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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (1 Viewer)

krista4 said:
Since I might not be around for festivities tonight, I want to be sure to leave you with these upbeat, optimistic italicized lyrics from one of my favorite Reindeer Section songs:

I can't call you a friend
Cause when you left me here
You left me here to die
Don't worry I won't call you again
Cause when I take a hint
I take it pretty hard
And when you broke my heart
you broke it into shards of glass
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:oldunsure:

is it ok that I laugh emojied that?

**ALLERT** 

jesus and marychain putting me back on track.

 
Steve Tasker said:
Do they still have the option where you can all play on the same team at once in different positions?  I used to find that fun.  I remember we used to have an FBG team on XBox....you were probably on it?  Me, Sebowski, a handful of others.  
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Yep, I was in on that. Good times. Not sure if they still have; I haven't played that mode in forever. 

 
Damn, I'll take this one too. In the year 3737 ...

37.37 - Canned Wheat, The Guess Who.  The sweet, sweet sounds of Randy Bachman's guitar, and some of Rock's greatest vocals.  A 9/10 album from start to finish that has aged surprisingly well.

No Time

Laughing

 
Northern Voice said:
I have been informed @rockaction is also sidelined for the foreseeable future and won't be able to continue with the draft. I can update the sheet at 9 if no one beats me to it. 
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That’s a bummer - he’s usually pretty affable. Must be another victim of the cesspool they call The Politics Forum.

 
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Ok...I just rummaged through the fridge and combined a bunch of random liquids into a glass. I got to the tomato juice and realized this summer camp drink experiment needs to stop. Now.

Son of raging sun...I really hate Billy Joel- even when sober. Bottle of red and white just came on...everything I hate about his music... and is making me want to child abuse.

 
zamboni said:
Northern Voice said:
I have been informed @rockaction is also sidelined for the foreseeable future and won't be able to continue with the draft. I can update the sheet at 9 if no one beats me to it. 
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That’s a bummer - he’s usually pretty affable. Must be another victim of the cesspool they call The Politics Forum.
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Yes, he has been known to express thoughts in the political forum, which many often don't agree with (including me) but I've always found him to be a great dude in the music drafts, which is why I dragged him kicking and screaming into this one :lol: ... it was a run.

 
Follow-up moment of clarity...

A hot day at the beach followed up by a hot run and fingers full of the Bushmills is wreaking havoc here. Billy Joel or no. 

Oooh...Otis Redding day tripper is helping

 
20 picks in

  • Bill Withers - Still Bill (1974)
  • Augustus Pablo - East of the Nile (1977)
  • Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life (1986)
  • Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom (1992)
  • The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
  • Soundgarden - Down on the Upside (1996)
  • Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
  • The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)
  • Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
  • David Gray - White Ladder (1998)
  • Blur - 13 (1999)
  • D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
  • N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2001)
  • The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth (2005)
  • Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
  • Atoms for Peace - Amok (2013)
  • Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
  • Glass Animals - Zaba (2014)
  • LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
  • The Strokes - The New Abnormal (2020)
 
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Northern Voice said:
Yes, he has been known to express thoughts in the political forum, which many often don't agree with (including me) but I've always found him to be a great dude in the music drafts, which is why I dragged him kicking and screaming into this one :lol: ... it was a run.
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Yeah...he and I have had our differences of ideas- but can always step back from the edge. But it takes both of us working hard and with (I hope) mutual respect. The PSF, from my limited time around it isn't exactly the place for hard work, thoughtfulness or respect.

 
After drafting The Guess Who, I'm waxing nostalgic and submitting to guilty pleasures, but upon further review this album is surprisingly good.  It comes with two of the greatest FM hits off all-time, and some top-shelf filler.

38.04 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II  1973 

I forget if it was a birthday or Christmas, or if it was 1973 or 1974, but there was a day I was gifted both albums, BTO II and Neil Diamond's His 12 Greatest Hits (so dreamy)

Let it Ride

Taking Care of Business ... You're going to love it when this song pops up on the playlist.

Bonus track: Stonegates.  This is the high-quality filler I was referring to. 

I can smell the record needle when I play stream this album.

 
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Bob Dylan - The Royal Albert Hall Concert (Released 1998, Recorded 1966)

I'm doubling up on Dylan. I don't return to the acoustic stuff on here much but I play the stuff with The Band about as much as anything. They sound so hungry here. There's an aggressive, garagey edge to the electric stuff that comes out playing in front of that hostile crowd. It's just the best.

