Chaos Commish
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I'm not going to think about my picks until I'm up. This seemed so simple to my simple mind. it's quickly become so complicated, I QUIT.
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Pick a Pair/Half Decade Album Draft - Bonus Rounds Thu & Fri - Pick three if you want (2 Viewers)
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zamboni
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Ilov80s
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Was tough for me to narrow down between their albums and then the combo Tasker took put some pressure on to move now since he didn't take one of their 75-79 albums. I think I would have taken these 2 albums as my first two choices though but that could change on any given day.
Chaos Commish
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KarmaPolice
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I would have taken a 3rd combo with the back to back albums from the end of the 70s/start of the 80s.
Pip's Invitation
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So here are the writeups and songs.
One of the very first non-children's records I remember hearing is So Far, the CSNY compilation that came out in 1974. My parents had it on cassette and played it regularly. So they were a favorite from the getgo, deepened when I started seriously delving into Neil's work when I was in high school.
These two records were the culmination of the movement started by the Byrds to fuse Dylan-type lyrics with Beatles-type music, and there were a huge deal at the time. I truly believe CSNY could have approached the popularity of the Beatles had they been able to keep their #### together. (Heck, they did a sold-out stadium tour a year before the Stones did.) But with the egos involved, that was never going to happen.
Neil's involvement was an accident, necessitated by the fact that Stills played almost all the instruments on the first album, requiring hired hands to flesh out the sound live. After a few attempts at hiring a keyboardist failed, Atlantic's Ahmet Ertegun convinced Stills to bring in Neil to recreate the magic they had with Buffalo Springfield. Never mind that that band broke up in large part because they couldn't stand each other. Intricately produced Beatley stuff wasn't really Neil's thing, nor was harmony singing, but he realized there was something special and signed on. He wasn't around much for the Deja Vu sessions, but integrated himself perfectly by contributing two fantastic originals and ripping it up on guitar on a few other tracks.
These albums are basically the soundtrack of my life.
One from each member:
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Pre-Road Downs
Almost Cut My Hair
Helpless
Pip's Invitation
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zamboni
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Maybe but those VU albums probably weren't coming back to you. Lou is right in that same tier as Van and Byrne for me.
Joshua Tree is one of the perfect albums, for me. I can put it on any time and listen to it from start to finish. It was one of two pairs I was hoping would have fallen to me this round.
I would have had a different pairing for it, and may still choose it later in the draft. But excellent choice here.
HellToupee
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My question was going to be since Raw Power is billed as Iggy and the stooges did that bring in Iggy Pop albums but now don’t have to do it
rockaction
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I was just riffing off of RotoUnderworld's or some other guy's draft Twitter shtick of skipping the first round and letting everybody else go first because he can beat them without a first-rounder, anyway. Or is that shtick from this board? I forget, really. It really wasn't any sort of statement about what I thought would fall or anything.
I was free associating.
krista4
Footballguy
This was OH's vote for my next pick.
My vote was for Prince.
Also, his votes don't count.
Eephus
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My question was going to be since Raw Power is billed as Iggy and the stooges did that bring in Iggy Pop albums but now don’t have to do it
It could have paired with Iggy's solo stuff per Krista's rule
krista4
Footballguy
OH does this a lot with movies, and it drives me batty. "No, it is NOT The Unforgiven."
Northern Voice
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Chaos Commish
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BiL update.
Not taking his foot off. Removing heel bone if a few days of antibiotic IVs don't make ground against this infection. Also, Los Angeles made me sad. All the covid/homeless horror stories were seen on this trip. Just damn. So bad, so sad, and we're at Ceders-Sinai Beverly Hills. My respect for health care workers including security and clean up crews is through the roof. Unfortunate what they are dealing with. Spectacular how they are dealing.
Kinda weird kinda funny story. Dude produces his vaccine card, has it checked, gets screened by that light thing. Gets his sticker for his shirt so he can come into emergency. Walks through the door, strips off his clothes and says, just helping out. Wth.... people.
Not taking his foot off. Removing heel bone if a few days of antibiotic IVs don't make ground against this infection. Also, Los Angeles made me sad. All the covid/homeless horror stories were seen on this trip. Just damn. So bad, so sad, and we're at Ceders-Sinai Beverly Hills. My respect for health care workers including security and clean up crews is through the roof. Unfortunate what they are dealing with. Spectacular how they are dealing.
Kinda weird kinda funny story. Dude produces his vaccine card, has it checked, gets screened by that light thing. Gets his sticker for his shirt so he can come into emergency. Walks through the door, strips off his clothes and says, just helping out. Wth.... people.
Pip's Invitation
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That's OK, most of his favorite bands will still be undrafted when we get to the 10th.
I have a hunch about where you're going with your next pick.
Eephus
Footballguy
That's OK, most of his favorite bands will still be undrafted when we get to the 10th.
The Hand of Doom channel was the real reason for pausing Genrepalooza
krista4
Footballguy
That's OK, most of his favorite bands will still be undrafted when we get to the 10th.
I have a hunch about where you're going with your next pick.
Man, if you know, could you tell me? I thought I had it figured out, but then keep changing my mind. Those Prince albums going off the board will help.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Sorry for the delay, was helping the Mrs. fix the dryer.
Going with my heart over my head here...
