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80s Genre/Categories Mixtape Draft - Draft Underway (1 Viewer)
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it was the teen wolf too study montage I was thinking of. no wonder I surpressed that knowledge.
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I owe a couple:
My mom taught Sebastian Bach... I still unironically like Bryan Adams, I think it's somehow bred into Canadians.
21.09 - Makin a Mess - Skid Row (Hair/Metal)
22.13 - Hearts on Fire - Bryan Adams (Guilty Pleasure)
...and since Running up that Hill isn't on Spotify, I'm going to sub in She's So Young by The Pursuit of Happiness for pop
My mom taught Sebastian Bach... I still unironically like Bryan Adams, I think it's somehow bred into Canadians.
21.09 - Makin a Mess - Skid Row (Hair/Metal)
22.13 - Hearts on Fire - Bryan Adams (Guilty Pleasure)
...and since Running up that Hill isn't on Spotify, I'm going to sub in She's So Young by The Pursuit of Happiness for pop
I hereby decree the post-'80s-mixtape-draft free agent signing period officially underway! 
But only, in this particular case, for songs from 1988.
Overall this is a little bit pop-heavier than I'd like but, in my defense, drafting 22 categories' worth of music from a single year is harder than it sounds.
Here's the below playlist, in its entirety (at least I think so): http://www.youtubeplaylist.org/play/p/MDAwMDAxNTE1
But only, in this particular case, for songs from 1988. Overall this is a little bit pop-heavier than I'd like but, in my defense, drafting 22 categories' worth of music from a single year is harder than it sounds.
Here's the below playlist, in its entirety (at least I think so): http://www.youtubeplaylist.org/play/p/MDAwMDAxNTE1
1. Sinead O’Connor - “Mandinka” (Ahead of Its Time)
[SIZE=100%]The Kurt Warner of this thread's draft class. I was on pins and needles hoping no one would snatch this one from my grasp in the late rounds. Pins and needles, I tell you![/SIZE]
2. Men Without Hats - “Pop Goes the World” (Non US/UK Band)
[SIZE=100%]Can't stand The Safety Dance. Love this song. Does that make me weird?[/SIZE]
3. Cheap Trick - "Don't Be Cruel" (Cover Song)
[SIZE=100%]Had I been drafting in real time, I definitely would have slotted this into "guilty pleasure" at the time.[/SIZE]
4. Lita Ford - "Kiss Me Deadly" (Metal / Hair Metal)
[SIZE=100%]A definite contender for one of my favorite opening couplets ever. I'm pretty sure you can walk up to any random 40-year-old and say, "I went to a party last Saturday night ..." and they will finish this verse for you.[/SIZE]
5. Soul Asylum - "Sometime to Return" (Punk / Post-Punk)
[SIZE=100%]One of those bands where you show a friend who wasn't into '80s alternative their live videos from the Hang Time era and they say, "Wow ... I had no idea Soul Asylum didn't always suck."[/SIZE]
6. Drowners - "Luv, Hold Me Down" (Wannabe '80s)
[SIZE=100%]This has such a Smiths / Cure 1988-era vibe to it, I was shocked to learn these guys probably weren't even ALIVE in 1988.[/SIZE]
7. Godfathers - "Birth, School, Work, Death" (Title Track)
[SIZE=100%]I remember this one being played tirelessly on 120 Minutes. Man, do I miss that show.[/SIZE]
8. They Might Be Giants - "(She Was a) Hotel Detective" (Original Mix) (Skull Mix) (Silly / Funny / Weird)
[SIZE=100%]One song ... two versions ... one of the most underrated bands ever.[/SIZE]
9. The La's - "There She Goes" (One Hit Wonder)
[SIZE=100%]I cannot tell you how psyched I was to find out that the La's initially released this single (in the UK, but hey) in '88.[/SIZE]
Perfect addition to any mixtape.
