Music Draft - Rolling Stone Greatest 500 Songs Garbage List - Now with unhealthy regional pork-stuffs! (1 Viewer)

[krista4]

14.02 - The Meters - "Cissy Strut" (#158)

Plenty of options left in this category, but this is the only one that really grabs me.  Should fit my mix well.

RIP Art Neville

By the way, I really really wanted this one.   

 

[Chaos Commish]

Yup, Mississippi is #172

Redbone #383

both work... sorry a bit disheveled here...

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

now that we're having to scrape some tough picks, people don't seem to be so gung ho.

I still have lots of songs I like to choose from.

(Not that Beyonce thing.)

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Had to work for a while, now catching up.  

Mrs. R selects:

Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant  (#324)

Whew!  FWIW, I don't have a blanket objection to all Billy Joel songs.  Only to 10 minute long Billy Joel songs.

EDIT:  To think of it, and I bet Christie Brinkley would agree, ten minutes of Billy Joel is just too much in all contexts.

 

[krista4]

gosh darn?! this site is funny.

Yeah, I took the song in another draft and  over that.

 

[Chaos Commish]

@Steve Tasker methinks?

 

[El Floppo]

The various substance that come out of felines are the nastiest substances known to man

true.

conversely, what comes out of dogs is :chef's-kiss: pure nectar of the gods

 

[El Floppo]

gosh darn?! this site is funny.

Yeah, I took the song in another draft and  over that.

I relayed a story from my walk home one day after work... an upstanding young woman standing on the corner screaming into her phone about... well- it's not safe for work, but it involves oral stuff. for some reason, the exact wording triggered a censored replacement that was ####### hilarious.

"suck a ####" turned into something like "golly that was fun"

(I'll revise that if for some reason it's not getting censored any more)

 

[krista4]

@Steve Tasker methinks?

No, he selected.  It's cos.  Looks like he's typing.

 

[cosjobs]

my cat's more like an occasional visitor than a pet. born feral. prefers the desert. comes home to eat. doesn't play nice with strangers. i'll try to get a pic of his face if he doesn't scratch mine while trying.

Outside cats are the best, but its hard for them to survive the coyotes of my last several residences. (Altho tom cats are probably just as dangerous)

 

[timschochet]

Whew!  FWIW, I don't have a blanket objection to all Billy Joel songs.  Only to 10 minute long Billy Joel songs.

It’s a clear second place for the most aggravating long song of all time. First place is “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. 

 

[El Floppo]

Hey Ya just popped up...

Even though it got the crap played out of it for a few years, it's still a great, great tune that holds up for me- always happy to hear it. One small issue... wish it had an actual ending instead of just fading out.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

true.

conversely, what comes out of dogs is :chef's-kiss: pure nectar of the gods

Don't sleep on human babies.  

No, seriously don't sleep on them.  That can cause SIDS.

 

[cosjobs]

425 - Mannish Boy / Muddy Waters - 1955

Couldn't wait any longer. I pretty much dislike por detest everything else in this tier, while I love this one.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Hey Ya just popped up...

Even though it got the crap played out of it for a few years, it's still a great, great tune that holds up for me- always happy to hear it. One small issue... wish it had an actual ending instead of just fading out.

"Lend me some sugar!  I AM your neighbor!" always gets to me.  I think Hey Ya has kind of followed the Two Princes track.

Step 1:  Hey, this song is kind of fun.

Step 2:  This might be getting overplayed a tad.

Step 3:  Ah!  God!  Make it stop!

Step 4:  Years pass.

Step 5:  Hey, this song is kind of fun.

 

[krista4]

I'm torturing myself.  @rockaction can go.  Please don't skip me beyond that one pick.

 

[Chaos Commish]

425 - Mannish Boy / Muddy Waters - 1955

Couldn't wait any longer. I pretty much dislike por detest everything else in this tier, while I love this one.

I'm just punting some tiers. This draft is like a box of chocolates. Never know what you're gonna get.

 

[Eephus]

Only one of my grandparents was living when I married Mrs. Eephus. It was my maternal grandmother who had been born in Japan and emigrated to join my grandfather in an arranged marriage. Grandma Fumi had never been particularly enamored of her daughter marrying a Caucasian. Losing all their possessions and getting interned during WWII may have had something to do with that but it really wasn't my dad's fault.

We invited grandma to our wedding with a little trepidation. I had visited her in LA a couple of times after I moved west and she'd made some derogatory statements about Chinese and Koreans in my presence. She was in her 80s by then and was pretty unfiltered. If she didn't care for White folks and fellow Asians, how was she going to deal with Black people? 

It may have been the spirit of the moment but she was wonderful for our wedding weekend. Instead of sharing a hotel with my parents, she elected to stay with Mrs. E's great aunt in the house we now live in.  They bonded immediately and were inseparable at the event.  They may have been talking smack about whitey for all I know but they both had a great time.  I remember grandma Fumi telling us that we would have beautiful children. She died shortly after ditkaburgers was born and never got to hold her.

 

[cosjobs]

I'm just punting some tiers. This draft is like a box of chocolates. Never know what you're gonna get.

You know the last 4-5 pieces in a box of assoertrd chocolates are going to be chocolated cover fruit fillings or creams. All the nuts, caramels and peanut butters are long gone

 

[Eephus]

425 - Mannish Boy / Muddy Waters - 1955

Couldn't wait any longer. I pretty much dislike por detest everything else in this tier, while I love this one.