Tell Me, Momma

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

 
36.29 Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

Shine a Light
I'll Believe in Anything

Started this post a while ago and worried that it'd be taken in the last couple pages. Came out last year of college for me and got plenty of play since then. It's rock-#######-solid, could've picked just about any two songs for the playlist. Was thiiiiiiis close to picking Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts instead. 

37.12 Islands, Return to the Sea (2006)

Rough Gem
Swans (Life After Death)
 

Islands for my island, so meta.

They were born out of a different band which I and others have drafted before, and I love that album as well, but I might've gotten more play out of this one, front to back, and while the other one is a glorious, joyous mess, this one has more properly-developed songs. It's still got that quirkiness and humor found in their previous band's output, though. Considered leaving "Swans" off the playlist due to length, but I love it. Jogging Gorgeous Summer is another one I've drafted before, and very fitting for the island vibe, and I also love the apocalyptic narrative in Humans.

 
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Abrantes said:
36.29 Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

Shine a Light
I'll Believe in Anything

Started this post a while ago and worried that it'd be taken in the last couple pages. Came out last year of college for me and got plenty of play since then. It's rock-#######-solid, could've picked just about any two songs for the playlist. Was thiiiiiiis close to picking Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts for the playlist. 

37.12 Islands, Return to the Sea (2006)

Rough Gem
Swans (Life After Death)
 

Islands for my island, so meta.

They were born out of a different band which I and others have drafted before, and I love that album as well, but I might've gotten more play out of this one, front to back, and while the other one is a glorious, joyous mess, this one has more properly-developed songs. It's still got that quirkiness and humor found in their previous band's output, though. Considered leaving "Swans" off the playlist due to length, but I love it. Jogging Gorgeous Summer is another one I've drafted before, and very fitting for the island vibe, and I also love the apocalyptic narrative in Humans.
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Is that somehow that first Dan Boeckner album drafted?   I love both of those. 

 
Mister CIA said:
File under "great replies."

32.04 - Rattlesnakes, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions   1984  ...  I've said it before, but the first timeI heard Lloyd Cole is the day I became a music snob(ish)

Rattlesnakes

Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken

33.37 - Let's Get Out of This Country, Camera Obscura   2006

Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken ... I'll never love this song enough

If Looks Could Kill
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Veeeeeeeery sneaky with the one-two. Rattlesnakes is great, and I had it on my list. I love the guitar on Forest Fire.

LOVE Camera Obscura's big singles over the years, but haven't listened to their albums enough.

 
39.10 - Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud (2020)

Alright, let's roll the dice on a 2020 album and cross our fingers and hope it holds up.  Been holding off because I don't know which of her albums to pick, I've taken a different one in the '10s draft, but let's give this one a shot.  I can't believe I didn't realize how fantastic her music was until just a few years ago.  

"Ruby Falls"

"Fire"

 
Abrantes said:
Veeeeeeeery sneaky with the one-two. Rattlesnakes is great, and I had it on my list. I love the guitar on Forest Fire.

LOVE Camera Obscura's big singles over the years, but haven't listened to their albums enough.
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Are You Read To Be Heartbroken does not crack my top four on the album, to be honest; but in light of Camera Obscura reference I felt obligated.  It's probably #5 on my list after #2 Perfect Skin, and #3 Forest Fire.  And Charlotte Street lurks, or looms.  Chapter 1, Lurkings.

Here's a cool live studio performance from Camera Obscura:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjPh8VDUAIo  Tracyanne Campbell is a treasure.

 
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Long Black Veil - Roseanne Cash/Jeff Tweedy - Short and sweet, in the best way possible.

Tender - Blur - Maybe my favourite Blur song, though I'll admit I usually listen to the single edit. 

Bess St. - White Denim - Like this song, like this band, at some point fell way behind with their album releases.

God's Song - Randy Newman - A little slow to my tastes...

Luv N' Haight - Sly & the Family Stone - I like the way this starts and the backing vocals but man do I wish this whole song wasn't 4 straight minutes in that same single groove.

 
Brainiac - Hissing Prigs In Static Couture (1996)

Someone mentioned two albums being paired with one another (I think it was Tasker). I will always associate Brainiac with New Bomb Turks as I was introduced to them on the same day by a friend of a friend. Thanks, Jeff. There is absolutely nothing like them. They were just about to hit it big with a world tour supporting Beck when their lead singer died tragically in a car accident. RIP Timmy.

