**Fake Scarcity Mixtape Draft #1: Tuesday picks 12 & 4PM EDT (1 Viewer)

[Gr00vus]

12.12 Headhunter - Front 242

International - Belgium

Because Floppo said so.

wait... front 242? I meant herbie hancock. that song sucks.

Allright, I'll have to go a different direction then. Will redo my 12.12 pick shortly.

One of the Spotify versions of this song is off a compilation called "TSOB-The Sound of Belgium". Oddly, one of the tracks on the album is by Au Pairs who have no connection to Belgium that I can find other than the band broke up after singer Lesley Woods no-showed for a concert in Brussels.

And yeah, the song kind of sucks.

ETA: I may have to redefine kind of sucks after listening to the Geronimo song.

ETA: It's kind of catchy by the third chorus or so.

Problem solved.

And if you don't like sleigh bells, well, shove it.

 

[Eephus]

For the 12th round, and in honor of the R40 tour (Going next week!!!), I am picking a song from Rush.

Tom Sawyer - Drum Solo - Original Song

Thank you. The way the Internet has kind of schmidt all over Rush has always rankled. Comes off as ingenuine from a lot of people: "C'mon, man ... all the cool kids HATE Rush. They sell records and stuff."

We came so close to a Rush-free music draft

 

[Doug B]

11.7 - More Than A Feeling - Boston - Top 5

Hit #5 in 1976. Got to see them in the 80s on their 'Third Stages' tour, in Boston no less . Man, were they great. What a voice Brad Delp (RIP) had.

Have good memories of an old friend learning guitar on this song back in high school. Yes, Delp was the man on vox ... dude should be much beter known.

 

[Mr. Ected]

11.7 - More Than A Feeling - Boston - Top 5

Hit #5 in 1976. Got to see them in the 80s on their 'Third Stages' tour, in Boston no less . Man, were they great. What a voice Brad Delp (RIP) had.

Have good memories of an old friend learning guitar on this song back in high school. Yes, Delp was the man on vox ... dude should be much beter known.

I always wonder what would have happened if they hadn't had their fight with their record company and been able to release albums between 1978 and 1986.

 

[simey]

See post 1189. I kept Morphine Girl cause the OCMS tune won't drag into my playlist. I like that song better anyway.

 

[Doug B]

OK, so now for my 12th rounder. Please don't tell me that I overlooked this sibling band being picked, cause I was kind of counting on this to finish out:

12.18 - "Something About You", Level 42 (Nuclear Family)

Boon Gould on guitar, brother Phil on drums. The incomporable Mark King on bass. Love the intro on the 4:27 album cut, but can't seem to find it on youtube.

 

[Doug B]

I always wonder what would have happened if [boston] hadn't had their fight with their record company and been able to release albums between 1978 and 1986.

Arena acts were getting pushed aside by the early 80s. They still had fans, but a lot of record companies treated them like yesterday's news. Still, I think the usicianship of a band like Boston would've kept them afloat, though probably more as balladeers than rockers. Kind of like a male version of Heart.

 

[Eephus]

OK, so now for my 12th rounder. Please don't tell me that I overlooked this sibling band being picked, cause I was kind of counting on this to finish out:

12.18 - "Something About You", Level 42 (Nuclear Family)

Boon Gould on guitar, brother Phil on drums. The incomporable Mark King on bass. Love the intro on the 4:27 album cut, but can't seem to find it on youtube.

This is who I was expecting when I clicked Gr00vus' Front 242 link. The bass player is outstanding.

 

[Eephus]

I always wonder what would have happened if [boston] hadn't had their fight with their record company and been able to release albums between 1978 and 1986.

Arena acts were getting pushed aside by the early 80s. They still had fans, but a lot of record companies treated them like yesterday's news. Still, I think the usicianship of a band like Boston would've kept them afloat, though probably more as balladeers than rockers. Kind of like a male version of Heart.

We missed out on some very cheesy videos

 

[Mr. Ected]

OK, so now for my 12th rounder. Please don't tell me that I overlooked this sibling band being picked, cause I was kind of counting on this to finish out:

12.18 - "Something About You", Level 42 (Nuclear Family)

Boon Gould on guitar, brother Phil on drums. The incomporable Mark King on bass. Love the intro on the 4:27 album cut, but can't seem to find it on youtube.

