Pick a Pair/Half Decade Album Draft - Bonus Rounds Thu & Fri - Pick three if you want (1 Viewer)

[Eephus]

MC Search?

Pete Nice?

Who gets the gas face?

 

[El Floppo]

Who??

First base.

MC Search?

Prime Minister Pete Nice?

we were looking for- Third Base. Third Base.

circle gets the square.

 

[Yo Mama]

4.10 - The Kendrick Lamars - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) / To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

The second era pick was extremely difficult, but I prefer the jazzy soul vibes of TPAB.

"King ####a"

"##### Don't Kill My Vibe"

"M.A.A.D City"

"Alright"

Nice, overthought my last pick and should have gone here instead. 

 

[Eephus]

we were looking for- Third Base. Third Base.

circle gets the square.

You're up in two and two

 

[krista4]

Eephus, if you haven't already, and I apologize for being too lazy to click back to see, could you please put links to the playlists in one of the first posts?  I scrolled by some and realized I'd like to listen to all of them.   

 

[Eephus]

Eephus, if you haven't already, and I apologize for being too lazy to click back to see, could you please put links to the playlists in one of the first posts?  I scrolled by some and realized I'd like to listen to all of them.   

I've been copying links to Notepad and will add them to the OP the next time I update the title.

 

[Yo Mama]

Yo Mama Picks a Pair

(still have to add songs from today’s selections)

 

[Raging weasel]

Was hoping it'd get back to me before bedtime. Out for the night, can skip if needed

 

[Eephus]

@El Floppo

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@Eephus and anyone else who cares, here is my playlist: Pip's Pairs

 

[El Floppo]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

This very pair was also on my list. 

 

[rockaction]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

There's a thousand things I wanna say to you...

 

[rockaction]

@KarmaPolice

 

[PIK95]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

No idea who that is fwiw.

 

[zamboni]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

No idea who that is fwiw.

It’s El Floppo. He’s been around for a bit.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

the queen was my first concert and Live Killers was one of a threesome that were my first big-boy albums I purchased myself. I love that album, and I like The Game too.

but to me, their earlier catalog should've been taken first. no offense to Mrs BSR, but I cant stand either of the albums she picked...and I'm obviously a fan of the band.

I could have picked any of about ten of their albums.  I spent forever going through the track listings to narrow it down.  At the end, I just picked one to go with Innuendo.

Mr R had The Game on 8-track.

 

[Northern Voice]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

No idea who that is fwiw.

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

 

[Northern Voice]

 PIK won't get that joke because he doesn't know who The Jam is.

 

[El Floppo]

4. The Jam

All Mod Cons (1979)

Sound Affects (1980)

down in the tube station at midnight (of course)

tempted by David Watts, but since it's a cover no. also tempted by some of the slower stuff I used to skip over in my impatient youth, but which now sounds so clearly like precursor (it course) Style Council in good ways (English rose and Fly).

Billy Hunt

that's entertainment ( eta... @PIK95 )

start!

(those two were too easy, but I still have a lot of other favorites on this... boy about town , but I'm different now

 

[the moops]

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

that's entertainment ( eta... @PIK95 )

start!

(those two were too easy, but I still have a lot of other favorites on this... boy about town , but I'm different now

Set the House Ablaze may be my very favorite Jam track. 

 

[PIK95]

 PIK won't get that joke because he doesn't know who The Jam is.

I just played like five Jam tunes.  They sound like the Clash, if the Clash sucked.  Hard pass.

 

[rockaction]

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

Obscurantasaurus.

 

[rockaction]

I just played like five Jam tunes.  They sound like the Clash, if the Clash sucked.  Hard pass.

The Jam are very much a different entity than the Clash. Differing influences, really.

 

[krista4]

 the Clash sucked.  Hard pass.

For sure.

 

[PIK95]

The Jam are very much a different entity than the Clash. Differing influences, really.

They played And that Bird Can Sing also..  

I dunno.  Nothing great imo.

 

[Eephus]

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

That officially starts in round #6

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

This is where my absence of strategy will show through.  I don't think anyone, other than Pip perhaps, would take these guys in a 10-round draft.  But the chance of losing my favorite song is too great to wait.

Big Star

#1 Record (1972)

Feel

The Ballad of El Goodo (my favorite song)

Third (1978)

Big Black Car

Holocaust

Just finished my first (and 2nd) listen of @krista4's pick of #1Album by Big Star. Never heard of them until a year or so ago in the album draft but never listened to them until now.

Based on the name I was expecting some kind of 80's pop band so was surprised to see they were from the 70's. This is a good 70's light rock album! To me, it sounds like a blend of the Beatles and the Byrds- The Beards,lol.

Didnt know the 70's show theme song was done by them originally so that was a surprise. The Ballad of El Gaddo sounds like something off All Things Must Pass.

An all around good to great album!

Glad to have another convert!

Third is completely different, though. But brilliant in its own way. 

#1 Record is a very good album.

Third/Sister Lovers is a masterpiece.

