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

[GoGoGadget]

Good pick, GGG...I liked that album. And I think you'll like this one:

Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1957)

It's tough to find a Louis Prima album that is NOT a compilation, but this one has just about all of his big hits (Buona Sera, Just a Gigolo, The Lip, Oh Marie, Jump Jive an' Wail, etc.). If you're not familiar with his him, Louis Prima was the voice of King Louie, the orangutan in Disney's The Jungle Book. Prima, his wife Keely Smith, and saxophonist Sam Butera, were as much a great comedy act as they were incredible musicians. I wasn't around at the time, but I'm sure that seeing them live was quite an experience.

From wikipedia: "The Wildest! is noted in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In it, critic Will Fulford-Jones states, 'this is simply irrepressible music that more than matches its cover shot. Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible.'"

I got into Louis Prima through my wife's VERY Italian family...I'm pretty sure that their acceptance of me was based somewhat on the fact that I took a liking to his music. There isn't a family event or get-together that doesn't involve his music, either directly from his albums or through my father-in-law's accordian. Italians know how to eat, party, and enjoy life...and Louis Prima is a BIG part of the fun.

Words cannot express how much I hate you right now.

And, to make sure you know what just happened, you do realize that you took Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and Sam Butera away from a Sicilian girl, right?

I smell a vendetta comin' on.

 

[D-Mass]

Words cannot express how much I hate you right now.

And, to make sure you know what just happened, you do realize that you took Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and Sam Butera away from a Sicilian girl, right?

I smell a vendetta comin' on.

Funny..."Gadget" doesn't sound Sicilian.

And I guess I should have been more specific...my wife's family is also Sicilian. No worries here...they have my back. They have to...I definitely don't have any Portuguese backup on my side.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Funny..."Gadget" doesn't sound Sicilian.

I had to change my last name for... legal reasons.

 

[bozzwell]

Do you really own every album/record listed so far????

To be completely precise, between my wife (she is nto a collector, but contributes 100's of record by scouting trift stores) and I, we owe every record on the list except the one above. By that I mean, I either have original or re-issue LP, original CD or very, very rarely legally procured download of the whole album but no other media. Some I have multiple copies (original LP, reissue LP, CD, reissue CD etc.). For example, Thriller, I must have 10 copies so far. I can't help it if people sell them in garage sales for a quarter!

 

[bozzwell]

and you mean full records, not just one or two tracks????

yep

 

[D-Mass]

To be completely precise, between my wife (she is nto a collector, but contributes 100's of record by scouting trift stores) and I, we owe every record on the list except the one above. By that I mean, I either have original or re-issue LP, original CD or very, very rarely legally procured download of the whole album but no other media. Some I have multiple copies (original LP, reissue LP, CD, reissue CD etc.). For example, Thriller, I must have 10 copies so far. I can't help it if people sell them in garage sales for a quarter!

Gotta tell you...that's impressive. This is a pretty wide selection of music.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

This Prima pick is interesting because it got me to go back and check some titles I thought were only available as singles actually did come out on "legitimate" albums that I always thought were compilations. whoo boy.

 

[bozzwell]

Gotta tell you...that's impressive. This is a pretty wide selection of music.

Actually, like I mentioned much earlier in the thread, KF.com fans have really good taste in music. There is nothing really obscure on anyone's list. Sometimes I buy boxes of records/cd's without even looking at garage sales or charity stores and sort 'em out at home. Then I listen to stuff and if I like it, I keep it (trade in others).

 

[tradepeja]

To be completely precise, between my wife (she is nto a collector, but contributes 100's of record by scouting trift stores) and I, we owe every record on the list except the one above. By that I mean, I either have original or re-issue LP, original CD or very, very rarely legally procured download of the whole album but no other media. Some I have multiple copies (original LP, reissue LP, CD, reissue CD etc.). For example, Thriller, I must have 10 copies so far. I can't help it if people sell them in garage sales for a quarter!

