\\m// Official Dealer's Choice Music Mixtape Draft (2 Viewers)

[Binky The Doormat]

14-ish: We're an American Band, Grand Funk - Song That Influenced Me

First album I bought. Imagine I'm a ship tied to an anchor by a thousand-mile long chain. This song is my anchor.

Another big wow for me here. I was 15, riding shotgun in a 68 Firebird another old buddy driving - big, big song for us sophomore year. Todd produced album BTW ...

 

[BobbyLayne]

Then there are her favorites like The Cult, Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke that she'll see every time they come through town.

I saw the Furs in the 80s, and then again last year, and they were great.

Milan 1987 *(I was in the military) - fantastic.

Air Force, Army, Marines, or Navy?

consistent with my draft persona

:squid:

shellback?

Alas, nope. Bubblehead, yes.

688 or boomers?

EW1(sw) - FF (never could find you ####s)

 

[BobbyLayne]

Out mixtape is around 59:40 with 7 songs left. We're going to need some 90 second hooks...

 

[BobbyLayne]

14-ish: We're an American Band, Grand Funk - Song That Influenced Me

First album I bought. Imagine I'm a ship tied to an anchor by a thousand-mile long chain. This song is my anchor.

Another big wow for me here. I was 15, riding shotgun in a 68 Firebird another old buddy driving - big, big song for us sophomore year. Todd produced album BTW ...

:flashback:

Nice to know we have at least one other AARP member in this draft.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I've been holding off on my strong categories til the end, but now that Acer is talking about giving people ideas, I guess I need to take one of the best before they all get spotlighted....

15.xx - Ghostface Killah - "Apollo Kids (feat. Raekwon)" (Wu Tang solo project)

Dude is still the best storyteller in all of hiphop. Passed up on Meth who has maybe my favorite flow of all-time for this one.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

14-ish: We're an American Band, Grand Funk - Song That Influenced Me

First album I bought. Imagine I'm a ship tied to an anchor by a thousand-mile long chain. This song is my anchor.

Another big wow for me here. I was 15, riding shotgun in a 68 Firebird another old buddy driving - big, big song for us sophomore year. Todd produced album BTW ...

:flashback:

Nice to know we have at least one other AARP member in this draft.

It was at least '73 - '74 though ...I'm not THAT old.

 

[Mister CIA]

Then there are her favorites like The Cult, Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke that she'll see every time they come through town.

I saw the Furs in the 80s, and then again last year, and they were great.

Milan 1987 *(I was in the military) - fantastic.

Air Force, Army, Marines, or Navy?

consistent with my draft persona

:squid:

shellback?

Alas, nope. Bubblehead, yes.

688 or boomers?

EW1(sw) - FF (never could find you ####s)

688. 751 to be exact. ET2(SS), 6 yrs and done.

You could have found my boat with great ease had you spent most of your time hanging out around the Bahamas (Exuma Sound, I knew it well).

 

[Eephus]

Out mixtape is around 59:40 with 7 songs left. We're going to need some 90 second hooks...

says the guy who had a kid at 46

No time constraints on the mix lengths.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Then there are her favorites like The Cult, Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke that she'll see every time they come through town.

I saw the Furs in the 80s, and then again last year, and they were great.

Milan 1987 *(I was in the military) - fantastic.

Air Force, Army, Marines, or Navy?

Oooh....1089

ETA: also 6 & done / also AE program

 

[Eephus]

Round Twelvish: My Generation (Live at Leeds version) - Song with Three Movements

One part My Generation, two parts Tommy, four parts Guinness Book of Records World's Loudest Rock Band. If anyone ever wants to peer into the mind of a white, suburban, fourteen year-old male adolescent, seek no more.

This is an inspired pick. I normally try to avoid live tracks in mixes but if you're going to have one, it might as well be from the best live album ever

 

[Mister CIA]

shellback?

Alas, nope. Bubblehead, yes.

688 or boomers?

EW1(sw) - FF (never could find you ####s)

688. 751 to be exact. ET2(SS), 6 yrs and done.

You could have found my boat with great ease had you spent most of your time hanging out around the Bahamas (Exuma Sound, I knew it well).

Oooh....1089

ETA: also 6 & done / also AE program

AE or AEF?

 

[Time Kibitzer]

So this song was in the movie but apparently wasn't actually on the soundtrack. If that's an issue I'll re-pick.

15.xx - New Order - Elegia from Pretty In Pink (80s soundtracks)

Couldn't find a video of just the scene unfortunately.

 

[BobbyLayne]

shellback?

Alas, nope. Bubblehead, yes.

688 or boomers?

EW1(sw) - FF (never could find you ####s)

688. 751 to be exact. ET2(SS), 6 yrs and done.