Found this acoustic version a couple years ago. Like it more than the original.

 

[Mr. Ected]

This draft was too short. Let's do another.

I want to enjoy the mixes for a while but I thought of some future category ideas.

covers: both the original and covering artists come off the board

relationships: a spin off of siblings category for John & Yoko & Exene

cities: like countries and states but for NFL or MLB cities.

dirty words: songs containing lyrics on the FBG censored list

NV's degrees of separation draft sounds fun as well, although an early round snipe would be brutal.

Maybe a live tracks category?

Acoustic?

Another thought is songs from a Movie Soundtrack.

 

[KarmaPolice]

For the 12th round, and in honor of the R40 tour (Going next week!!!), I am picking a song from Rush.

Tom Sawyer - Drum Solo -

Is it any consolation that we now have a Hootie free draft?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

12.21 16 Saltines - Jack White (Category - Number/Wild Card)

So many to pick from ...lots to still pick. I left off several that I would love on my overall list because they have been on some of my prior list - but really hard to walk away from them.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Thanks for running the draft Eephus--a lot of new discoveries as usual.

Marco's Scarcity Spotify mix

Your mix has seven of the twelve tracks grayed out. I think Spotify defaults to add songs to playlists from the music library on your hard disk instead of the online version.

Yeah. I noticed that. What do I need to do to correct that?

I have all 12 songs on my hard drive so I'm not sure why only those 7 are grayed out. All 12 songs play consecutively when I run the mix on my Spotify itself. Any ideas?

 

[Ilov80s]

12.xx Elgar's Cello Conerto in E Minor (2nd movement) Jacqueline Du Pres, London Philharmonic Conducted by Daniel Barenboim

So much to choose here (cello solo), international (England for all the English people involved here), but I choose to spotlight the real star, Jacqueline Du Pres. She was one of the most genius musicians in the history recorded classical music. By the time she was 17, she was already considered among the best soloist in the world. At the age of 20, she recorded an overlooked cello concerto written by Edward Elgar at the end of WW1. Elgar's career and music had long gone out of fashion when he wrote the concerto. It was a dusty unappreciated relic that had a disastrous London premiere and after 45 years seemed doomed to obscurity. Du Pres performance of the piece was so powerful that it helped turn the Elgar concerto into one of the most widely played pieces of cello music in the modern repertoire.

By 1971, her playing had irreversibly declined due MS. By 1973 her career was over as she became physically unable to play the cello any longer. She passed away the age of 42. While the link here isn't the most legendary performance that initially established the Elgar Cello Concerto, it is a beautiful live version of Jacqueline being conducted by her husband.

 

[Gr00vus]

OK, so now for my 12th rounder. Please don't tell me that I overlooked this sibling band being picked, cause I was kind of counting on this to finish out:

12.18 - "Something About You", Level 42 (Nuclear Family)

Boon Gould on guitar, brother Phil on drums. The incomporable Mark King on bass. Love the intro on the 4:27 album cut, but can't seem to find it on youtube.

Found this acoustic version a couple years ago. Like it more than the original.

This is great - very Jose Felicianoesque. I love the original song too.

 

[Gr00vus]

For the 12th round, and in honor of the R40 tour (Going next week!!!), I am picking a song from Rush.

Tom Sawyer - Drum Solo -

I'm just happy we avoided Jethro Tull.

 

[KarmaPolice]

For the 12th round, and in honor of the R40 tour (Going next week!!!), I am picking a song from Rush.

Tom Sawyer - Drum Solo -

I have yet to pick my 12th, sir....

 

[Gr00vus]

For the 12th round, and in honor of the R40 tour (Going next week!!!), I am picking a song from Rush.

Tom Sawyer - Drum Solo -

Do it and I'll track you down and make you listen to an endless loop of the Front 242 songs I didn't consider taking for this draft.

 

[Gr00vus]

For our next one, how about a category for fictitious families: band names with "Brother(s)", "Sister(s)", "Family", "Mother(s)", "Father(s)", etc. in them? Doesn't matter if the members are actually from the same family or not.