Can you, um, take some pictures of your record collection? Its gotta be an impressive sight.

 

[Warhawk]

Actually, like I mentioned much earlier in the thread, KF.com fans have really good taste in music. There is nothing really obscure on anyone's list. Sometimes I buy boxes of records/cd's without even looking at garage sales or charity stores and sort 'em out at home. Then I listen to stuff and if I like it, I keep it (trade in others).

So you have everything we have listed and that's still the best list you can come up with????

 

[C Diddy]

Actually, like I mentioned much earlier in the thread, KF.com fans have really good taste in music. There is nothing really obscure on anyone's list. Sometimes I buy boxes of records/cd's without even looking at garage sales or charity stores and sort 'em out at home. Then I listen to stuff and if I like it, I keep it (trade in others).

Hit the Lights is pretty obscure. I have no idea how you found yourself a copy of that album without being introduced to the music by someone who likes them. I actually had never heard of them until Pandora sent them my way as a comparable band to Amber Pacific.

 

[Bricklayer]

it took 15+ rounds, but someone had to do it! Finally, a record that I don't legally own in any format!

Wow.

Knew I did not really belong in this thread but...wow.

 

[D-Mass]

Actually, like I mentioned much earlier in the thread, KF.com fans have really good taste in music. There is nothing really obscure on anyone's list. Sometimes I buy boxes of records/cd's without even looking at garage sales or charity stores and sort 'em out at home. Then I listen to stuff and if I like it, I keep it (trade in others).

The Boxmasters just came out a couple of weeks ago. I'm surprised that a.) you've heard of them, and b.) you picked it up already.

 

[Bricklayer]

Words cannot express how much I hate you right now.

And, to make sure you know what just happened, you do realize that you took Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and Sam Butera away from a Sicilian girl, right?

I smell a vendetta comin' on.

Uhoh.

You're not going to do that...thing, to him, are you?

And his dog?


DMass, please send all your remaining picks to VF21 if you would. No reason for us to wait around 24 hours as you time out in future rounds.

 

[Jerryaki]

yep

wow, someone not from hawaii with jack johnson AND erasure. mucho impressive!

 

[D-Mass]

Uhoh.

You're not going to do that...thing, to him, are you?

And his dog?


DMass, please send all your remaining picks to VF21 if you would. No reason for us to wait around 24 hours as you time out in future rounds.

Me? I'm not worried.

Wait, hold on...gotta go...someone's at the door.

Actually, they're breaki...

 

[Jerryaki]

d-mass? D-MASS???? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[bozzwell]

Hit the Lights is pretty obscure. I have no idea how you found yourself a copy of that album without being introduced to the music by someone who likes them. I actually had never heard of them until Pandora sent them my way as a comparable band to Amber Pacific.

Any time you have a band being used as "sounds like" tag by an unknown band, the band in question is not obscure to me. For example, if you go to CDbaby or insound and search for "sounds like" Hit The Lights you will find some records. Therefore, they're not obscure. They have a good wiki and amg entries too, I have about 500+ records of bands that can't even get their stuff accepted by iTunes (sometimes with good reason). Now, that's obscure!

 

[bozzwell]

The Boxmasters just came out a couple of weeks ago. I'm surprised that a.) you've heard of them, and b.) you picked it up already.

I was hoping that the thread will bring up more stuff that I never listened to, but boxmasters were recommended to me by 10 different people.

 

[bozzwell]

wow, someone not from hawaii with jack johnson AND erasure. mucho impressive!

Erasure was huge when I was in my teens. As for jack Johnson - I never surfed in my life, but I love the whole surfer culture thing.

 

[bozzwell]

Can you, um, take some pictures of your record collection? Its gotta be an impressive sight.

it would be more like photo-log. Around the house, basement, in the storage etc. One of my kids is still small enough to be "accident prone" so no, they'
re not just lying around like you see in the movies (High Fidelity etc.). On the other hand, if you want to see how a pile of couple hundred barbies looks like...

