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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (2 Viewers)

Northern Voice said:
That is absolutely the best song on the album.
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I had a hard time deciding between it and Welcome to Earth, but @krista4 's reaction validated why I opted against Brace For Impact. That excitement to finally hear Sturgill, followed by dissatisfaction when it doesn't seem to be going anywhere, until 2 1/2 minutes in it suddenly does. That light bulb moment. That's why I added it. And I hope others not familiar with him or are country adverse give him a shot. 

 
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Northern Voice said:
I'm surprised you don't do fantasy podcasts for the amount I perceive you being into it. I listened to fantasy baseball podcasts fairly regularly when that existed.
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I am pretty into it, but nowhere near the level of some people. It's an amateur's hobby for me. I won't gamble on it, and that's when it gets serious for most people, and where the serious stat games are played. I'm a passionate dilettante. It's funny - I actually went back after law school to take a stats class again at UConn so that I could start to even follow what they're doing in analytics in football and baseball, which has totally passed me by, much like hockey has. Football is still there for the layman.  

I used to listen to podcasts when I first got started with it. But for most things, I find the SP has already covered it by the time the podcast comes around. That's because of some great voluntary contributors, and in no small part due to Faust, who God knows how he does what he does as link aggregator. I subscribe to a bunch of reading sites, but I can't sit through a podcast normally. The FBG Audible spoiled me at first with Sigmund and Jene and Cecil. They're genuinely interesting and funny guys with good schtick. A lot -- and I mean a lot -- of guys try to do what they do and just can't. Sometimes it makes it hard to listen to the other guys. But you're right. I should get on that this year. 

TL;DR I should start again. 

 
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Encumbrance said:
I am pretty into it, but nowhere near of the level of some people. It's an amateur's hobby for me. I won't gamble on it, and that's when it gets serious for most people, and where the serious stat games are played. I'm a passionate dilettante. It's funny - I actually went back after law school to take a stats class again at UConn so that I could start to even follow what they're doing in analytics in football and baseball, which has totally passed me by, much like hockey has. Football is still there for the layman.  

But I used to listen to podcasts when I first got started with it. But for most things, I find the SP has already covered it by the time the podcast comes around. That's because of some great voluntary contributors, and in no small part due to Faust, who God knows how he does what he does as link aggregator. I subscribe to a bunch of reading sites, but I can't sit through a podcast normally. The FBG Audible spoiled me at first with Sigmund and Jene and Cecil. They're genuinely interesting and funny guys with good schtick. A lot -- and I mean a lot -- of guys try to do what they do and just can't. Sometimes it makes it hard to listen to the other guys. But you're right. I should get on that this year. 

TL;DR I should start again. 
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I mostly listen to podcasts to fall asleep, which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

 
I'm confused about the post-draft extra credit assignment.  I'm in I guess but will continue listening to random albums in the meantime.

Also need to decide on round 50.

 
PIK95 said:
53.35 Dave Matthews - Red Rocks 8/15/95
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Knew someone who lived in Morrison near red rocks back in school. You could hear everything from her front porch. I think we listened to a big head Todd concert and drank beers one night at her place. Pretty cool, could hear it clearly.

Went back a few years ago for a concert and apparently there is a curfew at red rocks now? People moved to Morrison knowing red rocks was there and were annoyed with late night concerts so now there's a local noise ordinance. So the sound gets cut at like 11 pm now. I remember shows going to like 2am way back when.

 
Northern Voice said:
I mostly listen to podcasts to fall asleep, which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.
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I find lots of people saying that. I used to use Ira Glass's voice to try and sleep, but I always found the shows too compelling to go to sleep. That show is like a perfect confluence of interests for me. Americana outside of the where the normal reporter goes to find a story and all that. It struck me like the New Journalism movement I loved so much in my twenties. Nowadays, it's hardly on the cutting edge to praise its early years, but it was so darned good, IMHO. Or as good as you can make something for listeners of every shade of intelligence, as far as I'm concerned. Always cerebral and explanatory without talking down to you.  

 
Rolled a 2

1. was Nilsson Son of Scmilsson but I'm pausing to listen to You're Breaking My Heart.  Pre-teen Eephus thought it was hilarious but I've dropped hundreds of thousands of f-bombs since then.  This music hall influenced sound was briefly and inexplicably big in the early 70s

 
Encumbrance said:
I find lots of people saying that. I used to use Ira Glass's voice to try and sleep, but I always found the shows too compelling to go to sleep. That show is like a perfect confluence of interests for me. Americana outside of the where the normal reporter goes to find a story and all that. It struck me like the New Journalism movement I loved so much in my twenties. Nowadays, it's hardly on the cutting edge to praise its early years, but it was so darned good, IMHO. Or as good as you can make something for listeners of every shade of intelligence, as far as I'm concerned. Always cerebral and explanatory without talking down to you.  
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The last couple nights I've fallen asleep listening to the Jeffrey Epstein Netflix series.. weird dreams.

