*** 80's Song Draft *** Completed

[nzoner 936]

Finally! Damn straight!

 

You know I don't want to double up on the artist or I'd have been all over this, long, long ago.

Probably not the best draft strategy but I'm not doubling up on anyone's artist,trying to bring as much diversity(while still being relevant) to the draft as possible.There's been some damn fine 2nd songs picked too.

[fandandy 3,311]

12:08 Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

 

[vuduchile 1,941]

12:08 Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

 

 

 

I was listening to Brian Koppleman on a podcast the other day. He told the story of how he went to college with Tracy, heard her perform and spent 2 years trying to get her a record deal.

 

He said countless A&R guys came to see her live, loved her shows, complimented her then turned around and told him there was no way they could sign her since she was an ugly, black lesbo.

[Cruzer 1,992]

12:08 Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

Was always a great rainy day song........ Took me forever to believe it was actually a woman signing it.

[edjr 5,552]

12.09

 

 

 

[Voltaire 4,556]

Ed, you're doing it again. I don't have my VPN on.

[Cruzer 1,992]

Ed, you're doing it again. I don't have my VPN on.

Down Under - Men at Work

[shotsup 832]

Ed, you're doing it again. I don't have my VPN on.

Men at Work

Down under

 

Like Downs Syndrome Ed.

[edjr 5,552]

 

 

 

 

[vuduchile 1,941]

12.10 Ah Leah - Donny Iris

 

Whiny, new wave vocals plus hard slamming drums and a driving guitar groove. It just focking rocks.

 

[Cruzer 1,992]

12.10 Ah Leah - Donny Iris

Def road trip staple.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569]

12.09

 

 

 

Great Pick, forgot about this

 

Need me some Vegamite

[nzoner 936]

12.10 Ah Leah - Donny Iris

 

Whiny, new wave vocals plus hard slamming drums and a driving guitar groove. It just focking rocks.

 

Been on my cheat sheet since the beginning but could never pull the trigger,might have to think about his other hit now.

[Voltaire 4,556]

Ed does make great picks. Here's another.

 

I feel bad for giving you grief for taking rap crap. It's a popular genre so I suppose somebody who's developed the ability to differentiate between good rap songs and bad ones should feel free.

 

While I'm here, I love Pat Benatar and realize Love is a Battlefield is her most popular song, unfortunately, in my case, it's not one that I particularly cared for. I'm all about We Belong or Shadows of the Night.

[edjr 5,552]

Ed does make great picks. Here's another.

 

I feel bad for giving you grief for taking rap crap. It's a popular genre so I suppose somebody who's developed the ability to differentiate between good rap songs and bad ones should feel free.

 

While I'm here, I love Pat Benatar and realize Love is a Battlefield is her most popular song, unfortunately, in my case, it's not one that I particularly cared for. I'm all about We Belong or Shadows of the Night.

 

My favorite genre and I loves me some music. Down Under was #1 for 4 consecutive weeks. (didn't look that up till after I picked)

 

No harm, no foul. it's all opinion

 

I am a hair band man, but most hair band music just doesn't cut it when it comes to "greatest"

 

Way too many have made this list.

[Voltaire 4,556]

1.01 Livin' On A Prayer Bon Jovi RaiderHater

2.12 Don't You Forget About Me Simple Minds RaiderHater

3.01 Jesse's Girl Rick Springfield RaiderHater

4.12 Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles RaiderHater
5.01 Eye of the Tiger Survivor RaiderHater

6.12 Blue Monday New Order RaiderHater
7.01 Cum On Feel the Noize Quiet Riot RaiderHater

8.12 Don't You Want Me Human League RaiderHater
9.01 Electric Avenue Eddie Grant RaiderHater

10.12 Cry Little Sister Gerard McMann RaiderHater

11.1 Hard for Me to Say I'm Sorry Chicago RaiderHater

1.02 Superfreak Rick James Hardcore Troubadour

2.11 White Lines Grandmaster Flash Hardcore Troubadour

3.02 Mony Mony Billy Idol Hardcore Troubadour

4.11 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye Hardcore Troubadour
5.02 Sister Christian Night Ranger Hardcore Troubadour

