I have internet access here for about five minutes, so I will have to post my pick this afternoon or early evening when I get home. So, if rubecube or Jagger are around, go ahead and pick. I don't want to hold anyone up anymore than I already have... two days, ouch. Sorry guys. I thought I was going to have access to the internet, otherwise, I would have given myself an asskick before I went out of town.
Actually, I think Boblobla missed a turn.
Edit: apparently I fail.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
^Well, he's made his pick now, but did I pick out of turn? Apologies if I did.
I doubt it matters. At this point I think most people could put up their whole list and there would be very few overlaps.
I've seen lots of stuff I want to listen to, but very few things I would have thought of picking for myself. And to confess, half the stuff being picked I've never heard of before!
But that makes for more stuff to experience, which it what I think troutman was going for with this draft.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
With their 7th selection, in the category of "Political", The Rubes select Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut.
Tracks -
1 - Bombtrack
2 - Killing in the Name
3 - Take the Power Back
4 - Settle for Nothing
5 - Bullet in the Head
6 - Know Your Enemy
7 - Wake Up
8 - Fistful of Steel
9 - Township Rebellion
10 - Freedom
Review from allmusic.com
Quote:
The first album to successfully merge the amazingly disparate sounds of rap and heavy metal, Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut was groundbreaking enough when it was released, and many would argue that its importance and influence remains unchallenged and unsurpassed to this day. The living embodiment of this culture clash, guitar wizard Tom Morello fuses his roots in '80s metal-style shredding with an unprecedented array of six-string acrobatics and rhythmic special effects, most of which no one has even tried to imitate. And from vocalist Zack de la Rocha, the group receives the meaningful rhymes and emotionally charged delivery that white-boy metal could never hope to achieve. Still, despite the unique elements upon which they are built, songs like "Bombtrack," "Take the Power Back," and "Know Your Enemy" are immediately memorable, surprisingly straightforward slabs of hard rock. And one need not look further than the main riff of the venomous "Wake Up" — lifted straight out of Zeppelin's "Kashmir" — for conclusive proof of Morello's influences. Even more impressive is the group's talent for injecting slowly mounting tension into such highlights as "Settle for Nothing" and "Bullet in the Head," both of which finally explode with awesome power and rage. In contrast, the band manages to convey their message with even more urgency through stubborn repetition, as seen on "Freedom" and their signature track, "Killing in the Name." With its relentlessly rebellious mantra of, " you, I won't do what you tell me," the song is a rallying cry of frightening proportions and the unequivocal climax of their vision. A stunning debut that remains absolutely essential.
Parklife is the third studio album by the British alternative rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994 on Food Records. After disappointing sales for their previous album Modern Life is Rubbish (1993), Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "End of a Century", "Parklife" and "To the End". The album was certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom.[2]
Haven't had much time to really research anything over the break, so I'll go with an old favorite instead:
With out 7th selection, Anal Bum Cover chooses David Bowie's The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars in the Rock category.
allmusic.com review:
Quote:
Borrowing heavily from Marc Bolan's glam rock and the future shock of A Clockwork Orange, David Bowie reached back to the heavy rock of The Man Who Sold the World for The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Constructed as a loose concept album about an androgynous alien rock star named Ziggy Stardust, the story falls apart quickly, yet Bowie's fractured, paranoid lyrics are evocative of a decadent, decaying future, and the music echoes an apocalyptic, nuclear dread. Fleshing out the off-kilter metallic mix with fatter guitars, genuine pop songs, string sections, keyboards, and a cinematic flourish, Ziggy Stardust is a glitzy array of riffs, hooks, melodrama, and style and the logical culmination of glam. Mick Ronson plays with a maverick flair that invigorates rockers like "Suffragette City," "Moonage Daydream," and "Hang Onto Yourself," while "Lady Stardust," "Five Years," and "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" have a grand sense of staged drama previously unheard of in rock & roll. And that self-conscious sense of theater is part of the reason why Ziggy Stardust sounds so foreign. Bowie succeeds not in spite of his pretensions but because of them, and Ziggy Stardust — familiar in structure, but alien in performance — is the first time his vision and execution met in such a grand, sweeping fashion.
Tracklist:
1.) Five Years (Bowie) - 4:43
2.) Soul Love (Bowie) - 3:33
3.) Moonage Daydream (Bowie) - 4:39
4.) Starman (Bowie) - 4:13
5.) It Ain't Easy (Davies) - 2:57
6.) Lady Stardust (Bowie) - 3:21
7.) Star (Bowie) - 2:46
8.) Hang on to Yourself (Bowie) - 2:38
9.) Ziggy Stardust (Bowie) - 3:13
10.) Suffragette City (Bowie) - 3:25
11.) Rock & Roll Suicide (Bowie) - 2:58
1. "The Ultimate Sin" - 3:45
2. "Secret Loser" - 4:08
3. "Never Know Why" - 4:27
4. "Thank God for the Bomb" - 3:53
5. "Never" - 4:17
6. "Lightning Strikes" - 5:16
7. "Killer of Giants" - 5:41
8. "Fool Like You" - 5:18
9. "Shot in the Dark" - 4:16 (Osbourne, Phil Soussan)
This is a pretty darn solid album, top to bottom, and is the followup to Bark at The Moon. This got a lot of play by me after it was released.
"Shot in the Dark" was the big single from the album, and does seem a bit different that the rest of the tracks, seeming a bit more polished to my ear. I'm not a fan of Ozzy's vocal on Killer of Giants, but I really like the instrumental underneath. Lightning Strikes is a straight ahead Ozzy song that need to be listened to loud. "Thank God For The Bomb" has the lines "Today was tomorrow yesterday, It's funny how the time can slip away" and it drives me nuts because that specific lyric has stuck in my head ever since the first time I heard it.
Title Track:
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Last edited by Bobblehead; 01-06-2009 at 11:16 AM.
Reason: Oops, I thought Habby had taken Bark at the Moon. Fixed stealthily so no one will ever know of my mistake.
As a matter of interest, did we reduce the 24 hour posting period? In any event, my pick in the 2000-2002 category is the White Stripes' "White Blood Cells"
As a matter of interest, did we reduce the 24 hour posting period?
I think it has become a rule of thumb. Not too many of us are likely to pick the same album, so we have become flexible in the interests of keeping things moving.
Hart50, if you want The Ultimate Sin, just say so.......
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Is it my imagination, or have a bunch of people bailed on the draft?
Peter12 - asked to be perma ak'ed (although we can still hope he'll be back)
Ro - hasn't posted in a month, but he has logged in
Sparks - hasn't posted since his last pick but is logging in
Sowa - has posted as recently as 2 days ago.
Anyone know what is up with these folks?
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
