*** Post-1979 Album Draft - Commentary Thread ***

[johnnya24]

Belle and Sebastian aren't under rated...they are just so blah.

You know almost nothing about the band or their music. Listening to couple of songs once, hardly qualifies you to make sweeping objective judgments. Who do you think you are? Eldiablo?

I generally find, when dealing with highly subjective stuff I know absolutely nothing about, silence to be the better option ... just sayin'

[Mithrandir]

You know almost nothing about the band or their music. Listening to couple of songs once, hardly qualifies you to make sweeping objective judgments. Who do you think you are? Eldiablo?

I generally find, when dealing with highly subjective stuff I know absolutely nothing about, silence to be the better option ... just sayin'

But you never follow your own advice And that would be pretty boring wouldn't it!!

Thanks for all the work you did Johnny. As always it was a blast....

[Mithrandir]

My picks ranked by my preference with the round picked in parentheses.

1. Permanent Waves - Rush (8)
2. Black Sheets of Rain - Bob Mould (1)
3. Circa - Mary's Danish (11)
4. Honey I'm Homely - Dance Hall Crashers (17)
5. Flip Your Wig - Husker Du (7)
6. Ragged Glory - Neil Young (2)
7. Dookie - Green Day (3)
8. Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (20)
9. Flying Down to Mono Valley - Popinjays (18)
10. Hormonally Yours - Shakepeares Sister (14)
11. Love - The Cult (4)
12. TIM - The Replacements (6)
13. Ride the Lightning - Metallica (5)
14. Shadow of the Moon - Blackmore's Night (25)
15. Joyride - Roxette (24)
16. Star - Belly (23)
17. Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood (19)
18. Mad Love - Linda Ronstadt (16)
19. Seconds of Pleasure - Rockpile (12)
20. Apple - Mother Love Bone (9)
21. Ah Via Musicom - Eric Johnson (15)
22. Shoting Straight in the Dark - Mary Chapin Carpenter (13)
23. Shoot Out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson (10)
24. Gaelic Storm - Gaelic Storm (22)
25. Heart in Motion - Amy Grant (21)

[johnnya24]

But you never follow your own advice And that would be pretty boring wouldn't it!!

Thanks for all the work you did Johnny. As always it was a blast....

I'm not sure if I've uttered a negative word all draft that hasn't been in jest. In particular with reference to Rush (which I usually cannot resist)

[johnnya24]

And, yeah, we're all "qualified" to form subjective opinions about music.....as if that really needs said.

Considering the stuff you've been coming off with all draft ... hollow words.

... and that's not what I said.

[DMT]

My picks ranked by my preference with the round picked in parentheses.

1. OK Computer - Radiohead (1)
2. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (2)
3. Uprising - Bob Marley & the Wailers (3)
4. Too Far to Care - Old 97s (7)
5. Seven - James (23)
6. Under the Pink - Tori Amos (22)
7. Frank Black - Frank Black (5)
8. Music - 311 (25)
9. Powerslave - Iron Maiden (24)
10. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (9)
11. The Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1 (6)
12. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (4)
13. Into the Great Wide Open - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (17)
14. Scary Monsters - David Bowie (14)
15. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A. (11)
16. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo (18)
17. Black Star - Black Star (19)
18. A Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper Van Beethoven (10)
19. The Black Light - Calexico (20)
20. Saturation - Urge Overkill (8)
21. Mutations - Beck (15)
22. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan (14)
23. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (21)
24. The River - Bruce Springsteen (16)
25. Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (15)

[DMT]

Thanks for all the work you did Johnny. As always it was a blast....

Hear hear.

[DMT]

I guess the mid-90's rocked for me. Unsurprisingly, my age range from 1991-1996 was 16-21 years old. I think most of us will favour those years intentionally or otherwise. But I think it also reflects the fact I was lucky to be 16-21 during that period. If we went longer, I imagine my draft would average out between 1991-1998 as my peak years. I have a lot of late 90's picks I wanted.

No real patterns in my roster...9 80s 11 90s, but much of the music in 1980 still had a 70s feel. It's odd that I have none from '95 or '96 considering 12 of my picks were from '93-'98.

1980 111
81-82
1983 1
1984 11
1985 1
86-87
1988 11
1989
1990 1
1991 1
1992 1
1993 1111
1994 1
95-96
1997 111
1998 1111
1999 1

[DMT]

Which ones were my +2 picks?

