Tropical Island IPOD Singles Draft Thread - Pending playoffs
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I better get this one before someone steals it from me 
Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine - Renegades
Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine - Renegades
http://kingsfans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=570875&postcount=1027
and as far as my 23rd pick goes...i swear i made a post....i didnt thoe. I know i saw that i had timed out and for some strange reason i didn't post a pick so im gonna go ahead and do that now...sorry about getting it all out of order..for my Round 23 pick...
Is it any wonder? - Keane - Under the Iron Sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucODEFzaVpY
Is it any wonder? - Keane - Under the Iron Sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucODEFzaVpY
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They are both multi-platinum artists, and for a period in the early-to-mid nineties, they were two of the most popular bands of their respective genres.
Weezer, in that short period of time behind a favorite band of yours, Green Day, which is only a moderately more successful band than both in terms of record sales.
If we're going barking up this tree, why not include Smashing Pumpkins, which has a similar amount of sales when compared to Green Day, yet the band received a huge amount of early round picks while Green Day did not.
Or what about a band which huge sales, like Pink Floyd, receiving an unporportionately low amount of draft picks? I'm fine with continuing this silly point until the Sun comes up if you are.
Actually, you know what's best, was that ironically another Rage song was picked after your post. Maybe it is getting out of hand.....haha, too bad it was the one I took. Sorry Kings Faithful
They are both multi-platinum artists, and for a period in the early-to-mid nineties, they were two of the most popular bands of their respective genres.
Weezer, in that short period of time behind a favorite band of yours, Green Day, which is only a moderately more successful band than both in terms of record sales.
If we're going barking up this tree, why not include Smashing Pumpkins, which has a similar amount of sales when compared to Green Day, yet the band received a huge amount of early round picks while Green Day did not.
Or what about a band which huge sales, like Pink Floyd, receiving an unporportionately low amount of draft picks? I'm fine with continuing this silly point until the Sun comes up if you are.
Actually, you know what's best, was that ironically another Rage song was picked after your post. Maybe it is getting out of hand.....haha, too bad it was the one I took. Sorry Kings Faithful
I like Weezer, not so much Rage, but I'm afraid your numbers are a bit off. In U.S. sales (international was not listed at Wikipedia) Weezer has indeed managed a trio of platinum albums, but they are barely platinum albums -- they have sold a total of 7.7million albums in the last 14 years, on 6 albums, with nearly half of that (3.1mil) off their 1994 debut, which I do own. That is not bad. That is also not remotely on the same planet as a borderline superstar band at the level of Green Day or whoever.
Rage also produced a trio of platinum albums in the 90s, and generally a little stronger in sales than Weezers trio, although Weezer's debut sold more than any of them. Rage racked up 8.5milion albums sold in the U.S during their 10-12 years together, on 4 albums. Again not bad. Both were major bands.
Now for comparison, and I obviously did not raise Green Day as the comparison, but they will do -- Green Day in pretty much the same period of time has sold 22 million albums in the U.S. and 65 million around the world. Pearl Jam in the same period has sold 30 million in the U.S. and 60 million worldwide. For the Chili Peppers it is about 19mil U.S. and 50 milion worldwide (in a slightly longer period than the others). Smashing Pumpkins, who you raised, had about 18million in U.S. sales.
In any case the point would be that Rage and Weezer were/are clearly 2nd or even 3rd tier bands in terms of popularity, or at least popularity that anybody chose to express by buying their albums. Green Day, to take your comparison again, had a single album which sold more copies than the entire discography of either band. So did Pearl Jam. So did Shania Twain. Twice. We just happen to appear somewhat overrepresented by Weezer/Rage fans on this board, or at least in these drafts.
Rage also produced a trio of platinum albums in the 90s, and generally a little stronger in sales than Weezers trio, although Weezer's debut sold more than any of them. Rage racked up 8.5milion albums sold in the U.S during their 10-12 years together, on 4 albums. Again not bad. Both were major bands.
Now for comparison, and I obviously did not raise Green Day as the comparison, but they will do -- Green Day in pretty much the same period of time has sold 22 million albums in the U.S. and 65 million around the world. Pearl Jam in the same period has sold 30 million in the U.S. and 60 million worldwide. For the Chili Peppers it is about 19mil U.S. and 50 milion worldwide (in a slightly longer period than the others). Smashing Pumpkins, who you raised, had about 18million in U.S. sales.
In any case the point would be that Rage and Weezer were/are clearly 2nd or even 3rd tier bands in terms of popularity, or at least popularity that anybody chose to express by buying their albums. Green Day, to take your comparison again, had a single album which sold more copies than the entire discography of either band. So did Pearl Jam. So did Shania Twain. Twice.
We just happen to appear somewhat overrepresented by Weezer/Rage fans on this board, or at least in these drafts.
