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

[BuckyBuckner]

I was just chatting with a friend and told him about our draft and this was the first album he responded with, one I'd forgotten about. Apparently I'm not the only one, really surprised this is still available. Time to audible.

15.07 Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (1984)

BillBuckner would be proud. That's his favorite album of all time. I really like the Minutemen but not as much as I know I should.

[DMT]

BillBuckner would be proud. That's his favorite album of all time. I really like the Minutemen but not as much as I know I should.

Nice...is he still around, when was the last time he posted?

[BuckyBuckner]

Nice...is he still around, when was the last time he posted?

Good question. He seems to have disappeared.

[heyelander]

Good call on Chris Isaak Heye....

johnny said my list was too happy, so I went with the saddest album I could think of.

[johnnya24]

johnny said my list was too happy, so I went with the saddest album I could think of.

Achy Breaky Heart is my favourite track from that record.

[heyelander]

Nice...is he still around, when was the last time he posted?

He's popped out like 19 kids I think. still on FB on occasion.

[Erik]

Really shocked that Double Nickels didn't go earlier. The Minutemen fall into the "'80s bands I didn't have time to investigate when I got into alternative in the '90s" category, but I know how revered they are, and that album in particular.

[johnnya24]

I've never listened to that Chris Isaak record (will check it out), but this seems like a good opportunity to post that awesome Helena Christensen video. I especially love the echoey guitar sound that Helena mastered on this recording. She created a real sense of despair and loss. Shame she didn't make more topless records.

[Pogues]

There's no excuse for misspelling "Pogues" since it's also the user name of one of our drafters.

Yeah no shit. I think he did that just to irritate me. Hell's Ditch is a great album, it competes with one other as my favorite Pogues album...one of those "which day you ask me" things. It was the last album recorded with Shane McGowan as the front man...he was already sliding downhill at the point Hell's Ditch was recorded. I count House of the Gods as among my very favorite Pogues' songs. The Sunnyside of the Street and The Wake of the Medusa are also great.

I think I'll have to take my Pogues recording soon.

[Mithrandir]

Why Do They Rock So Hard? - Reel Big Fish (1998) - Never gave them much of a listen
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers (1996) - Love their version of "Umbrella"
Mutation - Beck (1998) - never quite got the love for him
Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990) - you know my take on rap music
Sound Affects - The Jam (1980) - never listened to them
Midnite Vultures - Beck (1999) - see above pick
Undertow - Tool (1992) - plod rock..some tunes i really love, but plod plod plod
English Settlement - XTC (1982 ) - i like "Mayor of Simpleton" and have an album of theirs althoiugh which one i can't recall.
The Score - The Fugees (1996) - meh
Turn the Radio Off - Reel Big Fish (1996) see above pick
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits (1983) - I think I might enjoy him, but i'll probably never give him much of a listen
Ill Communication - The Beastie Boys (1994) - one rap group i do really like is the Beasties

Grand Prix - Teenage Fanclub (1995) - not bad
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995) - i always thought they were a "goof" group..not really serious..who would have thunk it?
Destruction by Definition - The Suicide Machines (1996) - never heard of them
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits (1987) - see above pick
Wild Gift - X (1981) - I always wanted to listen to "X", just never have
The Full-Custom Sounds of The Reverend Horton Heat - Reverend Horton Heat (1993) - never listened to him..them..??
Debut - Bjork (1993) she annoys me
Harvest Moon - Neil Young (1992) - Neil is the MAN!! although i don't own this one
Amorica - The Black Crowes (1994) - cool group, but never purchased an album of theirs
Scary Monsters - David Bowie (1980) - never a big Bowie fan
Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes (1988) Bjork annoys me
A Kind of Magic - Queen (1986) - Queen RULES!!
The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters (1997) - another group i like but don't spend money or much time on
Gaucho - Steely Dan (1980) - the Dan of Steel... not up to their 70's output but still solid
Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes (1990) see above pick

Empty Glass - Pete Townshend (1980) - i liked the songs i have heard from this
The Lonesome Jubilee - John Cougar Mellencamp (1987) - Another "like but don't purchase" musician
Forever Blue - Chris Isaak (1995) - meh
Hell's Ditch - The Pogues (1990) - i like what i have hard from them
Heaven Or Las Vegas - The Cocteau Twins (1990) - meh
Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (1984) - never got into them.

[Pogues]

I'm going to send Mith a MixCD when this is all done.

[johnnya24]

I'm going to send Mith a MixCD when this is all done.

[DMT]

I got a copy of Empty Glass on vinyl just last week...I was surprised how much I liked it, good pick.

[DMT]

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990) - you know my take on rap music
Ill Communication - The Beastie Boys (1994) - one rap group i do really like is the Beasties

I'm having a hard time reconciling these two comments.

[Mithrandir]

I'm having a hard time reconciling these two comments.

Why? I said i do like some rap music, Beasties being one, but most of it sounds alike to me.