I had a dream about this draft and a participant in it the other night too :lol:   Don't worry, it wasn't sexual.

 
OK here goes

Los Kjarkas - Live in Concert (2017) I'm hearing pan pipes.  This should be interesting.  Takes shuffle of and proceeds to track #1.

 
50.29 Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene (2005)

7/4 (Shoreline)
It's All Gonna Break

Oh. Realized just now that this was still available. I had a couple of other albums in mind here that might be considered tighter or more cohesive, but bottom line is that I'd probably rather listen to BSS. They're a formative band for me, and I considered wrapping the draft up with a one-two punch of BSS alums/recurring members, but I'll gladly take this instead. "7/4 (Shoreline)" is an all-timer.

 
Didn't quite get how the overtime exercise's gonna work, but I'm currently not swamped with work, so I suppose you can count me in. :lmao:   :thumbup:

 
My favorite pick of each round (not taking any of mine)

1. Rage against the machine - rage against the machine / Radiohead ok computer (tie, whatever)

2. 2.Marvin Gaye - What's Going on / Radiohead - In Rainbows (tie, it's a tie)

3. The Strokes - Is this it?

4. Nas - illmatic

5. Frampton comes alive

6. Built to spill - perfect from now on

7. OutKast - Aquemini

8. LCD Soundsystem - This is happening

9. Arctic monkeys - whatever people say I am that's what I'm not

10. Rodrigo y Gabriela - live in Japan

11. Miles Davis live

12. Beck - sea change

13. Killers - hot fuss

14. Radiohead - amnesiac / kid a / my bloody valentine / talking heads - remain in light (wtf this round was insanely good)

15. Kris kistofferson - austin sessions

16. Parliament - mothership connection

17. Toots and the maytals - funky Kingston

18. Bill withers live

19. Rage against the machine - evil empire/battle of Los Angeles pick one

20. Al green - still in love with you

21. Bjork - homogenic/dinosaur jr - where you been (tie)

22. Hum - you'd prefer an astronaut

23. Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport

24. Cannonball adderly - something else

25. The specials - more specials

Ok that took a minute. That 14th round was about as good as aany other round tho. Crazy. I probably missed some good albums here and there just kind of scrolled and picked

 
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49. Tenpole Tudor Eddie, Old Bob, **** and Gary (1981) 

“Swords of a Thousand Men” 

“Three Bells in a Row”

A legendary Stiff Records band. Too la roo la roo la yeah! 

 
50. Todd Snider East Nashville Skyline (2004)

“Conservative, Christian Right Wing Republican” 

“Sunshine” 

One of the funniest songwriters I’ve ever heard. 

 
How the heck did Run The Jewels get so big? They're two rappers that were so underground and had each already had their shot at big times prior. 

A second chance for the world to catch up? 

Yankee and the Brave are here
Everybody hit the deck

 
Los Kjarkas - Live in Concert (2017) - drafted by @Chaos Commish in round 36

Los Kjarkas is a Bolivian group.  I've heard similar music from Peru which reminds me of a joke, An American asked an Englishman "Sir, where are the Andes?", the Englishman replied "they're at the end of your armies".

But I digress.  Los Kjarkas' music is stringed instrument based with pan pipes occasionally coming in either as a solo instrument or as counterpoint to the vocalist.  The only percussion comes from a bass drum played with a soft mallet so the strummed strings carry most of the rhythm parts. I don't know its Bolivian name but there's a instrument similar in tone to a mandolin that the player strums incredibly fast.  

It's a live album that's not recorded particularly well.  The lead vocals aren't clear and the mix isn't great.  I don't know if one of the singers is female or a man singing in falsetto.  I'm thinking the latter but please forgive me ma'am if I'm mistaken.  I was curious about where and when this album was recorded but there's nothing about it on Allmusic or Discogs. I listen to a lot of World music on Spotify and it's a challenge to dig through re-releases with dodgy cover art and recent release dates to get to the original recordings.  I'm not familiar with Los Kjarkas to know if that's the case here.

