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[simey]

The Germans are coming!  I saw this band with a guy I dated in college. I was one of the few people in the audience that didn't have on black. My boyfriend was out of his Don Johnson phase at this point where he wanted to dress like Sonny Crockett from Miami Vice.  I was wearing the pastels instead.  The show was fun, and Klaus Meine can carry a tune.

Round 45

World Wide Live - Scorpions (1985)

The Zoo

Still Loving You

 

[Northern Voice]

I was super-obsessed up with Styx up through about 8th grade.  I had a friend who was equally obsessed with Journey (the Steve Perry version, with apologies to whoever it is that hates him - PIK?), so we'd argue over who was better.  Turned out actually we were both wrong.

My 8th grade arguments like this were Our Lady Peace vs. Shania Twain vs. lagwagon and I we were all wrong too. 

 

[zamboni]

45.26 Veruca Salt - American Thighs (1994)

Seether

Spiderman '79

I always remember VS being played on Beavis and Butthead.

 

[zamboni]

45.xx: Break Like the Wind - Spinal Tap (1992)

For the playlist: The Sun Never Sweats and Break Like the Wind

Quality follow up to Smell The Glove.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I was so into Styx that I had cut out any mention of them in any magazine and taped it on my bedroom walls and door.  I recall now that I had a quote from Tommy Shaw (who was ####### dreamy) that at the time I had no idea what it meant.  He was complaining about a show in Cleveland or some such and said something along the lines of, "We couldn't get laid there if we were in a women's prison with a handful of pardons."  Yes, my mom let me have this on my wall as a pre-teen.  She probably just didn't want to explain to me what it actually meant.

too much time on your hands...

 

[Abrantes]

My 8th grade arguments like this were Our Lady Peace vs. Shania Twain vs. lagwagon and I we were all wrong too. 

Waiting on the OLP vs. Seven Mary Three IG battle. 

 

[Hov34]

Going same genre on this back-to-back.

Round 42 - Death Cab For Cutie, Plans (2005)

I waffled which ones to pick first because I have a tendency to consider irrelevant minutia like that, but then I realized how much easier the song selections were for this one.

I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Crooked Teeth

Love both these songs, but especially Crooked Teeth.

 

[Hov34]

45.31 Various Awesome Artists - Forest Gump Soundtrack (1994)

"Hound Dog" (1956) Elvis Presley – 2:16

"Rebel Rouser" (1958) Duane Eddy – 2:21

"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" (1961) Clarence "Frogman" Henry – 2:18

"Walk Right In" (1963) The Rooftop Singers – 2:33

"Land of 1000 Dances" (1966) Wilson Pickett – 2:25

"Blowin' in the Wind" (1967) Joan Baez – 2:49

"Fortunate Son" (1969) Creedence Clearwater Revival – 2:18

"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) The Four Tops – 2:43

"Respect" (1967) Aretha Franklin – 2:27

"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (1966) Bob Dylan – 4:35

"Sloop John B" (1966) The Beach Boys – 2:56

"California Dreamin'" (1966) The Mamas & the Papas – 2:39

"For What It's Worth" (1966) Buffalo Springfield – 2:38

"What the World Needs Now Is Love" (1965) Jackie DeShannon – 3:13

"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" (1967) The Doors – 2:28

"Mrs. Robinson" (1968) Simon & Garfunkel – 3:51

Disc two

"Volunteers" (1969) Jefferson Airplane – 2:04

"Get Together" (1967) The Youngbloods – 4:36

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (1967) Scott McKenzie – 2:58

"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" (1965) The Byrds – 3:54

"Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (1969) The 5th Dimension – 4:48

"Everybody's Talkin'" (1968) Harry Nilsson – 2:44

"Joy to the World" (1970) Three Dog Night – 3:16

"Stoned Love" (1970) The Supremes – 2:59

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969) B. J. Thomas – 3:00

"Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)" (1974) Randy Newman – 2:46

"Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) Lynyrd Skynyrd – 4:43

"Running On Empty" (1978) Jackson Browne - 4:56

"It Keeps You Runnin'" (1976)  The Doobie Brothers – 4:13

"I've Got to Use My Imagination" (1973) Gladys Knight & the Pips – 3:30

"Go Your Own Way" (1977)  Fleetwood Mac – 3:39

"On the Road Again" (1980)  Willie Nelson – 2:29

"Against the Wind" (1980)  Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – 5:33

"Forrest Gump Suite" (1994)  Alan Silvestri – 8:48

 

[Ilov80s]

Rd 45: The Art of Drowning by AFI (2000)

Since we’ve added rounds, I feel like I need to round out my library with all the genres I’ve enjoyed and had major phases in life. I can pair this with Suicide Machines to give me some 90s/00s punk and ska.

