Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-11 ENOCHROOT***
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:11 pm
by Ryan
Fuck this shit, I’m taking a Weird Al record soon
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-11 ENOCHROOT***
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:42 pm
by EnochRoot
I'm going with one of my all time favorites. I mean, I was 8 years old singing 'Sneakin Sally Through the Alley', and when I asked my dad why he'd sneak a woman through an alley, all I'd get was a..."Never mind, son."
Fucking Robert Palmer's debut LP as a solo artist, backed by Lowell George and the various members of the Meters throughout most of the entire LP, and Steve Winwood on the LP's final, 12:18 track. He covered two Allen Toussaint contributions as well ('Sneakin' Sally' and 'From a Whisper to a Scream').
The opening 3 song segue of Sailing Shoes* > Hey Julia > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley are meant to be played together, with your stereo turned up as loud as your speakers can handle.
* Little Feat cover, but this version destroys Little Feat's if only because it lifts it out of the bluesy scurvy and into a beautified funked up rendition powered by the Meters. (get it? power meter? heh.)
All in all, a gritty, soulful and in-your-face 36 minutes of bliss.
The ending track, 'Through it all There's You' (featuring the aforementioned Steve Winwood)
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-11 ENOCHROOT***
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:24 pm
by sancarlos
Great pick, Enoch.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-11 ENOCHROOT***
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:15 pm
by EnochRoot
Thanks. It’s really a fantastic LP.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:08 am
by rass
I feel the same need expressed by nonlinear in his last pick-post. My favorite of the genre is long off the board, but I've got other options from the same era and a kindred spirit and sound.
Came down to this or their prior/first album. For whatever reason this ended up on my dog-walking-ipod and 3 Feet High and Rising didn't, so this wins. Even the goofiest of the interludes can be endearing when they pop up on random shuffle when I'm still half asleep.
(and I just ruined my ongoing Spotify playlist of the draft, as none their older albums are available)
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:25 am
by Giff
It's time.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:30 am
by mister d
My immediate instinct is UTTAD but I need to recheck the track listings.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:32 am
by Giff
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:30 am
My immediate instinct is UTTAD but I need to recheck the track listings.
I love #41/Say Goodbye, plus Two Step and Lie in our Graves too much (HA...completely unintended!).
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:33 am
by Ryan
Giff is correct
ETA: Now that I actually look, I'm not sure.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:38 am
by A_B
Swamp introduced me to them, so it seems appropriate.
The Decemberists, "The Crane Wife"
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:40 am
by mister d
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:32 amI love #41/Say Goodbye
I think this is it. In a draft, you'd have more of UTTAD but those two probably give Crash more overall value.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:32 amI love #41/Say Goodbye
I think this is it. In a draft, you'd have more of UTTAD but those two probably give Crash more overall value.
I think BTCS is their best overall album in terms of song strength. I don't have a skippable song on that album.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:42 am
by mister d
Giff has been kicked out of this draft.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:44 am
by mister d
"The Crane Wife" feels like an album that shouldn't be listenable going back but every time I hear a song off it I remember how good it was. In some slightly tweaked world, they're Arcade Fire and Arcade Fire is them and they probably don't embarrass themselves. Or if they do, its more fun and intentional.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:45 am
by Ryan
Yeah that's awful, but I do have BTCS sort of covered coming up here
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:59 am
by Giff
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:44 am
"The Crane Wife" feels like an album that shouldn't be listenable going back but every time I hear a song off it I remember how good it was. In some slightly tweaked world, they're Arcade Fire and Arcade Fire is them and they probably don't embarrass themselves. Or if they do, its more fun and intentional.
His image was jacked up when I first read this post and spent like 10 minutes trying to figure out WTF you were talking about.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:07 am
by BSF21
*crosses Decemberists off*
I don't love The Crane Wife, but it's a fine album. I had The King is Dead and The Hazards of Love on my short list. Nice pick.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:08 am
by A_B
BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:07 am
*crosses Decemberists off*
I don't love The Crane Wife, but it's a fine album. I had The King is Dead and The Hazards of Love on my short list. Nice pick.
The King Is Dead was a really close second for me.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:10 am
by Shirley
rass wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:08 am(and I just ruined my ongoing Spotify playlist of the draft, as none their older albums are available)
Thank you for the Spotify playlist, by the way. I've been going through it and listening to albums I've either never listened to or haven't in a really long time.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:15 am
by rass
Up to almost 65 hours of music.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:18 am
by mister d
I should really be listing these as overall pick, huh? That would be more interesting.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:19 am
by BSF21
Can you post that link back or sticky it to the first post? I've gone through and I must have missed it in the thread.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-16 PRUITT***
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:26 am
by rass
BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:19 am
Can you post that link back or sticky it to the first post? I've gone through and I must have missed it in the thread.
Me?
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:27 am
by BSF21
Thanks Rass!
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:28 am
by Giff
I feel like we might be waiting a while.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:05 am
by Ryan
Anyone got an appropriate song to play while we wait?!? That wouldn't be annoying!
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:17 am
by Jerloma
I wasn't paying attention to any of that judge howard shit. Does NWA take Dre and Cube off the board?
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:19 am
by Nonlinear FC
I'm just a grunt, but I would say Hell Yes.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:20 am
by mister d
I have no idea how I didn't think of NWA when I was fishing for examples early on. I'd like to heard Howard's take, but I would say they're still available solo based on the logic "you can't make an argument that one of Dre, Cube or Eazy made up 50% or more of NWA's value".
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:21 am
by L-Jam3
Not suggesting we start this anytime soon, as this is going strong. But in a few months or so when this gets a little slower a similar idea might work for movies, sort of the Swampdance Film Fest. Although I don't know if the eliminating factor be actors or the director. Or key grip.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:22 am
by Nonlinear FC
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:20 am
I have no idea how I didn't think of NWA when I was fishing for examples early on. I'd like to heard Howard's take, but I would say they're still available solo based on the logic "you can't make an argument that one of Dre, Cube or Eazy made up 50% or more of NWA's value".
Oh. Because Dre, in particular, would be up for serious consideration in the NLFC Cabin.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:22 am
by rass
Therefore, one of the primary effects of this ruling is to overturn the rule that selection of a group removes solo work from consideration of the draft. This rule is impossible to apply either fairly or widely, much less equally, as discussed above, and thus must be set aside.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:22 am
by mister d
Tupac was overrated. Dre flat out suuuuuuucks.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:23 am
by Nonlinear FC
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:21 am
Not suggesting we start this anytime soon, as this is going strong. But in a few months or so when this gets a little slower a similar idea might work for movies, sort of the Swampdance Film Fest. Although I don't know if the eliminating factor be actors or the director. Or key grip.
Man... Good call. Director vs. Actor alone would be a week long pre-draft debate.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:25 am
by Nonlinear FC
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:22 am
Tupac was overrated. Dre flat out suuuuuuucks.
Methinks thou protests... a lot, so as to play some funky reverse psychology shit on me.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:35 am
by mister d
Not at all, I truly don't like Dre. I am Mister East Coast.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:43 am
by Nonlinear FC
A nods as good as a wink to a blind man.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:52 am
by Giff
If this draft was in 1994, I would've taken The Chronic very high (HA!), but it's hard to listen to now.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:04 pm
by mister d
"The Chronic" was a Snoop album and I will not argue this.
Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - PRUITT (88th)
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:10 pm
by brian
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:22 am
Tupac was overrated. Dre flat out suuuuuuucks.
