*** 1970's Album Draft - Commentary Thread ***

[chancellor]

Dang, both Heavy Weather and Thick As A Brick were high up on my list.

[revo]

Wow, all the best Lucky.

I sent Johnny a list a couple of days ago, not sure what happened to get skipped.

Foot, I did want Fly Like an Eagle, but Steve Miller has a couple others on my list.

[ManCalledFoot]

"Ram" was coming up for me, I guess it's his best one, some good highlights. In retrospect it's pretty sad how the Beatle solo LPs don't hold up. Great singles, some great odd cuts, but very few solid LPs from start to finish. And plenty that flat-out suck. With 'Ram' I would have taken some of the crap off and put on the two excellent singles from right around the same time ("Another Day" and Hi Hi Hi"), and it would have been a classic.

I think I better make my Mott move...

I love the old Tull but for some reason I never really got into "Thick As A Brick", even though it's their proggiest LP. In fact I don't like any of those post-'Aqualung' ones much, those '73-'76 LPs.

Lene Lovich had her moments ("New Toy" is a classic) but her freaky-chick thing scared me off.

[overkill94]

My work in this draft is done, I got comments from Foot on my three-fer

[Erik]

Sweet Baby James was on my list, and not just because of the hit singles. Suite for 20G is amazing.

[johnnya24]

Wow, all the best Lucky.

I sent Johnny a list a couple of days ago, not sure what happened to get skipped.

Foot, I did want Fly Like an Eagle, but Steve Miller has a couple others on my list.

Sorry mate. I didn't realize. Do you want me to use the rest of the list?

[johnnya24]

Sweet Baby James was on my list, and not just because of the hit singles. Suite for 20G is amazing.

I had James Taylor on my list ... but wasn't likely to pick him.

[johnnya24]

Lists Updated (except the teams and the formatting):

Album Count:

8 Neil Young
7 David Bowie
7 Led Zeppelin
5 Pink Floyd
5 Queen
4 Lynyrd Skynyrd
4 Billy Joel
4 Kiss
4 Rolling Stones
4 The Who
4 Elton John
3 Elvis Costello
3 Bob Dylan
3 Jimi Hendrix / Jimi Hendrix Experience / Band of Gypsies
3 Santana
3 Black Sabbath
3 Iggy Pop / Iggy and The Stooges / The Stooges
3 Genesis
3 The Ramones
3 The Allman Brothers
3 Miles Davis
3 Stevie Wonder
3 John Lennon
3 Bob Marley and the Wailers
3 Talking Heads
3 Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Steely Dan

Live Albums (14/18):

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band (1971) - DMT
Monterey International Pop Festival - Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix (1970) - Pogues
The Last Waltz - The Band (1978) - Grinch
Lotus - Santana (1974) - Erik
Live Rust - Neil Young (1977) - Swampdragon
Live at Leeds - The Who (1970) - Stephen
Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton (1976) - Revo
One More From the Road - Lynyrd Skyryrd (1976) - Lucky
Live Bullet - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (1976) - TheGaffer
It's Alive - The Ramones (1979) -Buckybuckner
The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin (1976) - Chancellor
Alive! - KISS (1975) - Friarfan
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out - The Rolling Stones (1970) - ElDiablo
Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers (1975) - JohnnyA

Still eligible to pick: ManCalledFoot, Overkill, Mithrandir

Year Count:

1970 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII
1971 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII
1972 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII
1973 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII I
1974 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII I
1975 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII
1976 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII II
1977 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII I
1978 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIII
1979 IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII II

[Erik]

I expected The Wild... to go much earlier. Most of the Springsteen fans I know love it. Do we not have many Springsteen fans here?

[Erik]

Live Rust - Neil Young (1977) - Swampdragon

It was 1979.

[johnnya24]

I expected The Wild... to go much earlier. Most of the Springsteen fans I know love it. Do we not have many Springsteen fans here?

Traditionally, no. There are a few of us. I think Born In the USA era Springsteen turned a lot of folk away ... and stopped others from looking deeper into his previous work.

Nebraska was one of the records I regret not picking sooner in the 80s and 90s draft.

[johnnya24]

Live Rust - Neil Young (1977) - Swampdragon

It was 1979.

Will fix later. If you spot any other discrepancies let me know. I fire through the updates pretty fast.

[Erik]

Traditionally, no. There are a few of us. I think Born In the USA era Springsteen turned a lot of folk away ... and stopped others from looking deeper into his previous work.

Nebraska was one of the records I regret not picking sooner in the 80s and 90s draft.

At one point there was talk of a Springsteen draft. If that ever comes to pass, I know TheGaffer would be interested.

[swampdragon]

I assumed that Wild Innocent etc was picked - or else I would have grabbed it around 8th round - oops

on another note - there must be some more soul/funk/disco stuff out there instead of mainstream OK rock

on one more note - why no interest in Fripp/Eno until late in the game - and there is still one more new wave pioneer unpicked

[Erik]

there must be some more soul/funk/disco stuff out there instead of mainstream OK rock

There is. I'll be getting to more of it later.

However, while not to the extent it was in the '60s, soul/funk/R&B remained more of a singles genre than an album one into the '70s.