Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - FINIS

[pdxKingsFan]

Didn't think anyone would take Ozzy this soon. Randy Rhoads is my favorite guitarist and one of my favorite musicians. He and Ozzy made some great music together. The Jake E Lee and Zakk Wylde stuff is solid too.

I love Randy and the Jake stuff is pretty good but I was pretty much done after the first Zakk album. When I first got No More Tears I don't think I've ever been as thoroughly disappointed except for the handful of occasions where bands just up and switched genres to something lame with no notice.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

I love Randy and the Jake stuff is pretty good but I was pretty much done after the first Zakk album. When I first got No More Tears I don't think I've ever been as thoroughly disappointed except for the handful of occasions where bands just up and switched genres to something lame with no notice.

I really liked No More Tears and thought Ozzmosis had some solid stuff on it as well. I kind of stopped paying attention after that though. I don't think I've ever bothered to check out anything he's done in the 2000s.

 

[NoBonus]

It's been clear for awhile that we're all picking from a smaller group of music artists than we were films. I haven't even made my third pick yet and already I've lost five or six of my top twenty artists.

I guess it is time to take more risks.

 

[Bricklayer]

Alright, with AC/DC so rudely stolen from me, I'm gonna have to again go with the classic, easy-listening, love every song they sing type before I consider switching it up a bit. 2 of my favorite artists aside from AC/DC are still on the board, but they should last a while longer yet. I have a feeling somebody may have their eye on this band so I'm grabbing them now.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Enormous enormous jerk. Was just telling an interested bystander a couple of days ago that I wanted to get these guys, but was having a hard time seeing how given the huge run of classic rock peeps. Suppose it wouldn't have mattered anyway, since they would have been Rnd 4 for me, and it sounds like Rookie may have taken them before then anyway. Nonetheless, jerk.

Competition = good, but I can't help but feel that given the limited palette in a few rounds peeps are going to be picking Aunt Porphyllia & the Horny Possums, Southeast Alabama's 3rd most famous rock band in the 60s, in order to get their classic rock fix.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Raise your hand if you were gonna take Springsteen before all the picks Brick missed out on.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

Raise your hand if you were gonna take Springsteen before all the picks Brick missed out on.

Springsteen is one of the dullest of all classic rockers to me. I don't know what it is. I've tried to get into his music and just can't. I recognize that he's talented but most of his music just leaves me cold.

 

[kingsnation]

Sent PM but kingsnation's inbox is full

Sorry about that. Problem fixed. Pick coming.

 

[Bricklayer]

Raise your hand if you were gonna take Springsteen before all the picks Brick missed out on.

'Fraid you a bit confused about Springsteen's status in musical history, but that is a common enough problem amongst musical hipsters.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

'Fraid you a bit confused about Springsteen's status in musical history, but that is a common enough problem amongst the hipster music crowd.

Is anyone picking based on status in musical history?

 

[Bricklayer]

Is anyone picking based on status in musical history?

The initial question would not make sense unless that was considered a factor. Otherwise given Springsteen's popularity over the years he obviously could have been taken at any point in the first couple of rounds (well any point after the Beatles).

Either way, he was in the mix, but with a much longer prime and far greater variety of music than a group like CCR. Never was a consideration to take them first. Would have liked to have had both though.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

The initial question would not make sense unless that was considered a factor. Otherwise given Springsteen's popularity over the years he obviously could have been taken at any point in the first couple of rounds (well any point after the Beatles).

Either way, he was in the mix, but with a much longer prime and far greater variety of music than a group like CCR. Never was a consideration to take them first. Would have liked to have had both though.

It could just mean that someone thinks you picked him over some artists that are better, not necessarily more historically important.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

'Fraid you a bit confused about Springsteen's status in musical history, but that is a common enough problem amongst musical hipsters.

You think I'm a hipster Brickie? My everyday tastes are too focused to fit in with that crowd.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

You think I'm a hipster Brickie? My everyday tastes are too focused to fit in with that crowd.

I don't know many hipsters that love Elvis. At least not the Elvis you picked. If anyone is setting of my hipster radar, it's Henkel.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

The initial question would not make sense unless that was considered a factor. Otherwise given Springsteen's popularity over the years he obviously could have been taken at any point in the first couple of rounds (well any point after the Beatles).

Either way, he was in the mix, but with a much longer prime and far greater variety of music than a group like CCR. Never was a consideration to take them first. Would have liked to have had both though.

My point really was that as a mod and old-timer here you should have your finger on the pulse of everyone except one or two new drafters and given the way things had been going and your position in the draft it would have been very safe to assume that Springsteen would have still been around by the time you went in round 3 vs. the artists you were sad to miss.

 

[jalfa]

Competition = good, but I can't help but feel that given the limited palette in a few rounds peeps are going to be picking Aunt Porphyllia & the Horny Possums, Southeast Alabama's 3rd most famous rock band in the 60s, in order to get their classic rock fix.

Yep. I'm also very interested in when the classic rock extravaganza is going to end. Seeing half the drafters scramble over the same bands is kind of fun to look at from the outside.