I don't speak Spanish so the lyrics went over my head.  I didn't find it rhythmically interesting, it was very 1212 on the bottom with the complexity coming from the strummed strings on top.  The pan pipe solo sent me down a short rabbit hole of researching the instrument.  There are twelve tones in the chromatic scale but some pan pipes have more than 40 tubes.  I guess that's to play multiple octaves unless there are some hidden non-chromatic notes hidden somewhere in the Andes.

Hard to pick a favorite song.  The crowd seemed to really get into Wayayay so I'll go with that.

 
Charlie Steiner said:
Revenge - Bill Cosby (1967)

His Saturday morning cartoon show in the 70s was a great source of joy for me, as well as his greatest hits album, which I would have chosen instead if we were so allowed. What he did to end up in jail was wrong, and all I will say is that he was a product of the time and my feelings about his comedic legacy haven't changed.
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What time would that be-  1906?  Is the incarnation of Stanford White?  Was there a school for people who drug young women and rape them?  

So wrong, it's difficult to comprehend.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Couple more random questions:

1.  Did you let the fact that this is going onto a playlist effect your draft at all?   

I was thinking about this as I stare at metal albums, that I don't think people will like at all, so I skipped over them.  

2.  Those who drafted live albums - and be honest now - what % was preferring those versions of the songs to the albums and what % was a "more bang for your buck" approach?  

If there were decent full Radiohead concerts on Spotify, I would have gone that route because like I've said before - I prefer the sound of songs from KidA especially in the live form.   There have been a couple live songs pop up that I thought sounded kind of bad, so that got me thinking about this as well.  
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1.  Yes.  Given the complaints about Tull, I didn't think anyone would much like Steeleye Span.

2.  I only drafted two live albums, Hot August Night and An Evening WIth John Denver.  I picked them because they are completely different expceriences to the studio versions.  Diamon's and Denver's personalities come out more prominently.  I don't generally like live albums.  Applause just isn't that musical to me.

 
1. I would put Aqualung and Locomotive Breath up against 98% of our playlist

2. I only drafted live albums when the rest was scraped.  "Yessongs" is an exception and yes, it is exceptional.  

 
Val Rannous said:
I'm working extra long hours for a bank merger, and she's keeping me company.
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He has more overtime hours than regular hours for last week.  He'll be into overtime about 6:30 tomorrow evening.

Krista, how's your mom?

Also, I'm sorry rcam lost his furry friend.

Truly, when you leave the room, you fall behind.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Alright, my quick review of my extra credit Sturgill Simpson album:

Long story short, I hesitantly dug this album.   

Cover:  Pretty bad ###, actually.   On first glance it looks a bit like a prog metal album cover.  

Album:   For a non-country fan this was an interesting ride.  I have noticed that for whatever reason, I am able to override the music a little more if it gets to the twangy side if it's a female voice vs. male voice.  Not sure why that is, it just is.   As far as the album, I review the opener before and a lot of the songs were a similar reaction for me.   Just when his voice was pushing me away a bit, the music would pull me back in.   The flow of the album was great, and the backing instrumentation was interesting enough to pull me back into the song if his vocals was pushing me out.   For me a highlight was the song after the Nirvana cover - Brace for Impact (Live a Little).   That opening bass and groove got me right away.   Really dug it, and this would be my add to the play list along with Call to Arms.  Oh Sarah was the other great example of the battle for me - IMO some fantastic lyrics and heartbreaking music, but his vocals were my least favorite of the songs.    Overall, this would be a solid 6-7/10 for me.  I 100% can see the draw and talent of Sturgill, but still a little bit of a battle for a typically non-country guy.  
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you should sample his one from last year, definitely not country

Sturgill Simpson ‎– Sound & Fury - 2019

 
Rd 49 

Waiting for the Sun - The Doors (1968)

gotta have something from Jim, one of my first idols - third in their catalog, and a more musically diverse direction portended here ... don't think "The Soft Parade" lived up to the promise of this one, no wonder they went back to their more raw and blues based power for the final two. 

two of my favorite Morrison showcases up in here - "Not to Touch the Earth" is the most manic piece they did that clocked in under 4' (this album did not feature any extended players like "The End" & "When The Music's Over" from the first two) ... i got it marked as Jim's signature piece ... it will always remind me of his total grandiose posture like none other.  i never partook in hallucinogenics, but "My Wild Love" screams PEYOTE!  hey, i love it from the perspective of not tripping, so it's got that going for it.  

a few other catalog mainstays here, including their biggest hit "Hello, I Love You" ... great listening platter to bring along. 

i see they are a polarizing band up on this bored, but i have much love and respect for them taking a darker path than most ... they really were a gateway for much of the more underground stuff i gravitated to, Manzarek and Krieger wove some nefarious &  intricate mayhem behind the Lizard King ... the Doors were punk and goth without even knowing it - but i do.  

