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The Return of the Desert Island Jukebox Draft - Drop in a quarter (2 Viewers)

Eephus said:
Hooker moved to the Bay Area in his later years.  He became enough of a fixture to be beloved like a local.  I've walked past his club The Boom Boom Room a few times during shutdown.
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Yep, his stay in Detroit was brief but it's where he was first recognized, appreciated and recorded.  He seems like the type who was a local wherever he went. 

 
Eephus said:
Ilov80s said:
The lack of public transportation in and around Metro Detroit has been a real disaster for the area. We almost got a pretty functional looking rail system a couple years ago but voters narrowly knocked it down. The worry of Blacks coming from the city out to the suburbs is still a legitimate worry for many around here. The racial tension in Detroit has been a serious problem for over 100 years now. Probably as bad as anywhere in the country. 
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Another facet of systemic racism
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If we makes this the PSSF, we should all be safe right? Asking for NV

 
rockaction said:
Anchower, DON'T CLICK THAT LINK
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Hola, Bromigos. It's been a while since I rapped at ya, but things have been pretty ####### up. My Festiva's transmission #### out on my on the freeway while I was blastin some Creedence. Now I everytime I need to score a burrito I gotta fire up my chevrolegs.

I needed some cash for my new tranny so I tried sellin some of my dad's old vintage ashtrays, but only copped a few bucks. So I picked up this job leaving flyers at houses. After a long afternoon of work, I hit the library's free internet tired and looking for some new music to blast from my Festiva in my driveway when I found this guy who said he had a 'Tang hookup. I was skeptical at first and then I looked over my shoulder and  I said what the hell, the 'Tang guy was drinking just like me and posting some pretty funny #### on the internet so what's the chance this goes bad? I clicked on the Tang link. Long story short, I couldn't fix the computer so now I'm out a tranny, some sweet vintage ashtrays, and I need to find a new wifi hookup. So it might be a while before I rap at ya again.

 
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Buffaloes said:
Hola, Bromigos. It's been a while since I rapped at ya, but things have been pretty ####### up. My Festiva's transmission #### out on my on the freeway while I was blastin some Creedence. Now I everytime I need to score a burrito I gotta fire up my chevrolegs.

I needed some cash for my new tranny so I tried sellin some of my dad's old vintage ashtrays, but only copped a few bucks. So I picked up this job leaving flyers at houses. After a long afternoon of work, I hit the library's free internet tired and looking for some new music to blast from my Festiva in my driveway when I found this guy who said he had a 'Tang hookup. I was skeptical at first and then I looked over my shoulder and  I said what the hell, the 'Tang guy was drinking just like me and posting some pretty funny #### on the internet so what's the chance this goes bad? I clicked on the Tang link. Long story short, I couldn't fix the computer so now I'm out a tranny, some sweet vintage ashtrays, and I need to find a new wifi hookup. So it might be a while before I rap at ya again.
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Legend. I knew that was you behind the madness, Jim Buffaloes.

 
Pip's Invitation said:
Double A sides, or A sides with a very strong B side, seem to be favored in this draft.
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Not taking it into account at all when I make a pick, but if I choose something and there's a decent or better B side, I'll take it too.  The more the merrier on my jukebox, unless the B-side sucks.

 
Eephus said:
1967 is the early leader in the race to the top three roll-off after round #15.
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It's been a tough call for me.  I took a 1967 because it was the only one on my list, but I considered taking a 1969 or 1970 which are my heaviest lists, so that there'd be a chance of another one.  But I didn't because I have so many options there, and I'm just hoping others and the roll of the die will help me.

 
Well my mama she didn't love me
Just to stay out all night long, oh Lord
Well my mama didn't love me
Just to stay out all night long
I didn't care what she didn't love 
I would boogie-woogie anyhow

 
Sorry I'm Hippling a little but I went out to dinner with a human outside my household tonight (safely and masked up and outside and distanced).  It was amazing!  This is a thing we should all try.

Then I had to stop by Safeway for one item - one! - but they had the self-checkouts closed so I waited in line and then there were little bite-sized Nutter Butters so I'm having those with my daily popcorn at the moment.

The thread picked up steam!  Not, like, people making actual picks of actual songs, but at least some jibber jabber!

 
krista4 said:
It's been a tough call for me.  I took a 1967 because it was the only one on my list, but I considered taking a 1969 or 1970 which are my heaviest lists, so that there'd be a chance of another one.  But I didn't because I have so many options there, and I'm just hoping others and the roll of the die will help me.
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The pre-Springsteen years are thin for me so I've gone 1975 and earlier for all three picks.  This is increasing the chances of getting one of those years as a free play.  Questionable draft design.

 
krista4 said:
Sorry I'm Hippling a little but I went out to dinner with a human outside my household tonight (safely and masked up and outside and distanced).  It was amazing!  This is a thing we should all try.

