The Return of the Desert Island Jukebox Draft - Drop in a quarter (3 Viewers)

[Yo Mama]

This was a massive year for my theme, I’m stoked 1969 was this free play. Yo Mama selects:

22.03 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)

This was never released as a single, so no b-side

Although it wasn’t necessarily written as a song about unrest/protest, it has become synonymous with the era to need shelter from the horrors of the Vietnam war and social upheaval of the time , so it fits perfectly with my theme. 

Thank you Excessive Dice

 

[Binky The Doormat]

This was the first video I ever saw on MTV, and I've loved it ever since. Tons better than that ... other ... song of Tom Cochran's. 

I presume you've heard Todd's cover of this. 

yep 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

This was a massive year for my theme, I’m stoked 1969 was this free play. Yo Mama selects:

22.03 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)

This was never released as a single, so no b-side

Although it wasn’t necessarily written as a song about unrest/protest, it has become synonymous with the era to need shelter from the horrors of the Vietnam war and social upheaval of the time , so it fits perfectly with my theme. 

Thank you Excessive Dice

chilling ...haunting ...my favorite Stones song

many years later a brief interview with Merry Clayton

 

[Pip's Invitation]

chilling ...haunting ...my favorite Stones song

many years later a brief interview with Merry Clayton

Mine too.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Jim Morrison hated his sex appeal. He thought it made people not take him seriously, so he grew a beard and mustache and gained weight.

Same reasons here

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Jim Morrison hated his sex appeal. He thought it made people not take him seriously, so he grew a beard and mustache and gained weight.

Same reasons here

welcome to the club

 

[Yo Mama]

chilling ...haunting ...my favorite Stones song

many years later a brief interview with Merry Clayton

Yeah it was a tough call for me between this and Fortunate Son, so I’m pumped to get both. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

20.am

I wanna be your Dog

The Stooges

(1969)

We all know this one.  I think i took it in the punk draft (maybe not) but what the hell.  This is still one of the best riffs of all time.  Which is why it was very cool the way that it was used in ...

21.pm

List of Demands

Saul Williams

(2004)

Saul Williams is one of the great verbal artists of our time.  Between his poetry, spoken word, rap and other creative expressions, he gives voice to great soul and power and this track is as relevant now as ever.  The original riff is re-purposed beautifully that both honors the original and makes it totally his own.

 

[Buffaloes]

22.

Naughty By Nature - Feel Me Flow

1995

summertime jam

 

[Raging weasel]

The extra 1969 doesn't really help me. I'm going back to 1984 for this local 1 hit wonder.

Round22 Somebody's Watching Me-Rockwell 1984

 

[simey]

I'll hit '69 tonight probably. Visiting the 80s right now.

Round 22

More Than This - Roxy Music (1982)

 

[wikkidpissah]

22.xx A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash (1969)

A li'l counterintuitive to grab as my bonus song from such a grrrreat music year, but there never was a more delightful sore thumb on a radio playlist than this'n. In addition, my context is the story of two brothers enduring their father's bitter legacy, so....

 

[wikkidpissah]

I'll hit '69 tonight probably. Visiting the 80s right now.

Round 22

More Than This - Roxy Music (1982)

one of the sexiest boy records in creation

 

[simey]

one of the sexiest boy records in creation

I like dancing to it. The 80s had a lot of great dance music that wasn't considered dance club songs, but were great dance songs. That dance club in college that had Ladies Night on Wednesday would never play a song like this. If you wanted to hear it you had to go the alternative music bar downtown or the gay club that had drag queen night on Fridays and played awesome dance music. There was a bar in Raleigh called Barrys, and it had a small dance floor, and it played great music.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

21.xx Oh, Well - Pt 1 (b-side, Oh, Well - Pt 2), Fleetwood Mac (1969)

One of the most underrated rock songs of all time. Part 1 is even more fun to perform than to listen to - you sound like the Black Crowes even if you have nowhere near the talent. And the unlikely Part 2 has some of the best air a rock band has ever created. I need it to write the aftermath of my diner bloodbath. I'm one of the few who likes the Peter Green, Bob Welch and Buckingham/Nicks emanations of Fleetwood Mac equally well, but this is my favorite of their songs.

not enough people realize what Fleetwood Mac was before the giant breakout album

...and now I see that the founder, Peter Green, who penned this great song ...just died 

 

[Buffaloes]

 the gay club that had drag queen night on Fridays and played awesome dance music.

not just an 80s or regional thing there. if you were straight, it was BYOL (Bring your own lady) and the gay club had consistently the best dance music in town.

