FUBAR
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my problem there is my favorite "punk" is from the 80s. Can I just pretend Social Distortion produced an album in their first year together? I'm sure they had a live performance in Mike's garage.
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1970s music draft- Link to google spreadsheet in first post (1 Viewer)
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The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Can I go now? Is Doug still a skip?
Doug B
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timschochet
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timschochet
Footballguy
I will be tied up for the next few hours so feel free to skip me.
Doug B
Footballguy
2.11: Off the Wall, Michael Jackson (funk/soul/disco album)
Quincy Jones met Michael Jackson during the recording of The Wiz original soundtrack. The two hit it off while working on The Wiz, leading to Jones agreeing to produce Michael's first solo effort as an adult.
Michael Jackson had grown up before America's eyes. He'd had solo records for Motown, but only as a precocious "little kid" or as a burgeoning "heartthrob teen". Michael and three of his brothers left Motown in 1975 to spread their wings musically, especially as songwriters (thus earning royalties from which they'd been shut off under Motown's direction).
The Jacksons carved out a presence on the R&B and disco charts in the late 70s, continuing the family act sans Jermaine (who had become Motown founder Berry Gordy's son-in-law). Working with his brothers Michael emerged as a successful songwriter while also holding down the lead vocals.
By 1978, the formation of Michael's immense solo career was set into motion. Quincy Jones solicited some of his associates in the business -- such as Rod Temperton, The Brothers Johnson, Stevie Wonder, and David Foster -- to either write or record tracks for Michael's next solo project. Jackson also brought some of his own songwriting to the table.
A murderer's row of L.A.'s top studio musicians backed Michael's mature voice for the Off the Wall sessions. The results were magic -- MJ took disco and somehow transformed it into something that would remain timeless.
The Number Ones:
Rock With You
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
The Top Tens:
Off the Wall
She's Out of My Life
The Deep Cuts:
Working Day and Night
Get On the Floor
Quincy Jones met Michael Jackson during the recording of The Wiz original soundtrack. The two hit it off while working on The Wiz, leading to Jones agreeing to produce Michael's first solo effort as an adult.
Michael Jackson had grown up before America's eyes. He'd had solo records for Motown, but only as a precocious "little kid" or as a burgeoning "heartthrob teen". Michael and three of his brothers left Motown in 1975 to spread their wings musically, especially as songwriters (thus earning royalties from which they'd been shut off under Motown's direction).
The Jacksons carved out a presence on the R&B and disco charts in the late 70s, continuing the family act sans Jermaine (who had become Motown founder Berry Gordy's son-in-law). Working with his brothers Michael emerged as a successful songwriter while also holding down the lead vocals.
By 1978, the formation of Michael's immense solo career was set into motion. Quincy Jones solicited some of his associates in the business -- such as Rod Temperton, The Brothers Johnson, Stevie Wonder, and David Foster -- to either write or record tracks for Michael's next solo project. Jackson also brought some of his own songwriting to the table.
A murderer's row of L.A.'s top studio musicians backed Michael's mature voice for the Off the Wall sessions. The results were magic -- MJ took disco and somehow transformed it into something that would remain timeless.
The Number Ones:
Rock With You
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
The Top Tens:
Off the Wall
She's Out of My Life
The Deep Cuts:
Working Day and Night
Get On the Floor
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The Dreaded Marco
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2.12 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971) Funk album
simey
Footballguy
Sure. I won't be around from June 11th to June 16th, but I'll make it up. I don't care about being sniped on anything. If Simarge returns and wants his place back I can be booted.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
simey
Footballguy
jwb
Footballguy
2.13 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Hard Rock / Classic Rock Album
This draft is really deep everywhere, but you don't get much more hard rock than Paranoid, Iron Man, and War Pigs (although Electric Funeral is probably my favorite song off this album).
My wife is not a big classic rock fan, and particularly hates this album. I married her anyway.
This draft is really deep everywhere, but you don't get much more hard rock than Paranoid, Iron Man, and War Pigs (although Electric Funeral is probably my favorite song off this album).
