{copies the post you made after the pick of Manners and slightly edits it as appropriate for this choice}
Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (140th)
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (140th)
Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
I’m sure this album wouldn’t be taken at anytime, but I need to have this in my cabin. To me, there isn’t a weak track on here. Great lyrics and great musicianship.
Life is Grand
I’m sure this album wouldn’t be taken at anytime, but I need to have this in my cabin. To me, there isn’t a weak track on here. Great lyrics and great musicianship.
Life is Grand
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - SANCARLOS (138th)
Every once in a while a band comes along that produces an LP that doesn’t necessarily cross genres, but rather bends them. This is one of those records.
Opening track is perfectly placed.
Right away everybody, regardless of what music you listen to, so long as you listen to it for the same reasons, can relate to the sentiments implied here:
Fucking fantastic choice.I'm feelin' rough I'm feelin' raw I'm in the prime of my life
Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars
This is our decision to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
Forget about our mothers and our friends
We were fated to pretend.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (140th)
Was jamming one of their new songs and thought how that particular song is probably top 10 for me, particularly for the verses just shared.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
How do you bump sticky threads?
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
Really surprised this one is still on the board. Kinda similar to my thoughts on Foo Fighters, in my opinion, this band has gotten progressively worse with each album. That being said, this debut is a damn classic.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
The lack of Otis Redding on this list needs to be rectified post haste.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
They can be so insufferable, but they've penned some amazing songs throughout the years. Seeing them live last fall helped me appreciate a few of the ones from newer albums that I hadn't liked before.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:34 am Really surprised this one is still on the board. Kinda similar to my thoughts on Foo Fighters, in my opinion, this band has gotten progressively worse with each album. That being said, this debut is a damn classic.
This is a great pick. Straight out of Jeff Magnum’s mind at times it seems. Also, ‘Tunnels’ evokes images of Talking Heads’ ‘Nothing but Flowers’, or even David Bowies’ ‘Heroes’.You change all the lead
Sleepin' in my head,
As the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn
I’ve seen them a handful of times, notably at ACL in ‘07, split ticket with Spoon at Merriweather in ‘10, and at Jazz Fest in ‘11.
I think Win Butler lost his way a bit as he honed his triple double scoring efforts at all those NBA celebrity all star games.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
Absolutely. Butler is indie Cobain if he'd died after either Neon Bible or The Suburbs depending on your taste.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:50 amThey can be so insufferable, but they've penned some amazing songs throughout the years. Seeing them live last fall helped me appreciate a few of the ones from newer albums that I hadn't liked before.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
Arcade Fire - McGill students! Agree that they've gone downhill though.
And Otis Redding! One of the great things about Spotify is the nearly 5 hours of Otis live at the Whiskey A Go Go!
And it goes without saying, that the band is ridiculously great.
And Otis Redding! One of the great things about Spotify is the nearly 5 hours of Otis live at the Whiskey A Go Go!
And it goes without saying, that the band is ridiculously great.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
The shift from whimsical imagery to dance happened on Reflektor, so I’d say The Suburbs is a good cut-off.mister d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:13 amAbsolutely. Butler is indie Cobain if he'd died after either Neon Bible or The Suburbs depending on your taste.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:50 amThey can be so insufferable, but they've penned some amazing songs throughout the years. Seeing them live last fall helped me appreciate a few of the ones from newer albums that I hadn't liked before.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
It's not off of this album, but Intervention is one of my favorite songs of all time.mister d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:13 amAbsolutely. Butler is indie Cobain if he'd died after either Neon Bible or The Suburbs depending on your taste.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:50 amThey can be so insufferable, but they've penned some amazing songs throughout the years. Seeing them live last fall helped me appreciate a few of the ones from newer albums that I hadn't liked before.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
I’m just remembering the fact that Google commissioned a group to create an interactive video in HTML5, called The Wilderness Downtown, to the soundtrack of ‘We Used to Wait’, released around the end of August, 2010. That was right around the time I was having my bachelor party ‘week’ down in Pass-A-Grille, FL. A few friends on the IT side of my persona were trying to get at the source code of the video. Wild times.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - CHEDDA (14?th)
I think that's the common sentiment but I fucking hated The Suburbs.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
Just came on to applaud the Camper Van and Otis Redding picks!
