The Return of the Desert Island Jukebox Draft - Drop in a quarter (4 Viewers)

[Ilov80s]

Early Rock and Roll Roots

Rd 13: Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters (1960)

B side: 

Originally, the group Hank Ballard formed was called "The Royals" and briefly featured Jackie Wilson and Levi Stubbs. This would make Hank the third most significant member of his own group. "Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go" aka "There's a Thrill on the Hill" was his top hit, reaching #6 on the pop charts. However, it was far from the biggest hit Hank wrote. He wrote and initially released "The Twist". Ballard's 1959 version was forced by the studio to stand in as the B-side but it gained some traction on the R&B charts.  That traction was nothing compared to what the Chubby Checker cover did- hitting #1 on the charts twice and regularly calculated to be the #1 All Time Hot 100 Billboard Song. 

If you hear the version I linked here, there isn't much different between the Ballard original and the Chubby cover. So why is Ballard forgotten and Chubby Checker part of rock lore? **** Clark and a scheduling conflict. **** Clark had gotten wind that "The Twist" was catching on as a popular song and dance craze in a few cities so he wanted to get  Ballard to perform the song on American Bandstand. However, Ballard had a scheduling conflict and wasn't able to do the show. So **** found a local performer with a similar voice to record a version and perform it on the show. The performance caused the song to fully cross over into the pop charts and made a career for Chubby Checker. The song sounded so similar that when Ballard began hearing on the radio, he assumed it was his version. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Every year from 1956 to 2009 has had at least one song drafted so far except for poor old 1997

i'll bite

14.xx Paranoid Android, Radiohead (1997)

only 21st C music that's blown me away is Amy Winehouse & a jazz pianist named Craig Taborn, so my first exposure to this was the last thing that rocked my world. i'd moved back to Albq after detoxing from meth & Mary and wasnt feeling the world at all, so i didnt hook up to internet or even cable. 4 local channels, plus some music vid station. the music world was heading from being all Alanisy, Appley & Merchanty to all Creedy, Bizkity, Staindy, so there werent much to be interested in. then this cartoon, with the deliciously dissonant tones, plus the greatest line i ever heard in a song "When i am King, you will be first against the wall" and my last rock swoon began. and it has served me even better the last few years - even though i have all the power with the 95 & 96yo peeps i take care of, they still can and want to push my buttons, which they can always do for the simple reason that they installed them. while i'm waiting for myself to de-cycle and the Ativan to kick in, i put this on full blast and chill it like a seething tween. thanx, boyz

 

[Yo Mama]

Sticking with the same period of British unrest for another must-have pick. Yo Mama selects:

14.03 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)

The b-side is I Wanna Be Me

I’m going with the single release date here, but I could potentially move this to 1977 for the album release date if something else catches my eye in 1976. 
 

Glad to add some classic punk to my playlist. 
 

 

[krista4]

I told 1997 I'd choose one of her songs this morning, but it turns out that I don't really like the one I had in mind all that much, so I'll catch ya later, 1997.

14.24  The Spencer Davis Group - Keep on Running (1965)

I'll also take the b-side, High Time Baby.  

Speaking of prodigies (were we?), Stevie Winwood recorded those vocals when he was 16 or 17 years old.  Wow!

Winwood was in charge of Polymoog, harmonium, and backing vocals on George's album George Harrison.  He also contributed songs along with Paul to Eric Clapton's Old Sock.  And though it wasn't a collaboration with a Beatle, he was part of the band that played "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at George's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Yes, that performance.  The one where you didn't realize Winwood was there because Prince stole the show.

 

[MAC_32]

I associate 1997 with two things: An amazing year for Phish concerts, which isn't really germane here, and the rise of Limp Bizkit type stuff, which I don't care for. I actually have a pretty good idea where I'm going, I just haven't bothered to check and see if something else strikes my fancy more. 

Nu metal didn't rise from the sewer until 98/99, but 97 was still a mess nonetheless. I just googled best 1997 music and...well.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Nu metal didn't rise from the sewer until 98/99, but 97 was still a mess nonetheless. I just googled best 1997 music and...well.

Seriously.

There’s a clear best album per the music writer types (and probably many of us), an album that means a lot to me that’s even more obscure than the Failure record, and ... Phish bootlegs?

 

[Yo Mama]

Nu metal didn't rise from the sewer until 98/99, but 97 was still a mess nonetheless. I just googled best 1997 music and...well.

And it’s interesting because ‘96 was a pretty strong year musically (at least for me)

 

[Raging weasel]

Guess I'll be the second person to give 1997 some love. Had 5 tracks to choose from and after much debate I pulled numbers and this was the winner.

Round 14Flagpole Sitta- Harvey Danger 1997

I'm actually hoping for a second pick from 97.