10. Enya - "Orinoco Flow" (UK #1)
[SIZE=100%]Thank God for one week in November, as this is literally the only UK #1 from 1988 that I wouldn't feel completely embarrassed adding to this, or any, mix tape.[/SIZE]
11. DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - "Nightmare on My Street" (Rap / Hip-Hop)
[SIZE=100%]Philly represent![/SIZE]
12. Alabama - "Song of the South" (Country)
[SIZE=100%]What I know about '80s country music could fit into an 8-track player without taking out the 8-track first. So Alabama sounds like a plan; only problem is I'm gonna be left high and dry the next time we do a "Wannabe '30s" category.[/SIZE]
13. Pet Shop Boys / Dusty Springfield - “What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (New Wave / Synthpop)
[SIZE=100%]I didn't know where I was going to fit this song, until it turns out that Prince's "Alphabet Street" isn't anywhere to be found on YouTube (?!). The moral of the story: Inside every dark cloud ...[/SIZE]
14. U2 - "Angel of Harlem" (Pop)
[SIZE=100%]I hope there's a version somewhere on Spotify that's as heavy on the brass as this live cut but without, you know, the whole random 20-second pause in the middle of it.[/SIZE]
15. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - "The Valley Road" (Soft Rock)
[SIZE=100%]I took piano lessons from age 6 on. By 13, I was completely sick of the piano. The first time I heard this song, I stuck with piano lessons for another solid year just so I could learn to play it.[/SIZE]
16. Times Two - "Strange But True" (1st song, 1st album)
[SIZE=100%]41,000 views on YouTube: it's good to know that 1 in 8,000 Americans is as obsessed with completely obscure '80s pop as I am.[/SIZE]
17. Johnny Kemp - "Just Got Paid" (R&B / New Jack Swing)
[SIZE=100%]Because it is, in fact, Friday night.[/SIZE]
18. Belle Stars - "Iko Iko" (Movie/TV "Theme")
[SIZE=100%]Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman coming down the casino escalator in matching suits is IMO one of the best snapshot scenes in movie history. Though when I first saw the movie all those years ago, I seem to remember that escalator being a lot longer. And the casino being more glamorous.[/SIZE]
19. XTC - "Dear God" (Indie / Alternative)
[SIZE=100%]Brilliant artists, brilliant lyricists, brilliant instrumentalists ... how did these guys not become the biggest thing ever?[/SIZE]
20. Erasure - "A Little Respect" (Dance / House)
[SIZE=100%]There has pretty much never been an Erasure song I've heard that I didn't really like. I'm honestly not sure I can say that about any other artist, ever.[/SIZE]
21. Glass Tiger - "I'm Still Searching" (Guilty Pleasure)
[SIZE=100%]Did anyone epitomize the last gasps of cheesy '80s pop better than Glass Tiger? If you haven't watched their "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone" video recently, drop what you're doing and hie thee to YouTube. You will
22. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (Wildcard)
[SIZE=100%]Is it a "guilty pleasure" if I admit I like this song far more than "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"?[/SIZE]
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Northern Voice
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1 . 13 - --- Repo Man --- Iggy Pop --- Movie/TV Theme
2. 7 - --- Ace of Spades --- Motorhead --- Metal/hair
3. 13 - --- Just Like Honey --- Jesus & Mary Chain --- 1st song, 1st album
4. 7 - --- Primitive Painters --- Felt --- New Wave
5. 13 - --- High Pressure Days --- The Units --- Ahead of their Time
6. 7 - --- Sophisticated ##### --- Public Enemy --- Rap
7. 13 - --- Der Mussolini --- Deutsch Americanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) --- Non US/UK Band
8. 7 - --- Rich --- Yeah Yeah Yeahs --- 80's Wannabe
9. 13 - --- Ghost Town --- The Specials --- UK #1
10. 7 - --- I love a Man in a Uniform --- Gang of Four --- punk/post-punk
11. 13 - --- Take the Skinheads Bowling --- Camper Van Beethoven --- Silly/Funny/Weird
12. 7 - --- Flaming Desire --- Bill Nelson --- Wildcard
13 13 --- Da Butt --- E.U. --- One hit wonder
14 7 --- Different Finger --- Elvis Costello --- Country
15 13 ---The Planet Doesn't Mind --- Nu-Musik --- Good Life- Inner City-- Disco/Dance/House
16.7- Ziggy Stardust- Bauhaus (Cover)
17.13- Mary Ann- Marshall Crenshaw (Pop)
