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

rockaction said:
I have that line blaring in my head since you typed it. The tracked vocals.

But at least it's not "Doctor My Eyes." That was the absolute worst. Don't do that again.
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seriously?

wow ...man I lovvvvvvvvve that song

and overall I am not a Jackson Browne fan ...AT ALL

or every hippie girl's fantasy ...Dan Fogelberg

 
Binky The Doormat said:
seriously?

wow ...man I lovvvvvvvvve that song

and overall I am not a Jackson Browne fan ...AT ALL

or every hippie girl's fantasy ...Dan Fogelberg
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Oh, I love the song. Yo Mama drafted it in Genrepalooza or some draft like it, and it stuck in my head for a month.

 
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My tracking list:

  • 1.14 - Canada - Regine Chassagne [Arcade Fire - "In the Backseat"]
  • 2.20 - Barbados - Rihanna Fenty [Rihanna - "Only Girl (in the World)"]
  • 3.14 - Ireland - Dolores O'Riordan [The Cranberries - "Dreams"]
  • 4.20 - New Zealand - Ella Yelich-O'Connor [Lorde - "Team"]
 
tuffnutt said:
4.15 Everlong- Foo Fighters

one of my favorite bands of all time. Could have went with a few different songs here, but at the end of the day Everlong Is a rock classic. One that will stand the test of time. 
 

@squistion
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Dammit. I was originally going to theme all of this around the best songs Floppinho has played in his various School of Rock shows. Buy Zepp and Stones went too fast, and tbh he hasn't done enough to cover it. But he had a bunch of Foo Fighters, including Everlong which I had planned on taking. 

As punishment for the snipe, here's the song. Note the following: Other than Floppinho (on drums), most of these kids were new to their instruments which made for...challenging listening. Please to enjoy the vocal stylings lots and lots. (I can promise it was even worse in person)

squistion said:
4.16  The Smiths - This Night Has Opened My Eyes (1984) 

https://youtu.be/iWcQqWW3QCI

The Smiths and/or Morrissey are an acquired taste and despite huge popularity in the UK and Ireland, the band never quite clicked with with a US audience. Perhaps it was Morrissey's droll and melancholy vocals, combined with lyrics at times that were dark and/or sardonic (hard to imagine Girlfriend In A Coma being a mainstream hit here). 

My selection, which was taken from a 1983 Peel Session and was released on the compilation LP Hatful Of Hollow the following year.

Despite the abrupt start (I suspect the beginning caught the sound engineer off guard) I think that it is the best thing that The Smith's ever did and should be a pleasant surprise to anyone who hasn't heard it before.

The track has the feeling of being recorded in a jazz club and has an absolute killer bass line. Morrissey's vocals, for once, are understated with a surprisingly subtle delivery that doesn't overpower the song, as he has the tendency to do. 
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I thought The Smiths were really big in the US. Not U2 or Prince big, but all over the place and widely known, played and respected. At least that was my experience. Anybody else?

For me- I like them. A lot of the songs like this one are good, but really blend into all the rest in a mopey kind of way without differentiating or elevating. One sounds a lot like the rest to point where I stopped listening to their albums. 

But for me at least, one song always elevated past that into something iconic- How Soon is Now.

krista4 said:
I told myself I was going to go in a different direction with some of my picks, and this is someone I've never selected before.  

4.14  Frightened Rabbit - Poke

I have a lot of trouble making my way through modern indie music, as I haven't been willing to dedicate the time to weeding through the "single-groove" bands that sound somewhat alike to me to find those that pull me in and shake me around.  So while I'd heard of Frightened Rabbit over the years, I never gave them a listen until Northern Voice chose "The Modern Leper" in a recent draft.  

I. Was. Blown. Away.

I vowed that I'd listen to more of their songs, but then all the usual stuff got in the way and it didn't happen.  Since I've promised to myself that I will not take a song in this draft unless I've listened to their whole original catalog, I spent the last couple of days listening to all of their records, making lists (first cut had 23 songs on it) and then winnowing down to a handful or two.

I figured I'd be safe not to take it in the last round since NV wouldn't pick before me, but then last night I realized...####...Dreaded Marco had two picks before mine.  These are the two people I associate most with this band.  Thank you, Marco, for not sniping!

Is this their best song?  I don't know, since I need to listen a lot more to make that decision.  "The Modern Leper" might very well be the best, but I wanted to go in a different direction, and this one has haunted me every time I've listened.

Others I've come back to over and over the past couple of days are Keep Yourself Warm, I Wish I Was Sober, Head Rolls Off, Late March Death March, State Hospital (Marco's favorite), and Things.  Thank you to this board for bringing this band to me!  :wub:
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I SAID, DAMMIT WOMAN!!!

