The 1977 Song Draft (1 Viewer)

[Real Man of Genius]

I'm excited to get this up and running. Who wants to commish it?

Not me, but IN.

 

[wildbill]

1.08 wildbill - Jimmy Buffett - "Margaritaville"

2.10 wildbill - Bob Seger - "Night Moves"

3.08 wildbill - The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"

4.10 wildbill - The Bee Gees - "You Should Be Dancing"

5.08 wildbill - Meatloaf - "Paradise By The Dashboard Light"

6.10 wildbill - Samantha Sang - "Emotion"

7.08 wildbill - Carly Simon - "Nobody Does It Better"

8.10 wildbill - Lynyrd Skynyrd - "I Know A Little"

9.08 wildbill - Waylon Jennings - "Luckenbach, Texas"

10.10 wildbill - The Eagles - "Victim of Love"

11.08 wildbill - Jerry Reed - "East Bound And Down"

12.10 wildbill - Crystal Gayle - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"

Half of my songs would be at home on a good country radio station.

 

[Real Man of Genius]

I'd say that the deciding factor should be whether the "leader's" name was actually used in the name of the band:

If you draft Bruce Springsteen, you get his solo stuff and anything by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

If you draft Robert Fripp, you don't get King Crimson.

That seems right to me. Therefore, the Mothers would be a totally separate animal from Zappa's solo stuff.

Joe Walsh and James Gang?

 

[Uncle Humuna]

i need a ruling before we start the band draft:

jefferson airplane and jefferson starship, two seperate bands, yes?

and htf do we score menudo?  do we specify a certain year/version?

Van Halen? Van Hagar?

Ouch. I think if you draft Van Halen, you get both, simply because they didn't change their name.

Although if we include jazz, things could get REALLY complicated . . .

Yeah, I guess you're right, although, I'd lean toward one getting everything from a particular virtuoso if one drafts said virtuoso. Throw us an example.

The obvious one is Miles Davis.2 quintets, a sextext, an octet and many other incarnations.

If we limit by name of group, even The Miles Davis Quintet would be exceptionally tough to judge, since there were two, totally different, totally awesome line-ups under this name:

The Miles Davis Quintet (I)

-------------------------------

Miles Davis (trumpet)

John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)

Red Garland (piano)

Paul Chambers (double bass)

Philly Joe Jones (drums)

The Miles Davis Quintet (II)

--------------------------------

Miles Davis (trumpet)

Wayne Shorter (saxophone)

Herbie Hancock (piano)

Ron Carter (bass)

Tony Williams (drums)

Yikes. Like I said, I would lean towards giving you all of Miles Davis's catalogue, simply because every incarnation has got his name on it. I don't know. Zappa would be tough, too.

Santana has had 137 different lineups.

19.14 RMoG - Santana (lineup #84)

19.15 UH - Santana (lineup #117)

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'd say that the deciding factor should be whether the "leader's" name was actually used in the name of the band:

If you draft Bruce Springsteen, you get his solo stuff and anything by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

If you draft Robert Fripp, you don't get King Crimson.

That seems right to me. Therefore, the Mothers would be a totally separate animal from Zappa's solo stuff.

Joe Walsh and James Gang?

2 different picks . . .

 

[Uncle Humuna]

Ian Dury & the Blockheads---Sex & Drugs & Rock n' Roll

Wan't this already taken?

bump

 

[amnesiac]

Pick 1:01 - XTC

i like this idea even better.

am i the only one that likes the alphabet idea?

Not bad, but it would be more for ####s and giggles.

as opposed to the valuble cash and prizes we're playing for now?

 

[amnesiac]

Ian Dury & the Blockheads---Sex & Drugs & Rock n' Roll

Wan't this already taken?

bump

4.13 amnesiac - Ian Dury - "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Alright, give me

Ian Dury---Wake Up And Make Love With Me

 

[Uncle Humuna]

A partial* list of 8-tracks that UH owned *(the ones I can remember)

Out of the Blue

Book of Dreams

Toys in the Attic

Boston

BTO's Greatest Hits

French Kiss

Rock 'n Roll Over

Pieces of Eight

Van Halen

In Through The Out Door

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Eagles - "Hotel California"

Elvis Costello - "Alison"

Steve Miller Band - "Jet Airliner"

Supertramp - "Give a Little Bit"

Paul McCartney and Wings - "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Live)

The Brothers Johnson - "Strawberry Letter 23"

Foreigner - "Cold As Ice"

Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Natural Mystic"

Blondie - "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear"

Parliament - "Funkentelechy"

KISS - "Christine Sixteen"

Billy Joel - "Just The Way You Are"

 

[amnesiac]

the really good stuff is already gone, but i gotta get some aerosmith anyway:

Aerosmith - "Kings and Queens"

not their best song, but i remember it from the greatest hits tape i had back in the day (the one with the red and white cover.)

eta: that hurts in yellow

eta, also: he does rhyme 'guillotines' though, so that's kinda cool.