 

[kingsnation]

Ok, I think my other pick is safe for now. Hopefully it comes back to me in Round 4. I just can't let this band pass any longer. One of my all time favorites - their sound is so recognizable and so unique.

The Who

There are sooo many song choices for my island and I'm glad that I get The Who's whole library of music. Keith Moon is one of my favorite drummers ever and of course Townshend is beyond amazing. Here are just a few of my favorites..

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[pdxKingsFan]

I don't know many hipsters that love Elvis. At least not the Elvis you picked. If anyone is setting of my hipster radar, it's Henkel.

Well according to the Hipster Handbook I could be considered a bipster. That would seemingly encompass greasers. I don't consider myself to be either, but I've been called worse.

 

[kingsnation]

Yep. I'm also very interested in when the classic rock extravaganza is going to end. Seeing half the drafters scramble over the same bands is kind of fun to look at from the outside.

I'd imagine so

However, they're not the same bands. I'm excited because I'm still able to get who I want during these first few rounds. If I can get my number 4 pick I will be a happy camper.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

They're all the same when you don't want them

 

[jalfa]

They're also the same when five or so different people keep stealing each other's picks and calling each other jerk

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

I wasn't counting on you guys having such good taste. I was hoping most of you would be picking lame modern rock bands or generic R&B artists or something, haha. Boy was I wrong.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

It's only a matter of time before lame modern rock bands start to be taken.

 

[webbfan]

One of my favorite artists of all time, and yes I do prefer his solo work

Phil Collins

Unfortunately, I have never had the privilege of seeing him perform live... yet

 

[Bricklayer]

My point really was that as a mod and old-timer here you should have your finger on the pulse of everyone except one or two new drafters and given the way things had been going and your position in the draft it would have been very safe to assume that Springsteen would have still been around by the time you went in round 3 vs. the artists you were sad to miss.

While recognizing Springsteen's detractors amongst a certain set, given who was drafting in the top half of the draft I don't think that would have been very safe to assume at all. Now I would have cheerfully sent him up your way in the draft because I see myself sitting at a fulcrum, with a whole pack of classic rockers ahead of me, and an ecletic group behind me. Sending The Boss back through the latter half of the draft = good chance it works out. Sending him through the first half of the draft is taking a major chance to say the least.

P.S. In fact given the nature of the posters behind me I was prepared to risk (probably a bad risk) sending AC/DC or CCR around one more time through you guys. I think that would have bit me in the butt, but suffice it to say there is no possible way that could work out headed in the other direction (and it didn't).

 

[Bricklayer]

Unfortunately, I have never had the privilege of seeing him perform live... yet

Unfortunately I have some bad news for you on that front, as I think he may have just recently retired from live performances due to a neck or back issue. I know he isn't drumming anymore at least.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

For my third pick, I'm going to take a band that wasn't going to last much longer: Queen

You want a heavy-hitter rock band? You want flamboyant arena rock with long hair tight pants and fireworks? And you want all of that combined with incredible technical skill as musicians and pinpoint acumen as songwriters? Look no further than Queen. And if you want a deep catalog, here's a band that released 56 singles before the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. So, what, maybe two "jerk!"s and two "meh"s out of the crowd?

Years active: 1971-present (though the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991 was basically the end)
Catalog: 15 studio albums (11h17m, one partially posthumous), 8 live albums (11h46m, 2 recorded posthumously)
Landmark songs: Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You, Another One Bites the Dust, Under Pressure
Song I keep coming back to:

 

[jalfa]

For my third pick, I'm going to take a band that wasn't going to last much longer: Queen

Them, I would've expected to go a lot earlier. Not quite my cup of tea, but I can still appreciate their greatness. A killer value pick this late in the draft, imho.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Never was a big fan of Queen but it's a solid pick, Mercury had a great voice.

 

[Bricklayer]

otay, and the irony of the great classic rock anguish is I wasn't planning on taking one here anyway.

My pick, with one untrusting eye cast over my shoulder at the back half of the draft:

Social Distortion

Everybody's favorite punk retro greasers, call Social D punk, rockabilly, cowpunk, however you want to define them, I've liked almost everything they have done over the years (althoguh typical of me I missed their start and had to get introduced to them years later by a female friend of mine who was a big fan).

Anyway Social D has been cranking out great music for three decades now behind Mike Ness, who's got one of the best voices in the business (also another top songwriter). They first got together as kids in the late 70s punk scene, but didn't really hit their stride until a decade later after Ness got himself clean of drugs. And they've just never slowed down since with one of the longest primes I can recall of any band. Song after song, album after album, most bands slow down, get experimental, change things up, take breaks, quit making new music...but these guys just keep on rocking, and you could take a song off an album they turned out in 2005 and put it on their breakthrough album in 1989 and never even notice it was out of place. That could be a critique, but if this style of music is your thing, and it is mine, they just never disappoint. In fact its possible this group has more good songs for me, more repeat listen stick them in the shuffle songs than any other band past or present.

 

[Bricklayer]

Oh and Social D was also the band I was thinking of when I committed heresy and suggested that two could play at Johnny Cash's game, and I liked some coveres of his stuff more than the originals:

Although I do miss the horns.