 

[MAC_32]

Guess I'll be the second person to give 1997 some love. Had 5 tracks to choose from and after much debate I pulled numbers and this was the winner.

Round 14Flagpole Sitta- Harvey Danger 1997

I'm actually hoping for a second pick from 97.

As I was scrolling through 97 music today I thought to myself 'one of those one hit wonder drafter's better jump on Flagpole Sitta...fast.'

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I haven’t had any time for this draft and I may have to bow out. Please put me on autoskip for the time being and if and when I have time I’ll try to catch up. Sorry about this. 

But you were winning 

 

[Eephus]

14.xx Fade Into You by Mazzy Star (1993)

RIP David Roback.  He passed away on 2/24/20 and missed all the fun.

 

[Eephus]

Gonna zig to another fave, finally got a chance to see the Boss at the Meadowlands on the River tour and he did not disappoint, breaking a new concert length record in what seemed like every night of that tour, he came on at 8 and was still playing at midnight... I was a fan before that show, but it certainly kicked it up a notch for me... incredible...

Pick 12 - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - Bruce Springsteen - 1973 (from The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle)

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

This came on while I was on my bike ride this morning.  One of the advantages of wearing masks is I can sing along at the top of my lungs without anybody noticing.

 

[Eephus]

14.ee - Someday b/w Hillbilly Highway - Steve Earle (1986)

"Someday" is one of the standout tracks on Earle's debut album Guitar Town.  It tells a very Springsteenian story of a kid working at a small town filling station and dreaming about hitting the interstate and never looking back.  The flipside is an autobiographical tale of three generations of men hitting the road in search of bigger and better things.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I haven’t had any time for this draft and I may have to bow out. Please put me on autoskip for the time being and if and when I have time I’ll try to catch up. Sorry about this. 

tim ...you spend 16+ hours a day on here.  

we know you have a "tim movie draft thread"  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

14.03: Brother Louie - Stories (1973)

another one that brings back clear memories of my teenage years ...and just how big the "Midnight Special" was in those days. 

had no idea that this was a cover - the band Hot Chocolate wrote and recorded this about six months prior to the Stories covering it and making it a #1 hit

wow - and had no idea that the keyboard guy in the group came from the Left Banke and wrote one of my favorites "Just Walk Away Renee"

 

[Long Ball Larry]

13. I Got The...

Labi Siffre

(1975)

Labi is sort of a curious fellow, drawing on a number of different musical styles over time and taking hiatuses (hiati?) from time to time.  This was a pretty good album, though most of it was fairly different than this.  More folky and ballady, though he did experiment with a variety of styles.  This track almost reminds me of a Day in the Life with the way the sections shift and build.

One of which became the bed for

14. Streets is Watching

Jay-Z

(1997)

Where they grabbed the strings from the beginning of the song and turned it into the riff and it became a pretty good little track.

My street mentality flip bricks forever, know me and money
we like armed co-defendants, ***** we stick together

And then...

15. My Name Is

Eminem

(1999)

And then Dre and Em went the other way with the track and took the middle to announce Em's arrival with Hi Kids do you like Primus do you want to see my stick nine inch nails through each one of my eyelids?

These are more poppy selections than usual, but this troika is so cool that I had to do it.

 

[Yo Mama]

Does round 15 start 4pm eastern or 4pm pacific?

Asking for Yo Mama

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Does round 15 start 4pm eastern or 4pm pacific?

Asking for Yo Mama

i hope it's eastern...

 

[Ilov80s]

The MOTOWN Sound

Rd 14: (Love is Like A) Heat Wave by Martha and The Vandellas (1963)

Rd 15: The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game by The Marvelettes (1967)

What band played on more number one hits than the Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones and Beach Boys combined? The Funk Brothers. The Motown backing band was generally uncredited during their time at Motown but they played on over 100 R&B #1 hits and over 50 #1 Pop hits, including Heat Wave. Like the other great producers of the 60's, The Funk Brothers were quite creative in the studio using overdubbing, non-traditional instruments and synthesizers. It didn't hurt they had James Jamerson, widely regarded as the best and most influential bass player in modern music. Unfortunately, they received little credit and are never mentioned with the Beach Boys or Beatles when it comes to their innovative approaches. Berry Gordy didn't give his back-up players credit on the Motown Records and it wasn't until much later that people even found out the names of the men in the band. Here they are in 2002, finally getting some recognition in the documentary Standing in the Shadow of MOTOWN where the Funk Brothers play "Heat Wave" with Joan Osborne on vocals.

