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80s Genre/Categories Mixtape Draft - Draft Underway (2 Viewers)

El Floppo said:
JZilla said:
And last but not least, I'm moving Sonic Youth to "ahead of its time" and slotting this into indie/alt, as it is not quite as ahead of its time as the SY is..

It's a shame their best song (and biggest "hit") is not available.. I'll be providing that as well as 21 other great and not-so-great tracks that aren't on spotify in a big zip file mix once we're finished.

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Dramarama - Last Cigarette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNAELH8WuXI

indie/alt rock
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Why I love the radio station I've mentioned a few times.


Dramarama issued its first full-length release, 1985's Cinéma Vérité, on France's New Rose Records. It was later re-released in the USA after receiving airplay on KROQ-FM radio from influential Los Angeles disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer (who at first actually thought the band was French). Bingenheimer alerted Posh Boy Records at New Rose who gave Robbie Fields the green light to contact the band directly in New Jersey.

Subsequently, the track "XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX", perhaps Dramarama's most recognizable song, became a number-one hit on KROQ-FM, becoming a staple of alternative radio airplay, and even today is one of the most requested songs in KROQ-FM's history (younger listeners often call the station asking "What's that song called that goes 'XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX'?" Following the local L.A. success of "XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX," the band obtained a far larger advance from Chameleon and permanently packed up and relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles.
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Once everyone has their playlists though we should at least consolidate them in a single post in this thread. The reason I mentioned starting a new thread is that I hate having to scroll through pages and pages trying to find a link.

 
Chaos Commish said:
:lmao: :lmao:

Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Mr. Ected said:
Eephus said:
Too bad Boston only released one album in the 80s
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The only positive thing about the third album was it made them tour. Great show.
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Child please. The best thing about that album is that it inspired this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlGkU2oP5K0
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Never saw that before. Holy crap.
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Biggie's Popagandist work is criminally underrated. That's actually the worst of the three Popagandist singles, probably because I wrote the lyrics in about 10 minutes (and I also because I can't help choosing Journey or Boston songs because Biggie finds them hard to sing).

 
Vike Me said:
Dropping my Earlier Non UK/US song of Crowded House and replacing them with nearby Australians. Really wanted the song Andy took but I should have know it would go 1st round. So I'll take my 2nd favorite INXS song.

Re-Pick 5.01 - Kiss the Dirt - INXS - 1985 (Non US/UK Band)

22.19 Life Is What You Make It - Talk Talk - 1986 - (Indie/Alternative)

I'm done, I'll post my mix tonight.
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Nice to see Talk Talk represented. The four albums they released in the 80s showed more artistic progression than just about any band of the decade. Spirit of Eden is an epic but it's virtually unmixable.

 
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Eephus said:
Vike Me said:
Dropping my Earlier Non UK/US song of Crowded House and replacing them with nearby Australians. Really wanted the song Andy took but I should have know it would go 1st round. So I'll take my 2nd favorite INXS song.

Re-Pick 5.01 - Kiss the Dirt - INXS - 1985 (Non US/UK Band)

22.19 Life Is What You Make It - Talk Talk - 1986 - (Indie/Alternative)

I'm done, I'll post my mix tonight.
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Nice to see Talk Talk represented. The four albums they released in the 80s showed more artistic progression than just about any band of the decade. Spirit of Eden is an epic but it's virtually unmixable.
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That song will be no picnic, but luckily I'm not really going for a flow.

 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Chaos Commish said:
:lmao: :lmao:

Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Mr. Ected said:
Eephus said:
Too bad Boston only released one album in the 80s
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The only positive thing about the third album was it made them tour. Great show.
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Child please. The best thing about that album is that it inspired this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlGkU2oP5K0
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Never saw that before. Holy crap.
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Biggie's Popagandist work is criminally underrated. That's actually the worst of the three Popagandist singles, probably because I wrote the lyrics in about 10 minutes (and I also because I can't help choosing Journey or Boston songs because Biggie finds them hard to sing).
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:tebow:

 
Vike Me said:
Eephus said:
Vike Me said:
Dropping my Earlier Non UK/US song of Crowded House and replacing them with nearby Australians. Really wanted the song Andy took but I should have know it would go 1st round. So I'll take my 2nd favorite INXS song.