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Ugh, picking this can only hurt my list. I had entirely decided against picking after planning this all along. Then, I got my PM today. I decided to make the pick later in the day. Came home, got on, went to Wikipedia for some reason I forget now and saw the featured article of the day... Out of the millions of articles on there, they picked the article on this song I shouldn't pick. But, what the hey, its just a draft. And I really couldn't see myself on a desert island for 70 years without this bass line.
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Something - The Beatles - Abbey Road
There, I got my Paul song, my John song, and my George song. No, a Ringo song isn't upcoming. I'm not that suicidal.
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Something - The Beatles - Abbey Road
There, I got my Paul song, my John song, and my George song. No, a Ringo song isn't upcoming. I'm not that suicidal.
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
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I have yet to pick a Zeppelin tune, so here's my entry. I was perfectly willing to let bigger hits like Stairway go...Ramble On is a hit, but not on the same level as some of their others. These are the types of Zeppelin tunes I tend to gravitate to.
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I have yet to pick a Zeppelin tune, so here's my entry. I was perfectly willing to let bigger hits like Stairway go...Ramble On is a hit, but not on the same level as some of their others. These are the types of Zeppelin tunes I tend to gravitate to.
Pick #25, and sticking with the accapella theme. Now here's an inspiring piece. Bestor served as a mormon missionary in Serbia during the 1970s. This song was written years later when the Yugoslavian War broke out in the early 1990s as a tribute to the country's children. Meridian Magazine described it this way:
Later when war broke out, and Yugoslavia splintered into warring factions with Serbs, Croatians and Bosnians hating and butchering each other, Kurt's heart was aching. What came to him--haunted him--were the faces of the children he had known. "Those children didn't hate anybody," he said. "They didn't care about who owned the land, or who had the power or the money. These are adult neuroses. They just wanted to have a mom and dad and a place to play."
Pick #25: Prayer of the Children (Kurt Bestor) Of Dreams
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The Song was arranged by Andrea S. Klouse for a four-part men's choir. In Bestor's original performance on his Innovators album, he sings all the harmonies simultaneously by passing his voice through the chords using a vocoder. To make the effect more surreal, the song is performed a capella.
Later when war broke out, and Yugoslavia splintered into warring factions with Serbs, Croatians and Bosnians hating and butchering each other, Kurt's heart was aching. What came to him--haunted him--were the faces of the children he had known. "Those children didn't hate anybody," he said. "They didn't care about who owned the land, or who had the power or the money. These are adult neuroses. They just wanted to have a mom and dad and a place to play."
Pick #25: Prayer of the Children (Kurt Bestor) Of Dreams
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The Song was arranged by Andrea S. Klouse for a four-part men's choir. In Bestor's original performance on his Innovators album, he sings all the harmonies simultaneously by passing his voice through the chords using a vocoder. To make the effect more surreal, the song is performed a capella.
Thanks Jespher...I had lost track of the thread the last day or so...
iTunes would like me to select....
Everything is Everything - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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Probably not my favorite song on this album, but it's reaallly really up there on the list.
iTunes would like me to select....
Everything is Everything - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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Probably not my favorite song on this album, but it's reaallly really up there on the list.
Now that were entering the final 5 picks, I think im going to start picking some 'sleepers' aka song Im guessing no one has herd of or would never pick..
anyways..
Dream Theater - Hollow Years
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Dream Theater is a sweet band that actually have been around for quite a while but never got as popular as I think they deserved to be. I could pick a few other songs from them and might depending on how the rest of the draft pans out ... until then I'll be happy with hollow years.
anyways..
Dream Theater - Hollow Years
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Dream Theater is a sweet band that actually have been around for quite a while but never got as popular as I think they deserved to be. I could pick a few other songs from them and might depending on how the rest of the draft pans out ... until then I'll be happy with hollow years.
This is a minor violation of a self imposed rule, but as I mentioned back in the album draft I barely consider the Mike McColgan era Dropkicks to be the same band. Besides, the reason for picking this song has absolutely nothing to do with the band performing it. Its all about the Sox.
"Tessie" - Dropkick Murphys w/Red Sox players(2004)
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Before adopting this anthem which was a revision of the tune the Royal Rooters sang to annoy teams back in the early 1900s the Sox hadn't won the World Series since 1918. They've won 2 of the 4 played since.
"Tessie" - Dropkick Murphys w/Red Sox players(2004)
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Before adopting this anthem which was a revision of the tune the Royal Rooters sang to annoy teams back in the early 1900s the Sox hadn't won the World Series since 1918. They've won 2 of the 4 played since.
To start Round 26, I'm selecting ...
