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

[Spike]

Marty Friedman (former Megadeth guitarist) speaks well of Udata. He has a JPop album coming out sometime soon.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

er...having just listened to samples on Itunes -- no I don't.

Out of curiosity, what's on iTunes? Exodus? 'Cause I love Hikki, but that album is terrible. Her music doesn't seem to translate to English well at all.

 

[Bricklayer]

Out of curiosity, what's on iTunes? Exodus? 'Cause I love Hikki, but that album is terrible. Her music doesn't seem to translate to English well at all.

Ultra Blue & Heart Station mostly

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Ultra Blue hurt my feelings; I moved heaven and earth to get my hands on that album... I was very disappointed.

I like Heart Station much better, but I'm starting to wonder if she may have peaked with Distance.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Okie doke, vendetta averted. My next pick:

Louis Prima -- The Call of the Wildest (1957) -- As D-Mass mentioned when he stole my pick from me, it's VERY difficult to find recordings from Prima and the gang that don't violate any of the draft rules, hence my previous meltdown. However, after spending some more time checking the interwebs, I found another album that both meets the criteria and has enough of the songs I love to make it worth a spot on my list. Growing up in an Italian-American family, Louis and Keely are required listening and my island just wouldn't have felt right without them. However, the main reason that I'm making this pick, and the main reason that their recordings are such a big part of my collection as an adult, is Sam Butera. He is the reason I started playing the saxophone and, even though I've long since given up playing, I'm still in awe of the tone he's able to get from that instrument. Clean, pure, and perfect. And, thanks to a career that started in New Orleans strip clubs, always with the right amount of raunch. Were it not for the EXTREME difficulty of finding a Butera album -- I don't know that anything other than compilations even exists -- I probably would have taken Butera over Prima. As it is, I'm getting an album with several of my favorites by Louis & Keely, as well as "There'll Be No Next Time," a great track in which Sam takes the lead.

 

[Bricklayer]

Hmmm...have I ever mentined my own attempt at playing the sax? One 4th grade music class. I was the very worst player in the entire class but got a gentleboy's D.

And I would have thought Louis Prima was a brand of spaghetti sauce.

 

[D-Mass]

As it is, I'm getting an album with several of my favorites by Louis & Keely, as well as "There'll Be No Next Time," a great track in which Sam takes the lead.

Nice work! I strongly considered this album because of that very song. I love it.

 

[GoGoGadget]

And I would have thought Louis Prima was a brand of spaghetti sauce.

Oh, heavens...

Some essentials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XrZuDE5Ob8

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB9M-904FL4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e2YogUmu5U

 

[Bricklayer]

Oh, heavens...

Some essentials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XrZuDE5Ob8

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB9M-904FL4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e2YogUmu5U

Interesting. Some other esentials:

http://graphics.samsclub.com/images/products/0003620091381_LG.jpg

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/150_0000013206_0000108900.jpg

 

[GoGoGadget]

Interesting. Some other esentials:

http://graphics.samsclub.com/images/products/0003620091381_LG.jpg

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/150_0000013206_0000108900.jpg

Huh?

What the heck is that stuff?

 

[Bricklayer]

Huh?

What the heck is that stuff?

Sigh.

Italians.

Southern italians.


Better?

 

[GoGoGadget]

I still don't know what's in the jar. Is it... ketchup, or something?

 

[Jerryaki]

eh, what the hell.

ben folds five - whatever and ever amen (1997)

from wiki:
Whatever and Ever Amen is the second album by Ben Folds Five, released in 1997. A remaster was made available on March 22, 2005. All of the extra tracks had been previously released (as b-sides, soundtrack contributions, etc.) except for "Video Killed the Radio Star", a Buggles cover song and live staple of Ben Folds Five. The secret track, previously 5m28s into Evaporated on the original Whatever and Ever Amen album, exists in the negative space of track 1 on the Digitally Remastered version.
The album, recorded in Folds' rented house in Chapel Hill, has several lo-fi occurrences. A phone ring can be heard at approximately 2:54 in "Steven's Last Night in Town"; Ben Folds has said the ring was a friend calling from Minnesota, but it came at such a perfect timing, the band decided to leave it in the song. Robert can be heard laughing slightly after it rings as well. Crickets can also be heard in the background of "Cigarette".
The track "Steven's Last Night in Town" was written about Ben Folds' friend Stephen Short, a Grammy-Award winning record producer and manager.
The album's title comes from a line in the song "Battle of Who Could Care Less". Helped by a comedic video, "Battle of Who Could Care Less" helped the band break through in the UK in early 1997.

 

[Jerryaki]

Hikki is a pop artist.

also went to my college. she was always accompanied by two big, burly japanese bodyguards. that sort of stopped the guys from hitting on her.

 

[bozzwell]

If bozzwell says he has this album, well... I'm not going to accuse him of lying, since he seems a trustworthy sort, and there's certainly no reason to lie about something so meaningless, but I'll definitely be in "raised eyebrows" mode... Whether that's a raised eyebrow of awe or a raised eyebrow of skepticism will be an exercise left to the reader.

My next pick is...

Hikaru Utada - Distance - 2001

I had to Google this.

Since the rest of your list is so strong, I'll ask about the record at the stores. That's a big deal for me, I avoid talking to smarmy know-it-alls there as they always somehow manage to make me feel bad that I haven't heard of some obscure artist/record. If I am lucky, they haven't heard about it which I am sure will cause their little heads to explode.

 

[Warhawk]

I'm going to have to revisit a group I took already.