 

[simey]

Here is my playlist mix:

Simey's Whiskey Sippin' Songs

Thanks for leading the draft, Eephus, and thanks to you, Mr. Erected, for keeping it documented. I'll be checking for more mixes by others.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Since 60% of the songs I drafted are not playable in an exported Spotify playlist I made a zip file instead:

[URL="http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip"]http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip[/URL]

 

[simey]

Since 60% of the songs I drafted are not playable in an exported Spotify playlist I made a zip file instead:

http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip

Only three songs of yours aren't lit up on my spotify. I wonder if you could change that in your settings area on your account.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Since 60% of the songs I drafted are not playable in an exported Spotify playlist I made a zip file instead:

http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip

Only three songs of yours aren't lit up on my spotify. I wonder if you could change that in your settings area on your account.

Looks like my local files were populating onto Spotify. When I turn those off only about half the songs show up. Oh well.

 

[Eephus]

Since 60% of the songs I drafted are not playable in an exported Spotify playlist I made a zip file instead:

http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip

Only three songs of yours aren't lit up on my spotify. I wonder if you could change that in your settings area on your account.

Looks like my local files were populating onto Spotify. When I turn those off only about half the songs show up. Oh well.

When I view it using the Spotify fat client, there are three songs missing (Doleful Lions, Generationals, Super Furries). When I access using the browser the playlist is seven short.

 

[KarmaPolice]

12.19: HAIM- FOREVER

I will post a link to my mix when I get home.

 

[Northern Voice]

This draft was too short. Let's do another.

I want to enjoy the mixes for a while but I thought of some future category ideas.

covers: both the original and covering artists come off the board

relationships: a spin off of siblings category for John & Yoko & Exene

cities: like countries and states but for NFL or MLB cities.

dirty words: songs containing lyrics on the FBG censored list

NV's degrees of separation draft sounds fun as well, although an early round snipe would be brutal.

Maybe a live tracks category?

Acoustic?

Another thought is songs from a Movie Soundtrack.

Songs about fictional charactersSongs about historical figures

Songs that reference other songs

Songs about killing/murder

Songs based on a true story

Songs that tell a fictional story.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

12.6 "Hong Kong" - Gorillaz (solo instrument - gu-zheng)

This version was recorded live at the Manchester Opera House. It features Zeng Zhen playing the gu-zheng, sort of a Chinese zither. Her playing is just lovely.

 

[Northern Voice]

Right now the Salt n Pepa song is the obvious outlier on my mix and the one I have a hard time linking even to the other poppier/synthy songs. I could mulligan it or stick at the end, but I think I'll do this instead to bridge the gap (if you haven't heard this song, language NSFW):

12.4 - Azealia Banks - 212 (numbers)

And my final mix spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/user/mattcampbell9/playlist/6Ngm46zRvpEwZSSsPrnDux

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Wrapping up my draft with a beautiful song

12.20 - Evanescence - My Immortal - 4:24 - Female Singer/Instrumental Solo/whatever other category it would fit into

 

[KarmaPolice]

Wrapping up my draft with a beautiful song

12.20 - Evanescence - My Immortal - 4:24 - Female Singer/Instrumental Solo/whatever other category it would fit into

Such a fantastic voice

 

[KarmaPolice]

KP's Scarcity Mix

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I have no idea how to Spotify- I've never been to the site. I'm pretty sure all of my songs will be there except the specific Gorillaz piece I want.

I've chosen this order:

Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues

96 Tears - Question Mark and the Mysterians

Nothin' Better to Do - LeAnn Rimes

Spoonman - Soundgarden

I'm Shakin' - Jack White

Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden

Hey I Don't Know - Kongos

I Gotsta Get Paid - ZZ Top

My Sharona - The Knack

Just Give Me A Reason - Pink

Con Te Partiro - Andrea Bocelli

Hong Kong - The Gorillaz

 

[simey]

I have no idea how to Spotify- I've never been to the site. I'm pretty sure all of my songs will be there except the specific Gorillaz piece I want.

You can register for free on Spotify. I have the free version. I'll make your Spotify playlist for you and post it on here.