2.14: Donald Fagan The Nightfly (1982) and Kamakiriad (1993)
The depth of the first album flew right over my head for a long time; I knew that New Frontier was all about the early days of JFK, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, but one of the other singles, I.G.Y., was about the International Geophysical Year, also occurring in that early Cold War Eisenhower/JFK time frame, which makes the title track make that much more sense and the entire album more coherent as his rumination on a specific time period, kind of a musical version of Mad Men, and the video for New Frontier is just as packed full of references as any episode.
Kamakiriad came out as I finally started to enter the full-time work force. A neighborhood buddy I grew up with put in a good word for me at the mortgage company where he worked, and I started working there at the tail end of the refinance boom of '93, doing quality control on the stacks of documents they needed to send along. It was tedious, entry-level dead-end work, but access to the cafeteria was included, and it was my first experience working in a business office environment with a lot of 20-somethings. The single Tomorrow's Girls conveniently included the line You can see them on the grass at lunch hour/soaking up the vertical rays. In their summer dresses/a little smile can really make your day.
Just like his Steely Dan songs, I don't understand most of what he's getting at but I love it all anyway.
I probably could have let these drop a couple more rounds, but I still love hearing these after nearly 40 and 30 years, respectively. If the pick I almost made here falls to the next round, I'll take it but I'm not counting on it.
Going with my heart over my head here...
2.14: Donald Fagan The Nightfly (1982) and Kamakiriad (1993)
The depth of the first album flew right over my head for a long time; I knew that New Frontier was all about the early days of JFK, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, but one of the other singles, I.G.Y., was about the International Geophysical Year, also occurring in that early Cold War Eisenhower/JFK time frame, which makes the title track make that much more sense and the entire album more coherent as his rumination on a specific time period, kind of a musical version of Mad Men, and the video for New Frontier is just as packed full of references as any episode.
Kamakiriad came out as I finally started to enter the full-time work force. A neighborhood buddy I grew up with put in a good word for me at the mortgage company where he worked, and I started working there at the tail end of the refinance boom of '93, doing quality control on the stacks of documents they needed to send along. It was tedious, entry-level dead-end work, but access to the cafeteria was included, and it was my first experience working in a business office environment with a lot of 20-somethings. The single Tomorrow's Girls conveniently included the line You can see them on the grass at lunch hour/soaking up the vertical rays. In their summer dresses/a little smile can really make your day.
Just like his Steely Dan songs, I don't understand most of what he's getting at but I love it all anyway.
I probably could have let these drop a couple more rounds, but I still love hearing these after nearly 40 and 30 years, respectively. If the pick I almost made here falls to the next round, I'll take it but I'm not counting on it.
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Ilov80s
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Funny, I never do it with album titles, movie titles or book titles. Years of "The Beatles" and "The Who" and all those modern "The _____" that I shall not spotlight have me programmed.
It's not "Rolling Stones", it's "THE Rolling Stones".
Mrs. Rannous
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zamboni
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Mrs. Rannous
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I may have some connectivity issues with the stormy approaching. We have power walls, so electricity isn't a problem, but who knows?
"We have power walls" would be an awesome name for a song.
I have a doctor's appointment right when the thing should be over head. Joy.
"We have power walls" would be an awesome name for a song.
I have a doctor's appointment right when the thing should be over head. Joy.
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KarmaPolice
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Ilov80s
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I will be honest, I've never heard a minute of those albums. I will remedy that though just based on his high recommendation.
Charlie Steiner
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Eephus
Footballguy
There's something to be said about drafting personal favorites in the early rounds when people are paying more attention.
Ilov80s
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Charlie Steiner
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I'm going to presume the following quotes are about my picK:
Replace 'high' with 'drunk', but other than that, if you like Steely Dan, these albums are close enough yet different enough at the same time that you should like them. If you're into subtext, you may even enjoy them more than I do.
Once you said there was no judging, I was only had to take my favorites, so getting past the first 2-3 rounds becomes a cakewalk for me. I'm sure the pick I almost took would have sniped someone, but if it falls to my next pick, I won't feel as bad.
Well, that would be your loss, wouldn't it?
krista4
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Pip's Invitation
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
You were correct. Nice to see you back around. Miss you from the old Movie Club days (by old, I mean like 18 months ago lol)
KarmaPolice
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I bit ironic we couldn't keep that rocking during a pandemic where most of us were inside.
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Charlie Steiner
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I've been around, just mostly lurking because I can't get a word in edge-wise in the soccer threads, and dipping my toe into the PSF when I'm feeling more misanthropic than normal.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah I thought about that, seems weird it fizzled out when it all started. Not sure what happened.I bit ironic we couldn't keep that rocking during a pandemic where most of us where inside.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
It was tough for me because in the early weeks there was so much free streaming content I didn't have before that I had too much other stuff to watch. I got to see The Sopranos, Parks and Rec and Mad Men when I had overlooked them before, and because of the last two I'm a scotch drinker and addicted to a show about the 60's.I bit ironic we couldn't keep that rocking during a pandemic where most of us where inside.
KarmaPolice
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Well, according to you it's because I started in with the reefer and my movie tastes took a nosedive.
I did think about starting a stoner, ####ty movie club, but didn't think that would have much traction either.
I bit ironic we couldn't keep that rocking during a pandemic where most of us where inside.
It wasn't the "free world"
Dr. Octopus
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Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Ishtar stoned changes everything. From epic fail to best comedy of all-time.Well, according to you it's because I started in with the reefer and my movie tastes took a nosedive.
I did think about starting a stoner, ####ty movie club, but didn't think that would have much traction either.
landrys hat
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2.15 Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
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