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rockaction
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Round 499.xx
Category: Sports
Song: Magic Johnson
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
That's two songs about Johnson I've picked in the 500. 23 Beats Off by Fugazi in the Bonus Round was the other. This was just a jock jam beyond jock jams by the guys that wore socks on their jocks.
Category: Sports
Song: Magic Johnson
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
That's two songs about Johnson I've picked in the 500. 23 Beats Off by Fugazi in the Bonus Round was the other. This was just a jock jam beyond jock jams by the guys that wore socks on their jocks.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
hi at Rockaction.
i have mentioned this segue in previous threads as being my absolute most favoritest of favoriteadillys.
love the Alan Vega/Suicide rip of the opener, then the blast into the only song ever recorded that could match the gooey delights of that album cover.
we will never see days like those again.
tyvm.
rockaction
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Didn't know that, otb. Well, you're in luck. I linked it!
Suicide has gotten a lot of revisionist love lately. I keep seeing them pop up in places. Only familiar with them from their Rhino New York DiY contributions. Never really sought them out beyond knowing they're loved by punk critics. Think i've tried them out a few times. Never really got beyond the first few tracks. Perhaps like The Damned, they need another listen. Peace, mang.
rockaction
Footballguy
Oh, and by the way, we at 500!!!! I couldn't help myself. Don't know if I'll be around in the P.M., so I went ahead and broke the seal. Willie Mays would be good synergy with the wikkid thread, which I had something special typed out for, but figured it got too generational for a man who is distinct in his preferences for generations.
And that be that.
And that be that.
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otb_lifer
Footballguy
i chose their eponympus debut in one of the album drafts, regaling all with tales of how it was passed around as an underground cassette at first, iirc ... they got a TON of love back in the day, as well ... i find them to be the most interesting act behind Ramones & Heartbreakers to come out that CBs scene - nobody ever hit with such ostentatious minimalism - they were a most unique ecosystem.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It's certainly a ... memorable ... vocal.I wondered when I posted these two whether they were on your list. I thought Goin' Back must have been based on where it showed up on a playlist of mine (that is, I thought I got it from you based on timing on stuff being added), but I figured Mellow My Mind might not have been. What I love about Mellow is Neil's terrible vocal.
Captain Grunge made this playlist of the songs from my top 101 that were on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Pdpra7df48gT4M7nfEiUG
Ilov80s
Footballguy
<100k
Rd 491 Some Other Guy by The Hentchmen
Rd 492 Maybe by The Blueflowers
The one about clothes
Rd 493 The Thong Song by Sisco
Rd 494 Knee Socks by Arctic Monkeys
CSNY
Rd 495: Bluebird by Buffalo Springfield
Rd 496: Renaissance Fair by The Byrds
Rd 491 Some Other Guy by The Hentchmen
Rd 492 Maybe by The Blueflowers
The one about clothes
Rd 493 The Thong Song by Sisco
Rd 494 Knee Socks by Arctic Monkeys
CSNY
Rd 495: Bluebird by Buffalo Springfield
Rd 496: Renaissance Fair by The Byrds
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Awesome that both these combos made it all the way to 497/498 so they could get paired properly
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Round 499:
Sports Ticker
A. Backfield in Motion -- Mel & Tim
B. Jacking the Ball -- The Sea and Cake
The titles are metaphors, but they're still sports terms.
This Is the End
C. Out of Focus -- Love Battery
I love the squillion false endings on this one.
D. World in Changes -- Dave Mason
The instrumental breakdown at the end of this is one of the highlights of Alone Together, an album with many of them.
Sports Ticker
A. Backfield in Motion -- Mel & Tim
B. Jacking the Ball -- The Sea and Cake
The titles are metaphors, but they're still sports terms.
This Is the End
C. Out of Focus -- Love Battery
I love the squillion false endings on this one.