18.7- Gentlemen Take Polaroids- Japan (Title Track)
19.13-- Twisted Thing-- The Mutants (indie)
20.7- Night and Day-- Al B. Sure! (R&B/ New Jack Swing)
21.- Love Missile F1-11- Sigue Sigue Sputnik (Guilty Pleasures)
22. Brand New Love- Sebadoh (Soft Rock)
Ok... I think this is the Spotify list: Floppy 80s
2. 7 - --- Ace of Spades --- Motorhead --- Metal/hair
3. 13 - --- Just Like Honey --- Jesus & Mary Chain --- 1st song, 1st album
4. 7 - --- Primitive Painters --- Felt --- New Wave
5. 13 - --- High Pressure Days --- The Units --- Ahead of their Time
6. 7 - --- Sophisticated ##### --- Public Enemy --- Rap
7. 13 - --- Der Mussolini --- Deutsch Americanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) --- Non US/UK Band
8. 7 - --- Rich --- Yeah Yeah Yeahs --- 80's Wannabe
9. 13 - --- Ghost Town --- The Specials --- UK #1
10. 7 - --- I love a Man in a Uniform --- Gang of Four --- punk/post-punk
11. 13 - --- Take the Skinheads Bowling --- Camper Van Beethoven --- Silly/Funny/Weird
12. 7 - --- Flaming Desire --- Bill Nelson --- Wildcard
13 13 --- Da Butt --- E.U. --- One hit wonder
14 7 --- Different Finger --- Elvis Costello --- Country
15 13 ---
16.7- Ziggy Stardust- Bauhaus (Cover)
17.13- Mary Ann- Marshall Crenshaw (Pop)
18.7- Gentlemen Take Polaroids- Japan (Title Track)
19.13-- Twisted Thing-- The Mutants (indie)
20.7- Night and Day-- Al B. Sure! (R&B/ New Jack Swing)
21.- Love Missile F1-11- Sigue Sigue Sputnik (Guilty Pleasures)
22. Brand New Love- Sebadoh (Soft Rock)
Ok... I think this is the Spotify list: Floppy 80s
Northern Voice
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El Floppo
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well dammit- didn't see that Eephus already too Good Life.
Replacing with what has to be a precursor to what became House music...
Going Back to my Roots- Richie Havens (Dance)
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Northern Voice
Footballguy
Nice list, Glass Tiger definitely falls into the so bad it's good category and I went through a period where I preferred Pop Goes the World to the Safety Dance as well, probably changed after I saw them live.I hereby decree the post-'80s-mixtape-draft free agent signing period officially underway!
Overall this is a little bit pop-heavier than I'd like but, in my defense, drafting 22 categories' worth of music from a single year is harder than it sounds.
Here's the below playlist, in its entirety (at least I think so): http://www.youtubeplaylist.org/play/p/MDAwMDAxNTE1
1. Sinead O’Connor - “Mandinka” (Ahead of Its Time)
[SIZE=100%]The Kurt Warner of this thread's draft class. I was on pins and needles hoping no one would snatch this one from my grasp in the late rounds. Pins and needles, I tell you![/SIZE]
2. Men Without Hats - “Pop Goes the World” (New Wave / Synthpop)
[SIZE=100%]Can't stand The Safety Dance. Love this song. Does that make me weird?[/SIZE]
3. Cheap Trick - "Don't Be Cruel" (Cover Song)
[SIZE=100%]Had I been drafting in real time, I definitely would have slotted this into "guilty pleasure" at the time.[/SIZE]
4. Lita Ford - "Kiss Me Deadly" (Metal / Hair Metal)
[SIZE=100%]A definite contender for one of my favorite opening couplets ever. I'm pretty sure you can walk up to any random 40-year-old and say, "I went to a party last Saturday night ..." and they will finish this verse for you.[/SIZE]
5. Soul Asylum - "Sometime to Return" (Punk / Post-Punk)
[SIZE=100%]One of those bands where you show a friend who wasn't into '80s alternative their live videos from the Hang Time era and they say, "Wow ... I had no idea Soul Asylum didn't always suck."[/SIZE]
6. Drowners - "Luv, Hold Me Down" (Wannabe '80s)
[SIZE=100%]This has such a Smiths / Cure 1988-era vibe to it, I was shocked to learn these guys probably weren't even ALIVE in 1988.[/SIZE]
7. Godfathers - "Birth, School, Work, Death" (Title Track)
[SIZE=100%]I remember this one being played tirelessly on 120 Minutes. Man, do I miss that show.[/SIZE]
8. They Might Be Giants - "(She Was a) Hotel Detective" (Original Mix) (Skull Mix) (Silly / Funny / Weird)
[SIZE=100%]One song ... two versions ... one of the most underrated bands ever.[/SIZE]
9. The La's - "There She Goes" (One Hit Wonder)
[SIZE=100%]I cannot tell you how psyched I was to find out that the La's initially released this single (in the UK, but hey) in '88.
