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[Nigel Tufnel]

Done 

This is a really good way to do it btw. 

 

[PIK95]

Chopper is out again tonight

Here too.  In the Suburbs...with no protests...or protesters.  Or most importantly, no rioters.  It looks like the town in Red Dawn around here for no good reason.  We are laying off teachers, but let's militarize our police, pay ungodly overtime, and roll tanks.  Oof.

 

[KarmaPolice]

This is a really good way to do it btw. 

What way is that? 

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

What way is that? 

He made a playlist of songs that didn’t get added. On my phone it takes like five seconds to fix. 

 

[PIK95]

I can add to playlist.  Just tell me what to add.

 

[timschochet]

22. Grateful Dead- Europe ‘72 (1973)

”China Cat Sunflower” 

“Brown Eyed Woman” 

Brown eyed women and red grenadine 

The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean 

Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down 

And it looks like the old man’s...getting on 

 

[PIK95]

22. Grateful Dead- Europe ‘72 (1973)

”China Cat Sunflower” 

“Brown Eyed Woman” 

Brown eyed women and red grenadine 

The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean 

Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down 

And it looks like the old man’s...getting on 

Would have taken this long ago, but the Morning Dew was ten minutes long.  I didn't want to add another to the playlist.

 

[mphtrilogy]

I can add to playlist.  Just tell me what to add.

not sure if Tim got the memo to self add to Spotify, so maybe you can add his tracks?

 

[timschochet]

23. Billy Bragg- Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (1986)

”The Marriage” 

“Help Save the Youth of America” 

Before he got together with Wilco to cover Woody Guthrie songs, Billy Bragg did a pretty good job producing melodic, folky punk with VERY leftist lyrics. 

 

[PIK95]

not sure if Tim got the memo to self add to Spotify, so maybe you can add his tracks?

Already added Europe 72.  I'm on it.

 

[timschochet]

24. Emmylou Harris- Red Dirt Girl (2000)

”The Pearl” 

“Red Dirt Girl” 

Features some of her best ever compositions. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

This has been the worst week ever, and now A Clockwork Orange is on TV.  This has got to be a sign or something.  Oof.

At least this didn't happen to you.

 

[PIK95]

Another night ITC.  Shocker.

39.14: Forever Blue - Chris Isaak

For the playlist: Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing and Goin' Nowhere.

I added this too.

 

[PIK95]

At least this didn't happen to you.

2020...

 

[zamboni]

Would have taken this long ago, but the Morning Dew was ten minutes long.  I didn't want to add another to the playlist.

My sentiments exactly. Dew is the one I would want, but was avoiding subjecting the haters to that song length.  "Looks Like Rain" was the other one I would want to add, but also too long.

 

[mphtrilogy]

My sentiments exactly. Dew is the one I would want, but was avoiding subjecting the haters to that song length.  "Looks Like Rain" was the other one I would want to add, but also too long.

I don't think length matters at this point imho, there's always a skip feature

 

[timschochet]

25. Randy Newman- Sail Away (1970) 

“Sail Away” 

“God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind)”

Some of the most lush, melodic music ever, combined with probably the most cynical lyrics I have ever heard. “Sail Away” is an invitation to Africans, set in the 1700s, to come be slaves in America. “God’s Song” has the Lord explaining that He gets off on the fact that men continue to worship Him despite all their misery; otherwise they mean nothing to Him. And there’s plenty more where these two gems came from. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Wait, Mrs. R hasn't taken these yet?  

Watch out, or I'll find a way to add this to the playlist.

 

[timschochet]

26. Lone Justice- Lone Justice (1986) 

“Ways to be Wicked”

”Soap, Soup and Salvation” 

The great Maria McKee. “Ways to be Wicked” was written by Tom Petty and features Benmont Tench on keyboards. 

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

39.16  The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (2005)

John Darnielle is one of the best (and prolific) song writers of the past 25 years.

This Year

Lion's Teeth

 

[MAC_32]

39.07 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 1982

This is probably my least favorite Springsteen record. I just don't enjoy the Boss doing the country sound. It's my least favorite up to and including Tunnel of Live which is better.  Everything after Tunnel hurts my ears. 