As for Martha Reeves, the Vandellas and The Marvelettes, these were all young Black women who grew up idolizing Della Reese (that's where the VanDELLAs name came from) and modeled their style, songs and careers after her. The Marvelettes were actually a group of high school girls at Inkster High School just a couple miles from where I grew up. The girls were between 15 and 17 when they formed to win an Inkster High School talent contest. They lost but the counselor got them a meeting with Barry Gordy. He was enamored and sign them. The Marvelettes would land the first #1 hit for Motown, Please Mr. Postman. The high school is gone now. The city dissolved their public school system during the last recession. However, there still remains a sign honoring the girls place in Motown history. 

 

[mphtrilogy]

13.ee - Someday b/w Hillbilly Highway - Steve Earle (1986)

"Someday" is one of the standout tracks on Earle's debut album Guitar Town.  It tells a very Springsteenian story of a kid working at a small town filling station and dreaming about hitting the interstate and never looking back.  The flipside is an autobiographical tale of three generations of men hitting the road in search of bigger and better things.

Huge fan of this Album...

 

[MAC_32]

Time to secure the 1981 free play.

Round 15 Sugarhill Gang - Apache (1981)

And had I known this was the b side I'd have picked this a long, long time ago.

B side Rapper's Delight

Don't roll that 1967 dice, @Eephus!

 

[mphtrilogy]

I have three sisters to still name in song,  but want to snag this now as I misread Macs post this morning as he took the Ike and Tina version .... I actually wanted the CCR version so it’s all good! A great B side, but just grabbing the A side for my Juke...

Rd 15 - Creedence Clearwater Revival ‎– Proud Mary - 1968 

b side (FYI only, not taking Born On The Bayou) 

Proud Mary
 

Follow along on Spotify 

MPH - JUKEBOX - 52Girls

 

[Yo Mama]

Ok, I’m not messing around any more. This is definitely a top 5 song for me in this theme (and it ain’t 5), but I’ve been holding off taking it since it’s super unlikely anyone else would take it (plus this year surprisingly has a ton of options for me). 

But just in case someone likes the beat or the bass line, or in case the song samples some obscure guitar riff from an unreleased George Harrison demo,  or in case Bruce Springsteen has a song about making sweet love to an authority figure, or in case Andre Young PhD was born in Saskatoon and is definitely better than Rush, or in case wikkid was a roadie for the group’s early underground Compton days, or in case someone thinks Eazy-E sounds like a female singer from S Cal, or in case someone has a sister named Fuquetta with a clever nickname. . . . I definitely have to take this in my top 15. Yo Mama proudly and defiantly selects:

15.23 - N.W.A. - F**k Tha Police (1988)

Ain’t no mother F’in b-side

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 15 Sixth Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers (1996)

Dylan, the younger, puts out a record that doesn't fall too far from the apple tree. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

15.xx Chain of Foola, Aretha Franklin (1967)

For most, the greatest musical achievement of 1967 was the consensus best album of all time, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sorry, but i can only give it the silver. Check out the singles released by Aretha Franklin in '67, her first year w Atlantic Records. Chronologically (apologies for the spotlight):

I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Baby I Love You

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - btw, if you havent seen her performance of this for the songwriter, Carole King, at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, treat yourself

Chain of Fools

[SIZE=7.875px]gold, Lady Soul, gold![/SIZE]

 

[Binky The Doormat]

15.03 Magic - Pilot (1974)

pure pop fun

boom

 

[wikkidpissah]

*droop*

 

[Yo Mama]

Yo Mama’s Jukebox

15 Years of Unrest and Protest

Link to Spotify playlist

1968 - Revolution - The Beatles

1970 - War Pigs - Black Sabbath

1971 - What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye

1973 - Living for the City - Stevie Wonder

1976 - Anarchy in the U.K. - Sex Pistols

1979 - Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2 - Pink Floyd

1981 - Ghost Town - The Specials

1982 - The Message - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

1988 - F**k Tha Police - N.W.A.

1989 - Fight the Power - Public Enemy

1992 - Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine

1999 - Mathematics - Mos Def

2004 - American Idiot - Green Day

2015 - Alright - Kendrick Lamar

2019 - This Land - Gary Clark Jr

 

[rockaction]

Time for an overground/classic pick for those paying attention in the underground. (That became overground.)  

Round 14.25

Song: Walk On The Wild Side

Artist: Lou Reed

Year: 1972

And then again for another smash hit in the underground. (That also became overground.)

Round 15.01

Song: Can I Kick It?

Artist: A Tribe Called Quest

Year: 1990

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@Eephus

so is our first pick tomorrow the first "dice roll pick"

and we get to choose which of the 3 years we use ...right?

1970

1972

1981

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Bumpin'. One of many songs written about his first wife. And the B-side is bumpin' in its own way. 

Round 15: Bill Withers -- I Wish You Well

Year: 1975

Album: Making Music

B-side: She's Lonely

 

[Eephus]

@Eephus

so is our first pick tomorrow the first "dice roll pick"

and we get to choose which of the 3 years we use ...right?