Re-Pick 5.01 - Kiss the Dirt - INXS - 1985 (Non US/UK Band)

22.19 Life Is What You Make It - Talk Talk - 1986 - (Indie/Alternative)

I'm done, I'll post my mix tonight.
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Nice to see Talk Talk represented. The four albums they released in the 80s showed more artistic progression than just about any band of the decade. Spirit of Eden is an epic but it's virtually unmixable.
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That song will be no picnic, but luckily I'm not really going for a flow.
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Eephus... :goodposting: ... Spirit of Eden was a vastly underrated album from the 80s, I think because the band got written off as being kind of poppy following that first album (maybe that was just by my friends). Really good songwriting, IMO, throughout their catalogue.

The main guy... or guys... went on to a band called Rang, or ORang... something like that- where they kept going in an opposite direction from those early days. Even tougher to mix in to things. Haven't listened to that one in years... maybe Spotify?

 
El Floppo said:
Vike Me said:
Eephus said:
Vike Me said:
Dropping my Earlier Non UK/US song of Crowded House and replacing them with nearby Australians. Really wanted the song Andy took but I should have know it would go 1st round. So I'll take my 2nd favorite INXS song.

Re-Pick 5.01 - Kiss the Dirt - INXS - 1985 (Non US/UK Band)

22.19 Life Is What You Make It - Talk Talk - 1986 - (Indie/Alternative)

I'm done, I'll post my mix tonight.
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Nice to see Talk Talk represented. The four albums they released in the 80s showed more artistic progression than just about any band of the decade. Spirit of Eden is an epic but it's virtually unmixable.
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That song will be no picnic, but luckily I'm not really going for a flow.
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Eephus... :goodposting: ... Spirit of Eden was a vastly underrated album from the 80s, I think because the band got written off as being kind of poppy following that first album (maybe that was just by my friends). Really good songwriting, IMO, throughout their catalogue.

The main guy... or guys... went on to a band called Rang, or ORang... something like that- where they kept going in an opposite direction from those early days. Even tougher to mix in to things. Haven't listened to that one in years... maybe Spotify?
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Mark Hollis' solo album is on Spotify (or at least it was when I listened to it)

 
Eephus said:
El Floppo said:
Vike Me said:
Eephus said:
Vike Me said:
Dropping my Earlier Non UK/US song of Crowded House and replacing them with nearby Australians. Really wanted the song Andy took but I should have know it would go 1st round. So I'll take my 2nd favorite INXS song.

Re-Pick 5.01 - Kiss the Dirt - INXS - 1985 (Non US/UK Band)

22.19 Life Is What You Make It - Talk Talk - 1986 - (Indie/Alternative)

I'm done, I'll post my mix tonight.
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Nice to see Talk Talk represented. The four albums they released in the 80s showed more artistic progression than just about any band of the decade. Spirit of Eden is an epic but it's virtually unmixable.
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That song will be no picnic, but luckily I'm not really going for a flow.
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Eephus... :goodposting: ... Spirit of Eden was a vastly underrated album from the 80s, I think because the band got written off as being kind of poppy following that first album (maybe that was just by my friends). Really good songwriting, IMO, throughout their catalogue.

The main guy... or guys... went on to a band called Rang, or ORang... something like that- where they kept going in an opposite direction from those early days. Even tougher to mix in to things. Haven't listened to that one in years... maybe Spotify?
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Mark Hollis' solo album is on Spotify (or at least it was when I listened to it)
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oh- thanks.

from wiki...