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
PDX's pick commish
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
Sigur Rós – Takk
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
Takk is an interesting choice for Sigur Ros (granted, it's PDX's choice and no one else's).
Ágætis byrjun would be the one the hipsters/cool kids would select and ( ) is the probably the most well-known and "popular". Personally I think Takk is wicked underrated.
Ágætis byrjun would be the one the hipsters/cool kids would select and ( ) is the probably the most well-known and "popular". Personally I think Takk is wicked underrated.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - LJAM (142nd)
Yeah, this was really cool. I remember doing this at the beach as well. Must've come out in the summer.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:37 am I’m just remembering the fact that Google commissioned a group to create an interactive video in HTML5, called The Wilderness Downtown, to the soundtrack of ‘We Used to Wait’, released around the end of August, 2010. That was right around the time I was having my bachelor party ‘week’ down in Pass-A-Grille, FL. A few friends on the IT side of my persona were trying to get at the source code of the video. Wild times.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - J-LO (144-145th)
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Those are definitely two artists who went a lot later than they deserved.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Absolutely. Those were queued up for my next two picks, but I knew they weren't going to reach me.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - J-LO (144-145th)
Holy fuckng shit, dude. That’s almost creepy. That was exactly my order coming up.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Yep same
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 - PDX (146th)
Giff is the only person still under an hour for average draft time spent on his picks (41.63 minutes, or if you prefer .69 of an hour).
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Slow day at the office?
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
shhhhhhhhhh...
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Well, a fairer representation would be to take out minutes where it can reasonably be expected that people are sleeping.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Would it?Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:03 pm Well, a fairer representation would be to take out minutes where it can reasonably be expected that people are sleeping.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Pretty sure my audacity to wait until 11am on a Monday after the last pick was at 11:55 on a Friday night is skewing my average a bit,
Just glancing, if you're not counting weekends and the middle of the damn night during the week, I'm averaging about 2.5 hours. If you're bored, I've got a great list of albums for you to pass the time.
Just glancing, if you're not counting weekends and the middle of the damn night during the week, I'm averaging about 2.5 hours. If you're bored, I've got a great list of albums for you to pass the time.
Dances with Wolves (1) - BSF
"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
"There is nothing ever uncommon about BSF21."
"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
"There is nothing ever uncommon about BSF21."
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
That one hurt, but there have been three other occasions when the prior pick was made early evening East coast time and you didn't make your pick until late morning the next day.
To your credit, you took 2 minutes once, and a little over 1/2 hour one other time. All others have been well over 2 hours.
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
As someone following and listening along, I've found the pace to be fine. I think it would kill the vibe a bit if it all happened too fast.
Totally Kafkaesque
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Gotta make sure I plan this next work trip around my next pick. Wouldn't want to make it hard on anyone.rass wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:16 pmThat one hurt, but there have been three other occasions when the prior pick was made early evening East coast time and you didn't make your pick until late morning the next day.
To your credit, you took 2 minutes once, and a little over 1/2 hour one other time. All others have been well over 2 hours.
(In all honesty, I'm astonished about how well this has progressed given our other attempts at drafts.)
((Any interest in someone putting together an alphabetical list of artists taken so far? That spreadsheet is a lot of info to absorb and we're getting into my not being able to remember 150 picks territory.))
Dances with Wolves (1) - BSF
"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
"There is nothing ever uncommon about BSF21."
"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
"There is nothing ever uncommon about BSF21."
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
Question is whether or not the board can support a sortable spreadsheet / table.BSF21 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:25 pmGotta make sure I plan this next work trip around my next pick. Wouldn't want to make it hard on anyone.rass wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:16 pmThat one hurt, but there have been three other occasions when the prior pick was made early evening East coast time and you didn't make your pick until late morning the next day.
To your credit, you took 2 minutes once, and a little over 1/2 hour one other time. All others have been well over 2 hours.
(In all honesty, I'm astonished about how well this has progressed given our other attempts at drafts.)
((Any interest in someone putting together an alphabetical list of artists taken so far? That spreadsheet is a lot of info to absorb and we're getting into my not being able to remember 150 picks territory.))
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Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PDX (146th)
If you can get the page to refresh, there should be a second sheet there now with those details (excluding jerloma and ryan from the shortest list).
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