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

[johnnya24]

Very shocked that it took this long for another Pearl Jam record to go. I had one of their records ranked almost as highly as Ten, which I took in the first round. Ten is their best, but it's not 15 rounds better than all of their work (any of their pre-Binaural albums, really).

Grace is a cult record in the US. "Last Goodbye" and the title track got some "modern rock" airplay and the record did well with critics, but wasn't a massive hit during Buckley's lifetime. Its stature has grown in the intervening years. I didn't own it in full until a deluxe edition came out in the mid-2000s and more of my friends were talking it up. I was heavily into hard rock and grunge in the early and mid 90s, and Grace wasn't that, so it just wasn't in my wheelhouse at the time; but now it is.

I've got most of my "must get" records, so filling in the blanks.

PJ are pretty deep ... so I didn't mind getting one of their other 90's records (as long as I got 1 from 3).

Grace was a fairly popular record back in 1994. Everyone I knew owned it. But you're right in saying its one of those records that has gathered momentum over the years. According to Wiki it ranked 13th in Mojo's 2005 All-Time Best Albums list. It always sounds fresh ... I think that's the common quality all these slower burners seem to have..

[johnnya24]

On a related note, I could have sworn that I had the same experience with My Bloody Valentine, but it must have been a false memory, because when I listened to it this time, I was all over it, and can't imagine why I wouldn't have been all over it when it first came out.

Loveless is a strange record. There are actually really beautiful melodies hidden and mishapen behind that noise assault. I think once the melodies hook into your brain, that's when the album starts to click, because then you can really start to make sense of the din. Well that was my experience. Took a while.

[BuckyBuckner]

sounds good - just make sure they are a full album of music - we are being pretty careful about finding albums that stand up start to finish

I'll compile my list however I want thank you very much. Yes, I am trying to find full albums. With so much to choose from it's impossible not do do it that way.

So far you guys have picked 8 albums from my list of 50 albums and 2 albums from artists where I'd choose a different album.

[mjl]

btw, this is the conference room outside the desk I'm working at today. note that there is no Reel Big Fish room.

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[johnnya24]

Holy crap ... I was looking at the construction images and design plans for exact stadium last night.

And today ... http://www.theguardian.com/football/...l-three-killed

Maybe I should give that Beat concert a miss. Too much weird karma.

[ManCalledFoot]

Can we post pictures of ourselves? I've been in so many of these drafts but I don't know what half you guys look like.

I know Revo, Swampy and Lucky from Facebook; DMT, ElD and Fresno Bob I remember from past Sports Bar photo threads. The rest of you I just have vague conceptions which are probably way off.

What's changed from the last time I posted a photo here about 8 years ago? A fully-formed middle-age paunch and grey beard, that's what (here this past summer with my daughter Carolyn in Berlin).



Carolyn: "Daddy do we have to listen to your music again?"
Me: "You will listen to this compilation of Cabaret Voltaire B-sides and like it, young lady!"

[BuckyBuckner]

btw, this is the conference room outside the desk I'm working at today. note that there is no Reel Big Fish room.

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Nice. I'm amazing at the staying power of Op Ivy. They had one album and broke up almost immediately afterwards and never did a real tour of any kind. I suppose Rancid being pretty popular has help keep their name alive but they are very different bands. But kids who weren't even alive when the album was released are still walking around with Op Ivy sweatshirts and listening to their music.

[senorsheep]

Can we post pictures of ourselves? I've been in so many of these drafts but I don't know what half you guys look like.

You asked for it! Here's the latest I have, Halloween 2013. The blood and shrapnel are fake. The dead-eyed zombie stare, on the other hand...

[mjl]

in my vintage baseball uniform.

btw, I'll post something more formal later, but if anyone is interested in seeing what vintage baseball is like, we're running casual open practices most weekends in SF and you can borrow equipment as needed.

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[DMT]

What's my name?

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[Controller Jacobs]

earlier this year, with my daughter

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[Friarfan]

Haha ... Just seen a concert add for The Beat on my way home ... With a really nice ska style graphic. Now I have to go.

Over on your side of the world, that would be Ranking Roger's version of the Beat - with his son and Everett Morton. I believe Dave Wakeling's current English Beat are playing some shows in the UK in march. be interesting to see if Rog makes an appearance

[Friarfan]

At the English beat show this weekend - with their merch girl and a fellow Beathead

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[johnnya24]

I was doing a search for Beat tickets, and saw Neutral Milk Hotel tickets for the same venue! Errr ... what?

It is so

http://www.nme.com/news/neutral-milk-hotel/73043

Tour Dates (for DMT's benefit I guess): http://walkingwallofwords.com/tour.html

[DMT]

I was doing a search for Beat tickets, and saw Neutral Milk Hotel tickets for the same venue! Errr ... what?

It is so

http://www.nme.com/news/neutral-milk-hotel/73043

Tour Dates (for DMT's benefit I guess): http://walkingwallofwords.com/tour.html

Thanks...already saw it, pretty bummed they're not coming to AZ.