kingsnation
All-Star
I love this pick! He was off and on my list for a while now and was still considering him for the next few rounds.
Time for a band with a silly name: Toad the Wet Sprocket
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:
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Billy Idol
Happy Halloween everyone. Sorry for holding up the board, but it's been quite a packed night of all hallows eve festivities with the family. While we're on a cheese run I'll gladly pick up this next artists easy listening love song catalog. I'm adding a bit more of my 90s roots to the list, while also grabbing another stellar leading female (a Canadian too at that). With my 23rd selection, I choose:
Sarah McLachlan
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.
Happy Halloween everyone. Sorry for holding up the board, but it's been quite a packed night of all hallows eve festivities with the family. While we're on a cheese run I'll gladly pick up this next artists easy listening love song catalog. I'm adding a bit more of my 90s roots to the list, while also grabbing another stellar leading female (a Canadian too at that). With my 23rd selection, I choose:
Sarah McLachlan
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Yeah, I'm thinking she gets all the songs in the All Songs tab but not the ones only in the "composed by" tab at AllMusic.
Totally forgot about this until the PM email showed up in the inbox. Don't have my list in front of me or much time. My next pick shouldn't need much explanation anyway. Since we have these extra picks it didn't seem right to let him go unpicked, and when I researched a bit I realized I liked him more than I realized so I pick...
Notorious B.I.G.
Happy Halloween everyone. Sorry for holding up the board, but it's been quite a packed night of all hallows eve festivities with the family. While we're on a cheese run I'll gladly pick up this next artists easy listening love song catalog. I'm adding a bit more of my 90s roots to the list, while also grabbing another stellar leading female (a Canadian too at that). With my 23rd selection, I choose:
Sarah McLachlan
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My pick:
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The Fugees
Let's go psychedelic:
Mercury Rev (1989-active)
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Favourite Album: Yerself Is Steam (1991)
Sample Songs: Goddess on a Highway (from Deserter's Songs, 1998) // Chasing a Bee (from Yerself Is Steam)
Mercury Rev started out as a wonderfully loose and anarchic psychedelic rock band, putting out a pair of classics in Yerself Is Steam and Boces, the former probably being one of my 20-30 favourite records ever. With the departure of vocalist David Baker they lost their trippy edge and turned pop with Deserter's Songs, another stunning album. The rest of their catalogue isn't really up to that par but it's still quite interesting.
Time to add a bit more classic rock. This artist doesn't have a huge catalog, but it has some great stuff. It may feel a bit overplayed, but that is also a testament to how influential their work really is. One of the all time best greatest hits albums ever, and a good selection of additional quality tracks to boot. With my 24th selection, I choose:
The Steve Miller Band
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More: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-miller-band-p198268
Time to add a bit more classic rock. This artist doesn't have a huge catalog, but it has some great stuff. It may feel a bit overplayed, but that is also a testament to how influential their work really is. One of the all time best greatest hits albums ever, and a good selection of additional quality tracks to boot. With my 24th selection, I choose:
The Steve Miller Band
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More: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-miller-band-p198268