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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (3 Viewers)

still getting cursed with a lot of clangy whiteboy music -

September Gurls, Big Star - pleasant enough strummy 4/4 boilerplate with a bridge that's only there cuz someone said it needs a bridge... 5.0

Magic Bus (live) - Who. Music for quaaludes. I liked this record cuz i loved early Who but was socially compelled to hate Tommy cuz it was the cause celebre of kids i didnt like. they naturally had to have the next record and were put off that it was all kickass. still , it got played a lot at parties that year & that was the year quaaludes came to town, so....9.0

Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, Derek and the Dominoes - Clapton & Bruce singing together, sublime. Clapton & Whitlock, yowly. That's not all bad. 7.5

When You Dance - Neil Young. Good electric Young. Dont care for electric Young. 7.0

Meet Me in the Woods - Lord Huron. Tonality derivative of its era, but interesting, well made, would re-hit. 7.5

Suicide Blonde - INXS. Total ####in' star of this set. I mean, not close. 10

Too Much of Nothing - Bob Dylan. My mind turns off and temper turns on when i hear The Band. Shame, cuz this is an interesting song 6.0

Home Again - Carole King. THUD. Just spent too many hours at girls apts/dormrooms enduring this heavenly drivel to ever relax on it again 4.5

I Ain't No Joke - Eric B& Rakim. Now there's a segue! One of my favorite hiphop albums. Of course - it's from 30 yrs ago.... 8.5

Sign of the Times - Prince. Grrrreat groove, but just a groove. Never liked them garbagy effects neither 8.0

 
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Binky The Doormat said:
PICK 12.20

TODD RUNDGREN - A WIZARD A TRUE STAR

My two songs:

- Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel

- When The #### Hits The Fan/Sunset Boulevard

Well I can no longer play chicken with my Todd selection.  Really tough to pick, but it really came down to a better fit with the overall mix.  I had it narrowed down to 5 and have shifted back and forth between all of them.  This album was my real introduction into his music, even I had heard and really liked some of his other stuff ...I just didn't really think about who did those songs.  

I'm going to stick to the "one album per artist", but I didn't ...I would need to have a minimum of 5 of his albums.  

At least I still have Utopia.   :)
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I may have one you might like later on if this is in your wheelhouse. You may even know about it. 🤔 

 
Back in the day when I had functioning knees, I used to play in beach volleyball tournaments down in San Diego all summer. This album was on a constant loop during most of those tourneys and I still remember those glory days of sun tan and verticality when I hear one of these songs today. Yo Mama selects:

12.22 - Green Day - Dookie (1994)

1 - Burnout

2 - Having a Blast

3 - Chump

4 - Longview

5 - Welcome to Paradise

6 - Pulling Teeth

7 - Basket Case

8 - She

9 - Sassafras Roots

10 - When I Come Around

11 - Coming Clean

12 - Emenius Sleepus

13 - In the End 1:46

14 - F.O.D.

Sell outs!  Their first record with a major label was full of major hits, and I’ll be boring and take two of them since that’s what I want to do and it’s my island, dang it!

Longview

She

 
otb_lifer said:
Rd 12

Freedom of Choice - Devo

time to bust out the Spuds!

coulda gone in a couple directions with them, but i gotta slap this one on - i think it's their most cohesive piece of work, and i dig how butch the Bobs (Casale - R.I.P., and Mothersbaugh) got on the axe for most of this - especially "Gates of Steel", which is my favorite all-time track from them, and one that saw me usher in the 80s as a fan (i resisted these goofball bastids as long as i could, but this one finally GOT ME! 😁)

not credited enough for their mark and influence ... these were some ballsy and visionary doods  :thumbup:

Gates of Steel

Freedom of Choice
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probably the only one of your 30 that might have ended up in my 30

 
Abrantes said:
Guessed right. :lmao:  But I tempted fate by not taking it earlier. Was 100% on my radar. It's so good.
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Abrantes said:
Thought about jumping on Buena Vista every time you jerks mentioned Ry Cooder, btw.  :ph34r:
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EXACTLY!  That's why I went ahead and pulled the trigger.  While I didn't think anyone else would take it (I was wrong!), every time he got mentioned I became a little more nervous.

Official write-up:

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

This one comes from what I'll now call The Chicago Period, that 5-6 years where I was expanding my musical knowledge like never before or since.  And as was so often the case, I first learned of it from a mixtape, in this instance with the song "Chan Chan," which remains my favorite.  The album was followed by the Wim Wenders documentary, still one of my all-time favorite documentaries and by the director of my favorite movie.  All of this spurred my years-long obsession with visiting Cuba, which I was finally able to do in 2011.  RIP Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, and Rubén González.