Then I had to stop by Safeway for one item - one! - but they had the self-checkouts closed so I waited in line and then there were little bite-sized Nutter Butters so I'm having those with my daily popcorn at the moment.

The thread picked up steam!  Not, like, people making actual picks of actual songs, but at least some jibber jabber!
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What did you have for dinner?

 
Eephus said:
The pre-Springsteen years are thin for me so I've gone 1975 and earlier for all three picks.  This is increasing the chances of getting one of those years as a free play.  Questionable draft design.
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I'm not sure how the free plays work. I'm just sort of drafting. I really hope the years in between '01-'03 and '71-73 get the free play treatment. And copyright law has nothing to do with it, actually. 

 
Eephus said:
The pre-Springsteen years are thin for me so I've gone 1975 and earlier for all three picks.  This is increasing the chances of getting one of those years as a free play.  Questionable draft design.
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Yes, exactly the issue I'm having and the same way I've handled it...but possibly with poor ramifications.

Ilov80s said:
What did you have for dinner?
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We were here on a beautiful sunny evening.  I had a kale salad with pancetta, apple, candied walnuts, and parmesan in a apple-honey vinaigrette, hold the pancetta and add blackened prawns.  Then the manager sent us out a giant piece of carrot cake to split because he liked us (no really, that's what they told us, and then he came out to see if we enjoyed it, which we did).  Given the carrot cake, I have no good reason to be eating these Nutter Butters.  :(  

 
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krista4 said:
Yes, exactly the issue I'm having and the same way I've handled it...but possibly with poor ramifications.

We were here on a beautiful sunny evening.  I had a kale salad with pancetta, apple, candied walnuts, and parmesan in a apple-honey vinaigrette, hold the pancetta and add blackened prawns.  Then the manager sent us out a giant piece of carrot cake to split because he liked us (no really, that's what they told us, and then he came out to see if we enjoyed it, which we did).  Given the carrot cake, I have no good reason to be eating these Nutter Butters.  :(  
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Looks nice. Sitting at a restaurant on the water and eating, drinking sounds so nice right now. 

 
Man, I'm taking this seriously. So many songs out there with so many samples that I want to make sure each song is a stand alone jukebox song, even if non-traditionally considered. I'm beginning to imagine my jukebox location, and I keep coming back to D.C. and some of the more off-kilter places there. I have no idea what it looks like now, but I keep coming back to the Black Cat around Rhode Island Ave. Or it could be in New Haven around the Ninth District. On New York where the Village hasn't gotten gentrified yet and you might get your car window busted if you're leaving stuff in there (happened to me). Wherever it is, it's where every non-pretentious music lover (you're welcome if you don't like pop, too. I don't necessarily) can just hang out and where the music is in the foreground and everything else is secondary.

Btw, listening to The Life Of Pablo right now and loving it. Never gave it a chance, which considering how I feel about Kanye, is a little strange. Perhaps I was on another trip at the time, like moving cross country or something like that. 

 
Eephus said:
Yeah but tables hastily set up on the sidewalk doesn't have the same ambiance
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I'm sure it wouldn't.  We went to a place where these are the usual tables, but they just removed half (or more) of them.  There were other options with the type of atmosphere you described, but even though a few might have slightly better food, the ambiance wouldn't have been the same.  It's a tough time for sure.  

 
And I'm from Northern CT in a rural area/suburb. More rural than suburb. So it wasn't like I'd moved out to Fairfield Country or up the Hudson and was coming back to make my money either. Just a lowly wage earner in CT at the time. 

 
Buffaloes said:
krista4 said:
Does this draft seem a bit lacking in energy to anyone else?  Lots of skips and long pauses, not much discussion.  I don’t think it’s due to lack of interest, but something seems off.   :(  
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from my end, it's summertime and even tho it's weird I've a lot more active outside the house. still appreciate the draft and I think the banter will pick up.
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This is likely the case.  Even in Covid Summer, it's still summer.

And I'm happy to pick some songs that haven't fit previous drafts.

 
And I'm Hippling now, but I wasn't even complaining about gentrification. Oh wells.

I watched D.C. get gentrified, though. I just found every cool place in the area and realized that in ten years it would be no more. Then the second Iraq War happened, D.C. exploded in size, and I was sort of right. I would have been a multi-millionaire if I wasn't an addict at the time.