D. World in Changes -- Dave Mason
The instrumental breakdown at the end of this is one of the highlights of Alone Together, an album with many of them.
rockaction
Footballguy
Diamond In The Rough is such a brutal category for me. Most of my songs are coming from my vinyl collection, which sits right next to me, or from memory because a song has burned something into my brain. I have no Excel sheets, and lack any centralized listening database to refer to, like iTunes or Spotify. My taste in music is actually much broader than I've posted this draft, it's just been forgotten, and nothing jogs the memory, really.
So Diamond In The Rough is tough. I don't own any albums I consider to be bad, and albums that I consider to be bad, to me, mean they never have redemptive qualities of any sort. Indeed, if you cut just one good song, I consider the album okay, and not a wasted exercise. So it's tough for me to find a lousy album with a good song on it. And I also have a degree of fidelity to certain acts where I wouldn't consider an album bad yet a song good. With that said, I might have one in mind. Perhaps diamonds off of disappointments is probably the way to go about this. Anyway, those are the musings for the morning.
So Diamond In The Rough is tough. I don't own any albums I consider to be bad, and albums that I consider to be bad, to me, mean they never have redemptive qualities of any sort. Indeed, if you cut just one good song, I consider the album okay, and not a wasted exercise. So it's tough for me to find a lousy album with a good song on it. And I also have a degree of fidelity to certain acts where I wouldn't consider an album bad yet a song good. With that said, I might have one in mind. Perhaps diamonds off of disappointments is probably the way to go about this. Anyway, those are the musings for the morning.
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rockaction
Footballguy
Oh yeah, I figured that. I was just spitballing over my difficulty with that category. It's probably the only one that I feel like I can't really partake in because it's a bit anathema to how I listen to music. I'm really easy on songwriters if they're doing what they do earnestly. (For the most part. I do have problems sometimes when a genre or type of music is beholden to an ideology I find to be an affront to me personally, but those and that are few and far between. I would say Death Metal beyond Slayer is like that for me. Just not interested in that outlook on life, and it saddens me.) It's not even a big deal; I'm just bored at seven A.M. on a Sunday and spitballing away. Heh. Really no big deal, all things considered.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
the greatest stanza in popular music:
You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher
and it did indeed change the world
simey
Footballguy
My favorite R.E.M. years is on the I.R.S. label, but they have some good music on the Warner Brothers label, and Automatic For The People is my favorite album from that label. This is my favorite song off the album, and it happens to be the closer.
Round 499
Find the River - R.E.M. (Side 2, Track X)
Round 499
Find the River - R.E.M. (Side 2, Track X)
rockaction
Footballguy
Brilliant. Wouldn't have so much remembered this one, but it indeed has a bunch of endings and I thought I'd even get fooled by the fade out.
simey
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
I think I would have had an easier time of it when I was younger and wouldn't hesitate to call an effort "bad" or "good". Nowadays, I don't do that so much. But I still don't make habit of listening to bad stuff, so I wouldn't remember regardless of my age.
Anyway, I was just thinking that early in the morning. There are three other categories to choose from, so no skin off of my back.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Almost everything I have considered for this category is from bands that were in their prime when I was much younger.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I kind of want to draft from this category just for the challenge but I also agree with the sentiment that I rarely say an album is bad anymore. I was much more of a snob when I was younger. My snobbish opinions were also flat out wrong and terrible in many cases.
rockaction
Footballguy
You are preaching to the choir here. My snobbish opinions devalued a lot of stuff that had tremendous value, even life-affirming value. That's something I really wish I could tell my younger self.
And with that...well, there you go, I guess, unless I'm misreading what you're saying. The young, who should be so open-minded, are so stuck with limited knowledge and constraints of their own longings and yearnings sometimes. Sometimes it takes getting older and having a lot less to lose to really form an opinion about anything and to let other things just be.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
For me it was easy to just try and pick a good Stones song from the era where they were well passed their prime - but I said right away that was a tough category.