Chan Chan

De Camino a La Vereda

 
12. ee - Crystal Ball - Prince - (recorded 1983-96, released 1998)

A collection of unreleased tracks recorded between 1983 and 1996 and sold directly by the artist via 1-800-NEW-FUNK and the still fledgling Internet.

I know myself well enough to know that discovery is one of the chief drivers for my musical passions.  I'm always searching for that first hit of something new and different. That can't be simulated in this format so I'll draft some Prince that still has secrets to reveal.  I've listened to his 80s classics hundreds of times so most of my relationship with that music is already defined via memory.  

By comparison, Crystal Ball is still uncharted waters.  It's my favorite of the Prince material that finally made it to Spotify last year.  The record is kind of a mixed bag but honestly, what Prince album isn't. There are some great songs that Prince decided not to use including some that are too loose and long for his Warner Brothers records. It's a big Vegas buffet of an album, some of it isn't great but I keep going back for more of the good stuff.

The Ride

Sexual Suicide

 
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I’ve waited long enough for this one, which in reality is a top 3 record for me, I am a massive Richard Thompson fan and may select a solo work later down the line, but this record is an absolute masterpiece.  I have spent many a day with this album absorbing Linda’s vocals, Richard’s masterful guitar work and his somber and penetrating lyrics.  Not an upbeat record to say the least, but I always found this to be a rewarding listen when I needed some introspection. 

Rd 12 - Richard And Linda Thompson  ‎– I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - 1974

Not sure if anyone is familiar with Richard & Linda’s work, Richard often blisters Calvary Cross in live epic solos (I’ve seen him live about a dozen times), but I will stick to the album’s 4 minute version there is a 9+minute live one on the Spotify bonus tracks for a bonus taste if anyone looks to explore further.  Down Where the Drunkards Roll shows off Linda’s rich vocal work and Richard’s songwriting.

  • The Calvary Cross
  • Down Where The Drunkards Roll
AllMusic Review by Mark Deming  [-]

In 1974, Richard Thompson and the former Linda Peters released their first album together, and I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight was nothing short of a masterpiece, the starkly beautiful refinement of the promise of Thompson's solo debut, Henry the Human Fly. In Linda Thompson, Richard found a superb collaborator and a world-class vocalist; Linda possessed a voice as clear and rich as Sandy Denny's, but with a strength that could easily support Richard's often weighty material, and she proved capable of tackling anything presented to her, from the delicately mournful "Has He Got a Friend for Me" to the gleeful cynicism of "The Little Beggar Girl." And while Richard had already made clear that he was a songwriter to be reckoned with, on I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight he went from strength to strength. While the album's mood is decidedly darker than anything he'd recorded before, the sorrow of "Withered and Died," "The End of the Rainbow," and "The Great Valerio" spoke not of self-pity but of the contemplation of life's cruelties by a man who, at 25, had already been witness to more than his share. And though Thompson didn't give himself a guitar showcase quite like "Roll Over Vaughn Williams" on Henry the Human Fly, the brilliant solos that punctuated many of the songs were manna from heaven for any guitar enthusiast. While I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight may be the darkest music of Richard & Linda Thompson's career, in this chronicle of pain and longing they were able to forge music of striking and unmistakable beauty; if the lyrics often ponder the high stakes of our fate in this life, the music offered a glimpse of the joys that make the struggle worthwhile.
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otb_lifer said:
Rd 12

Freedom of Choice - Devo

time to bust out the Spuds!

coulda gone in a couple directions with them, but i gotta slap this one on - i think it's their most cohesive piece of work, and i dig how butch the Bobs (Casale - R.I.P., and Mothersbaugh) got on the axe for most of this - especially "Gates of Steel", which is my favorite all-time track from them, and one that saw me usher in the 80s as a fan (i resisted these goofball bastids as long as i could, but this one finally GOT ME! 😁)

not credited enough for their mark and influence ... these were some ballsy and visionary doods  :thumbup:

Gates of Steel

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big fan. love gates of steel. prefer girl u want to freedom, but both good. after that, I don't remember really liking any of the tracks here (caveat- been a while since listening, so going off memory of not caring as much about the album). 

so I'd have gone a different route here.... :oldunsure: .... and may still.

eta... and gotta say you're routinely killing it in here. not just classics, but classics that I actually like and routinely am :doh:   for not having thought of myself.

