Official Great Works Draft (6 Viewers)

[wikkidpissah]

23.17--In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra-Album

home run.

 

[krista4]

23.17--In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra-Album

 

[Abrantes]

23.17--In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra-Album

An album by Frank Sinatra with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, released in 1955. The first "concept album", which was basically invented by Frank and Nelson. Some have called it Frank's finest album and the one that put him back on top as a saloon sincer. It remains one of the most celebrated and enduring concept albums ever recorded. Anybody who doesn't love Sinatra, doesn't love music.

I like Sinatra. Does that mean I like music?

 

[krista4]

23.17--In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra-Album

An album by Frank Sinatra with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, released in 1955. The first "concept album", which was basically invented by Frank and Nelson. Some have called it Frank's finest album and the one that put him back on top as a saloon sincer. It remains one of the most celebrated and enduring concept albums ever recorded. Anybody who doesn't love Sinatra, doesn't love music.

I like Sinatra. Does that mean I like music?

I'll send you some Venn diagrams on this one.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I have my two ready so if genedoc busts his out we can move a little here.

 

[Abrantes]

23.17--In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra-Album

An album by Frank Sinatra with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, released in 1955. The first "concept album", which was basically invented by Frank and Nelson. Some have called it Frank's finest album and the one that put him back on top as a saloon sincer. It remains one of the most celebrated and enduring concept albums ever recorded. Anybody who doesn't love Sinatra, doesn't love music.

I like Sinatra. Does that mean I like music?

I'll send you some Venn diagrams on this one.

Thanks, GB. As a "sequential artist", words often confuse me. I try to stick to bright pictures.

 

[Genedoc]

Impeccable timing. Pick incoming.

 

[DCThunder]

If it gets back to me, I'll pick later tonight. I'm leaving work now.

 

[Postradamus]

we're on a roll. :applause:

 

[Yankee23Fan]

If genedoc would pick I could post mine. And on the off chance he snipes me here I will seriously burn this thread to the ground.

 

[Genedoc]

First of all, I apologize to Bonzai. I've flipped and flopped back and forth on this pick like a kid in a candy score. He's been a great teammate in talking me through all of my mind changes. In the end, I think we got it right.

We're going with a song here. We need one, and some good ones are off the board, but I still think we have a legit top 5 pick here. However you want to define the category of "great" - most timeless, most influential, biggest hit, most popular, most genre defining - whatever criteria you can legitimately conceive of, this song is a top selection. It's a definitive sound of Motown. It's one of the definitive songs from the most influential decade in modern music history. Written by one legend (Otis Redding) and immortalized by another (Aretha Franklin), it became a theme for several political movements. From the instantly recognizable opening to the classic chorus, there's no flaw to be found in this masterpiece. It's not very frequently covered because, well, you'd be a fool to cover a song that Aretha Franklin positively nailed 40 years ago.

23.18 -


- Aretha Franklin - Song

 

[Genedoc]

If genedoc would pick I could post mine. And on the off chance he snipes me here I will seriously burn this thread to the ground.

I doubt it - we haven't been picking from the same playbook most of the game. However, there a very slight chance I did snipe you with this one.

 

[Fennis]

I went to school with:

Adam Rich

Kirk Cameron

Tracy Gold

 

[Fennis]

I also saw Jason Alexander at IHOP and Marty Kove at Hamburger Hamlet.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I will end the 23rd round with the single most important pick to me personally void of all the important stuff in life like politics and history.

No, this pick is all heart. All my soul. Everything that I remember that was good about my childhood, about my family, about life. It is a structure that was the greatest of them all, and while I understand that two others would like to make that claim, I disagree. No, this was the greatest ever. It always will be. It is a building that has a place in my heart unlike any other, and as it is doomed to be demolished, a part of me will die with it. It had already been replaced. Structurewise. It will never be replaced to me. Just succeeded in use. The best memories of my father took place there. And I was lucky enough to get my son to see it, and share the greatness and majesty with him, before it will be lost forever to the wrecking ball and parking lots that await it. No great building deserves that fate, whether by development or war or time, yet sadly they all have or will.

I select, The Original Yankee Stadium .