.O.rang (or 'O'rang) is a band led by Lee Harris and Paul Webb, formerly of Talk Talk. The group's first album, Herd of Instinct (1994), was recorded similarly to Talk Talk's later albums: guest musicians played hours of improvisational material, then the performances were edited down and pieced together. However, in contrast to Talk Talk, the song structures were not planned before being recorded. Paul Webb explained, "it was recorded before it was written."[1]Fields and Waves (1996), after experiencing several false starts, was recorded with more control.[2]

.O.rang's music exhibits more culturally diverse influences than Talk Talk. Webb notes, "We used to be in a reggae band when we were younger . . . The Talk Talk thing was always very Westernised, and we were listening to other kinds of world music."[1]
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JZilla said:
Well, if it's even possible to enjoy this ridiculous mix, I hope that someone does. Looking forward to the rest of yours..

80s FFA - zilla

More to come. Still having fun, let's beat this #### to death. Eighties rule!
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Started listening to the mixes today, and figured I will just go with a first posted, first listened to order.

The main reason that I do these drafts is new music and rekindling a passion for something that I haven't listened to for awhile. Hopefully in the process, somebody might get interested in a track I have on my mix and i can pay if forward.

The 80s is a huge blindspot for me - mostly I do 70s, 90s, and try to keep up with some new stuff. I am positive there will at least 1/4 of the songs on each mix that I have never heard before.

My favorite songs from Zilla's mix that I was introduced to this afternoon:

1. Thin Ice - LOVED this one. Must have gone back through and listened to it again a few times today.

2. Last Cigarette

3. No Parking - On the Dance Floor

Overall, really enjoyed the mix (I am sure I will be saying this about damn near all of them). Our tastes are close, so there were more than a few I had written down as possibilities for my mix. Was listening to it in the car with my 7 year old, and caught him dancing a bit to the Bowie and Falco tracks. :thumbup:

Next up: sn0mm1s

 
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El Floppo said:
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
The Guilty pleasure category is a hard one to define apart from one's own opinion of something you shouldn't like, but not only like you love.

David Sylvian clearly comes into that category for me (sorry Floppo). I hated few artists with as much passion as I did him and Japan.

Arty, pretentious ####s that thought they were better than everyone else. Most beautiful man my ####.

Then came this song which I first heard upon watching Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and I didn't recognize that awful tinny voice.

Of course this track is brilliant and it still is the only thing I can listen to completion from Sylvian. Call it irrational, but this definitely falls into the guilty pleasure category.

I had to even find a clip that didn't feature his "beautiful" face

19.10 - David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours - Guilty Pleasure - 4:41
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tinny? TINNY?!!!

THAT'S IT.

this is a great song- thought it wasn't on Spotify any more?

and guilty pleasure... it's a tough one for me- I think it's mostly what you're describing... some artist or band that just rubbed you the wrong way for whatever reason (in your case, poor taste and lack of intelligence), but still put out a song that beat the odds and worked for you.
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This just popped onto my ipod... which I don't listen to that much, and which I have set to shuffle. Haven't heard it, I think, in years.

 
Do you have to have spotify premium to create a list for play on mobile devices? I was just going to upload a .rar to mediafire or whatever.

 
valence said:
Do you have to have spotify premium to create a list for play on mobile devices? I was just going to upload a .rar to mediafire or whatever.
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Not sure. If that is the case, I am sure somebody can help and create the playlist for you on spotify.

My question is: do you have to have premium to listen to the mixes we are posting?

 
KarmaPolice said:
valence said:
Do you have to have spotify premium to create a list for play on mobile devices? I was just going to upload a .rar to mediafire or whatever.
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Not sure. If that is the case, I am sure somebody can help and create the playlist for you on spotify.

My question is: do you have to have premium to listen to the mixes we are posting?
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the answer to #2 is no (I think). You'll just get commercials to interrupt the flow.