 

[wikkidpissah]

...and now I see that the founder, Peter Green, who penned this great song ...just died 

the other Syd Barrett. when i was linking "Oh, Well" yesterday, Youtube continued on to Green Manalishi - which nobody knew what to do with but let Green tell us the next step - and....

two hopes - some talented young person will engineer out from Green's burn-out point, cuz it it could be a genre all its own; that Oh, Well Pt 2 is his funeral music. RIP -

 

[MAC_32]

I don't know if this one is on @krista4's radar, but I don't want to risk waiting to find out.

Round 22 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (1987)

The 80's were going to be a tough decade for my music tastes to navigate, but I think I've now avoided the biggest landmines. 

 

[Hov34]

So I've been trying to decide on a Prince song for my jukebox in my bar "Groove Thang®" (or "Groove Shack®" or "A Groovy Situation®")  I haven't decided and all three names are trademarked, so...

Anyway, my daughters have been making me watch "New Girl" on Netflix and I've really enjoyed it (like too much for a 50 year old man).  I'm midway though season 3 and I come to the Prince episode (evidently he was a fan and wanted to be on the show) and there was my song.  And then later I heard Cyndi Lauper song and was checking her out on Spotify and in one of her "mixes" was the same song (I later found out she covered in 83 (sorry for the spotlight) I didn't remember that)  So all that to say:

20.xx When You Were Mine - Prince (1980)

I will take the B-Side Uptown (only time in music history Puerto Rican was rhymed with Freakin')

P.S. That was the last time Prince used "you" instead of U in his song titles.

 

[rockaction]

Oh, man. I'm going with something different today, fellas. Coming up at 4 EST.

eta* Aw, I thought the corresponding track was 2003. Back to normal. Maybe next time if I can figure it out.

 

[Raging weasel]

22.03: Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider (1981)

this has to be top 10 one-hit wonder for me - so glad weasel didn't steal it from me

I would've if I wasn't doing a split playlist. Finding 25 dance tracks is harder than I thought it would be- too many came out in the same years.

This was kind of the first cd I ever owned. When I bought my player it came with a 6 track demo disc and this was the only good song on it. First thing I bought was the 4 CD Stones Hot Rocks for like $65

 

[mphtrilogy]

Doc beat me to Chelsea morning, let’s go with this free play roll 

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond - 1969

Sweet Caroline

MPH - JUKEBOX - 52Girls

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Doc beat me to Chelsea morning, let’s go with this free play roll 

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond - 1969

Sweet Caroline

MPH - JUKEBOX - 52Girls

Funny I was thinking so much about the Chelsea section of NYC it didn't even occur to me it's a woman's name.

 

[mphtrilogy]

RIP Peter Green, spun a couple of lp’s in his honor today...

Peter Green ‘s Fleetwood Mac

End of the Game

 

[Hov34]

Going with 1969 again:

21.xx I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations (1969)

 

[mphtrilogy]

Funny I was thinking so much about the Chelsea section of NYC it didn't even occur to me it's a woman's name.

Yeah, EC’s version could work too if you stretch it over the pond...

 

[rockaction]

 First thing I bought was the 4 CD Stones Hot Rocks for like $65

Still value, right?  Nah, I remember when CDs were $18 a pop. You got list price. That was a boon for the music industry. 

 

[Raging weasel]

Still value, right?  Nah, I remember when CDs were $18 a pop. You got list price. That was a boon for the music industry. 

When they first came out I think CD s were like $17-22 and not much rock music was available. I'd go to the record store every Tuesday to see if anything new had come out yet. Even new releases weren't always released on CD back then.

 

[rockaction]

When they first came out I think CD s were like $17-22 and not much rock music was available. I'd go to the record store every Tuesday to see if anything new had come out yet. Even new releases weren't always released on CD back then.

Yup. Only the huge rock albums were available.

 

[Eephus]

When they first came out I think CD s were like $17-22 and not much rock music was available. I'd go to the record store every Tuesday to see if anything new had come out yet. Even new releases weren't always released on CD back then.

Yup. Only the huge rock albums were available.

Never liked those little shiny things

 

[rockaction]

Never liked those little shiny things

At $20 a pop, you could have two cassettes for the price of one CD. Easy choice, though it didn't really stand the test of time. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

man ...a TON of great picks today

 

[Pip's Invitation]

It's after 4 PM ET so here we go again.

MMJ is one of my favorite bands that came to fore in this century. This isn't one of their better known songs but I've always loved it and it fits my theme better than most of their stuff. They need to put in their live sets far more than they do.

Round 23: My Morning Jacket -- Remnants

Year: 2008

Album: Evil Urges

Not released as a single.

