobblehead

11-05-2008, 01:03 AM

In the category Album - 1994-1996, I select The Stone Temple Pilots - Purple.

Their sophomore album, Purple, sometimes also known and 12 Gracious Melodies, is filled with the band's effort to distance set their own path and shake the "second rate Pearl Jam" label that had been foisted on them after Core.

The first hit off the album, Big Empty, actually became a hit before the album was released, since it was also included on the soundtrack for "The Crow". All this did was to whet the appetite of the public, and the album debuted at #1.

The name of the album, Purple never appears on the album, other than as a chinese symbol on the cover.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Stonetemplepilotspurple.jpeg

As for myself, I heard this song played may times at my local pub, and discovered no many how many times I heard it I always enjoyed it, something that I can not say for very many albums. And even the hook laden hit "Interstate Love Song" is still a personal favourite, as are most of the tracks on the album. When I'm not sure what I want to listen to next, I am never disappointed by this album, and I have been listening to it for over a decade.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifuxqwhld6e
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_(album)

1. "Meatplow" Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland 3:37
2. "Vasoline" R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland, Eric Kretz 2:56
3. "Lounge Fly" R. DeLeo, Weiland 5:18
4. "Interstate Love Song" R. DeLeo, Weiland 3:14
5. "Still Remains" R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland 3:33
6. "Pretty Penny" D. DeLeo, Weiland 3:42
7. "Silvergun Superman" R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland 5:16
8. "Big Empty" D. DeLeo, Weiland 4:54
9. "Unglued" R. DeLeo, Weiland 2:35
10. "Army Ants" D. DeLeo, Weiland 3:46
11. "Kitchenware & Candybars" (see below) R. DeLeo, Weiland 8:07

Silvergun Superman
KicwjtUEbPo&NR

Pretty Penny
LjLYpM8r3FA

Itse

11-05-2008, 03:44 AM

About the compilation thing, wouldn't it be simplest to say that a compilation album has to be a compilation? That means no full albums, no complete catalogues.

I think to limit the number of CD's is very arbitratry, and some bands and artists have best-of compilations that are 3 or even 4 CD's. I don't see the problem with that.

I for one was possibly going to pick a compilation that has 3 CD's, doesn't span the bands entire career, has about one third of not-on-albums material, has a bunch of new songs and so on. Why shouldn't I be able to pick that?

(Sorry for being late on this.)

WindomURL

11-05-2008, 09:16 AM

Itse, yeah a 2-CD limit is arbitrary. If you were to state your case as you've just done, I'm sure the Commish would approve it. The rule is there to prevent someone from picking a boxset consisting of a band's entire career.

Like troutman said, this is for fun. Drawing a hard line with insistence on following rules to the letter isn't.

habernac

11-05-2008, 09:33 AM

wow, it took me a long time to pick here. So many good records.....

Team Mind Riot chooses, in the 91-93 category, Soundgarden's spectacular album Badmotorfinger.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Soundgarden_-_Badmotorfinger.jpg/200px-Soundgarden_-_Badmotorfinger.jpg

I've been listening to this album pretty much since it's release and I never tire of it. Jesus Christ Pose, Mind Riot, Rusty Cage,Room a Thousand Years Wide...... 1991 was a great year for music.

"Rusty Cage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Cage)" (Chris Cornell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cornell)) – 4:26
"Outshined (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outshined)" (Cornell) – 5:11
"Slaves & Bulldozers" (Cornell, Ben Shepherd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd)) – 6:56
"Jesus Christ Pose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose)" (Matt Cameron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cameron), Cornell, Shepherd, Kim Thayil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thayil)) – 5:51
"Face Pollution" (Cornell, Shepherd) – 2:24
"Somewhere" (Shepherd) – 4:21
"Searching with My Good Eye Closed" (Cornell) – 6:31
"Room a Thousand Years Wide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_a_Thousand_Years_Wide)" (Cameron, Thayil) – 4:06
"Mind Riot" (Cornell) – 4:49
"Drawing Flies" (Cameron, Cornell) – 2:25
"Holy Water" (Cornell) – 5:07
"New Damage" (Cornell, Thayil, Cameron) – 5:40

rogermexico

11-05-2008, 09:55 AM

With the 5th pick overall, in the Greatest Hits / Compilations category, I pick Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f251/f25186z86nt.jpg

The original Nuggets album (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpfexqyhld0e) is a greatest hits collection for the original wave of garage rock 1-hit wonders: all those fuzzed-out 60s, shaggy acts who's lives changed when they heard 'Louie Louie'. This is the first American response to the British Invasion: the sound of hundreds of dumb teenagers getting very, very high and trying to re-write 'Satisfaction'.

The original record has been reissued a bunch of times, and expanded to a whole box set. The box is great, but it's the original double album that has all the crucial cuts: The Standells, The Electric Prunes, Count 5 (read the Lester Bangs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_bangs) essay about how he learned to love 'Psychotic Reaction' if you ever get a chance), The Remains, The Nazz, and a whole bunch of other 'The' bands. This is punk rock's ground zero.

Original double album
Side one
The Electric Prunes: "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"
The Standells: "Dirty Water"
The Strangeloves: "Night Time"
The Knickerbockers: "Lies"
The Vagrants: "Respect"
Mouse: "A Public Execution"
The Blues Project: "No Time Like the Right Time"
Side two
The Shadows of Knight: "Oh Yeah"
The Seeds: "Pushin' Too Hard"
The Barbarians: "Moulty"
The Remains: "Don't Look Back"
The Magicians: "An Invitation to Cry"
The Castaways: "Liar, Liar"
The 13th Floor Elevators: "You're Gonna Miss Me"
Side three
Count Five: "Psychotic Reaction"
The Leaves: "Hey Joe"
Michael and the Messengers: "Romeo & Juliet"
The Cryan' Shames: "Sugar and Spice"
The Amboy Dukes: "Baby Please Don't Go"
Blues Magoos: "Tobacco Road"
Side four
The Chocolate Watchband: "Let's Talk About Girls"
The Mojo Men: "Sit Down, I Think I Love You"
The Third Rail: "Run, Run, Run"
Sagittarius: "My World Fell Down"
Nazz: "Open My Eyes"
The Premiers: "Farmer John"
The Magic Mushrooms: "It's-a-Happening"

troutman

11-05-2008, 10:02 AM

Interesting pick Roger. You have the spirit of this thing!

With 480 records being picked in this draft, I will have a big shopping list when we are done.

rogermexico

11-05-2008, 10:04 AM

Yeah, I wanted to lead out with something fun. Now I'm off to listen to the Allman Brothers...

peter12

11-05-2008, 10:21 AM

Interesting pick Roger. You have the spirit of this thing!

With 480 records being picked in this draft, I will have a big shopping list when we are done.

That's what I am looking forward to. Haha, I bought the entire Chuck Berry anthology on a whim yesterday and I am kicking myself that I didn't buy it like ...6 years ago. Damn, that guy is awesome.

So so much to listen to. That's why this exercise is so sweet. It's like mixtapes times 200404.

peter12

11-05-2008, 10:22 AM

Yeah, I wanted to lead out with something fun. Now I'm off to listen to the Allman Brothers...

Surprised you didn't go with your avatar there. Tom Waits is one of the great American artists and musicologists ever.

FanIn80

11-05-2008, 10:23 AM

That's what I am looking forward to. Haha, I bought the entire Chuck Berry anthology on a whim yesterday and I am kicking myself that I didn't buy it like ...6 years ago. Damn, that guy is awesome.

So so much to listen to. That's why this exercise is so sweet. It's like mixtapes times 200404.

Haha yeah.

rogermexico

11-05-2008, 10:28 AM

Surprised you didn't go with your avatar there. Tom Waits is one of the great American artists and musicologists ever.

He'll turn up for sure. :)

WindomURL

11-05-2008, 10:39 AM

Mother#%&^@er!!!
I planned on picking Nuggets as my Compilation choice in a much later round, but you've outsmarted me, rogermexico, damn you!
:D

troutman

11-05-2008, 03:07 PM

Sowa, come out to play . . .

Prototype

11-05-2008, 03:13 PM

I'm not going to lie, most of my picks will be commercial.

troutman

11-05-2008, 03:14 PM

I wonder if someone can make a desktop out of all our album covers when we are done?

rogermexico

11-05-2008, 04:10 PM

Hey, that's a great idea.

Bobblehead

11-05-2008, 05:02 PM

Sowa is logged on right now........

Displaced Flames fan

11-05-2008, 07:01 PM

Dodsdomd

11-05-2008, 08:35 PM

Let's make it happen!

WindomURL

11-06-2008, 12:39 AM

Sowa signed up in the workshop thread last Thursday. Maybe he doesn't know about this one? I see he's been on at least a couple of times today since his turn came up.

Is the time limit still 24 hours? I'll send him a PM cuz that's the kinda guy I am :bag:

FlamingLonghorn

11-06-2008, 06:33 AM

Sorry guys I didn't even know this thread started. I pick for 1986-1990 Public Enemy - It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back(1988). Thanks for the PM Windom.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/PublicEnemyItTakesaNationofMillionstoHoldUsBack.jp g

Bar none the greatest Rap album of all time. Appears on pretty much every greatest of all time list including a Rolling Stone, Time, Spin, etc... Intelligent Politically charged hip hop with amazing production by the Bomb Squad. I can only shake my head when I see Flavor Flav on TV...

Tracks:
"Countdown to Armageddon" (C. Ridenhour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D) E. Sadler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bomb_Squad), H. Shocklee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bomb_Squad)) – 1:40
"Bring the Noise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_the_Noise)" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:46
"Don't Believe the Hype (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Believe_the_Hype)" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Flav)) – 5:19
"Cold Lampin' With Flavor" (E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 4:17
"Terminator X to the Edge of Panic" (C. Ridenhour, N. Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_X_(DJ)), W. Drayton) – 4:31
"Mind Terrorist" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:21
"Louder Than a Bomb" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:37
"Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 4:53
"Show Em Whatcha Got" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:56
"She Watch Channel Zero?!" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, R. Griffin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Griff), W. Drayton) – 3:49
"Night of the Living Baseheads" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:14
"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Steel_in_the_Hour_of_Chaos)" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 6:23
"Security of the First World" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:20
"Rebel Without a Pause" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, N. Rogers) – 5:02
"Prophets of Rage" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 3:18
"Party for Your Right to Fight" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:24

troutman

11-06-2008, 09:33 AM

Nice pick Sowa - was considering that one myself (two points on the troutman scale). Welcome to the draft.

rogermexico

11-06-2008, 10:37 AM

That's a great one. I saw them at Mac Hall in 2002 or so - pretty late in the day but they still put on a fantastic show.