The original Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It served as the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and after extensive renovations, from 1976 to 2008. Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue, the stadium has a capacity of 57,545 and hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team, as well as the host of twenty of boxing's most famous fights and three Papal Masses. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built" comes from the iconic Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the beginning of the Yankees' winning history.

Yankee Stadium is one of the most famous venues in the United States, having hosted a variety of events and many historic moments during its existence. Its primary occupants, the Yankees, have won more World Series championships (26) than any other major league club and Yankee Stadium has hosted 37 World Series, more than any other baseball stadium. The Stadium also hosted the major-league All-Star Game four times: 1939, 1960, 1977, and, as part of its curtain call, 2008.

In 2006, the Yankees began construction on a new $1.8 billion stadium in public parkland adjacent to the original Yankee Stadium. The new stadium opened in 2009, and most of the old stadium, including the above-ground structure, is to be demolished to become parkland.[1]

The first game at the stadium was held on April 18, 1923, with the Yankees beating the Boston Red Sox 4–1. The final game at the stadium was held on September 21, 2008, with the Yankees beating the Baltimore Orioles 7–3.

The Stadium was the first facility in North America with three tiers, although the triple deck originally extended only to the left and right field corners. The concrete lower deck extended well into left field, with the obvious intention of extending the upper deck over it, which was accomplished during the 1926–1927 off-season.

Yankee Stadium was the first three-tiered sports facility in the United States and one of the first baseball parks to be given the lasting title of stadium. Baseball teams typically played in a park or a field. The word stadium deliberately evoked ancient Greece, where a stadia was unit of measure—the length of a footrace; the buildings that housed footraces were called stadiums. Yankee Stadium was one of the first to be deliberately designed as a multi-purpose facility. The field was initially surrounded by a (misshapen) quarter-mile (0.4 km) running track, which effectively also served as a warning track for outfielders, a feature now standard on all major league fields. The left and right field bleacher sections were laid out at right angles to each other, and to the third base stands, to be properly positioned for both track-and-field events and football. The large electronic scoreboard in right-center field, featuring both teams' lineups and scores of other baseball games, was the first of its kind.

As Yankee Stadium owed its creation largely to Ruth, its design partially accommodated the game's left-handed-hitting slugger. Initially the fence was 295 feet (90 m) from home plate down the right-field line, referred to as the "short porch", and 350 feet (110 m) to near right field, compared with 490 feet (150 m) to the deepest part of center field, nicknamed Death Valley. The right-field bleachers were appropriately nicknamed "Ruthville." Although the right field fences were eventually pushed back after the 1974-1975 renovations, they were still relatively close to home plate and retained the "short porch" moniker.

Monument Park was an open-air museum that contained the Yankees' retired numbers, as well as a collection of monuments and plaques honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees. It was located beyond the left-center field fences, near the bullpens.

The origins of Monument Park can be traced to the original three monuments of Lou Gehrig, Miller Huggins, and Babe Ruth that once used to stand in-play in center field. Over the years, the Yankees continued to honor players and personnel with additional monuments and plaques. After the 1974–1975 renovations of Yankee Stadium, the monuments and plaques were moved behind the outfield fences to "Monument Park." A visual collection of retired numbers was soon added to this location. Monument Park remained there until the stadium's closing in 2008; after the new Yankee Stadium opened, the retired numbers, plaques, and monuments were moved into a new Monument Park in the new ballpark.

One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Yankee Stadium is the "facade", a white frieze that runs along the bleacher billboards and scoreboard.

The facade was an addition made by Osborn Engineering, when the owners of the Yankees asked that the stadium be given "an air of dignity".[15] It originally ran around the roof of the grandstand's upper deck. This original facade was copper, although it was painted white in the mid-1960s.

When the stadium was renovated in the 1970s, the upper deck was expanded upwards, and the support columns were removed. Without the columns to support it, the roof had to be scaled back, and the facade was removed. A smaller, concrete version was erected above the scoreboards and billboards behind the bleachers, its current location. In the new stadium, the facade was replicated in its original position along the roof of the upper deck, although now constructed of steel painted white.

The iconic facade is employed in graphics for the YES Network and was incorporated into the logo for the 2008 All-Star Game held at the Stadium.

