Album draft signup thread.

[bostonlager 2,665]

scooter up.

[DrJ 0]

Man, this is a pretty craptastic draft.

[Big Blue 06 195]

Man, this is a pretty craptastic draft.

 

Thank you so much for your contribution.

[football_scooter 0]

Steal of the draft:

 

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach

 

1. Ain't Wastin' Time No More 
2. Les Brers In A Minor
3. Melissa  
4. Mountain Jam	
5. One Way Out 
6. Trouble No More
7. Stand Back  
8. Blue Sky   
9. Little Martha  

Having firmly established themselves as "The Grateful Dead of the South" via their enormously successful 1971 Live at the Fillmore East double album, the Allman Brothers had just begun work on a new studio collection when slide guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident. Undaunted, the group rallied together and completed Eat a Peach, which, via inclusion of the 34-minute-plus "Mountain Jam," blossomed into a double LP. While keyboardist-singer Gregg Allman shone on tracks like Sonny Boy Williamson's "One Way Out" and his own "Melissa," it was second guitarist Dickey Betts who came out from under the departed Allman's shadow with his lead vocal on "Blue Sky" and his incendiary playing throughout. --Billy Altman 


How does one introduce an album one has had to replace twice before finally getting it on CD? Byu admitting that it provided a constant accompaniment to his life for more than two decades, that he remembers hearing the echoes of "Blue Sky" wafting into the rafters at his wedding reception in an expansive old mansion beloinging to a friend's parents, or that he felt more at home when listening to it on a Sony Walkman in strange motel rooms all over the country when traveling on business? It seems to be a permanent part of my life, like Sgt Pepper or Bookends. This is the album released at the apex of their rise to fame and fortune, a studio album completed after lead singer and slide guitar magician Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident. This is s spellbindingly good collection of an under appreciated band at their very best. You will find most of the songs included here on their various "best of the Allman Brothers" collections, and for good reason. Whether it is for the matchless "Blue Sky', or for the blockbuster sound of "Ain't Wasting Time No More", this is an album so terrific, you will play it again and again. I especially like their guitar instrumentals. Gregg Allman and Dicky Betts perform absolutely magically here, and it is all captured for your endless amusement and entertainment. Enjoy!

[Big Blue 06 195]

Big Pete is on the clock.

[jets24 6]

Big Pete is on the clock.

 

 

$50 says he goes with Double Fantasy

[kutulu 1,676]

$50 says he goes with Double Fantasy

 

50 bucks he says he tag-teamed two of the groupies for whatever band he selects.

[RicemanX 20]

c'mon, we were doing sooooo good yesterday!

[kutulu 1,676]

c'mon, we were doing sooooo good yesterday!

 

Big Pete sucks the meat.

[bostonlager 2,665]

Big Pete sucks the meat.

 

 

[kutulu 1,676]

Having firmly established themselves as "The Grateful Dead of the South"

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please tell me they aren't as sucky as the dead

[Big_Pete 0]

Ready for it?

 

Eagles - Hotel California!

[BroncoBilly 0]

Damn this is painful. I need to go out of town on business thur- saturday if there is anybody that might want to take over for me on Thursday...let me know.

[jets24 6]

Ready for it?

 

Eagles - Hotel California!

 

 

How appropriate. A song/album about a fictional place!

[SUXBNME 1,499]

Van Halen - VanHalen

1. Runnin' With The Devil

2. Eruption

3. You Really Got Me

4. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

5. I'm The One

6. Jamie's Cryin'

7. Atomic Punk

8. Feel Your Love Tonight

9. Little Dreamer

10. Ice Cream Man

11. On Fire

[fricker66 93]

When does the variety start kicking in? You all are disappointing.

[Big_Pete 0]

Big Blue is up... then you again sux.

I got my next pick locked in. And I have a feeling nobody will take it.

[SUXBNME 1,499]

When does the variety start kicking in? You all are disappointing.

Probably at round 11 or so

[Big_Pete 0]

How appropriate. A song/album about a fictional place!

[SUXBNME 1,499]

Bump for BB06

[Big_Pete 0]

Bump for BB06

Latest of the geeks to go MIA?

[bostonlager 2,665]

bump

[RicemanX 20]

BIG BLUE WHERE ARE YOUUUU?!

[frank 2,305]

In the later rounds, people are going to really forget about this. We really need to enforce a time limit.

[BroncoBilly 0]

I'll be gone tell about 930 tonight ...just in case it happens to start rolling again....

[bostonlager 2,665]

[D_House 0]

Damn this is painful. I need to go out of town on business thur- saturday if there is anybody that might want to take over for me on Thursday...let me know.

I'll take over, if the slot is still available. I've been following along. It's been hard to keep up.

 

[Big Blue 06 195]

Christ. Sorry gents, had to work today. My picks:

 

4.12 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

5.01 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

 

 

IMO, the Pink Floyd album is their best. Only 5 songs on the whole CD, but it is absolutely awesome.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is vastly underrated IMO. 2 discs and there's hardly a bad song on them.