Prototype

11-06-2008, 12:17 PM

I don't think Dis will take my pick, can I just make mine?

troutman

11-06-2008, 12:56 PM

I don't think Dis will take my pick, can I just make mine?

I'm sure Dis will drop by soon . . .

WindomURL

11-06-2008, 03:30 PM

Glad you could join us Sowa. And great pick too!

Eastern Girl

11-06-2008, 05:46 PM

Second page bump

Let's keep it going! I wanna make a pick!!

Displaced Flames fan

11-06-2008, 06:03 PM

With my first pick in this really awesome music draft, I select in the category of Album - Folk / Blues / World (Country, Western, Bluegrass, Reggae, Afro, Flamenco, what ever), Willie Nelson's 1975 masterpiece,Red Headed Stranger.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/a4/WillieNelsonRedHeadedStrangeralbumcover.jpg
Yeah, this is a little off the board, but I haven't had any research time and I think that I really require that for most categories. There are two, however, that are no brainers for me and this is one of them. Of the two, I thought this one had the better chance of being snagged first and here we are!.

This is such a great album. Concept albums are rare in country music but Red Headed Stranger is one. The record is a jumbled 'mess' for lack of a better term, but it flat out works. It's so Willie Nelson. With his awkward timing and lyrics that feel like stories, he pulls off making an album that is a metaphor for his performing in terms of its pace and tone. It's quite an accomplishment even if it wasn't intentional (which I don't know to be the case).

Red Headed Stranger ranked #184 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of all time.
"Time of the Preacher" (Willie Nelson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson)) – 2:26
"I Couldn't Believe It Was True" (Eddy Arnold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Arnold), Wally Fowler (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wally_Fowler&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 1:32
"Time of the Preacher Theme" (Nelson) – 1:13
"Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger" (Nelson, Carl Stutz (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Stutz&action=edit&redlink=1), Edith Lindeman (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edith_Lindeman&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 1:36
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Eyes_Crying_in_the_Rain)" (Fred Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rose_(musician))) – 2:21
"Red Headed Stranger" (Stutz, Lindeman) – 4:00
"Time of the Preacher Theme" (Nelson) – 0:26
"Just as I Am" (Nelson) – 1:46
"Denver" (Nelson) – 0:53
"O'er the Waves" (Nelson) – 0:47
"Down Yonder" (L. Wolfe Gilbert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Wolfe_Gilbert)) – 1:56
"Can I Sleep in Your Arms" (Hank Cochran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Cochran)) – 5:24
"Remember Me" (Scotty Wiseman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_Wiseman)) – 2:52
"Hands on the Wheel" (Bill Callery (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Callery&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 4:22
"Bandera" (Nelson) – 2:19Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain

r8b8I2_Ik3E

Time of the Preacher (:55-1:07 is pure awesomeness)

8bQbCMofxbg

Dion

11-06-2008, 06:05 PM

Great pick DFF!

Prototype

11-06-2008, 09:53 PM

Team B Side selects, in the Live Album category...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Nirvana_mtv_unplugged_in_new_york.png

Track listing
"About a Girl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_a_Girl)" (Kurt Cobain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain)) – 3:37
"Come as You Are (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_as_You_Are_(Nirvana_song))" (Cobain) – 4:13
"Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Doesn%27t_Want_Me_for_a_Sunbeam)" (Eugene Kelly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kelly), Frances McKee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_McKee)) – 4:37
"The Man Who Sold the World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World_(song)#Nirvana)" (David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie)) – 4:20
"Pennyroyal Tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyroyal_Tea)" (Cobain) – 3:40
"Dumb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_(song))" (Cobain) – 2:52
"Polly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_(song))" (Cobain) – 3:16
"On a Plain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_a_Plain)" (Cobain) – 3:44
"Something in the Way" (Cobain) – 4:01
"Plateau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau_(song))" (Curt Kirkwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Kirkwood)) – 3:37
"Oh Me" (Kirkwood) – 3:26
"Lake of Fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Fire_(song))" (Kirkwood) – 2:56
"All Apologies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Apologies)" (Cobain) – 4:23
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Pines)" (Traditional, Arranged by Lead Belly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly)) – 5:08I'd write a whole fluff piece about this album, but all you have to do is listen to "Lake Of Fire", and "Something In The Way", and you will understand why I picked this album first.

I never considered Kurt Cobain to be a great singer, but the emotion, the pain, the grit he brought to every song made it easy to overlook. His voice told the story, regardless if you could make out the words.

The concept of this album was different than most MTV Unplugged discs, as only "Come As You Are" and argueably "All Apologies", were commercial hits for Nirvana, while most other bands took the Unplugged experience to just play their hits by way of acoustic. "About A Girl" hit the charts after the CD's release, a slowed down, mythodical version of it's former self.

This was also the first album to be released after Cobain's death. (Recorded: November '93, Aired: December '93, Cobain's Death: April '94, CD Released: November '94)

Haunting, yet one of the most perfect albums I've ever listend to.

"Something In The Way"
SARB4D0TDxU

"Lake Of Fire"
6iwdF_wY4mM

Eastern Girl

11-06-2008, 10:13 PM

I never considered Kurt Cobain to be a great singer, but the emotion, the pain, the grit he brought to every song made it easy to overlook. His voice told the story, regardless if you could make out the words.
Haunting, yet one of the most perfect albums I've ever listend to.

Good pick, and I think you nailed it with the above statement. Completely agree.

Displaced Flames fan

11-06-2008, 10:33 PM

Good pick, and I think you nailed it with the above statement. Completely agree.

I concur.

Nirvana is about my 5th favorite Seattle band, but that doesn't mean I don't love their stuff. Kurt was special, for sure and Dave Grohl has made it pretty clear how talented he is over the last 14 years since Nirvana ended.

Great pick.

habernac

11-06-2008, 11:34 PM

Prototype

11-06-2008, 11:50 PM

that was on my live album list. One of the books I read about the recording of that had Cobain leaving the stage disgusted with the show. He had no idea it had been received so well. Great description, Proto.

According to the DVD, and Wikipedia, the band rehearsed for two days prior, cause of their grungy, harder sound. They had no idea what the songs would turn out to be.

Through the 3 days, Cobain was said to have been in quite the sour mood, but the guy was an emotional wreck well before that, with the fame and pressure he would give into just a few months later.

If my son ever wants to know about Nirvana, Unplugged, the CD and the DVD are perfect references.

Prototype

11-07-2008, 09:08 AM

bump... 2nd page... shame!

Itse

11-07-2008, 11:32 AM

Sorry, took a while to make a preliminary list of picks. I'm having some trouble fitting a handful of "Must Have" albums from the 70's here.

For our first round pick, team Twist/Shout picks Raw Power by Iggy & The Stooges (1973) in the Punk category. (This is a bit of a stretch since "punk music" as a concept didn't exist in '73, but since it's one of the cornerstones of the whole genre, I don't see a problem.)

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZC8AWOly7vE/RoFPq2-qJHI/AAAAAAAAE8o/oI8PlncQp8E/Iggy-And-The-Stooges-Raw-Power-Del-1973-Delantera.jpghttp://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/846.jpg

Sporting one of the greatest rock covers of all time, it's one of the more unlikely stories of rock'n'roll greatness.

The Stooges had broken up after two unsuccesful albums two years before, and after meeting producer Tony DeFries and David Bowie in New York (where much partying had ensued, ending in Bowie doing an intervention that propably stopped Pop from killing himself with heroin), Iggy Pop had been signed in Britain for Columbia records to make a solo album.

He had insisted on bringing along his old guitarist Alex Williamson, the original plan being that they'd find a rhythm section from overseas. However after some consideration they also brought in Ron and Scott Asheton for bass and drums, and so the Stooges was reborn in England. The band was pretty much left to it's own devices in the studio, resulting in something that Tony DeFries flat out refused to release, and Iggy was shuffled to LA while they figured out what to do.

In comes David Bowie, who was also signed by DeFries, to do a new mix of the album. Of course the budget was tight, so Bowie had all of one day to do it in an inexpensive LA studio. Initially this didn't seem to do much good, as the album was another commercial failure, and the band broke up again soon after.

However, the reputation of Raw Power grew tremendously in subsequent years, and the album's volume and ferocity became benchmarks against which later albums were measured. In 2003, the album was ranked number 125 on Rolling Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone) magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time).

The first three songs from the beginning of the album, in order:
Search & Destroy
Gimme Danger
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (originally titled "Hard to Beat")

TKYALsp-sIg
P9_hegaKOaY
gvkCACgPC6c

troutman

11-07-2008, 11:34 AM

Great choice Itse - I have no problem calling that a Punk record.

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Paperback)
by Legs McNeil (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-ca&field-author=Legs%20McNeil) (Author), Gillian McCain (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-ca&field-author=Gillian%20McCain) (Author)

http://www.amazon.ca/Please-Kill-Me-Uncensored-History/dp/0802142648/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226079391&sr=1-1

Please Kill Me brings the sound of the punk generation to life. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Nico, Patti Smith, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol's New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon that was known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.

Dodsdomd

11-07-2008, 12:10 PM

I agree, great choice with Raw Power. I have no problem calling that a punk release. I'm more of a believer that attitude defines the style more than the riffs etc.

I'll have my choice up when I go home for lunch in about an hour.

rogermexico

11-07-2008, 01:46 PM

I'm a street-walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.

Dodsdomd

11-07-2008, 02:01 PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/AfghanWhigs1965.jpg

Team Goätwar Galore is pleased to choose with their first round pick… from the category of Album 1997-1999…The Afghan Whigs – 1965. Released in 1998, this gem was to be the last studio record of a beautiful 14+ year and 6 record run. Despite critical acclaim through the early to mid 90’s the Whigs never really caught on in big way. 1965 was my introduction to the band and has been my #1 desert island album since then. The perfect blend of pop/rock/soul, this album is dripping with cool and righteous hooks. Damn I love this album!

