MAD's ROUND 2!! # 1's have been posted!! (6 Viewers)

[Zegras11]

I hope you’re still going to the Pixies/Modest Mouse show in Boise tomorrow night.

Just saw it in SLC tonight and it was a great show.

More than half of the Modest Mouse set list tonight was on my MAD top 31 playlist from the last thread.

Never did get tickets... and don't know if I'd be recovered enough to make it LOL. We wound up about 40 feet from the stage. Just an incredible show from start to finish.

1. Set 1:
2. Introduction
   
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3. Dialogue (Part I & II)
   
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4. Questions 67 & 68
   
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5. Call on Me
   
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6. Wake Up Sunshine
   
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7. (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
   
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8. Mongonucleosis
   
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9. If You Leave Me Now
   
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10. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon
11. Make Me Smile
    
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12. So Much to Say, So Much to Give
    
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13. Anxiety's Moment
    
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14. West Virginia Fantasies
    
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15. Colour My World
    
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16. To Be Free
    
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17. Now More Than Ever
    
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18. Set 2:
19. Alive Again
    
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20. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
    
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21. Old Days
    
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22. Hard Habit to Break
    
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23. You're the Inspiration
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24. Beginnings
    
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25. I'm a Man
    (The Spencer Davis Group cover)
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26. Just You 'n' Me
    
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27. Hard to Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
    
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28. Saturday in the Park
    
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29. Feelin' Stronger Every Day
    
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30. 
    
31. Encore:
32. Free
    
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33. 25 or 6 to 4

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I hope you’re still going to the Pixies/Modest Mouse show in Boise tomorrow night.

Just saw it in SLC tonight and it was a great show.

More than half of the Modest Mouse set list tonight was on my MAD top 31 playlist from the last thread.

Never did get tickets... and don't know if I'd be recovered enough to make it LOL. We wound up about 40 feet from the stage. Just an incredible show from start to finish.

Nice! Here are the sets from Modest Mouse and Pixies from last night---they'll likely be similar in Boise tonight. That would make for 2 consecutive long concert nights. I'm too old for that now too

1. Dramamine
2. Breakthrough
3. Dashboard
4. Missed the Boat
5. Wooden Soldiers
6. Paper Thin Walls
7. Heart Cooks Brain
8. Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
9. King Rat
10. Bukowski
11. The View
12. Never **** a Spider on the Fly
13. Trailer Trash
14. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
15. Float On

1. Cactus
2. Nimrod's Son
3. Vamos
4. Death Horizon
5. Here Comes Your Man
6. The Holiday Song
7. Motorway to Roswell
8. Gouge Away
9. Wave of Mutilation
10. Head On
    (The Jesus and Mary Chain cover)
11. Isla de Encanta
12. Caribou
13. Hey
14. Mr. Grieves
15. Nomatterday
16. Monkey Gone to Heaven
17. Planet of Sound
18. There's a Moon On
19. Haunted House
20. Get Simulated
21. Wave of Mutilation
22. All the Saints
23. Ana
24. Where Is My Mind?
25. Winterlong
    (Neil Young cover)
26. Debaser

 

[-OZ-]

Look at these guys, going to concerts of their artist!

I know we discussed, but what’s the official ruling on covers? I have 4 on my list right now. Could make them honorable mentions. Also, if we want the live version over the recording does that matter? Do we uses link, YouTube, pandora, etc or do we just list the song?
When do we get the sheets?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Look at these guys, going to concerts of their artist!

I know we discussed, but what’s the official ruling on covers? I have 4 on my list right now. Could make them honorable mentions. Also, if we want the live version over the recording does that matter? Do we uses link, YouTube, pandora, etc or do we just list the song?
When do we get the sheets?

@-OZ- there are no rulings needed. The only rule is submit 20-31 songs that your artist was involved with. The discussion largely came from me and other just discussing preferences on covers or why I don't tend to gravitate to them. Live/album does not matter as well. Most use spotify and playlists come from there, so if there is a tie breaker you might want to see if a live version is on Spotify, but even that hasn't stopped people, so it's up to you. You give us the 20-31 Buffett songs you want to give us, gb.

ETA: Zegras is still working on the sheet. It was easy to load last time, and there was a line to copy/paste your link. In there you can put spotify link, youtube link, or both.

 

[-OZ-]

Look at these guys, going to concerts of their artist!

I know we discussed, but what’s the official ruling on covers? I have 4 on my list right now. Could make them honorable mentions. Also, if we want the live version over the recording does that matter? Do we uses link, YouTube, pandora, etc or do we just list the song?
When do we get the sheets?