Oh yeah

 

[Chaos Commish]

You know the last 4-5 pieces in a box of assoertrd chocolates are going to be chocolated cover fruit fillings or creams. All the nuts, caramels and peanut butters are long gone

I can't wait to take small bites from them for the first time and spit 'em out.

 

[cosjobs]

I can't wait to take small bites from them for the first time and spit 'em out.

Shark move is to poke a little hole in the bottom before selecting and hope no one notices (they will).

 

[El Floppo]

"Lend me some sugar!  I AM your neighbor!" always gets to me.  I think Hey Ya has kind of followed the Two Princes track.

Step 1:  Hey, this song is kind of fun.

Step 2:  This might be getting overplayed a tad.

Step 3:  Ah!  God!  Make it stop!

Step 4:  Years pass.

Step 5:  Hey, this song is kind of fun.

tbh, that's most of the songs on the list.

which begs the question... how can they make a list like this and not include the Spin Doctors or Blues Traveler?!

That was rhetorical.

 

[simey]

425 - Mannish Boy / Muddy Waters - 1955

Couldn't wait any longer. I pretty much dislike por detest everything else in this tier, while I love this one.

I went with Free Bird, but this was one of the three I like a lot that were left.  I picture Binky as the guy in the background hollering in this song.

 

[Chaos Commish]

My biggest regrets are oddly Enter Sandman and Umbrella. Shoulda just paid up for Metallica and paired RiRi with Miles since they're both so rugular in the rotation here. Was sort of shocked NV took her, then his touching story made me nauseous. This will be the season I cop a seat next to her at a Laker game for the kiss cam. Life will be complete.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

You know the last 4-5 pieces in a box of assoertrd chocolates are going to be chocolated cover fruit fillings or creams. All the nuts, caramels and peanut butters are long gone

I'm just trying to avoid the coconuts. I'll be fine with pretty much anything else. 

 

[krista4]

Ok, here I go.  I wanted to avoid my obvious picks here and also bring a little more estrogen into my usual picks.  I actually like a song by a woman!  Look at that!

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car  (#71)

ETA:  This was a scary grouping at this point, with four very Angry Reds among 11 songs left.

 

[rockaction]

I'm torturing myself.  @rockaction can go.  Please don't skip me beyond that one pick.

I'm fine waiting, k4. I'm having uncertainty, too.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Ok, here I go.  I wanted to avoid my obvious picks here and also bring a little more estrogen into my usual picks.  I actually like a song by a woman!  Look at that!

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car  (#71)

YOU TOOK ONE OF MY UNPICKED-SEGMENT HAPPY GREENS! 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'm fine waiting, k4. I'm having uncertainty, too.

She went, so in the words of Stevie Nicks, it all comes down to you. Lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice. 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

YOU TOOK ONE OF MY UNPICKED-SEGMENT HAPPY GREENS! 

When I think happy songs, I think Fast Car.

 

[Eephus]

You know the last 4-5 pieces in a box of assoertrd chocolates are going to be chocolated cover fruit fillings or creams. All the nuts, caramels and peanut butters are long gone

I'm just trying to avoid the coconuts. I'll be fine with pretty much anything else. 

I like most candy. I'm always the guy who ends up eating the chocolates that nobody else wants.

 

[rockaction]

Round 14.07 - Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain (364) - 1970

Still love this song after all these years. This song got me into the Dead.

 

[rockaction]

@Northern Voice

 

[simey]

I'm just trying to avoid the coconuts. I'll be fine with pretty much anything else. 

I love the taste of coconut.

 

[Raging weasel]

kittens?

disagree. kittens are the ebst

Did someone mention Kittens?

 

[Raging weasel]

Lots of stuff I don't like/know being taken- might still get 1 more good song

 

[Raging weasel]

It’s a clear second place for the most aggravating long song of all time. First place is “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. 

Love that song! Was just humming it a bit ago as I watched This go by on the Detroit River.

 

[krista4]

@fatguyinalittlecoat

Hold on, isn't @Northern Voiceup?

 

[simey]

Hold on, isn't @Northern Voiceup?

Oops, I forgot.  I'll delete the song.

 

[krista4]

Oops, I forgot.  I'll delete the song.

OK, I edited mine.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Ramsay’s Playlist

 

[Northern Voice]

You're ok, I'm here and not picking that one

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I'm just punting some tiers. This draft is like a box of chocolates. Never know what you're gonna get.

 

[El Floppo]

Did someone mention Kittens?

THE WORST

 

[krista4]

You're ok, I'm here and not picking that one

OK, it's yours, simey!  I put it in the draftsheet.

 

[Northern Voice]

I'm boxed out of a couple of the top remaining sings in this pack unless I want to double down on an artist (I don't) so let's grab another canon classic from my mom's favourite band. 

14.08 - Paint It Black - Rolling Stones (#213)

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I'm just trying to avoid the coconuts. I'll be fine with pretty much anything else. 

as a kid I loathed the coconuts - now I love the coconuts!

NOT a euphemism 

 

[simey]

I have to go to the Dr now, so I'm gonna post it again since NV isn't taking it

Bennie and the Jets - Elton John   #371

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I'll be leaving to pick up my youngest in about 20 minutes.  He will probably insist on a trip to the coffee shop after school and I am not good at enforcing boundaries, so I'll probably be out of pocket from 2:50 to 3:40 or so.  I can send a pick/and some backups to Krista.