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MixTape Draft - 6+ word titles. Finish your draft and listen to mixes! (2 Viewers)

Northern Voice said:
Drugs are better, drugs are better with
Friends are better, friends are better with
Drugs are better, drugs are better with
Friends are better, friends are better with
Drugs are better, drugs are better with
Friends are better, friends are better with
Drugs are better, drugs are better with
Friends are better, friends are better with

1.19 - (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn't a Problem) - Car Seat Headrest

@Ilov80s is up
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Thought about this one for a mid-rounder.

I feel like I'm going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel around round 13 or so.

 
I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on the Marvin Gaye/CCR thing.  Fogerty is a terrific songwriter and an underrated singer but the songs where he stretches out on guitar are (for me) the weakest items in the band's catalog.  His solos are heavy on riffs and (for me) just aren't interesting enough to carry a track for 8-12 minutes.  There is a single edit of Grapevine that fades before the solo that's better (for me).

If you look at CCR's discography, the need for filler and jams is obvious.  They released six LPs of original material in 2 1/2 years between mid-1968 and the end of 1970.  That's a ridiculous pace.

 
Eephus said:
I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on the Marvin Gaye/CCR thing.  Fogerty is a terrific songwriter and an underrated singer but the songs where he stretches out on guitar are (for me) the weakest items in the band's catalog.  His solos are heavy on riffs and (for me) just aren't interesting enough to carry a track for 8-12 minutes.  There is a single edit of Grapevine that fades before the solo that's better (for me).

If you look at CCR's discography, the need for filler and jams is obvious.  They released six LPs of original material in 2 1/2 years between mid-1968 and the end of 1970.  That's a ridiculous pace.
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I agree with Ee here.  I never felt the CCR version.  I am gonna possibly snipe you with an ole timey jam later in the draft Ee.

 
1.21 - I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Everly Brothers - Songs Our Daddy Taught us. 

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Not enough Everly Brothers, ever. Thought of a different duo, but this is the one. 

 
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Eephus said:
I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on the Marvin Gaye/CCR thing.  Fogerty is a terrific songwriter and an underrated singer but the songs where he stretches out on guitar are (for me) the weakest items in the band's catalog.  His solos are heavy on riffs and (for me) just aren't interesting enough to carry a track for 8-12 minutes.  There is a single edit of Grapevine that fades before the solo that's better (for me).

If you look at CCR's discography, the need for filler and jams is obvious.  They released six LPs of original material in 2 1/2 years between mid-1968 and the end of 1970.  That's a ridiculous pace.
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Agreed. Nothing against CCR, but them trying to "jam band" like the Allmans or even (God forgive me) The Grateful Dead doesn't play to their strengths. CCR, at their best, took their cues from bands like Booker T & the MGs, the Rascals, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and the Funk Brothers - find the point, get to it quickly, and release it for the next point. I like the edited version of "Grapevine" they did, but the loooooooooong middle section is not their best moment. So, I'll thumbs-up this selection thinking of the radio edit.

Gaye's version is still my favorite, though. I've heard a zillion of them by different artists (some true HOFers), and none - to me - match either his vocal or his band's performance.

 
rockaction said:
1.21 - I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Everly Brothers - Songs Our Daddy Taught us. 

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Not enough Everly Brothers, ever. Thought of a different duo, but this is the one. 
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:shock:

Wow. I did not see this coming from you. I don't mean that in a negative way, just didn't picture this on your radar.

Billy Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones did an Everly's tribute a few minutes ago that is pretty damned good.

 
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Uruk-Hai said:
:shock:

Wow. I did not see this coming from you. I don't mean that in a negative way, just didn't picture this on your radar.

Billy Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones did an Everly's tribute a few minutes ago that is pretty damned good.
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I think my punk rock leanings led me to the Everlys in the nineties, frankly. There was a major pop-punk/50's confluence back then. Yeah, it doesn't make sense. My ex-girlfriend had an optometrist father that was one of the Everlys eye doctors. "i love the Everlys, said me." 

"I know. Everybody does."

I should have said, "well not on this campus." Too funny. 

eta*  I should edit this. I like the Billie Joe and Norah Jones song...Just...can't do the Everlys like the Everlys did. Heavenly vocals.    

 
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REMINDER THAT AS SOON AS OZ PICKS, WE WILL GO TO A 1 HOUR TIMER. 

Great pace this morning, and as usual with these drafts there are a few songs/artists I have never heard of. 

