THIS IS THEIR BEST SONG! - Music Draft - Saturday Night's Alright for iFighting (4 Viewers)

[Maik Jeaunz]

10.20 - Metric - "Stadium Love"

Bit of a sneaky copout pick here, as this is a quintessentially Canadian band, but Emily Haines was born in India so it'll meet my criteria since I've already crossed Canada off the list.  Raised in Ontario, but her mother ran a school for underprivileged children in India.  Coming up with 20 different countries for songs you actually like is a tough game.

Plenty of other Metric options, and other options with xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx, but this is a fun one.  Any given day, I might say "Twilight Galaxy", "Dead Disco", "Combat Baby", "Synthetica", "Help I'm Alive", "Gold Guns Girls", but I'm feeling this one today.

dammit! this is one of my favorite bands and I thought I could wait a little longer to pull the trigger. I love so many of their songs, but Gold Guns Girls is probably at the top of my list.

I mentioned before my obsession with songs that sounds like the 80s. when I'm in that mood, No Lights on the Horizon is my go to. it sounds like it could have been pulled directly out of Sixteen Candles or something. the synth that comes in at 4 minutes gives me chills.

 

[northern exposure]

The CFL regular season ends this weekend

Yes, normally the Grey Cup is next weekend. But, due to COVID, the season started later this year. We didn't have a 2020 season. File this under "No one cares!" in this thread.

 

[Chaos Commish]

I know we'll never do a jazz draft, but this write up's been in the back of my head for years. So why not tl/dr y'all on a lazy Saturday? I don't have a short list. Just a long list without priorties at this point. 

In a discussion of greatest sax ever - after you know who - then who else but King Curtis? Active from 61 to 71, when he so fricken tragically lost everything in a damn knife fight, his credits are just ridiculous. Aretha's band leader (The Kingpins) from 67 to the fatal fight. His performances on her epic two live albums from the Filmore West are legendary. In the unabridged version the Kingpins rage on for an hour without her. It's my favorite part of the recordings. I've drafted from it. And tbh, Aretha is another small doses genius for me. She can grate on me after awhile. But not the King-led Kingpins. They were instrumental R&B smoke.

As a sideman and/or studio cat, King played with Andy Williams, Nat Adderly, Waylon Jennings and Buddy Holly (versatile dude). Lennon tapped him for a couple tracks on Imagine. That's him on Yakety Yak with The Coasters. He recorded with Hendrix but the tracks were lost in a fire at Atlantic Records. Sigh. Fats Domino, Sam Cooke, the great Donny Hathaway and on and on. 

Despite being in such heavy demand, he released an impressive catalog of solo work. Maybe his most recognizable piece is Hot Potatoes because it was the original theme to Soul Train so many of us fops heard once a week for years. 

For me his best song goes back to 64 before he abandoned jazz admittedly for the money available elsewhere. It's a perfect instrumental halftime tune for my playlist. He seemlessly transtioned from soprano to alto to tenor, and played a saxalo (alto hybrid-tuned thingy) for this track. The Kingpins rearranged it for his funeral. It's slow and kind of sultry, which is sort of my idea. 

10.27 King Curtis - Soul Serenade

 

[Chaos Commish]

10.24 - The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends

I was doing one of my song tourneys for a different artist last night and one track was so similar to this (and in contention) that your pick not my possible one, got stuck in my head for awhile.

 

[Chaos Commish]

Round 10 

Anemone - Brian Jonestown Massacre

@Chaos Commish

I really don't expect to be sniped doing what I'm doing, and while another tune was on my list... it's been deleted. Great choice, got it cranked while watching NBA atm.

 

[Raging weasel]

Round 10

It's finally time to break up the sausage fest. 

Joan Jett-Bad Reputation

With all the skips and stuff not sure who is up to @

 

[Yo Mama]

Round 10

It's finally time to break up the sausage fest. 

Joan Jett-Bad Reputation

With all the skips and stuff not sure who is up to @

Nice pick. I’m up and here

 

[Yo Mama]

@JZilla autoskip

 

[zamboni]

Round 10

It's finally time to break up the sausage fest. 

Joan Jett-Bad Reputation

Man, I loved Freaks and Geeks

 

[Yo Mama]

Was surprised these guys weren’t taken yet, especially when the were spotlighted the other day. Yo Mama selects:

10.32 - Roxy Music - Ladytron

Not one of their biggest hits, but by far my favorite song of theirs. So cool/funky/trippy. 
 

My initial exposure to Roxy Music was the mellower bigger hits like Avalon and More Than This, so I was blown away when I first listened to their older stuff. So great and so different. 
 

 

[Northern Voice]

I was going to say that decorating comes after Thanksgiving but I honestly forgot you probably don't celebrate the holiday. 