The term "facade" is actually a misnomer. The scalloped arches are actually a frieze, and it was originally known as such. It is unknown when or where the term "facade" came into use, but it has become the more common name,[15] used by fans, broadcasters, and personnel. With the move to the new stadium, the organization has made a move to return to the term "frieze", exclusively using it in public statements and literature.

When she goes, I'm losing a family member.

 

[ScottNorwood]

I went to school with:

Adam Rich

Kirk Cameron

Tracy Gold

Norwood would like to have a word with you.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Round 24 starts with my first play. It has to be drafted. And so I shall. It's the second longest running production in Broadway history. It has taken over the world as it has played in almost every other country that has a stage culture. It's been rewritten in 20 languages. It's music is now part of our society. It was such a simple set up too. But in the end, it achieved greatness.

I select, CATS by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I also saw Jason Alexander at IHOP

and his hair was perfect . . .

 

[Genedoc]

We're autoskipping Tirnan, right? Meaning I'm back up?

 

[Postradamus]

ME-YOWSAS

 

[TidesofWar]

Maybe we can get to my 24.13

 

[rodg12]

I will end the 23rd round with the single most important pick to me personally void of all the important stuff in life like politics and history.

No, this pick is all heart. All my soul. Everything that I remember that was good about my childhood, about my family, about life. It is a structure that was the greatest of them all, and while I understand that two others would like to make that claim, I disagree. No, this was the greatest ever. It always will be. It is a building that has a place in my heart unlike any other, and as it is doomed to be demolished, a part of me will die with it. It had already been replaced. Structurewise. It will never be replaced to me. Just succeeded in use. The best memories of my father took place there. And I was lucky enough to get my son to see it, and share the greatness and majesty with him, before it will be lost forever to the wrecking ball and parking lots that await it. No great building deserves that fate, whether by development or war or time, yet sadly they all have or will.

I select, The Original Yankee Stadium .

The original Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It served as the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and after extensive renovations, from 1976 to 2008. Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue, the stadium has a capacity of 57,545 and hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team, as well as the host of twenty of boxing's most famous fights and three Papal Masses. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built" comes from the iconic Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the beginning of the Yankees' winning history.

Yankee Stadium is one of the most famous venues in the United States, having hosted a variety of events and many historic moments during its existence. Its primary occupants, the Yankees, have won more World Series championships (26) than any other major league club and Yankee Stadium has hosted 37 World Series, more than any other baseball stadium. The Stadium also hosted the major-league All-Star Game four times: 1939, 1960, 1977, and, as part of its curtain call, 2008.

In 2006, the Yankees began construction on a new $1.8 billion stadium in public parkland adjacent to the original Yankee Stadium. The new stadium opened in 2009, and most of the old stadium, including the above-ground structure, is to be demolished to become parkland.[1]

The first game at the stadium was held on April 18, 1923, with the Yankees beating the Boston Red Sox 4–1. The final game at the stadium was held on September 21, 2008, with the Yankees beating the Baltimore Orioles 7–3.

The Stadium was the first facility in North America with three tiers, although the triple deck originally extended only to the left and right field corners. The concrete lower deck extended well into left field, with the obvious intention of extending the upper deck over it, which was accomplished during the 1926–1927 off-season.

Yankee Stadium was the first three-tiered sports facility in the United States and one of the first baseball parks to be given the lasting title of stadium. Baseball teams typically played in a park or a field. The word stadium deliberately evoked ancient Greece, where a stadia was unit of measure—the length of a footrace; the buildings that housed footraces were called stadiums. Yankee Stadium was one of the first to be deliberately designed as a multi-purpose facility. The field was initially surrounded by a (misshapen) quarter-mile (0.4 km) running track, which effectively also served as a warning track for outfielders, a feature now standard on all major league fields. The left and right field bleacher sections were laid out at right angles to each other, and to the third base stands, to be properly positioned for both track-and-field events and football. The large electronic scoreboard in right-center field, featuring both teams' lineups and scores of other baseball games, was the first of its kind.

As Yankee Stadium owed its creation largely to Ruth, its design partially accommodated the game's left-handed-hitting slugger. Initially the fence was 295 feet (90 m) from home plate down the right-field line, referred to as the "short porch", and 350 feet (110 m) to near right field, compared with 490 feet (150 m) to the deepest part of center field, nicknamed Death Valley. The right-field bleachers were appropriately nicknamed "Ruthville." Although the right field fences were eventually pushed back after the 1974-1975 renovations, they were still relatively close to home plate and retained the "short porch" moniker.