@-OZ- there are no rulings needed. The only rule is submit 20-31 songs that your artist was involved with. The discussion largely came from me and other just discussing preferences on covers or why I don't tend to gravitate to them. Live/album does not matter as well. Most use spotify and playlists come from there, so if there is a tie breaker you might want to see if a live version is on Spotify, but even that hasn't stopped people, so it's up to you. You give us the 20-31 Buffett songs you want to give us, gb.

ETA: Zegras is still working on the sheet. It was easy to load last time, and there was a line to copy/paste your link. In there you can put spotify link, youtube link, or both.

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I’ll probably use YouTube videos, I don’t have Spotify

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Look at these guys, going to concerts of their artist!

I know we discussed, but what’s the official ruling on covers? I have 4 on my list right now. Could make them honorable mentions. Also, if we want the live version over the recording does that matter? Do we uses link, YouTube, pandora, etc or do we just list the song?
When do we get the sheets?

@-OZ- there are no rulings needed. The only rule is submit 20-31 songs that your artist was involved with. The discussion largely came from me and other just discussing preferences on covers or why I don't tend to gravitate to them. Live/album does not matter as well. Most use spotify and playlists come from there, so if there is a tie breaker you might want to see if a live version is on Spotify, but even that hasn't stopped people, so it's up to you. You give us the 20-31 Buffett songs you want to give us, gb.

ETA: Zegras is still working on the sheet. It was easy to load last time, and there was a line to copy/paste your link. In there you can put spotify link, youtube link, or both.

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I’ll probably use YouTube videos, I don’t have Spotify

That's what I have to do. People seem to have worked it out.

I'm always grateful for playlist assistance.

 

[Zegras11]

I have made my choice. Much like The Police, I want to dive into someone I haven't dived deep into in a long *** time. I'm not sure how I will rank these, as I like so much of them on a very high, equal level.

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zegas11

Tom Petty

 

[snellman]

I have made my choice. Much like The Police, I want to dive into someone I haven't dived deep into in a long *** time. I'm not sure how I will rank these, as I like so much of them on a very high, equal level.

31

zegas11

Tom Petty

Dang, there goes my choice for Round 3. Time to start thinking.

 

[Scoresman]

Thinking of going chronological for Sia. She's gone from acid-jazz to jazzy rock to pop music, with a few bouts of alcohol/drug/health issues in between that really comes through in her music.
Kind of set up for a chronological list.

 

[Scoresman]

Also, all this Sia listening and research has led me to start another Six Feet Under rewatch. What a fantastic show.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Look at these guys, going to concerts of their artist!

I know we discussed, but what’s the official ruling on covers? I have 4 on my list right now. Could make them honorable mentions. Also, if we want the live version over the recording does that matter? Do we uses link, YouTube, pandora, etc or do we just list the song?
When do we get the sheets?

@-OZ- there are no rulings needed. The only rule is submit 20-31 songs that your artist was involved with. The discussion largely came from me and other just discussing preferences on covers or why I don't tend to gravitate to them. Live/album does not matter as well. Most use spotify and playlists come from there, so if there is a tie breaker you might want to see if a live version is on Spotify, but even that hasn't stopped people, so it's up to you. You give us the 20-31 Buffett songs you want to give us, gb.

ETA: Zegras is still working on the sheet. It was easy to load last time, and there was a line to copy/paste your link. In there you can put spotify link, youtube link, or both.

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I’ll probably use YouTube videos, I don’t have Spotify

That's fine. Just so you and other who do the same know - as I load up the Spotify playlist I will try to match up what I see in the youtube link with what I find, but sometimes I can't. Either it's not on the service, or not live.

 

[-OZ-]

I'm not sure how I will rank these, as I like so much of them on a very high, equal level.

Isn’t this always a “problem”?
I have a tier system going. The top 10ish are very clear, then it gets foggy. Even among the ten there can be movement on any given Monday.

 

[Tau837]

I have made my choice. Much like The Police, I want to dive into someone I haven't dived deep into in a long *** time. I'm not sure how I will rank these, as I like so much of them on a very high, equal level.

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zegas11

Tom Petty

One of my all-time top 5 favorite artists. Looking forward to it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I have made my choice. Much like The Police, I want to dive into someone I haven't dived deep into in a long *** time. I'm not sure how I will rank these, as I like so much of them on a very high, equal level.

31

zegas11

Tom Petty

Dang, there goes my choice for Round 3. Time to start thinking.

Or, as Tom would say, it's time to move on.

 

[plinko]

I have made my choice. Much like The Police, I want to dive into someone I haven't dived deep into in a long *** time. I'm not sure how I will rank these, as I like so much of them on a very high, equal level.

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zegas11

Tom Petty

I thought about it but, like Prince, I considered myself semi-qualified but fully unworthy.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

My list is read to go, in chronological order this time. Better for telling the story. Got to 27 songs this time, but there will be 4 'bonus' songs that will be sprinkled throughout the write-ups to unconventionally get to 31.