 
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Eephus said:
12. ee - Crystal Ball - Prince - (recorded 1983-96, released 1998)

The Ride

Sexual Suicide
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There is so much Prince stuff on Spotify (that's a good thing) that I loose track of his stuff.   I tend to like a lot of the stuff that was never released/B sides (17 days, She's Always in My Hair, The Black Album)

I'll have to check this out. 

Love the 2nd song.  Sounds like it could have come off of another album I may double dip from.

 
El Floppo said:
big fan. love gates of steel. prefer girl u want to freedom, but both good. after that, I don't remember really liking any of the tracks here (caveat- been a while since listening, so going off memory of not caring as much about the album). 

so I'd have gone a different route here.... :oldunsure: .... and may still.
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yeah, much like the Jam, it had to be a clear case for narrowing down ("Sound Affects" - defer to Weller's favorite - Devo, defer to album with my favorite song "GoS").

as far as the tracks, let's just say "Whip It" was not in the convo - i dig it, but the two i chose are better, imo ... ditto "GUW"

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eta... and gotta say you're routinely killing it in here. not just classics, but classics that I actually like and routinely am :doh:   for not having thought of myself.
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:hifive:

don't


 
tell



 
:popcorn:



 
wikkid!!!

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Just heard Scotty’s Draw Your Brakes on the playlist and enjoyed it. 
 

Never heard it before besides the sampling of it on Paul’s Boutique. 
 

This list is awesome

 
Going for a little bike ride, so won't be here to move things along for the next hour or so but I have my 12.32 pick typed up so I can punch it in quickly

 
krista4 said:
EXACTLY!  That's why I went ahead and pulled the trigger.  While I didn't think anyone else would take it (I was wrong!), every time he got mentioned I became a little more nervous.

Official write-up:

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

This one comes from what I'll now call The Chicago Period, that 5-6 years where I was expanding my musical knowledge like never before or since.  And as was so often the case, I first learned of it from a mixtape, in this instance with the song "Chan Chan," which remains my favorite.  The album was followed by the Wim Wenders documentary, still one of my all-time favorite documentaries and by the director of my favorite movie.  All of this spurred my years-long obsession with visiting Cuba, which I was finally able to do in 2011.  RIP Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, and Rubén González.

Chan Chan

De Camino a La Vereda
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It was another one I revisited early on in this. Such a great vibe to this record. Love singing along to "Dos Gardenias" (as best I can) or just grooving to "Candela" and "El Carretero". It's all fantastic.

 
Raging weasel said:
After a solid run of good to great songs( Battery,Lithium,Witch Hunt,Let it Bleed,Warpigs,Can't find my way Home,Eulogy,Bad Company+ some REM,Thin Lizzy and I think Motorhead) I actually had to climb down to stop the Judy Collins.
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Variety is the spice of life

 
Abrantes said:
It was another one I revisited early on in this. Such a great vibe to this record. Love singing along to "Dos Gardenias" (as best I can) or just grooving to "Candela" and "El Carretero". It's all fantastic.
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Candela!  I should have chosen that as my second song.  I was trying to post quickly and forgot that one.  Not a bad song on the record, though.

 
Northern Voice said:
Post 2 updated to here.

Does this look right for picks owed, recent picks and upcoming skips?

10    .    21    Doug B    -    skip    -    
11        15    Chaos Commish    -    skip    -    
11        20    Doug B    -    skip    -    
12    .    0        -        -    
12    .    1    cosjobs        ZZ Top        Tres Amigos
12    .    2    simey        Leonard Cohen        Live in London
12    .    3    rockaction        Urban Dance Squad        Mental Floss for the Globe
12    .    4    Mister CIA        permaskip        
12    .    5    Bonzai        The Flying Burrito Brothers        The Gilded Palace of Sin
12    .    6    RedmondLonghorn        Broken Bells        Broken Bells
12    .    7    MAC 32        The White Stripes        Icky Thump
12    .    8    Dr Octopus        Tom Waits        Blue Valentine
12    .    9    Ilov80s        Notorious B.I.G.        Life After Death
12    .    10    Hov34        Paul McCartney        Tripping the Live Fantastic
12    .    11    rcam        Screaching Weasel         My Brain Hurts
12    .    12    Mr Ected        Crosby, Stills & Nash        Crosby, Stills & Nash
12    .    13    Mrs Rannous        Meat Loaf        Bat Out of Hell II
12    .    14    JZilla                
12    .    15    landrys hat        The Kinks        Arthur or The Decline and Fall of The British Empire
12    .    16    krista 4                
12    .    17    Oliver Humanzee        permaskip        
12    .    18    Eephus                
12    .    19    otb lifer                
12    .    20    Binky the Doormat                
12    .    21    Doug B        skip        
12    .    22    Yo Mama                
12    .    23    mphtrilogy                
12    .    24    shuke                doesn't want to come here much during the day and has said skip in the past but also may get mad if you skip him
12    .    25    The Dreaded Marco                
12    .    26    Chaos Commish                skip
12    .    27    Charlie Steiner                
12    .    28    Long Ball Larry        skip until further notice        
12    .    29    Abrantes                
12    .    30    El Floppo                
12    .    31    Steve Tasker                
12    .    32    Northern Voice                
12    .    33    Uruk-Hai                
12    .    34    PIK95                
12    .    35    wikkidpissah                
12    .    36    timschochet        autoskip        
12    .    37    wazoo11                
12    .    38    zamboni        skip 5/21        
12    .    39    Nigel Tufnel                
12    .    40    Karma Police                
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@Charlie Steiner is up