6.11 What I Like About You The Romantics Hardcore Troubadour
7.02 Walking On Sunshine Katrina and the Waves Hardcore Troubadour

8.11 Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young Hardcore Troubadour
9.02 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies Hardcore Troubadour

10.11 Roll Me Away Bob Seger Hardcore Troubadour

11.02 Missing You John Waite Hardcore Troubadour

1.03 Sweet Child O' Mine Guns 'N' Roses Vuduchile

2.10 Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne Vuduchile

3.03 Dead or Alive Bon Jovi Vuduchile

4.10 Let's Dance David Bowie Vuduchile
5.03 I Love Rock and Roll Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Vuduchile

6.10 Rapture Blondie Vuduchile

7.03 The Living Years Mike and the Mechanics Vuduchile

8.10 Copperhead Road Steve Earle Vuduchile
9.03 Hot For Teacher Van Halen Vuduchile

10.10 Say, Say, Say Jackson and McCartney Vuduchile

11.03 Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash Vuduchile

12.10 Ah Leah Donny Iris Vuduchile

1.04 Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard edjr

2.09 Don't Stop Believing Journey edjr

3.04 Thriller Michael Jackson edjr

4.09 867-5309/Jenny Tommy Tutone edjr
5.04 Summer of 69 Brian Adams edjr

6.09 Keep On Loving you REO Speedwagon edjr
7.04 Love Is A Battlefield Pat Benatar edjr

8.09 Straight Outta Compton NWA edjr

9.04 Walk This Way Run DMC/Aerosmith edjr

10.09 The Final Countdown Europe edjr

11.04 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer edjr

12.09 Men at Work Down Under edjr

1.05 Billy Jean Michael Jackson Fandandy

2.08 Jump Van Halen Fandandy

3.05 Money For Nothing Dire Straits Fandandy

4.08 Need You Tonight INXS Fandandy
5.05 Sailing Christopher Cross Fandandy

6.08 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 Fandandy
7.05 Faith George Michael Fandandy

8.08 It's the End of the World... R.E.M. Fandandy

9.05 Kiss Off Violent Femmes Fandandy

10.08 Faithfully Journey Fandandy

11:05 No One Is To Blame Howard Jones Fandandy

12:08 Fast Car Tracy Chapman Fandandy

 

1.06 Welcome to the Jungle Guns 'N' Roses Shotsup

2.07 Still of the Night Whitesnake Shotsup

3.06 The Heart of Rock and Roll Huey Lewis & the News Shotsup

4.07 Beat It Michael Jackson Shotsup
5.06 Fight For Your Right Beastie Boys Shotsup

6.07 Centerfold J. Geils Band Shotsup
7.06 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen Shotsup

8.07 I wear my Sunglasses at Night Corey Hart Shotsup

9.06 Athena The Who Shotsup

10.07 We Are the World USA for Africa Shotsup

11.06 Ace of Spades. Motörhead Shotsup

12.07 Fade to Black Metallica Shotsup

1.07 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC cruzer

2.06 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners cruzer
3.07 How Soon Is Now? The Smiths cruzer

4.06 Your Love The Outfield cruzer

5.07 Kyrie Mr. Mister cruzer

6.06 I Ran Flock of Seagulls cruzer
7.07 In A Big Country Big Country cruzer

8.06 Forever Young Alphaville cruzer

9.07 Heat of the Moment Asia cruzer

10.06 I Melt With You Modern English cruzer

11:07 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. cruzer

12:06 St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) John Parr cruzer

 

1.08 When Doves Cry Prince dain11279

2.05 Hungry Like The Wolf Duran Duran dain11279

3.08 Paradise City Guns 'N' Roses dain11279

4.05 Take On Me A-ha dain11279
5.08 One Metallica dain11279

6.05 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen dain11279
7.08 Mr. Roboto Styx dain11279

