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

El Floppo said:
oh... right... I'm touching... I'm touching... and...

Bikini Kill- Rebel Girl (1996) #296

Kathleen Hanna can do no wrong. I'd have drafted any of her bands in here... Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Julie Ruin... and might even get a little bit of hubby Ad Roc thrown in. :wub:
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You son of a #####.

I figured that Bikini Kill, Hole, and X-Ray Spex would have made a nice little Riot Grrrl-esque mini-section in my play list.  

 
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Eephus said:
I remember Bruno was picky about the few tables in the back room. Your party had to exactly match the number of chairs.  Leaving empty chairs and especially moving them was not tolerated.
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there's a favorite spot here in NYC... my old go-to date spot... called Angel's Share. You had to walk upstairs over a japanese market into a typical village/NYU shabu-shabu joint full of drunk college kids and local Japanese (it was on a block that had morphed into a little Japan town). Walk past all of that, and in the front of the shabu-shabu joint was an unmarked door- open it, and you were transported into a little den of hushed speakeasy MadMen (long before that existed) 40/50s style elegance overlooking the street through large industrial steel sashed windows. a handful of tables and a small bar with two Japanese bartenders with the full vested couture get up, including the rolled up white sleeves with sleeve garters (is that a thing?). Each drink was made like they were going through a ceremony (think tea ceremony)- elegant, captivating and very precise- each component placed one at a time on top of the bar, turned to face you and then carefully, slowly measured in to the shaker. Shaker picked up and slowly crescendoing and decrescendoing like a flamenco dance. Shaker carefully placed back on top of the bar and dramatically poured into glasses, handed over with a slight head bow. I would always sit at the bar to take it all in. But with the elegance and precision were equally elegant and precise rules. No groups of more than 4. No menu substitutions, No loud talking. No sitting apart from your party (eg: 2 at the bar, 2 at a table or elsewhere at the bar) and a bunch of others I'm forgetting. Break the rules and you were out, no ifs ands or buts. As a curmudgeon even as a younger man, I just loved that place. I think it's still there- but I haven't been in probably 20 years.

 
18.18 (no. 290) -- Yeah! -- Usher

I'm old enough that I kind of stopped going to acquaintances weddings in the aughts.  I'll probably be transitioning to going to my friends' kids weddings in a few years.  In any case, this got the guests out on the dance floor back at the tail end of my wedding attending days.  

 
Binky The Doormat said:
304  Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk

this is for Eephus.
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ok- a normal draft, I'd have taken that in the first couple rounds. Kraftwerk was my jam as a kid/keyboardist. got to see them "live" during the ComputerWorld tour while travelling with my parents in Paris. TEE was something I played all the time- even at school, getting the kids who know how breaking and pop-locking. for whatever reason, I opted not to take it this time.. I think it was in the same block as Coltrane.

 
18.22 Blowin' in the Wind -- Bob Dylan (#100, bloc 76-100)

This bloc was insanely deep for me (19 No Hesitation picks to start, 5 still left), and it's amazing that this late I can get one of the most famous songs by one of the biggest titans of popular music. This is the song that made Bob who he is and turned him into a legend overnight. 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFj8uDubsE

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/18GiV1BaXzPVYpp9rmOg0E?si=85072e95a45f4f75

While I'm here, I'm going to make my 19th round pick, because it's from a bloc that Uruk, 80s and landry have already picked from.

19.04 Both Sides Now -- Joni Mitchell (#225, bloc 201-225)

This bloc only has 2 songs left and this was the only No Hesitation designee of the two. Similar to how Blowin' in the Wind put Bob on the map, this song put Joni on the map. I wouldn't necessarily have expected Joni's own version to be here instead of Judy Collins' hit version, but I love them both.

Joni is my first repeat artist and potentially only one, depending on what gets left for me in round 20. I saved that bloc for last because it has nothing but No Hesitation picks remaining. 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbn6a0AFfnM

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3NW1YMA8kfNVTzGJCGBS8m?si=2a2dec5c12804bc5

@Uruk-Haiup.

 
Steve Tasker said:
I've been waiting for someone to draft this one.  I can't pretend to be the biggest fan of the song itself, though it's not bad.  However, I think it's amazing that this song has had such a cultural impact to actually become a long-lasting slang term.  I unintentionally used it in my Whitney pick, and it looks like @Ramsay Hunt Experience used it once upthread as well.