Track listing
"Something Hot"
"Crazy"
"Uptown Again"
"Sweet Son of a Bitch"
"66"
"Citi Soleil"
"John the Baptist"
"The Slide Song"
"Neglekted"
"Omertà"
"The Vampire Lanois"

Somethin' Hot
_Zq32OmDO3Y

Uptown Again
olyK1ScmpX0

troutman

11-07-2008, 02:07 PM

Interesting pick. Youtubes are not showing up on my screen.

Come on in liamenator, so I can make my pick before the weekend . . .

Dodsdomd

11-07-2008, 02:12 PM

Interesting pick. Youtubes are not showing up on my screen.
.

I think it has to do with my mad computer skills.

peter12

11-07-2008, 02:37 PM

I am probably going to go all out in my own interesting picks. Might as well. Everyone knows that Bob Dylan, the Clash etc... are great, so I won't be picking them.

How do we link album covers?

troutman

11-07-2008, 03:00 PM

I am probably going to go all out in my own interesting picks. Might as well. Everyone knows that Bob Dylan, the Clash etc... are great, so I won't be picking them.

How do we link album covers?

Right click on album cover, select copy, then right click and paste in your post.

I think rather than just list my favorite albums, I'm going to dig out some lesser known records that I really like. I have one great daddy-o of a band ready to go on deck.

peter12

11-07-2008, 03:03 PM

Right click on album cover, select copy, then paste in your post.

I think rather than just list my favorite albums, I'm going to dig out some lesser known records that I really like. I have one great daddy-o of a band ready to go on deck.

While listening to my iPod in the office washroom, (it's in my front pocket! gross, i know) I came upon a real gem of a live record that I am so looking forward to posting.

troutman

11-07-2008, 04:07 PM

Afghan Whigs:

_Zq32OmDO3Y

olyK1ScmpX0

Dodsdomd

11-07-2008, 04:36 PM

troutman da man!

troutman

11-07-2008, 04:51 PM

From another thread, my favorite records of 2008 so far:

http://woxy.lala.com/boards/showthread.php?t=55781

1) TV On The Radio - Dear Science,
2) Fleet Foxes - s/t
3) Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
4) Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
5) Vampire Weekend - s/t
6) Sigur Ros - Med Sud . . .
7) Flight Of The Conchords - s/t
8) R.E.M. - Accelerate
9) Bob Mould - District Line
10) Constantines - Kensington Heights
11) Dodos - Visiter
12) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

Jagger

11-07-2008, 05:43 PM

This is a real interesting draft to be sure. I've never heard of half of the selections so far. This has been an education for sure. I actually thought I had fairly diverse music tastes but not compared to most of you it seems! Good stuff. Keep them coming.

Displaced Flames fan

11-07-2008, 07:52 PM

Troutman, how many releases do you buy each week?

Just curious.

rubecube

11-07-2008, 08:06 PM

Troutman, how many releases to you buy each week?

Just curious.

His music shopping time is all billable hours anyways.

WindomURL

11-07-2008, 10:35 PM

TV on the Radio are appearing on Leno tonight. I'm watching the Detroit NBC feed so it will be in about 55 minutes from now.

peter12

11-07-2008, 11:30 PM

And Afghan Whigs just became my most recent purchase. Great album. I am really looking into a lot of rock and roll that is heavily influenced by soul and the blues

Displaced Flames fan

11-08-2008, 08:23 AM

And Afghan Whigs just became my most recent purchase. Great album. I am really looking into a lot of rock and roll that is heavily influenced by soul and the blues

I watched the youtubes troutman posted and added them to my 'explore more' list as well. I had heard the name before, but never the music. Really like both of those songs.

These threads that we'v had (4 or 5 of them now that have been great) have given me a huge amount of new (to me) music to explore and a lot of it I really like.

Dodsdomd

11-08-2008, 09:48 AM

And Afghan Whigs just became my most recent purchase. Great album. I am really looking into a lot of rock and roll that is heavily influenced by soul and the blues

10 years on with 1965 and I love it more each day. One of the best bottle of wine and hangin' out with your significant other releases ever. :whistle:

troutman

11-08-2008, 09:56 AM

Troutman, how many releases do you buy each week?

Just curious.

Not that many really - about 40 new cds each year. I listen to a lot of radio - woxy.com, 3WK.com, CJSW, CBC 2 and 3.

I will be getting Afghan Whigs soon - that slipped through my cracks.

troutman

11-08-2008, 09:58 AM

TV on the Radio are appearing on Leno tonight. I'm watching the Detroit NBC feed so it will be in about 55 minutes from now.

Saw them at Mac Hall recently - too bad I will miss Leno.

WindomURL

11-08-2008, 12:17 PM

Saw them at Mac Hall recently - too bad I will miss Leno.

Leno repeats on the following weeknight at 8pm on STAR tv (Shaw ch. 54). So Monday night will be when you can catch it.

They did "Dancing Choose" btw. I'm still kicking myself for not getting tix when they came to town.

peter12

11-08-2008, 12:46 PM

10 years on with 1965 and I love it more each day. One of the best bottle of wine and hangin' out with your significant other releases ever. :whistle:

Yeah, I listened to it last night with the miss and things got along quite well.

liamenator

11-08-2008, 01:25 PM

Sorry guys.. I'll have my pick up in a couple of minutes here.

liamenator

11-08-2008, 01:41 PM

With our first selection, we are proud to take, in the category of Album - 2000-2002, my favorite album my arguably the greatest working band of the last 15 years... Because, really, who doesn't love concept albums about the Robot Apocalypse? Radiohead's Kid A

http://www.motherjones.com/riff_blog/mojo-cover-radioheadkida.JPG

Difficult to overemphasis how truly ahead of the curve this album was. If there was any doubt before Kid A about Radiohead's ability to continue to re-invent themselvs, remain relevant and push forward in directions nobody could predict, they were quashed with the release of this masterpiece. Remains very much in the conversation when considering greatest albums of this 00s.

We're not scaremongering,
This is really happening.

JBsLFNcnwGM
A0mtSjQvk3o

Dodsdomd

11-08-2008, 01:43 PM

Yeah, I listened to it last night with the miss and things got along quite well.

Love it! :D

Displaced Flames fan

11-08-2008, 01:56 PM

I have a great friend who lives in Des Moines, IA. We went to college together for a year. Anyway, back in the day he had hundreds of CD's. This was 1989 and CD's weren't the preferred medium in those days. So this guy was a true music afficianado. Still is.

We've been exchanging CD's that the other wasn't familiar with. I got him to give The Hip a try with Road Apples and introduced him to a couple of other little known bands that he enjoyed.

Today I sat down and listened to the 4 he sent me this week. 3 of the artists I had never heard of and boy was I not disappointed. Some really good stuff.

What's my point? There is so much GREAT music out there that most people never hear. Thanks for sharing with me guys!

Hart50

11-08-2008, 02:16 PM

Outstanding pick liamenator! One of my favorite bands.

troutman

11-08-2008, 05:26 PM

With my first pick in the draft I select in the Folk (Country) category, Lost & Found by JASON & THE SCORCHERS(1985):

http://jasonandthescorchers.com/

Their sound was described as "TNT From Tennessee," "country punk," and "Merle Haggard meets the Ramones." Jason was nicknamed "Jerry Lee Rotten." In reality, the band was simply working out on stage what they had in their heads and hearts from their teenage years: roots in country, hearts in rock, minds more or less in the gutter. All the members of the band grew up around country music, but they were interested in rock as well. Whatever the impetus, from 1982 to 1985 Jason and the Scorchers were one of the best live bands ever.

Jason & the Scorchers to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement in Performance Award on Sept 18th!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drj800/j858/j85803sehi4.jpg

Jason & the Scorchers' first full-length album, Lost & Found, explodes out of the starting gate with "Last Time Around," a no-quarter rocker that starts with a blast from Perry Baggs (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jcfyxqw5ld0e)' snare drum that sounds like a gunshot, and power chords from Warner Hodges (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dnfrxqy5ldhe)' guitar that cut like a machete, and while the album's dynamics allow the impact of the music to rise and fall over the course of these 11 songs, the set always lives up to the high stakes set by the opening salvo. While the Scorchers' Fervor (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfoxql5ldse) EP rocked hard, Lost & Found hits even harder, but also reveals a broader musical palate; "White Lies," "If Money Talks," and "Change the Tune" back up this band's reputation as Nashville's toughest country punks, but the honky tonk piano on "Broken Whiskey Glass" and feral fiddle work on "Blanket of Sorrow" show the big amps didn't drown out their traditionalist impulses. And while the Scorchers may rev "Lost Highway" up to 95 mph, the two acoustic numbers, "Still Tied" and "Far Behind," could pass for lost classics from some Grand Ol' Opry legend's songbook, and the latter tune makes clear Jason Ringenberg (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:d9fpxqugldfe) can sing sad and pretty every bit as well as he can howl the rock & roll. There was usually an element of camp in most early cowpunk acts, but Jason & the Scorchers thankfully had no truck with irony or derisive humor; they believed in the emotional honesty of great country music as much as the raw fury of punk, and Lost & Found pays homage to both with the undiluted passion of true believers, and it's the best record this fine band would ever make.

Track-List:

1 Last Time Around 3:06
2 White Lies 3:19
3 If Money Talks 2:33
4 I Really Don't Want to Know 4:29
5 Blanket of Sorrow 2:19
6 Shop it Around 2:58
7 Lost Highway 2:00
8 Still Tied 3:20
9 Broken Whiskey Glass 3:50
10 Far Behind 3:50
11 Change the Tune 2:39

White Lies
m2gdsOjIb-s&feature=related

Shop It Around
qilsHwtVhGE

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/TUNEIN01/809140390

What, then, is the big deal about a band that never had a gold record or a Top 20 hit?