 
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El Floppo said:
I thought The Smiths were really big in the US. Not U2 or Prince big, but all over the place and widely known, played and respected. At least that was my experience. Anybody else?

For me- I like them. A lot of the songs like this one are good, but really blend into all the rest in a mopey kind of way without differentiating or elevating. One sounds a lot like the rest to point where I stopped listening to their albums. 

But for me at least, one song always elevated past that into something iconic- How Soon is Now.

I SAID, DAMMIT WOMAN!!!
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I had the same experience as you on the Smiths and Morrissey - ubiquitous for me.  Maybe it has to do with age as I think you and I are roughly the same age, and I've no idea how old squistion is?  How Soon Is Now is definitely special.

Sorry about the Frightened Rabbit thing!

 
El Floppo said:
 I thought The Smiths were really big in the US. Not U2 or Prince big, but all over the place and widely known, played and respected. At least that was my experience. Anybody else?

For me- I like them. A lot of the songs like this one are good, but really blend into all the rest in a mopey kind of way without differentiating or elevating. One sounds a lot like the rest to point where I stopped listening to their albums. 

But for me at least, one song always elevated past that into something iconic- How Soon is Now.
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I wish you wouldn't respond to me in posts with three other people about different bands...

The Smiths got a lot of alt indie radio station airplay. But no, they were never big in the US. And as proof of that check out how their LPs and singles did on the music charts, which was poorly for the most part. 

 
El Floppo said:
I thought The Smiths were really big in the US. Not U2 or Prince big, but all over the place and widely known, played and respected. At least that was my experience. Anybody else?
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The Smiths were huge in mid-80s San Francisco but that may not be representative of the US.

To this day, Morrissey is bigger in Los Angeles than he is in Manchester.

 
squistion said:
I wish you wouldn't respond to me in posts with three other people about different bands...

The Smiths got a lot of alt indie radio station airplay. But no, they were never big in the US. And as proof of that check out how their LPs and singles did on the music charts, which was poorly for the most part. 
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how old are you? 

I'm saying from my experience- if you were in HS and College in the 80s... or maybe anywhere near big cities... they were huge. Ubiquitous, as Krista said. They were played a ton and omnipresent. They weren't a little indie band discovered by music nerds thumbing through bins in record stores. They were the band even casual music people liked and knew. But no- they weren't Michael Jackson or Madonna with massive billboard numbers, if that's your (not mine) sole criteria for being anything but small.

eta: and why does it matter how I respond- whether in multiposts or not? 

 
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Best for The Smiths on my list is  “There is a Light That Never Goes Out”. My personal favorites are “I Know It’s Over” and “Death of a Disco Dancer”.

 
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El Floppo said:
As punishment for the snipe, here's the song. Note the following: Other than Floppinho (on drums), most of these kids were new to their instruments which made for...challenging listening. Please to enjoy the vocal stylings lots and lots. (I can promise it was even worse in person)
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ok. now you- @krista4and @tuffnuttat least- have to listen to that link for Everlong.

the ####### singer. :lol:

we kept trying to imagine her parents after the show...

so.. little cruella dearest...it didn't seem like you learned much there. or enjoyed it. or should ever, EVER, do this again.

 
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El Floppo said:
the modern leper, the woodpile, the greys, keep yourself warm
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All but The Greys were on my very short list.  That one didn't even make the first cut, so I'll need to go listen again.  I have to say, though, that I didn't hear a single song that I thought was bad.

 
krista4 said:
All but The Greys were on my very short list.  That one didn't even make the first cut, so I'll need to go listen again.  I have to say, though, that I didn't hear a single song that I thought was bad.
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I think I'm partial because it may have been the first one of theirs I heard.

 
OK I'll pull the pin

4.24 - Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Ten Minute Version)

I was planning to draft TSwift after the turn but NV's spotlighting forced a change in strategy. I had been undecided about something old or new from her but the release of Taylor's version of Red allowed me to cover both bases. 

It's obviously the flavor of the weekend but I love how she took an old song, stretched it out to ten minutes and somehow managed to heighten everything that made it great the first time. What was a regretful tale of lost love is now an epic saga of the hero's struggle with that creepy scarf thieving Jake Gyllenhall.

I reserve the right to swap it with another of her songs if I tire of ATW.

 
tuffnutt said:
4.15 Everlong- Foo Fighters

one of my favorite bands of all time. Could have went with a few different songs here, but at the end of the day Everlong Is a rock classic. One that will stand the test of time. 
 

@squistion
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Another band I was surprised wasn't picked earlier. I know they aren't darlings of the critics, but dammit I'm a big fan of Dave and the boys. I don't enjoy everything they release, but they have a lot of great songs. And they get big points for Dave Grohl not acting like a pretentious "Rockstar".

 
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