Ever and a Day

The Days of the Phoenix

 

[krista4]

45.25 - Damien Rice - O (2002)

Damien seems like a guy that could have been a huge star but didn't want to be.  His band Juniper was enjoying a lot of success in the UK after release of an EP and were signed to a big record deal with Polygram.  But before they could release an album, frustrated with the record company Damien quit the band and became a farmer in Tuscany. 

When he returned and put out his first solo record, "O," he again had some success, charting a few singles in the top 30 in the UK and the album charting in the UK top 10.  The song "The Blower's Daughter" was used in the movie Closer and became a minor hit here in the US as well.  So what did he do?  Well, of course he went to help push the cause of Burmese democracy instead of following with another album.

Four years later he finally put out another album, which I love as much as I do this one, and found success once again.  Then he broke up with his girlfriend and bandmate Lisa Hannigan (check out her later solo stuff, btw - it's great), went into seclusion/depression, and didn't put out another album for eight years.  That was in 2014, and he hasn't released another since then.

I find this guy as talented as any non-Beatle or non-Stevie on my island.  Wish he'd give us more.  ***BUCKET LIST ALERT*** - he and Glen Hansard of the Frames have busked Grafton Street in Dublin on Christmas Eve for many years, and I am dying to go see them sometime.

Volcano

Delicate

 

[PIK95]

I like the Veruca and Fun picks.  Both were on my 50-60 round radar.

 

[PIK95]

There are four records I really want.  Not sure how to play this.  I think I have to take the snipiest one first, even though it's fourth on the list.  

 

[PIK95]

Round 45 Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone like You

This is fourth on my list right now, but I'm shocked it hasn't gone yet.  Maybe it has and I missed it? I have always enjoyed the casual feel of this record.  Puts me in a decent mood when I play it.  It also has five or six smash radio hits if I remember right.  I'll take my two favorite.

Real World

Back to Good

 

[Northern Voice]

45.31 Various Awesome Artists - Forest Gump Soundtrack (1994)

"Hound Dog" (1956) Elvis Presley – 2:16

"Rebel Rouser" (1958) Duane Eddy – 2:21

"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" (1961) Clarence "Frogman" Henry – 2:18

"Walk Right In" (1963) The Rooftop Singers – 2:33

"Land of 1000 Dances" (1966) Wilson Pickett – 2:25

"Blowin' in the Wind" (1967) Joan Baez – 2:49

"Fortunate Son" (1969) Creedence Clearwater Revival – 2:18

"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) The Four Tops – 2:43

"Respect" (1967) Aretha Franklin – 2:27

"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (1966) Bob Dylan – 4:35

"Sloop John B" (1966) The Beach Boys – 2:56

"California Dreamin'" (1966) The Mamas & the Papas – 2:39

"For What It's Worth" (1966) Buffalo Springfield – 2:38

"What the World Needs Now Is Love" (1965) Jackie DeShannon – 3:13

"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" (1967) The Doors – 2:28

"Mrs. Robinson" (1968) Simon & Garfunkel – 3:51

Disc two

"Volunteers" (1969) Jefferson Airplane – 2:04

"Get Together" (1967) The Youngbloods – 4:36

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (1967) Scott McKenzie – 2:58

"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" (1965) The Byrds – 3:54

"Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (1969) The 5th Dimension – 4:48

"Everybody's Talkin'" (1968) Harry Nilsson – 2:44

"Joy to the World" (1970) Three Dog Night – 3:16

"Stoned Love" (1970) The Supremes – 2:59

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969) B. J. Thomas – 3:00

"Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)" (1974) Randy Newman – 2:46

"Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) Lynyrd Skynyrd – 4:43

"Running On Empty" (1978) Jackson Browne - 4:56

"It Keeps You Runnin'" (1976)  The Doobie Brothers – 4:13

"I've Got to Use My Imagination" (1973) Gladys Knight & the Pips – 3:30

"Go Your Own Way" (1977)  Fleetwood Mac – 3:39

"On the Road Again" (1980)  Willie Nelson – 2:29

"Against the Wind" (1980)  Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – 5:33

"Forrest Gump Suite" (1994)  Alan Silvestri – 8:48

Literally the example I used for greatest hits soundtracks not allowed

 

[Northern Voice]

Well, totally cheating here, but it's pick 44 so, sue me.