@Long Ball Larry skip

@Abrantes on deck

@El Floppo in the hole

 
12.27 Live at the Cellar Door - The Seldom Scene (1975)

When my dad got into bluegrass in the early 70's, I got to go along for the ride. I'd like to think that I gravitated toward his favorite group on my own, but it was probably inevitable. Either way, their blend of traditional, gospel and their spin on non-bluegrass songs (I think their banjo player was a Clapton fan, because After Midnight and Lay Down Sally were in their live setlist.) made a winning formula to me.  This band especially will always be associated with wonderful memories of my father and the times we spent at festivals and at the band's favorite venue, The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Fun fact about the band: when the original bassist left, he was replaced by T. Michael Coleman, and other than his musicianship, his other claim to fame is being the father of actress Kelen Coleman, who among other roles, appeared in several episodes of The Office as Pam's friend Isabel (if you don't remember her, she was the tall brunette that hooked up with Dwight at Jim and Pam's wedding and got kicked in the face during the wedding procession).

For the Spotify list: Rider and  Muddy Waters (possibly the first and maybe the only bluegrass song written by a Jew)

@Abrantes

 
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krista4 said:
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

This one comes from what I'll now call The Chicago Period, that 5-6 years where I was expanding my musical knowledge like never before or since.  And as was so often the case, I first learned of it from a mixtape, in this instance with the song "Chan Chan," which remains my favorite.  The album was followed by the Wim Wenders documentary, still one of my all-time favorite documentaries and by the director of my favorite movie.  All of this spurred my years-long obsession with visiting Cuba, which I was finally able to do in 2011.  RIP Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, and Rubén González.

Chan Chan

De Camino a La Vereda
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I've never heard this before until today. I like it!

 
KarmaPolice said:
All right, I will be honest - I wasn't too upset with Nigel for taking that Pumpkins because it's a very close toss up which album I like more, so I will just take the other one.  As I said with the Nirvana pick, I really wasn't into them in the 90s (still not now).  My bands in HS were Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden.   Although Billy is a bit of a tool and the albums started to dip with the bloated double album, IMO both of the first 2 are great and honestly I probably listen to this one more now anyway.  

10.40? :  SMASHING PUMPKINS - GISH (1991)

Bury Me

Snail

For the next one, I will go with another album that I probably talk about to much in the last few years and have drafted from a few times now.  My wife and I have seen them live 4 times now.  Each of the 1st 3 times we saw them it was us going to see another band and they happen to be opening.  All 3 times, despite maybe not having the best "show", we walked away liking their music a bit more than who we were going to see in the first place.  4th time was to specifically see them, and since seeing them the first couple times this album has been in the rotation constantly.   I doubt this was on people's radar, but how many times has that been said during this draft already?

11.01:  LORD HURON - STRANGE TRAILS (2015)

Meet Me in the Woods 

Dead Man's Hand
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just got into that lord huron last summer.  so good. great pick

 
Fiddles said:
nice. I love this one but most fellow waits fans are not onboard. love red shoes and graveyard amongst others. 
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Really? I was not aware that Waits's fans didn't dig this one. I do know it's not 1 of the 2 that generally get all the accolades (one of which I almost took instead). I

 
You know, not having air conditioning in your house sounds like a fine idea when you're going to the office every day, not so much when you're looking down the barrel of 4 more months of work-from-home all through the summer.

 
Steve Tasker said:
You know, not having air conditioning in your house sounds like a fine idea when you're going to the office every day, not so much when you're looking down the barrel of 4 more months of work-from-home all through the summer.
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Solution(s):

Live in the obnoxiously temperate PNW and have your office in the basement. I'll be wearing a sweatshirt or flannel shirt all summer while I am "at work".

 
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