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THIS IS THEIR BEST SONG! - Music Draft - Saturday Night's Alright for iFighting (2 Viewers)

rockaction said:
Round 15.11

Dinosaur Jr. - Back To Your Heart 

Some bands never get off the ground, immolating immediately. Dinosaur Jr. has had two eras, one in the late eighties and early nineties, and one in the aughts and beyond. "Back To Your Heart" is from their second era that began in 2007, approximately twenty years after they first roamed the earth. Penned and sung by Lou Barlow with J. Mascis accompaniment and guitar shredding, it's in waltz time, it's off of the album Beyond, and it is arguably the best song they ever put out. It's certainly my favorite. 
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I should have learned by now that this draft is filled with talented precision snipers. I thought I still had time to draft "Feel The Pain", I was wrong.

https://youtu.be/JXkN3nJyWEA

 
15.14 - Hinds - "Finally Floating"

Lo-fi fuzzy four-piece garage rock group from Spain.  They're probably my favorite "new" act of the past 5 years, taking the top spot on my @Northern Voice album polls in both 2016 and 2018, and would've been up there for 2020 as well but I must've missed the poll, if there was one.

Either way, the music is best described as four people ####### around, jamming, playing music in a garage while drinking beer and smoking cigarettes with no one listening.  It's a very raw sound, basic ensemble of guitars, bass, and drums, with very unique singing-over-each-other dual vocalists.  I believe @krista4 once said that "Soberland", a song I had previously drafted in a past draft, was one of the worst songs she'd ever heard.

They've got a handful of songs I could choose for this pick, but this one's my favorite.  The easy but catchy riff after the chorus, and the constant battling vocals puts it over the top for me.

 
Back when I was just a lowly draft observer,  Drive By Truckers were drafted and Jason Isbell was mentioned. I believe the drafter lamented about Isbell not getting many of his songs on the DBT albums.

I asked if Isbell could still be drafted (foreshadowing) and was assured he was still up for grabs. Well, y'all missed your chance because my Round 15 pick is Jason Isbell - Elephant.

https://youtu.be/LHJhyrrUTgc

10 years ago I lost my best friend to cancer. The last time we spoke on the phone we talked about my upcoming visit and were making plans for two weeks later. He got choked up at the end of our call and said he was looking forward to my visit. He probably realized he wasn't going to be around for it. His wife phoned me two days after our call and said he had passed away. 

I regret not acknowledging how dire the situation was and getting on a plane to see my friend one last time.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
Round 15

Be My Baby - The Ronettes
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I can never decide if Ronnie Spector is the greatest singer in rock history or the worst. She and "pitch" don't always seem to be on the same page, and I'm not sure if that's awesome or awful.

What I DO know is that Hal Blaine can play a little on the drums and he's the star here. Not far behind are the rest of the band and the production crew.

This is a true "record" and one of the best ever. Very nice pick.

 
Steve Tasker said:
15.14 - Hinds - "Finally Floating"

I believe @krista4 once said that "Soberland", a song I had previously drafted in a past draft, was one of the worst songs she'd ever heard.
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Not even close.  I didn't mention anything about that song at all.

My review of Hinds - I Don't Run, selected by @Steve Tasker

I knew this could be a hard sell for me.  Readers of such works as this thread might know that I don't love a lot of female artists.  My issue, not theirs; can't really explain it.  

The good:  these women know how to write a song, and to play a guitar.  I especially love the songcraft in these, almost without fail.  These are great, great songs, fun and melodic.  I also loved the jangly guitars.  A nice mix of garage feel and a pop sound from song to song.  It's a terrifically mapped out album, too.

The bad:  there are two lead singers, one of whose voice I simply could not tolerate.  If I have trouble loving female voices, I could multiply that by 1000 for women with baby voices.  I actually did enjoy the other singer and would love a record of just her on vocal.  But every time the baby voice popped in (unfortunately in every song), I cringed.  A few were so tough for me I didn't listen through.    Others had a blend and balance that made the song still enjoyable to me.  I also got a little irritated that the vocals were always fuzzy and distorted.  I guess that's their thing. 