How much Rising and beyond have you listened to? @Eephus is right in that each one has misses and they are Rob Deer-esque misses, but when he hits the hits are...well, Rob Deer-esque.

 

[zamboni]

How much Rising and beyond have you listened to? @Eephus is right in that each one has misses and they are Rob Deer-esque misses, but when he hits the hits are...well, Rob Deer-esque.

You know we've come a long way when we start making Rob Deer references. Haven't thought of that guy in a gazillion years.

 

[timschochet]

27. Patsy Cline- The Patsy Cline Story (1963) 

“Walkin’ After Midnight”

”Crazy” 

Hopefully I’m allowed to do this? Granted it’s a posthumous collection, but most of what she released during her short lifetime were EPs, plus I think this is the first appearance of “Walkin’”. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 35  Delta Rae  -  Carry the Fire (2012)

Bottom of the River

Dance in the Graveyards

 

[timschochet]

28. Pure Prairie League- Bustin’ Out (1972)

“Early Mornin’ Riser”

”Amie”

I think I could stay with you, for a while maybe longer if I do...

 

[PIK95]

27. Patsy Cline- The Patsy Cline Story (1963) 

“Walkin’ After Midnight”

”Crazy” 

Hopefully I’m allowed to do this? Granted it’s a posthumous collection, but most of what she released during her short lifetime were EPs, plus I think this is the first appearance of “Walkin’”. 

I just updated Tim's recent picks to the playlist.  I gotta run for a bit, but can do more in a bit if needed.

 

[timschochet]

I just updated Tim's recent picks to the playlist.  I gotta run for a bit, but can do more in a bit if needed.

Thank you 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 36  Weird AL Yankovic  -  Bad Hair Day  (1996)

Amish Paradise

Everything You Know Is Wrong

What can I say?  I love Weird Al.

(Oxford commas rule.)

 

[PIK95]

Thank you 

No problem.  I added pure prairie just now.  Bb in a bit.

 

[Abrantes]

Gonna get started on the picks I owe. Think I'm up to 5 now.

34.29 Clube da Esquina, Clube da Esquina (1972)

Cais
Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo

The Clube da Esquina (Corner Club, essentially) was a musical collective in the '60s and '70s which brought together all sorts of disparate influences into a whole. This particular record, their first self-titled release, is credited chiefly to two of the collective's central figures: Milton Nascimento (who's got an absolutely heavenly voice, and I may or may not take another very different record later featuring him) and Lô Borges (one of three brothers; the other two were also part of the collective). It's one of the most fully-realized albums in Brazilian music, and feels like an honest-to-goodness journey. I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but just as Astral Weeks resides in and transports us to a world of memory, I'd say that Clube da Esquina has a similarly transporting quality. Absolutely gorgeous.

35.12 Helado Negro, This is How You Smile (2019)

Running
País Nublado

Took this in the 2010s draft already, but I'll double up. I actually took other as-yet-undrafted albums ahead of it in that one, but I'd miss this one more dearly on my desert island, and this is purely by chance, but I gotta say it makes for a wonderful pairing with Clube da Esquina. Roberto Carlos Lange (AKA Helado Negro) paints such a gorgeous picture on this one. Feels familiar and cozy, but also unique.

PS. Didn't know when I first heard it, but I'm repping a fellow SCAD alum here (Lange was class of '03, I'm class of '05). One love. 

 

[mphtrilogy]

27. Patsy Cline- The Patsy Cline Story (1963) 

“Walkin’ After Midnight”

”Crazy” 

Hopefully I’m allowed to do this? Granted it’s a posthumous collection, but most of what she released during her short lifetime were EPs, plus I think this is the first appearance of “Walkin’”. 

think you will have to grab an official Patsy release, this is a comp and its terrific, I have this in my collection.

Also highly recommend this 3 lp comp released last Black Friday for RSD

https://www.discogs.com/Patsy-Cline-Sweet-Dreams-The-Complete-Decca-Studio-Masters-1960-1963/release/14387880

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I think I have enough albums that won't drive everyone nuts.  I'd be getting some Steeleye Span or Pentangle or somesuch.