Thursday's career achievement award isn't about sales figures, it's about energy, inspiration and influence. The Scorchers' American collision of punk, rock and country battered some doors, and if the band emerged with broken collarbones from all that banging, groups such as the Georgia Satellites, the Black Crowes, Wilco and Son Volt were free to walk right through. The band opened minds and ears in Nashville as well, as evidenced by a display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, where Ringenberg's red shirt, the one he wore for the Fervor cover shoot, hangs behind glass.

Hart50

11-08-2008, 06:14 PM

Wow Trout, I haven't thought of this band for some time. Great pick!

Itse

11-09-2008, 03:19 AM

Not the most obvious picks mostly, which is cool. Good thing I have all those Finnish records lined up, it'll make my list look more original :)

Dodsdomd

11-09-2008, 09:30 AM

Not the most obvious picks mostly, which is cool. Good thing I have all those Finnish records lined up, it'll make my list look more original :)

I've got dibs on Kaaos, Terveet Kadet and Riistetyt!!! :D

Dodsdomd

11-09-2008, 09:34 AM

I've heard the name Jason & The Scorchers for years but had never actually heard the music. Will certainly be checking into them more. Sure does not sound 1985ish.

Itse

11-09-2008, 09:36 AM

I've got dibs on Kaaos, Terveet Kadet and Riistetyt!!! :D

We'll just have to see about that ;)

Displaced Flames fan

11-09-2008, 11:37 AM

I've heard the name Jason & The Scorchers for years but had never actually heard the music. Will certainly be checking into them more. Sure does not sound 1985ish.

Never heard of them, but the one youtube is enough to get me interested. I've always had an affinity for country with a rock edge..or the opposite, whichever one prefers to call it!

troutman

11-09-2008, 03:10 PM

Never heard of them, but the one youtube is enough to get me interested. I've always had an affinity for country with a rock edge..or the opposite, whichever one prefers to call it!

You would probably be interested in the Cowpunk movement of the mid-1980s:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:4441

A precursor to the alternative country-rock of the decade to follow, Cowpunk was a 1980s phenomenon incorporating the mood and texture of traditional country music with the energy and attitude of punk.

Bands like the Beat Farmers, Rank and File, Green on Red, Lone Justice etc.

Sparks

11-09-2008, 05:41 PM

First pick in the draft, I would like to select, for Best Live Album, The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (1982) by Talking Heads.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51veFeRq-ML._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Great live album. Here's Crosseyed and Painless live, with a brief intro:

6g8lFmsCXhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8lFmsCXhg

Itse

11-09-2008, 09:28 PM

First pick in the draft, I would like to select, for Best Live Album, The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (1982) by Talking Heads.

I was shortly considering picking that (not this high though). A great album, I can't imagine why the CD-version was released in 2004 and not before. A great, great album, and this is coming from someone who doesn't like the Heads that much :)

czure32

11-09-2008, 10:44 PM

with my first round selection, in the category: Album: 1994-1996

Radiohead: The Bends
http://www.yawam.info/images/albums/grandes/radiohead-the_bends.png

quite possibly one of the greatest bands of our time, it was hard to choose which album to select. In the end, I opted for the bends. Quite possibly one of the best albums released in the decade

Although it lacked the instant success of later Radiohead albums, The Bends achieved triple platinum sales certifications in the UK and Canada and platinum sales in the US and the EU. It has appeared repeatedly in polls and music magazine lists of greatest albums of all time, particularly in Britain. Over time the album has been seen in the UK as one of the dominant influences on rock music after britpop
"Planet Telex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Telex)" – 4:19
"The Bends" – 4:04
"High and Dry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_and_Dry)" – 4:20
"Fake Plastic Trees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_Plastic_Trees)" – 4:51
"Bones" – 3:08
"(Nice Dream)" – 3:54
"Just (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_(song))" – 3:54
"My Iron Lung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Iron_Lung)" – 4:37
"Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was" – 3:29
"Black Star" – 4:07
"Sulk" – 3:43
"Street Spirit (Fade Out) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Spirit_(Fade_Out))" – 4:12
I could prolly sit here and post videos of every song of this album because they are just so damn good, but will leave you with a choice few
Just
R5X7HKxpiQA

Street Spirit (fade out)
BrZTNhW44-o&feature=related

black star
Ik15YEyeaqw&feature=related

fake plastic trees
HeowFbvpu0U&feature=related

Ill think of a clever and witty team name later on

troutman

11-10-2008, 09:27 AM

First pick in the draft, I would like to select, for Best Live Album, The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (1982) by Talking Heads.

Stop Making Sense is great too, especially the film.

FanIn80

11-10-2008, 11:18 AM

/bump

Time for an ass-kickin?

troutman

11-10-2008, 11:40 AM

/bump

Time for an ass-kickin?

Last pick was only 12 hours ago.

FanIn80

11-10-2008, 11:41 AM

Doh. For some reason I thought that said 9:44 AM.

habernac

11-10-2008, 03:35 PM

bump

peter12

11-10-2008, 03:39 PM

I want to pick today!!!

Itse

11-10-2008, 03:54 PM

Stop Making Sense is great too, especially the film.

I think Stop Making Sense gets a bit too much credit because of the popularity of the film (which I think is also overrated). The Name of This Band... is just way superior in my opinion.

But of course, if you really like the Talking Heads, it's all good :)

WindomURL

11-10-2008, 04:38 PM

I think Stop Making Sense gets a bit too much credit because of the popularity of the film (which I think is also overrated). The Name of This Band... is just way superior in my opinion.

But of course, if you really like the Talking Heads, it's all good :)

Phhpppttt PLEASE!
:rolleyes:

WindomURL

11-10-2008, 04:39 PM

Hannah Sniper is online!

Hanna Sniper

11-10-2008, 11:50 PM

With my first, I select in the category of “Album 1991-1993”, Eric Clapton’s 1992 release that changed the music trend Unplugged .

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Eric_Clapton_Unplugged.jpg

http://www.clapton-online.com/clapton/mags/gl0694/img/ecgl0694c.jpg

1. "Signe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGivobvdppU)" (Clapton) – 3:14
2. "Before You Accuse Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMDuQXYeLQ)" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:44
3. "Hey Hey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jaCZE-BAU)" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:16
4. "Tears in Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVH4yYI_nR8)" (Clapton, Will Jennings) – 4:36
5. "Lonely Stranger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGivobvdppU)" (Clapton) – 5:27
6. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDykZEATzk&)" (Cox) – 3:49
7. "Layla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOG5d6qgMZc)" (Clapton, Jim Gordon) – 4:46
8. "Running on Faith (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3wf1bik4k)" (Williams) – 6:30
9. "Walkin' Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F3Pb3M5Dzs&feature=related)" (Robert Johnson) – 3:37
10. "Alberta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6bPVAvQtw&)" (Traditional) – 3:42
11. "San Francisco Bay Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXUNkTw8fJg)" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:23
12. "Malted Milk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwJaf2kpoTE)" (Robert Johnson) – 3:36
13. "Old Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54FtPpeg_3o)" (Clapton/Robert Cray) – 7:52
14. "Rollin' and Tumblin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiHl_urwCJ4)'" (Muddy Waters) – 4:12

My Fathers Eye's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lstvq1zaHII)
Circus Left Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veGF9Vjo_IE&) <--- One of the all-time saddest songs ever

All songs have video links

Displaced Flames fan

11-11-2008, 08:17 AM

Can you explain to me how it is possible that I don't own this album Hanna?

Great pick. Outstanding.

Aeneas

11-11-2008, 09:31 AM

Quick question: If I wanted to pick a certain album released in 1985, then re released in 2004 with 6 new songs...what category is available? Both or just one?

Displaced Flames fan

11-11-2008, 09:38 AM

Quick question: If I wanted to pick a certain album released in 1985, then re released in 2004 with 6 new songs...what category is available? Both or just one?

I'm guessing both, but I ain't troutman!

Aeneas

11-11-2008, 09:49 AM

I'm guessing both, but I ain't troutman!
I am glad you are not troutman, then there would be two of you whining about my high hard wrist shot!

troutman

11-11-2008, 10:07 AM

Quick question: If I wanted to pick a certain album released in 1985, then re released in 2004 with 6 new songs...what category is available? Both or just one?

I have a similair record in mind, but I think the logical thing is to put it in 1985. The "new" songs were likely b-sides etc recorded around the time of the original record. Many classic records get re-released, but I think we should go with the original release date to put in it's proper context.

Aeneas

11-11-2008, 10:26 AM

I am very pleased to make this selection. I am sorry to WindomUrl if you were going to pick this one, but as we discussed at the pub last week, it is one of my favorite records. I bought it mid 80's and have listened to it for over two decades. It never gets old.

When I first bought it, I read the album notes and there was very little information on the band. It was recorded in London England, so I assumed they were British. Imagine my suprise so many years later to learn that not only were the two leaders of the band Canadian, but they were from Calgary! Windom even went to school with them, again sorry.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/LucyShowMania.jpg/200px-LucyShowMania.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LucyShowMania.jpg)
They are guitarist Mark Bandola and bassist Rob Vandeven. And they are, of course, The Lucy Show!
I will put them, for now, in the 1985 category; until such time as I am told to move them.(I just got told to move them...edit!)

The album is Mania.

1. The Land And The Life (Vandeven/The Lucy Show)
2. View From The Outside (Bandola/ The Lucy Show)
3. Sojourn's End (Vandeven/ TLS)
4. Sad September (Vandeven/ TLS)
5. A Million Things (Bandola/TLS)
6. Sun And Moon (Vandeven/TLS)
7. Shame (Bandola/TLS)
8. Melody (Vandeven/ TLS)
9. Part Of Me Now (Bandola/TLS)
10. New Message (Bandola/TLS)

extra/new
11. Jam In E (TLS)
12. Invitation (Bandola/TLS)
13. Civil Servant (Bandola/TLS)
14. Sun And Moon (Live)
15. View From The Outside (Live)
16. New Message (Basement Demo)
17. A Million Things (Original Mix)

Band
Mark Bandola: Vocals, Guitars, keyboards
Rob Vandeven: Vocals, Bass
Peter Barraclough: vocals, guitars
Brian Hudspeth: vocals, drums

Some reviews of the band:
http://www.thelucyshow.net/press.asp

"'Undone' (the first record) had seen the foursome make significant inroads with a moody, subconcious, contemplative yet beautiful LP that seemd an heir to Joy Division, The Cure, and The Comsat Angels. Whereas 'Mania' took those elemants and added a big slice of boisterous 60s pop, minor-psychedelia, and power-pop to form the brighter, snappier, more exuberant record you hold."
Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover

More from the above..."...sparkiling optimism of Bandola's Beatlesesque, melodic A Million Things and New Message. Yet it also takes in Vandeven's wistful nostalgia on Land and the Life (about Calgary!!), his John Ford-cinematic Sojourn's End (the psychedelic guitars near the end are fantastic), and his thin line between love and hate on Sun and Moon. Meanwhile, Bandola morphs from cheerfulness to Shame's revulsion over global indifference to apartheid."