You could have found my boat with great ease had you spent most of your time hanging out around the Bahamas (Exuma Sound, I knew it well).

Oooh....1089

ETA: also 6 & done / also AE program

AE or AEF?

Sux getting old Thought it was AE. Now it's AECF?



I was killing a lot of brain cells back then.

 

[Eephus]

The OP is more or less updated. Please check it or better yet the Google Sheet to see if I missed anything.

Thanks again to the people who've been updating the spreadsheet

 

[timschochet]

The songs from 1971 have been excellent selections. Well done.

 

[timschochet]

Keb' Mo' "America the Beautiful"- Song that gives me chills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnTuTKwJJyE

Big fan of Keb Mo. First saw this version performed on the last episode of The West Wing.

 

[omally]

Keb' Mo' "America the Beautiful"- Song that gives me chills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnTuTKwJJyE

Big fan of Keb Mo. First saw this version performed on the last episode of The West Wing.

Love me some Keb Mo.

 

[El Floppo]

15.xx Alex Chilton - The Replacements (Name)

Great song off a great album. Children by the millions. You all are lucky I didn't decide to make you suffer through an improvisational, self indulgent live version of my favorite band's first big hit instead.

 

[El Floppo]

Ruling Question:

El Floppo took the "song from the album that influenced your musical taste the most" category ...I got that wrong, right? Who would make a cat that ####### long? I digress...

When he did he suggested I make a pick from that category as well.

We're doing mulligans anyway, so can we just ####can one category and double up on that?

Talk amongst yourselves...

I bogarted that pick... but it felt like something more interesting/personal than most of the others so thought you should get to pick from that as well.

 

[El Floppo]

If El Floppo wants to take a Wu Tang he can, but I'd just as soon punt there.

Wu, yes. off-shoot, no.

Take the personal influence pick instead

 

[Fennis]

So this song was in the movie but apparently wasn't actually on the soundtrack. If that's an issue I'll re-pick.

15.xx - New Order - Elegia from Pretty In Pink (80s soundtracks)

Couldn't find a video of just the scene unfortunately.

In the spirit of this drafts modernization on time limits you should have taken the 17 minute version.

 

[El Floppo]

Not trying to spotlight, just want to share - don't think you could jam this duo into any of our categories. OK, Bluish Grass, but not queer folk (no homo - they're married).

Shovels & Rope (spotify)

Shovels & Rope - npr music tiny desk concert (14x minutes)

Won the Emerging Artist and Song of the Year at the Americana Music Honors & Awards (roots music thing) last fall at the Ryman.

Saw them open for Dawes at the Ryman. They are outstanding. They are playing a smaller venue in Nashville and I'm tempted to go if I can get anyone to go with me. I've gone to a couple of concerts alone and I feel like a narc.

Last fall I went to a concert at a small venue in Williamsburg by myself. Def weird vibe, never done that before - though that might have had more to do with being a dinosaur than a loner.

But I got there early, had a few beverages, and just enjoyed the show. Left after the 2nd band because I'd seen the headliner (Spirit Family Reunion) a few times and it was a week night.

ETA: Yeah, it was odd. Find someone to hit Nashville with you.

Maybe it's different for girls but Mrs. Eephus goes solo to shows, usually by 80s bands that I wouldn't have been interested in seeing in the 80s. She claims it's a lot easier for one person to get way up front and always comes back with stories about people she ends up talking with between acts.

Yes...yes it is.

New in the building?

Old in building

 

[El Floppo]

Then there are her favorites like The Cult, Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke that she'll see every time they come through town.

I saw the Furs in the 80s, and then again last year, and they were great.

I last saw them in 89, in a May Day free concert in the park in Milan. I saw them put on a couple great shows in clubs in the mid 80s... in the light of day, without a stage, they were just dreadful.

 

[El Floppo]

Then there are her favorites like The Cult, Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke that she'll see every time they come through town.

I saw the Furs in the 80s, and then again last year, and they were great.

Milan 1987 *(I was in the military) - fantastic.

whoa... missed you by a couple of years.

 

[El Floppo]

I have taken my daughter to shows at the Prospect Park bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn concert series). Same, same, summer evening picnic kind of deal.

This is a picture of her kid last year at Merlefest. Picture He is the blonde boy in need of a haircut, and dressed in a tie dye shirt. He was dancing for the crowd. Behind him was Chatham County Line playing on one of the stages there.

awesome.

just tried to take our kids (6 and 2) to a beatles tribute show down in Southstreet Seaport. one song in, the 6yo says he's bored and wants to leave. Just as well- I was bored and wanted to leave too.