Canadians do celebrate Thanksgiving.  They just celebrate it on Columbus Day (or Indigenous Peoples Day, take your pick).

Yep and our Thanksgiving isn't as big a thing as American Thanksgiving (though it is a national holiday, we just don't take three days before and after like you seem to). Christmas is our biggest holiday - maybe it is there too, it just seems like Thanksgiving is as an observer. 

There's a general thought up here that no Christmas decorations should come on until after Rememberance Day (November 11), so maybe that's the Canadian equivalent of "after thanksgiving". 

 

[Yo Mama]

@Dr_Zaius yo

 

[squistion]

Was surprised these guys weren’t taken yet, especially when the were spotlighted the other day. Yo Mama selects:

10.32 - Roxy Music - Ladytron

Not one of their biggest hits, but by far my favorite song of theirs. So cool/funky/trippy. 
 

My initial exposure to Roxy Music was the mellower bigger hits like Avalon and More Than This, so I was blown away when I first listened to their older stuff. So great and so different. 
 

Roxy was near the top of my list for Round 11, however I would have taken the original version of Angel Eyes (not the lame disco remake that was a hit).

 

[krista4]

Was surprised these guys weren’t taken yet, especially when the were spotlighted the other day. Yo Mama selects:

10.32 - Roxy Music - Ladytron

Not one of their biggest hits, but by far my favorite song of theirs. So cool/funky/trippy. 
 

My initial exposure to Roxy Music was the mellower bigger hits like Avalon and More Than This, so I was blown away when I first listened to their older stuff. So great and so different. 
 

Excellent!  I'm shocked they were on the board, too.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Great tune - I personally might have gone with 10538 Overture, but can’t go wrong either way.

I would probably have that in my top 5, along with Evil Woman, Sweet Talkin' Woman and Fire on High (in addition to Showdown). 

 

[squistion]

Roxy was near the top of my list for Round 11, however I would have taken the original version of Angel Eyes (not the lame disco remake that was a hit).

Forgot to include a link for those who hadn't heard it:

Roxy Music - Angel Eyes (1979) Original LP track

https://youtu.be/6bQjkKBRyOU

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Round 10:

Showdown -- Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

"AND IT'S RAI--INNIN' ALL OVER ALL OVER THE WOORR-LDDD!!!!"

dammit, I had forgotten about this song - great album too

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Great tune - I personally might have gone with 10538 Overture, but can’t go wrong either way.

same - but love the tune ...a lot

I really need to revisit ELO - lots of great stuff from that time.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Round 5: 

Daryl Hall and John Oates -- She's Gone

There are a lot of great H&O songs, especially pre-1984, and it's a cliche to pick the one that was on the RS 500 list, but I can't justify anything else above it. Full writeup later. 

new information

 

[Eephus]

Roxy was near the top of my list for Round 11, however I would have taken the original version of Angel Eyes (not the lame disco remake that was a hit).

Lame disco period Roxy was still superior pantie dropping music for New Waver girls in the early 80s.

Precious few artists break ground forever.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@Dr_Zaius yo

no clock ...right?  

what have we been doing with a couple hours plus - we sittin'?

no big deal, just askin'

 

[JZilla]

10.33  At the Drive-In - Quarantined

you could argue for a few others, which kind of sound similar and fit together, but I like this it feels like it has a more current vibe

 

[Yo Mama]

no clock ...right?  

what have we been doing with a couple hours plus - we sittin'?

no big deal, just askin'

Yeah no clock

 

[Yo Mama]

10 Rounds Down, ??? To Go

Pink Floyd - Dogs

Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better

Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy

Yes - Long Distance Runaround / The Fish

Green Day - Longview

Steely Dan - Peg

A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhyme

Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump

Rush - Freewill

Roxy Music - Ladytron

 

[simsarge]

In honor of it being all Grey Cup Weekend and all here's my catch ups

Bachman Turner Overdrive - Can We All Come Together

and 

Triumph/Rik Emmet Saved By Love

 

[Northern Voice]

I think lots of people treat these things as a diversion from work and mainly do their FBG’ing during work hours. We keep a more leisurely pace over the weekends so these things don’t get in the way of life too much. 
 

Now it’s always appreciated when people know they’ll be away for the weekends to go on skip so we don’t get completely stuck. 

This is why he usually do pick a day weekends, which was immediately shot down when I suggested it. 

It's the best way to do weekends though and I basically chose not to do it this time just to reinforce that point. 

Because I'm a stubborn #######. 

 

[Northern Voice]

In honor of it being all Grey Cup Weekend and all here's my catch ups

I don't follow the CFL at all but I'm pretty sure it's not Grey Cup weekend. 