Of course, I'll be hanging out with you weirdos.  This seems to be the safe place here.

 

[timschochet]

29. The Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt (2010) 

“The Wild Hunt” 

“Burden of Tomorrow” 
 

Oh rumor has it I wasn’t born, I just walked in one frosty morn

 

[zamboni]

28. Pure Prairie League- Bustin’ Out (1972)

“Early Mornin’ Riser”

”Amie”

I think I could stay with you, for a while maybe longer if I do...

This is before Vince Gill, right?

 

[timschochet]

This is before Vince Gill, right?

Yes. All songs written and sung by Craig Fuller. 

 

[MAC_32]

You know we've come a long way when we start making Rob Deer references. Haven't thought of that guy in a gazillion years.

My first exposure to Detroit Tigers baseball was a never-ending barrage of him flailing away at anything that wasn't straight. Some things you just can't un-see and remove from your memory, no matter how hard you try.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 37 In Between Days - Jack Johnson (2005)

Love his vibe and fits in well on an Island. This guy doesn't have a ton of diversity in his music, but what he does he does really well.

Good People

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

 

[Northern Voice]

I love the song and this version.  

I know it's not probably what @Ilov80s had in mind when he was talking about living rock gods, and I know they seem to be disliked in here, but Mr. Bellamy did come to mind when the topic was brought up.  These 3 put on a show.  

I like them a lot. 

 

[timschochet]

think you will have to grab an official Patsy release, this is a comp and its terrific, I have this in my collection.

Also highly recommend this 3 lp comp released last Black Friday for RSD

https://www.discogs.com/Patsy-Cline-Sweet-Dreams-The-Complete-Decca-Studio-Masters-1960-1963/release/14387880

Is this the consensus? Do I have to replace this? 

 

[Northern Voice]

What are y’all doing?

38.39 Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)

What You Do To Me

Star Sign

Steal. 

 

[timschochet]

30. Oingo Boingo Only a Lad (1981) 

“On the Outside”

”Only a Lad” 

Its not his fault that he can’t behave

Society has made him go astray 

Perhaps if we’re nice he’ll go away 

 

[timschochet]

OK that’s enough for now. I will catch up more later. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 38 Midwest Farmer's Daughter - Margo Price (2016)

I haven't purposely kept women off my Island, but I do feel like I need to rectify that to some extent with some upcoming picks. 

Tennessee Song

Since You Put Me Down

 

[Northern Voice]

39.16  The Mountain Goats 

This Year

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Is this the consensus? Do I have to replace this? 

Yes, no Greatest Hits.

 

[Northern Voice]

Is this the consensus? Do I have to replace this? 

Yes, no Greatest Hits.

It's the one thing I've consistently enforced. 

 

[timschochet]

OK scratch Patsy. I’ll replace that pick later. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Ok then here goes 

21. Judy Garland- Judy at Carnegie Hall(1961)

”The Man that Got Away”

”The Trolley Song”

Judy with a big orchestra at her absolute best, before the pills and booze destroyed her. 

24. Emmylou Harris- Red Dirt Girl (2000)

25. Randy Newman- Sail Away (1970) 

27. Patsy Cline- The Patsy Cline Story (1963) 

28. Pure Prairie League- Bustin’ Out (1972)

good strategy - trying to attract a yacht. add a Christopher Cross and you're sure to be rescued

 

[mphtrilogy]

39.19Yo Mama-ITC

39.20Buffaloes-ITC

39.21Binky the Doormat-ITC

39.22otb lifer-

39.23Eephus-

39.24Raging weasel-

39.25Krista 4-I may be skipped this morning.

39.26landrys hat-

I'd say at noon EST @otb_lifer @Eephus@Raging weasel can go ITC

 

[timschochet]

good strategy - trying to attract a yacht. add a Christopher Cross and you're sure to be rescued

What??

Not that I don’t mind yacht rock, not at all, but there’s nothing about Judy, Randy Newman, or PPL that has any connection to that genre.