A lot of bang for my buck here:

44.10 Various Artists - The Big Chill: More Songs From The Original Soundtrack (1984)

1.Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

2.Wouldn't It Be Nice (The Beach Boys)

3.It's The Same Old Song (Four Tops)

4.When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge)

5.Dancing In The Street (Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)

6.What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)

7.In The Midnight Hour (The Rascals)

8.Quicksilver Girl (The Steve Miller Band)

9.Gimme Some Lovin' (The Spencer Davis Group)

10.Too Many Fish In The Sea (The Marvelettes)

11.The Weight (The Band)

This one's getting stopped at customs too fwiw. Hope you have a false bottom on the boat or something

 

[wikkidpissah]

This one's getting stopped at customs too fwiw. Hope you have a false bottom on the boat or something

can i be your hit-sniffing dog?

 

[krista4]

Spreadsheet updated to here.  I removed The Big Chill and Forrest Gump soundtracks, too. 

I'm out for the day!

 

[PIK95]

@Nigel Tufnel

You got me.  I scrolled back and refreshed like five times, lol.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

PICK 45.21

BRYAN FERRY - BETE NOIRE (1987)

Back to a starting a short run to add to the mellow part of the island collection.  Pretty big group of songs from which to pick on here ...dammit, need more than two here.  

Songs

- Limbo

- Kiss And Tell

 

[Yo Mama]

Ooohwheee, I had forgotten about this album until I was watching Devs the other night (on the weed) and one the songs came on and I immediately had some good flashbacks to when my roommate in college introduced this album to me (on the shrooms). I had obviously already heard All Right Now a billion times, but this album was my jam for a long time.  That Devs show has some great music by the way. Yo Mama selects:

45.19 - Free - Fire and Water (1970)

1 - Fire and Water 

2 - Oh I Wept

3 - Remember

4 - Heavy Load

5 - Mr. Big

6 - Don’t Say You Love Me 

7 - All Right Now 

I had a really hard time picking songs because the whole album is excellent. I highly recommend it if you’re looking for some bluesy-Rock goodness. 

 

[Abrantes]

43.12 Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert (1975)

Jarrett's certainly one of the most iconic figures in the world of free-improvisation solo piano performances,  and this is the most famous of them. Not necessarily the best, and as the story goes, Jarrett likely had to adapt his playing style to account for the fact that, due to a production mix-up, he'd be playing on a substandard piano with numerous limitations. Jarrett himself has said that he's tired of hearing about this concert and wishes people would move on (reminds me of Alan Moore with Watchmen), but I'll apologize to him if he comes by my island, 'cause this was my first contact with him and it is deeply ingrained in me. I could've gone with one of his other highly-regarded solo performances, but this is the one I know best, and it's magnificent.

Didn't include links 'cause I couldn't find the originals on YouTube, only covers. It's on Spotify though. Only adding "Part IIc" to the playlist though. The others are all 14+ minutes long.

44.29 Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)

I Think I'm in Love
Come Together

Not an album I care to listen to front-to-back all the time, but it's a phenomenal experience. Many of the songs work well individually too, but it's better experienced as a whole.

I think I'm alive
Probably just breathing

 

[wikkidpissah]

45.06 Gymnopedies, Gnossiemes et Sarabandes, Erik Satie, Hakon Austbo, piano

I went back and forth on this one. There's a beautiful old Satie collection by a Japanese pianist who not only plays with the requisite delicacy necessary to proper representation of Satie pieces (and it's amazing how many clumsy versions of Satie are out there) but mixes the material in the way it seems this very odd maestro (he spent four years eatring only white food) might best appreciate, even though she left most of the "hits" out. There are also many chamber orchestrations of his work (including one by Genesis' Steve Hackett) that are richly textured without losing the essence. But i'm greedy - Erik Satie knew how to trace the consolations of common depression (as opposed to the internal rapes of clinical depression) with music better than anyone i've heard and i WANT all the coffee commercial and movie soundtrack themes. So, Gympnopedies et al it is.