8.05 Start Me Up Rolling Stones dain11279

9.08 Rock of Ages Def Leppard dain11279

10.05 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner dain11279

11.08 The Message Grandmaster Flash dain11279

12.05 White Wedding Billy Idol dain11279

 

1.09 Every Breath You Take The Police nzoner

2.04 Under Pressure Queen & Bowie nzoner
3.09 Lunatic Fringe Red Rider nzoner

4.04 Owner of A Lone ly Heart Yes nzoner
5.09 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx nzoner

6.04 Cult of Personality Living Color nzoner
7.09 Some Like It Hot The Power Station nzoner

8.04 All You Zombies The Hooters nzoner

9.09 Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil nzoner

10.04 Drive The Cars nzoner

11.09 Roam B-52s nzoner

12.04 Bad Love Eric Clapton nzoner

1.10 Like A Virgin Madonna SUXBNME

2.03 Here I Go Again Whitesnake SUXBNME

3.10 Rebel Yell Billy Idol SUXBNME

4.03 Purple Rain Prince SUXBNME

5.10 Round and Round Ratt SUXBNME

6.03 The Stroke Billy Squire SUXBNME

7.10 Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top SUXBNME

8.03 I Remember You Skid Row SUXBNME

9.10 Our Lips Are Sealed GoGo's SUXBNME

10.03 It's Not Love Dokken SUXBNME

11.10 Wait White Lion SUXBNME

12.03 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult SUXBNME

1.11 Back In Black AC/DC Voltaire

2.02 Master of Puppets Metallica Voltaire
3.11 Tom Sawyer Rush Voltaire

4.02 Jack and Diane John Mellencamp Voltaire
5.11 Kickstart My Heart Mötley Crüe Voltaire

6.02 Photograph Def Leppard Voltaire
7.11 You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi Voltaire

8.02 Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison Voltaire

9.11 God Bless the USA Lee Greenwood Voltaire

10.02 Rock You Like A Hurricane Scorpions Voltaire

11.11 Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks Voltaire

12.02 18 and Life Skid Row Voltaire

1.12 With Or Without You U2 Titans

2.01 London Calling The Clash Titans
3.12 In the Air Tonight Phil Collins Titans
4.01 Just Like Heaven The Cure Titans
5.12 Free Fallin' Tom Petty Titans
6.01 If You Leave OMD Titans
7.12 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics Titans
8.01 Addicted To Love Robert Palmer Titans
9.12 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood Titans
10.01 You Were Always On My Mind Willie Nelson Titans

11.12 Danger Zone Kenny Loggins Titans

12.01 Tainted Love Soft Cell Titans

 

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All caught up for the moment, but this is going to be my last update for a good while. Going to bed now then a lot of work tomorrow. I'll check in in the morning and make a pick if it's there but otherwise I'll be too busy for anything more along these lines until I have free time again.

[nzoner 936]

 

Down Under was #1 for 4 consecutive weeks. (didn't look that up till after I picked)

 

 

Have no idea how high it charted but from that same project Be Good Johnny was always my fav.

[Voltaire 4,556]

 

 

Way too many have made this list.

I've been thinking "not nearly enough."

 

I know people don't like the genre, page three of this thread isn't the first time I've seen it, just the most recent. I can never figured out why, still sounds great to me. Poison especially draws ire but they're my favorite.

[edjr 5,552]

I've been thinking "not nearly enough."

 

I know people don't like the genre, page three of this thread isn't the first time I've seen it, just the most recent. I can never figured out why, still sounds great to me. Poison especially draws ire but they're my favorite.

 

Poison was one of the better of the genre, (popularity) even though their only talent was CC Deville. The rest were ho hum and Bobby Dall is one of the worst bassists to ever be in a band that made it.

