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THIS IS THEIR BEST SONG! - Music Draft - Saturday Night's Alright for iFighting (1 Viewer)

krista4 said:
Got my COVID booster about 30 minutes ago.  Wish me luck.  TONS of people at Safeway getting them today; I had to wait about an hour.

(This is not a political posting.)
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All the luck wished. Got mine about a month or two ago (immunocompromised with diabetes). 

(Also not a political posting, nor even a one-upmanship thing, just spitballing.)

(Also noted that you put the period inside the parentheses when creating a separate parenthetical aside that acts as a sentence. Good stuff.)

 
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rockaction said:
Cool. Thanks. I need to actually listen to some of these bands and tracks that I haven't heard of. I listened to one of Tasker's yesterday, but I haven't just sat with a lot of these yet, mostly because I found myself busy with holiday stuff. 
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I've been generally busy @ing people, keeping the clock, entering stuff in the spreadsheet during the busier times of the draft, then holidays this weekend, so unfortunately I often don't listen to new-to-me ones until someone else comments on them or if a write-up particularly intrigues me.  I hope people will put together playlists, as I'll use those to hit stuff I've missed.

My playlist is going to be a ####show, by the way.  Turns out my theme of "premature deaths via homicide, suicide, OD, accidents, or alcoholism" was good in terms of my not having to listen through a lot of songs I didn't know, but not so good for a cohesive mix.

 
krista4 said:
I've been generally busy @ing people, keeping the clock, entering stuff in the spreadsheet during the busier times of the draft, then holidays this weekend, so unfortunately I often don't listen to new-to-me ones until someone else comments on them or if a write-up particularly intrigues me.  I hope people will put together playlists, as I'll use those to hit stuff I've missed.

My playlist is going to be a ####show, by the way.  Turns out my theme of "premature deaths via homicide, suicide, OD, accidents, or alcoholism" was good in terms of my not having to listen through a lot of songs I didn't know, but not so good for a cohesive mix.
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Mine sort of steered off of the racetrack once I didn't follow up "Step" with "Feel Me Flow." It was supposed to be a heavily rap-centric mix with lots of slowed down samples, but that went out the window when the Kinks were still around in the third. I'd like to have seen what I could have done with a downbeat rap mix, but alas, there will be none. I'm just trying to make it reasonably cohesive, but with John Lydon blaring in your ears for a song, that becomes tough. 

 
rockaction said:
All the luck wished. Got mine about a month or two ago (immunocompromised with diabetes). 

(Also not a political posting, nor even a one-upmanship thing, just spitballing.)

(Also noted that you put the period inside the parentheses when creating a separate parenthetical aside that acts as a sentence. Good stuff.)
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Has your arm healed?

Soon I might be working with no arms.  I've had a broken right wing for several days - strained my shoulder and bicep somehow and probably didn't help it by continuing the plank challenge in the 10k thread, but damn it I'm no quitter.  Extremely painful and can't lift it over my head.  Then took the shot today in my left arm.

 
krista4 said:
Got my COVID booster about 30 minutes ago.  Wish me luck.  TONS of people at Safeway getting them today; I had to wait about an hour.

(This is not a political posting.)
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I have to reschedule mine. I had my 2nd shot May 1 and scheduled my booster for October 31. They let me set it up (with previous shot dates and everything), then denied me when I showed up for the booster because I was one day early. I asked if we could count the number of days instead of a strict calendar reading since we had a bunch of 31-day months in there. Nope. I don't blame them, but it just seemed so silly to me.

 
rockaction said:
Mine sort of steered off of the racetrack once I didn't follow up "Step" with "Feel Me Flow." It was supposed to be a heavily rap-centric mix with lots of slowed down samples, but that went out the window when the Kinks were still around in the third. I'd like to have seen what I could have done with a downbeat rap mix, but alas, there will be none. I'm just trying to make it reasonably cohesive, but with John Lydon blaring in your ears for a song, that becomes tough. 
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I'm still going to enjoy your mix.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I have to reschedule mine. I had my 2nd shot May 1 and scheduled my booster for October 31. They let me set it up (with previous shot dates and everything), then denied me when I showed up for the booster because I was one day early. I asked if we could count the number of days instead of a strict calendar reading since we had a bunch of 31-day months in there. Nope. I don't blame them, but it just seemed so silly to me.
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That's ridiculous.

 
krista4 said:
Has your arm healed?

Soon I might be working with no arms.  I've had a broken right wing for several days - strained my shoulder and bicep somehow and probably didn't help it by continuing the plank challenge in the 10k thread, but damn it I'm no quitter.  Extremely painful and can't lift it over my head.  Then took the shot today in my left arm.
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I'd say for the most part it has. There's lingering redness but I have a doctor's appointment this week or maybe next (I might move it because it involves blood work and cellulitis recently will throw off the levels of what they're trying to measure) so I'll confirm with a doctor. Thanks for asking. 