 

[JuniorNB]

JuniorNB

1. Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"

2. Alan Parsons Project - "Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

3. Styx - "Come Sail Away"

4. Electric Light Orchestra - "Telephone Line"

5. Abba - "Dancing Queen"

6. Foreigner - "Feels Like The First Time"

7. Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"

8. Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy"

9. Steven Bishop - "On and On"

10. Dave Mason - "We Just Disagree"

11. Kenny Rogers - "Lucille"

12. Bob Welch- "Sentimental Lady"

There.

Take that!

 

[Uncle Humuna]

The more I think about the band draft concept the more I go:



When you start thinking about all the different genres and possibilites, this could rival the original Desert Island Album Draft for uber-coolness . . .

 

[Real Man of Genius]

1.11 Pink Floyd - "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"

2.07 Boston - "Foreplay/Long Time"

3.11 Eric Clapton - "Cocaine"

4.07 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Blinded by the Light"

5.11 The Marshall Tucker Band - "Heard It in a Love Song"

6.07 Santa Esmeralda - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

7.11 Meco - "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"

8.07 Santana - "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Live)

9.11 Aerosmith - "Back in the Saddle"

10.07 Rush - "Xanadu"

11.11 Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" (Live)

12.07 Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam" (Live)

Pretty happy with this. Overlooking "Freebird" and waiting too long for "The Load-out" were probably my biggest disappointments, as well as missing out on "Dogs" due to the stellar draft position PiD picked for me.

I enjoyed it and have lots of new music to check out

 

[Hov34]

The more I think about the band draft concept the more I go:



When you start thinking about all the different genres and possibilites, this could rival the original Desert Island Album Draft for uber-coolness . . .

In that case, I'm IN.

 

[Hov34]

Pick 1:01 - XTC

i like this idea even better.

am i the only one that likes the alphabet idea?

Not bad, but it would be more for ####s and giggles.

as opposed to the valuble cash and prizes we're playing for now?

You didn't get your prize pack from Zilla for the last one?

 

[amnesiac]

Iggy Pop - "Lust for Life"

Queen - "We Will Rock You"

The Ramones - "Teenage Lobotomy"

Ian Dury - "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"

Sex Pistols - "Pretty Vacant"

Talking Heads - "Don't Worry About the Government"

ABBA - "Take A Chance On Me"

Billy Joel - "Vienna"

David Bowie - "Always Crashing In The Same Car"

ACDC - "Let There Be Rock"

The Stranglers - "No More Heroes"

Aerosmith - "Kings And Queens"

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

1.06 Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me"

2.12 Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"

3.06 Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Jamming"

4.12 David Bowie - "Sound and Vision"

5.06 The Damned - "New Rose"

6.12 Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba"

7.06 Richard Hell & the Voidoids - "Love Comes In Spurts"

8.12 The Stranglers - "Peaches"

9.06 Tom Waits - "Burma-Shave"

10.12 Television - "Venus"

11.06 Mink DeVille - "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl"

12.12 Ian Dury & the Blockheads - "Wake Up And Make Love With Me"

It seemed like there was relatively a lot more crap from the classic rock genre in '77, and I'm just not a fan of 70's easy listening--so I had to go with some lesser known punk and new wave. Not a lot of popular choices in this draft, but I'm happy with it.

Thanks for runnin' the show again Nigel.

 

[amnesiac]

Pick 1:01 - XTC

i like this idea even better.

am i the only one that likes the alphabet idea?

Not bad, but it would be more for ####s and giggles.

as opposed to the valuble cash and prizes we're playing for now?

You didn't get your prize pack from Zilla for the last one?

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

The more I think about the band draft concept the more I go:



When you start thinking about all the different genres and possibilites, this could rival the original Desert Island Album Draft for uber-coolness . . .

In that case, I'm IN.

Yeah, I'll play too (IN). I'm in the Desert Island ones so may as well do this as well

 

[Uncle Humuna]

Pick 1:01 - XTC

i like this idea even better.

am i the only one that likes the alphabet idea?

Not bad, but it would be more for ####s and giggles.

as opposed to the valuble cash and prizes we're playing for now?