This song title has quite literally become a common verb in public parlance.  I bet if you asked people where the term "stan" came from, 90% would have no idea it's from an Eminem song....but this uniqueness really speaks to the overall impact of this song.
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Interesting discussion, by the way. Thanks for that,Tasker. Eminem had an enormous cultural impact and his emceeing skills are legendary in the hip hop world. There's no doubt he changed hip hop in terms of lyrical dexterity and what is expected of an emcee. His lyrics don't hold as well today, nor does his anger (at least to me, anyway) but at his peak he was something to be reckoned with.

That he created a portmanteau, or at least a neologism, is not surprising. Despite his aforementioned anger, there was a genuine love of language (however debased) that he had, and he was constantly improving upon the possibilities of assonance and internal rhyme with his raps.

Every time I see the word "stan," though, I cringe because I know where it comes from and remember the song and its tone when it came out. It wasn't a very pleasant song. I wouldn't have picked it, because my list is generally one that stays away from too much existential angst (besides Nick Drake, but there's a beauty in that one), so this was sort of an exception.

 
fatguyinalittlecoat said:
This pick means that I am required to take Arianna Grande Thank U Next
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Are we going to give it a group listen?

By the way, what round are you on? You should be able to pick from one of two in another round, maybe more...the last round should be ones that we're stuck with. I know you're stuck with it -- per your word -- but for draft purposes, you can probably choose another when your time comes and leave that one for last.

Just a suggestion.

 
Recap of earlier picks:

17.24 - Notorious BIG - "Juicy" (#32)

As iconic as this song is, I'm not sure I've ever drafted it before.  Even moreso than my Mobb Deep pick earlier, here's another hip-hop song where everyone knows all the words.  Had another option in this category, but I'd drafted the album in the previous draft.

Despite being nominally the same genre as my top 25 pick (Kanye's "Runaway"), they seemingly couldn't be more different.  "Runaway" is a deep, profound song, a perfect encapsulation of hip-hop as an art form.  "Juicy" on the other hand....an upbeat classic, BIG's smooth flow, clever wordplay.  "Runaway" is a song that makes you think.  "Juicy" is a song that makes you smile.

18.02 - Drake - "Hold On We're Going Home" (#129)

Clearly Drake isn't held in the highest artistic regard amongst this group of drafters.  It's easy to view him as just another modern rapper in the crowd.  I passed up another favorite I'd drafted last draft for this one.

This song is an excellent showcase of his versatility.  It's more a synthpop - with a tinge of R&B - than anything resembling what you'd consider hip-hop.  You could argue that the sounds of this one are ahead of its time.  If The Weeknd wasn't already fumbling around his transition from edgy dark R&B into smooth pop artist after Trilogy - you could argue that his career ascent is a direct copycat of songs like this.  Drake laid the groundwork for success for various artists with a similar sound off of this one.

 
If sheet 3 is accurate,  no one picking ahead of me needs a song from this tier so I'm going to go ahead and take

19.06 Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan (#164).

Very happy to get this song this late.  

 
I was finally able to get on the internet for the first time since 11 a.m. EDT.  No ability to log in here via phone, and the house internet was down.  Fun!  Catching up on 11 hours and four pages!  Sorry not to help at all today, and thanks to the usual suspects for keeping it moving.  :)  

 
simey said:
It seems like this song is just sitting there waiting for me, but it is throwing a challenge at me by being #99.  9 is my bad luck number for those that don't know.  I'm going for it.  🍀 🍀  <-- for myself to counteract the number. 

Round 18

Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (# ninety nine) 
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I purposefully left this one for you (thank you for taking it) but hadn't noticed the number!  :scared:  

 
Eephus said:
@krista4

I listened to Ringo's new record today.  The first song is built around the drum fill from Rain and it closes with a swinging cover of Rock Around the Clock.

A 13 minute four-song EP is the perfect length for a project like this. It has too many background singers for my taste but how can you criticize Ringo?  His voice and drumming are unmistakable as is his happy hippy sentimentality.
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Love this, love this.  I haven't listened to anything but the "Let's Change the World" song yet. Ringo always has so many people on every production at this point, but maybe more background singers are good to drown out his vocal?  :lol:   I still love the happy hippy sentimentality anyway. 

 
cosjobs said:
Krista texted me and asked that I extend her apologies.

She can only see the thread, but cannot logon on her phone. So she can see what we ar edoing but cannot remind us not to mess up the Song List sheet. 

If her picks comes up, she requested I text her for it, or give her number to someone else who can.

Also a bunch of legalese about suing the owners of the rent house she's in for not providing proper internet service.
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:lmao:  I'm suing you for misrepresenting my text to you.  My lawyer will be in touch.  

 
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