1970

1972

1981

The dice will decide later tonight.

Right now, it would be a rolloff between the three years you listed but there are other years that could sneak in

 

[Yo Mama]

Let’s go 1970!

 

[Eephus]

15.03 Magic - Pilot (1974)

pure pop fun

boom

Alan Parsons produced this and the singer from Pilot was also part of the Alan Parsons Project.

I don't know why my brain has retained this useless info for 45 years.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

The dice will decide later tonight.

Right now, it would be a rolloff between the three years you listed but there are other years that could sneak in

that's some convoluted bull#### right there.

what's the purpose of the initial three years?

not upset ...just seems overly ...everything

 

[Eephus]

that's some convoluted bull#### right there.

what's the purpose of the initial three years?

not upset ...just seems overly ...everything

Excessive dice are my homage to the randomness of life itself.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Excessive dice are my homage to the randomness of life itself.

"Excessive Dice" was the name of the house band at our local Dungeons & Dragons club.

 

[rockaction]

Excessive dice are my homage to the randomness of life itself.

Like for people who flip their cars several times (I mean the car rolled several times) doing 100 MPH and walk away unscathed somehow and have terrible nightmares about it still?  

Like that sort of random?

This has been my therapy session for the day. Thank the dice. 

 

[simey]

Baby Jean and the band bringing the funk rock. This band will always be legendary in the southeast, but they should have been bigger everywhere in the nation during the late 70s-early 80s.  This song will get even the shyest wallflower movin' and groovin'.

Round 15

Baby Love - Mother's Finest (1977)

 

[rockaction]

Baby Jean and the band bringing the funk rock. This band will always be legendary in the southeast, but they should have been bigger everywhere in the nation during the late 70s-early 80s.  This song will get even the shyest wallflower movin' and groovin'.

Round 15

Baby Love - Mother's Finest (1977)

Something about this jukebox and groove.

 

[Eephus]

Baby Jean and the band bringing the funk rock. This band will always be legendary in the southeast, but they should have been bigger everywhere in the nation during the late 70s-early 80s.  This song will get even the shyest wallflower movin' and groovin'.

Round 15

Baby Love - Mother's Finest (1977)

I first heard Mother's Finest from my roommate Bart.  He's spent most of his life since then behind bars but has been out for the past three years or so.

The band should have been bigger but they were out of sync with both Black and White music when they came out.

 

[Yo Mama]

"Excessive Dice" was the name of the house band at our local Dungeons & Dragons club.

“Excessive Dice” was the name I used for open mic standup night back in the mid-90s

 

[rockaction]

“Excessive Dice” was the name I used for open mic standup night back in the mid-90s

Hey-o!

 

[Binky The Doormat]

“Excessive Dice” was the name I used for open mic standup night back in the mid-90s

an "all masochistic rhymes" act can be a killer if you pull it off 

 

[Yo Mama]

“Excessive Dice” was the name I used for open mic standup night back in the mid-90s

“Excessive Dice” was the excuse I gave my mom for why I had carpel tunnel in my right wrist when I was a young teenager

 

[simey]

I first heard Mother's Finest from my roommate Bart.  He's spent most of his life since then behind bars but has been out for the past three years or so.

The band should have been bigger but they were out of sync with both Black and White music when they came out.

They  were (are) a mixed band from Atlanta, although mostly made up of black members. They opened for AC DC, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, etc, back in their day, and held their own very well. They were known for being fantastic live. They were huge in Europe after playing in Rockaplast in '78. They still tour now, and most of their audience is white, but there are blacks that see them also. They had a hard time getting played on black radio during their hey day. As a matter of fact they named an album Black Radio Won't Play This Record. They still get played on the radio around here, and I turn the volume way up.

 

[landrys hat]

15.xx Pretend We're Dead by L7 (1992) plus B side ####list

 

[rockaction]

15.xx Pretend We're Dead by L7 (1992) plus B side ####list

whispers "that's right that's right"

 

[rockaction]

tim ...you spend 16+ hours a day on here.  

we know you have a "tim movie draft thread"  

I say just let the man go, but this was funny.  I don't even think he's been posting in his own thread, though. That's more KP and ilov posting in there. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I say just let the man go, but this was funny.  I don't even think he's been posting in his own thread, though. That's more KP and ilov posting in there. 

yeah ...he has.

I don't mind tim ...we all know he craves/demands attention, and he doesn't seem to particularly care whether it's good or bad.  It's like a sickness

If the entire thread isn't centered around him ...he doesn't care.  He's gotta "have the pen" and he isn't particularly interested in anyone else's opinion - he just needs people in the "tim-centric thread" to provide him an audience.  

this is the perfect example of tim ..."timming"