My wife is not a big classic rock fan, and particularly hates this album. I married her anyway.
timschochet
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jwb
Footballguy
This is a great album - I like it better than Thriller.2.11: Off the Wall, Michael Jackson (funk/soul/disco album)
(posting w/o write-up in case someone else is queueing this up)
timschochet
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I can't afford to be sniped anymore so I will grab the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
simey
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
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jwb
Footballguy
yea, debated the "metal" aspect, but the line between hard rock and metal was much blurrier in the 70's, if it existed at all. Once Metallica and Maiden came along, it became much clearer. The three big ones off this album are played all the time on classic rock radio.
jwb
Footballguy
Let it Bleed for me. But that 4 album run starting with Beggar's Banquet and ending with the two drafted here was as great a run as any band ever had.
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Binky The Doormat
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Come Down In Timesimey said:
Love Song
Amoreena
Burn Down the Mission
Hell ya.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
simey
Footballguy
Country Comfort and Ballad of an Well-known Gun are favs too.
My Fathers Gun, Where to now St. Peter, and Talking Old Soldiers are good too. There isn't a bad song on that album.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
simey
Footballguy
2.08 - You Had To Be There (live) - Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band (Wild Card Album)
Why not use this as my wildcard. This is probably my favorite live album. It came out in 1978. It was recorded live at the Fox in Atlanta, and Jimmy had a broken leg during the tour. He makes reference to his broken leg in the lyrics of several songs. It's a fun album where he talks about some of the songs, and he and the band are great. This was before all the chanting to some of the songs like his audience does now. My friends and I wore out the album, cassette, and cd during high school and college. I hope some day it gets remastered. 1,2...1,2,3,4...
Why not use this as my wildcard. This is probably my favorite live album. It came out in 1978. It was recorded live at the Fox in Atlanta, and Jimmy had a broken leg during the tour. He makes reference to his broken leg in the lyrics of several songs. It's a fun album where he talks about some of the songs, and he and the band are great. This was before all the chanting to some of the songs like his audience does now. My friends and I wore out the album, cassette, and cd during high school and college. I hope some day it gets remastered. 1,2...1,2,3,4...
simey
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
Dammit! After Exile got taken I was going to grab Sticky Fingers. Then I decided so had to have SNF.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
This album is about as far outside of my wheelhouse as you can get (although teenage Eephus once owned a copy) but I'm glad to see personal favorites picked instead of drafting from the classic rock canon.
These threads are always about discovery for me. It's hard to find something new from 40 years ago but I'm still hopeful.
worrierking
Footballguy
Buffett went from minor, underappreciated artist to successful summer touring act to overexposed, virtucon-like corporation, to now back to perhaps being underappreciated. Behind all of the restaurants, books, t-shirts and trinkets there is still an artist who wrote occasionally outstanding songs. The albums are not always complete artistic statements, but some of them are top-notch.
simey
Footballguy
The 70s were his prime songwriting years, and he had some good albums. I remember seeing him play in the gym at college back in '85, and he said, "Hell, If I knew I was going to be this popular now, I would have taken better care of myself." Little did he know he was going to get much much bigger in popularity, and that was at a time where his best songwriting days were in the past. He has always been a really good entertainer, and I think that helped fuel his popularity.
I doubt anyone was going to draft that live album, but that meanass Tim sniped what was going to be my 1.13 so I took the Stones, and then decided on Jimmy since I had just put that cd in my car this morning in hopes of turning on my nephews to the music while on vacation. I haven't listened to the album in it's entirety in quite awhile. I'm excited to hear it again.
timschochet
Footballguy
Dal Boys Phan has timed out.
Worrier Kings has timed out.
Scott Norwood asked to be placed on autoskip.
Eephus is up.
Worrier Kings has timed out.
Scott Norwood asked to be placed on autoskip.
Eephus is up.
worrierking
Footballguy
Worrierking will take Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks as his singer-songwriter Album.
I didn't realize I was up, was waiting for Dal-Phan
I didn't realize I was up, was waiting for Dal-Phan
timschochet
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worrierking
Footballguy
If a gun was up against my head I would take Blonde on Blonde as my favorite. Blood on the Tracks is his best of the 1970s. I think he was pretty erratic for the decade.
timschochet
Footballguy
So a little bit of a write-up for my last pick, Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack.
Anybody who lived during the 70s obviously is aware of this album, one of the most iconic ever. If you hate disco, you probably hate it as well. but the level of talent on this thing cannot be denied:
6 Bee Gees classics: "Stayin' Alive", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Night Fever", "More than A Woman", "Jive Talking", "You Should Be Dancing"
Plus "Boogie Shoes", "If I Can't Have You", Disco Inferno".