Not sure about question #1.

 
sn0mm1s mix was next this afternoon. Another great mix. Surprisingly, there were only a few songs that I had not heard before. However, what I loved is that even songs that I was familiar with, I have not heard for a long time. Songs like Jungle Love, Tenderness, It takes Two, Save it for Later, and even Don't want to Fall in Love really hit the spot as I was dancing around the house doing chores. Eephus' might be the mix to jump rope to, but this might be the mix to shake your ### to while doing dishes and laundry.

Favorite new songs:

1. There is a Light That Never Goes Out

For whatever reason, I have never really listened to the Smiths. Really liked what I heard here.

2. Hey Suburbia

3. Daylight

Also was surprised how much I liked that Sade song as well. Next up: Zamboni

 
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sn0mm1s mix was next this afternoon. Another great mix. Surprisingly, there were only a few songs that I had not heard before. However, what I loved is that even songs that I was familiar with, I have not heard for a long time. Songs like Jungle Love, Tenderness, It takes Two, Save it for Later, and even Don't want to Fall in Love really hit the spot as I was dancing around the house doing chores. Eephus' might be the mix to jump rope to, but this might be the mix to shake your ### to while doing dishes and laundry.

Favorite new songs:

1. There is a Light That Never Goes Out For whatever reason, I have never really listened to the Smiths. Really liked what I heard here.

2. Hey Suburbia

3. Daylight

Also was surprised how much I liked that Sade song as well. Next up: Zamboni
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I'm listening to this one now. :thumbup:

Abra abra cadabra

 
sn0mm1s mix:

Songs I didn't know I liked: The cuts by the Stranglers and Screeching Weasel

Songs I knew I liked: Blister in the Sun, Big Love

Songs I thought I liked more: 99 Luftballoons. Far less funky than I remembered.

Songs I fast forwarded through: None but I considered it during Kiedis' stupid "sailin on" rap in Higher Ground

Transitions that worked: From Madness to Matt & Kim. I was mildly critical of the Matt & Kim track as a Wannabee 80s but it made perfect sense in this context. The mid-tempo cuts at the front of mix all flowed well.

Transitions that didn't work: Eddie Rabbit to RHCP was pretty abrupt. The seques toward the end suffered a bit as well but I think that'll happen to everybody. 22 songs is a lot.

Random revelation: The album cover for the compilation with the Rob Base track. Oh my. I hardly noticed that Abracadabra was a live version.

 
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Eephus said:
sn0mm1s mix:

Songs I didn't know I liked: The cuts by the Stranglers and Screeching Weasel

Songs I knew I liked: Blister in the Sun, Big Love

Songs I thought I liked more: 99 Luftballoons. Far less funky than I remembered.

Songs I fast forwarded through: None but I considered it during Kiedis' stupid "sailin on" rap in Higher Ground

Transitions that worked: From Madness to Matt & Kim. I was mildly critical of the Matt & Kim track as a Wannabee 80s but it made perfect sense in this context. The mid-tempo cuts at the front of mix all flowed well.

Transitions that didn't work: Eddie Rabbit to RHCP was pretty abrupt. The seques toward the end suffered a bit as well but I think that'll happen to everybody. 22 songs is a lot.

Random revelation: The album cover for the compilation with the Rob Base track. Oh my. I hardly noticed that Abracadabra was a live version.
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:lmao:

No ####.

 
Just finished listening to JZilla's list. I am not a heavy metal guy (as anyone who looks at my playlist would likely guess) so when I first looked at the playlist I thought I wasn't going to enjoy it much. However, I found I wasn't skipping over anything and really liked:

Lay Down - Priestess

Prowler - Iron Maiden

But, the gem of the playlist for me is:

Thin Ice - Pitchfork

While I am not a big fan of metal I am a big punk fan and that was an awesome tune I hadn't heard before. I will be adding that to my iTunes Library (and I will check out what other songs they have).

