Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)

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Love Margo since I first heard Caution Horses in a record store in like 1990. Her voice is really like buttah.
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bfj wrote: Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:41 am Image

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You're getting eerily close to an album I almost took last round.

I would've gone Trinity Sessions here, but that's just personal preference.
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I went in not sure which of the first two albums I was going to pick but after multiple listens of both the standard choice is the right one ...

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Rush2112 wrote: Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:51 am Love Margo since I first heard Caution Horses in a record store in like 1990. Her voice is really like buttah.
I had dinner with her last summer. Her husband's a friend of a friend, and they live up north near the golf course where we had our weekend long golf clinic.

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Dammit, D. On my list too. Was going to pick Our Love to Admire.
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I feared how badly Giff could mock me if I went with that one.
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Another of my selections that probably nobody but me would ever pick. Austin stalwart, Joe Ely. Lord of the Highway. Joe has been around awhile, and shared a stage with everybody from The Clash to Willie Nelson.

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mister d wrote: Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:45 pm I feared how badly Giff could mock me if I went with that one.
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I re-listened. The best parts are great but maybe its a little ... theatrical? Overly dramatic (even for them)? Not sure.
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It's definitely a change of direction from their earlier stuff.
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Not sure I've ever listened to an Interpol album all the way through. Nor could I maybe even name a song of theirs.
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If you're looking to, start at the very beginning of Turn on the Bright Lights and roll through chronologically. For the most part, they do a very nice job sequencing their albums.
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Sorry for the delay...here's my next pick:

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And check out his cover of Tears for Fears 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' on the AV Club:

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Hate the man, love the music.

Lauryn Hill co-wrote my favorite song on the record. So that's neat.

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Another hip-hop artist I should’ve taken instead of Snoop.
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Billy Bragg. Because of this album and how perfect it is.

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Objection!
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Who fronts the album?
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Giff wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:33 amObjection!
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These are Woodie Guthrie’s songs, sung by Billy Bragg with Wilco backing him as his band.

I mean, we previously allowed The Band after Bob Dylan was selected...
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EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:08 pm These are Woodie Guthrie’s songs, sung by Billy Bragg with Wilco backing him as his band.

I mean, we previously allowed The Band after Bob Dylan was selected...

This.

though I think the G. Harrison outside of the Beatles is going a tad too far.
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Rush2112 wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:16 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:08 pm These are Woodie Guthrie’s songs, sung by Billy Bragg with Wilco backing him as his band.

I mean, we previously allowed The Band after Bob Dylan was selected...

This.

though I think the G. Harrison outside of the Beatles is going a tad too far.
Had it not been explicitly allowed (prior to the pick), I might have agreed.
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A band previously selected is right on the cover credited as the artist. Nothing means anything anymore.
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P.D.X. wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:24 pm A band previously selected is right on the cover credited as the artist. Nothing means anything anymore.
But that band's name wasn't even on the album cover of their own album, so it's all even now.
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A_B wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:26 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:24 pm A band previously selected is right on the cover credited as the artist. Nothing means anything anymore.
But that band's name wasn't even on the album cover of their own album, so it's all even now.
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If Tweedy doesn't sing, I'm allowing it.
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mister d wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:35 pm If Tweedy doesn't sing, I'm allowing it.
Tweedy sings on half the album.
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Well, this just seals my next pick.
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Pre-disallowed.
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Giff wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:55 pm
mister d wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:35 pm If Tweedy doesn't sing, I'm allowing it.
Tweedy sings on half the album.
Less than half, thanks.
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Rush2112 wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:02 pm
Giff wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:55 pm
mister d wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:35 pm If Tweedy doesn't sing, I'm allowing it.
Tweedy sings on half the album.
Less than half, thanks.
9/15 is less than half (yes I know it's also more than half)?
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Giff wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:03 pm
Rush2112 wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:02 pm
Giff wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:55 pm
mister d wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:35 pm If Tweedy doesn't sing, I'm allowing it.
Tweedy sings on half the album.
Less than half, thanks.
9/15 is less than half (yes I know it's also more than half)?
Jeff Tweedy lead vocals (2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14)

backing is bull shit as then someone could have selected We Are The World and blown up 3/4 of the draft.
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If Tweedy sings lead I'm disallowing it.
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All that matters is who sings lead on California Stars.
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mister d wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:15 pm If Tweedy sings lead I'm disallowing it.
I guess this means I can't pick the Lil Sebastian Benefit Album either.
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mister d wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:15 pm If Tweedy sings lead I'm disallowing it.
George Harrison does sing lead on Beatles albums you know. He even wrote some of the tunes.
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If you want to pick Wilco's 3rd vocalist's solo, go for it.
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More for Harrison's guitar sound than his vocals really, as his sound was integral to the Beatles sound.

Mermaid Avenue is a Billy Bragg / Woody Guthrie album, Wilco just is there to add some twang.

Under protest, I'll select Bill Evans' Explorations. Unless his playing with Miles Davis disqualifies him.

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