MixTape Draft - Back to School edition. Make your picks and post your mix! (1 Viewer)

[Raging weasel]

1-3.  Could go a bunch of ways here but this has high snipe potential. I'll add link when I'm not using phone.

Van Halen- Hot for Teacher

spotify:track:6QDbGdbJ57Mtkflsg42WV5

Looks like I can't copy/paste links anymore- no longer an option on free version.

 

[Mr. Ected]

1-3.  Could go a bunch of ways here but this has high snipe potential. I'll add link when I'm not using phone.

Van Halen- Hot for Teacher

spotify:track:6QDbGdbJ57Mtkflsg42WV5

Looks like I can't copy/paste links anymore- no longer an option on free version.

You can use this link...

https://open.spotify.com/track/6QDbGdbJ57Mtkflsg42WV5

If you continually get a link like yours above, you might be able to edit it to make it work; change the ':' to '/' with an 'https://' at the beginning.

 

[Ilov80s]

It was hard deciding which way to go with the start of the draft here, but @Eephus has been making me think about the flow of these mixes.  There is one song on my mix that is the only one that I think will be sniped, but I have a backup plan and a song that I think will fit almost as well.  This one, however, I think fits the end of the mix a little better and will be missed more. 

Here starts our lesson in Chemistry.  More specifically the elemental building blocks:

1.2:  THE B-52'S - PRIVATE IDAHO

LINK

Keep off the path, beware of the gate
Watch out for signs that say "hidden driveways"
Don't let the chlorine in your eyes
Blind you to the awful surprise
That's been waitin' for you at
The bottom of the bottomless blue, blue, blue pool

Interesting, I was planning for the song to the itself to refer to the class, not a specific lyric. Cool to have varying approaches.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Interesting, I was planning for the song to the itself to refer to the class, not a specific lyric. Cool to have varying approaches.

Nope, the song is the focus either way you do it - either by song title or lyric.  Doesn't even matter if the song is "about" that topic.   Looking at my list, I think only 6/10 are using the titles of songs. 

What we can't do is make a selection based on the band/artist - ie for my last selection, I could Not have taken a random song by the band Chlorine (unless the song also mentioned an element). 

I thought this would open things up a bit if we included lyrics.  Like I said, IMO this can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be.  So the song I took could also be used for Geography (Idaho in the title) or Anatomy (eyes in the lyrics). 

 

[Northern Voice]

:italics:

 

[KarmaPolice]

:italics:

Downing some drinks while watching the Blue Jays?

 

[Northern Voice]

Downing some drinks while watching the Blue Jays?

local junior hockey team (Peterborough Petes) game 1 of round 2 of the playoffs tonight (they won  ). I had two tall cans there and finishing a third here back at home but I have been eating like a healthy person and as a result not drinking much the past couple weeks, so the 2.75 beers have given me a nice buzz and now I'm in that sweet place where I want ALL THE BEER and to listen to loud music.

 

[Ilov80s]

When am I up???   

 

[Northern Voice]

The thing with tonight is unless I've messed up the dates, I'm pretty sure at midnight there will be new albums by The New Pornographers, Future Islands and Father John Misty for me to listen to...

 

[Ilov80s]

The thing with tonight is unless I've messed up the dates, I'm pretty sure at midnight there will be new albums by The New Pornographers, Future Islands and Father John Misty for me to listen to...

Well that is good news

 

[KarmaPolice]

local junior hockey team (Peterborough Petes) game 1 of round 2 of the playoffs tonight (they won  ). I had two tall cans there and finishing a third here back at home but I have been eating like a healthy person and as a result not drinking much the past couple weeks, so the 2.75 beers have given me a nice buzz and now I'm in that sweet place where I want ALL THE BEER and to listen to loud music.

That's the danger zone for me.  2 never feels like enough, and 3 usually leads to about 8. 

 

[Northern Voice]

I'm listening to an amazing ####### song by a band I'm seeing Saturday night and I want to paste and italicize all the lyrics but I'm pretty sure it's my finale for my forthcoming mix in here so I can't #blueballs.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The thing with tonight is unless I've messed up the dates, I'm pretty sure at midnight there will be new albums by The New Pornographers, Future Islands and Father John Misty for me to listen to...

