Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - FINIS
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Henkel
Starter
I forgot they ripped off The Fall. I'm surprised you don't hold it against them.
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William Blake
Bench
It's because I consider it an homage. Pavement were Fall fans, borrowed the New Face In Hell riff and built a new song around it; The Fall did the same exact thing with other bands at least five or six times.
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dukeswh
Bench
Spike posted a picture of my next pick a few pages back. I'm surprised that nobody has taken them after Air Supply was nabbed a few rounds back.
I have been a metalhead for the most part of my music life, but the very first band that I have watched live(and I missed Metallica when they came to the Philippines!) is:
I just find their songs soothing.
I have been a metalhead for the most part of my music life, but the very first band that I have watched live(and I missed Metallica when they came to the Philippines!) is:
I just find their songs soothing.
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Prophetess
Gallifrayain
other then my last pick, which i'm pretty sure is safe, I'm taking artist that remind me of my family.. first up, hubby, for him, I take Josh Turner.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/josh-turner-p228089
[video]http://youtu.be/nADTbWQof7Y[/video]
[video]http://youtu.be/IH1Z9DEDqpk[/video]
Plus his music is just fun.
"Josh Turner was born Nov. 20, 1977, and was raised in Hannah, S.C. Growing up in the church, he found himself singing the bass and baritone parts in numerous choirs. After high school, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music and enrolled in Belmont University. After college, his fledgling career got a boost on Dec. 21, 2001, during his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, when he debuted a song he wrote titled "Long Black Train." He received a standing ovation in the middle of the song, then sang it again for an encore."
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/turner_josh/bio.jhtml
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/josh-turner-p228089
[video]http://youtu.be/nADTbWQof7Y[/video]
[video]http://youtu.be/IH1Z9DEDqpk[/video]
Plus his music is just fun.
"Josh Turner was born Nov. 20, 1977, and was raised in Hannah, S.C. Growing up in the church, he found himself singing the bass and baritone parts in numerous choirs. After high school, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music and enrolled in Belmont University. After college, his fledgling career got a boost on Dec. 21, 2001, during his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, when he debuted a song he wrote titled "Long Black Train." He received a standing ovation in the middle of the song, then sang it again for an encore."
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/turner_josh/bio.jhtml
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SacKings7
Starter
I guess it's time to grab my AC/DC replacement. For round 15 I think they're a steal.
After seeing the iconic beards, I'm pretty sure this is 1 pick I don't need to bold for you all, but anyway
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ZZ Top
Ahh classic rock. I missed you these last few rounds
[yt="La Grange"]Vppbdf-qtGU[/yt]
And my favorite:[yt="Sharp Dressed Man"]0_EFdod4YDo[/yt]
After seeing the iconic beards, I'm pretty sure this is 1 pick I don't need to bold for you all, but anyway
.....ZZ Top
Ahh classic rock. I missed you these last few rounds
[yt="La Grange"]Vppbdf-qtGU[/yt]
And my favorite:[yt="Sharp Dressed Man"]0_EFdod4YDo[/yt]
ZZ Top:
some nice grooves, but even nicer beards. There's a certain song that's probably not for this board, and I chortle every time I hear it.
Pavement:
This is the only song I like:
Probably because it reminds me of high school.
Bread:
Um, I used to eat bread. Now I get my carbs from fruits and vegetables.
some nice grooves, but even nicer beards. There's a certain song that's probably not for this board, and I chortle every time I hear it.
Pavement:
This is the only song I like:
Bread:
Um, I used to eat bread. Now I get my carbs from fruits and vegetables.
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NoBonus
Starter
Wow! I forgot about Bread... I need to find one of their actual albums (I just have their greatest hits); I like their greatest hits, though.
NoBonus
Starter
I guess it's time to grab my AC/DC replacement. For round 15 I think they're a steal.
After seeing the iconic beards, I'm pretty sure this is 1 pick I don't need to bold for you all, but anyway
ZZ Top
Ahh classic rock. I missed you these last few rounds
I really dig the early ZZ Top, but they lost me when they went all MTV (Eliminator)...
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I guess it's time to grab my AC/DC replacement. For round 15 I think they're a steal.
