Desert Island Music Draft Thread *** draft is over ***

[tradepeja]

Oh hell.

I had just left that sitting out there and sitting out there (I almost took it Rnd 5 before I realized this was a 90s oriented draft) since nobody was showing the least interest in any of the classics, and then some punk kid who's daddy may not even have been a shine in his granddaddy's eye when the Eagles were huge finally comes along to scoop it up.

Whatya know.

Well, we've all let things slide, but slide for 12 rounds? That's gonna be risky.

Also, if my whole description didn't make it more plain than day, my dad was much more than a shine in my granddad's eye in the mid to late 70s. Actually, he already was already out of HS and running his own business and married to my mom. She graduated in '77, so I can see why they like the Eagles so much as it brings back their youth in full force.

 

[Heuge]

Looking over the draft I counted only eight classic 70s rock albums taken in this entire draft's ~250 selections thus far. Six of them between me, and the music-nut (in a good way) drafter right after me, bozzwell. I'm not sure if this next pick is bozzy's taste, and it obviously is not anyone else's in the draft, but it is a classic to me. I've been listening to this band one way or another since I was born. Recently, I looked at the back of several albums from this band and could barely notice a track title. Upon listening to the songs, I found not only were they recognizable, but that I could recite nearly every song verbatim. Maybe they have just been driven in relentlessly by my parents mega-fandom of them, but I like em. And this is their best album.

The Eagles - Hotel California - 1976

My second 70s rock concept album drafted. Not as good as The Wall, but damn close. I had a hard time picking between this one, Desparado, and their final Live album before reuiniting. Went with Hotel California because the tracks just bring back memories of some of my earliest childhood that I cannot remember otherwise.

Every track on here is recognizable to anyone but the most close-minded music fan. My favorite track is "Wasted Time" but of course you can't go wrong with the mega-classic title track. I remembering playing it on Piano when I was little....I didn't quite do it justice

I would have picked this in round 2....

 

[bozzwell]

Ramones - Ramones (1976)

PDX got the Londong Calling way earlier then I thought anyone would, so I had to decide whether to pick Ramones - Ramones or "one other". I'll go with Ramones if for no other reason that they're closer to a a punk primer then anyone else I can think of.

From wikipedia:

"
After Seymour Stein of Sire Records signed the band in the autumn of 1975, the band began to record their debut the following winter. Ramones was recorded quickly and cheaply at Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, New York. The band recorded February 2 – 19, 1976 on a budget of only $6,200. The template of guitar and bass in opposite channels with the drums in the middle was based on early albums by The Beatles and Cream.
Many radio disc jockeys were supposedly put off by the records' supposedly primitive, frantic music and often bizarre themes. The album did not receive heavy airplay, and it only peaked at number #111 on the Billboard's North American Pop Albums chart upon its April 23 release.
Despite this, the Ramones eventually established the reputation as being the godfathers of punk rock, and the album is highly influential on punk and myriad genres of alternative rock. In 2003, the album was ranked number 33 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Also in 2003, VH1 named Ramones the 54th greatest album of all time. In his 1995 book, "The Alternative Music Almanac", Alan Cross placed the album in the #4 spot on the list of '10 Classic Alternative Albums'. In 2007, the album was the focus in the 20th book released in the 33⅓ series."

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Now I won't feel so bad for going with the Rezillos instead

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

atxrocker is on the clock; dime dropper may make his pick at any time.

 

[Dime Dropper]

I have no doubt that this probably (contradiction) would have gone undrafted had I not taken it. However, I have lost my passion for this thread and am unwilling to put a whole lot of effort into it.

My pick;

Chris Brown - Exclusive (2007)

 

[Spike]

I have no doubt that this probably (contradiction) would have gone undrafted had I not taken it. However, I have lost my passion for this thread and am unwilling to put a whole lot of effort into it.

My pick;

Chris Brown - Exclusive (2007)

Cripes. No need to fall on thy sword like that.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Cripes. No need to fall on thy sword like that.

Call me crazy, but I like him. The fact that he's a good person as well as performer means something to me, too.

 

[atxrocker]

gotta comment on the violent femmes and eagles picks, both were really good.

Yeah Yeah Yeah's- Fever to tell 2003

With only a couple of picks left in this draft, I realized I gotta make some moves on my female vocalists so here is my first one. Never a real chart buster here in the states, this album has a unique sound to it. Something about Karen O's voice really gets me.

 

[Bricklayer]

gotta comment on the violent femmes and eagles picks, both were really good.

Yeah Yeah Yeah's- Fever to tell 2003

With only a couple of picks left in this draft, I realized I gotta make some moves on my female vocalists so here is my first one. Never a real chart buster here in the states, this album has a unique sound to it. Something about Karen O's voice really gets me.

Never even noticed that -- 17 straight male singers?

Misogynist.


P.S. I hadn't been paying attention, but a quick scan of the draft board reveals there to be at least half a dozen fellow misogynists in this draft. Interesting phenomenon.

 

[atxrocker]

Never even noticed that -- 17 straight male singers?