I’m sure if I really put effort in I can think of some, but I havent started putting effort into this yet (it’s shows) so why start now?
krista4
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Segue Way
Rd 497: Linden Arden Stole the Highlights and Who Was That Masked Man by Van Morrison
Linden Arden stole the highlights
And they put his fingers through the glass
He had heard all those stories many, many times before
And he did not care no more to ask
And he loved the little children like they were his very own
He Said, "Someday it may get lonely."
Now he's livin', livin' with a gun
TRANSITIONS INTO
Oh ain't it lonely
When you're livin' with a gun
Well you can't slow down and you can't turn 'round
And you can't trust anyone
You just sit there like a butterfly
And you're all encased in glass
You're so fragile you just may break
And you don't know who to ask
Rd 498: Streets of Arkow and You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River by Van Morrison
my favorite 13 minute stretch of Van Morrison. It's not a pure segue musically but it also is a perfect segue. He often plays them live as a medley.
How about that for a 4 song segue way?
Rd 497: Linden Arden Stole the Highlights and Who Was That Masked Man by Van Morrison
Linden Arden stole the highlights
And they put his fingers through the glass
He had heard all those stories many, many times before
And he did not care no more to ask
And he loved the little children like they were his very own
He Said, "Someday it may get lonely."
Now he's livin', livin' with a gun
TRANSITIONS INTO
Oh ain't it lonely
When you're livin' with a gun
Well you can't slow down and you can't turn 'round
And you can't trust anyone
You just sit there like a butterfly
And you're all encased in glass
You're so fragile you just may break
And you don't know who to ask
Rd 498: Streets of Arkow and You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River by Van Morrison
my favorite 13 minute stretch of Van Morrison. It's not a pure segue musically but it also is a perfect segue. He often plays them live as a medley.
How about that for a 4 song segue way?
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simey
Footballguy
This song is about a race in Talladega won by the late Dale Earnhardt aka The Intimidator.
Round 500
The Intimidator - The Charlie Daniels Band (Sports)
Round 500
The Intimidator - The Charlie Daniels Band (Sports)
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Can't believe we are here...
Sports Ticker
Rd 499: The Hitter by Bruce Springsteen
Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula and Lafayette town
They payed me their money, Ma, I knocked the men down
Well I did what I did, yeah it come easily
Restraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me
Fitting to hit 500 with a football song since that's what has brought us all here
Rd 500: Heavy Action by Johnny Pearson
Sports Ticker
Rd 499: The Hitter by Bruce Springsteen
Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula and Lafayette town
They payed me their money, Ma, I knocked the men down
Well I did what I did, yeah it come easily
Restraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me
Fitting to hit 500 with a football song since that's what has brought us all here
Rd 500: Heavy Action by Johnny Pearson
Raging weasel
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Raging weasel
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
500
Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner)- Jack Johnson (sports ticker)
one of my lifelong dreams was drafting Jack Johnson in the 500th round of a draft. Thanks, all.
Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner)- Jack Johnson (sports ticker)
one of my lifelong dreams was drafting Jack Johnson in the 500th round of a draft. Thanks, all.
rockaction
Footballguy
We're never letting anybody leave. Ever.
There's plenty of room at the Hotel California...
krista4
Footballguy
499.k4 Pere Ubu - Humor Me (Side 2, Track X)
Playing some music last night and checked to see which Pere Ubu songs had been taken. None?!?! I mean, someone took a freaking Nickelback song. Decided I needed to remedy this oversight today, no matter the categories. This isn't my top song from the record but will do just fine.
Playing some music last night and checked to see which Pere Ubu songs had been taken. None?!?! I mean, someone took a freaking Nickelback song. Decided I needed to remedy this oversight today, no matter the categories. This isn't my top song from the record but will do just fine.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Yep, something like that. I am not invested in these assessments in the same way that I once was.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Round 500:
Moar Cowbell
A. Still I'm Sad -- Rainbow
They well could have called this instrumental "Concerto for Guitar and Cowbell."
B. Stone Free -- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Another great performance by Mitch Mitchell.
Side 2, Track X
A. New Way Home -- Foo Fighters
Pretty much everything Dave Grohl had learned up to 1997 is deployed in the powerhouse closer to The Colour and the Shape.