After seeing the iconic beards, I'm pretty sure this is 1 pick I don't need to bold for you all, but anyway
ZZ Top
Ahh classic rock. I missed you these last few rounds
they've been sitting out there on my late alternate list, but it was tough to move them higher given that by the time I started buying music I actually didn't like the music they were playing (something about the tone on those guitars) and sort of have had to go backward and rediscover them. The Whole Sharp Dressed Man Eliminator car and ZZ keys thing was a fun image though.
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SacKings7
Starter
Well like I said, if Prophetess wasn't so rude and let me have AC/DC, I probably wouldn't have taken them either to be honest. I don't like all their stuff, but I do find a lot of it very catchy. Kind of thing that grows on ya over time I guess.
kingsnation
All-Star
When I saw this rule...
I knew that I was going to be drafting this guy..
Hans Zimmer
Most likely, if you've watched any movie since the late 80's, you've heard this guys music. His music has created unforgettable moments in people's lives for the last 25 years. By far, my favorite composer of all time.
Cool Runnings is my absolute favorite movie of all time so I had to include it here. I love the Jamaican sound thrown in with it.
Was going to include the Inception theme here but I just couldn't help but post Joker's theme instead. It's so incredibly psychotic. Special note here, Zimmer actually worked with another composer on the Dark Knight stuff. But figured that was ok as he is credited as composer on the soundtrack. Also, could be consider "duet" I guess. If I'm wrong, let me know and I will change it.
For clarification and complete works/credits list, click here.
I knew that I was going to be drafting this guy..
Hans Zimmer
Most likely, if you've watched any movie since the late 80's, you've heard this guys music. His music has created unforgettable moments in people's lives for the last 25 years. By far, my favorite composer of all time.
Cool Runnings is my absolute favorite movie of all time so I had to include it here. I love the Jamaican sound thrown in with it.
Was going to include the Inception theme here but I just couldn't help but post Joker's theme instead. It's so incredibly psychotic. Special note here, Zimmer actually worked with another composer on the Dark Knight stuff. But figured that was ok as he is credited as composer on the soundtrack. Also, could be consider "duet" I guess. If I'm wrong, let me know and I will change it.
For clarification and complete works/credits list, click here.
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uolj
Starter
I immediately thought of Danny Elfman, who was already taken, but this is a good choice in that vein as well.
Perhaps the single greatest jazz voice ever is still out there, but I can’t let her fall any more - Ella Fitzgerald.
What do you say about one of the greatest voices of all time? Ella Fitzgerald did it all - swing, be-bop, scat, even some blues, and she was one of the leading vocalists of her time even before what is arguably her greatest achievement, her 15-hour Great American Songbook series, which featured a double album of her performances for each of 8 composers (Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer). She’s got a huge catalog, with plenty of standards and then hundreds of songs I’ll admit I’ve never heard...but on my island I’ll have the time to learn it all!
Years active: 1935-1993
Catalog: 78 studio/live albums
Landmark songs: They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Dream A Little Dream Of Me, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Blue Skies, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Videos:
Grammy-winning version of Mack The Knife, where she forgot the lyrics and just started making them up halfway through
And I've always loved this song
What do you say about one of the greatest voices of all time? Ella Fitzgerald did it all - swing, be-bop, scat, even some blues, and she was one of the leading vocalists of her time even before what is arguably her greatest achievement, her 15-hour Great American Songbook series, which featured a double album of her performances for each of 8 composers (Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer). She’s got a huge catalog, with plenty of standards and then hundreds of songs I’ll admit I’ve never heard...but on my island I’ll have the time to learn it all!
Years active: 1935-1993
Catalog: 78 studio/live albums
Landmark songs: They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Dream A Little Dream Of Me, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Blue Skies, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Videos:
Grammy-winning version of Mack The Knife, where she forgot the lyrics and just started making them up halfway through
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Alright, scooping up some more of that low hanging fruit:
Alanis Morissette
And yes, I included that photo on purpose just because You Oughta Know.
Not exactly sure how she got overlooked in the Great Female Madness, but I'll cheerfully scoop her up late. Many memories associated with her music. And it helps forestall me doing something stupid with this pick which I otherwise might have.
