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[Ilov80s]

I'm only considering live albums I already listened to.

Same, I won't take an album that is live just as a work around to get a greatest hits album. However, if I am listening to JB, the live Apollo album is the first one I go to. Stop Making Sense is also a go to album and movie for me. 

 

[PIK95]

I have two live albums on my radar, one will probably go in this draft, the other we could go 1000 rounds and no one would take it but me, and I'm not sure I will.  Both are "metal" bands but not very heavy.  

I'm more interested in compilations and where the line is

I really hope nobody takes greatest hit type compilations myself.

 

[PIK95]

Same, I won't take an album that is live just as a work around to get a greatest hits album. However, if I am listening to JB, the live Apollo album is the first one I go to. Stop Making Sense is also a go to album and movie for me. 

Missing that hurt.  Do over and I take it 1.7 honestly.

 

[MAC_32]

Pulse was GREAT.  That's why I did that.  I agree in most cases.  Folsom is great too.

I will be taking a couple of live records late for sure. A couple of my favorites are better live than in studio.

I'm sure there are some good Johnny Cash albums, but Folsom was the only one of his on my list - so much better live vs the studio.

 

[Mister CIA]

@Mister CIA, on auto skip

@Bonzai

Perfect.  I'm browsing and not ready to pick yet. Tempted to reach deep.

 

[Northern Voice]

@Mr. Ected - OTC

@Mrs. Rannous - On deck

@JZilla - soon

I have Mrs. Rannous pick

 

[El Floppo]

I'm only considering live albums I already listened to.

I'm taking the same approach. 

going to really try this this time not to take albums to my deserted island that I've never heard before.

 

[El Floppo]

and ftr- I have zero problem with you guys taking live, comps or any other albums (ktel classics still available)... just trying to impose some nerd out on my own island

 

[simey]

simey is still picking after Ian Noe?   but changes my draft strategy.   

After you rejoined, I didn't want to be the only quitter. OH is still out, but I consider him a part of you, and you're in. I'm not socially fully back in, but I will keep up with my picks, and snipe you as much as possible.  

 

[rcam]

Same, I won't take an album that is live just as a work around to get a greatest hits album. However, if I am listening to JB, the live Apollo album is the first one I go to. Stop Making Sense is also a go to album and movie for me. 

My one live album is kinda a greatest hits album but it is also probably the only band where I prefer to hear their live stuff rather than their studio stuff. I intend to post some live vs. studio comparisons once I pull the trigger (no way on God's green earth is that pick going to get sniped) but it will probably be much later in the draft where song fatigue has kicked in and no one will give a rat's ### whether it is live, a compilation, or how it sounds.

As an aside, I am enjoying the master playlist, but there must be some inside joke I am unaware of that requires drafters to pick the longest songs on the album. I think I sat down for 30 minutes late last night and made it through 3 songs.

 

[Hov34]

I have two live albums on my radar, one will probably go in this draft, the other we could go 1000 rounds and no one would take it but me, and I'm not sure I will.  Both are "metal" bands but not very heavy.  

I'm more interested in compilations and where the line is

I really hope nobody takes greatest hit type compilations myself.

We should get one "free pass" on comps.  I may take one with my last pick and you can all come to my island and try to take it from me.

 

[simey]

Yes, I do. simey's pick:

Round 8.02

Reckoning - REM (1984)

(Don't Go Back To) Rockville

So. Central Rain

Thanks, rock, for making my pick.

 

[mphtrilogy]

I do have a few LIVE albums I am considering later in the draft.. ones I reach for all the time

 

[Eephus]

Is that the first REM album?!

I was going to quit my gimmick in round 8 if somebody hadn't rescued R.E.M. from the green room by then.

 

[cosjobs]

Going with "newer" stuff here.

Round 8.x) AWOLNATION - Megalithic Symphony (2011)

Not Your Fault

Sail

Honorable listens:

Kill Your Heroes

People

@Mr. Ected - OTC

@Mrs. Rannous - On deck

@JZilla - soon

@rcam - see you in 48-72 hours

What's with everyone near me in the draft having punctuation in their user names... 

Good stuff. The music, anyway. The videos suck, but that won't affect the play list

 

[otb_lifer]

and ftr- I have zero problem with you guys taking live, comps or any other albums (ktel classics still available)... just trying to impose some nerd out on my own island

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for THIS?!??!?

 

[El Floppo]

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[Binky The Doormat]

We should get one "free pass" on comps.  I may take one with my last pick and you can all come to my island and try to take it from me.