 

[C Diddy]

Any time you have a band being used as "sounds like" tag by an unknown band, the band in question is not obscure to me. For example, if you go to CDbaby or insound and search for "sounds like" Hit The Lights you will find some records. Therefore, they're not obscure. They have a good wiki and amg entries too, I have about 500+ records of bands that can't even get their stuff accepted by iTunes (sometimes with good reason). Now, that's obscure!

I stand corrected. Geez.

 

[bozzwell]

I stand corrected. Geez.

Sorry, I'm trying very hard not to come off as a music-geek, but D-mass picking a record that I don't have rattled me. I have OCD to boot.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

There are a few bands here I hadn't heard of, but I do agree nothing mentioned here is particularly "obscure". I've got a few that I think bozz may not have, only because apparently serious collector friends that really wanted them have been waiting on me for 2 years to rip them from vinyl to mp3 for them, but they certainly aren't going to my island with me as I just don't listen to them often

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Damn, are we in the sixteenth round already? I'm going to have some important **** get left out...

Jon B - Bonafide -1995

Far from his most successful album (certified Gold with 400K+ albums sold, according to wiki, which would only make it his third-best selling album), it's by far my favorite, and actually has a large degree of personal significance. The funny thing about this album to me is that there's only two songs on the album that there's any chance most of you would have heard of: Someone to Love (featured on the Bad Boys soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy, peaked out at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100), and Pretty Girl (peaked out at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100). The reason why I find this funny is because, despite the fact that they were the two biggest hits, I personally consider those two songs to be the fifth and seventh-best songs on the album, respectively.

I'll catch the board up on my break.

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

jon b had the greatest voice...not like he doesn't now I guess lol...but back in the day....glad to know there were songs better than "Someone To Love" which was flat out spectacular....I have no recollection of more albums of his, so good to know that too lol

 

[Bricklayer]

The Last of the Mohicans (Soundtrack) -- 1992

I had to decide whether I was really going to go this way or not. By this point its become obvious to me that I cannot cover all my bases and get everything I need to complete my island. But that does not make this a throwaway pick. Far from it -- its the perfect choice to fill several niches for me. One of the all time great soundtracks, and all time best selling with nearly two million copies sold, its pumping, passionate and beautiful Celtic derived orchestral music, helping fill a couple of niches I was going to have a hard time with otherwise. My roommate my first year at Penn loved this to death and played it incessantly. Fortunately its really good, and so a cirmstance that could have led to an inter-rommate beatdown instead was a bonding experience. I'm bringing along the original wildly popular release by the way, wich includes an beautiful ethereal track by the band Clannad that could have been recorded by Enya. Like the movie itself, which has been bastardized by its own director in America with a clunky overtly political "Director's cut", the soundtrack to has fallen victim to interest group politics, with the Royal Scottish Orchestra "fixing" it in a rerelease a few years back. Chopping out tracks, combining others, and in general doing the hubris thing.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I think I'm going to have to disallow that one; if all the songs were by the same artists/composers, that would be fine, but it says right in the OP, no soundtracks. The only exceptions have been made for albums that were all the tracks written and/or performed by the same artists.

 

[Bricklayer]

I think I'm going to have to disallow that one; if all the songs were by the same artists/composers, that would be fine, but it says right in the OP, no soundtracks. The only exceptions have been made for albums that were all the tracks written and/or performed by the same artists.

its this:

- All else is fair game from 1800's - 2008. Note: Original movie score soundtracks (e.g. Star Wars) are okay, soundtracks (e.g. Above the Rim, The Crow) are not.

there is only 1 non-original score song on it.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

its this:

- All else is fair game from 1800's - 2008. Note: Original movie score soundtracks (e.g. Star Wars) are okay, soundtracks (e.g. Above the Rim, The Crow) are not.

there is only 1 non-original score song on it.

That's the thing, though; I think I may have already rejected one of Proph's selections based on the same criteria.

Perhaps I'll put it to a vote; seems like a fair solution at this stage.