Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - FINIS
- Thread starter Bricklayer
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Prophetess
Gallifrayain
ok, so you all get to voice opinion on this pick. if you're all good, then it's good. I'm trying to take Andrew Lloyd Webber.
I know he's composed some wonderful music, just not sure he's performed enough of it in public. I know he does actually perform his work.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-lloyd-webber-p1219
http://youtu.be/l_4fo5KSnQk
so, I'm going to bed now, I'll see your verdict in the morning.
William Blake
Bench
St. Vincent
I only listened to her last record but it's great, one of the very best of the year. I'm going to see her live in late November.
jalfa
Starter
Sure thing.
St. Vincent
Listened to Marry Me about 5 trillion times. Seemed a good idea at the time, did render me incapable of listening to it anymore though. I should really check out her other stuff. (read: good pick!)
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
this was a serious question on her part btw folks.
Dime Dropper
All-Star
I have no problem with her pick 
Jespher
Starter
I'm no expert, but looking over Wikipedia and All Music.com I see many a composition, but no word regarding actual performances. From this perspective, Andrew Lloyd Webber is more of a composer than a music performer, and would therefore fall into the song-writer category vs. the "Music Artist" group.
I'm not sure what makes ALW different from previous legal composers like Beethoven and Elfman and Zimmer. I could make a more impassioned argument, but for time's sake I'm just going to say "thumbs up".
kingsnation
All-Star
Agreed. Pick coming..
kingsnation
All-Star
Alot of different ways to go in the final 4 picks, but one thing I know for sure is that I want to add more reggae on my island. That being said, while they're probably safe until round 2,479 - I have to draft these guys:
Wailing Souls
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Wailing Souls
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NoBonus
Starter
Alot of different ways to go in the final 4 picks, but one thing I know for sure is that I want to add more reggae on my island. That being said, while they're probably safe until round 2,479 - I have to draft these guys:
Wailing Souls
What a great sounding raggae group!
NoBonus
Starter
Abba
Like the pick... brave.
Time for a band with a silly name: Toad the Wet Sprocket
The name “Toad the Wet Sprocket”, of course, was taken from a Monty Python sketch. Toad is one of the few bands I can honestly say I have deliberately labeled as my favorite band of all time, and although that was probably 15 years ago, I obviously never left them; they just got passed up by others. Well, with the extra picks in the draft I’ve got room to fit them in, even if they have more sentimental value to me than power in the draft.
Years active: 1986-1998, 2006-present (sheesh, nobody EVER breaks up!)
Catalog: 6 studio albums (~5h)
Landmark songs: All I Want, Walk On The Ocean, Fall Down, Little Heaven, Whatever I Fear
Songs I keep coming back to:
A little bit more country than usual for them, but just a little gem of a song:
I’m not so sure about the hair for their first two albums, but they took care of it eventually...
The name “Toad the Wet Sprocket”, of course, was taken from a Monty Python sketch. Toad is one of the few bands I can honestly say I have deliberately labeled as my favorite band of all time, and although that was probably 15 years ago, I obviously never left them; they just got passed up by others. Well, with the extra picks in the draft I’ve got room to fit them in, even if they have more sentimental value to me than power in the draft.
Years active: 1986-1998, 2006-present (sheesh, nobody EVER breaks up!)
Catalog: 6 studio albums (~5h)
Landmark songs: All I Want, Walk On The Ocean, Fall Down, Little Heaven, Whatever I Fear
Songs I keep coming back to:
A little bit more country than usual for them, but just a little gem of a song:
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Abba
Nothing wrong with a little SOS or Take a Chance on Me. I like it.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Abba
Good pick. I actually expected them to go sooner. I like Abba a lot. Not quite enough for a pick but i like them. They made top notch pop/dance music that's better than just about anything coming from those genres these days.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
webbfan has been nothing if not consistent in this draft. Every smooth vocalist, of whatever genre, from the 70s in particular has taken up residence on her island.
NoBonus
Starter
I disagree... I picked up more than one smooth vocalist...
NoBonus
Starter
I really like this pick; forgot about these guys!Time for a band with a silly name: Toad the Wet Sprocket
The name “Toad the Wet Sprocket”, of course, was taken from a Monty Python sketch. Toad is one of the few bands I can honestly say I have deliberately labeled as my favorite band of all time, and although that was probably 15 years ago, I obviously never left them; they just got passed up by others. Well, with the extra picks in the draft I’ve got room to fit them in, even if they have more sentimental value to me than power in the draft.
Henkel
Starter
I'm extremely jealous, unfortunately she didn't make a stop in Northern California on her current tour. Strange Mercy is my favorite so far this year, I just keep keep coming back to it and find new things to like about it each time. Definitely check out her previous two records, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Quick aside, I just found out that Annie Clark is Collaborating on a new Album with David Byrne. Excited to see how that turns out.
http://pitchfork.com/news/43904-update-on-annie-clarkdavid-byrne-collab/
Time for a band with a silly name: Toad the Wet Sprocket
The name “Toad the Wet Sprocket”, of course, was taken from a Monty Python sketch. Toad is one of the few bands I can honestly say I have deliberately labeled as my favorite band of all time, and although that was probably 15 years ago, I obviously never left them; they just got passed up by others. Well, with the extra picks in the draft I’ve got room to fit them in, even if they have more sentimental value to me than power in the draft.
I'm in the same boat as NoBonus here. Great pick that for some reason I didn't even think about.
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Thankfully webbfan gave me a little cheese shield with her pick, although maybe I don't need one, because that is exactly what this pick is about.
The 80's are a tough decade for me in a draft like this. I have a number of 80s artists, but for various reasons they are all artists that I take seriously despite whatever gobs of brie might be hanging off their ears from their passage through that decade. But there is this huge swath of 80s music that was just, well, fun. Not good. Just fun. And I feel like my list is sadly lacking in cheesy fun goodness. And for me that has always been prime one hit wonder territory. I probably have 100 fun one or two hit 80s artists in my catalog, but that doesn't do you much good in a "draft the artist's entire catalog" draft. So I needed someone who epitomized all that was cheese and all that was fun about 80s pop. Needed lots of hits, decent size catalog, guilty pleasures you tap your toe to, but only when nobody is watching. I needed:
Billy Idol
The 80's are a tough decade for me in a draft like this. I have a number of 80s artists, but for various reasons they are all artists that I take seriously despite whatever gobs of brie might be hanging off their ears from their passage through that decade. But there is this huge swath of 80s music that was just, well, fun. Not good. Just fun. And I feel like my list is sadly lacking in cheesy fun goodness. And for me that has always been prime one hit wonder territory. I probably have 100 fun one or two hit 80s artists in my catalog, but that doesn't do you much good in a "draft the artist's entire catalog" draft. So I needed someone who epitomized all that was cheese and all that was fun about 80s pop. Needed lots of hits, decent size catalog, guilty pleasures you tap your toe to, but only when nobody is watching. I needed:
Billy Idol
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I don't really like Adam Sandler. I don't really like Drew Barrymore. For some reason, I love Adam Sandler + Drew Barrymore. Great, great movie.
You should have gone with something like peccorino romano, because your "cheese" is rock hard. I considered Billy earlier on but decided I didn't really have room for him on my 20-band island. 26...might have found a spot for him, but he fell off the radar. Nice pick.