Perfect addition to any mixtape.
10. Enya - "Orinoco Flow" (UK #1)
[SIZE=100%]Thank God for one week in November, as this is literally the only UK #1 from 1988 that I wouldn't feel completely embarrassed adding to this, or any, mix tape.[/SIZE]
11. DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - "Nightmare on My Street" (Rap / Hip-Hop)
[SIZE=100%]Philly represent![/SIZE]
12. Alabama - "Song of the South" (Country)
[SIZE=100%]What I know about '80s country music could fit into an 8-track player without taking out the 8-track first. So Alabama sounds like a plan; only problem is I'm gonna be left high and dry the next time we do a "Wannabe '30s" category.[/SIZE]
13. Pet Shop Boys / Dusty Springfield - “What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (Pop)
[SIZE=100%]I didn't know where I was going to fit this song, until it turns out that Prince's "Alphabet Street" isn't anywhere to be found on YouTube (?!). The moral of the story: Inside every dark cloud ...[/SIZE]
14. U2 - "Angel of Harlem" (Non-US/UK Band)
[SIZE=100%]I hope there's a version somewhere on Spotify that's as heavy on the brass as this live cut but without, you know, the whole random 20-second pause in the middle of it.[/SIZE]
15. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - "The Valley Road" (Soft Rock)
[SIZE=100%]I took piano lessons from age 6 on. By 13, I was completely sick of the piano. The first time I heard this song, I stuck with piano lessons for another solid year just so I could learn to play it.[/SIZE]
16. Times Two - "Strange But True" (1st song, 1st album)
[SIZE=100%]41,000 views on YouTube: it's good to know that 1 in 8,000 Americans is as obsessed with completely obscure '80s pop as I am.[/SIZE]
17. Johnny Kemp - "Just Got Paid" (R&B / New Jack Swing)
[SIZE=100%]Because it is, in fact, Friday night.[/SIZE]
18. Belle Stars - "Iko Iko" (Movie/TV "Theme")
[SIZE=100%]Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman coming down the casino escalator in matching suits is IMO one of the best snapshot scenes in movie history. Though when I first saw the movie all those years ago, I seem to remember that escalator being a lot longer. And the casino being more glamorous.[/SIZE]
19. XTC - "Dear God" (Indie / Alternative)
[SIZE=100%]Brilliant artists, brilliant lyricists, brilliant instrumentalists ... how did these guys not become the biggest thing ever?[/SIZE]
20. Erasure - "A Little Respect" (Dance / House)
[SIZE=100%]There has pretty much never been an Erasure song I've heard that I didn't really like. I'm honestly not sure I can say that about any other artist, ever.[/SIZE]
21. Glass Tiger - "I'm Still Searching" (Guilty Pleasure)
[SIZE=100%]Did anyone epitomize the last gasps of cheesy '80s pop better than Glass Tiger? If you haven't watched their "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone" video recently, drop what you're doing and hie thee to YouTube. You will
22. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (Wildcard)
[SIZE=100%]Is it a "guilty pleasure" if I admit I like this song far more than "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"?[/SIZE]
By the way, I don't think U2 qualifies as a non US/UK band...