Here you can listen to a couple songs:
http://www.words-on-music.com/lucyshow.html

There was a video for A million Things that got MTV airplay. It is on YouTube.
Too bad I could not find Land and The Life, View From the Outside, Sojourns's End, or Shame on the internet.

I cannot reccomend enough. Will loan 1985 record or new release CD to any that want to hear and can't find it.

Displaced Flames fan

11-11-2008, 10:42 AM

Interesting band Aeneas. Sounds very 1966ish to me. I would love to hear more than the two songs. I will see if I can pick up a copy here locally. Really loving this thread!

Aeneas

11-11-2008, 10:49 AM

Kids at grandparents, The Lucy Show blaring out the speakers as I type.
Hope the neighbors like it.
You won't regret it. Easier to find now with the re release. If you find "Undone" now you really have a rare one.

peter12

11-11-2008, 10:50 AM

troutman

11-11-2008, 11:25 AM

A Million Things - The Lucy Show:

hARb-L7s8zE

Left-handed guitar player.

troutman

11-11-2008, 11:27 AM

Aeneas

11-11-2008, 11:35 AM

"their music has a very naval quality..."
Thanks troutman. Too bad "A Million Things" was the first 'single', there are 7 better songs on that album, in my opinion.

WindomURL

11-11-2008, 12:05 PM

WindomURL let me borrow his copy of Nuggets. Thanks! The Thirteenth Floor Elevators I recognize form the High Fidelity soundtrack. I'm cleaning the aquarium and listening to it right now. It sounded really wild at first, until I switched the turntable from 45 to 33.

BWAHAHA!:oops:

You guys who talked about being sore from playing ball hockey are wussies.
Try carrying your Nuggets around all day in a plastic bag! :p

troutman

11-11-2008, 12:20 PM

Stop playing with your nuggets and make your pick.

WindomURL

11-11-2008, 12:25 PM

WindomURL

11-11-2008, 12:37 PM

For the first round selection, The Slippery Grooves picks yet another country-punk flavoured band and their 1997 album,
Southern Culture on the Skids - "Plastic Seat Sweat (http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Sweat-Southern-Culture-Skids/dp/B000003TCR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1)"
(EDIT: Please place in the Album 1997-1999 category.)

http://members.shaw.ca/windomurl/SCOTS-PlasticSeatSweat_sm.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Culture_on_the_Skids
Free Live music collection: http://www.archive.org/details/SouthernCultureOnTheSkids

SCOTS @allmusic: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vaivad8kv8w5
True to their name, North Carolina's Southern Culture on the Skids offers an affectionate parody of local white-trash trailer-park culture, matching their skewed outlook with a wild, careening brand of rock & roll. SCOTS' music is a quintessentially Southern-fried amalgam of rockabilly, boogie, country, blues, swamp pop, and chitlin circuit R&B, plus a liberal dose of California surf guitar, a hint of punk attitude, and the occasional mariachi horns. Following an early incarnation as a relatively straightforward roots rock outfit, they morphed into a raucous, sleazy, tongue-in-cheek party band obsessed with sex and food; in fact, fried chicken became a crucial part of their live performances, whether it was used in eating contests or tossed into the audience.

Song Title Time (with Amazon.com samples)
1. Shotgun (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZWOFI/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 3:19
2. Earthmover (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZUIEC/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk2?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 3:04
3. Dance For Me (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZUIF6/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk3?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 2:27
4. Banana Puddin' (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZUIFQ/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk4?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 4:48
5. 40 Miles To Vegas (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZYBHW/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk5?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 4:03
6. Love-A-Rama (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZWOHQ/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk6?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 2:07
7. Deja Varoom (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZYBJA/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk7?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 2:26
8. Country Funk (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZWOJ4/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk8?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 3:21
9. Strangest Ways (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZUIHY/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk9?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 3:58
10. Theme From "The Cheaters" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W00FAS/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk10?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 3:05
11. House Of Bamboo (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZUIJC/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk11?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1) 3:03
12. Carve That Possum (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZYBLI/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk12?ie=UTF8&qid=1226428190&sr=8-1)17:18

I'd never heard of this band until they performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in '97 for this album. But wow, what a treat. Fine musicianship, a rocking fun spirit, and a stage act that could be described as a cross between the B-52s and Cheap Trick. I wish I could upload a video of this performance now, but maybe someday when I get the hardware setup to do so. In the meantime, here are a couple of live performances from Youtube.

Banana Puddin' Charlotte, North Carolina June 29, 2007
jfNKehtGz1w&NR=1

Banana Puddin' live from 7/4/2008
ayoPLbubvJM

"Puddinpuddinpuddinpuddinpuddin puddinpuddinpuddin ain't that a slippery grooooove!"

troutman

11-11-2008, 12:40 PM

SCOTS! Awesome! I have the Dirt Track Date cd.

WindomURL

11-11-2008, 12:46 PM

I think there needs to be another GM's meeting, and soon!

peter12

11-11-2008, 02:33 PM

For my first pick, the Rock and Roll Means Well Team is very happy to pick in the 2000-2002 category, the Drive-by Trucker's 2001 double album of rock and roll genius, Southern Rock Opera.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/613G2Ti0TUL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

v4Xt4coWhaY

The rock opera isn't dead; it just smells funny - in this case, like whiskey breath, tour-van stink and the smoking wreckage of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1977 plane crash. In two discs and twenty songs, Dixie's Drive-By Truckers explode the yahoo baggage of 1970s Southern rock in a roaring memoir of growing up white, loud and desperate in the former Confederacy

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/195461/review/5945922/southernrockopera

This album is just so great. I could listen to it over and over again. It's just straight out rock, three guitars that just rip and snarl their way through some of the best rock and rolls songs ever written.
This album has also introduced me to another host of rock and roll bands from the South, as well as opening up my eyes to the great legacy of soul and blues music that came out the South.

Hanna Sniper

11-11-2008, 02:58 PM

Can you explain to me how it is possible that I don't own this album Hanna?

Great pick. Outstanding.
You know what Dis, I could understand that

The MTV UNplugged wasn't the same success that it was following the release of this performance. That album became a beast of it's own in regards to record sales... it reached a whole new audience... almost like the adult contemporary audience was buying up the units. I think the sales and new listeners had brushed of what would have been other listeners.

With the reliease of the movie sountrach for Rush and I think one of the Leathal Weapon... this releiase wasn't really the reliease that Clapton fans were waiting for or antisabating. I could have my time line off but if I remember correctly there was a huge growing demand for Eric to finially put out a blues record (From the Craddle).

Unfortunilty MTV and the record lable missed the boat and left out two of the most important songs from the show. With the death of his son Conor the songs My Fathers Eye's and Circus Left Town were more written about Conor then Tear's in Heaven, which was more written for the Rush movie and allowed him to touch on his emotions about the loss of Conor but know where in the depths of the other two songs.

.... One other not about the recording, I remember for the longest time afterwards that Eric had always performed Layla with the new acoustic arrangment. When he finially did eventually change over to the original electirc version... that opening riff at the show was like a bolt of electircity. A very amazing response from the crowd.

troutman

11-11-2008, 03:37 PM

peter12

11-11-2008, 05:40 PM

How does it compare to The Dirty South and Brighter Than Creation's Dark? I especially like the former.

I love The Dirty South. Don't get me wrong, 'Where the Devil Don't Stay' is probably my favourite song. But Southern Rock Opera is just an epic 20 song saga that in tells the stories of the writer's lives growing up in North Alabama, as well as tying in a real cool parallel story about the rise and fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Just so many epic songs on this one and it just goes and goes.

Truly sets the bar for the modern rock band in my opinion. That is, the ability to put a double album worth of completely good songs. None of this single crap.

Displaced Flames fan

11-11-2008, 05:47 PM

Heard the name Drive By Truckers many, many times. Never heard the music. I will be picking this up.

Thanks Pete!

Hanna....'Old Love'.....Perfect song.

Actually, I just bought it. Wife went to Best Buy spur of the moment and I said, "Hey....how about this!".

Eastern Girl

11-11-2008, 08:25 PM

Giving the thread a second page bump

Itse

11-12-2008, 04:51 AM

Bump bump.

Boblobla

11-12-2008, 10:04 AM

I am working on mine right now.

Boblobla

11-12-2008, 10:25 AM

For my first pick, in the METAL Category, I take Black Sabbath - Paranoid

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Black_Sabbath_-_Paranoid.jpg

Side one

1. "War Pigs" – 7:57
2. "Paranoid" – 2:52
3. "Planet Caravan" – 4:32
4. "Iron Man" – 5:58

Side two

1. "Electric Funeral" – 4:52
2. "Hand of Doom" – 7:07
3. "Rat Salad" – 2:31
4. "Fairies Wear Boots" – 6:15

The sophomore album from these metal gods was an incredible display with several songs that can be considered metal anthems: War Pigs, Ironman and Fairies Wear Boots. Interesting tidbit about the song 'Paranoid'

As drummer Bill Ward explains: "We didn't have enough songs for the album, and Tony just played the [Paranoid] guitar lick and that was it. It took twenty, twenty-five minutes from top to bottom." The song was written with no intention of it being a successful hit for the band, only to be a filler on the album.

I don't know why I had never read this before but in my research for this album I found out the following information about lead guitarist Tony Iommi.

