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Music Draft - Rolling Stone Greatest 500 Songs Garbage List - Now with unhealthy regional pork-stuffs! (3 Viewers)

Raging weasel said:
Uggh, was my next pick. Almost took it last pick but that block had even worse songs to get stuck with.

I wonder if RS picked this as the only Santana song because it's in Spanish and makes them seem more diverse?
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Maybe but if you were to ask me the signature Santana song, I would pick Oye Como Va.

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
landrys hat said:
Round 2

#113 - Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder

Round 3

#14 - Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks
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That's one hell of a turn, there.  Well done.
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Everyone:  I don't want to put a clock on the draft, and we're making decent progress, but the above is a situation I need your help with.  In this instance, GB @The Dreaded Marco was only 3-4 picks away but left for a long while without depositing picks with anyone.  He has an important job doing good in the world, unlike many of us, so being away is understandable and even commendable.  But please in these instances give picks to someone or go on temporary skip, for the benefit of those of us who don't spend our time doing anything useful.

Of course, this has happened with others, but I'm just using the latest example.

 
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If not for the odd break, how would we have to time to #### on Van Morrison, Britney Spears, "Fancy Like", Elvis Costello and Eric Clapton.

My ranking for reference:

1. Britney (duh)

2. Costello

3. Van

4. "Fancy Like"

5. Eric Clapton

 
Northern Voice said:
If not for the odd break, how would we have to time to #### on Van Morrison, Britney Spears, "Fancy Like", Elvis Costello and Eric Clapton.

My ranking for reference:

1. Britney (duh)

2. Costello

3. Van

4. "Fancy Like"

5. Eric Clapton
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I mostly agree that a break is better than a lot of posts with no discussion of picks.  Trying to find the right balance, since Eephus suggested a clock and others have at times indicated some impatience with the pace.  

As for that list, I don't know what "Fancy Like" is but can say without question it's 1000x better than Eric Clapton.

 
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Eephus said:
2.21 - Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

RIP Shock and Schmoov
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And a writeup.

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but it's rare that you can do both in a music draft. I probably should have drafted this at 1.05 in tribute but I hadn't looked at the whole list at the time. I don't think I've ever drafted The Humpty Dance before because I've always preferred Doowutchyalike but it's cool that the Underground made the 500.

All of us have friends who you were tight with at one point but don't really keep up with over time. Earl and I were like that. He was across the country and I rarely thought of him when he was alive. Since his passing, he's become kind of an avatar of Covid for me. The virus is not as much on my mind as it was last year but it's certainly something I'm reminded of on a daily basis. Earl comes along for the ride on those thoughts which is only fair since he used to lug us all about the Bay in the 80s.

 
krista4 said:
Everyone:  I don't want to put a clock on the draft, and we're making decent progress, but the above is a situation I need your help with.  In this instance, GB @The Dreaded Marco was only 3-4 picks away but left for a long while without depositing picks with anyone.  He has an important job doing good in the world, unlike many of us, so being away is understandable and even commendable.  But please in these instances give picks to someone or go on temporary skip, for the benefit of those of us who don't spend our time doing anything useful.

Of course, this has happened with others, but I'm just using the latest example.
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Sorry.  Last I saw we were going to wait for Eephus.  I've been checking the page for an @ every 15 minutes or so and didn't see one so I haven't gone in to the topic.

Are we skipping Eephus and so I am OK to select?

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
Sorry.  Last I saw we were going to wait for Eephus.  I've been checking the page for an @ every 15 minutes or so and didn't see one so I haven't gone in to the topic.