Master of Puppets
Rage Against the Machine
Ritual de lo Habitual
Paul's Boutique
The Number of the Beast

[DMT]

I literally burst out laughing in the middle of stunned silence. People looked back and forth at me and up at the stage, wide-eyed. Some dude next to me goes, "man, I fucking love acid, too!"

Epic.

That's awesome.

[overkill94]

Some bands that I wanted to pick:

Dillinger Escape Plan (although I prefer their later stuff)
Black Flag
Drive Like Jehu
Exodus
Ice-T
Spearhead or Disposable Heroes
Circle Jerks
TSOL
Propagandhi
Mos Def
The Goats
Gang Starr or Jazzmatazz
White Zombie
Temple of the Dog (did this get picked?)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Mother's Milk, especially. Did this get picked?)
A Tribe Called Quest
Jesus Lizard
Bauhaus
Meat Puppets
The Melvins
Morphine
Mr. Bungle
Death Angel
Soulfly
Pantera
Neurosis
Flotsam and Jetsam
Kreator
Anthrax
Agnostic Front
SNFU
Celtic Frost
The Accused - Fuck yeah!
The Exploited
GBH
The Vandals
Verbal Abuse
The Cramps

Things would've been a lot different metal-wise if I had joined in on this one. Hell, I might've taken Reign in Blood in the first round in fear that elD would take it

Finally getting around to listening to some of the bands/songs I'm not familiar with - good stuff so far! I was pleasantly surprised by a song that no one commented on - "Yellow Moon" by the Neville Brothers. All I really know about the Nevilles are those pappy songs on the radio, but this one had a great vibe to it and the falsetto was kept to a minimum.

[johnnya24]

My picks ranked by my preference with the round picked in parentheses.

This is harder than I thought. Looking over my picks, I think they give a fair reflection of my tastes.

Something like this maybe (I could mess around with those rankings all day, so I'll stop):

1. The Bends - Radiohead (1)
2. Doolittle - The Pixies (2)
3. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (3)
4. New Adventures In Hifi - REM (23)
5. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division (5)
6. If You’re Feeling Sinister – Belle and Sebastian (10)
7. Post - Bjork (8)
8. Dummy - Portishead (11)
9. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths (6)
10. Summerteeth - Wilco (17)
11. In Utero - Nirvana (4)
12 .Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (7)
13. Aenima – Tool (9)
14. Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement (25)
15. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (24)
16. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam (16)
17. Mezzanine - Massive Attack (12)
18. Parklife - Blur (18)
19. Grand Prix - Teenage Fanclub (14)
20. Dirt - Alice In Chains (22)
21. Grace - Jeff Buckley (15)
22. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey (20)
23. Ill Communication - The Beastie Boys (13)
24. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (21)
25. Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin (19)

[overkill94]

All i can think of is that "Would I Lie to You Baby" song by one of them (Aaron?) and I hate it. Oh and "Tell It Like It Is" - that sucked too.

[overkill94]

Off the top of my head, these are some albums I would've chosen:

Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (might like this even more than any Pixies album - just awesome all the way through)
Pixies - Bossanova (just so I could have a Pixies album)
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic (Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi are awesome, but this one's the most fun)
Led Zeppelin - Coda (just because)
Pearl Jam - Vs. or No Code
Weezer - Pinkerton (really suprised this wasn't taken)
Aerosmith - Get a Grip (probably more of a nostalgia pick, but I loved the hell out of this when I was 13)
Supergrass - In It for the Money (Life on Other Planets is my favorite, but came out in 2002)
Travis - The Man Who (won't help my wuss rock reputation, but just some beautiful tunes on this one)
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (one of my favorites when I was young)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat LP (assume it would qualify since they didn't really have a proper LP)
Beta Band - Three EP's (allowed?)
Brendan Benson - One Mississippi
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
GnR - Use Your Illusion I or II
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (to fulfill my female quotient)
Pulp - Different Class
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom

Then there's the plethora of metal albums to choose from:
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (with Reign in Blood taken)
Overkill - Horrorscope
Testament - Practice What You Preach
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Accused - Grinning Like an Undertaker
Anthrax - Among the Living
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Kreator - Coma of Souls
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Sacred Reich - American Way
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Judas Priest - Painkiller
etc. etc.

[ManCalledFoot]

Hear hear.

Thanks Johnny!