Monument Park was an open-air museum that contained the Yankees' retired numbers, as well as a collection of monuments and plaques honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees. It was located beyond the left-center field fences, near the bullpens.

The origins of Monument Park can be traced to the original three monuments of Lou Gehrig, Miller Huggins, and Babe Ruth that once used to stand in-play in center field. Over the years, the Yankees continued to honor players and personnel with additional monuments and plaques. After the 1974–1975 renovations of Yankee Stadium, the monuments and plaques were moved behind the outfield fences to "Monument Park." A visual collection of retired numbers was soon added to this location. Monument Park remained there until the stadium's closing in 2008; after the new Yankee Stadium opened, the retired numbers, plaques, and monuments were moved into a new Monument Park in the new ballpark.

One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Yankee Stadium is the "facade", a white frieze that runs along the bleacher billboards and scoreboard.

The facade was an addition made by Osborn Engineering, when the owners of the Yankees asked that the stadium be given "an air of dignity".[15] It originally ran around the roof of the grandstand's upper deck. This original facade was copper, although it was painted white in the mid-1960s.

When the stadium was renovated in the 1970s, the upper deck was expanded upwards, and the support columns were removed. Without the columns to support it, the roof had to be scaled back, and the facade was removed. A smaller, concrete version was erected above the scoreboards and billboards behind the bleachers, its current location. In the new stadium, the facade was replicated in its original position along the roof of the upper deck, although now constructed of steel painted white.

The iconic facade is employed in graphics for the YES Network and was incorporated into the logo for the 2008 All-Star Game held at the Stadium.

The term "facade" is actually a misnomer. The scalloped arches are actually a frieze, and it was originally known as such. It is unknown when or where the term "facade" came into use, but it has become the more common name,[15] used by fans, broadcasters, and personnel. With the move to the new stadium, the organization has made a move to return to the term "frieze", exclusively using it in public statements and literature.

When she goes, I'm losing a family member.

Great, great pick. Great, great place. I miss it dearly. Was lucky enough to get there twice ('95 and '99). Best stadium I've ever been too. Bar none. Hands down.Like you, many of my best memories revolve around that Stadium. Unfortunately, unlike you, they are almost all from watching games played there on TV. Boone's homer. Mr. November. PAUL O'NEILL CLAP-CLAP-CLAPCLAPCLAP. Scotty Brosius off Kim. Tino's GS against SD in the WS. Jeter's head-first dive. Wells Perfect Game. Cones Perfect Game. Doc's No-no. Boggsy on the Horse. Hayes catching the pop-up. Man, what memories.

 

[mad sweeney]

Not the way the appeals/overruling process was set-up and has been enforced.

Tim = No

Doug = No

Pick is overruled. Re-pick or reallocation needed.

But, whatever. Terrible pick for that category. Will get a terrible score. If he insists on keeping it, no skin off my back.

Tim = noKrista = yes

Doug B. = said pick was on the fringe of the category

Fringe = marginal therefore the selection stands. I have fringe on my skirt today, it's still part of the skirt even if it isn't the main piece of fabric. Without the fringe my skirt would be plain and dull, but with it it is sexy.

Nice try. Good argument. Nice analogy. But Doug said......

It's up to me? The guy that hates painting corners? My take on this should be no mystery.

Pick the center of the category, please ... quit fooling around with the fringes. Wrestlemania is a light year away from a Play. The great bulk of it is improv, anyway (IOW, the results are fixed, the "wrestling" is improv). It's not like you see re-enactments of WrestleMania IV at the "McMahon In the Park" festival every spring.

Meaning, not a Play. Ergo, vetoed.

Doug's argument judgment is pure fluff since it has no actual merit on the point at hand. The wrestling event I chose was a culmination of works rehearsed for weeks around the circuit and the matches are not mostly improv. In fact, many of the matches are so finely tuned that there is little room for improv. His point of reenactment is way off base as many of the matches had been performed many times before and the main event match was very heavily scripted to protect the performers and the business. The fact that many of the matches haven't been performed after the event doesn't disqualify the selection. I've seen many "plays" that had short runs and were never seen again.Blindly judging on something because it doesn't fall in line with other selections is unacceptable. I'm going to keep this selection and move on with the draft. You can side with whoever you wish on this matter but enough people have said it's acceptable and that is enough for me.