Sorry about your broken wings. Just saw my stepniece. She, too, had something to say about broken wings, but it was in homage, written in ink on the side of her torso and says "Take these broken wings and learn to fly again..."

Apparently the kids were getting them back when she got them. Argh. It's like bright red lips on the neck for a while...sheesh. 

I hope your arms feel better. 

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I have to reschedule mine. I had my 2nd shot May 1 and scheduled my booster for October 31. They let me set it up (with previous shot dates and everything), then denied me when I showed up for the booster because I was one day early. I asked if we could count the number of days instead of a strict calendar reading since we had a bunch of 31-day months in there. Nope. I don't blame them, but it just seemed so silly to me.
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That would have taken a lot of patience on my end to understand that deal. I'm not sure I would have had your capacity for that. 

 
krista4 said:
That's ridiculous.
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It is, but I don't blame the pharmacist - they're handcuffed by protocol. First, I blame me for not realizing the red-tape couldn't handle what I was doing. Second, I blame their website for letting me schedule it. Third, I blame whoever made it calendar-specific instead of number-of-days.

 
krista4 said:
Got my COVID booster about 30 minutes ago.  Wish me luck.  TONS of people at Safeway getting them today; I had to wait about an hour.

(This is not a political posting.)
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I'm going to schedule mine this week.  Got two Pfizers back in March.  What's the protocol on boosters (and I know I can, and will, google this) should I get a 3rd Pfizer, or mix it up with a Moderna?  In reality, I'll probably pick whatever is most convenient. 

Gonna finally hit the gym again after getting vaxxed up and say "#### the pandemic." 

(This is not an @Otis good intention posting.) 

 
Just sent OH a text to see if he likes Fontaines D.C., and he's listening now (must be on fishmongering break).  Him:  "It sounds like xxxxxx era [band name]."  "Which is awesome."

Damn, just realized I needed to modify to avoid spotlighting.  It's a band I'm surprised hasn't been taken, come to think of it.  Anyway, today you gained two converts to this band, rock.

 
Mister CIA said:
I'm going to schedule mine this week.  Got two Pfizers back in March.  What's the protocol on boosters (and I know I can, and will, google this) should I get a 3rd Pfizer, or mix it up with a Moderna?  In reality, I'll probably pick whatever is most convenient. 

Gonna finally hit the gym again after getting vaxxed up and say "#### the pandemic." 

(This is not an @Otis good intention posting.) 
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I think the suggestion is that if you got J&J before, you should get Pfizer or Moderna this time.  Otherwise it doesn't appear to matter much.  I had two Modernas and they gave me Moderna again.

 
rockaction said:
That would have taken a lot of patience on my end to understand that deal. I'm not sure I would have had your capacity for that. 
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I was laughing and I could tell the pharmacist wanted to. I am far from a patient man, but I'm too old and battered these days to get worked up about much.

 
OH had someone ask him last week which of their clams were freshest.  OH:  "They're all live."  Woman:  "I know, but some must be fresher than others."  OH:  :mellow:   

I told him he just should have made a show of carefully selecting the "freshest" ones for her.

 
krista4 said:
Got my COVID booster about 30 minutes ago.  Wish me luck.  TONS of people at Safeway getting them today; I had to wait about an hour.

(This is not a political posting.)
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We got ours back on the 17th at a county park center.  No line at all.  I live in an efficient county.  Even the DMV is organized.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
Even the DMV is organized.
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Ok, now I know you're not a real person
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We were amazed.  We have something called a "mega center".  You make an appointment, check in at a kiosk when you get there to get a ticket, sit in a waiting area for about five minutes, and get called to your help desk.  We both needed to renew our photos.  It took maybe twenty minutes total.  Easy peasy.

 
squistion said:
16.18 - America - Daisy Jane (1975)

https://youtu.be/aUtcbkQBOyc

I've listened to Horse With No Name, Tin Man, Ventura Highway and Sister Gold Hair so many times that I am to the point that I practically run out of the room at top speed, screaming, when I hear any of them. Don't get me wrong, great songs but they have played to death (at least for me).

Anyway, my favorite is actually this wistful love ballad.

🎶Does she really love me

I think she does

Like the stars above me

I know because

When the sky is bright

Everything's all right🎶
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This rotates as my favorite from them, along with Ventura Highway, Tin Man, Sandman and Cornwall Blank.

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
We were amazed.  We have something called a "mega center".  You make an appointment, check in at a kiosk when you get there to get a ticket, sit in a waiting area for about five minutes, and get called to your help desk.  We both needed to renew our photos.  It took maybe twenty minutes total.  Easy peasy.
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Jesus, this sounds like paradise. Do they serve brunch, too?

 
squistion said:
So different than their later 70's stuff when they morphed into a boogie band (and a good one too!).