You didn't get your prize pack from Zilla for the last one?

No, but I got some wonderful "parting" gifts . . .

 

[Hov34]

Pick 1:01 - XTC

i like this idea even better.

am i the only one that likes the alphabet idea?

Not bad, but it would be more for ####s and giggles.

as opposed to the valuble cash and prizes we're playing for now?

You didn't get your prize pack from Zilla for the last one?

No, but I got some wonderful "parting" gifts . . .

Did you get the complementary therapy that goes with those "parting" gifts?P.S. Lye soap will get out the stains...

 

[Uncle Humuna]

Pick 1:01 - XTC

i like this idea even better.

am i the only one that likes the alphabet idea?

Not bad, but it would be more for ####s and giggles.

as opposed to the valuble cash and prizes we're playing for now?

You didn't get your prize pack from Zilla for the last one?

No, but I got some wonderful "parting" gifts . . .

Did you get the complementary therapy that goes with those "parting" gifts?P.S. Lye soap will get out the stains...

:ew:

 

[JZilla]

For the last pick to close out our list, the draft, and possibly these drafts altogether...

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing Part II

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Alright, give me

Ian Dury---Wake Up And Make Love With Me

Wait, did you change your last pick? You already took a different Ian Dury song as your twelfther.Edit: Nevermind.

 

[simey]

simey

1. Stevie Wonder - "I Wish"

2. Steely Dan - "Deacon Blues"

3. Elvis Costello - "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"

4. Thelma Houston - "Don't Leave Me This Way"

5. Billy Joel - "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"

6. The Emotions - "Best Of My Love"

7. The Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"

8. Bob Marley and the Wailers - "One Love/People Get Ready"

9. Dolly Parton - "Here You Come Again"

10. Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway - "The Closer I Get To You"

11. Englebert Humperdink - "After The Lovin'"

12. Mother's Finest - "Baby Love"

 

[Real Man of Genius]

I don't know if I've ever seen a "Band Draft" done. I say, if you're going to do it, do it big and make it "All-time."

For Zilla, or whoever has the balls to Commish this thing, the following are IN so far:Nigel Tufnel

Uncle Humuna

Print is Dead

JuniorNB

amnesiac

KillerNerd

wildbill

Tremendous Upside

Jethro Q. Walrustitty

JZilla

Real Man of Genius

Hov34

John Maddens Lunchbox

That is 13 so far, by my count. Does someone want to mock up some rules? Should we start another thread? We should probably set a team limit at 16 or 20 at most, so everybody gets some of their favorite bands before we are fighting over Captain and Tenille in the 5th round.

Maybe 16 teams/16 rounds? That is 250+ bands.

Also, maybe require the selector to choose their favorite album or 3 favorite songs or somesuch from each band, so if they are unfamilar to someone, we might have a starting place to grab some tunes from?

:excitedforMonday:

 

[simey]

I'll take a song from the very underrated French Kiss album by ex- Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch.

Bob Welch- "Sentimental Lady"

One of the aforementioned 8-tracks that ur humble UH owned back in the day . . .

I drafted this song in the '72 draft from when he was in Fleetwood Mac, and it was on their "Bare Trees" album.

 

[Real Man of Genius]

For the last pick to close out our list, the draft, and possibly these drafts altogether...

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing Part II

The only album to be drafted in its entirety?

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

For the last pick to close out our list, the draft, and possibly these drafts altogether...

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing Part II

The only album to be drafted in its entirety?

That's what I'm thinking. That album is .

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I don't know if I've ever seen a "Band Draft" done.  I say, if you're going to do it, do it big and make it "All-time."

For Zilla, or whoever has the balls to Commish this thing, the following are IN so far:Nigel Tufnel

Uncle Humuna

Print is Dead

JuniorNB

amnesiac

KillerNerd

wildbill

Tremendous Upside

Jethro Q. Walrustitty

JZilla

Real Man of Genius

Hov34

John Maddens Lunchbox

That is 13 so far, by my count. Does someone want to mock up some rules? Should we start another thread? We should probably set a team limit at 16 or 20 at most, so everybody gets some of their favorite bands before we are fighting over Captain and Tenille in the 5th round.

Maybe 16 teams/16 rounds? That is 250+ bands.

Also, maybe require the selector to choose their favorite album or 3 favorite songs or somesuch from each band, so if they are unfamilar to someone, we might have a starting place to grab some tunes from?

:excitedforMonday:

Good stuff.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

We should probably set a team limit at 16 or 20 at most, so everybody gets some of their favorite bands before we are fighting over Captain and Tenille in the 5th round.