I don't suppose there's any reason to expect you to respect the rules when you don't respect the categories. The triumverate voted you down, at this point you're doing nothing but proving that you are deliberately trying to sabotage the draft.

 

[rodg12]

Doug's argument judgment is pure fluff since it has no actual merit on the point at hand. The wrestling event I chose was a culmination of works rehearsed for weeks around the circuit and the matches are not mostly improv. In fact, many of the matches are so finely tuned that there is little room for improv. His point of reenactment is way off base as many of the matches had been performed many times before and the main event match was very heavily scripted to protect the performers and the business. The fact that many of the matches haven't been performed after the event doesn't disqualify the selection. I've seen many "plays" that had short runs and were never seen again.

Blindly judging on something because it doesn't fall in line with other selections is unacceptable. I'm going to keep this selection and move on with the draft. You can side with whoever you wish on this matter but enough people have said it's acceptable and that is enough for me.

A simply comical response. You must have missed his arguments questioning its literary value as well then, huh? That's irrefutable and the reason it is a terrible, terrible pick for the category and doesn't belong. But, go ahead and keep that 1. Nice going. Glad you fought so hard for it.

 

[Postradamus]

We're autoskipping Tirnan, right? Meaning I'm back up?

think so. i vote yes

 

[rodg12]

We're autoskipping Tirnan, right? Meaning I'm back up?

think so. i vote yes

Yeah. He's requested to be on autoskip if he's not around when his pick comes up.

 

[Bonzai]

I know the guys in Fall Out Boy.



Actually, I know the guys in pretty much every crappy pop punk/emo band from the last ten years.

 

[Genedoc]

We're going back to the album category, and we're staying in Detroit. Like "Respect" before it, this album is a top 5-10 pick by any criteria you'd like to use. When El Floppo picked the title track 5 rounds ago for the song category, I figured the album would very shortly follow. Luckily for Gene/Bonzai, it's still here 5 rounds later. Widely regarded as one of the top albums of all time, it's easily the masterpiece of one of the most definitive male vocalists in US history. Complete with a three octave range and fueled by an anger at what he was watching happen in the late 1960's, Marvin Gaye wrote, recorded, and produced an iconic piece of American art. Tackling the themes of the day - racial injustices, the Vietnam War, urban living conditions - with an unmatched passion and beauty of voice, it's beautiful, beautiful work of art framed like so much great art is by the artist's own demons.

24.03 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Album

1. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson) – 3:53

2. "What's Happening Brother" (James Nyx, M. Gaye) – 2:43

3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (M. Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) – 3:49

4. "Save the Children" (Cleveland, M. Gaye, Benson) – 4:03

5. "God Is Love" (M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx) – 1:41

6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (M. Gaye) – 3:16

7. "Right On" (Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye) – 7:31

8. "Wholy Holy" (Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye) – 3:08

9. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, Nyx) – 5:26

And with What's Going On next to Pet Sounds, we're quite pleased with our album section.

 

[Bonzai]

First of all, I apologize to Bonzai. I've flipped and flopped back and forth on this pick like a kid in a candy score. He's been a great teammate in talking me through all of my mind changes. In the end, I think we got it right.

We're going with a song here. We need one, and some good ones are off the board, but I still think we have a legit top 5 pick here. However you want to define the category of "great" - most timeless, most influential, biggest hit, most popular, most genre defining - whatever criteria you can legitimately conceive of, this song is a top selection. It's a definitive sound of Motown. It's one of the definitive songs from the most influential decade in modern music history. Written by one legend (Otis Redding) and immortalized by another (Aretha Franklin), it became a theme for several political movements. From the instantly recognizable opening to the classic chorus, there's no flaw to be found in this masterpiece. It's not very frequently covered because, well, you'd be a fool to cover a song that Aretha Franklin positively nailed 40 years ago.

23.18 -

Nice.Number one with a bullet.

 

[Genedoc]

I know the guys in Fall Out Boy.Actually, I know the guys in pretty much every crappy pop punk/emo band from the last ten years.