I have two that are just about the only comps I listen to ...and I listen to them a lot.  

still feel a bit dirty even thinking about it 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

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that took a lot of work

 

[Mr. Ected]

8.12 - Rush - Exit...Stage Left

My name is Mr. Ected, and I am a Rush Fan. I humbly apologize.

I'm pretty sure there are a couple more in here, so I need to grab this because in 70ish picks, it may not be here.

I love this album, it is my 'go to' for listening on Spotify if I just need music I like while I am doing stuff when I have my AirPods on. It is a great summary of the first portion of their career, before the 'Keyboard-era' really began. Love the title, shows their fun-side; yes it is from the The Pink Panther cartoon and was his 'go to line' when leaving a situation. The album cover is my favorite. Back when music had artwork, it was a great way to sum up the previous albums, with a reference to each album somewhere on the cover.

So as to not truly offend the true Rush-haters out there I am chasing two of my favorites from this album that are not with Geddy's so-called screechy voice and are not 10+ minutes long.

1) Spirit of Radio
2) Red Barchetta

 

[rcam]

Good stuff. The music, anyway. The videos suck, but that won't affect the play list

What!?!?

You don't like the island of misfit toys yeti in an ESB wampa cave crossover combined with some old school Gumby type stop action claymation? **

** I'd be willing to bet the above sentence has never been written in the history of mankind.

It's like an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters all simultaneously shed sparks of genius.***

***Probably also utterly unique in the history of mankind.

 

[Mr. Ected]

@Northern Voice - OTC for @Mrs. Rannous

@JZilla - On Deck

@landrys hat - soon

 

[JZilla]

8.12 - Rush - Exit...Stage Left

My name is Mr. Ected, and I am a Rush Fan. I humbly apologize.

I'm pretty sure there are a couple more in here, so I need to grab this because in 70ish picks, it may not be here.

I love this album, it is my 'go to' for listening on Spotify if I just need music I like while I am doing stuff when I have my AirPods on. It is a great summary of the first portion of their career, before the 'Keyboard-era' really began. Love the title, shows their fun-side; yes it is from the The Pink Panther cartoon and was his 'go to line' when leaving a situation. The album cover is my favorite. Back when music had artwork, it was a great way to sum up the previous albums, with a reference to each album somewhere on the cover.

So as to not truly offend the true Rush-haters out there I am chasing two of my favorites from this album that are not with Geddy's so-called screechy voice and are not 10+ minutes long.

1) Spirit of Radio
2) Red Barchetta

Wow!  I was so all set to take Moving Pictures, as I felt it should slide no further, that I'm listening to Vital Signs right now as a possible #2 track 

Forget it now!  Maybe later.  Good pick.

 

[Northern Voice]

For Mrs. Rannous

8.13 - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (1989)

Songs to follow.

@JZilla

 

[otb_lifer]

that took a lot of work

Spoiler

flop is my Matryoshka foil ... update the notebook. 

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

After you rejoined, I didn't want to be the only quitter. OH is still out, but I consider him a part of you, and you're in. I'm not socially fully back in, but I will keep up with my picks, and snipe you as much as possible.  

You just took my R8 album this morning  

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I was going to quit my gimmick in round 8 if somebody hadn't rescued R.E.M. from the green room by then.

Isn't there an R.E.M. record that fits your gimmick?

 

[PIK95]

I was going to quit my gimmick in round 8 if somebody hadn't rescued R.E.M. from the green room by then.

That's who I thought Leghorn was talking about yesterday.  He said it wasn't.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

8.12 - Rush - Exit...Stage Left

My name is Mr. Ected, and I am a Rush Fan. I humbly apologize.

   #### that apologizing!!!

suck it Rush haters.  

 

[PIK95]

For Mrs. Rannous

8.13 - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (1989)

Songs to follow.

@JZilla

Great Pick.  I like A Face in the Crowd myself

 

[KarmaPolice]

   #### that apologizing!!!

suck it Rush haters.  

 

[JZilla]

8.14 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

As I woke from my slumber a few hours ago I found myself torn between this and Rush

Initially was leaning this way, for the singalong songs.  Slowly my VBD ruled heart began to go the other way, but then Mr E made my choice for me

Now I know if nothing else my gb Northern Voice will swim great lengths to see me

One For The Cutters - not a popular opinion but this is my favorite legal drama on the album

Lord I'm Discouraged - for @Tremendous Upside  how's the dirtnap gb

2008

 

[JZilla]

@landrys hat

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

8.14 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

As I woke from my slumber a few hours ago I found myself torn between this and Rush

Initially was leaning this way, for the singalong songs.  Slowly my VBD ruled heart began to go the other way, but then Mr E made my choice for me

Now I know if nothing else my gb Northern Voice will swim great lengths to see me

One For The Cutters - not a popular opinion but this is my favorite legal drama on the album

Lord I'm Discouraged - for @Tremendous Upside  how's the dirtnap gb

2008

####!