It is believed by many that they were the inspiration for the band in the movie This Is Spiinal Tap, but Michael McKean has always denied that and has said repeatedly: “This was not about a specific band.”  I dunno, if you are familiar with the history of Status Quo you can make a pretty good case for them.
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I’m sure there were many inspirations, but Listen to the Flower People is totally Pictures of Matchstick Men. Plus they morphed from a hippie band to a hard rock/metal band.

 
northern exposure said:
There are some people in the draft that like music where the amps are turned up to 11 and yet this group is still available? They even spell their band name correctly and they aren't Canadian!

I select Living Colour - Cult of Personality.

https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0

Their most well known song, but still the one I like best. Their 1st 3 albums are all strong efforts, I am not as familiar with the subsequent albums.
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They were on my short list, though I might have gone with Open Letter to a Landlord.

 
TripItUp said:
Wham! - Everything She Wants

Decided to corner the George Michael market.  The Wham! catalogue is super underrated after they were written off as strictly bubble gum pop and to some extent that was earned.   After the monster success that GM had as a solo artist, a lot of these songs went under the radar.  I've always liked this song, mostly because I've lived it. :)

My Wham! Top 3

1.  Everything She Wants

2.  Careless Whisper

3.  Last Christmas
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The bass on this song is fire.

 
rockaction said:
They did? It's worthy, but I'm surprised (well, not if it's a station like WXPN, a station you've talked about before, I think, with Pip especially) that it got airplay like that. 

Anyway, El Floppo turned me on to this band a few years back. Or, well, he really didn't and I'd missed him commenting about them about five separate times in the 2019 music thread whereupon I barged in talking about this great new band that trogg78 had mentioned. Too funny. Anyway, I hope Flop pardons me the indulgence here. 
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Can confirm XPN wore this song the hell out, which is the reason why I know who these guys are. 

 
Pip's Invitation said:
squistion said:
16.18 - America - Daisy Jane (1975)

https://youtu.be/aUtcbkQBOyc

I've listened to Horse With No Name, Tin Man, Ventura Highway and Sister Gold Hair so many times that I am to the point that I practically run out of the room at top speed, screaming, when I hear any of them. Don't get me wrong, great songs but they have played to death (at least for me).

Anyway, my favorite is actually this wistful love ballad.

🎶Does she really love me

I think she does

Like the stars above me

I know because

When the sky is bright

Everything's all right🎶
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This rotates as my favorite from them, along with Ventura Highway, Tin Man, Sandman and Cornwall Blank.
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There's no way I can say with certainty, but I think Horse with No Name is the first song I was adamant about being my favorite.  Or maybe it was Takin' Care of Business. ... Actually, I do remember my first song crush.  I was four or five, and that artist/song has not been drafted yet.

 
16.xx  Brand New Love - Sebadoh

Pretty sure I've drafted this song before but I don't care---it's that fantastic. 

I definitely lean to the Barlow songs on Sebadoh albums (not that the other 2 writers aren't great in their own way) and this is his best.

The band changed my music listening trajectory in a very good way.  I was beginning to settle into a bit of a post-college rut 2-3 years after graduating when my brother-in-law suggested I give these guys a listen.  That sent me into a whole new realm of music discovery.  I always thank him for that.

 
Pip's Invitation said:
Round 16:

From Blown Speakers — The New Pornographers 

The Electric Version album was where I discovered them and got hooked. The whole record is like one big sugar rush. This is my favorite from it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-zuI9SHHUIg
 

I’m fine with whatever as far as number of rounds goes.
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Big fan of the band. Mass Romantic is my favorite---probably would've gone with Letter from an Occupant

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
16.xx  Brand New Love - Sebadoh

Pretty sure I've drafted this song before but I don't care---it's that fantastic. 

I definitely lean to the Barlow songs on Sebadoh albums (not that the other 2 writers aren't great in their own way) and this is his best.

The band changed my music listening trajectory in a very good way.  I was beginning to settle into a bit of a post-college rut 2-3 years after graduating when my brother-in-law suggested I give these guys a listen.  That sent me into a whole new realm of music discovery.  I always thank him for that.
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I was going to draft "Skull" today and make it a Barlow two-fer the past two days, but I went in a different direction. I was still considering them for a future pick, but figured they'd go once Dinosaur Jr. was picked and I spotlighted Barlow.. 

 
Mister CIA said:
In the spirit of selecting a song that tells a story ...

16.X - Every Picture Tells a Story, Rod Stewart.

Objectively, yeah Maggie May is probably his best song, and personally You Wear it Well may actually be my favorite (and Gasoline Alley is no slouch), but the story of a young man wandering into the wide, wide, world with nothing but a hint reasonates, hard. 

Also, one of about a dozen songs I could Karaoke to with a minimal assist.
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Great pick. My favorite Rod song is off of "Footloose and Fancy Free". "Hot Legs" sounds to me like Rod fronting The Stones.

https://youtu.be/PQ_g4uyK4ZA

 
There are places where you still have to go to the DMV?  Washington licenses are good for six years and can be renewed online until you hit the age of 70.  I don't expect to visit a DMV for a total of 30 years.

 
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