I probably wouldn't listen to this again just due to the baby voice, which is unfortunate because there is a lot I love here, too.  If it's not something that bothers you, then I'd suggest checking this record out.

My favorites:  The Club; Linda; Echoing My Name; I Feel Cold But I Feel More <---I would especially love to hear this one with just the one person singing, great tune

Let's see what Tasker chose:  The Club; Soberland (live version); 1 for 2 I guess?  That version of Soberland was not on the record.  I also saw from looking this up that this is a favorite band and record of his, so now I feel bad for not loving it.  
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squistion said:
Fun Fact:  I was shocked to learn that Grace Slick is 82 years old. We tend to think of the bands out of SFO scene being a bunch of kids, but she was 27 when this came out. 
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I was just shocked, and then rememebered I went to HS with China, and Grace is younger than my mom...so makes sense.

 
Yo Mama said:
Adding to my bizzaro category:

15.02 - B-52s - Private Idaho

I took Rock Lobster in the last draft, so I’m going with a different “best” song. Planet Claire was also in consideration. 
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Big fan of Give me back my Man. This album was great though- I feel like they get brushed off as lightweights because of Rock Lobster or Love Shack (rusty), but soany great tunes and really defined a sound and era.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
I’m a big fan. Love this song but either Harlem River Blues or Frightened By The Sound would be my choices.
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Harlem River Blues was under consideration, as were Yuma and Rogers Park.  His styles were so varied that it's particularly difficult to choose just one, since it isn't necessarily representative of his work as a whole.

Believe it or not, I've never drafted him before.

 
Elder is a band I've really gotten into the last couple years.  They've kind of morphed from doom/stoner to more prog metal.  Nick DiSalvo is the guitar player/singer, main song writer.....vocals are secondary to the music, but it all works......Reflections of A Floating World is an awesome album as well..... Their latest album, Omens, is a concept album about the end of civilization....came out when COVID hit.  The timing was perfect.  This album should be listened to from from front to back, in a relaxed state, with headphones.... but I went with this  track off of Omens.  I really wanna see these guys live.

Elder Halcyon

 
northern exposure said:
Back when I was just a lowly draft observer,  Drive By Truckers were drafted and Jason Isbell was mentioned. I believe the drafter lamented about Isbell not getting many of his songs on the DBT albums.

I asked if Isbell could still be drafted (foreshadowing) and was assured he was still up for grabs. Well, y'all missed your chance because my Round 15 pick is Jason Isbell - Elephant.

https://youtu.be/LHJhyrrUTgc

10 years ago I lost my best friend to cancer. The last time we spoke on the phone we talked about my upcoming visit and were making plans for two weeks later. He got choked up at the end of our call and said he was looking forward to my visit. He probably realized he wasn't going to be around for it. His wife phoned me two days after our call and said he had passed away. 

I regret not acknowledging how dire the situation was and getting on a plane to see my friend one last time.
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I took the album with pick 1.02 in the best of the decade (2010-2019) desert island draft we did.

Sorry about your friend.

 
northern exposure said:
I should have learned by now that this draft is filled with talented precision snipers. I thought I still had time to draft "Feel The Pain", I was wrong.

https://youtu.be/JXkN3nJyWEA
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"Feel The Pain" probably would have been a more traditional and quite possibly better selection. I'm listening now and it's a well-known, great song. "The Wagon," "Puke + Cry," and others were a little more well-known from the nineties and serve as bumper music for astute sports programmers going to commercial break everywhere. 

"Back To Your Heart" isn't a traditionally "best" Dinosaur Jr. tune. It's written, as mentioned, by Lou Barlow and isn't as soaring or guitar shredding as other songs are. "Feel Your Pain" might have been a more representative choice, but I try and go with what I feel are singular accomplishments by the band, and for some reason, I've always felt like "Back..." was it, despite its non-reliance on typical Dinosaur Jr. strengths in many ways. 