Not to Touch the Earth

My Wild Love

Rd 50 

Setting Sons - The Jam (1979)

what better way to ring it out than another classic from the year i've been touting forever ... when i took "Sound Affects" many moons ago, i expected this one to be plucked soon after ... i also didn't wanna double dip, but i can't leave this out on the sidelines. 

the most thematically ambitious of their albums, Weller conceived it as a concept work, and the aborted war theme strikes through the album's most plush recordings - the trademark tightness is crisp as ####, the lads are crushing it -  i cannot blag on about '79 without taking one if it's top 5 offerings, and it's an absloute steal for me in round fitty .... more ModFather & co.?  yes. yes i will. 

Eton Rifles  scathing Weller piss take on the fair weather yobbs from both sides - roast 'em. 

Strange Town  mod chops dripping down their sleeves. 

PLZ ADD TO SPOTIFY - THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE! ✌

 
Last one:

50.38: Mike Massé - Covers (Mostly Live) (2012)

Sometimes artists make it the traditional way, and sometimes they do so by going viral via a nondescript pizza joint in Utah. This guy became an internet sensation by one amazing acoustic cover of Toto's "Africa" back in 2010 with his buddy Jeff Hall. Word spread enough for Mike to leave the legal profession and make it a go of his music career. Since then, he's covered dozens of songs (classic rock and current) and this collection has 80 of them. Had an opportunity to see him live about 5 years ago - proof positive that sometimes good things happen to good guys. Strongly recommend checking out his YouTube channel if you've never heard/seen him.

Africa

Space Oddity

 
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otb_lifer said:
Rd 49 

Waiting for the Sun - The Doors (1968)

gotta have something from Jim, one of my first idols - third in their catalog, and a more musically diverse direction portended here ... don't think "The Soft Parade" lived up to the promise of this one, no wonder they went back to their more raw and blues based power for the final two. 

two of my favorite Morrison showcases up in here - "Not to Touch the Earth" is the most manic piece they did that clocked in under 4' (this album did not feature any extended players like "The End" & "When The Music's Over" from the first two) ... i got it marked as Jim's signature piece ... it will always remind me of his total grandiose posture like none other.  i never partook in hallucinogenics, but "My Wild Love" screams PEYOTE!  hey, i love it from the perspective of not tripping, so it's got that going for it.  

a few other catalog mainstays here, including their biggest hit "Hello, I Love You" ... great listening platter to bring along. 

i see they are a polarizing band up on this bored, but i have much love and respect for them taking a darker path than most ... they really were a gateway for much of the more underground stuff i gravitated to, Manzarek and Krieger wove some nefarious &  intricate mayhem behind the Lizard King ... the Doors were punk and goth without even knowing it - but i do.  

Not to Touch the Earth

My Wild Love

Rd 50 

Setting Sons - The Jam (1979)

what better way to ring it out than another classic from the year i've been touting forever ... when i took "Sound Affects" many moons ago, i expected this one to be plucked soon after ... i also didn't wanna double dip, but i can't leave this out on the sidelines. 

the most thematically ambitious of their albums, Weller conceived it as a concept work, and the aborted war theme strikes through the album's most plush recordings - the trademark tightness is crisp as ####, the lads are crushing it -  i cannot blag on about '79 without taking one if it's top 5 offerings, and it's an absloute steal for me in round fitty .... more ModFather & co.?  yes. yes i will. 

Eton Rifles  scathing Weller piss take on the fair weather yobbs from both sides - roast 'em. 

Strange Town  mod chops dripping down their sleeves. 

PLZ ADD TO SPOTIFY - THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE! ✌
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@otb_lifer - could you do a quick scan if we missed the last few rounds of yours?  Just shoot me a PM and I can scan and add all of our missing picks to the playlist.  

 
for kicks, putting together my list of 50 more.. no dupes of artists I chose already and records that were not selected, will spoiler it adding nothing to the playlist, just good clean fun...

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
I have news.  It took the last 17 years.  And I've finally caught up.

Can someone explain the island visitation draft to me?
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@Mrs. Rannous

It's easy.   We are working out the minor details, but the short version is we are getting a list of participants together, and then I will randomize the list and we all will get the name of another drafter.   We will then listen to a handful of full albums that they drafted for their island.  

The details we are debating is if it's going to be all of your choosing, does the owner of the island get a couple picks, etc.. 

 
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