El Floppo
Footballguy
Love that Godfathers tune. Was trying to figure out where to put it here... didn't even think of it as a title trackI hereby decree the post-'80s-mixtape-draft free agent signing period officially underway!
Overall this is a little bit pop-heavier than I'd like but, in my defense, drafting 22 categories' worth of music from a single year is harder than it sounds.
Here's the below playlist, in its entirety (at least I think so): http://www.youtubeplaylist.org/play/p/MDAwMDAxNTE1
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Well, it's official - this grumpy old white guy doesn't like to jump rope. 
If 'boni had the most I hadn't heard so far, this mix is probably farther down the spectrum of music that I like. I will be honest - the first 5 or 6 songs where a little rough for me, but as soon as I got to Graceland I was digging the mix a lot more. Doesn't mean I didn't like most of the songs - it could've even been some of the extended mixes of some of the songs at the start that got me.
Anyway, songs that I really liked that I hadn't heard before:
1. Same Old Scene
2. Beat's So Lonely
3. Welcome to the Boomtown
and a especially sad one to list: Graceland.
Started listening to Andy's mix, but not sure if I will finish it tonight.
If 'boni had the most I hadn't heard so far, this mix is probably farther down the spectrum of music that I like. I will be honest - the first 5 or 6 songs where a little rough for me, but as soon as I got to Graceland I was digging the mix a lot more. Doesn't mean I didn't like most of the songs - it could've even been some of the extended mixes of some of the songs at the start that got me.Anyway, songs that I really liked that I hadn't heard before:
1. Same Old Scene
2. Beat's So Lonely
3. Welcome to the Boomtown
and a especially sad one to list: Graceland.
Started listening to Andy's mix, but not sure if I will finish it tonight.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I hereby decree the post-'80s-mixtape-draft free agent signing period officially underway!
Overall this is a little bit pop-heavier than I'd like but, in my defense, drafting 22 categories' worth of music from a single year is harder than it sounds.
Here's the below playlist, in its entirety (at least I think so): http://www.youtubeplaylist.org/play/p/MDAwMDAxNTE1
If I didn't move NWA back to rap/hip-hop, this was the song I was going to take. Was also thinking about Girlie had a Mustache as a silly song.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I have 0 clue what categories any of these songs were drafted into. Now I am nervous that all my #1s were everybody's "guilty pleasures". 
valence
Footballguy
hmm I wonder why.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.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
El Floppo
Footballguy
lol.I have 0 clue what categories any of these songs were drafted into. Now I am nervous that all my #1s were everybody's "guilty pleasures".
I'm actually looking forward to listening to your mix. As I mentioned when I took my metal/hair song... I don't know much about it (just remembered Panama, VH... that counts, right?). and could use a good jump-start, if at least to remind me that there's a reason I don't much about it.
Whoops, good point. Gonna have to switch them with Men Without Hats.
Which is a good thing, because when you're dealing with a single year you really don't want to have to go to your bench.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Based on you list, seems like it was tough year for music... kinda inbetween some genre shifts.
eta: that came out a little harsh on your list... which wasn't my intention- I liked it.
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Northern Voice
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dunno. when I was making my extra credit list, the same thing happened with ac/dc and another song I had loaded.hmm I wonder why.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.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
Northern Voice
Footballguy
I listened to Zilla's tonight as well.
5 songs I really liked not already on my iPod:
My Kind of Lover
One Last Cigarette
Thin Ice
Colors
Going Back to Cali
I have next to no 80s rap, and have been into it more lately so will likely be something I pick out of a lot of mixes.
Some of the songs rock to hard for me The Ratt, Dokken hair stuff are more my speed
My favourite song on there is the extended Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go, which is the only version of that song that should ever be played. Pump up the Volume is also great, but no news on either of these. These two were already on my "Favourites" playlist.
5 songs I really liked not already on my iPod:
My Kind of Lover
One Last Cigarette
Thin Ice
Colors
Going Back to Cali
I have next to no 80s rap, and have been into it more lately so will likely be something I pick out of a lot of mixes.
