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I drafted this in round eight.Celebration Rock - Japandroids (2012) drafted by @Northern Voice in round 2
4 or 5 should be good - I like what you did with my island. Randomly assign me an island, based on my interests have that island suggest a handful or so and I pick 2 or 3 of them. Then I pick 2 others on my own.
How full is that album? Love the 3 I'm familiar with, but haven't listened to any beyond them.
That was why I kept pushing it back. I tried to listen to the rest of the album a couple of times, but nothing grabbed me.
This is kind of why I threw out the idea of next doing an opening (and/or closing) song draft. So many great songs are part of albums in which the rest of the material is not nearly as palatable.
I literally just came here to say we may need to start a new draft up sooner than later because I just posted in the political cesspool.
Some of mine:
I was going to give him all the John Waite he could handle, but then I switched to DC Talk. As for the Babys album I would have chosen, I would have gone with one of their pre-Jonathan Cain works, Broken Heart, and the tracks Wrong or Right and Isn't it Time. Fun fact about The Babys: two of the founding members, lead guitarist Wally Stocker and drummer Tony Brock, are in the band that appears in the prom scene of the 80's cult classic Just One of the Guys, and Stocker is the one that hits on and leaves the prom with Terri's best friend/prom date.
I looked at this a lot and looking at Stars albums, I actually decided I might have gone with No One is Lost if I drafted them.
Also was thinking of The Babys, but yet another band that to me has a lot of good material, but just not one particularly noteworthy album.
On one hand, I'm curious when my last activity was in that forum. But on the other hand, I'm not gonna dare click to find out. That's how the quicksand effect takes over.
That line never gets old.
Album sequencing is a big deal with me. Both in separating the master pieces from the great from the good - and what you described above. Live's Throwing Copper is one that comes to mind. Sure, there are hits littered throughout but there is some filler that hasn't aged particularly well. But the closer - and the lesser known opener are perfect. Not perfect songs, but perfectly placed on the album as a whole.
Nice call with NRBQ. Also congrats on seeing Suzanne Vega live. She did an in-studio show for a local station a few years ago (WRNR, Eastern shore based that reaches not much further than Baltimore and Annapolis), and was very impressed at how well her studio work transitions to live performance. She told a story of a gig where they lost power and were taking requests for songs they could do acoustically. Someone asked for 99.9 Degrees (if you're not familiar, it has a loop in the background that sounds like hammers striking an anvil). Their stripped down version went over very well, and she repeated it in the studio during the broadcast. She's truly and underappreciated talent.
My list of 100 or so included All Killer No Filler by Sum 41.
i've been participating in both current drafts (all-time sports, DIAD), and the amount of "sits" i've seen has been insane ... no less that 10 posters been suspended (or worse?) through both (sports draft started 3/16) - a few racking up multiple infractions.
didn't you volunteer for KP's extra credit listening bonanza?Because this draft is over
Yeah but I need something to keep me coming back and distracted and thinking about my next pick, I guess.didn't you volunteer for KP's extra credit listening bonanza?
This one didn't quite bubble up to my to listen to list in this draft but it was right there with Anti-Flag as one of the few aughts pop-punk that's stood the test of time.My list of 100 or so included All Killer No Filler by Sum 41.
It has aged shockingly well, in the don't take us too seriously sort of way it was intended.
In Too Deep
Fat Lip/Pain for Pleasure <- this video is so great
Add on "Motivation" and "Nothing on My Back" and "Makes No Difference" (from the UK release) and we're halfway to an epic.
Yeah I'm thinking I will choose 1 or more, have the islander give me at least one "blind" suggestion just based on what the islander is feeling and maybe a suggestion based on my feedback and then see if kp will give a random 50-sided die roll for a totally rando album. Kind of want some immersion on the island I'm assigned to.
Can’t decide if I want in or not. Much like Marco said, I probably won’t have a ton to say.
Everyone gets assigned another drafter's Island and will review X amount of albums and post on it. Some of the ideas was one (drafter's choice), one (reviewer's) choice and one (random).wikkidpissah said:
I'd love to do this but with my current work schedule I couldn't do it much justice.
NV drafted Born to Run in round 2 so I was pretty closeNigel Tufnel said:I drafted this in round eight.Eephus said:Celebration Rock - Japandroids (2012) drafted by @Northern Voice in round 2
I almost took this for my Rd 49 pick, but felt I needed the soothing peace of the violin and piano duo I took. I can visit the other Doors islands. Waiting for the Sun was probably their most experimental album. My favorite tune on the album is Love Street. I also considered Absolutely Live if only to hear Jim's wild scream on Backdoor Man. That could have been the first thing anyone heard as they step foot on the island, and they could decide from there if they wanted to stay.
