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Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - NONLINEAR (263rd)
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - NONLINEAR (263rd)
Who are you talking about?
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - NONLINEAR (263rd)
If you don't like Soft Bulletin, then chances are you're not going to like anything of theirs from the past 20 years. Prior to Soft Bulletin they were further out there with stuff like Clouds Taste Metallic or Transmissions from the Satellite Heart. Honestly, I could take or leave them until Soft Bulletin. I loved that disc, and also Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and also At War with the Mystics. Then they went out of phase on me again and I lost 'em. With Wayne Coyne, it's kinda like SETI. Tune in once in a while to see if he's sending an appreciable signal back.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - NONLINEAR (263rd)
Pete Yorn
I was going to try to fill in some chronological gaps, maybe pick an album for HS rass, one for college rass, or post-college/pre-kids rass, but BSF really messed that up and made me sad with his Guster selection (at least he picked the album I would have picked, though I don't so much get the Evermotion hate given Keep It Together is where their sound really changed).
But I'll try to stick with the plan and go with a holdover for HS rass:
fear - Toad the Wet Sprocket
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (266th)
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (266th)
Adele, 21
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (266th)
Nice choice, Giff.
ETA - Adele's good too, AB.
ETA - Adele's good too, AB.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (268th)
Going to sound like a rock critic for a moment here...
Lou Reed was both great, and overrated. He created some great music, some really good albums (and two of the best live albums ever) as well as a lot of unlistenable stuff. His problem was that as a true artist, he would let his demons overwhelm his music with the result being a bunch of sloppy and uneven records and some that are so grim as to be unlistenable.
But in 1984, he was in a good mood (for him) and put out an album that I love to this day.
I could sing this entire album. Even when Lou is singing about hitting someone in a jealous rage, the music on this album makes it into a catchy song.
And there's this bouncy classic...
Lou Reed was both great, and overrated. He created some great music, some really good albums (and two of the best live albums ever) as well as a lot of unlistenable stuff. His problem was that as a true artist, he would let his demons overwhelm his music with the result being a bunch of sloppy and uneven records and some that are so grim as to be unlistenable.
But in 1984, he was in a good mood (for him) and put out an album that I love to this day.
I could sing this entire album. Even when Lou is singing about hitting someone in a jealous rage, the music on this album makes it into a catchy song.
And there's this bouncy classic...
Eve kissed Able, that's how he got murdered by Cain
Abraham gave up his son, to keep his wife away
And even the Lord almighty, speaking from the trenches to the pits
Spoke for all of mankind, when he said
Take the Porsche, take the kids, take the stocks
Take the rugs, take those roses from my poor heart wilting
But, please, please, please
Leave me my red joystick, leave me my red joystick
Leave me my red joystick, leave me my red joystick
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (269th)
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (269th)
Grabbing this for the presample of GPJ's Father Figure
And for no good reason at all other than it's way different than anything else I have and I may eventually have to stop showering at the cabin...
And for no good reason at all other than it's way different than anything else I have and I may eventually have to stop showering at the cabin...
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (268th)
Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:21 am Going to sound like a rock critic for a moment here...
Lou Reed was both great, and overrated. He created some great music, some really good albums (and two of the best live albums ever) as well as a lot of unlistenable stuff. His problem was that as a true artist, he would let his demons overwhelm his music with the result being a bunch of sloppy and uneven records and some that are so grim as to be unlistenable.
But in 1984, he was in a good mood (for him) and put out an album that I love to this day.
I could sing this entire album. Even when Lou is singing about hitting someone in a jealous rage, the music on this album makes it into a catchy song.
And there's this bouncy classic...
Eve kissed Able, that's how he got murdered by Cain
Abraham gave up his son, to keep his wife away
And even the Lord almighty, speaking from the trenches to the pits
Spoke for all of mankind, when he said
Take the Porsche, take the kids, take the stocks
Take the rugs, take those roses from my poor heart wilting
But, please, please, please
Leave me my red joystick, leave me my red joystick
Leave me my red joystick, leave me my red joystick
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (269th)
The second someone pointed out Howard allowed Lennon separate from the Beatles I gave up enforcing anything except the compilations/live album stuff.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
Shit. I was hoping for Adele or George Michael to get back to me. Good songwriters and dynamic voices.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (269th)
That's the reason I took Lou Reed here. Don't blame me, blame Yoko.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
Given to me on one side of a cassette by the beautiful new girl my freshman year in HS. The other side was The Violent Femmes.
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
The last 2 rounds have pointed out what a shitty job I did of researching/remembering my own music library. Can't believe I didn't grab TMBG.
You can lead a horse to fish, but you can't fish out a horse.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
UB40's first few albums were great.
This one is a classic from start to finish.
This one is a classic from start to finish.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
ALRIGHT HOOKERS! NOW IT'S A PARTY!
Taylor Swift 1989
Taylor Swift 1989
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - AB (238th)
Kind of going back and catching up... This guy was on my list, but I felt like I'd covered that type of sound with Ben Harper. My Canadian SIL once picked up the CD and exclaimed, "I love this music! A-Mose Lee!!"
Probably should've shunted that into the Canadian thread at some point.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
Lotta good picks there. Faith, Flood, and 1989 all got a ton of spins at my house.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
Not sure how I never had Faith on my list, especially for later rounds...
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
Was next on my list. Birdhouse in your Soul FTW.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - DUFF (271th)
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
Why not?
The second someone pointed out Howard allowed Lennon separate from the Beatles I gave up enforcing anything except the compilations/live album stuff.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
Blatant floutation
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
Caitlin says fuck off, but pick retracted.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
You know what, no. I'm not retracting. He already said he's giving up enforcing that rule. I'm sticking with Whiskeytown.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
I want to keep things rolling here (and adding this back in after removing it - even if giff's pick deserves an investigation), so I'll go with an album that is on my list because it has what is one of my most favorite songs (title/lead track) instead of trying to figure out what else I could have missed (as was the case with Faith).
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
I would obviously defer to Howard’s wisdom, but Lou Reed was not the sum of Velvet Underground. John Cale was a significant part of it as well.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
Rass, always liked that song, never had any idea who it was.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
So was Sterling Morrison, jerk.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
I’ve been a fan of these guys for years. Theirs is a spirituality that doesn’t dominate the sound, which is clutch if you want me to listen to it for more than 3 seconds.rass wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:47 pm I want to keep things rolling here (and adding this back in after removing it - even if giff's pick deserves an investigation), so I'll go with an album that is on my list because it has what is one of my most favorite songs (title/lead track) instead of trying to figure out what else I could have missed (as was the case with Faith).
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th)
Truth. He’d be in the role of George Harrison bridging Lennon & McCartney. Of course, that means Andy Warhol is freakin Yoko.
(For the record: I rank the Beatles as Lennon/Harrison (1 and 1a), McCartney and insert drummer here).
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - GIFF (275th) + ENOCHROOT (277th)
Pretty sure I read that Morrison’s presence allowed for Cale’s and Reed’s egos to coexist. Cale was the artsy freak, and Lou Reed was too-cool-for-school rock and roll.
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