I picked what I guess are their most straightforward tunes:

Hot Seat Can't Sit Down

Vincent Come On Down

 
My mix is all over the place, but what I did comment on is too true and needs to be addressed - I listen to a lot more 70s than my current list indicates.   I started off strong with 4 of 5 of the first albums from the decade, but then nothing after that.   It's been pretty picked over, but some damn good music left for the taking.  I started digging through the CD collection in the car (yeah, I know...) to jog my memory of stuff I listen to a bunch in there.   And one that jumped out was...

40.xx:  GROUNDHOGS - THANK CHRIST FOR THE BOMB (1970)

Strange Town

Garden

 
Under The Milky Way - The Church - Love, love love it. Meanders beautifully but never stops changing and growing and evolving. Are those bagpipes at 2:25? 

A Song For You - Gram Parsons - Beautiful harmonies, beautiful instrumentation, I think maybe I appreciate it more than I like it.

The Sequal - Fields of the Nephilim - Never heard of this band. Gothy all around. The Cureesque music with Joy Divisiony vocals

Lonely Soul - UNKLE, Richard Ashcroft - I am familiar with UNKLE but haven't listened much. Richard Ashcroft's voice is recognizable pretty quickly. I feel like this is what I want experimental Radiohead stuff to be like but it never gets the momentum going that this does for me, anyway.  UPDATE - The second half of this song sounds exactly like a Radiohead song I don't like, mopey moaning and all, I barely finished it. Totally down for the 4-minute single edit though.

Touch Too Much - AC/DC - I'm mostly played out on AC/DC but I have to admit this is jumping out the speakers at me tonight.  Loving it. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
I started digging through the CD collection in the car (yeah, I know...) to jog my memory of stuff I listen to a bunch in there.   And one that jumped out was...
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This is the part that jumps out to me. Also, remember when you were afraid to leave your CD's in the car because they might get stolen :lol:

 
40.31 - Dessa - Castor, the Twin (2011)

I'm gonna go way off the grid here, but hear me out.  This is one of the most introspective albums I've ever heard.  Is it hip-hop?  Is it spoken word?   I'm not really sure.  But what I will say is that it's fantastic.  This album is a partial rearrangement of her album from a year prior, recorded with a live band rather than the usual hip-hop backing track.

He hung up the phone, you listened to the dial tone,
And you stared at the stove until the beeping started.
You read some love letters, some threats, and some you couldn't tell apart
That you keep under the bed at the apartment.
And then you did what he asked you to do - you opened your heart up,
Right there on a napkin on the carpet, and part of it was frostbit,
But you've always been a smart kid,
Could still distinguish, the blood black as pitch
Valves had gone stiff, veins and scar tissue
Four chambers - just a standard issue
But none had room, forgiveness is huge
And you had two full of ice water
One full of salt, one packed with coal
Eager and ready and willing to find fault

"Mineshaft 2" (live)

"551" (Live)

 
krista4 said:
39.25 - Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Performed by Andrej Hoteev (released in 2014)

Every time I listen to Pictures at an Exhibition, I hear something new.  I guess I'm a sucker for program music, and, like The Four Seasons, this pulls me in to feel like I am actually in a different physical locale.  In this case, as intended by Mussorgsky, I can actually feel myself looking at the relevant paintings as I move through the various movements.

Most of the recordings I've heard of this are the orchestral version, usually the one by Ravel, but as a pianist I equally enjoy performances that follow the piano version.  I'm choosing this re-envisioning by Hoteev, or maybe I should say a revisit of the original vision, who meticulously reviewed the original manuscript to come up with what he claims is the true original sound of the piece.  I'm less familiar with it due to its relative recency and the fact that no one plays this one publicly, and I'd like to spend time on my island listening and comparing this in my head to the version we've all accepted as accurate for the past 140 years.

No song choices for the sake of the mix.
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Are you kidding me?  This would have been my pick if we were doing classical.  My favorite recording is the Telarc recording by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Yoel Levi.

I'd be picking Great Gate of Kiev and The Hut on Fowl's Legs.  (In the other order.)

The recording quality of Telarc is a premium here.

 
Northern Voice said:
This is the part that jumps out to me. Also, remember when you were afraid to leave your CD's in the car because they might get stolen :lol:
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Yep.  Rockin' an old school Rav-4, so no Bluetooth.   No doubt - I would hide mine in the trunk.  Now I don't care because I know I couldn't get 50cents a piece for any of these, so no worries there.   Plus a lot are odd albums that I have on CD-R from my heavier downloading and pirating days.  

 
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