All 3 were on the list I saw as well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm listening to an amazing ####### song by a band I'm seeing Saturday night and I want to paste and italicize all the lyrics but I'm pretty sure it's my finale for my forthcoming mix in here so I can't #blueballs.

Steel Panther?

 

[Northern Voice]

Steel Panther?

That's @JZilla's area of expertise.

 

[KarmaPolice]

That's @JZilla's area of expertise.

Not sure even his level of love for hair metal goes that far.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I've got my first rounder set to go. Just waiting on @Mrs. Rannous. What are the odds that she has targeted the same first round song that I have?   x 4

 

[Northern Voice]

  New Pornographers  

 

[Northern Voice]

You know the song
You know the song
You know the song
You know the song

 

[Ilov80s]

If you like Future Islands than the new album delivers on their typical sound. 

 

[Northern Voice]

juke you out

juke you out

juke you out

juke you out

juke you out

juke you out

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My theme is just the graduation requirements/schedule of classes that a typical student at my high school would go through. 

3 math classes

3 science classes

4 social studies classes

4 English classes

Art

Gym

Health

3 electives 

Depending on how things go, I may be more specific with the classes- eg. instead of science, actually break into biology, physics and chem to match the actual classes they take. 

You need a driver's ed class.

 

[KarmaPolice]

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[Ilov80s]

You need a driver's ed class.

Not in Michigan. Got to take that on your own time. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

You need a driver's ed class.

Not in Michigan. Got to take that on your own time. 

Are you kidding?  That's just nuts.

 

[Ilov80s]

Are you kidding?  That's just nuts.

Yeah, high schools don't do it for some reason. Families have to pay to take classes after school. 

 

[Northern Voice]

And if you'd 'a took to me like a gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd 'a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.

... you all know these lyrics but can't place it right?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 1.4  Cheyenne Anthem  (Kansas)

Class  -  Indians of the Plains  

From the mountains to the sun, Life has only just begun.We wed this land and pledge our souls to meet its end,Life has only just begunHere my people roam the earth, in the kingdom of our birth,Where the dust of all our horses hides the sunWe are mighty on the earth, on the earthYou have come to move me, take me from my ancient home,Land of my fathers I can't leave you nowWe will share it with you, no man owns this earth we're onNow the wheels are rolling hear the howling winds of warIt's my destiny to fight and dieIs there no solution, can we find no other way, Lord let me stayUnder the endless sky and the earth belowHere I was born to live and I will never go, oh noBut we cannot endure like the earth and the mountainsLife is not ours to keep, for a new sun is risingSoon these days shall pass away, for our freedom we must payAll our words and deeds are carried on the wind,In the ground our bodies lay, here we lay

 

[Northern Voice]

Round 1,4  Cheyenne Anthem  (Kansas)

Class  -  Indians of the Plains  

lyrics make me feel like this is part one of an awesome schooling about to commence.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Is @Dr. Octopus in or out?

 

[Ilov80s]

Is @Dr. Octopus in or out?

I believe the doctor is out. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Then we're at @The Dreaded Marco.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

1.05  The  Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual

Belligerent ghouls

Run Manchester schools





Spineless swines

Cemented minds





Sir leads the troops

Jealous of youth

Same old suit since nineteen sixty two





He does the military two-step down

The nape of my neck





I want to go home

I don't want to stay

Give up education

As a bad mistake





Mid-week on the playing fields

Sir thwacks you on the knees





Knees you in the groin

Elbow in the face

Bruises bigger than dinner plates





I want to go home

I don't want to stay





Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da

Da-da-da





Belligerent ghouls

Run Manchester schools





Spineless bastards all





Sir leads the troops

Jealous of youth

Same old jokes since nineteen- oh- two





He does the military two-step down

The nape of my neck





I want to go home

I don't want to stay

Give up life

As a bad mistake





Please excuse me from gym

I've got this terrible cold coming on

He grabs and devours

He kicks me in the showers

Kicks me in the showers

And he grabs and devours





I want to go home

I don't want to stay

@Mr. Ected is up.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

One of the required texts in the course I'm looking at is called Yo Mama’s Dysfunctional: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America by Robin D.G. Kelley.  Someone's been branching out.

 

[Northern Voice]

The speed of the response and the precision to the theme tells me @The Dreaded Marco has this one nailed down...

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

The speed of the response and the precision to the theme tells me @The Dreaded Marco has this one nailed down...