 
I'm just poking fun, as we do 'round here.

Listening to a Wings song I'm obsessed with right now, over and over.  So I can't fault anyone for...anything they might do.  

 
Pip's Invitation said:
Since everyone is using a different theme - and we don’t know what some of them are yet - there isn’t a lot of tension of “I hope no one takes this song before it gets to me.” If you’re drafting all from the same band or the same year or whatever, then there’s more scarcity and more tension.
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Everyone else seems to be drafting from the early end of the scale.  I have a clear field to choose from.   

It's all about strategy and tactics.

 
krista4 said:
I'm just poking fun, as we do 'round here.

Listening to a Wings song I'm obsessed with right now, over and over.  So I can't fault anyone for...anything they might do.  
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Oh yeah, I figured that. I didn't take it personally. Just explaining. :)

And then TMI about D.C., of course. Ahh well. Is what it was. 

 
It’s looking like we might be done for the night. I’ll try to get up earlier so y’all don’t have to wait too long for me in the AM. 

 
Raging weasel said:
Maybe by the 50th round I'll figure out the adding a link thing :bag:
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Just in case, I'll 'splain it to you, Lucy.

Write your new post.  Go to the site you want to link (including YouTube), and right-click on the address bar at the top of the page.  Choose copy.  Return to your post and highlight the words you'd like your link to be associated with.  At the top of the posting box, the fourth choice says link if you mouse over it.  Click on it and paste the link from the other site in the top box.  Choose  "insert into post" and you're good to go.

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
Just in case, I'll 'splain it to you, Lucy.

Write your new post.  Go to the site you want to link (including YouTube), and right-click on the address bar at the top of the page.  Choose copy.  Return to your post and highlight the words you'd like your link to be associated with.  At the top of the posting box, the fourth choice says link if you mouse over it.  Click on it and paste the link from the other site in the top box.  Choose  "insert into post" and you're good to go.
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Thanks but thats for posting from a computer not a phone right? Iluv80s explained it to me for phones but still haven't got it right .

 
pick 3.22

Continuing with my Girl name theme, this one is after my oldest daughter Sara (also with no H), I also use this as my ring tone for her... she shares a passion for music with me...

Sara Smile - Hall & Oates - 1975

"Sara Smile" is a song written and recorded by the American musical duo Hall & Oates. It was released on August 18, 1975[1] as the second single from their album Daryl Hall & John Oates. The song was the group's first Top 10 hit in the US, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Sara Smile" was the second single released from Hall & Oates' 1975 self-titled album for RCA Records. Cowritten by both halves of the duo, it was Hall & Oates's breakthrough single,[3] with a #4 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1976.[4] It was written about Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen.[5] The couple were together for almost 30 years before breaking up in 2001.[6]
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surrounded by women all my life, with 7 sisters and three daughters along with my lovely wife of 28 years, so this jukebox will be Girl Names tunes
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follow along on Spotify 

MPH - JUKEBOX - 52Girls

Sara Smile

"B Side" Soldering

 
MAC_32 said:
Woulda been my round 2 pick, but my extremely detailed calculations said this band of  :nerd:  were more likely to snipe Midnight Train.
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I took Midnight Train to Georgia in the last Jukebox draft. I'm not repeating any of the songs that I took from that draft, but MTTG is one of my all-time favorite songs.

 
I get so damned pumped whenever I hear this song -- starting from the very first time when a friend burned a bunch of CDs for me to take on a road trip and this was one of them. There's a reason it's opened most of their concerts since it came out.

3.25 The Flaming Lips -- Race for the Prize 

Year: 1999

Album: The Soft Bulletin

I don't care for the B-side.

This is another one that just makes me want to get up and dance, pump my fist, whatever. It's one of my earliest musical memories -- I remember seeing him perform this on Sesame Street!

4.01 Stevie Wonder -- Superstition

Year: 1972

Album: Talking Book

B-side: You've Got It Bad Girl

Back to @MAC_32

 
mphtrilogy said:
pick 3.22

Continuing with my Girl name theme, this one is after my oldest daughter Sara (also with no H), I also use this as my ring tone for her... she shares a passion for music with me...

Sara Smile - Hall & Oates - 1975

topic refresh for the spreadsheet

follow along on Spotify 

MPH - JUKEBOX - 52Girls

Sara Smile

"B Side" Soldering
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I am a massive fan of '70s Hall and Oates. Like much of the '80s stuff too but find some of it overproduced. This is one of their very best, which is saying a lot.

A few months ago, this song came on the car radio and my son said it was boring. I wanted to throttle him. 

 
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