Maybe 16 teams/16 rounds? That is 250+ bands.

When you start considering all the different genres (rock, country, blues, jazz, etc.), and then consider all the subgenres (bluegrass, rap, funk, r&B, house, metal, punk, disco, alternative, swing, bebop, acid, cool, etc. etc.), I don't think they'll be any problem having 20 teams go 20 rounds.In fact, it'll be the later rounds that'll be the most interesting . . .

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Nigel Tufnel

The Grateful Dead - "Terrapin Station"

Pink Floyd - "Sheep"

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "What's Your Name"

Steely Dan - "Josie"

Electric Light Orchestra - "Mr. Blue Sky"

Jackson Browne - "The Load-Out"

The Eagles - "Life in the Fast Lane"

Fleetwood Mac - "The Chain"

Kansas - "Point of Know Return"

Billy Joel - "Movin' Out (Anthony's Theme)"

Heart - "Kick it Out"

Parliament - "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)"

I think it'd be safe to say that Marco would abhor my list as it's very classic rock-heavy. I like it, though. Good times.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

For the last pick to close out our list, the draft, and possibly these drafts altogether...

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing Part II

The only album to be drafted in its entirety?

That's what I'm thinking. That album is .

That, and it only has 5 songs . . .

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

For the last pick to close out our list, the draft, and possibly these drafts altogether...

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing Part II

The only album to be drafted in its entirety?

That's what I'm thinking. That album is .

That, and it only has 5 songs . . .

Well, true.

 

[DCThunder]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments? Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

 

[Uncle Humuna]

For the last pick to close out our list, the draft, and possibly these drafts altogether...

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing Part II

The only album to be drafted in its entirety?

That's what I'm thinking. That album is .

That, and it only has 5 songs . . .

Well, true.

Great album though.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments?  Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

I'd say The Temptations are totally legit (think of all the individual singers).Maybe we should retitle this, Desert Island Recording Artist Draft . . .

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments? Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

Absolutely. The Monkees count, for all I care.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments?  Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

Absolutely. The Monkees count, for all I care.

It will likely be amended to "Band/Artist Draft" or something. I don't want people to think it's only "bands." Hell, Michael Bolton is eligible.

 

[DCThunder]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments?  Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

I'd say The Temptations are totally legit (think of all the individual singers).Maybe we should retitle this, Desert Island Recording Artist Draft . . .

So Doo-*** groups like the Marcels or Dion and the Belmonts are legit too, right?

 

[DCThunder]

Also, are there going to be genre requirements? Only so many "hard rock" bands per team, for instance.

 

[Print Is Dead]

oh yeah. here's my lineup:

1. Sex Pistols - "God Save The Queen"

2. Television - "Marquee Moon"

3. Fleetwood Mac - "Gold Dust Woman"

4. Jackson Browne - "Running On Empty"

5. Neil Young - "Long May You Run"

6. Eric Clapton - "Lay Down Sally"

7. Pink Floyd - "Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)"

8. Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Three Little Birds"

9. Little Feat - "Time Loves A Hero"

10. Peter Tosh - "Get Up, Stand Up"

11. Bootsy Collins - "Aaahhh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby"

12. The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night" (Live)

Damn man.That's a great list.

Nice job!

gracias. now i'll get two votes if we have a poll.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments?  Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

Absolutely. The Monkees count, for all I care.

It will likely be amended to "Band/Artist Draft" or something. I don't want people to think it's only "bands." Hell, Michael Bolton is eligible.

Dude!Ixnay on the Oltonbay!!!

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments?  Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

I'd say The Temptations are totally legit (think of all the individual singers).Maybe we should retitle this, Desert Island Recording Artist Draft . . .

So Doo-*** groups like the Marcels or Dion and the Belmonts are legit too, right?

I'd say - without a doubt . . .

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I'll get in this thing too.

By the way, does a "band" have to play their own instruments?  Do The Temptations count as a "band", for instance?

Absolutely. The Monkees count, for all I care.

It will likely be amended to "Band/Artist Draft" or something. I don't want people to think it's only "bands." Hell, XXXXXX is eligible.

Dude!Ixnay on the Oltonbay!!!

You're right. Sorry.

 

[KillerNerd]

Also, are there going to be genre requirements? Only so many "hard rock" bands per team, for instance.

Hell no- my draft is going to be all metal bands !!!!!

 

[Print Is Dead]

Also, are there going to be genre requirements? Only so many "hard rock" bands per team, for instance.

i think it would be more fun with no genre requirements.