 

Even though they only have a 10 song set list and 2 of those are solos, they are a lot of fun live. Seen them, 9 or 10 times since 1999 (reunion)

[vuduchile 1,941]

I've been thinking "not nearly enough."

 

I know people don't like the genre, page three of this thread isn't the first time I've seen it, just the most recent. I can never figured out why, still sounds great to me. Poison especially draws ire but they're my favorite.

As others have said, its all subjective. There are at least a dozen songs that have been drafted that Ive hated since they came out.

 

Metallica is one example for me. I like hard rock but Hetfields voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me.

 

Some of this stuff just isnt music to my ears.

[edjr 5,552]

top 3 sellouts of all time; Metallica, probably #1

[nzoner 936]

 

Poison was one of the better of the genre, (popularity) even though their only talent was CC Deville. The rest were ho hum and Bobby Dall is one of the worst bassists to ever be in a band that made it.

 

 

I know you love music as much as I do,that said IMO they had a talent in that band for a couple of years by the name of Ritchie Kotzen whose solo work is well worth checking out.Here's a sample,BTW if you do listen NSFW lyrics

 

[edjr 5,552]

I know you love music as much as I do,that said IMO they had a talent in that band for a couple of years by the name of Ritchie Kotzen whose solo work is well worth checking out.Here's a sample,BTW if you do listen NSFW lyrics

 

 

 

Kotzen is talented, for sure. He just wasn't right for that band (and too young). You can't replace a spaz like CC, just like Motley Crue could have never replaced a sound like Mick Mars. Doesn't mean they were the greatest, they just had a distinct sound.

 

The best guitarist from the hair band genre, (IMHO) was a complete wasted talent in White Lion - Vito Bratta

[Hardcore troubadour 12,618]

12.11. Pride and Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

[nzoner 936]

 

Kotzen is talented, for sure. He just wasn't right for that band

[Voltaire 4,556]

Some of this stuff just isnt music to my ears.

In the Army, the black guys were all heavy into rap. Good guys, I liked them and have no complaints as people, but when the music came on - oh fock- I had to leave.

 

I like R&B and Motown, they weren't playing that. In fairness we weren't playing the milder, softer music either. We had the metal going loudly ourselves.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569]

ok fine, you guys Twisted my arm and my Sisters, but I'll Take it, wait No I'm not going to take it

 

 

12.12 We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569]

And we need a little magic up in this place, and I need a reason to bring him into this draft

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuTrfTfGd0

 

13.1 Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band

[Hardcore troubadour 12,618]

13.2. People Who Died- Jim Carroll Band

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569]

13.2. People Who Died- Jim Carroll Band

 

always think of this as a 90's song cause of Basketball Diaries

[nzoner 936]

13.2. People Who Died- Jim Carroll Band

Very nice

[vuduchile 1,941]

12.11. Pride and Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

You bastard coated bastard. I was positive I could hold this for a couple more rounds.

[Hardcore troubadour 12,618]

You bastard coated bastard. I was positive I could hold this for a couple more rounds.

Been sitting on it for a bit now. Knew time was running out. Who hasn't cranked some SRV driving and felt cool as could be?

[vuduchile 1,941]

13.3. Kiss. Prince

 

Cant have a complete 80s draft without a Prince song. This one showcases him at his faggoty best.

[edjr 5,552]

13.04

 

Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie

 

[dain11279 927]

13.3. Kiss. Prince

 

Cant have a complete 80s draft without a Prince song. This one showcases him at his faggoty best.

 

I took a Prince song in the first round dummy

[fandandy 3,311]

13:05 Wild Side - Motley Crue

 

[fandandy 3,311]

 

I took a Prince song in the first round dummy

He's been drafted three times at least

[vuduchile 1,941]

 

I took a Prince song in the first round dummy

Im talking about my draft retard.

[vuduchile 1,941]

He's been drafted three times at least

Again. Im talking about MY draft.

 

I said the same thing when I drafted Say Say as my MJ song