THIS IS THEIR BEST SONG! - Music Draft - Saturday Night's Alright for iFighting (3 Viewers)

[rockaction]

Kind of my theme. I think I can do this whole draft with everything connected to him.

Wow. That'll be something to behold. Best of luck.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@dickey moe, you're on deck if Marco ever emerges from his mission

@Ilov80s in de hole

@Doug B, if you're still in as late as 3 rounds

 

[TripItUp]

You're caught up in the genre game, but no matter - you picked a great record.

My problem with most of Linda's '70s hits was that she couldn't dial it back when needed. That wasn't necessarily her fault (in fact, I'm sure it wasn't - it's on her producers), but all we have are the records and many of them are just sand-blasted versions of songs that were done much better by others.

Yeah, that's why I think Linda is an interesting "best song" artist and why I wanted to pick her.  She is not an artist I would consider as "consistent" by any stretch.   

 

[Mister CIA]

According to my list, we have crossed over the continental shelf.  Dive, dive.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

(Crap. I see Marco lurking below.)

Marco, my account was hacked, man - I swear!

 

[krista4]

@The Dreaded Marco is up!

yessssss ...

Shhhhhhh.  Everybody be vewy vewy quiet.

 

[krista4]

@Uruk-Hai, does Marco snipe you as much as he does me?  He's in my top three along with simey and he who shall not be named.

 

[Mister CIA]

I like some Rancid music, but there's a creep factor with a 30-year old dude chasing down a 16-year old girl (who was trying to break into the music business - surprise, surprise).  Plot climax - the girl is one of my favorite rockers ever and she will not go undrafted here. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I love this traditional song by Linda Ronstadt.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Shhhhhhh.  Everybody be vewy vewy quiet.

I'm pretty sure I know what song you're thinking about and you're right, it's on my very short list......but not here.

3.29  Debaser - Pixies

Maybe at 4.05, though 

@dickey moe

 

[dickey moe]

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

The Man in Black. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Straight up gangsta. Nuff said. 

 

[TripItUp]

I love this traditional song by Linda Ronstadt.

Amazing.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I'm obviously trying to buy time while I scramble after that woman took my next artist (I was going to take Lover, You Should've Come Over).

That song/artist was also on my short list.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I love this traditional song by Linda Ronstadt.

and her Canciones de mi Padre remains on my most-listened list to this day.

i made a lot of fun of Ronstadt in the 70s because the pop path she chose derailed a lot of rock chicks i worked with (Bonnie Raitt chased the brass ring and was without a recording contract by 1980) who had just gotten over the whole "is she the next Janis Joplin" bugaboo, but she's right there with Aretha as a singer who will give you perfect context on a cold read.

 

[TripItUp]

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

The Man in Black. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Straight up gangsta. Nuff said. 

I went back and forth between Cash and Ronstadt.  I figured Cash was coming off the board.

For me there isn't a close second for Cash.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@Uruk-Hai, does Marco snipe you as much as he does me?  He's in my top three along with simey and he who shall not be named.

I don't think so. He just scares me.

I'd say my top #######s, um, competitors, are you (only a couple of artists involved there, though, then we diverge), HWSNBN (######), and  - depending on format - either Binky or ILove80s. Pip sniped Funkadelic this draft and he's moving up on my #### list.

 

[dickey moe]

I'm pretty sure I know what song you're thinking about and you're right, it's on my very short list......but not here.

3.29  Debaser - Pixies

Maybe at 4.05, though 

@dickey moe

I had considered Massachusetts by The Pixies with my 3rd round pick but you ####-blocked me. Nice job. 

 

[TripItUp]

and her Canciones de mi Padre remains on my most-listened list to this day.

I just discovered this part of her career about 10 years ago.  Just terrific.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@Ilov80s is up!

all can come out now, all can come out!!! 

The Dreaded Marco monster has made his selection.  You are safe for the evening!!

 

[krista4]

@Ilov80s is up!

all can come out now, all can come out!!! 

The Dreaded Marco monster has made his selection.  You are safe for the evening!!

He has another pick shortly.   

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I just discovered this part of her career about 10 years ago.  Just terrific.

Her heritage records are fantastic

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I had considered Massachusetts by The Pixies with my 3rd round pick but you ####-blocked me. Nice job. 

I almost went with UMass, myself.  Great song.

 

[Mister CIA]

Now that Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan are removed, Girl From the North Country is the duet I was curious about.  Was not set on drafting the song, but it was definitely a contender (unlike Ebony and Ivory).

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I don't think so. He just scares me.

I'd say my top #######s, um, competitors, are you (only a couple of artists involved there, though, then we diverge), HWSNBN (######), and  - depending on format - either Binky or ILove80s. Pip sniped Funkadelic this draft and he's moving up on my #### list.