It's done, GB. We have a song on board.

 

[Bonzai]

We're going back to the album category, and we're staying in Detroit. Like "Respect" before it, this album is a top 5-10 pick by any criteria you'd like to use. When El Floppo picked the title track 5 rounds ago for the song category, I figured the album would very shortly follow. Luckily for Gene/Bonzai, it's still here 5 rounds later. Widely regarded as one of the top albums of all time, it's easily the masterpiece of one of the most definitive male vocalists in US history. Complete with a three octave range and fueled by an anger at what he was watching happen in the late 1960's, Marvin Gaye wrote, recorded, and produced an iconic piece of American art. Tackling the themes of the day - racial injustices, the Vietnam War, urban living conditions - with an unmatched passion and beauty of voice, it's beautiful, beautiful work of art framed like so much great art is by the artist's own demons.

24.03 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Album

1. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson) – 3:53

2. "What's Happening Brother" (James Nyx, M. Gaye) – 2:43

3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (M. Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) – 3:49

4. "Save the Children" (Cleveland, M. Gaye, Benson) – 4:03

5. "God Is Love" (M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx) – 1:41

6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (M. Gaye) – 3:16

7. "Right On" (Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye) – 7:31

8. "Wholy Holy" (Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye) – 3:08

9. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, Nyx) – 5:26

And with What's Going On next to Pet Sounds, we're quite pleased with our album section.

Yes!

 

[sinatravolta]

23.17--In the Wee Small Hours-Frank Sinatra-Album

home run.

Nice. I figured this one would go first because as was mentioned - first concept album. Not my favorite but still amazing. This could be said about virtually all of the songs on here - but "I'll Be Around" is a real heart-breaker in my book.

 

[Bonzai]

I know the guys in Fall Out Boy.Actually, I know the guys in pretty much every crappy pop punk/emo band from the last ten years.

My Chemical Romance?

No, you've got me there.

 

[Bonzai]

I know the guys in Fall Out Boy.Actually, I know the guys in pretty much every crappy pop punk/emo band from the last ten years.

It's done, GB. We have a song on board.

 

[Abrantes]

We're going back to the album category, and we're staying in Detroit. Like "Respect" before it, this album is a top 5-10 pick by any criteria you'd like to use. When El Floppo picked the title track 5 rounds ago for the song category, I figured the album would very shortly follow. Luckily for Gene/Bonzai, it's still here 5 rounds later. Widely regarded as one of the top albums of all time, it's easily the masterpiece of one of the most definitive male vocalists in US history. Complete with a three octave range and fueled by an anger at what he was watching happen in the late 1960's, Marvin Gaye wrote, recorded, and produced an iconic piece of American art. Tackling the themes of the day - racial injustices, the Vietnam War, urban living conditions - with an unmatched passion and beauty of voice, it's beautiful, beautiful work of art framed like so much great art is by the artist's own demons.

24.03 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Album

1. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson) – 3:53

2. "What's Happening Brother" (James Nyx, M. Gaye) – 2:43

3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (M. Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) – 3:49

4. "Save the Children" (Cleveland, M. Gaye, Benson) – 4:03

5. "God Is Love" (M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx) – 1:41

6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (M. Gaye) – 3:16

7. "Right On" (Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye) – 7:31

8. "Wholy Holy" (Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye) – 3:08

9. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, Nyx) – 5:26

And with What's Going On next to Pet Sounds, we're quite pleased with our album section.

Awesome pick, and the judge is a fan, if I remember correctly. It's pure sonic gold from start to finish, without even taking into account the sociopolitical themes it tackles. Ridiculously good.

 

[Fennis]

I went to school with:

Adam Rich

Kirk Cameron

Tracy Gold

Norwood would like to have a word with you.

What questions do you have?

 

[mad sweeney]

I don't suppose there's any reason to expect you to respect the rules when you don't respect the categories. The triumverate voted you down, at this point you're doing nothing but proving that you are deliberately trying to sabotage the draft.

You have your opinion, I have mine. I respect the categories as much as anyone else. I'm not the one constantly bringing this back up, I just respond. I suggest you quit trying to point out some "triumvirate" since one of them is clearly not willing to look at things from different angles and another is misinformed on this issue. Now run along and boo hoo about something else.