Overall, I thought it was a solid mix. Without looking at anyone else's if there was an award for most eclectic mix JZilla might win it running away. It isn't very common to have Ice T, Bobby Brown, MARRS (sniped on that song) and LL Cool J on the same list as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Dokken.

 
KarmaPolice said:
sn0mm1s mix was next this afternoon. Another great mix. Surprisingly, there were only a few songs that I had not heard before. However, what I loved is that even songs that I was familiar with, I have not heard for a long time. Songs like Jungle Love, Tenderness, It takes Two, Save it for Later, and even Don't want to Fall in Love really hit the spot as I was dancing around the house doing chores. Eephus' might be the mix to jump rope to, but this might be the mix to shake your ### to while doing dishes and laundry.

Favorite new songs:

1. There is a Light That Never Goes Out

For whatever reason, I have never really listened to the Smiths. Really liked what I heard here.

2. Hey Suburbia

3. Daylight

Also was surprised how much I liked that Sade song as well. Next up: Zamboni
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The Smiths and Morrissey are excellent IMO. I am going to a Morrissey show in May for my wife's b-day.

Eephus said:
sn0mm1s mix:

Songs I didn't know I liked: The cuts by the Stranglers and Screeching Weasel

Songs I knew I liked: Blister in the Sun, Big Love

Songs I thought I liked more: 99 Luftballoons. Far less funky than I remembered.

Songs I fast forwarded through: None but I considered it during Kiedis' stupid "sailin on" rap in Higher Ground

Transitions that worked: From Madness to Matt & Kim. I was mildly critical of the Matt & Kim track as a Wannabee 80s but it made perfect sense in this context. The mid-tempo cuts at the front of mix all flowed well.

Transitions that didn't work: Eddie Rabbit to RHCP was pretty abrupt. The seques toward the end suffered a bit as well but I think that'll happen to everybody. 22 songs is a lot.

Random revelation: The album cover for the compilation with the Rob Base track. Oh my. I hardly noticed that Abracadabra was a live version.
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I agree - the weakest song by far is the Nena tune. It was one of the last picks and I wasn't happy with it. The other option I considered was moving Oh Yeah to non-US/UK and choosing "Good Enough" by Cyndi Lauper as the movie (Goonies) or getting crazy and throwing in "Star Wars theme" by John Williams (or perhaps Imperial March) and have the mix open with that. Transitions were hard as well - RHCP and Quiet Riot don't mesh well with the rest of the mix. I tried a few songs between there but gave it up for a lost cause.

Glad I got a convert for the Matt & Kim. Sandwiched between Madness and Jungle Love I thought you convince a lot of people that it was an 80's tune.

 
Looks like well over half the drafters are in the clubhouse at this point. Anyone object if I throw an UDFA mix out there later on this evening?

(I'll be using it to make good on an idea I threw out to Andy upthread ... namely, everything on it will be from 1988. Also, it'll probably just be a YouTube playlist of studio cuts, because I'm that guy.*)

* - By which I mean the last guy in America who's never been on Spotify before in his life.

 
I.just heard a song that was perfect for wannabee 80s. Something about a sea of mexico and saying goodbye. I liked it

 
v's 80s draft

No Traveling Wilburys on spotify apparently so subbed another Roy Orbison song - You Got It. Also the only versions of Ray Charles - Shake a Tailfeather were karaoke abominations so I subbed in Biz Markie - Just a friend.

hope you enjoy it :)

 
valence said:
v's 80s draft

No Traveling Wilburys on spotify apparently so subbed another Roy Orbison song - You Got It. Also the only versions of Ray Charles - Shake a Tailfeather were karaoke abominations so I subbed in Biz Markie - Just a friend.

hope you enjoy it :)
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Just so you know - it looks like 2 of the songs are greyed out and not able to be heard. Not exactly sure what it means when they are grey like that.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Chaos Commish said:
CC80sDraft

I almost made a few changes, but I'd rather spend the time on the other list.
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I wasn't going to make a pure draft list because some of the categories and my picks are just a mess... for me. My compromise was a long playlist of overlooked stuff mostly, new wave and alternative, that I really like and want on a playlist... for myself. But I started feeling guilty so I put my draft up and will do both.