Update: there will not be 4 'bonus' songs. There will be 9. You're welcome.

 

[Scoresman]

Interesting. Sia does a fantastic cover of a song written by one of the artists from the first MAD31, only that artist never actually recorded it...

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Interesting. Sia does a fantastic cover of a song written by one of the artists from the first MAD31, only that artist never actually recorded it...

Your avatar looks like a giant Easter chick.

 

[Salteriffic]

My brother in law has signed up but can't yet post messages for some reason.

His screen name is Salteriffic---he is going to take Nick Cave.

Nick Cave was on my short list, but I realized I was not up to the task of absorbing his body of work and sorting the top 31. That's a lot of work; power to him.

On the third album now and he’s turning into a darker Tom waits. It is work to listen to all the albums

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

My brother in law has signed up but can't yet post messages for some reason.

His screen name is Salteriffic---he is going to take Nick Cave.

Nick Cave was on my short list, but I realized I was not up to the task of absorbing his body of work and sorting the top 31. That's a lot of work; power to him.

On the third album now and he’s turning into a darker Tom waits. It is work to listen to all the albums

Welcome to FBG. I know you’re up to the task!

 

[KarmaPolice]

31 is set in stone. The final song stuck for a week, so it's officially in. Hopefully it's not being annoying to start the discussions of people's plans or artists. This probably makes more sense in my hazy head than it does written out, but what I decided on is to play the full album the lovely gentlemen in the photo are holding up start to finish in order. That is 11 songs.

My plan was to tell the story of the band in between playing songs from the album in question. The reason for this is IMO it's a perfect metal album as I said before, it's where I would have a new to Mastodon listener start, and as I listened I came to the conclusion that it was also a perfect culmination of their talents and aging as a band. What I did is started with a list of about 27 other songs that I obsessively listened and try to pick the best songs to match and flow with the album we are listening to. It might lose a little in the translation with the slow reveal, but if anybody listens to it on it's on at the end? I think it's one of the better playlists I've assembled for one of our crazy adventures. To get even nerdier, songs 2,3,5,6,8, and 9 matched up very nicely with telling their story chronologically - so those will go in release order of albums. The rest I treated like a true flowing playlist and tried my best to match styles and tones together. So for example the heavier songs at the end of the album will be paired more with their earlier heavier songs, and the middle group match better with newer tunes.

So the pattern is: Track 1, other, other, Track 2, other, other, Track 3, etc.. With the album opener and closer also opening and closing the playlist.

Sorry.

 

[Mister CIA]

My brother in law has signed up but can't yet post messages for some reason.

His screen name is Salteriffic---he is going to take Nick Cave.

Nick Cave was on my short list, but I realized I was not up to the task of absorbing his body of work and sorting the top 31. That's a lot of work; power to him.

On the third album now and he’s turning into a darker Tom waits. It is work to listen to all the albums

Welcome aboard. I took a look at Nick Cave's discography, and it's intimidating. I won't shine a light on any particular recording, but speaking of dark, one album makes Murder Ballads sound like a joyous singalong by comparison. Look forward to the reveals.

 

[Mister CIA]

After 100 hours of listening to Neko Case and pondering, I needed a palate cleanser - and I found one. I belive Humanzee picked this band in a recent thread, and I loved his selection (something, something, murder, it was), but this song has captured my attention tonight. I've played it six times in a row, and I think I have six more in me.

Radio Birdman DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM

Jonathan Sequeira's video compiled from archival footage of Radio Birdman (1976-77) "Descent Into The Maelstrom" (D.Tek - Universal / APRA)

www.youtube.com

 

[Mister CIA]

Totally digging a band destined to be chosen in the first six iterations.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

31 is set in stone. The final song stuck for a week, so it's officially in. Hopefully it's not being annoying to start the discussions of people's plans or artists. This probably makes more sense in my hazy head than it does written out, but what I decided on is to play the full album the lovely gentlemen in the photo are holding up start to finish in order. That is 11 songs.

My plan was to tell the story of the band in between playing songs from the album in question. The reason for this is IMO it's a perfect metal album as I said before, it's where I would have a new to Mastodon listener start, and as I listened I came to the conclusion that it was also a perfect culmination of their talents and aging as a band. What I did is started with a list of about 27 other songs that I obsessively listened and try to pick the best songs to match and flow with the album we are listening to. It might lose a little in the translation with the slow reveal, but if anybody listens to it on it's on at the end? I think it's one of the better playlists I've assembled for one of our crazy adventures. To get even nerdier, songs 2,3,5,6,8, and 9 matched up very nicely with telling their story chronologically - so those will go in release order of albums. The rest I treated like a true flowing playlist and tried my best to match styles and tones together. So for example the heavier songs at the end of the album will be paired more with their earlier heavier songs, and the middle group match better with newer tunes.