 

[Northern Voice]

Alright, who's ready for one of the biggest Canadian rock albums of all time that never made a dent in the States anywhere outside of Canada except Buffalo. The 4 singles on this ("Hello Time Bomb", "Load Me Up", "Strange Days", and "The Future is X-Rated") are still absolute staples of Canadian Rock radio. Load Me Up and Hello Time Bomb are epic 90s alternative anthems. Strange Days is pretty poignant these days. This was released as a concept album initially with each song representing a different hour of the day, leading til sun up - the final song, running for home, I've used that track listing here. A lot of the non singles, particularly "Giant", "I Miss New Wave", "Suburbia", "Running for Home" and "Failing the Rorschach Test" remain staples of his concerts...

Matthew Good mostly performs without his band these days and his solo stuff is for the most part much slower and introspective (he's been very open about struggles with depression). I've seen him quite a few times, from festivals, to theatre shows, to larger concerts in his heydey. He's almost better to see in the festival setting now where he's more likely to play more of the hits and feel the general good vibes in the air.   

43.09 - Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight (1999)

1    05:00 P.M. Giant  06:10        
2    06:00 P.M. Hello Time Bomb 03:55        
3    07:00 P.M. Strange Days 04:21        
4    08:00 P.M. I Miss New Wave 03:31        
5    09:00 P.M. Load Me Up 03:40        
6    10:00 P.M. Failing the Rorschach Test 04:46  
7    11:00 P.M. Suburbia 05:24        
8    12:00 A.M. Let's Get It On 05:12        
9    01:00 A.M. Jenni's Song 03:59        
10    02:00 A.M. Going All The Way 05:01        
11    03:00 A.M. A Boy and His Machine Gun 03:45        
12    04:00 A.M. The Future Is X-Rated 04:21    
13    05:00 A.M. Born to Kill 05:42        
14    Sun Up Running for Home 04:37    

 

[wikkidpissah]

43.12 Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert (1975)

Jarrett's certainly one of the most iconic figures in the world of free-improvisation solo piano performances,  and this is the most famous of them. Not necessarily the best, and as the story goes, Jarrett likely had to adapt his playing style to account for the fact that, due to a production mix-up, he'd be playing on a substandard piano with numerous limitations. Jarrett himself has said that he's tired of hearing about this concert and wishes people would move on (reminds me of Alan Moore with Watchmen), but I'll apologize to him if he comes by my island, 'cause this was my first contact with him and it is deeply ingrained in me. I could've gone with one of his other highly-regarded solo performances, but this is the one I know best, and it's magnificent.

Didn't include links 'cause I couldn't find the originals on YouTube, only covers. It's on Spotify though. Only adding "Part IIc" to the playlist though. The others are all 14+ minutes long.

Couldnt take it to my island because, for decades, it was my stankytime record and, well............ but i've never heard music that breathes more deeply. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

my stankytime record

that would be all of my records.

 

[Raging weasel]

Missed out on all the rest so just left with this.

Rage Against the Machine--. Renegades

Renegades of Funk

Maggie's Farm

 

[wikkidpissah]

that would be all of my records.

you just a pungent #####

 

[PIK95]

Cutting the grass playlist time

Stray Cats 9.25

One of my personal favorites.

Bad Company - Bad Company 8.25

Classic Rock!

Vampire Weekend Kids Don't Stand a Chance 8.0

I used to like this more. Not sure what happened.  Maybe his voice like Rush?

Bjork American Idol or something 7.25

Wasn't bad.

Clash - Supermarket 9.25

Fun, bouncy, and uplifting Clash.  Who knew.

Neil Young - Harvest Moon 9.25

A little long, but great tune.

Danko/Manual Live 0.0

It sounds like country ripoff Warren Haynes, without the shredding. Not my bag baby.  Love Warren though.

Linda poor pitiful me 9.25



Gloria White Animals 7.5 

Not terrible, they would play this in Dusk Till Dawn Club for sure 

Into the Whine - They are Not Gods 7.0

Elevator music, if Elevator's did it right.

Letter to Madeline - 0.0

That lasted about five seconds.  My first skip.

Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow 8.5

Much better....