 
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Ilov80s said:
1st round 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right- Bob Dylan
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I think I'm going to have to turn down the self-imposed nerdiness for this draft and allow myself to pick songs from artists already drafted.  The title restrictions reduce the number of possible choices a lot.  I've searched the catalogs of some artists who've released dozens of albums and ended up with just a handful of (mostly) unremarkable deep cuts.  This is true even for bands that I remember as having a bunch of long song names.  I go through them and see lots of 5s but very few 6+.

On the other hand, there are people like Dylan who have a decent selection of songs with long titles. 

 
Eephus said:
I think I'm going to have to turn down the self-imposed nerdiness for this draft and allow myself to pick songs from artists already drafted.  The title restrictions reduce the number of possible choices a lot.  I've searched the catalogs of some artists who've released dozens of albums and ended up with just a handful of (mostly) unremarkable deep cuts.  This is true even for bands that I remember as having a bunch of long song names.  I go through them and see lots of 5s but very few 6+.

On the other hand, there are people like Dylan who have a decent selection of songs with long titles. 
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There are definitely certain acts that have an affinity for wordy titles.

 
rockaction said:
I think my punk rock leanings led me to the Everlys in the nineties, frankly. There was a major pop-punk/50's confluence back then. Yeah, it doesn't make sense. My ex-girlfriend had an optometrist father that was one of the Everlys eye doctors. "i love the Everlys, said me." 

"I know. Everybody does."

I should have said, "well not on this campus." Too funny. 

eta*  I should edit this. I like the Billie Joe and Norah Jones song...Just...can't do the Everlys like the Everlys did. Heavenly vocals.    
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I think part of the reason the punks adored them was that the Everlys' voices were only about 1/8 an octave apart - just different enough, but close to the same that it could sound like unison singing. Unfortunately for many of the punk singers, what made their records so good was that difference and the punk singers couldn't match the finesse.

 
Eephus said:
I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on the Marvin Gaye/CCR thing.  Fogerty is a terrific songwriter and an underrated singer but the songs where he stretches out on guitar are (for me) the weakest items in the band's catalog.  His solos are heavy on riffs and (for me) just aren't interesting enough to carry a track for 8-12 minutes.  There is a single edit of Grapevine that fades before the solo that's better (for me).

If you look at CCR's discography, the need for filler and jams is obvious.  They released six LPs of original material in 2 1/2 years between mid-1968 and the end of 1970.  That's a ridiculous pace.
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Love me some sweet soul music and Motown parentheses would have been a biiiig part of my draft here, but i'm kinda with Hov here. No, the musicianship doesnt match the great jam bands, but the groove does - especially for a lot of anachronistic activities of the time. Great tune to smuggle a 15yo hippie chick out of her 2nd-floor bedroom to....

 
I also prefer the CCR take to the Gaye version.  I do wonder where Fogerty got that accent though.  What part of California talks like that?

 
1.23 the Devil Went down to Georgia, the Charlie Daniels band

2.01 thank god I'm a county bot, John Denver

Out at lunch, who's next? 

 
-OZ- said:
1.23 the Devil Went down to Georgia, the Charlie Daniels band

2.01 thank god I'm a county bot, John Denver

Out at lunch, who's next? 
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It's me, I'll take care of it in a minute. 'Country Bot?' Never heard of that version before! ;)

 
Mr. Ected said:
It's me, I'll take care of it in a minute. 'Country Bot?' Never heard of that version before! ;)
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All synths version. 

Denver's real name is Henry John Deutschendorf.  He connected with members of Kraftwerk and Can during one of his trips back to the old country and Country Bot is the result.  It was released as a German-only B-side in 1974 but was added to the remastered version of Back Home Again in 2012.

 
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I like both CCR's and Marvin's versions. I like Gladys Knight's version too. There are benefits to hearing long songs especially live. At an Allman Brothers or Dead show, I could use the bathroom, get a beer and some food, come back to my spot, and they are still playing the same song. 

 
-OZ- said:
2.01 thank god I'm a county bot, John Denver
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Got the ol' worm, spam on the griddle

Lotta malware with which i can fiddle

Reduce your OS to a backwater riddllllllllle

Thank God i'm a country bot

 
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Round 2

In the Wee Small Hours of the Night by Frank Sinatra.

I have a plan for the mixtape,but not sure I can keep it up 

 
rockaction said:
2.03 (?) - For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - Simon and Garfunkel Greatest Hits

I can't even do this justice with a write-up. Total emo. Total favorite band. Perfect for a mixtape.  
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"i heard Cathedral bells/tripping down the alley ways/as i walked on"

:wub:

 
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