I've been sitting in a hospital room for 10+ hours a day for the past 4 days with not much else to do but listen to music.  I think I've got a decent mix set with a central theme.  Not sure yet where everyone is going with themes but I've got a bit of room for sniping. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I've been sitting in a hospital room for 10+ hours a day for the past 4 days with not much else to do but listen to music.  I think I've got a decent mix set with a central theme.  Not sure yet where everyone is going with themes but I've got a bit of room for sniping. 

I've chosen my theme so that I will probably not be sniped for a change.  It's really very relaxing.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I've chosen my theme so that I will probably not be sniped for a change.  It's really very relaxing.

I enjoyed your first rounder.  I don't think I've ever heard that song before.

 

[Northern Voice]

I will be shocked if I get sniped but I think I will turn people on to great songs/bands they haven't heard before. Yes, this obviously means I'm going full Canadian for this one. Thank Me Later (that's a Drake album... he's from Toronto... he won't be on my mix, too mainstream).

 

[rockaction]

And if you'd 'a took to me like a gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd 'a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.

... you all know these lyrics but can't place it right?

Spoiler

New Slang. The Shins. One of my favorites, ever. Every time I ate fries that summer, I inevitably wound up with dirt on them (we had a snack shack outside of work with no seating but really good grilled food), and my buddy and I would revel in our grease and food and misummer beer and easy job and just enjoy life. I always hummed that song. It was 2002, IIRC.

 

[Northern Voice]

New Slang. The Shins. One of my favorites, ever. Every time 

 Sure you want to quit this? <sexual>        

</sexual>

 

[Northern Voice]

The Future Islands album has a song with Debbie Harry

 

[KarmaPolice]

 

[Mr. Ected]

Sorry for the delay.

Doing mine based on a set of 5 classes for 4 quarters...So Quarter 1...Going with a History Class

1.07 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2

From Wikipedia...
One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, mainly focusing on the Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders who were there to rally against Operation Demetrius-related internment (imprisonment without trial), while at the same time rejecting hate and revenge as a response noted in the lyrics, "There's many lost, but tell me who has won."

 

[Mr. Ected]

@AcerFC - All you!!

 

[JZilla]

That's @JZilla's area of expertise.

Nah I don't really get into the newer hair shtick acts.  It had its place.

Def Lep/Poison/Tesla in one week BTW

 

[AcerFC]

Im here. Just opened the internet. And quite frankly, the new Disney princess lingerie has me frazzled. 

One minute

 

[JZilla]

Keep me on skip while I'm sick as a dog, there may be some gaps checking in.  If someone who has my info wanted to text or email that would be appreciated

 

[AcerFC]

1.08 Alexander the Great, Iron Maiden, History





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oTEQf1d9IwMy son ask for thyself anotherKingdom, for that which I leaveis too small for thee"(King Philip of Macedonia - 339 B.C.)Near to the eastIn a part of ancient GreeceIn an ancient land called MacedoniaWas born a sonTo Philip of MacedonThe legend his name was AlexanderAt the age of nineteenHe became the Macedon KingAnd he swore to free all of Asia MinorBy the Aegian SeaIn 334 B.C.He utterly beat the armies of PersiaAlexander the GreatHis name struck fear into hearts of menAlexander the GreatBecame a legend 'mongst mortal menKing Darius the thirdDefeated fled PersiaThe Scythians fell by the river JaxartesThen Egypt fell to the Macedon King as wellAnd he founded the city called AlexandriaBy the Tigris riverHe met King Darius againAnd crushed him again in the battle of ArbelaEntering BabylonAnd Susa, treasures he foundTook Persepolis the capital of PersiaAlexander the GreatHis name struck fear into hearts of menAlexander the GreatBecame a God amongst mortal menA Phrygian King had bound a chariot yokeAnd Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'And legend said that who untied the knotHe would become the master of AsiaHelonism he spread far and wideThe Macedonian learned mindTheir culture was a western way of lifeHe paved the way for ChristianityMarching on, marching onThe battle weary marching side by sideAlexander's army line by lineThey wouldn't follow him to IndiaTired of the combat, pain and the gloryAlexander the GreatHis name struck fear into hearts of menAlexander the GreatHe died of fever in Babylon

 

[AcerFC]

@dal_boys_phan up