Some of the songs rock to hard for me
The Ratt, Dokken hair stuff are more my speedMy favourite song on there is the extended Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go, which is the only version of that song that should ever be played. Pump up the Volume is also great, but no news on either of these. These two were already on my "Favourites" playlist.
Northern Voice
Footballguy
I see one AC/DC song on spotify (Gone shootin?), If I were uploading this, my mix would be a bit different, as there would have to be something from both Back in Black and Pyromania, which aren't on Spotify.dunno. when I was making my extra credit list, the same thing happened with ac/dc and another song I had loaded.hmm I wonder why.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.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
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
my mix did get a little hairy, but also surprised at the pop-ish stuff that made the mix.lol.I have 0 clue what categories any of these songs were drafted into. Now I am nervous that all my #1s were everybody's "guilty pleasures".
I'm actually looking forward to listening to your mix. As I mentioned when I took my metal/hair song... I don't know much about it (just remembered Panama, VH... that counts, right?). and could use a good jump-start, if at least to remind me that there's a reason I don't much about it.
like I posted before, zilla has a 35 song hair/metal mix of also rans for the draft and I have a 50 song one waiting to be unleashed...
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
I don't think I have any of his songs on my mp3 player, but #### it if I don't find myself blissfully singing along to his songs whenever I hear them on the radio.
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Vike Me
Footballguy
Only had this song on any short list. 88 was about when music started to turn ####ty. (not saying that these songs wereI hereby decree the post-'80s-mixtape-draft free agent signing period officially underway!
Overall this is a little bit pop-heavier than I'd like but, in my defense, drafting 22 categories' worth of music from a single year is harder than it sounds.
Here's the below playlist, in its entirety (at least I think so): http://www.youtubeplaylist.org/play/p/MDAwMDAxNTE1
9. The La's - "There She Goes" (One Hit Wonder)
[SIZE=100%]I cannot tell you how psyched I was to find out that the La's initially released this single (in the UK, but hey) in '88.
Perfect addition to any mixtape.
)
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
85 hair metal songs? My unchosen Alt/NW playlist is at 38 but I'm probably going to shorten it for quality control purposes. It could be 100% bands not picked, but that also hurts quality, so it will probably end up around 40 using a few bands already picked. While doing this a couple tunes I want to revisit had been evading me as far as song title and or band. I was cranking things up pretty high (friday night, man) when I found one of the songs I let out a woot. So did my next door neighbor. I closed the window and turned things down.my mix did get a little hairy, but also surprised at the pop-ish stuff that made the mix.lol.I have 0 clue what categories any of these songs were drafted into. Now I am nervous that all my #1s were everybody's "guilty pleasures".
I'm actually looking forward to listening to your mix. As I mentioned when I took my metal/hair song... I don't know much about it (just remembered Panama, VH... that counts, right?). and could use a good jump-start, if at least to remind me that there's a reason I don't much about it.
like I posted before, zilla has a 35 song hair/metal mix of also rans for the draft and I have a 50 song one waiting to be unleashed...
kardplayer
Footballguy
I tried to put mine in order as if it were a broadway show/80s era movie (ala Rock of Ages). Because I did it after I picked, there's some forced songs in here. Had I been picking this way from the beginning, there's some songs that wouldn't be in it (sorry La Bamba).
Kardplayer's Koncept Flick
Opening montage and Credits - Pac Man Fever
First shot is of the PacMan screen, then you see a nerdy middle school boy playing video games (played by a young kard lookalike I hope), laughing with his buddies, and then riding his bike home through his lower middle class neighborhood.
Inside the house - Come Dancing
The boy comes home and his sister (who's face we don't see - her back is to the camera) is on the phone. You can hear her - she's flirty, giggling... junior/senior in high school. More montage here - showing some of the scenes from the song (her sitting in front of the house in a boy's car, parents looking worried). There may be some arguing with mom - again, we never see her face.
Meet the sister/getting ready to go out - Bette Davis Eyes
Why haven't we seen her face? Because the opening shot of this sequence is her eyes, which pans out to see her getting ready to go out all the way through getting into her car.
Pregaming - White Lines
The first party has begun. She is at a house party - packed, walking from room to room. We see her snorting coke and things start moving in "coke time".