 

[El Floppo]

I'll leave you with a Mrs Eephus concert story. We were at a Mystery Jets show at the SF Independent last summer. We took our 21 year old daughter who had come home for the summer. We weren't the oldest people there because Jerry Harrison was in the house but we were definitely in the 95% percentile.

We staked out our spot in front of the stage and waited for the band. During the first song, some wasted chick pushed her way through and did wasted chick screaming and pushing. She got progressively more belligerent until about the fifth song in where she made the mistake of pushing Mrs. Eephus' breast. My wife reared back, balled up her fist and punched wasted chick in the head hard enough to knock the gauge out of her ear. My daughter was and I was . The bouncer came over and 86ed wasted chick and let us be. After the show, we were hanging out by the bar when the Mystery Jets' drummer came over, shook Mrs. Eephus hand and raised it over his head like a boxing ref.

I live in fear but I love that woman.

 

[El Floppo]

So this song was in the movie but apparently wasn't actually on the soundtrack. If that's an issue I'll re-pick.

15.xx - New Order - Elegia from Pretty In Pink (80s soundtracks)

Couldn't find a video of just the scene unfortunately.

nice

 

[El Floppo]

get a load of me [/hipple]

 

[El Floppo]

Hey BL... that Beatles Revolution scream pick... that was for Bonzai, correct?

 

[El Floppo]

15.04: Elephant Gun- Beirut (Animal)

I loved this song when it came out and still do. His stuff gets a little too gypsy for me overall- can't listen to a whole album usually, but this one works. love the way it builds, love the hook, big fan- even if it all comes off a bit... pretentious (especially the video.. which I still love).

 

[Gr00vus]

So this song was in the movie but apparently wasn't actually on the soundtrack. If that's an issue I'll re-pick.

15.xx - New Order - Elegia from Pretty In Pink (80s soundtracks)

Couldn't find a video of just the scene unfortunately.

nice

I was trying to figure out how to work New Order into my mix but have failed so far. I'm glad someone else picked up the slack. They're (well them + Joy Division which I consider to be essentially the same) one of my top 10 all time favorite acts.

 

[Gr00vus]

I'll leave you with a Mrs Eephus concert story. We were at a Mystery Jets show at the SF Independent last summer. We took our 21 year old daughter who had come home for the summer. We weren't the oldest people there because Jerry Harrison was in the house but we were definitely in the 95% percentile.

We staked out our spot in front of the stage and waited for the band. During the first song, some wasted chick pushed her way through and did wasted chick screaming and pushing. She got progressively more belligerent until about the fifth song in where she made the mistake of pushing Mrs. Eephus' breast. My wife reared back, balled up her fist and punched wasted chick in the head hard enough to knock the gauge out of her ear. My daughter was and I was . The bouncer came over and 86ed wasted chick and let us be. After the show, we were hanging out by the bar when the Mystery Jets' drummer came over, shook Mrs. Eephus hand and raised it over his head like a boxing ref.

I live in fear but I love that woman.

I wanna party with Mrs. Eephus.

Just don't touch her.

 

[El Floppo]

So this song was in the movie but apparently wasn't actually on the soundtrack. If that's an issue I'll re-pick.

15.xx - New Order - Elegia from Pretty In Pink (80s soundtracks)

Couldn't find a video of just the scene unfortunately.

nice

I was trying to figure out how to work New Order into my mix but have failed so far. I'm glad someone else picked up the slack. They're (well them + Joy Division which I consider to be essentially the same) one of my top 10 all time favorite acts.

Funny- I love both too, but my interest in NO fell off sharply somewhere around LowLife. Their earlier stuff still inhabits that same space JD did, and I can't help loving them for it.

 

[Gr00vus]

So this song was in the movie but apparently wasn't actually on the soundtrack. If that's an issue I'll re-pick.

15.xx - New Order - Elegia from Pretty In Pink (80s soundtracks)

Couldn't find a video of just the scene unfortunately.

nice

I was trying to figure out how to work New Order into my mix but have failed so far. I'm glad someone else picked up the slack. They're (well them + Joy Division which I consider to be essentially the same) one of my top 10 all time favorite acts.

Funny- I love both too, but my interest in NO fell off sharply somewhere around LowLife. Their earlier stuff still inhabits that same space JD did, and I can't help loving them for it.

LowLife was pretty much the end of their peak, though I like some songs off Technique and Republic and I think Get Ready is a pretty good album.

 

[El Floppo]

I said make your fifth round pick, slacker.

I'm pretty sure you didn't say that.