Are we skipping Eephus and so I am OK to select?
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You can go unless you're drafting Suspicious Minds

 
krista4 said:
I want the story!
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Welp, that "hotel", The Bodie, wild west victorian architecture and furnished with appropriate, even historical antiques, and with an incredible room service burger maker is closed. Meh, nowhere else here I want to stay. Bridgeport is by far the biggest town in this neck of the, population 542 and shrinking. so I'm torn. Fishing at sunset here in early fall during a drought should be amazing. The fish are trapped by low water conditions. But just another couple hours to Tahoe and I'm in a private world class resort. It's too early to fish now. Sunrise and sunset, learned this lesson long ago. Fished this area with my dad almost 50 years ago. I'll get to the story. I'm sure you'll be entertained by part of it. But for now it's what to do what to do?

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
Sorry.  Last I saw we were going to wait for Eephus.  I've been checking the page for an @ every 15 minutes or so and didn't see one so I haven't gone in to the topic.

Are we skipping Eephus and so I am OK to select?
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Ahhhhh, bummer.  No, what I said was wait for 10 minutes or so for Eephus before picking.

I am taking you off my Naughty List due to the confusion.  But the point remains for everyone else.  :)

 
Chaos Commish said:
Welp, that "hotel", The Bodie, wild west victorian architecture and furnished with appropriate, even historical antiques, and with an incredible room service burger maker is closed. Meh, nowhere else here I want to stay. Bridgeport is by far the biggest town in this neck of the, population 542 and shrinking. so I'm torn. Fishing at sunset here in early fall during a drought should be amazing. The fish are trapped by low water conditions. But just another couple hours to Tahoe and I'm in a private world class resort. It's too early to fish now. Sunrise and sunset, learned this lesson long ago. Fished this area with my dad almost 50 years ago. I'll get to the story. I'm sure you'll be entertained by part of it. But for now it's what to do what to do?
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Ha!  Used to fish the East Walker all the time!  Love that area!  I lived in Carson City NV for 11 years........fished the hell out of the Truckee system all around Tahoe, Pyramid, etc......I'd imagine the water conditions are pretty dismal.....is there any water in Bridgeport Res?

 
3.05 - Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds  (#70)

It's a great karaoke song but the last chorus goes on forever.  Even Elvis didn't sing it for that long--the single looped it after the first fade.

The structure of the song is unusual with that slow 6/8 bridge but Elvis' presence makes it work. I love the horn fanfare and how the strings and the backing vocals meld into one.  In mono it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. 

Suspicious Minds is probably my favorite Elvis song. It would have been a tougher call if Hound Dog made the list but the other two Elvis numbers in the list aren't my favorites.

 
Eephus said:
3.05 - Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds  (#70)

It's a great karaoke song but the last chorus goes on forever.  Even Elvis didn't sing it for that long--the single looped it after the first fade.

The structure of the song is unusual with that slow 6/8 bridge but Elvis' presence makes it work. I love the horn fanfare and how the strings and the backing vocals meld into one.  In mono it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. 

Suspicious Minds is probably my favorite Elvis song. It would have been a tougher call if Hound Dog made the list but the other two Elvis numbers in the list aren't my favorites.
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This is my favorite Elvis song, not just on the list, but overall.  Then again, I don't like that many Elvis songs.

Hey, you broke the seal on the 51-75 grouping!

 
Is having both "The Rolling Stones" and "Rolling Stones," and "The Beach Boys" and "Beach Boys" shtick relating to the discussion in the half-decades draft?

 
Eephus said:
3.05 - Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds  (#70)

It's a great karaoke song but the last chorus goes on forever.  Even Elvis didn't sing it for that long--the single looped it after the first fade.

The structure of the song is unusual with that slow 6/8 bridge but Elvis' presence makes it work. I love the horn fanfare and how the strings and the backing vocals meld into one.  In mono it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. 

Suspicious Minds is probably my favorite Elvis song. It would have been a tougher call if Hound Dog made the list but the other two Elvis numbers in the list aren't my favorites.
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krista4 said:
This is my favorite Elvis song, not just on the list, but overall.  Then again, I don't like that many Elvis songs.