That's blatantly untrue and everyone here knows it.Two judges voted against you. Do you think anyone who got voted down didn't think they should be allowed their pick when it was vetoed? Or is that unique position reserved only for you?

 

[rodg12]

Doug's argument judgment is pure fluff since it has no actual merit on the point at hand. The wrestling event I chose was a culmination of works rehearsed for weeks around the circuit and the matches are not mostly improv. In fact, many of the matches are so finely tuned that there is little room for improv. His point of reenactment is way off base as many of the matches had been performed many times before and the main event match was very heavily scripted to protect the performers and the business. The fact that many of the matches haven't been performed after the event doesn't disqualify the selection. I've seen many "plays" that had short runs and were never seen again.

Blindly judging on something because it doesn't fall in line with other selections is unacceptable. I'm going to keep this selection and move on with the draft. You can side with whoever you wish on this matter but enough people have said it's acceptable and that is enough for me.

A simply comical response. You must have missed his arguments questioning its literary value as well then, huh? That's irrefutable and the reason it is a terrible, terrible pick for the category and doesn't belong. But, go ahead and keep that 1. Nice going. Glad you fought so hard for it.

I suppose you missed the posted script of another wrestling show...that's irrefutable and the reason it is a valid, valid pick for the category and does belong. So I'll go ahead and keep that one.

Key word there...another. Can you show me the script for Wrestlemania I, please??

 

[sinatravolta]

We're going back to the album category, and we're staying in Detroit. Like "Respect" before it, this album is a top 5-10 pick by any criteria you'd like to use. When El Floppo picked the title track 5 rounds ago for the song category, I figured the album would very shortly follow. Luckily for Gene/Bonzai, it's still here 5 rounds later. Widely regarded as one of the top albums of all time, it's easily the masterpiece of one of the most definitive male vocalists in US history. Complete with a three octave range and fueled by an anger at what he was watching happen in the late 1960's, Marvin Gaye wrote, recorded, and produced an iconic piece of American art. Tackling the themes of the day - racial injustices, the Vietnam War, urban living conditions - with an unmatched passion and beauty of voice, it's beautiful, beautiful work of art framed like so much great art is by the artist's own demons.

24.03 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Album

1. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson) – 3:53

2. "What's Happening Brother" (James Nyx, M. Gaye) – 2:43

3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (M. Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) – 3:49

4. "Save the Children" (Cleveland, M. Gaye, Benson) – 4:03

5. "God Is Love" (M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx) – 1:41

6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (M. Gaye) – 3:16

7. "Right On" (Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye) – 7:31

8. "Wholy Holy" (Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye) – 3:08

9. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, Nyx) – 5:26

And with What's Going On next to Pet Sounds, we're quite pleased with our album section.

Just on a once-through of the front page, even before this pick, I have to say I think Genedoc/Bonzai are in the lead in this draft.

 

[Fennis]

I also saw Jason Alexander at IHOP

and his hair was perfect . . .

He eats a lot of pancakes.

 

[wikkidpissah]

We're going back to the album category, and we're staying in Detroit. Like "Respect" before it, this album is a top 5-10 pick by any criteria you'd like to use. When El Floppo picked the title track 5 rounds ago for the song category, I figured the album would very shortly follow. Luckily for Gene/Bonzai, it's still here 5 rounds later. Widely regarded as one of the top albums of all time, it's easily the masterpiece of one of the most definitive male vocalists in US history. Complete with a three octave range and fueled by an anger at what he was watching happen in the late 1960's, Marvin Gaye wrote, recorded, and produced an iconic piece of American art. Tackling the themes of the day - racial injustices, the Vietnam War, urban living conditions - with an unmatched passion and beauty of voice, it's beautiful, beautiful work of art framed like so much great art is by the artist's own demons.

24.03 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Album

1. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson) – 3:53

2. "What's Happening Brother" (James Nyx, M. Gaye) – 2:43

3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (M. Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) – 3:49

4. "Save the Children" (Cleveland, M. Gaye, Benson) – 4:03

5. "God Is Love" (M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx) – 1:41

6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (M. Gaye) – 3:16

7. "Right On" (Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye) – 7:31

8. "Wholy Holy" (Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye) – 3:08

9. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, Nyx) – 5:26

And with What's Going On next to Pet Sounds, we're quite pleased with our album section.