He played guitar left-handed. In an industrial accident at the age of 17 on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, he lost the tips of the middle and ring finger of his right hand. Iommi considered abandoning music, but his boss (who knew of Iommi's "night job" as a pub band guitar player) encouraged him to reconsider by playing a record by jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, who earned wide acclaim despite limited use of his fretting hand following an injury.

After attempting to learn to play right-handed, Iommi strung his guitars with extra-light strings (using banjo strings, which were a lighter gauge than even the lightest guitar-strings of the time) and wore plastic covers over the two damaged fingers. He fashioned the latter himself, by melting plastic liquid-soap bottles into a ball and then using a soldering iron to make holes into this ball, putting his fingers in while the plastic was still soft enough to be shaped. He then trimmed and sanded away the excess plastic to leave himself with two thimbles, which he then covered with leather, to provide better grip on the strings. Subsequent tips have been custom-made.

This is the reason behind the slower feel to the Sabbath songs. It is not as melodic as Maiden, doesn't have the epic solos of Metallica and doesn't rip your head off and s**t down your throat the way Slayer does. Sabbath, in my opinion, is pure metal. Heavy music that doesn't need to do any of the previously mention items to get your heart pumping and make you want to stand on your feet and throw up your horns.

I will add some youtube later, I am at work and unable to. I am really excited about the rest of this draft. Just the research for a band I am a huge fan of was a blast.

FanIn80

11-12-2008, 10:43 AM

Nice pick man. Nice.

habernac

11-12-2008, 11:09 AM

their first 4 albums are all amazing, I couldn't choose just one.

11-12-2008, 11:55 AM

You guys have inspired me to dig a little deeper with my picks and try to unearth some gems that people may never have heard and might want to pick up. Was all set to go with what would have been super obvious choices for my first handful of picks, but screw that!

----

The Four Elements select with their 1st round pick, in the 1994-1996 category:

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/djroach/endtroducing.jpg

Endtroducing..... is structured completely out of sampled elements, including hip hop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music), jazz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz), funk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk), psychedelia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music), old television shows, interviews and percussion tracks. The entirety of the album was composed on an MPC60 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akai_MPC60), a machine which Shadow would later pass on to Chief Xcel. The album has been cited in Guinness World Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records) as being the first album created entirely from sampled sources.

NPR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR) included Endtroducing..... in its list of the top 300 American songs and albums of the 20th century,[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endtroducing#cite_note-1) and Spin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_magazine) placed the album at number 69 in its list of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005 in June 2005.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endtroducing#cite_note-2) In 2006, the album was chosen by TIME (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28magazine%29) as one of the 100 best albums of all time.

Tracklisting:

"Best Foot Forward" – 0:47
"Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" – 6:39
"The Number Song" – 4:34
"Changeling" – 7:16

"Transmission 1" - 0:35

"What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" – 5:02
" " – 0:25
"Stem/Long Stem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_%28song%29)" – 7:47

"Transmission 2" - 1:29

"Mutual Slump" – 4:00
"Organ Donor" – 1:57
"Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" – 0:44
"Midnight in a Perfect World" – 4:58
"Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" – 9:21
"What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)" – 6:17

"Transmission 3" - 1:11

---

Had some more written about this classic album, but my browser crashed and I lost it. Will add to it later.

troutman

11-12-2008, 11:57 AM

Eastern Girl

11-12-2008, 01:43 PM

Team EG (I'll think of something better when my head clears if that is all right) is proud to select in the category of greatest hits/Compilation album, The Essential Heart.

I wanted to provide a different perspective, something people may not have heard or something that isn't necessarily mainstream or popular, but I just had to have Heart somewhere on my list. I am a big fan, I could listen to Heart all day long. This one includes their best stuff.

The Essential Heart - A Two Disc Compilation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essential_Heart)
(Info and track listing)

Some of my favourites that appear:

Crazy on You
9nnv6lVglnk

All I wanna Do is Make Love to you
50dywtJ7csA

Stranded
yyJZhSN1jco

If Looks Could Kill
G7FjuaVTRPU

Magic Man
Probably my favourite track
3Wa0alIWRiQ

There's quite a few more that I could put up that are fantastically good, but I think that's enough to wet the appetite... hopefully.

Bobblehead

11-12-2008, 01:49 PM

Crazy On You is my personal favourite. I love the whole arrangement of it.

Boblobla

11-12-2008, 02:00 PM

I own that album. I <3 Heart...

troutman

11-12-2008, 02:01 PM

Team EG (I'll think of something better when my head clears if that is all right) is proud to select in the category of greatest hits/Compilation album, The Essential Heart.

Well done. Heart songs are fun to play on the guitar.

Bobblehead

11-12-2008, 02:05 PM

Well done. Heart songs are fun to play on the guitar.

Can you play the start of Crazy for You? It sounds difficult, but is it?

Eastern Girl

11-12-2008, 02:07 PM

I tried to do Crazy on You on Guitar Hero and was booed off the stage. I didn't even know you could get booed off the stage in that game. My first and last attempt at it.

FanIn80

11-12-2008, 02:35 PM

Team EG (I'll think of something better when my head clears if that is all right) is proud to select in the category of greatest hits/Compilation album, The Essential Heart.

Awesome pick. The Wilson sisters are incredibly talented and Heart has always been in my list of favourite bands.

czure32

11-12-2008, 02:40 PM

I tried to do Crazy on You on Guitar Hero and was booed off the stage. I didn't even know you could get booed off the stage in that game. My first and last attempt at it.

heh this reminded me of south park, and Randy Marsh playing a song on a real guitar and then failing miserably when trying it on guitar hero

-1TyT8rH4F0

troutman

11-12-2008, 02:43 PM

Rush has difficulty playing Tom Sawyer on Rock Band:

btcvSWoQWV0

czure32

11-12-2008, 02:43 PM

gah double post....
damn laggy work computer

rubecube

11-12-2008, 02:43 PM

I can't access youtube at work. Should I still post my pick, or wait until I get home?

Eastern Girl

11-12-2008, 02:45 PM

I would say do it now then update it when you get home. It would keep the draft moving along. But that's just me.

troutman

11-12-2008, 02:46 PM

I can't access youtube at work. Should I still post my pick, or wait until I get home?

Maybe do as much of your pick as you can now, and fill in the gaps later.

rubecube

11-12-2008, 03:04 PM

With the 22nd overall selection, in the 1986-1990 category, The Rubes selects A Tribe Called Quest - "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm".

While not best-selling or even best reviewed album put out by the group, their debut album was seen as an integral part of the hip-hop movement of the late 80s. ATCQ's use of sampling on this album was seen as innovative and would become a cornerstone of hip-hop.

The lyrics on this album were also seen as dramatically different than the majority of the rap/hip-hop scene at the time, as Quest went for a more humourous and wittier approach than the more violent or politically-themed lyrics of the scene.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/rubecube86/ATCQPeople27sInstinctTravels.jpg

Tracks -

1. Push it Along
2. Luck of Lucien
3. After Hours
4. Foot Prints
5. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
6. Pubic Enemy
7. Bonita Applebum
8. Can I Kick It?
9. Youthful Expression
10. Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)
11. Mr. Muhammad
12. Ham 'n' Eggs
13. Go Ahead in the Rain
14. Description of a Fool

"Push it Along"

p0kLGoB-7yE

"Luck of Lucien"

oCvr8sevyLk

"Can I Kick It?"

nG6ePiRP9w8

"Footprints"
iSRDn2pWxLI

troutman

11-12-2008, 03:29 PM

With the 22nd overall selection, in the 1986-1990 category, The Rubes selects A Tribe Called Quest - "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm".

Excellent - I have always wanted to hear more from this band. I first became interested from the soundtrack to the Spike Lee movie Get On The Bus.

Displaced Flames fan

11-12-2008, 06:47 PM

I adore Heart.

You guys are causing me to rethink my draft strategy. Maybe I will go into share the hidden gems mode too.

Eastern Girl

11-12-2008, 06:52 PM

I am really happy about the feedback over choosing Heart. I thought I would catch some grief for that one. I do from most of my friends.

Displaced Flames fan

11-12-2008, 07:16 PM

I am really happy about the feedback over choosing Heart. I thought I would catch some grief for that one. I do from most of my friends.

I never get tired of Heart. I'm not a huge fan of some of the newer songs, but with the classic lineup you can't go wrong.

Ann has the best female rock voice of all time.

I mean...come on....

nLYcRzXv3rA

and...puh-leeeeeze!

4xTW14tq9SM

3:29

o5PKULglde8&feature=related

I'm probably in love with both of them.

Displaced Flames fan

11-12-2008, 07:20 PM

And they haven't lost a step either. Goddesses the both of them.

GYbyCIxSY_w&feature=related

rubecube

11-12-2008, 07:59 PM

Excellent - I have always wanted to hear more from this band. I first became interested from the soundtrack to the Spike Lee movie Get On The Bus.

Yeah, they've got some great tunes. And this is coming from someone who isn't even a huge hip-hop fan. Added some Tribe vids to my post.

FanIn80

11-12-2008, 10:17 PM

Frick. This is starting to get goood. I think I'm going rethink things and dig a little deeper now too.

Jagger

11-12-2008, 11:43 PM

Just got in. I'll have my pick up as soon as I can.

Jagger

11-13-2008, 01:45 AM

Like Ro I have decided to move away from my safe zone and delve a little deeper. I was poised to select my favourite album of all time, a choice that would have been seen as safe, boring, and probably predictable too. Given the selections so far that simply will not do now.

So without further ado "The British Invasion" are delighted to select for Album 1981-1985 the self-titled first album by arguably the definitive British band of the Eighties,

The Smiths

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/The-Smiths-cover.png/200px-The-Smiths-cover.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The-Smiths-cover.png)

The Smiths were a very interesting band, combining melodic and catchy music with powerful and disturbing lyrics about unconventional and controversial subjects. There's no denying the profound influence that the band had on British rock over the next decade though. Quite honestly, I don't beleive I truly appreciated this band when they first came on the scene in the UK. i thought them a little weird and out there. It was only later looking back that I came to understand and enjoy their music.

WIKI:

The Smiths is the debut album by English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) alternative rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock) band The Smiths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths), released on February 20 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_20), 1984 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984). The album was well received by the critics as well as the public, and it established The Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom).
In 1989, the album was ranked number 22 on Rolling Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone) magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 481 on that magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time) .