 
Zamboni's mix might take the cake as the one that I knew the least amount of songs on - I think Chaos commishes might be the other one at first glace. This one challenged me in a good way, having a lot of new songs and stuff that I normally wouldn't gravitate to. Had to listen to a few of the tunes a second time to let them sink in. Loved the metal choices - Maiden always scores, and it's been a bit since I've listened to Diary of a Madman.

My favorites of the many that I hadn't heard before: (zamboni gets an extra listed since there was a lot)

1. Ah! Leah!

Dammit, this is a catchy song. Listened to this one a few times. Plus the album cover with the picture of Eugene Levy had me cracking up.

2. Blood and Roses

3. I Wanna Be Adored

4. Sign of the Gypsy Queen

Also, it has been driving me ####in' nuts - what is the 80s movie that Send Me an Angel is from? Seems like it was used for a montage or something and can't quite place it. (also, that album cover made the pants a little tight)

Next up: Eephus

 
Mr. Irrelevant said:
Looks like well over half the drafters are in the clubhouse at this point. Anyone object if I throw an UDFA mix out there later on this evening?

(I'll be using it to make good on an idea I threw out to Andy upthread ... namely, everything on it will be from 1988. Also, it'll probably just be a YouTube playlist of studio cuts, because I'm that guy.*)

* - By which I mean the last guy in America who's never been on Spotify before in his life.
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I have two more picks to make, but I don't mind at all.

 
Chaos Commish said:
KarmaPolice said:
Chaos Commish said:
CC80sDraft

I almost made a few changes, but I'd rather spend the time on the other list.
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I wasn't going to make a pure draft list because some of the categories and my picks are just a mess... for me. My compromise was a long playlist of overlooked stuff mostly, new wave and alternative, that I really like and want on a playlist... for myself. But I started feeling guilty so I put my draft up and will do both.
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Sounds good. I think the good and bad of these drafts is forcing us way outside of our comfort zones sometimes. Sometimes I feel guilty if I just have to look something up on the internet and put a song in I have 0 connection to. Makes the mixes more interesting and well rounded maybe, but I think the idea of a couple mulligans should be in play more for that reason.

Maybe this idea for next time: if not mulligans, we can trade 2 categories: ie I could trade my country category to simey for her metal. We would then have 2 of one and skip the other.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Zamboni's mix might take the cake as the one that I knew the least amount of songs on - I think Chaos commishes might be the other one at first glace. This one challenged me in a good way, having a lot of new songs and stuff that I normally wouldn't gravitate to. Had to listen to a few of the tunes a second time to let them sink in. Loved the metal choices - Maiden always scores, and it's been a bit since I've listened to Diary of a Madman.

My favorites of the many that I hadn't heard before: (zamboni gets an extra listed since there was a lot)

1. Ah! Leah!

Dammit, this is a catchy song. Listened to this one a few times. Plus the album cover with the picture of Eugene Levy had me cracking up.

2. Blood and Roses

3. I Wanna Be Adored

4. Sign of the Gypsy Queen

Also, it has been driving me ####in' nuts - what is the 80s movie that Send Me an Angel is from? Seems like it was used for a montage or something and can't quite place it. (also, that album cover made the pants a little tight)

Next up: Eephus
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUImM1-7DBE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LboRlGabs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nFWfEmHa3I

 
KarmaPolice said:
Zamboni's mix might take the cake as the one that I knew the least amount of songs on - I think Chaos commishes might be the other one at first glace. This one challenged me in a good way, having a lot of new songs and stuff that I normally wouldn't gravitate to. Had to listen to a few of the tunes a second time to let them sink in. Loved the metal choices - Maiden always scores, and it's been a bit since I've listened to Diary of a Madman.