This is the ultimate disco disc.
Anybody who lived during the 70s obviously is aware of this album, one of the most iconic ever. If you hate disco, you probably hate it as well. but the level of talent on this thing cannot be denied:
6 Bee Gees classics: "Stayin' Alive", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Night Fever", "More than A Woman", "Jive Talking", "You Should Be Dancing"
Plus "Boogie Shoes", "If I Can't Have You", Disco Inferno".
This is the ultimate disco disc.
timschochet
Footballguy
For some reason I thought it included "Emotion" as well, by Samantha Sang, (with the Bee Gees on backup vocals) but apparently that was only in the movie, didn't make the soundtrack. Great song.
ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
I'll take Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (album)
otb_lifer
Footballguy
this album introduced me to Bob
hearing "eeeeeeee ehhhhh deeeee it weeeeend" on WNEW radio here
"Tangled Up In Blue" and "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" piqued my interest further.
prior to all that, Dylan was just someone the older kids listened to ... us younger kids were busy with Bowie and Lou and Iggy and the Dolls, etc
but "Blood on the Tracks" made me a fan, and coerced me into discovering his whole catalog, and I'm forever glad I did.
FUBAR
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worrierking
Footballguy
I was hoping this might last. Warren Zevon is my all-time favorite artist. I had the privilege of seeing him four times, including attending a concert for my bachelor party.
My screen name "worrierking" is the title of an obscure Warren Zevon song, only available on a live album.
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Uruk-Hai
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Some of the disco-ier stuff hasn't aged all that great (none of those are songs that you mentioned). The rest is a great cross-section on pop music in 1977. A lot of what the Bee Gees were doing wasn't even disco to me - it was the kind of R&B-based pop that's been around since Hector was a pup. Euro-disco was more in line with what I though of as "real" disco back then, but everyone's mileage varies..
Eephus
Footballguy
2.xx Muddy Waters - Hard Again 1977 album
The early 70s weren't great for the blues. White kids had taken what they needed from the blues after the revival in the 60s and moved on. Black kids didn't want to hear artists their parents' age singing about the old days. Muddy Waters turned 62 in 1975 and was at a crossroads (no pun intended). His wife of 33 years had died two years previously and Chess Records dropped him after a 25 year run. Chess had been acquired at the end of the sixties and the new owners didn't care about the blues. Waters' last few records on the label were poorly executed attempts to cash in on blues rock.
Waters was signed by Steve Paul for Columbia. Paul was a rock n roll guy who managed the Winter brothers and David Johansen. Somebody had the bright idea to take Muddy back to his roots with a raw, loose session featuring Waters' road-tested touring rhythm section augmented by James Cotton on harp and producer Johnny Winter on lead guitar. The album has a live feel with the musicians talking with one other. Muddy was in fine voice and sounds like he's having a great time in the studio. He was able to rejuvenate his career with this album and his appearance in "The Last Waltz" (which happened one month after the tracks were laid down). He also married a 19 year old around this time so there's that.
The early 70s weren't great for the blues. White kids had taken what they needed from the blues after the revival in the 60s and moved on. Black kids didn't want to hear artists their parents' age singing about the old days. Muddy Waters turned 62 in 1975 and was at a crossroads (no pun intended). His wife of 33 years had died two years previously and Chess Records dropped him after a 25 year run. Chess had been acquired at the end of the sixties and the new owners didn't care about the blues. Waters' last few records on the label were poorly executed attempts to cash in on blues rock.
Waters was signed by Steve Paul for Columbia. Paul was a rock n roll guy who managed the Winter brothers and David Johansen. Somebody had the bright idea to take Muddy back to his roots with a raw, loose session featuring Waters' road-tested touring rhythm section augmented by James Cotton on harp and producer Johnny Winter on lead guitar. The album has a live feel with the musicians talking with one other. Muddy was in fine voice and sounds like he's having a great time in the studio. He was able to rejuvenate his career with this album and his appearance in "The Last Waltz" (which happened one month after the tracks were laid down). He also married a 19 year old around this time so there's that.
Eephus
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worrierking
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Doug B
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I remember the SNF soundtrack having something of a hipster (proto-hipster?) resurgence right around then. '96 was the last year I went to Spring Break. I remember these songs being played right out on the beach ... made me do a double take.we were the room blaring this soundtrack in our dorm, in 1996.
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