Leave me alone - Bad Reputation
As she finishes another bump of coke, some strait laced dude, who is drinking, but is horrified to see her doing coke, confronts her. She pushes back and tells him off by singing this song. We see her storm out of this party and head for a dance club.
At the club - Relax
Now at the club, she meets up with another group of friends and they dance. She's dancing with a lot of different guys (and girls) here - sort of bouncing between them.
Introducing our male lead - Der Kommissar
We see our hero walk into the club. Crowd parts as he enters.
They meet - Take on Me
As she bounces around, she bounces to our guy. We see them dance - he's more into it than she is, but she's a little into it.
He tries to get her to stay - Don't Go
She bounces away, but he convinces her to come back. Now she's into him.
Bow-chicka-wow-wow - Danger Zone
They leave the club and go to his place. Good things happen.
They're into each other - Could I have this dance
We see them wake up after their night of passion. We see a montage of them doing early dating things with each other and then a transition to the "dark side" (her coke use, him storming off after an argument).
Oops, time to get married - The River
He knocks her up. She's showing as they get married.
Let's blow this town - Fast Car
They decide to leave the town where they met, and find a place they can call their own
Intermission
Life is hard - Welcome to the Jungle
We come back from intermission and see them in their new life. It's a struggle. She's working in a convenience store, he's a mechanic. They argue a lot.
The break up - In the Air Tonight and The Key
Separated and raging - It's the End of the World As We Know It
Feeling bad about the breakup, longing for him - Total Eclipse of the Heart (her)
Figuring out that he needs to get her back and how to do it - Every Rose Has It's Thorn (him)
Getting back together - Lean on Me
He comes back to her with the big romantic gesture, she swoons. Fade to black, show the credits...
2nd song of the Closing credits - La Bamba
This song doesn't really fit anywhere, so we make it the second song of the closing credits, and put it over/in a deleted scene on the DVD, but at least we can include it in the soundtrack.
Your feedback is welcome
Kardplayer's Koncept Flick
Opening montage and Credits - Pac Man Fever
First shot is of the PacMan screen, then you see a nerdy middle school boy playing video games (played by a young kard lookalike I hope), laughing with his buddies, and then riding his bike home through his lower middle class neighborhood.
Inside the house - Come Dancing
The boy comes home and his sister (who's face we don't see - her back is to the camera) is on the phone. You can hear her - she's flirty, giggling... junior/senior in high school. More montage here - showing some of the scenes from the song (her sitting in front of the house in a boy's car, parents looking worried). There may be some arguing with mom - again, we never see her face.
Meet the sister/getting ready to go out - Bette Davis Eyes
Why haven't we seen her face? Because the opening shot of this sequence is her eyes, which pans out to see her getting ready to go out all the way through getting into her car.
Pregaming - White Lines
The first party has begun. She is at a house party - packed, walking from room to room. We see her snorting coke and things start moving in "coke time".
Leave me alone - Bad Reputation
As she finishes another bump of coke, some strait laced dude, who is drinking, but is horrified to see her doing coke, confronts her. She pushes back and tells him off by singing this song. We see her storm out of this party and head for a dance club.
At the club - Relax
Now at the club, she meets up with another group of friends and they dance. She's dancing with a lot of different guys (and girls) here - sort of bouncing between them.
Introducing our male lead - Der Kommissar
We see our hero walk into the club. Crowd parts as he enters.
They meet - Take on Me
As she bounces around, she bounces to our guy. We see them dance - he's more into it than she is, but she's a little into it.
He tries to get her to stay - Don't Go
She bounces away, but he convinces her to come back. Now she's into him.
Bow-chicka-wow-wow - Danger Zone
They leave the club and go to his place. Good things happen.
They're into each other - Could I have this dance
We see them wake up after their night of passion. We see a montage of them doing early dating things with each other and then a transition to the "dark side" (her coke use, him storming off after an argument).
Oops, time to get married - The River
He knocks her up. She's showing as they get married.
Let's blow this town - Fast Car
They decide to leave the town where they met, and find a place they can call their own
Intermission
Life is hard - Welcome to the Jungle
We come back from intermission and see them in their new life. It's a struggle. She's working in a convenience store, he's a mechanic. They argue a lot.