 

[zamboni]

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

Proud tradition since the old yeller board. #guiltyascharged

 

[Dr. Octopus]

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

Some guy already picked a band called “Not The Warlocks”.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Sorry - passed out about 9:00 last night.   

 

[KarmaPolice]

Not where I thought I was heading, but if I learned something from GP4 it's how much I went back to this artist and a couple album of his, so let's do it:

RD 4:  BECK

ODELAY ('96)

SEA CHANGE ('02)

@Charlie Steiner is up then

 

[KarmaPolice]

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

You've never heard of Led Zeppelin and The Who?   

 

 

[El Floppo]

Set the House Ablaze may be my very favorite Jam track. 

love that tune. I started adding the other tunes I liked and it was going to be most of the album, so I nipped it at two.

So we are just picking obscure bands that we like for street cred?

sorry...are you saying the Jam is obscure?  

Not where I thought I was heading, but if I learned something from GP4 it's how much I went back to this artist and a couple album of his, so let's do it:

RD 4:  BECK

ODELAY ('96)

SEA CHANGE ('02)

@Charlie Steiner is up then

I love Sea Change so hard. always feel like it's grossly underappreciated...but I'm happy to see it's not.

 

[zamboni]

sorry...are you saying the Jam is obscure?  

Agreed - not like we're talking about The Shaggs here.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Since @Ilov80s has been holding by beer since last night, I'm going to postpone my 'shame on you all' pick yet another round so that I can demonstrate that when a band sounds the same after 5+ years, it's not always a bad thing:

4.12: The Smithereens 11 (1989) and 2011 (2011)

I've used every opportunity on this board to profess my love of America's Band Since 1980, and I chose this pairing because they obviously did as well.

I probably mentioned this before, but the lead track, A Girl Like You, was their submission to the soundtrack for the movie Say Anything; needless to say it didn't make the cut, probably for being too on the nose. As much as I like that song on its own merits, the standout song from that album, though almost all of them are standouts to me, is Room Without a View.  I wrote about it in the songs for your funeral draft; if I had the ability to create a montage of my life from 1990-1994, this song would cover it perfectly. Also, it wasn't until after that draft that I realized the irony of playing that song at the behest of someone in a coffin, a room without a view if ever there was. I'm selecting 2 other tracks from this album, as I'm only picking one from the second, Blues Before and After and Yesterday Girl.

I don't really have a lot to say about the 2011 album, as marriage and family priorities took over the space music had previously occupied in my life, such that I didn't know about it until about 5 or 6 years ago. Nevertheless, the first track, Sorry, not only fits right in with their early material but also stands out as one of the best songs of their entire catalog.

@KarmaPolice is up.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Agreed - not like we're talking about The Shaggs here.

We haven't even gotten to the Disco Biscuits portion of the program.  

 

[landrys hat]

4.11 The Kinks

Something Else By the Kinks (1967)

Muswell Hillbillies (1971)

@Sinn Fein

 

[Sinn Fein]

Skip me for now. 

 

[PIK95]

We haven't even gotten to the Disco Biscuits portion of the program.  

I have been playing them for the last hour fwiw.   My daughter is twelve, and loves them.  She likes the Pixies, Nirvana, and Arcade Fire also.  LOVES Radiohead   It's pretty cool.

 

[El Floppo]

4.11 The Kinks

Something Else By the Kinks (1967)

Muswell Hillbillies (1971)

@Sinn Fein

who?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

4.11 The Kinks

Something Else By the Kinks (1967)

Muswell Hillbillies (1971)

@Eephus will be pleased to know that the first two Kinks combos contain no Arista albums. 

 

[El Floppo]

I have been playing them for the last hour fwiw.   My daughter is twelve, and loves them.  She likes the Pixies, Nirvana, and Arcade Fire also.  LOVES Radiohead   It's pretty cool.

my 14yo son is super serious musician (Juilliard)....and has awful taste in music- still mostly pop crap. I try to carefully curate some stuff for him, but no dice. I hate the little ingrate brat.

 

[zamboni]

1 hour ago, landrys hat said:
4.11 The Kinks

Something Else By the Kinks (1967)

Muswell Hillbillies (1971)

@Sinn Fein
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who?

I really want to know...

 

[Raging weasel]

Skip me for now. 

This puts me up .

Some more semi chalk to close out this band.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin I

Presence

 

[Raging weasel]

@Mrs. Rannous on the clock

 

[Dr. Octopus]

This puts me up .

Some more semi chalk to close out this band.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin I

Presence

Good thing this format was going to stop all the Zepplin albums from being drafted.

 

[zamboni]

15 minutes ago, Raging weasel said:
This puts me up .

Some more semi chalk to close out this band.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin I

Presence
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Good thing this format was going to stop all the Zepplin albums from being drafted.

We haven't even gotten to Dread Zeppelin yet (sorry for any spotlighting).

 

[Dr. Octopus]

We haven't even gotten to Dread Zeppelin yet (sorry for any spotlighting).

or Lez Zeppelin