Long way around saying your pick might be a better and more representative one. 

 
rockaction said:
Round 15.11

Dinosaur Jr. - Back To Your Heart 

Some bands never get off the ground, immolating immediately. Dinosaur Jr. has had two eras, one in the late eighties and early nineties, and one in the aughts and beyond. "Back To Your Heart" is from their second era that began in 2007, approximately twenty years after they first roamed the earth. Penned and sung by Lou Barlow with J. Mascis accompaniment and guitar shredding, it's in waltz time, it's off of the album Beyond, and it is arguably the best song they ever put out. It's certainly my favorite. 
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Aggghhh - another sniper. Thought about choosing Thumb last round. Best song on Green Mind, IMO (although Where You Been? is my favorite album of theirs).

 
Olivia Newton John - Let Me Be There

As a cool fyi, the bass singer on this song is the same guy that heads the group that does the "all sorts of swoops and phonetic noises" and chant the phrases "ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha", "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper" and "everybody's got one" on the Beatles I am the Walrus. 

To this day I affirm that my 13 year old self would have wilfully eloped if she'd asked. 

 
simsarge said:
Olivia Newton John - Let Me Be There

As a cool fyi, the bass singer on this song is the same guy that heads the group (The Mike Sammes Singers ) that does the "all sorts of swoops and phonetic noises" and chant the phrases "ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha", "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper" and "everybody's got one" on the Beatles I am the Walrus. 

To this day I affirm that my 13 year old self would have wilfully eloped if she'd asked. 
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rockaction said:
Round 15.11

Dinosaur Jr. - Back To Your Heart 

Some bands never get off the ground, immolating immediately. Dinosaur Jr. has had two eras, one in the late eighties and early nineties, and one in the aughts and beyond. "Back To Your Heart" is from their second era that began in 2007, approximately twenty years after they first roamed the earth. Penned and sung by Lou Barlow with J. Mascis accompaniment and guitar shredding, it's in waltz time, it's off of the album Beyond, and it is arguably the best song they ever put out. It's certainly my favorite. 
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Had We're Not Alone in the queue.

 
rockaction said:
"Feel The Pain" probably would have been a more traditional and quite possibly better selection. I'm listening now and it's a well-known, great song. "The Wagon," "Puke + Cry," and others were a little more well-known from the nineties and serve as bumper music for astute sports programmers going to commercial break everywhere. 

"Back To Your Heart" isn't a traditionally "best" Dinosaur Jr. tune. It's written, as mentioned, by Lou Barlow and isn't as soaring or guitar shredding as other songs are. "Feel Your Pain" might have been a more representative choice, but I try and go with what I feel are singular accomplishments by the band, and for some reason, I've always felt like "Back..." was it, despite its non-reliance on typical Dinosaur Jr. strengths in many ways. 

Long way around saying your pick might be a better and more representative one. 
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Might not be better, just more representative of Dinosaur Jr's entire catalogue. It is the 1st song I think of when I hear their name. The goofy video that accompanies it makes it stand out for me too.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
I took the album with pick 1.02 in the best of the decade (2010-2019) desert island draft we did.

Sorry about your friend.
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Thanks for the kind words. I didn't think I was breaking new ground drafting Isbell. I've usually been an observer and not a participant in the music drafts. Maybe now that I'm in the midst of my 1st draft, things change in the future.

 
rockaction said:
Round 14.22

Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner

Every draft should see Roadrunner drafted. This draft is no different. Roadrunner -
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This is credited to The Modern Lovers so solo Jonathan is still fair game.

 
14.24 - Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache

I think it was a wise decision to take this song at a brisk ~120bpm instead of stretching it out as a heartbreak ballad. It moves along to a mechanical beat and with a weird sounding synthesizer after the verses. The steel guitar is one of the only things anchoring it on the Country side of the road.

 
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Eephus said:
This is credited to The Modern Lovers so solo Jonathan is still fair game.
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That is really silly of me. Of course. It's The Modern Lovers. I think after having just seen the documentary about the Velvet Underground, I felt like he was a solo artist at first for some reason. Whoops. 

 
rockaction said:
That is really silly of me. Of course. It's The Modern Lovers. I think after having just seen the documentary about the Velvet Underground, I felt like he was a solo artist at first for some reason. Whoops. 
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He's  been a solo artist for 40 years although according to Setlist.fm he hasn't played Road Runner since 1991.

The Modern Lovers lasted about 15 minutes.

 
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