Hey, you broke the seal on the 51-75 grouping!
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me too. love it. also a fan of in the ghetto... but this one has it all, including a solid Fine Young Cannibals cover.

figured it would drop a bit.... :sadtrombone:

 
Eephus said:
krista4 said:
Is having both "The Rolling Stones" and "Rolling Stones," and "The Beach Boys" and "Beach Boys" shtick relating to the discussion in the half-decades draft?
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The spreadsheet is inconsistent. :bag:
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Oh yeah, I wasn't clear but that's what I was referring to.  I've noticed this when filling the bands in the spreadsheet - the pop-ups are there for both these bands both with and without the "the."  I've just been randomly choosing one each time.

 
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OK, let's see if I can still remember this first verse verbatim (you'll have to take my word for it).

Bass!  How low can you go?

Death Row, what a brother know.

Back again once is the incredible, rhyme animal

The uncannable, D., Public Enemy number one.

Five-O said “Freeze!” and I got numb.

Can I tell ‘em that I never really had gun?

But it’s the wax that the Terminator X spun?

Now they got me in a cell, cause my records, they sell

Cause a brother like me said, “Well …

Farrakhan’s a prophet that I think you oughtta listen to ..”

What he can say to you; what you oughtta do

Is follow for now—Power to the People, say!

Make a miracle.  D., pump the lyrical.

Black is back; all-in, we’re gonna win

Check it out.  Here we go again.
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When I was a very white, Alex P. Keaton-esque teen conservative in the Northern Virginia suburbs, there was still something about Public Enemy that just spoke to me in the way that rock music is supposed to speak to you.  Listening to them, and then going to see them live felt dangerous.  I've maybe listened to P.E. five or six times in the last 25 years, but It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back still feels incredibly vibrant in my memory.  And every few years, I surprise myself by realizing that I can still recall Bring the Noise or Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos nearly verbatim.  

Add in the fact that I would consider having to draft Coldplay a fate worse than death, and this pick just makes sense for me.

Pick 3.8 (no. 397) -- Bring the Noise -- Public Enemy

 
Growing up in the 80's the late-period Elvis songs weren't the stuff that was considered "classics."  But I think sometime around the turn of the century, opinion kind of turned and stuff like Suspicious Minds and A Little Less Conversation began to be listened to more than your Don't Be Cruels or Jailhouse Rocks.

 
Heading out for a couple hours. Still a way to go before my pick so hopefully won’t hold anything up. If I’m not back by 9:00 CST go ahead and skip me.

 
3.07: “Unchained Melody”, The Righteous Brothers (#269)

Bobby Hatfield puts on an all-time clinic at the tenor vox.

 
Doug B said:
3.07: “Unchained Melody”, The Righteous Brothers (#269)

Bobby Hatfield puts on an all-time clinic at the tenor vox.
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You broke my heart. I was so pleased with the lack of being sniped with all the snipe comments. Now I QUIT. Ya gotta try this one Eeph. No way you can hit the I neeeee eeee eeee d your orrrrr loveee.... but hellagoodtime trying. :)

 
Chaos Commish said:
You broke my heart. I was so pleased with the lack of being sniped with all the snipe comments. Now I QUIT. Ya gotta try this one Eeph. No way you can hit the I neeeee eeee eeee d your orrrrr loveee.... but hellagoodtime trying. :)
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The Righteous Brothers's "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" is the song my mom and I always sing together.  We don't do real karaoke; I just mean in the car, around the house (when I was a teenager), wherever.  I took the high parts, even though my voice is lower, because I didn't mind sounding foolish screeching them out.

Wish that song were on the list.  :(  

 
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Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Growing up in the 80's the late-period Elvis songs weren't the stuff that was considered "classics."  But I think sometime around the turn of the century, opinion kind of turned and stuff like Suspicious Minds and A Little Less Conversation began to be listened to more than your Don't Be Cruels or Jailhouse Rocks.
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Elvis seemed disinterested in making records for large parts of his career but the sides he cut with Chips Moman in 1969 show how much talent he had when engaged with the material.

 
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