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)

We discussed this before - but this album is the one where I think they have the most fun and the songs are great. I still remember the first time I heard "Goodbye Earl after all the fuss it caused and I was laughing my a** off in the car.

From allmusic:

Fly — perhaps appropriately, given the title — finds the group in full flight, in full possession of their talents. This time around, the different sounds they draw upon are more fully integrated, which only makes them more distinctive as a group. Even if the whole of the album feels more of a piece, they still take the time to deliver a slice of pure honky tonk on "Hello Mr. Heartache" and a piece of breakneck bluegrass on the rip-roaring, wickedly clever "Sin Wagon," which is also one of the group originals here, a collaboration between Natalie Maines and Emily Robison and outside writer Stephony Smith. It — along with the Maines-cowritten "Without You," the Maines/Robison "Don't Waste Your Heart" and Martie Seidel's co-written "Ready to Run" and "Cowboy Take Me Away" — showcase the trio's increasing craft as writers, which is one of the reasons this album sounds unified. But even the outside-written material feels like the group, whether it's the twangy boogie "Some Days You Gotta Dance," Patty Griffin's "Let Him Fly," the melancholy "Cold Day in July" and, especially "Goodbye Earl" where a wife gets revenge on her abusive husband. Like before, the group moves gracefully between these different styles, with Maines providing a powerful, compelling focus with Robison and Seidel offering sensitive support, and this blend makes Fly a rich, nuanced album that just gets better with repeated listens.

From wiki:

Fly is the fifth album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). The album was very successful for the group receiving diamond status by the RIAA on June 25, 2002 in the USA, having shifted 10 million units.[1] The album debuted and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200.
The tracks "Ready to Run", "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Goodbye Earl", "Cold Day in July", "Heartbreak Town", "Some Days You Gotta Dance" and "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" were all released as singles; "Sin Wagon" also charted without officially being released. "Some Days You Gotta Dance" was previously recorded by The Ranch, a short-lived country trio founded by Keith Urban in the late 1990s. Urban plays guitar on the Dixie Chicks' rendition.

Goodbye Earl, hello Mr. Heartache, and Sin Wagon are particular favorites here.

This album is completely different than "Home", and I really like it for different reasons. this album is just a lot of fun.

 

[Prophetess]

Katrina and The Waves - Katrina and The Waves

 

[Bricklayer]

Katrina and The Waves - Katrina and The Waves

Wait...they actually had a full album?


I'm walkin' on sushine...woohoo...

 

[C Diddy]

Sorry guys. I pm'ed my pick to a mod in case it came up, but they must not of been available today. Here we go:

Escape The Fate - Dying is Your Latest Fashion - 2006

More post-hardcore/screamo. I'm really big on this stuff lately. This band isn't that obscure, but I'd hardly call them mainstream, either. I'm be surprised if Bozzwell doesn't have this one. This band is really similar to the Used, Atreyu, Senses Fail, and My Chemical Romance. If you are a fan of any of those bands, I highly recommend that you check out Escape The Fate.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I'm diversifying a bit, and even though I'd still consider this to be a "punk" album, it is also far poppier than most anything else I've picked and was quite popular amongst my peers, so I'm surprised its still on the board.
The Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1982)

I actually like some of the stuff the Femmes did afterwards but there's no doubt that this album offers up what is generally considered their best work - tunes like "Add It Up", "Gone Daddy Gone" and "Blister in the Sun" are probably the most recognizable, but pretty much every track on the album could have been a hit had the album been released in the 90s instead of a decade earlier.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Nice pick. That was very nearly on my own list.

 

[Spike]

So...um, what IS Blister in the Sun about?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Late for this...

I'll address this now, since I'm late in updating the draft board:

Metallica - And Justice for All (1988)

Possibly my most favoritest album of all time, but I thought it would be safe until now. An epic album. Everybody (except Slim) knows "One", but there are other great songs on this album as well, such as the title track.

I've heard "One," I'll have you know; it's one of the few rock/metal songs I like.

And pdxKingsFan has caught back up with Prophetess for most artists I've never heard of (not off his last pick, just since the last time I'd mentioned it): they're tied with ten out of seventeen.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I will probably go with recognizable artists for my last picks so that honor is all Proph's if she wants it.

Does that mean you hadn't heard of the Dead Kennedys?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

It does indeed.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I wouldn't expect you to have actually heard them, but I guess I would have thought that you would have heard of them.

 

[bozzwell]

I'm diversifying a bit, and even though I'd still consider this to be a "punk" album, it is also far poppier than most anything else I've picked and was quite popular amongst my peers, so I'm surprised its still on the board.
The Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1982)

I actually like some of the stuff the Femmes did afterwards but there's no doubt that this album offers up what is generally considered their best work - tunes like "Add It Up", "Gone Daddy Gone" and "Blister in the Sun" are probably the most recognizable, but pretty much every track on the album could have been a hit had the album been released in the 90s instead of a decade earlier.

I'm really glad you picked it. I don't think I would have "space" left on my island to pick it myself, but Femmes deserve at the very least one record to be honored in this thread.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

It was one of those, whoah, nobody's picked that yet? revalations I had this weekend..

I'll scan my original list and post it at the end. I've got everything on it basically, I was hoping some stuff would get picked and make some choices for me. So some stuff is just a tad redundant or stuff that I just don't listen to enough for it to be essential even though I think its cool, so I'm expanding it a bit.

 

[tradepeja]

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

 

[Bricklayer]

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.