 

[rockaction]

And after that fanfare, I switch up a bit. Nothing new from me, as I misread the year of the track I was going to use today for my 1969 freebie. Turns out I don't want to use that pick, really.

Not sure what I'm in the mood for, so I'll just go with one that's been cued up for a bit. This song sealed the deal for me and dance music. I just adore everything about it. 

Round 22.xx

Song: Da Funk

Artist: Daft Punk

Year: 1995 (Single release date)

Can you dig it? Funky skaters to the floor...

Round 23.xx

Song: Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll

Artist: Vaughan Mason and Crew

Year: 1979

 

[simey]

not just an 80s or regional thing there. if you were straight, it was BYOL (Bring your own lady) and the gay club had consistently the best dance music in town.

I just read about The Paddock Club on wikipedia, and it said "As a gay club, it was a surprise when in 2002 Playboy chose the club as "best place to meet chicks". Friday nights' drag shows drew a large number of heterosexual men, making it a good night to mix."     The club closed in 2003. It opened in 1973. Anyway, I'm straight, but I remember being in there on some Friday nights, and seeing people thinking to myself "I didn't know they were gay." Of course they might have been thinking the same thing about me. There was such a mix of straights and gays on Friday nights. I found youtube videos of some of the pageants held there.  Check out this trailer for some documentary that was done.

 

[Eephus]

The LGBT bar we used to frequent in the 80s was The Stud.  It was a wild scene with a wilder dance floor.  The gents room was dark and had troughs.  I didn't linger.

It closed recently after 54 years in business.  I haven't been there in decades but it's sad to see the world get a little less fabulous.

 

[Eephus]

I made a Spotify playlist for @Mrs. Rannous

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WLp4scnFH8GSTYwWb0uz3?si=4zZ9ZWbIQk-CqEa8Vs6kwQ

If anyone else needs one made, let me know.

 

[simey]

The gents room was dark and had troughs.  I didn't linger.

 

[rockaction]

I made a Spotify playlist for @Mrs. Rannous

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WLp4scnFH8GSTYwWb0uz3?si=4zZ9ZWbIQk-CqEa8Vs6kwQ

If anyone else needs one made, let me know.

I haven't even been paying attention to the Spotify nature of my selections. I figure a bunch won't be on there, so there's less posterity here, more fragmentation. Just like the mix. No controlling legal authority.  Or at least a murkier one. 

 

[Raging weasel]

I made a Spotify playlist for @Mrs. Rannous

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WLp4scnFH8GSTYwWb0uz3?si=4zZ9ZWbIQk-CqEa8Vs6kwQ

If anyone else needs one made, let me know.

I haven't made my playlist yet because I don't know if I can rearrange the order when the draft is over. So, can it be rearranged?

 

[rockaction]

not just an 80s or regional thing there. if you were straight, it was BYOL (Bring your own lady) and the gay club had consistently the best dance music in town.

Yep. This is something music nerds find out really early. Way more of your friends are gay than in the gen pop. This becomes a bit of a problem when you mix the attendant out subculture with late '80s/'90s hardcore that falls adjacent to straight edges and skins.

It's all very confusing and I won't attempt to even go there. 

But yes, all of us talking about this phenomenon is not surprising.

 

[mphtrilogy]

PM pick

I have a very close cousin named Peggyann, she’s a huge tennis fan and she used to take took me to some of the all time great super Saturday’s Matches at the US open back in the early 80’s, back then it used to be two men’s semi finals and the women’s final all on one Saturday ticket and you could bring your own cooler.  We were there from 11-dark, recently we started going again but on Opening Day matches, and  I’ve been bringing one of my daughters along, it’s one of the great tickets in sports.  No Peggyann song that I know of, so this will have to do.... but it’s a good one... has a great b-side, (Everyday) but only taking the a side for my Juke....

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly - 1957

Peggy Sue

Follow along on Spotify 

MPH - JUKEBOX - 52Girls

 

[Yo Mama]

My 80s are surprisingly filling up (only 3 years open in the decade after this pick). Going with the popular live version of this since it’s a more epic experience than the studio release, and because the year fits better for me too. Yo Mama selects:

23.23 - Peter Gabriel - Biko (Live) (1987)

Gabriel wrote and released this 1980 after the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and the song was a big factor in western artists taking bigger stances against apartheid in South Africa (more to potentially be drafted later). This live version was released in 1987 in conjunction with the biopic on Biko Cry Freedom (even though the song wasn’t part of the movie). It was also on Gabriel’s 1987 live album Live in Athens. 
 