This lawn is 1/3 cut.  I need lawn guy back

Lazy Flies - Beck 8.00

Meh, but not meh.  Maybe I would like it on more listens 

That's Not My Real Life - Cherry Glazer 9.0

Never heard it before.  Really liked it.  Reminded me of Franz Ferdinand for some reason.  I'll think about it.

R.E.M. Nightswimming 9.75

Pretty much perfect.  Probably should be a 10.0.  I may adjust it up if nothing beats it out later.

Breadcrumb Trail - Slint 8.0

I enjoyed it as a first timer.

Dumpstaphunk - Raise the House 7.5

I loved it for forty-five seconds, but man were the Lyrics annoyingly repetitive.

Willie Sturgil Stargell - Promise...I never have to hear that guy again.  Oof!  5.0

GrandmaGrandmaster Flash - the Message 7.25

This was a childhood favorite that didn't age well.

 

[PIK95]

Stanko! AMIRITE?

 

[PIK95]

This place is WAY more active with a day night pick, than when we were rocking 3itc, right?  

 

[Hov34]

Spreadsheet updated to here.  I removed The Big Chill and Forrest Gump soundtracks, too. 

I'm out for the day!

So there are rules now???

I assume all the other "Various Artists" Soundtracks are gone too?

 

[wikkidpissah]

I assume

bring in the chalkboard!

 

[PIK95]

So there are rules now???

I assume all the other "Various Artists" Soundtracks are gone too?

I got spiked on a soundtrack pick earlier than everyone fwiw.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

That said, there are some compilations that aren't quite greatest hits and aren't quite all previously unreleased, like the one @simey referenced, so again, take them if you think they fit in the spirit of the draft, each case is difference. It's really the greatest hits albums, the greatest hits soundtracks and the greatest hits compilations that I don't think fit. A collection of b-sides, music newly composed for a soundtrack, they're all different.

These are the soundtrack guidelines.

So there are rules now???

I assume all the other "Various Artists" Soundtracks are gone too?

 

[Hov34]

That said, there are some compilations that aren't quite greatest hits and aren't quite all previously unreleased, like the one @simey referenced, so again, take them if you think they fit in the spirit of the draft, each case is difference. It's really the greatest hits albums, the greatest hits soundtracks and the greatest hits compilations that I don't think fit. A collection of b-sides, music newly composed for a soundtrack, they're all different.

These are the soundtrack guidelines.

So there are rules now???

I assume all the other "Various Artists" Soundtracks are gone too?

Completly understand and will re-pick,  I just thought that because "Valley Girl", "American Graffiti" "Pump Up the Volume", "Singles" Soundracks were ok, everything was free to pick.

 

[PIK95]

Cutting the grass playlist time

Stray Cats 9.25

One of my personal favorites.

Bad Company - Bad Company 8.25

Classic Rock!

Vampire Weekend Kids Don't Stand a Chance 8.0

I used to like this more. Not sure what happened.  Maybe his voice like Rush?

Bjork American Idol or something 7.25

Wasn't bad.

Clash - Supermarket 9.25

Fun, bouncy, and uplifting Clash.  Who knew.

Neil Young - Harvest Moon 9.25

A little long, but great tune.

Danko/Manual Live 0.0

It sounds like country ripoff Warren Haynes, without the shredding. Not my bag baby.  Love Warren though.

Linda poor pitiful me 9.25



Gloria White Animals 7.5 

Not terrible, they would play this in Dusk Till Dawn Club for sure 

Into the Whine - They are Not Gods 7.0

Elevator music, if Elevator's did it right.

Letter to Madeline - 0.0

That lasted about five seconds.  My first skip.

Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow 8.5

Much better....

This lawn is 1/3 cut.  I need lawn guy back

Lazy Flies - Beck 8.00

Meh, but not meh.  Maybe I would like it on more listens 

That's Not My Real Life - Cherry Glazer 9.0

Never heard it before.  Really liked it.  Reminded me of Franz Ferdinand for some reason.  I'll think about it.

R.E.M. Nightswimming 9.75

Pretty much perfect.  Probably should be a 10.0.  I may adjust it up if nothing beats it out later.

Breadcrumb Trail - Slint 8.0

I enjoyed it as a first timer.

Dumpstaphunk - Raise the House 7.5

I loved it for forty-five seconds, but man were the Lyrics annoyingly repetitive.