 

[simey]

You just took my R8 album this morning  

[chorus] I'm sorry, I'm sorry    

 

[landrys hat]

8.15 Morphine - Cure For Pain (1993)

Candy

Cure For Pain

@krista4

 

[rcam]

   #### that apologizing!!!

suck it Rush haters.  

One of the few bands I never "got". Hung out with a lot of band/music nerds in high school. They loved every little bit of minutiae regarding Rush. I'd just look at them with a face so blank, unwrinkled, devoid of thought, and full of bewilderment a deer in headlights or Jared Kushner would look like a comedy act of Sam Kinison humping Bobcat Goldthwait in comparison to me.*

*Also likely a unique sentence in the history of mankind. I'm on a COVID19 isolation roll today folks.

 

[zamboni]

8.12 - Rush - Exit...Stage Left

My name is Mr. Ected, and I am a Rush Fan. I humbly apologize.

I'm pretty sure there are a couple more in here, so I need to grab this because in 70ish picks, it may not be here.

I love this album, it is my 'go to' for listening on Spotify if I just need music I like while I am doing stuff when I have my AirPods on. It is a great summary of the first portion of their career, before the 'Keyboard-era' really began. Love the title, shows their fun-side; yes it is from the The Pink Panther cartoon and was his 'go to line' when leaving a situation. The album cover is my favorite. Back when music had artwork, it was a great way to sum up the previous albums, with a reference to each album somewhere on the cover.

So as to not truly offend the true Rush-haters out there I am chasing two of my favorites from this album that are not with Geddy's so-called screechy voice and are not 10+ minutes long.

1) Spirit of Radio
2) Red Barchetta

I see the cherry has finally been popped. I might have taken them earlier, but it's a deep pool of albums to choose from.

 

[Mr. Ected]

I see the cherry has finally been popped. I might have taken them earlier, but it's a deep pool of albums to choose from.

I wanted this one, so I felt I needed to grab it before it was potentially sniped in the next 70ish picks.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

i will be honest, i don't even have a list.  i'm just going where the mood takes me.

and i also agree with whomever mentioned upthread about not listening to lyrics.  I couldn't even tell you what 95% of my favorite songs are really about.  I am much more about the vibe or technical mastery.

 

[mphtrilogy]

enjoyed the Rush documentary on Netflix quite a bit....slowly building my collection up after a slow start...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1545103/

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@Eephus is on deck

where you be?

 

[MAC_32]

there must be some inside joke I am unaware of that requires drafters to pick the longest songs on the album. 

I'm surprised I'm not more to blame for this than I already am - before Tool I only had two songs over 6 minutes. Length of time certainly doesn't make a song great, but for me I think the best ones generally have it.

 

[PIK95]

One of the few bands I never "got". Hung out with a lot of band/music nerds in high school. They loved every little bit of minutiae regarding Rush. I'd just look at them with a face so blank, unwrinkled, devoid of thought, and full of bewilderment a deer in headlights or Jared Kushner would look like a comedy act of Sam Kinison humping Bobcat Goldthwait in comparison to me.*

*Also likely a unique sentence in the history of mankind. I'm on a COVID19 isolation roll today folks.

When I was in the high school band in 92-93 we played a lot of RUSH in the lot to get us amped up.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

enjoyed the Rush documentary on Netflix quite a bit....slowly building my collection up after a slow start...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1545103/

and they seem like good, fairly normal human beings.

 

[krista4]

Sorry, rockers.  We're goin' lo-fi.

8.16 - Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)

I'm taking the 20th anniversary version, so that I can get the first of my songs below, which was unreleased until that time.

I Figured You Out

2:45 AM

Important:

Spoiler

He was murdered.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@Eephus is on deck

where you be?

picking out a T shirt?

 

[krista4]

@Eephus

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

The idea of a "band I dont get" draft came up, and The Pixies was one of the first that came to mind.  

Mine would be a band who I’m surprised hasn’t been drafted yet. 

This was Sonic Youth btw. 

 

[Mr. Ected]

@Eephus is on deck

where you be?

Canada? Listening to trios?