So the pattern is: Track 1, other, other, Track 2, other, other, Track 3, etc.. With the album opener and closer also opening and closing the playlist.

Sorry.

You construct playlists like some prog bands construct suites.

 

[scorchy]

Against Me! playlist is done, clocking in at a longer-than-expected 1 hour and 36 minutes. Four covers, three LJG solo efforts, plenty of language filter violations, and at least a few songs that could have been thread titles in the politics sub-forum.

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

Faith No More is a bigger challenge than i anticipated. Their late 90s albums are full of bangers.

 

[Don Quixote]

My tentative 31 for Nina Simone is currently around 2.5 hours. A lot longer than my 31 for Jorge Ben, but it would be a pity not to include some of Nina Simone’s longer epics.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

some of Nina Simone’s longer epics.

One of those was one of my new-to-me faves in the US countdown.

 

[Don Quixote]

some of Nina Simone’s longer epics.

One of those was one of my new-to-me faves in the US countdown.

The fact that so many had as a new-to-me favorite was partially what pointed me to Nina here. If a number had not heard that one, there’s a whole bunch of greatness that I expect will be new to many.

 

[falguy]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

Nice. I think I know 2 of their songs, so a lot of new music here for me too.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

Excellent.

 

[Tau837]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

Excellent. I really liked their first 3 albums but lost track after that.

 

[falguy]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

Excellent. I really liked their first 3 albums but lost track after that.

Much like my acdc picks I have lots of favorites from the early albums. Hopefully there will be a few new-to-yous that you like too.

 

[Northern Voice]

She's gone from acid-jazz to jazzy rock to pop music, with a few bouts of alcohol/drug/health issues in between

I mean, who among us has not....

 

[Northern Voice]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

I love this.

 

[Northern Voice]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

Excellent. I really liked their first 3 albums but lost track after that.

Much like my acdc picks I have lots of favorites from the early albums. Hopefully there will be a few new-to-yous that you like too.

If I did a top 31 Collective Soul, I think legitimately every song from the self titled would make the cut.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

I hope that that playlist will really ... gel.

 

[falguy]

I'll do a band I am very familiar with and considered using for round 1.

Collective Soul

Excellent. I really liked their first 3 albums but lost track after that.

Much like my acdc picks I have lots of favorites from the early albums. Hopefully there will be a few new-to-yous that you like too.

If I did a top 31 Collective Soul, I think legitimately every song from the self titled would make the cut.

Not one bad track on it.

 

[Mister CIA]

Don't task me with bumping this thread to page one. Y'all have been warned.

Luz Azul

EDIT: Meant to post this link: Country Giants

 

[KarmaPolice]

I could start rambling about my artist more if you want.

 

[Mister CIA]

I could start rambling about my artist more if you want.

I'll hang up and listen.

 

[Eephus]

Los Lobos list is locked and loaded.

The longlisting and ranking process was quicker and less traumatic than it was for Damon Albarn.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I could start rambling about my artist more if you want.

I'll hang up and listen.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I did get THIS shirt in the mail today, so I am rocking that. My daughter said it was scary and just stared at it though. I also have 3 more on the way as I felt I needed to up the Mastodon:Opeth metal t-shirt ratio. If I were less self-conscious I would have a wider variety of bands. Some can get a bit gnarly.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I probably should get THESE to go with the shirts though.

 

[rockaction]

I probably should get THESE to go with the shirts though.

Damn. They're out of small. Oh well, KP. Maybe they'll restock.

eta* That is a really funny pair of shorts. And no surprise that they sold out of small. Had a girl in the family that loved booty shorts and the smaller, the better.

 

[Eephus]

I did get THIS shirt in the mail today, so I am rocking that. My daughter said it was scary and just stared at it though. I also have 3 more on the way as I felt I needed to up the Mastodon:Opeth metal t-shirt ratio. If I were less self-conscious I would have a wider variety of bands. Some can get a bit gnarly.

If I see you on the street, I'm crossing to the other side.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I did get THIS shirt in the mail today, so I am rocking that. My daughter said it was scary and just stared at it though. I also have 3 more on the way as I felt I needed to up the Mastodon:Opeth metal t-shirt ratio. If I were less self-conscious I would have a wider variety of bands. Some can get a bit gnarly.

If I see you on the street, I'm crossing to the other side.

I think back in the day it was sort of the point with some of the shirts I chose. I got away from them for quite a while, but I'm now back to the normal KP uniform - jeans, metal shirt, Mariners cap.