My favorites of the many that I hadn't heard before: (zamboni gets an extra listed since there was a lot)

1. Ah! Leah!

Dammit, this is a catchy song. Listened to this one a few times. Plus the album cover with the picture of Eugene Levy had me cracking up.

2. Blood and Roses

3. I Wanna Be Adored

4. Sign of the Gypsy Queen

Also, it has been driving me ####in' nuts - what is the 80s movie that Send Me an Angel is from? Seems like it was used for a montage or something and can't quite place it. (also, that album cover made the pants a little tight)

Next up: Eephus
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Glad you liked it, KP.

I wasn't going the obscure route, but I guess it worked more that way as the draft proceeded. I didn't really have a theme, but I did wind up going with several "MTV hits". That is, songs/videos that got a fair amount of airplay in their time, even if the songs themselves may not have charted highly (if at all) on the Billboard pop charts.

 
sn0mm1s said:
KarmaPolice said:
Zamboni's mix might take the cake as the one that I knew the least amount of songs on - I think Chaos commishes might be the other one at first glace. This one challenged me in a good way, having a lot of new songs and stuff that I normally wouldn't gravitate to. Had to listen to a few of the tunes a second time to let them sink in. Loved the metal choices - Maiden always scores, and it's been a bit since I've listened to Diary of a Madman.

My favorites of the many that I hadn't heard before: (zamboni gets an extra listed since there was a lot)

1. Ah! Leah!

Dammit, this is a catchy song. Listened to this one a few times. Plus the album cover with the picture of Eugene Levy had me cracking up.

2. Blood and Roses

3. I Wanna Be Adored

4. Sign of the Gypsy Queen

Also, it has been driving me ####in' nuts - what is the 80s movie that Send Me an Angel is from? Seems like it was used for a montage or something and can't quite place it. (also, that album cover made the pants a little tight)

Next up: Eephus
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUImM1-7DBE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LboRlGabs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nFWfEmHa3I
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Thanks - saved me from having to find and post them.

It really is a damn catchy tune.

 
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KarmaPolice said:
Maybe this idea for next time: if not mulligans, we can trade 2 categories: ie I could trade my country category to simey for her metal. We would then have 2 of one and skip the other.
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There is some metal I like. As for country, I like old school/classic country (my parents played it a lot when I was growing up), country folk/rock, and alternative country/Americana. I do not listen to new country.

 
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sn0mm1s said:
Just finished listening to JZilla's list. I am not a heavy metal guy (as anyone who looks at my playlist would likely guess) so when I first looked at the playlist I thought I wasn't going to enjoy it much. However, I found I wasn't skipping over anything and really liked:

Lay Down - Priestess

Prowler - Iron Maiden

But, the gem of the playlist for me is:

Thin Ice - Pitchfork

While I am not a big fan of metal I am a big punk fan and that was an awesome tune I hadn't heard before. I will be adding that to my iTunes Library (and I will check out what other songs they have).

Overall, I thought it was a solid mix. Without looking at anyone else's if there was an award for most eclectic mix JZilla might win it running away. It isn't very common to have Ice T, Bobby Brown, MARRS (sniped on that song) and LL Cool J on the same list as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Dokken.
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Just finished Zilla's mix and have to second most of this. Some of the metal made my ears bleed but I got through it. Loved the Pitchfork song too. Wasn't too keen on the remixes of Amadeus or Pump up the Volume. If I could steal one song it would be Modern Love. The first 5 songs trick you in the door and then it's devil worship time with Billy Squire and the chick from Lone Justice held prisoner in the basement. Could have done without Cali. Rounds out nicely with last three bringing you back to "civilization". Was a wild ride - Thx.

Oh, and love that version of Tainted Love - my favorite 9 minute song in the draft!

 
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