 

[simey]

Mrs. R's Scarcity Mix

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I have no idea how to Spotify- I've never been to the site. I'm pretty sure all of my songs will be there except the specific Gorillaz piece I want.

You can register for free on Spotify. I have the free version. I'll make your Spotify playlist for you and post it on here.

Wow. Thanks. I generally listen to CD's.

At least I'm not the vinyl freak my friend is.

 

[timschochet]

Mrs. R's Scarcity Mix

That was very kind of you Simey. You wouldn't be willing to help another Luddite out in the same way, would ya?

 

[Steve Tasker]

Spotify is the best $10 I spend every month. Without question.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Spotify is the best $10 I spend every month. Without question.

 

[simey]

Mrs. R's Scarcity Mix

That was very kind of you Simey. You wouldn't be willing to help another Luddite out in the same way, would ya?

Sure. You need to post all your songs in the order you want them.

 

[Steve Tasker]

12.17 - I Break Horses - "Faith" (female vocalist - wildcard pick)

This is my miscellaneous pick. They're from Sweden, but Sweden is off the board already.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Tasker Scarcity Draft Mix

 

[KarmaPolice]

Thanks again for doing the draft, eephus. Listened to Hov's draft already, and 1/2 way through somm's

 

[sn0mm1s]

List of mixes so far (I think)

sn0mm1s

JZilla
El Floppo
The Dreaded Marco full zip below

[URL="http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip"]http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip[/URL]

Hov34
simey
Northern Voice
KarmaPolice
Mrs. Rannous
Steve Tasker

Just quote this post if/when you add your list.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

List of mixes so far (I think)

sn0mm1s

JZilla
El Floppo
The Dreaded Marco (partial Spotify mix). Zip file to entire mix http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zip
Hov34
simey
Northern Voice
KarmaPolice
Mrs. Rannous
Steve Tasker

Just quote this post if/when you add your list.

Thanks for collecting these together. If anyone is going to d/l the zip file, please copy/paste it from the box rather than clicking the direct link.

 

[Eephus]

List of mixes so far (I think)

sn0mm1s

JZilla

El Floppo

The Dreaded Marco (partial Spotify mix). Zip file to entire mix

http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zipHov34simey

Northern Voice

KarmaPolice

Mrs. Rannous

Steve Tasker

Just quote this post if/when you add your list.

Thanks for collecting these together. If anyone is going to d/l the zip file, please copy/paste it from the box rather than clicking the direct link.

Eephus mix

Stevie Wonder – Too High

The Afghan Whigs – 66

TLC – Creep

Dr. John – Right Place Wrong Time

Small Faces – Lazy Sunday

Ian Hunter – Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Shack – Natalie's Party

Billy Bragg – Sexuality

Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener - Original Mix

Tom Verlaine – Breakin' My Heart

Beth Orton – Stolen Car

Júníus Meyvant – Color Decay

 

[Eephus]

OP updated w/ links to mixes

thanks to sn0mm1s and Mr. Ected for doing the hard work to keep the end game organized. Real life got a bit busy the past few days.

 

[Ilov80s]

List of mixes so far (I think)

sn0mm1s

JZilla

El Floppo

The Dreaded Marco (partial Spotify mix). Zip file to entire mix

http://www.megafileupload.com/1XXp/Marco_Scarcity_Mix.zipHov34simey

Northern Voice

KarmaPolice

Mrs. Rannous

Steve Tasker

Just quote this post if/when you add your list.

Thanks for collecting these together. If anyone is going to d/l the zip file, please copy/paste it from the box rather than clicking the direct link.

Eephus mix

Stevie Wonder – Too High

The Afghan Whigs – 66

TLC – Creep

Dr. John – Right Place Wrong Time

Small Faces – Lazy Sunday

Ian Hunter – Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Shack – Natalie's Party

Billy Bragg – Sexuality

Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener - Original Mix

Tom Verlaine – Breakin' My Heart

Beth Orton – Stolen Car

Júníus Meyvant – Color Decay

Ilov80s Mix

In chronological order spanning 95 years of music.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

There sure is a range of song picks here. I like that.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There sure is a range of song picks here. I like that.