Awesome pick, and the judge is a fan, if I remember correctly. It's pure sonic gold from start to finish, without even taking into account the sociopolitical themes it tackles. Ridiculously good.

you remember correctly, meu camarada - my favorite popular album.

 

[Postradamus]

We're going back to the album category, and we're staying in Detroit. Like "Respect" before it, this album is a top 5-10 pick by any criteria you'd like to use. When El Floppo picked the title track 5 rounds ago for the song category, I figured the album would very shortly follow. Luckily for Gene/Bonzai, it's still here 5 rounds later. Widely regarded as one of the top albums of all time, it's easily the masterpiece of one of the most definitive male vocalists in US history. Complete with a three octave range and fueled by an anger at what he was watching happen in the late 1960's, Marvin Gaye wrote, recorded, and produced an iconic piece of American art. Tackling the themes of the day - racial injustices, the Vietnam War, urban living conditions - with an unmatched passion and beauty of voice, it's beautiful, beautiful work of art framed like so much great art is by the artist's own demons.

24.03 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Album

1. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson) – 3:53

2. "What's Happening Brother" (James Nyx, M. Gaye) – 2:43

3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (M. Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover) – 3:49

4. "Save the Children" (Cleveland, M. Gaye, Benson) – 4:03

5. "God Is Love" (M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx) – 1:41

6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (M. Gaye) – 3:16

7. "Right On" (Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye) – 7:31

8. "Wholy Holy" (Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye) – 3:08

9. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, Nyx) – 5:26

And with What's Going On next to Pet Sounds, we're quite pleased with our album section.

Just on a once-through of the front page, even before this pick, I have to say I think Genedoc/Bonai are in the lead in this draft.

Ahem, you spelled my name wrong.

 

[flysack]

Makeup pick.Going to take the novel I alluded to earlier. It should come as no surprise to those who have read my previous posts on this board.Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pycnhon

I knew it!(I was sooooo close to taking this when I took Herodotus)

 

[BobbyLayne]

Move to banish MisfitBlondes aka The Imp from the remainder of the draft.

We can replace him, or all put him on ignore and finish with 19.

Second?

 

[wikkidpissah]

second

 

[rodg12]

third

 

[flysack]

Move to banish MisfitBlondes aka The Imp from the remainder of the draft.We can replace him, or all put him on ignore and finish with 19.Second?

Why, what'd he do?Notice I had to ask that. No, seriously, was it the Wrestlemania pick? I say, who cares. The players can pick'em and the judges will sort'em out, I say.

 

[Abrantes]

Who?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Is central heating and air still on the board? just curious.

 

[mad sweeney]

I don't suppose there's any reason to expect you to respect the rules when you don't respect the categories. The triumverate voted you down, at this point you're doing nothing but proving that you are deliberately trying to sabotage the draft.

You have your opinion, I have mine. I respect the categories as much as anyone else. I'm not the one constantly bringing this back up, I just respond. I suggest you quit trying to point out some "triumvirate" since one of them is clearly not willing to look at things from different angles and another is misinformed on this issue. Now run along and boo hoo about something else.

That's blatantly untrue and everyone here knows it.Two judges voted against you. Do you think anyone who got voted down didn't think they should be allowed their pick when it was vetoed? Or is that unique position reserved only for you?

Actually, I do respect the categories. You really shouldn't speak for everyone else, it's rather rude.One judge said to stay down the middle and to quit looking at the fringe...are you willing to fall in line and not seek out something different? I'm not and I won't...I'm going to continue to look at everything possible for the purposes of this draft. I refuse to be told what I should and shouldn't draft. If they wanted us to follow a set list of what should be chosen, they should have provided us with a list of what will be judged and how it will be ranked.

The other judge follows a similar path...unwilling to step away from the common opinion.

If it wasn't for someone trying something new and being willing to fight for it, there's a good chance a lot of what we are drafting would never have been created in the first place. I find it ironic that certain people are so closed-minded, especially when it comes to Great Works.

I'm sure your pick of wreslemania will go down with the greatness of Newton and Keppler.Make sure you carry that cross with you on the way out of the draft.