The break up - In the Air Tonight and The Key
Separated and raging - It's the End of the World As We Know It
Feeling bad about the breakup, longing for him - Total Eclipse of the Heart (her)
Figuring out that he needs to get her back and how to do it - Every Rose Has It's Thorn (him)
Getting back together - Lean on Me
He comes back to her with the big romantic gesture, she swoons. Fade to black, show the credits...
2nd song of the Closing credits - La Bamba
This song doesn't really fit anywhere, so we make it the second song of the closing credits, and put it over/in a deleted scene on the DVD, but at least we can include it in the soundtrack.
Your feedback is welcome
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Don't think it really needs a draft though. People could just prepare and post (and rationalize) their mixes. A snipe would kill in this format.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
zamboni
Footballguy
Indeed - nice work.
Guess we know who used to sit in front of the class, while the rest of us loafed in the back shooting spitballs.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Agreed. Excellent effort - it makes my brain hurt. Is it wrong not to want to try that hard?
kardplayer
Footballguy
kardplayer
Footballguy
What I lack in taste I make up for in conviction.
I was always more of a hustle guy than a talent guy...
kardplayer
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
I did a 4 or 5 track song cycle based on the American Bicentennial at the beginning of my 1970s mixtape. It was about as bad as it sounds.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
Sorry for any offence. I knew if I embelished I'd get a bite.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.
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.
Sylvian was just one in a long line of poseurs that the cool indie kids at school loved and because I hated them, by assocation I hated their music.
Now......they were mainly right
and my then defence of Nik Kershaw and Matthew Wilder is somewhat laughable.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
Yeah....what a nerdzamboni said:
But seriously, great work!
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
U2 is the perfect non UK band.
Ireland is not part of the UK.
The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Ireland is not part of this group.
If you are excluding Ireland from UK, you have to exclude Canada from US
If you said British Isles, it would be a different argument.
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John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
Total Time = 100:07
Working on my spotify mix to see what is/isn't available
El Floppo
Footballguy
I love Sylvian (and I know that you know that I know, so my anger was equal parts embellished to your disgust)... obviously- but I also recognize that his music is completely pretentious and tied to where I was a teen and early 20s guy. I think it's the kind of stuff that if I heard for the first time now, I might not even take a sniff of. kinda wonder the same thing about my best friend, who I met in high school. He'll always be my best friend, but if I met him now... I probably wouldn't even meet him now.Sorry for any offence. I knew if I embelished I'd get a bite.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.
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.
Sylvian was just one in a long line of poseurs that the cool indie kids at school loved and because I hated them, by assocation I hated their music.
Now......they were mainly right
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
For my Spotify mix I had to make the following changes
Pet Shop Boys - Always on my mind is just the regular version, not the glorious remix
Kraftwerk's "the Model" - is the 2004 remix. Kraftwerk, just like George Lucas and his revisionist digital history make it difficult to get the original versions
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo - I can't play it, but I can copy it from someone else's playlist. Good luck if you can hear it.
Sylvian/Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours - I couldn't find any Sylvian (awww shame) so had to go with an instrumental version
Peter Schilling - Major Tom - I couldn't find a decent English version, so had to go with the original German version. I also added an English cover version done by "Done Again", which may as well be Gale Boetticher
JML's 80s Genre Mixtape
I expect there to be some that can't be played, but let me know if it's really bad
Pet Shop Boys - Always on my mind is just the regular version, not the glorious remix
Kraftwerk's "the Model" - is the 2004 remix. Kraftwerk, just like George Lucas and his revisionist digital history make it difficult to get the original versions
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo - I can't play it, but I can copy it from someone else's playlist. Good luck if you can hear it.
Sylvian/Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours - I couldn't find any Sylvian (awww shame) so had to go with an instrumental version
Peter Schilling - Major Tom - I couldn't find a decent English version, so had to go with the original German version. I also added an English cover version done by "Done Again", which may as well be Gale Boetticher
JML's 80s Genre Mixtape
I expect there to be some that can't be played, but let me know if it's really bad
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