B. Explode and Make Up -- Sugar
One of Bob Mould's best breakup/relationship songs closes the final proper Sugar album.
Moar Cowbell
A. Still I'm Sad -- Rainbow
They well could have called this instrumental "Concerto for Guitar and Cowbell."
B. Stone Free -- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Another great performance by Mitch Mitchell.
Side 2, Track X
A. New Way Home -- Foo Fighters
Pretty much everything Dave Grohl had learned up to 1997 is deployed in the powerhouse closer to The Colour and the Shape.
B. Explode and Make Up -- Sugar
One of Bob Mould's best breakup/relationship songs closes the final proper Sugar album.
rockaction
Footballguy
I would have taken them for art rock. Not even sure what even qualifies as art rock, but darn it, Pere Ubu was making the list.
Eephus
Footballguy
Fell behind this week for the first time in a long time. My son finished his Air Force tour and came to town to celebrate. It was also Mrs. Eephus' birthday week culminating in a house party on Saturday. Both delivered a jolt to my carefully moderated pandemic times routine. I came through it better than poor little Louis who did a lot of hiding under the bed.
Eephus
Footballguy
Friday
4xx - Lou Reed - Street Hassle (Diamonds in the Rough)
Street Hassle is Reed's epic work surrounded by a bunch of mediocrities that range from the annoying (Leave Me Alone) to the cringe (I Wanna Be Black). The title track transcends the rest of the record and its crappy binaural production.
4xx+1 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Love Field (Diamonds in the Rough)
Goodbye Cruel World isn't a terrible album but there's a definite falloff from the seven Attractions records that preceded it. Costello even proclaimed it as their worst album in the liner notes for a reissue.
4xx - Lou Reed - Street Hassle (Diamonds in the Rough)
Street Hassle is Reed's epic work surrounded by a bunch of mediocrities that range from the annoying (Leave Me Alone) to the cringe (I Wanna Be Black). The title track transcends the rest of the record and its crappy binaural production.
4xx+1 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Love Field (Diamonds in the Rough)
Goodbye Cruel World isn't a terrible album but there's a definite falloff from the seven Attractions records that preceded it. Costello even proclaimed it as their worst album in the liner notes for a reissue.
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Eephus
Footballguy
Saturday
4xx+2 - Santana - Carnaval / Let the Children Play / Jugando (Segue Way)
I prefer the live version off of Moonflower
4xx+3 - ABC - How to Be a Millionaire (Filthy Lucre)
I've seen the future, I can't afford it
Tell me the truth sir, someone just bought it
4xx+2 - Santana - Carnaval / Let the Children Play / Jugando (Segue Way)
I prefer the live version off of Moonflower
4xx+3 - ABC - How to Be a Millionaire (Filthy Lucre)
I've seen the future, I can't afford it
Tell me the truth sir, someone just bought it
Eephus
Footballguy
499.8 or 12 - The Baseball Project - Past Time (Sports Ticker)
Baseball themed supergroup with Peter Buck, Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey and Linda Pitmon.
When Campy Campaneris played all nine positions in a game
When Pete Rose demolished Ray Fosse, he was never the same
31 wins and an album on Capitol for Denny McLain
So long ago, so long, pastime, are you past your prime?
Baseball themed supergroup with Peter Buck, Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey and Linda Pitmon.
When Campy Campaneris played all nine positions in a game
When Pete Rose demolished Ray Fosse, he was never the same
31 wins and an album on Capitol for Denny McLain
So long ago, so long, pastime, are you past your prime?
Eephus
Footballguy
500.8 or 12 - The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun (Moar Cowbell)
It still counts if the cowbell is part of a set of timbales
It still counts if the cowbell is part of a set of timbales
simey
Footballguy
I thought of mph the other day when I saw one of those little dolls like he has near his turntable. He popped in during the spring, and said he was busy with work and other activities. This draft has lasted through all of the seasons.
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