Willie Sturgil Stargell - Promise...I never have to hear that guy again.  Oof!  5.0

GrandmaGrandmaster Flash - the Message 7.25

This was a childhood favorite that didn't age well.

Updated bump...still going

 

[Eephus]

BRYAN FERRY - BETE NOIRE (1987)

Not on Spotify

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Completly understand and will re-pick,  I just thought that because "Valley Girl", "American Graffiti" "Pump Up the Volume", "Singles" Soundracks were ok, everything was free to pick.

Singles is 90% original songs.

 

[Buffaloes]

45.20 Rolling Stones - Tattoo You

(1981)

It's the Stones, it's a good album, it's round 45. Not gonna overthink this one.

Songs:

Start Me Up

Slave

 

[wikkidpissah]

stanky shuffle:

I Want Wind to Blow, The Microphones - i got at least forty friends who have hours & hours of tapes of great rock riffs that likely will never be appreciated because they dont know how to organize them into songs or write lyrics to accompany them. It must peck at their livers to hear stuff like this. Perfectly lovely and original theme, no song. Just whatever popped into their wimpass heads. I want wind to blow, too, but i'd rather you didn't

Generation Landslide, Alice Cooper - one of the great pleasures of my young life was going to a WBCN softball game where a radio station staff would oppose a band & its crew, then the band would give a concert and one time the band turned out to be a guy with a girl's name who yelled smokin-in-the-bathroom anthems and electrocuted himself at the end. He never grew past that, so never should have been allowed more than like two albums

Waitin' for a Superman, Flaming Lips - Fun lyric, good band, ok song, limply lipped

You Ain't Going Nowhere, Bob Dylan - Grrreat pub song, sung many times along w the Stones' Sweet Virginia & Feats Willin' etc after beaucoup shots & chasers at college bars by OKBoomers

Get By, Talib Kweli - delicious keepin' o' the real of the kind & direction at least i thought hiphop HAD to go, by the cat best equipped to take it there. Wha' hoppened?!

That's Enough For Me, Fleetwood Mac - I've always looooved Lindsay Buckingham's adventerous willingness to write songs that might not work. Like this one.

Movin' Wes, Pt 1, Wes Montgomery - Oddly good blend. Snobs of my day used to harsh all over Wes for not being as adventurous as everyone else with his music. Now, they're feedin' worms and we're diggin' on some Wes. 

Whipping Post (Live), The Allman Brothers Band - Almost perfect song in the studio, less than perfect live. 'cept for the blessed opportunity to hear axebrothers Duane & Dicky cut loose. Better & worse.

Backslider, Toadies - solid hard music

House Full of Reasons, Jude Cole - when John Waite is your ceiling, why bother?

 

[Long Ball Larry]

41.13

2 SKINNEE J'S - SUPERMERCADO

(1998)

In 1995, young Larry attends a concert at the Trocadero to see Phunk Junkeez as well as another band that I won't spotlight on the off chance that they are getting drafted, totally unaware of the band that would open.  These fine young gentlemen take the stage amidst a cloud of smoke, adorned in their trademark 70s regalia and proceed to bust out The Best.  Their energy and pizzazz were the greatest that I've ever seen and they continue to be my favorite live band, though they've been essentially defunct for like 6 years now.

I continued to follow them was writing for an independent high school newspaper the following year when I somehow figured out how to get in contact with them prior to another show and talked to their drummer about setting up an interview for the paper.  For whatever reason, he assented, which then meant I had to figure out what the hell it meant to actually interview someone.  I did not figure much out, instead spent most of the time trying and failing to figure out a portable tape recorder that I could use.  I decided to go anyway and just take notes, which may or may not have been the best idea.  I received an autographed poster in which I was proclaimed the King of Rock by one of the vocalists, a distinction I maintain until this day.

They briefly popped on MTV with the track Riot Nrrrd and a cameo in the movie Boys and Girls and for the week the Nerdcore was supposedly going to be a thing, it looked like they were poised for big things.  Alas, that was their high point and though they put out a few more albums, never really captured the zeitgeist again.  They had undergone many lineup changes prior, and continued to, at one point holding open auditions for tryouts.  I started practicing and had I altered my catastrophic thought process by then, probably would have gone to the tryout, because #### it, who cares anyway?  But I didn't, though continued to see them live whenever possible and they are the band that I have seen live most.  

Anyhoo, these fellas rock and I will not live on the island without them.