 

[northern exposure]

"AND IT'S RAI--INNIN' ALL OVER ALL OVER THE WOORR-LDDD!!!!"

dammit, I had forgotten about this song - great album too

Know the song, love the song, didn't remember the title.

 

[simsarge]

I don't follow the CFL at all but I'm pretty sure it's not Grey Cup weekend. 

Errrr ummm I mean in a month when we wrap this up 

 

[northern exposure]

I don't follow the CFL at all but I'm pretty sure it's not Grey Cup weekend. 

As I posted earlier, normally next weekend is Grey Cup weekend. The season started later this year, so Grey Cup Sunday is December 12th.

 

[krista4]

This is why he usually do pick a day weekends, which was immediately shot down when I suggested it. 

It's the best way to do weekends though and I basically chose not to do it this time just to reinforce that point. 

Because I'm a stubborn #######. 

Why didn't you do it last weekend?

 

[krista4]

WHEREFORE ART THOU, @KarmaPolice?

 

[Eephus]

Why didn't you do it last weekend?

Too early

Pick/day comes in after the skips begin to start piling up.

 

[KarmaPolice]

WHEREFORE ART THOU, @KarmaPolice?

Looking at the spreadsheet as we speak! 

 

[Northern Voice]

Why didn't you do it last weekend?

Momentum was strong and it carried through the weekend.

It wasn't Friday but you and @squistion really wanted to just keep it going as is, so I did

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@KarmaPolice is now in the thread ...

 

[Northern Voice]

Too early

Pick/day comes in after the skips begin to start piling up.

Yep. Learned from doing 100 of these. 

 

[krista4]

Too early

Pick/day comes in after the skips begin to start piling up.

WHOA.  Today I learned Eephus is also a Northern Voice alias.

It all makes sense now!

 

[krista4]

Momentum was strong and it carried through the weekend.

It wasn't Friday but you and @squistion really wanted to just keep it going as is, so I did

I never said to keep it going as is, but cool.  If you want to whine about it, also cool.

I'm happy to stop trying to keep it going, entering picks, @ing people, keeping track of skips, etc.  You know, leave it to the guy in charge!

 

[krista4]

Yep. Learned from doing 100 of these. 

 

 

[Northern Voice]

And honestly, @squistion has questioned every single decision I've made, from dating to go to a one hour clock on week days, to skipping people, to pick a day weekends and it's the first of these drafts he's ever done with us... and he's been wrong on every account. But I don't want to fight the battles, so I don't

 

[krista4]

And honestly, @squistion has questioned every single decision I've made, from dating to go to a one hour clock on week days, to skipping people, to pick a day weekends and it's the first of these drafts he's ever done with us... and he's been wrong on every account. But I don't want to fight the battles, so I don't

I agree with this.  But feel free to lump me in with him.  Good for you.  #### this ####.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@KarmaPolice is now in the thread ...

The party can begin!! 

 

[squistion]

Momentum was strong and it carried through the weekend.

It wasn't Friday but you and @squistion really wanted to just keep it going as is, so I did

Yes, I would say the same thing again. There should be a clock on the weekend since picks are not forfeited but can be skipped and made up at a later date.

Don't punish everyone in the draft because a couple of people are irresponsible and can't get their act together or leave their choices with someone else or pick at a later time. 

 

[Northern Voice]

We did just fine last weekend with no clock.    

I know. If it ain't broke don't fix it. 

 

[Eephus]

WHOA.  Today I learned Eephus is also a Northern Voice alias.

It all makes sense now!

My brother from north of the 49th parallel

 

[krista4]

  https://footballguys.community.foru...tent_id=801244&content_commentid=23713720 On 11/19/2021 at 7:27 AM, squistion said:

We did just fine last weekend with no clock.    

I know. If it ain't broke don't fix it. 

This doesn't help your argument.  Again, I never said I "really wanted to keep it going as is."  I merely pointed out what had happened before, as a point of discussion.  Feel free to run "your draft" (which you do nothing to help with) however you'd like.

 

[Northern Voice]

I'm thinking maybe we do one pick per drafter per day (any time, no clock) for the weekend but return to the clock on Monday morning.

It is fine, leave it as it is - draft moves along pretty well on the weekend (slows down late in the evening but I don't see that as a problem). I was hoping to get in some picks this weekend if the draft was done like last weekend, because I have jury duty next week and may not be able to make any picks during the day. 

We did just fine last weekend with no clock.    

This was the sequence of posts that made me not do pick per day, are you saying I misinterpreted? @krista4

 

[krista4]

This was the sequence of posts that made me not do pick per day, are you saying I misinterpreted? @krista4

See above.  Please feel free to run the draft yourself with no input from anyone, instead of showing up very occasionally and then doing nothing but complaining and being a #### to the people who are helping you out.   

 

[Eephus]

Kind of late to argue about weekend rules on a Saturday night.