Track listing

"Reel Around the Fountain" – 5:58
"You've Got Everything Now" – 3:59
"Miserable Lie" – 4:29
"Pretty Girls Make Graves" – 3:42
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" – 4:38
"This Charming Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Charming_Man)" – 2:43

Originally not released on UK and European issues of the album

"Still Ill" – 3:23
"Hand in Glove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_in_Glove)" – 3:25
"What Difference Does It Make? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Difference_Does_It_Make%3F)" – 3:51
"I Don't Owe You Anything" – 4:05
"Suffer Little Children" – 5:28

What Difference Does It Make?

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/St4xfIv1aWU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/St4xfIv1aWU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

This Charming Man

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kGnjrTkv1gs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kGnjrTkv1gs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Hand In Glove:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/72ahybE_dCI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/72ahybE_dCI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Flamesguy_SJ

11-13-2008, 09:10 AM

Not much time to elaborate, but Team Anal Bum Cover would like to select, in the Live Album category, Queen's Live At Wembley '86.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Queen_Live_At_Wembley_%2786.png

troutman

11-13-2008, 09:41 AM

Excellent Jagger - I love the Smiths. Glad to See Marr is now part of Modest Mouse.

Flamesguy_SJ, great team name (SNL Jeopardy). I really like Queen Live Killers (Jazz tour). Freddie's banter between songs is always hilarious.

Second Round! There is already half a dozen cds I want to pick up from the first round.

FanIn80

11-13-2008, 10:08 AM

Hey... I'm around, I'll get my pick done in a couple hours though. I just finished making my TV pick and now I need to get some work done. :p

Sorry for the delay!

FanIn80

11-13-2008, 10:39 AM

Veering a bit from our original list... with our second pick in the draft, The Upper Brash would like to select, in the category of 1997-99... one of my favourite albums in my own personal collection...

Veruca Salt's Eight Arms to Hold You!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/VerucaSalt-EightArmsToHoldYou.jpg

Track Listing

1. "Straight" (Post) – 2:32
2. "Volcano Girls" (Gordon) – 3:18
3. "Don't Make Me Prove It" (Post) – 2:29
4. "Awesome" (Gordon) – 3:32
5. "One Last Time" (Post) – 4:45
6. "With David Bowie" (Gordon) – 2:25
7. "Benjamin" (Gordon) – 4:05
8. "Shutterbug" (Post) – 4:16
9. "The Morning Sad" (Gordon) – 3:08
10. "Sound of the Bell" (Post) – 3:59
11. "Loneliness Is Worse" (Gordon) – 5:00
12. "Stoneface" (Gordon) – 2:44
13. "Venus Man Trap" (Post) – 3:29
14. "Earthcrosser" (Gordon) – 5:28

7ya9riyKl80 Mt29KAj2-PE

Edit: Changed the vids up a bit. One was mute-censored and two other ones were lousy quality. I'll try to get some more up later. Hard to find embeddable ones, though!

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 10:40 AM

FanIn80, you're killing me in both drafts.

Edit: Can everyone see the draft board?

Edit 2: If you use the published web page version http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdOYgXyW6y_jbVBf1zCPNFA it comes with an RSS feed. Automatic notifications when changes are made to the spreadsheet.

czure32

11-13-2008, 10:46 AM

Veruca Salt's Eight Arms to Hold You!

Shutterbug is such a great tune, too bad Veruca Salt has never really been the same after Nina Gordon left

troutman

11-13-2008, 10:52 AM

czure32

11-13-2008, 10:53 AM

I had to stop and think about it...but Fanin80's category placement is incorrect, eight arms didnt come out until 1997

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 10:57 AM

Don't hate me, but is it possible to put the post # of the picks into the board?

Sure it is possible, but it'll need to wait a bit for me to sort through the posts. I wanted to be able to link to the posts, but I haven't figured out that functionality.

Edit: and of course now I figured out the correct search terms and think I can link them to the posts. It'll take me a bit, but it will be done.

Edit: This screws up the formatting a bit....but it works.

troutman

11-13-2008, 10:57 AM

I had to stop and think about it...but Fanin80's category placement is incorrect, eight arms didnt come out until 1997

allmusic.com says 1997:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfqxqthldte

FanIn80

11-13-2008, 11:00 AM

Doh. Yes you guys are right. Sorry!

czure32

11-13-2008, 11:01 AM

allmusic.com says 1997:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfqxqthldte

ya....fanin80 is a cheating cheater who cheats ;)
Veruca Salt's debut album wasnt even released between 1991-93

FanIn80

11-13-2008, 11:03 AM

ya....fanin80 is a cheating cheater who cheats ;)
Veruca Salt's debut album wasnt even released between 1991-93

Haha, yeah. I had 1993 in my head because I was looking up their Wiki article and they formed in 93... Thighs was a year later and Arms was in 97. :D

Prototype

11-13-2008, 11:11 AM

Some people start acting a little funny when they think of rocker chicks...

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 11:50 AM

OK, let me know if any of the links are going to the wrong posts.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdOYgXyW6y_jbVBf1zCPNFA

Flame Of Liberty

11-13-2008, 12:09 PM

Correct year or not, 8 Arms is the best pick so far. Thumbs up!

Hart50

11-13-2008, 01:26 PM

With my 2nd pick in the CP Music Album Draft I am pleased to select in the Album 1981-1985 category Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot out the Lights.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg300/g360/g36066e1tkg.jpg

One of my favourite albums from this decade. I wasn't aware of it when it first came out and in fact it wasn't until the 90's when I first heard it but after one listen I was hooked. Unfortunately, the videos do not have Linda in them as I suspect they were made after they had broken up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Thompson_(musician)

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfpxq95ldhe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGElzro9n0U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktLgtviYyhg

troutman

11-13-2008, 01:49 PM

With my 2nd pick in the CP Music Album Draft I am pleased to select in the Album 1981-1985 category Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot out the Lights.

I have that, and cover versions of Shoot Out The Lights by Bob Mould and Los Lobos.

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 01:49 PM

troutman

11-13-2008, 01:57 PM

In the second round, I pick Big Country - The Crossing in the category 1981-85.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Big_Country_-_The_Crossing.jpg
If your only recollection of Big Country is guys riding across Scotland on atvs then you need to give another listen to the whole album. Rolling Stone's description of the album: "Here's a big-noise guitar band from Britain that blows the knobs off all the synth-pop diddlers and fake-funk frauds who are cluttering up the charts these days. "

(more later when i have access to Youtube/allmusic/etc)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crossing_(album)
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing

That was going to be one of my next picks actually! A very under-rated band - could have been as big as U2, but didn't have the same charisma. They were big in Europe, but in the US were seen as a one-trick pony. Great guitar rock. There is a great re-release of The Crossing that adds b-sides from the Wonderland EP. Stuart Adamson committed suicide in 2001.

Here is some stuff I already dug up :

Angle Park (my favorite 80's song):
BxUZFpFUepI

Wonderland:
KyFiyCa9pDo

http://www.bigcountry.co.uk/home.php

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 02:00 PM

There are 2 selections I was debating between, but went with this one because, well, I was listening to it when my turn came up.

Itse

11-13-2008, 02:10 PM

When ever Heart is mentioned, I can't help but think of this classical scene:

ETegyBzAQnc

Ooh, Barracuda!

Hart50

11-13-2008, 02:18 PM

I have that, and cover versions of Shoot Out The Lights by Bob Mould and Los Lobos.

Those two versions must be very interesting.

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 04:15 PM

*bump*
Bottom of the page.

Habby is up in 2 drafts.

garypowers

11-13-2008, 05:52 PM

Just found this thread - great idea, wish I had gotten in on this. Some great (and interesting) picks so far - look forward to seeing what else gets drafted!

Eastern Girl

11-13-2008, 06:02 PM

Just found this thread - great idea, wish I had gotten in on this. Some great (and interesting) picks so far - look forward to seeing what else gets drafted!

There's a literary draft, maybe you should get in on that one.

garypowers

11-13-2008, 06:13 PM

Thanks for the heads up EG!

habernac

11-13-2008, 08:35 PM

well, I'm not much of a fan of Rap/Hip-hop, so I'll grab that while there's still a good selection of them out there. The Band With No Name will take the Run DMC classic:

Raising Hell

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/RaisingHell.jpg/200px-RaisingHell.jpg

"Peter Piper" – 3:25
"It's Tricky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Tricky)" – 3:03
"My Adidas (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Adidas&action=edit&redlink=1)" (McDaniels/Rubin) – 2:47
"Walk This Way (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_This_Way)" (feat. Aerosmith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith)) – 5:11

Features new vocal and guitar parts by Steven Tyler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Tyler) and Joe Perry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Perry) of Aerosmith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith) based on their original 1975 recording, as well as a sample of the original drum intro during the second verse

"Is It Live" – 3:06
"Perfection" – 2:52
"Hit It Run" – 3:10

Samples "Rocket in the Pocket" by Cerrone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrone)

"Raising Hell" – 5:31
"You Be Illin' (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Be_Illin%27&action=edit&redlink=1)" – 3:26
"Dumb Girl" – 3:31
"Son of Byford" – :27
"Proud to Be Black" – 3:14

Walk This Way was played to death, and it helped save the band Aerosmith (which isn't really all that good because they haven't had anything really interesting since the 70's) but it was a fun song for awhile.

You Be Illin still makes me laugh. And it's just about as far from an annoying Gangsta Rap record as you can get.

troutman

11-13-2008, 09:21 PM

well, I'm not much of a fan of Rap/Hip-hop, so I'll grab that while there's still a good selection of them out there. The Band With No Name will take the Run DMC classic:

Raising Hell

I was thinking of that record too. I like It's Tricky.

rogermexico

11-13-2008, 10:13 PM

I was going to leave this one for later in the draft, but given what some of you are picking, maybe I'll pick it up now.

For the second round, in the Punk Rock category, I pick Fire of Love by The Gun Club.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre400/e451/e45199jsz2c.jpg (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hiftxqu5ldde)

I only found this album a year or so ago, but man, what a revelation. It's everything I love in rock and roll, put together in a way I'd never quite heard before. There are dozens of records that I'd like to pick in this category, but start to finish, this one is my favorite.