5.XX- Ederlezi (Time of the Gypsies)- 80's movie song

I remember seeing this in theaters and completely falling for the movie with this scene and song. I haven't seen it since and hope that it would hold up... still a fan of the music. Felt like going in a non-US/ John Hughes direction here.. or even indie 80s, as tempting as a handful were that popped into my noggin. Like most of you, the 80s were hugely formative and like most of you I was big music nerd... this one feels off that path, so I'm happy to pick it.

eta: some nsfw boobs in this.

I'm throwing back this gypsy.

Can't believe I didn't take one of my favorite tunes from one of my top 3 movies. One of the best story-tellers out there, telling a story in the middle of another great story.

5.04: From Her to Eternity- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (80s movie- Wings of Desire)


There's a another movie out there that given the collective age and interests here I'm surprised hasn't been dipped into yet...

 

[AcerFC]

sorry taskles

 

[Eephus]

16th round "This is the Day" - The The (chillbumps)

This song has aged better than just about everything from 1983. The video not so much.

 

[simey]

I was going to feature another NC band for the "title with only a name" category, but decided to scratch it for this favorite...

16xx - Ophelia - The Band (title with only a name)

Spotify only has the studio version (which is good too).

 

[BobbyLayne]

I was going to feature another NC band for the "title with only a name" category, but decided to scratch it for this favorite...

16xx -

Nice!

 

[BobbyLayne]

16.19 - song from album that caused a paradigm shift in my personal weltanschauung - that one song from The Frames that I'll remember & write-up later

 

[Eephus]

We're on round 16 today. People missing picks can catch up at their convenience.

You can pick rounds 17 and 18 at any time over the weekend and we'll wrap up with rounds 19 and 20 on Monday.

 

[Vike Me]

We're on round 16 today. People missing picks can catch up at their convenience.

You can pick rounds 17 and 18 at any time over the weekend and we'll wrap up with rounds 19 and 20 on Monday.

Eephus, thank you for doing this and letting me join late. Also to whoever has been updating the google doc - thanks!

I haven't been able to comment as much as I'd like but I have listened to about 75% of the songs out there, can't wait to crank up a few spotify mixes.

 

[El Floppo]

Hey BL... that Beatles Revolution scream pick... that was for Bonzai, correct?

right?

 

[Fennis]

We're on round 16 today. People missing picks can catch up at their convenience.

You can pick rounds 17 and 18 at any time over the weekend and we'll wrap up with rounds 19 and 20 on Monday.

aren't there 23 rounds?

 

[Fennis]

16.19 - song from album that caused a paradigm shift in my personal weltanschauung - that one song from The Frames that I'll remember & write-up later

Old Man Disease by The Frames?

 

[Chaos Commish]

1971

I listened to this a half dozen times last night. I knew I had to have it not just for it's greatness, but for the vibe it has with a few others in my mix. I also need to throw a couple back to avoid killing that vibe.

15.xx Funkadelic -- Maggot Brain

 

[El Floppo]

1971

I listened to this a half dozen times last night. I knew I had to have it not just for it's greatness, but for the vibe it has with a few others in my mix. I also need to throw a couple back to avoid killing that vibe.

15.xx Funkadelic -- Maggot Brain

ooooh... I was leaning towards this exact pick if I had gotten my hands on 1971.

So many great albums that year- I honestly had no idea.

 

[zamboni]

1971

I listened to this a half dozen times last night. I knew I had to have it not just for it's greatness, but for the vibe it has with a few others in my mix. I also need to throw a couple back to avoid killing that vibe.

15.xx Funkadelic -- Maggot Brain

Eddie Hazel is the man.

 

[Chaos Commish]

We're on round 16 today. People missing picks can catch up at their convenience.

You can pick rounds 17 and 18 at any time over the weekend and we'll wrap up with rounds 19 and 20 on Monday.

Eephus, thank you for doing this and letting me join late. Also to whoever has been updating the google doc - thanks!

I haven't been able to comment as much as I'd like but I have listened to about 75% of the songs out there, can't wait to crank up a few spotify mixes.

Absolutely. Great job, Eeph. Sorry I started slacking on the doc. I did that the same time I fell behind listening. I'm in a boot after turning my ankle for the second time in a month. I'll be sitting most of the weekend, so maybe I'll build several playlists. No promises, but if you'd like to see your mix or a category in a single playlist, say so and I'll probably do it.

 

[Chaos Commish]

1971

I listened to this a half dozen times last night. I knew I had to have it not just for it's greatness, but for the vibe it has with a few others in my mix. I also need to throw a couple back to avoid killing that vibe.

15.xx Funkadelic -- Maggot Brain

ooooh... I was leaning towards this exact pick if I had gotten my hands on 1971.

So many great albums that year- I honestly had no idea.

It gave me Vietnam flashbacks and I've only read books about that place.