Classic

 

[Binky The Doormat]

22.03: After The Fire - Der Kommissar (1981)  BONUS SONG 1981

always like this tune ...it is one of a handful of songs that make you immediately think of MTV back in the day

HOWEVER - what I like to call the "SIMEY TECHNICAL RULE OF ONLY ONE"  has been a killer for my picks in 1981 - I WOULD HAVE PICKED THESE BELOW ...but I just kept hearing the voice of Simey ...

- "that's a two hit wonder"

- "but they had a bunch of hits in the Ukraine and the Czech Republic!!!"

- "hey, go ahead but a song in the Top 60 is still a hit"

THE EMBITTERED FOUR

867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone (1981) ETA: also already stolen ...this time it's mph

- they had a song hit #38 in '80 called "Angel Say No" ...you've never heard of it and neither have I

Tainted Love - Soft Cell (1981)

- robbed once again by the weasel

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash (1981)

- had no idea they had so many mediocre hits, all clearly riding the coattails of this "ONE HIT"

- their #16 hit sounds very much like "Harden My Heart", their #12 ballad "Take Me To Heart" is a typical 80s ballad and you don't remember they did unless you're related to one of them

- they did manage to slog a #60 hit out of the soundtrack of one of my favorite movies "Night Shift"

- they also had three other top 60 appearances ...can't do it

Ah Leah - Donny Iris (1981)

- he had 3 top 40s and some others ...love this guy

ETA:  these are all commonly listed on various "One hit Wonder" Lists

 

[Yo Mama]

I haven't made my playlist yet because I don't know if I can rearrange the order when the draft is over. So, can it be rearranged?

Yeah you can change the order once you’ve started the playlist. My daughter showed me once but I forgot already. I’ll ask her again once the draft is closer to being done so I can reorder my playlist chronologically. 
 

Glad I could help. 

 

[Yo Mama]

@Binky The Doormat - lots of spotlighting, but also pretty sure mph took Jenny a while back

 

[rockaction]

they did manage to slog a #60 hit out of the soundtrack of one of my favorite movies "Night Shift

Which had a great theme song all by itself. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@Binky The Doormat - lots of spotlighting, but also pretty sure mph took Jenny a while back

only spotlighting for one-hit wonders that have been disqualified.

 

[Eephus]

22.ee - Born in the U.S.A.  b/w Shut Out the Light - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

I'm going to allow myself five Springsteen picks so it'll fill column A of the jukebox.  1984 was the commercial peak of Springsteen's long career but a surprisingly thin year for my gimmick so the biggest challenge was choosing which song from Born in the USA.

I've never been a fan of the album.  The overly bright vocals, huge drums and synths instead of piano don't sound any better today than in the 80s.  The songs are great though and none are better than the title track.  The Boss screaming before the fade makes me want to rip the sleeves off my denim jacket. 

The flipside is another veteran's story.  Shut Out the Light is darker and lonelier than the bombast of Born in the USA; a dumb politician wouldn't mistake it for an anthem.  It's another terrific song that benefits from an arrangement that's more restrained than the ballads that made the album.

 

[mphtrilogy]

22.03: After The Fire - Der Kommissar (1981)  BONUS SONG 1981

always like this tune ...it is one of a handful of songs that make you immediately think of MTV back in the day

HOWEVER - what I like to call the "SIMEY TECHNICAL RULE OF ONLY ONE"  has been a killer for my picks in 1981 - I WOULD HAVE PICKED THESE BELOW ...but I just kept hearing the voice of Simey ...

- "that's a two hit wonder"

- "but they had a bunch of hits in the Ukraine and the Czech Republic!!!"

- "hey, go ahead but a song in the Top 60 is still a hit"

THE EMBITTERED FOUR

867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone (1981)

- they had a song hit #38 in '80 called "Angel Say No" ...you've never heard of it and neither have I

Tainted Love - Soft Cell (1981)

- robbed once again by the weasel

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash (1981)

- had no idea they had so many mediocre hits, all clearly riding the coattails of this "ONE HIT"

- their #16 hit sounds very much like "Harden My Heart", their #12 ballad "Take Me To Heart" is a typical 80s ballad and you don't remember they did unless you're related to one of them

- they did manage to slog a #60 hit out of the soundtrack of one of my favorite movies "Night Shift"

- they also had three other top 60 appearances ...can't do it

Ah Leah - Donny Iris (1981)

- he had 3 top 40s and some others ...love this guy

ETA:  these are all commonly listed on various "One hit Wonder" Lists

@Binky The Doormat - lots of spotlighting, but also pretty sure mph took Jenny a while back

Yep, had to have it.... a fave of mine, found the record last year and it’s a great album!