The Good, The Bad and the Skinnee

 

[Encumbrance]

stanky shuffle:

Get By, Talib Kweli - delicious keepin' o' the real of the kind & direction at least i thought hiphop HAD to go, by the cat best equipped to take it there. Wha' hoppened?!

Kanye production. As to your question, a Kanye answer "Truthfully I want to rap like Common Sense. Then I sold 5 mil/I ain't been rappin' like Common since!"

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Not on Spotify

one of the songs are on there so I thought I would go with it - his selections there are pretty disappointing

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

With my 2 picks today I'm going to take another couple great songwriters whose songs were bigger hits for other artists.

First up:

45.xx  Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Me and Bobby McGee

Superb songwriter.  I prefer his versions to Cash's and Joplin's.  Pretty decent actor, too.  #LoneStar

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Van Halen - You Really Got Me: It's fine.  6/10

Pink Floyd - Sheep:  i didn't really consider Animals at the beginning because I really didn't think that EPs would make sense, but my god the end to end quality on this is so amazing.  9/10

Tool - The Pot:   Big fan of this song.  I know this isn't where it started, but my god did Justin Chancellor take Tool to such a different level.  8/10

The Offspring - Bad Habit:  The tuning song?  Never really cared for his voice.  4.6/10

Islands - Rough Gem:  First one I'm not familiar with.  Pleasant open.  Now a little too happy for me.  I guess the band name is on brand for the draft,  but not my thing.  3/9

The Magnetic Fields - Absolute Cuckoo:  Not sure I know this.  69 songs?  What the H?  Not bad.  6.9/10

Genesis - Watcher of the Skies: Long, dramatic build up.  Feels like the first day or 2 of the book of Genesis.  I don't know, not totally vibing with this right now.  5/12

Booker T & the MGs - I Got a Woman: Solid funk/soul.  Could listen most any time.  7.4/10

Bob Seger - Night Moves: Always pedal to the metal with Bob.  Good song.  8.6/11.1

Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun:  More tuning.  Interesting version.  Pretty cool.  9.4/13

REM - Half a World Away: Never could really get in REM.  Feels like Stipe's voice was an 80s sound, but then the band tried to progress, but he never really did.  I don't know, just an off the cuff take.  Not bad though.  12/17.5

 

[PIK95]

I just got an awful run on the playlist.

Chris Darden Smith - Some crap 1.0

I assume this dude is just some you tuber, and this is a prank.  If anyone ever signed him to record contract they should not just be fired, but also shot.  Or made to listen to this guys "music" on repeat. Awful.

Far From Me - John Prine 2.0 sympathy points

When I heard this, I hated it. Didn't know it was Prine.  Gotta be honest.

Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me. 9.0...

This dude must have been laying more pipe than Standard Oil in the 1940's with these gentle sounds.  Never saw his movie.

John Cash -Personal Jesus 9.25

This is a very strong effort. I have spun much Cash over the years and never heard this.  AND I thought it was a Depeche tune.  I would whack myself with one of those Silus whips from DaVinci Code if I had one. I should have know that tune.

Levon Helm - False Hearted Lover 9.0

Now this is what country should always sound like imo. 

One Armed Scissor - At the Drive in 6.0

This sounds like Our Lady Peace, meets Rage, meets Audio Slave, meets Korn, covering System of the Down.  Congratulations on being completely unoriginal.  

Clapton Live Layla 4.0

So bad I am not even bolding it.  Auto skip

Pharmacist - Biomusictrash 6.5

Hipsters stealing Squeeze shtick.  And not well.

FBG's letting me down on this run...

Wu Tang Live - Triumph 7.0 because live

Sounds like Karaoke. Would be a 9.5 if it was studio

Dean Ween Buckingham Green 8.5

Ween is always good.  Dave Dreiwitz is my dog, dog

 

[KarmaPolice]

Loving the reviews 

 

[PIK95]

Loving the reviews 

I'm not even high.  Well, high on exercise or whatever.

 

[zamboni]

45.19 - Free - Fire and Water (1970)

5 - Mr. Big

Great song - even inspired the name of that crappy early ‘90s hair metal band.

IIRC, there’s a great live version of this tune out there.

 

[PIK95]

Radiohead the Numbers just came on.  I didn't realize this went.  Better than In Rainbows fwiw.