Good thing I don't circumvent the language filter

 

[Mister CIA]

The Man in Black would be a top-3 contender were I picking Johnny Cash.  Another I won't mention because the actual songwriter is still out there.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

He has another pick shortly.   

dammit.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

The Man in Black. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Straight up gangsta. Nuff said. 

Now I feel stupid.  I didn't even think of him.

God's Gonna Cut You Down is likely my fave.

 

[krista4]

He has another pick shortly.   

dammit.

Gonna need some more memes.

 

[Mister CIA]

Now I feel stupid.  I didn't even think of him.

God's Gonna Cut You Down is likely my fave.

I'd like to meet the person who could think of everyone here.  One of the facsinating outcomes of this draft will be the abundance of great picks left after the first 1000 are drafted.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'd like to meet the person who could think of everyone here.  One of the facsinating outcomes of this draft will be the abundance of great picks left after the first 1000 are drafted.

I don't even know how many rounds we're going

 

[Mister CIA]

dammit.

I just realized that you are the lowest hanging fruit of snipability right now.  Feel like the low spark of high-heeled boys is about to take on a new meaning.

 

[Ilov80s]

Round 3: Having a Party by Sam Cooke

This might be considered light Cooke, he certainly has some more serious songs about more serious topics but sometimes you just want to dance with your baby.

 

[Eephus]

Yeah, speaking of his father, Tim Buckley, that is another unanswered what if career trajectory question.

Tim Buckley bounced around various musical styles and had trouble finding and maintaining any type of consistent audience. 

According to what I've read, Tim Buckley's next project was going to be a live LP featuring the top songs over his 8 year career that worked the best in concert. That formula for a live release is what Peter Frampton did a few years later and propelled him to the top echelon of rock. I believe the same would have happened with Tim, but who knows as he never did what was expected or predicted and may have veered off in some other direction.

It's easier to predict the careers of artists addicted to drugs

 

[Mister CIA]

I don't even know how many rounds we're going

I'm good for 50, but then again I bypassed that whole general palooza draft, so I'm tan and rested.

 

[Ilov80s]

@Doug Byou are up

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@Uruk-Hai, does Marco snipe you as much as he does me?  He's in my top three along with simey and he who shall not be named.

The more I think about it, the more I think you're gonna snipe me. 

Quick! Go get a pick from OH!

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@Doug B is up!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Round 3: Having a Party by Sam Cooke

This might be considered light Cooke, he certainly has some more serious songs about more serious topics but sometimes you just want to dance with your baby.

I hope every student hates you

 

[Ilov80s]

I hope every student hates you

What Cooke song were you planning to take? 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don't even know how many rounds we're going

It's always a puzzlement.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

What Cooke song were you planning to take? 

"A Change Is Gonna Come", but there are 5 or 6 more - including yours - that would have worked.

 

[Mister CIA]

What Cooke song were you planning to take? 

If we're being "objective," there is only one, right?

 

[Eephus]

Yeah, that's why I think Linda is an interesting "best song" artist and why I wanted to pick her.  She is not an artist I would consider as "consistent" by any stretch.   

Ronstadt didn't write songs. She had excellent taste in picking good material that suited her talents and those Peter Asher produced 70s recordings are impeccable.

She had a lovely voice that could do Pop, Country, Rock and R&B. I think her rockers are probably her worst subject--she barely sounded comfortable belting out "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" but was out of her depth with "Tumbling Dice"

 

[Eephus]

I don't even know how many rounds we're going

The customary twenty (for now)

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'm good for 50, but then again I bypassed that whole general palooza draft, so I'm tan and rested.

I did most of the Genre Palooza draft and I don't tan at all, but I'm also good for 50.  Some of the artists that haven't gone are a surprise.

 

[Ilov80s]

If we're being "objective," there is only one, right?

Yeah I think so. I definitely could have gone much more serious with my Gaye and Cooke picks. 

 

[Eephus]

For me there isn't a close second for Cash.

Bitcoin?

 

[squistion]

It's easier to predict the careers of artists addicted to drugs

He really wasn't really a drug addict, per se, and his overdose was rather fluky, more like a tragic misadventure. I don't want to go into but you can read about it if you wish. That wasn't really the outcome people who knew him at the time would have predicted (unlike say Tommy Bolin who Glenn Hughes said it is obvious he was one of those people who would never make it to 40).

 

[Mister CIA]

Pop Quiz Time Killer:

Guess which United States Senator I nearly crashed my shopping cart into today in my local Costco. I wanted to give her a piece of my mind, but she kindasorta smiled at me, and I kindasorta smiled back.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Pop Quiz Time Killer:

Guess which United States Senator I nearly crashed my shopping cart into today in my local Costco. I wanted to give her a piece of my mind, but she kindasorta smiled at me, and I kindasorta smiled back.

You love her, don't you?