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DI Jukebox Draft (66-15)- Listen up (1 Viewer)

AcerFC said:
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1966 California Dreaming	1989 I believe in Miracles    2012 I need your love
1967 White Rabbit		1990 Stop		      2013 The Wire
1968 5 to 1			1991 Always on the Run	      2014 Selfless
1969 Sweet Caroline		1992 So What Cha Want	      2015 Hotline Bling
1970 The Boxer			1993 American Jesus		
1971 Jeepster			1994	
1972 Youre So Vain		1995 Comedown	
1973 Piano Man			1996 Test for Echo	
1974 Train Kept a Rollin	1997 6th Avenue Heartache	
1975 Tangled Up in Blue         1998 Use The Man	
1976 Blank Generation		1999 Canned Heat	
1977 Young, Fast and Scientific	2000 Ironclad	
1978 Up on Cripple Creek	2001 For Nancy	
1979 Nervous Breakdown		2002 The Rising	
1980 Call Me			2003 Reptilia
1981 Burnin For You		2004		
1982 Know Your Rights		2005 Start Wearing Purple	
1983 Lick it Up			2006 Back to Black	
1984 Hot For Teacher		2007 Masters of War	
1985 Walk of Life             	2008 Do The Panic	
1986 Livin on a Prayer		2009 Maggie May	
1987 Caught in the Mosh		2010 Moves Like Jagger	
1988 Sweet Child o Mine		2011 Turn Me On
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24.a       The Police, "Message in a Bottle" (1979)

I've been waiting all draft to take a Sting or Police song, and I just got one in under the wire.  In many ways, my selection is the ultimate Police track, predating their huge success with _Synchronicity_ and offering everything that made the band even before they became wealthy monsters: a wonderful Sting vocal, an airy chorused guitar part with a killer riff by Andy Summers, a clever bass line, whimsical lyrics (some of which I like to think today of forecasting the rise of social media before the Internet even existed), and very nice drumming by Stuart Copeland featuring his traditional light snare and interesting cymbal work.  

24.b       Smithereens, "Room Without a View" (1989)

One of the R.E.M.-influenced bands, but one with a very technical precision underlying all of their efforts: the musicians were all classically trained and about as far from garage four-trackers as you can get, but they still managed to craft excellent pop hooks and very nice melodies and harmonies.  This AOR track is my favorite off of its album, which offers about five or six strong tracks.  Love the repeated bridge with the high harmony vocals and the sudden slight vocal dissonance on the breakdown.   

25.a       3 Doors Down, "Let Me Go" (2005)

A Mississippi product that I really enjoy, 3 Doors Down packages radio-friendly hits that are nicely melodic, and interestingly captures my attention despite nary a hint of keyboards or backing vocals.  The band's sound is so tightly produced and the songs arranged so well that two guitars provide all the atmosphere needed, which is not a compliment I often make, and Brad Arnold sings well enough that his relatively rare doubletracking of his lead vocals is all that's required to hold my attention.  This 2005 offering is a nice rumination on relationship issues and is inspiring in a way that few modern hits are to me.    

25.b       Vertical Horizon, "Everything You Want" (1999)

This is one of those songs whose introduction never fails to seize me and transport me into the ethereal music hook, no matter what I'm doing or what kind of mood I may be in.  The backwards guitar riff, joined suddenly by a heavy electric strumming power chords before the vocals enter, just grabs me like few hooks before or since.  Most of the rest of the song is not as strong, but that's not a criticism: the melody is strong, the muted keyboards are a nice touch, I like the way that the opening riff continues throughout, and most of the lyrics are thought-provoking.  Bonus points awarded for changing up the chorus lyrics at the end, an easy songwriting flourish in which I wish more bands would indulge.     

 
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Strangely enough, I wouldn't have figured this out with so many songs - would have thrown me off. The few that were there from the early years helped narrow my focus.

 
25a - Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown - 1960 (pre '65, I think)

25b - Japandroids - Wet Hair - 2009 - Post-Nothing

Just one of the hauntingest duos ever followed by a rocker duo. Not much to say here. The lyrics are about guy/girl problems, one in the '60s about getting dumped, the other about getting away from riot grrrls in a liberal (oh, c'mon, likely leftist) scene, the latter probably being the greatest lyrics of the early aughts to me. Loved the rebellion in the latter, loved the lament in the former. One's been pushed away, one wants a different pull.  