This video really brings me back to my college days (still needs to look up "ironic" though):
And a song which got applied to me by a gf years ago, and of course ruined once it imploded:
Alanis Morissette
And yes, I included that photo on purpose just because You Oughta Know.
Not exactly sure how she got overlooked in the Great Female Madness, but I'll cheerfully scoop her up late. Many memories associated with her music. And it helps forestall me doing something stupid with this pick which I otherwise might have.
This video really brings me back to my college days (still needs to look up "ironic" though):
And a song which got applied to me by a gf years ago, and of course ruined once it imploded:
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NoBonus
Starter
The queen of smooth strikes again.
My favorite by Lionel is this mashup...
http://www.theecontrols.co.uk/post/583628955/tone396-easy-waiting-dreadtone-mix-by-tone396
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Alright, scooping up some more of that low hanging fruit:
Alanis Morissette
And yes, I included that photo on purpose just because You Oughta Know.
Not exactly sure how she got overlooked in the Great Female Madness, but I'll cheerfully scoop her up late. Many memories associated with her music. And it helps forestall me doing something stupid with this pick which I otherwise might have.
This video really brings me back to my college days (still needs to look up "ironic" though):
And a song which got applied to me by a gf years ago, and of course ruined once it imploded:
I'm glad someone picked Alanis. She's one of my favorite female artists and Jagged Little Pill is one of my favorite albums. I was hesitant to draft her though because I don't like her post Jagged Little Pill material nearly as much and I've been trying not to draft people based on just one album. Still a good pick though, especially if you dig her newer stuff too.
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RookieOfTheDay
Starter
I guess it's time to grab my AC/DC replacement. For round 15 I think they're a steal.
After seeing the iconic beards, I'm pretty sure this is 1 pick I don't need to bold for you all, but anyway
ZZ Top
Ahh classic rock. I missed you these last few rounds
[yt="La Grange"]Vppbdf-qtGU[/yt]
And my favorite:[yt="Sharp Dressed Man"]0_EFdod4YDo[/yt]
I was looking at them as a possible last rounder if they were still there but ended up backing off that idea because they're just a little too uneven for me. Some of their early stuff is truly bad a$$ but a lot of their later stuff is a little corny. Even the corny stuff is worth listening to for Billy Gibbons guitar playing, though. He is a great guitarist.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Nice pick. I might have considered them myself at some point. I love "Spreading the Disease" and "Among the living" and "Persistence of Time" is good too. Early Anthrax music had a fun quality about it that no other thrash bands really had. i never got into the John Bush era too much but those first five albums in the 80s are metal classics.
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jalfa
Starter
I refuse to draft anybody that doesn't know what ironic means.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Oh geez, are people ever going to shut up about that? Her usage of the word in the song may not be entirely literally correct, (like who gives a rat's patoot though, seriously?) but it matches conventional usage. Most people use ironic to mean...something unexpected.
jalfa
Starter
Yeah, I missed a smiley there. To be clear: I do not care whether or not she uses ironic incorrectly and have entirely different reasons for not drafting her.
NoBonus
Starter
I do not honestly believe she wrote that song anyway... so you not liking her solely for writing a song she didn't really write is ironic... don't ya' think?
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Got it. It was hard to tell without the smiley. There are droves of stuffy, pretentious twats (can i say that?) out there who still complain about this in a completely serious manner though, so it's somewhat of a pet peeve with me, lol.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
But we all know Brick drafted Alanis for this stuff.
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jalfa
Starter
Well, she did sing it, so she has to take some kind of responsibility
Yeah, I get that, douchebaggery over bad word usage or grammar really is kind of a no go. In that particular case, I just thought it had become so much of a meme that I felt like using it.
P.S.: Unrelated: This draft would be much more fun, if I could actually watch all the youtube clips without having to resort to IP proxys. "Sorry, this video is not available in your location" blows.
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kingsnation
All-Star
I've actually considered her every round since like round 10 and probably would've kept considering her until the end of the draft. If we went 21 rounds, I probably would've drafted her. Great pick, IMO!