Faith - George Michael
I had three alternate YouTube clips, but they've all been disabled. Here's a direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPWb3ieH6o
Faith - George Michael
I had three alternate YouTube clips, but they've all been disabled. Here's a direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPWb3ieH6o
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Next Pick ... Boston - More Than a Feeling
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I wasnt going to pick this song, but I couldnt find the song I wanted on youtube .. (Tragically Hip - All Tore Up) , then I came across this song and said eh what the hell and took it .. good song, could play it with my eyes closed on guitar hero ..
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I wasnt going to pick this song, but I couldnt find the song I wanted on youtube .. (Tragically Hip - All Tore Up) , then I came across this song and said eh what the hell and took it .. good song, could play it with my eyes closed on guitar hero ..
For my final few picks, I'm going to go with random selections from my most frequently played list.
Free - Stevie Wonder - 1987
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I'm going back for more Stevie here. This song was released on the Characters album in the late 80s, but I swear it belonged on Songs In the Key of Life from its. sound and pacing. It's uplifting, spiritual in nature - self determination, connection with things bigger than self, owning self... he builds to the finale with the backing chorus...and if I haven't made been transparent enough, I love songs with backing choruses/choirs)...
Free is very moving, and hits me when I need it.
Live version
Free - Stevie Wonder - 1987
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I'm going back for more Stevie here. This song was released on the Characters album in the late 80s, but I swear it belonged on Songs In the Key of Life from its. sound and pacing. It's uplifting, spiritual in nature - self determination, connection with things bigger than self, owning self... he builds to the finale with the backing chorus...and if I haven't made been transparent enough, I love songs with backing choruses/choirs)...
Free is very moving, and hits me when I need it.
Live version
Pick #26, and I'm getting some Johnny Cash while I still can. This is my favorite Cash song, and the story is just great. Gotta love Shel Silverstein too.
Pick #26: A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) Johnny Cash at San Quentin
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More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_Named_Sue
. Gotta love Shel Silverstein too.Pick #26: A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) Johnny Cash at San Quentin
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More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_Named_Sue
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Time to make this pick, I've held out long enough.
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Paranoid Android - Radiohead - OK Computer
Finally a pick for my band's lead singer! Haha.
I could really pick any Radiohead song here, except Creep of course. They really don't have any filler songs on any of their albums. Its exceptional. Sometimes when I'm listening to one I can't believe how two songs as good as I just listened to can be next to each other. I feel they should split them. Then I remember the one coming up after that one is great too. (many Radiohead fans feel that the song directly before Andriod, "Airbag," is actually better and possibly one of their best. IMO its good but not that good)
Well, if that made no sense, maybe this will. Paranoid Android is basically the 90s version of another great song, "Happiness is a Warm Gun," which was written by John Lennon and performed by the Beatles, of course. Happiness was actually 3 musical ideas by Lennon merged together, the same is true for Paranoid Android. Its basically a 3-in-1 song, and they all combine to form a truly masterful song. The video above is it performed live, and its performed to near perfection.
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Paranoid Android - Radiohead - OK Computer
Finally a pick for my band's lead singer! Haha.
I could really pick any Radiohead song here, except Creep of course. They really don't have any filler songs on any of their albums. Its exceptional. Sometimes when I'm listening to one I can't believe how two songs as good as I just listened to can be next to each other. I feel they should split them. Then I remember the one coming up after that one is great too. (many Radiohead fans feel that the song directly before Andriod, "Airbag," is actually better and possibly one of their best. IMO its good but not that good)
Well, if that made no sense, maybe this will. Paranoid Android is basically the 90s version of another great song, "Happiness is a Warm Gun," which was written by John Lennon and performed by the Beatles, of course. Happiness was actually 3 musical ideas by Lennon merged together, the same is true for Paranoid Android. Its basically a 3-in-1 song, and they all combine to form a truly masterful song. The video above is it performed live, and its performed to near perfection.
My next song choice is...
Best of You - Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DKXGpMGY_o
The embed is of a live version and the link is to the official music video. Excuse him for the burp in the beginning of the live version...its kinda gross. haha.
Best of You - Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DKXGpMGY_o
The embed is of a live version and the link is to the official music video. Excuse him for the burp in the beginning of the live version...its kinda gross. haha.
My Philosphy - Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
First there was Run DMC and next was KRS-ONE. This track is from 1988. Check the lyrical flow that few can equal to this day. This is one of the greatest rap songs ever written.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__wcaa-LBkc
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This one is fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrNF9GOMUs
First there was Run DMC and next was KRS-ONE. This track is from 1988. Check the lyrical flow that few can equal to this day. This is one of the greatest rap songs ever written.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__wcaa-LBkc
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This one is fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrNF9GOMUs
One Headlight - Wallflowers - One Headlight
embedding disabled by request, so here's the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLqOwiZ8n5I
embedding disabled by request, so here's the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLqOwiZ8n5I
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