Misogynist.

well, it's mostly due to some of my earlier picks being taken before i could grab em. this actually happened a few times so gotta grab a few here in the later rounds.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Two of my groups have female co-leads, does that spare me the misogynist label?

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

India.Arie - Voyage to India (2002)

Hell, I don't remember but this might be the most recently produced album on my island. As I am still undecided about the artist I couldn't make a decision on 4 picks ago, this is evidence of how hard the final slots are getting as I'm faced with "pick now or forever hold your peace" sigh...
So as a result I'm all over the place. But Voyage is a good place to get lost. I "found" India one day when I happened to be watching an episode of Oprah for some reason back in the day, it's not something I regularly do so that might be why Arie stuck with me, that and she gave a great performance of "Video" so of course I was sold. By the time her sophomore album was released, she was already on my automatically buy list. I bought Voyage a few weeks after its release and took it with me to do some research on a project I had for work. The CD was playing in the background. When the song "The Truth" started playing, I vividly remember stopping dead in my tracks while that song played. Another song that forever travels with me via iPod. Lyrically it is moving, musically it has a complexity that I obviously found riviting.

"The Little Things" moved me like that too as did "Good Man" but the entire album is great and it seems to do it an injustice to single out a few songs. But some of these songs resonated for me very deeply. And it was a simply stunning feeling.

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

Round 18

Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)

This was another cd that never left my changer. Sure, more of her critical acclaim came from earlier albums, but so what, it's all about what I want to take with me. I had to make sure I grabbed the right version of it since this was was re-released and I had both.

I got crunk with hateration and all the holleratin on the dancery via "Family Affair, made "No More Drama" my mantra and still reach back for it when I need to be reminded to be that drama defiant. The ever present duet partner Ja Rule made an appearance on a song that eventually grew on me. I FOR-E-VER now see Diana Taurasi's face with hands clapping/head nodding in my head whenever I play "Dance For Me" since ESPN used the song as the backdrop for the Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament commercial and studio lead in that year. Eh...thanks for that ESPN. The commerical was very well done tho and made great use of the song

But I needed to take some Mary J Blige and since I can't take all the albums I would like to take, let me take the one I really think I would have a hard time without.

 

[atxrocker]

after debating about this pick several times, was originally gonna take it in the 12th but since it's still hanging around and i need to get some more female albums on my island here goes

Lauryn Hill- The miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998

Though I was more than content to take The Score instead (thanks again, brick ) I'm selecting her solo multi grammy award winning album. Hill's vocals are great as always and there are lots of good tracks on this album.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Yeah Yeah Yeah's- Fever to tell 2003

And here's where I've karmically atoned for completely raping your list in earlier rounds -- this one's only available because I decided against taking it a few rounds ago.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Lauryn Hill- The miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998

And here's where I've karmically atoned for completely raping your list in earlier rounds -- this one's only available because I decided against taking it a few rounds ago.

Ditto for this one.

In fact, several rounds back I mentioned being somewhat annoyed that a certain album was still available, and this is the one I was talking about.

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

I had Lauryn originally around that same 12 area and kept bumping other things up...I'm not sure with the two I have left that I would have gotten to her.

 

[C Diddy]

Never even noticed that -- 17 straight male singers?

Misogynist.


P.S. I hadn't been paying attention, but a quick scan of the draft board reveals there to be at least half a dozen fellow misogynists in this draft. Interesting phenomenon.

I had Sarah McLachlan's "Surfacing" on my list as a very late round pick. I think someone took it in the 15th round.

I have no other female singers or bands with female leads in my remaining list of 10 albums.

 

[Bricklayer]

Two of my groups have female co-leads, does that spare me the misogynist label?

Yes.

You are hereby upgraded to sexist pig.

 

[tradepeja]

Man, I was totally about to draft a Lil' Kim album, but now that you pointed it out, I'll just have to keep the steak going!

 

[Spike]

Never even noticed that -- 17 straight male singers?

Misogynist.


P.S. I hadn't been paying attention, but a quick scan of the draft board reveals there to be at least half a dozen fellow misogynists in this draft. Interesting phenomenon.

I have Twisted Sister - does that count?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I guess Dime's completely given up on this now?

 

[tradepeja]

I guess Dime's completely given up on this now?

He sorta alluded to that. Maybe we should just give him the option to forego his final picks so this thing can get finished quicker.

 

[Bricklayer]

He sorta alluded to that. Maybe we should just give him the option to forego his final picks so this thing can get finished quicker.

While we're about that, you do know that you are up in the Babe draft, right?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

bozzwell is on the clock; dime dropper may pick at any time.

 

[Dime Dropper]

At this stage, I'm going to pull out of the music draft. I'm very sorry I only got to this now, I had to rush off unexpectedly after my pick in the Babe draft, their was a mini emergency. I didn't even get a chance to PM tradepeja. Sorry for holding things up.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Forfeit, aye.

For the remaining two rounds, bozzwell will pm atxrocker directly, and vice versa.

 

[atxrocker]

so are people going to vote on dime's 18 instead of 20 or by "forfeiting" do his picks go back to being available?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

His eighteen will stand as-is. People will vote on those.