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

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:06 am

Great song from that album... with a very strange promotional video.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:28 pm

Blur - blur

OK I'm revisiting my love for Brit pop now. I prefer these guys to Oasis (a lot more the older I get, actually)..They picked up the pieces of a tattered Madchester scene and began to define their own sound through the 90s, but it wasn't until this LP that they really (to me) found their niche in a lo-fi, indie styling.

It leads off with this track, visits the dysphoria of anthem rock in Song 2, and the rest of the LP finishes the run-thru of your aural senses.

This video should autoplay the remainder of the LP...

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:12 pm

I’m sad I’ve received no love for my favorite pompous British act.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:05 pm

Woo hoo?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:12 pm

rass wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:05 pmWoo hoo?

Wrong.

If going the 'meh' route, then you needed to go with..

"It's not my problem. It's not my prob---lem.

WOOOOO-HOOOOOO."

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:46 am

This guy has been on the NLFC prospect board from the beginning. Not wanting to repeat their first round mistake of taking an album that probably would've better served the artist if the rules allowed a live performance or soundtrack, they've been cooling their jets at home with their family in the living room.

Cool your jets no longer, as this monster of the reggae pantheon bursts out of hiding with NLFC's late round selection of...

Jimmy Cliff - Eponymous (Wonderful World)

The Harder They Come soundtrack is really probably his best album, but that's a) against the rules and b) not solely his music, so... We land with this truly awesome set of songs. It doesn't have his most popular track, but it is fantastic all the way through.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:30 am

Going through the awesome Spotify playlist - I'd forgotten just how much fun that Violent Femmes album was. Essentially pop punk just a few years ahead of the trend.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:40 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:46 am This guy has been on the NLFC prospect board from the beginning. Not wanting to repeat their first round mistake of taking an album that probably would've better served the artist if the rules allowed a live performance or soundtrack, they've been cooling their jets at home with their family in the living room.

Cool your jets no longer, as this monster of the reggae pantheon bursts out of hiding with NLFC's late round selection of...

Jimmy Cliff - Eponymous (Wonderful World)

The Harder They Come soundtrack is really probably his best album, but that's a) against the rules and b) not solely his music, so... We land with this truly awesome set of songs. It doesn't have his most popular track, but it is fantastic all the way through.

Darn right. Great album.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:49 am

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:20 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:49 am

I opted for Thin Lizzy a few rounds ago instead of this LP. Willie the Pimp!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:23 pm

BSF just let me know he's the only one who is ever busy with work and that he'll pick by next Saturday.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:20 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:23 pm BSF just let me know he's the only one who is ever busy with work and that he'll pick by next Saturday.

Good joke. Got another one or the same one over and over again when I don't log into the swamp for more than 3 hours?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:40 pm

BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:20 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:23 pm BSF just let me know he's the only one who is ever busy with work and that he'll pick by next Saturday.
Good joke. Got another one or the same one over and over again when I don't log into the swamp for more than 3 hours?

Fucking a, guy.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:53 pm

Had this album on a lot since I bought it. I went back through a lot of their old stuff too but I think I like this one best.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:59 pm

To answer the question, it’ll likely just be a slightly reworded version of that one.

(And nice pick!)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:00 pm

Here's a great song.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:02 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:00 pm Here's a great song.

The Band’s version of that song is one of my fvroite songs of all time.

Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola.
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:05 am

Sorry for the delay:

My pick:

Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:06 am

Shit. They totally slipped my mind but would have added a nice dimension. I think I've lost more good calls in this round than the last 5 or 6.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:15 am

Going back to some much-loved hard rock music of the high school sancarlos. UFO. No Heavy Petting.

Great guitar solo, by Michael Schenker

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:49 am

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:19 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:49 am

Dude.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:28 pm

Would you have gone with (3rd album's name)?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:29 pm

1, 2, or 5.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:41 pm

I could have gone 1 or 2 but "The Funeral" is still too good of a song to pass on. Were they your next?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:21 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:41 pm I could have gone 1 or 2 but "The Funeral" is still too good of a song to pass on. Were they your next?

They were like the Japandroids were to you. I have no idea how they slipped my mind. Probably would've taken them a while back.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:26 pm

Ella Fitzgerald -- Let No Man Write My Epitaph (Intimate Ella)

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:00 pm

I'm going with loudness, and a defensive pick (with suspicions that PDX and Brian may have them on their list) with this one.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:25 pm

As poignant today as it was 54 years ago:

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:29 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:00 pm I'm going with loudness, and a defensive pick (with suspicions that PDX and Brian may have them on their list) with this one.

I think because of their name I always thought they were emo-core. Spinning now and gotta say they're not bad. More alt-rock than I expected.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:35 pm

The night I saw them live, they exchanged instruments with each other for damn near every song. Craziest thing I've ever seen at a show.

To be clear bandmember A would play guitar on one song, then bass the next song, then drums, etc., NOT bandmember A would switch guitars for different songs.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:35 pm

Oh god, here comes Rush ...

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:35 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:21 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:41 pm I could have gone 1 or 2 but "The Funeral" is still too good of a song to pass on. Were they your next?
They were like the Japandroids were to you. I have no idea how they slipped my mind. Probably would've taken them a while back.

Well, they’d slipped his mind too, but he found it in a drawer.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:57 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:15 am Going back to some much-loved hard rock music of the high school sancarlos. UFO. No Heavy Petting.

Great guitar solo, by Michael Schenker

Considered them, but their best album (By far, in my opinion) is the live 'Strangers In The Night') and I didn't want to face the wrath of the Commish by drafting a live album.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:08 pm

I completely agree that UFO’s best album was their live one. They were great in concert.

I also have had Sam Cooke on my short list, so good one, L-jam.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:45 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:35 pm Oh god, here comes Rush ...

Rush is just super skilled at the instruments that they play. I'm sure Neil Peart would be trimumphent at whatever he wanted to play though

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:56 pm

Nah, I thought this was a Dead (or Phish?) thing.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:50 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:56 pm Nah, I thought this was a Dead (or Phish?) thing.

Bands I’ve seen switch up instruments include Sloan, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Yo La Tengo. I *think* Gomez did too, but I was really drunk when I saw them live, so...

Phish has swapped instruments a few times, notably whenever they play the song Walfredo, or the rotation jams they’d do circa ‘95.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:41 pm

I saw Jethro Tull way back in college and they rotated around on instruments a few times. I'd never even heard of bands doing that.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:50 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:41 pm I saw Jethro Tull way back in college and they rotated around on instruments a few times. I'd never even heard of bands doing that.

Now that you mentioned it, I’m pretty sure Supertramp used to as well.