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

[johnnya24]

I LOVED Mellon Collie when it came out but Billy Corgan's wankery during the show I saw on that tour turned me off. But there's a stunning array of good stuff there; even ostensible filler tracks like "By Starlight" are gorgeous.

I think Mellon Collie suffers more from Billy Corgan's generally douchebaggery than any other Pumpkins record ... probably because the ambition of the record seemed to correspond with Billy's highfalutin impressions of himself. It's just a great record, probably their best, although personally, Siamese Dream occupies a more important place. Ironically it was also the bands most collaborative effort ....

[johnnya24]

Now all we need is someone to pick some big hair power ballads.

[Stephen]

Now all we need is someone to pick some big hair power ballads.

You might not have to wait too long...

[swampdragon]

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RIO - ugh - I hated Duran Duran but they were damn catchy

I do remember once shouting The Reflex down at a club - some of were whining so loudly that the DJ pulled it

[revo]

30 years later, I still have no idea what "smell like I sound" means.

[ManCalledFoot]

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RIO - ugh - I hated Duran Duran but they were damn catchy

I do remember once shouting The Reflex down at a club - some of were whining so loudly that the DJ pulled it

They fell fucking hard, no doubt... that 'Reflex' crap, 'Union Of The Snake', 'Wild Boys', ugh, the worst. But there's no shame in liking the first two LPs, it really was a bright new era. And perfectly timed for MTV.

I'd like to say is 'Rio' is THE quintessential 80s LP but we all know what that one was, and everyone seems to be avoiding it in this draft. But don't look at me to pick it... never even listened to it straight through, much less own it.

[revo]

They fell fucking hard, no doubt... that 'Reflex' crap, 'Union Of The Snake', 'Wild Boys', ugh, the worst. But there's no shame in liking the first two LPs, it really was a bright new era. And perfectly timed for MTV.

I'd like to say is 'Rio' is THE quintessential 80s LP but we all know what that one was, and everyone seems to be avoiding it in this draft. But don't look at me to pick it... never even listened to it straight through, much less own it.

I like most of Seven & the Ragged Tiger ("Wild Boys" is crap though), and don't forget they had arguably one of the best Bond theme songs ever a couple of years later. But after 1985 they dropped like a stone. To their credit, they did manage a couple of comebacks of sorts in '92 and then again in '04.

[Pogues]

Duran Duran....BLECH! Never never never liked them...damn catchy??? Not for me. I'd flip off MTV every time one of their videos came on...especially that gawd awful Rio.

I had Mellon Collie on my mid-list, and was also starting to think I was going to have to take it to be sure it was drafted. I was starting to think it was taken, doubting my own record keeping.

Too Much Joy...I wouldn't have guessed with 300 guesses one of their albums would be taken. I didn't think they were all that. I love the song "Seasons in the Sun" off the selected album. I may need to relisten to that album...time to dig out a cassette player!

[ManCalledFoot]

Being into Duran Duran got me laid in 1982. I'm not kidding. That was one of the great things about new wave, it combined music and hot chicks for once. The stuff I was into in the mid-to-late 70s (prog rock, punk) was like kryptonite to girls. Where I came from all the hotties were into disco and dancing. New wave was really the first time us rock guys got to dance like mad in clubs with real girls.

[Mithrandir]

Love love love..."Hold back the rain" from RIO.

[DMT]

About time someone took Mellon Collie, great album. I considered not taking Siamese Dream in the 4th round because I knew I could wait on it, but didn't expect it fall this far.

[johnnya24]

About time someone took Mellon Collie, great album. I considered not taking Siamese Dream in the 4th round because I knew I could wait on it, but didn't expect it fall this far.

Yeah ... I regret not snapping it up. I thought about it a couple of times, but always found a reason to wait. I'll be sick if I miss my other main target this round also, because I should also have already picked that.

[Pogues]

Screw the haters DMT! What do they know.

Mellon Collie was the last on my long list that I had figured WOULD be selected.

[johnnya24]

Legend won't be eligible ... Greatest Hits record.

[DMT]

Nice pick on Singles, I'd totally forgot about that.