These girls are all Bikini Kill/We need a ride to Bikini Island. 

I know, it's tough to be a straight white male in the world, but writing those lyrics took some guts in that scene, I would imagine. 

 
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rockaction said:
25b - Japandroids - Wet Hair - 2009 - Post-Nothing

Just one of the hauntingest duos ever followed by a rocker duo. Not much to say here. The lyrics are about guy/girl problems, one in the '60s about getting dumped, the other about getting away from riot grrrls in a liberal area, the latter probably being the greatest lyrics of the early aughts to me. Loved the rebellion, loved the lament in the former.

These girls are all Bikini Kill/We need a ride to Bikini Island.

I know, it's tough to be a straight white male in the world, but writing those lyrics took some guts in that scene, I would imagine.
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My favorite Japandroids song.  :thumbup:

 
She had wet hair
Say what you will
I don't care
I couldn't resist it (x8)

These girls are all Bikini Kill
We need a ride to Bikini Island (x8)

We run the gauntlet
Must get to France
So we can French kiss some French girls (x6)

 
Steve Tasker said:
She had wet hair
Say what you will
I don't care
I couldn't resist it (x8)

These girls are all Bikini Kill
We need a ride to Bikini Island (x8)

We run the gauntlet
Must get to France
So we can French kiss some French girls (x6)
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I love it. Wet hair is beautiful on a girl with long hair. That couplet in the middle says a lot. Then escape to cigarettes? Who can resist, indeed?  

 
25a - Scarface - "My Block" (2002)

Really struggled with 2002 as it was one of my strong years.  

The video is worth watching, I've always found it to be pretty cool.  It's a 3 1/2 minute tracking shot (kinda), right-to-left, following Scarface's life growing up in Houston.  Birth, playing with his friends and getting in trouble with the pastor, getting harrassed by police, Earl Campbell pictures and afros in the late 70s, selling stolen Adidas and breakdancing in the 80s, selling drugs, getting arrested, starting the Geto Boys, his friend dies, writing music, and finally returning home where everyone is happy to see him.

 
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25b - India.Arie - "Video" (2001)

I’m not the average girl from your video
And I ain’t built like a supermodel
But I learned to love myself unconditionally,
Because I am a queen

I not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I’m wearing I will always be
India.Arie

 
Just entered my 50 songs into Spotify. There was one stupid track not on there. Up on Cripple Creek from the last Waltz. I just subbed it for the studio version, but not bad considering. Came in at 3 hours and 26 minutes 

 
Also always loved the lyrics in Just Another Victim

Holy Guyver, Im a survivor, feeling like Deniro in Taxi Driver, with Jodi Foster and Harvey Keitel, feels like Im walking through a living hell

 
Steve Tasker said:
25a - Scarface - "My Block" (2002)

Really struggled with 2002 as it was one of my strong years.  

The video is worth watching, I've always found it to be pretty cool.  It's a 3 1/2 minute tracking shot (kinda), right-to-left, following Scarface's life growing up in Houston.  Birth, playing with his friends and getting in trouble with the pastor, getting harrassed by police, Earl Campbell pictures and afros in the late 70s, selling stolen Adidas and breakdancing in the 80s, selling drugs, getting arrested, starting the Geto Boys, his friend dies, writing music, and finally returning home where everyone is happy to see him.
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Great song. There was a female rapper who shall remain nameless that took that year's top beats, got permission, and rapped over them in an EP in a sort of medley. That was an EP turned LP with permission. She outrapped Scarface, believe it or not. Never got signed to get true hype. Remains such unsigned hype. 

Trivia for the end of the contest: Anybody know who this woman is? She's still making great albums, even though some are out of print. She might be a mulligan for a song you (Tasker) loved to draft in years prior, because her best songs are from that year.  

 
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This is the last song that has a jukebox connotation to me personally.. we used to go to this rundown ####hole pool hall nearby, the jukebox was 95% country.  And too loud.  But for some reason they had this album in there and I would crank this tune every time.  The hillbillies were never too pleased.  Let's take a blast to the moon ba-bay!

Godsmack - Moon Baby (1998)

These dudes are Finnish and so are most of their lyrics but this one's in English and it rules.  Polka party metal.

Korpiklaani - Vodka (2009)

 
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