My favorite tunes:
She's Like Heroin To Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elgXiZ3w_wg)
Ghost On The Highway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGv4-KpOS-M)

Live footage of the Son House cover, Preachin' The Blues:
XkuK35mTUmw

FlamingLonghorn

11-13-2008, 11:04 PM

As my second round choice I choose for the punk category Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/TheShapeOfPunkToCome.jpeg

Released in Oct. 1998 the album's title became very prophetic as it influenced the next generation of punk and hardcore bands. Created a new sound that although was reminiscent of bands like Nation of Ulysses was unique in its own way. I wasn't going to pick this album because it's fairly well known, but it also had a profound impact on my life.

"Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull" – 7:05
"Liberation Frequency" – 4:08
"The Deadly Rhythm" – 3:34
"Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine" – 4:01
"Bruitist Pome #5" – 1:25
"New Noise" – 5:08
"The Refused Party Program" – 2:38
"Protest Song '68" – 4:32
"Refused Are ing Dead" – 5:08
"The Shape of Punk to Come" – 5:06
"Tannhäuser / Derivè" – 8:07
"The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax" – 4:13
The most known song on the album "New Noise"
K8MkVIe9xGc

Displaced Flames fan

11-13-2008, 11:36 PM

No surpises from me yet.

In the category of Soundtrack, I choose Ennio Morricone's score for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. This is one of only two soundtracks I own and I believe it to be the best original score of any film I've ever seen. I love it.

http://img.blogcu.com/uploads/alturkkaan_Ennio_Morricone_-_The_Good,_The_Bad_And_The_Ugly_-_Expanded.jpg

All works composed by Ennio Morricone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone)

"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (main title) - (2:38)
"The Sundown" - (1:12)
"The Strong" - (2:20)
"The Desert" - (5:11)
"The Carriage of the Spirits" - (2:06)
"Marcia" - (2:49)
"The Story of a Soldier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_a_Soldier)" - (3:50)
"Marcia Without Hope" - (1:40)
"The Death of a Soldier" - (3:05)
"The Ecstasy of Gold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ecstasy_of_Gold)" - (3:22)
"The Trio" (main title) - (5:00)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

ZKlxyoPNaFI&feature=related
The Ecstasy of Gold
GdNh9f2Wwm0

The Trio

awskKWzjlhk

troutman

11-14-2008, 09:51 AM

There was a flurry of picks last night . . .

Prototype

11-14-2008, 10:24 AM

In the 2006-2008 category, I'm grabbing ST. ELSEWHERE - Gnarls Barkley.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/St_Elsewhere_Cover_Art.JPG/200px-St_Elsewhere_Cover_Art.JPG

"Go-Go Gadget Gospel (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Go-Go_Gadget_Gospel&action=edit&redlink=1)" (Brian Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Burton), Thomas Callaway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Callaway), Nicolas Flagello (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flagello)) – 2:19
"Crazy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song))" (Burton, Callaway, Gianfranco Reverberi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Reverberi), Gianpiero Reverberi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianpiero_Reverberi)) – 2:58
"St. Elsewhere" (Burton, Callaway, Barry Clarke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_(folk_band)), David Costa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_(folk_band)), Celia Humphris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_(folk_band)), Stephen Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Brown)) – 2:30
"Gone Daddy Gone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Cares%3F_(song))" (Gordon Gano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gano), Willie Dixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Dixon)) – 2:28
"Smiley Faces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Faces)" (Burton, Callaway) – 3:05
"The Boogie Monster" (Burton, Callaway, Armando Trovaioli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Trovaioli), Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Francesco_Lavagnino)) – 2:50
"Feng Shui" (Burton, Callaway, Nino Nardini (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino_Nardini&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 1:26
"Just a Thought" (Burton, Callaway, Kevin Peek (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Peek&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 3:42
"Transformer" (Burton, Callaway, Marlene Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marlene_Moore&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 2:18
"Who Cares? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Cares%3F_(song))" (Burton, Callaway, Keith Mansfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Mansfield)) – 2:28
"Online" (Burton, Callaway) – 1:49
"Necromancer" (Burton, Callaway) – 2:58
"Storm Coming" (Burton, Callaway) – 3:08
"The Last Time" (Burton, Callaway, Ian Langley (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Langley&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 3:25
St. Elsewhere is the debut album by Gnarls Barkley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley), a collaboration between Danger Mouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse) and Cee-Lo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cee-Lo). The album was originally titled Who Cares? in reference to the low sales Gnarls Barkley prematurely predicted their album would experience. It was released on April 24 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_24), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) in the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom), where it debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Album_Chart),[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album)#cite_note-0) and on May 9 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_9), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital download (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_download) in the U.S. iTunes Music Store (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Music_Store). It debuted at number twenty on the U.S. Billboard 200 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200), and as of the Billboard 200 issue date of August 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006), it peaked at #4 on this chart.

The album's first single, "Crazy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song))", was the first song to become a UK number-one single (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_singles_(UK)) based solely on downloads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_download).[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album)#cite_note-1)

As of August 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_22), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006), the album has been shipped to stores in excess of 1,000,000 units, receiving a platinum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification) certification from the RIAA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album)#cite_note-2) By Nielsen SoundScan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_SoundScan) sales are now at 1,260,535 copies,[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album)#cite_note-3) as of March 15 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_15), 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007).

The album has received mostly positive reviews from music critics, most of whom praised the album's innovation and high production values, and has a total score of 81 on Metacritic.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album)#cite_note-4)

The album was rated as the best release of 2006 by popmatters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popmatters).[1] (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/43459/best-albums-of-2006-10-1)

In 2007, the album won the Grammy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2007) for Best Alternative Music Album (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Alternative_Music_Album), with nominations for Album of the Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year) and Record of the Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year) for "Crazy".

troutman

11-14-2008, 10:34 AM

First heard Crazy in France in 2006, and loved it ever since:

rRybz3xDS9s&feature=related

The Odd Couple [2008] scores 76:

http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/gnarlsbarkley/oddcouple?q=gnarls

WindomURL

11-14-2008, 10:38 AM

My favorite performance of Crazy, from Letterman in 2006.
tT5qp9kDL9k

troutman

11-14-2008, 11:53 AM

Refused should be moved to Punk Category on board.

Hanna Sniper

11-14-2008, 11:57 AM

troutman

11-14-2008, 12:02 PM

was there ever a good reason why were not snaking this draft, seems like a unfair way to do it so there must be a reason...

Flamesguy_SJ gets 1 pick from the 1st 46 picks, and 2 picks from the 1st 72. thats insane

Why is it unfair? It is not like this is a contest. There are millions of albums to choose from, so where is there a disadvantage?

I could understand in a hockey pool , where there is a limited number of good picks, but this is completely different.

In a snake, with 20 gms, it gets really long between picks for people. I think that was the rationale.

People are making creative picks of records that most people don't know.

Bobblehead

11-14-2008, 12:09 PM

Refused should be moved to Punk Category on board.

Oops, fixed.

Dodsdomd

11-14-2008, 01:13 PM

I see I'm up in soon. I won't be able to post mine for another 4-5 hours. Hopefully I don't stop a possible picking roll.

Prototype

11-14-2008, 01:35 PM

I see I'm up in soon. I won't be able to post mine for another 4-5 hours. Hopefully I don't stop a possible picking roll.

Just PM trout two albums, in preference order. That way if Itse picks one, one in a million shot, you're covered.

Hanna Sniper

11-14-2008, 03:23 PM

In a snake, with 20 gms, it gets really long between picks for people. I think that was the rationale.
With this way the wait for the bottom selections will be a much longer wait on average then the above.

The snake draft works like a wobble effect where the wait time favours one end for one round the swings to favour the other for the next round..... Even number rounds favours the top, and odd number rounds favour the bottom equalling out the time for each selection

Right now it's just favours the top end

What the hockey draft and millions of album selections that you mentioned have to do with time I don't know.

Hanna Sniper

11-14-2008, 03:30 PM

We're in the middle, so either or works for us

troutman

11-14-2008, 03:32 PM

With this way the wait for the bottom selections will be a much longer wait on average then the above.

The wait is the same for every gm - 23 picks.

Eastern Girl

11-14-2008, 03:33 PM

I don't think it really matters either way. The draft order was randomly picked, and every agreed to the straight draft style. Plus, it's all for fun, just to see some new stuff you may not have heard of otherwise.

troutman

11-14-2008, 04:12 PM

Itse, I know you are working on your pick!

Itse

11-14-2008, 04:27 PM

Ever notice there's actually many good albums out there?

Took me a while, but I finally got to a conclusion.

As our 2nd round pick, team Twist/Shout picks Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye in the R&B / Funk category.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Let%27s_Get_It_On.jpg/200px-Let%27s_Get_It_On.jpg

Wikipedia:
Released August 28, 1973 on the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamla_Records). Recording sessions for the album took place from June 1970 to July 1973. Let's Get It On served as Gaye's first venture into the funk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk) genre and romance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_%28love%29)-themed music. The album has been noted by many music critics for its sexually (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual) explicit content, and has been called "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded."

The sexual balladry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad_%28music%29) and seductive, funky sound present on the album later influenced many contemporary soul musicians and helped pioneer slow jam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_jam) music, as well as the quiet storm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_storm) and contemporary R&B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B) genres. Following its initial reception of general favor from critics, the album has been regarded by many music writers and critics as a landmark recording in R&B and soul music, as Gaye's smooth soul sound on the album marked a change for his record label's previously success with the "Motown Sound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown_Sound)" formula, while also helping further funk music's popularity during the 1970s.

BKPoHgKcqag
fRgwQYL1zWk

I also have to quote the liner notes:
"I contend that SEX IS SEX and LOVE IS LOVE. When combined, they work well together, if two people are of about the same mind. But they are really two discrete needs and should be treated as such. Time and space will not permit me to expound further, especially in the area of the psychce. I don't believe in the overly moralistic philosophies. Have your sex, it it can be very exciting if you're lucky.

I hope that the music that I present here makes you lucky. "