 

 

Disc one: Dawn to Dusk

"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" – 2:52

"Tonight, Tonight" – 4:14

"Jellybelly" – 3:01

"Zero" – 2:41

"Here Is No Why" – 3:45

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – 4:18

"To Forgive" – 4:17

"###### You (An Ode To No One)" – 4:51

"Love" – 4:21

"Cupid de Locke" – 2:50

"Galapogos" – 4:47

"Muzzle" – 3:44

"Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" – 9:21

"Take Me Down" – 2:52

 

[edit] Disc two: Twilight to Starlight

"Where Boys Fear to Tread" – 4:22

"Bodies" – 4:12

"Thirty-Three" – 4:10

"In the Arms of Sleep" – 4:12

"1979" – 4:25

"Tales of a Scorched Earth" – 3:46

"Thru the Eyes of Ruby" – 7:38

"Stumbleine" – 2:54

"X.Y.U." – 7:07

"We Only Come Out at Night" – 4:05

"Beautiful" – 4:18

"Lily (My One and Only)" – 3:31

"By Starlight" – 4:48

"Farewell and Goodnight" – 4:22

 

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One)

2. Welcome To The Machine

3. Have A Cigar

4. Wish You Were Here

5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two)

[SUXBNME 1,499]

5:02

Sex Pistols

NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS

 

HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN

BODIES

NO FEELINGS

LIAR

PROBLEMS

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

SEVENTEEN

ANARCHY IN THE U.K.

SUB-MISSION

PRETTY VACANT

NEW YORK

EMI

 

 

Sorry for the caps

[JT 137]

Christ. Sorry gents, had to work today. My picks:

 

4.12 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

5.01 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

 

 

IMO, the Pink Floyd album is their best. Only 5 songs on the whole CD, but it is absolutely awesome.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is vastly underrated IMO. 2 discs and there's hardly a bad song on them.

 

 

I'm another "Wish You Were Here" fan. How the hell did "Animals" go higher?!? YIKES! There are another half dozen Floyd albums between "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals". And "Animals" is on the wrong side of that half dozen.

 

Two Smashing Pumpkins albums in the first 5 rounds? The album equivalent of David Carr and Wali Lundy.

[RicemanX 20]

BIG PETE IS ON THE CLOCK! AHHH

[phillybear 366]

I'm another "Wish You Were Here" fan. How the hell did "Animals" go higher?!? YIKES! There are another half dozen Floyd albums between "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals". And "Animals" is on the wrong side of that half dozen.

 

Two Smashing Pumpkins albums in the first 5 rounds? The album equivalent of David Carr and Wali Lundy.

 

Personal preference. Personally, I would not take a Pink Floyd album in the first 500 rounds of this draft.

[kutulu 1,676]

Personal preference. Personally, I would not take a Pink Floyd album in the first 500 rounds of this draft.

 

 

suicide music blows

[JT 137]

Personal preference. Personally, I would not take a Pink Floyd album in the first 500 rounds of this draft.

 

The kind of irrational bias that people use to steal productive dallas players from me in ff drafts.

 

Truthfully, nothing much against the Smashing Pumkins. But two before any number of albums by bands I'm not allowed to mention out of respect for your draft rules?

[phillybear 366]

The kind of irrational bias that people use to steal productive dallas players from me in ff drafts.

 

Truthfully, nothing much against the Smashing Pumkins. But two before any number of albums by bands I'm not allowed to mention out of respect for your draft rules?

 

It's a tricky balancing act. Taking some somewhat popular albums that I really like, which I did with my first 3 picks, then finishing off with other albums that I would take with me to a desert island. And get voted on for my efforts. I don't want to simply take best selling, mainstream albums. I wouldn't respect myself for my choices based on popular opinion based on average draft position. And growing up exposed to many different types of rock and music in general, I really dislike most of the dinosaur rock bands. While Led Zep, Beattles, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Guns & Roses sold tons of albums, I would much rather have a Smashing Pumpkins albums. Still popular, sold many millions of albums, yet not as popular as Led Zep.

[football_scooter 0]

another aspect is trying to judge where others will grab what, and how you feel about the dropoff at a given "position".

 

Floyd was my 1.04 pick with Dark Side of the Moon.

 

I felt strongly that it is their best and most popular work. Could I have waited, let someone else take it and grab Animals in the 2nd or 3rd rounds? Absolutely - but I wanted this one so I grabbed for it.

 

Likewise with any artist. There are other albums which will be taken by bands who've already had works selected - it a preference thing and a popularity thing.

 

Wait and see - I have plenty of more obscure picks to flesh out my roster in rounds 7-15 (we are doing 15, right?) - but for now a lot of the selections have to do with who we see that we're drafting with. I had Thriller and Smashing pumpkins on my list, but thought I'd be able to slide on them for a few rounds with all these metal heads and 80s rockers.

 

Little did I know they were diverse as well.

 

Regardless, it's all in fun, so if you don't like it go fock a duck.

[Big_Pete 0]

Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind

 

I was gonna do "no fences", but besides BB taking it, Ropin the Wind has more hits on it, and it has WAY less songs that if you had it on a CD, you'd skip over. Half of no fences songs, you'd hit skip on the cd player. Ropin' only has 1 song you'd ever skip over. Much higher quality in my opinion.

[football_scooter 0]

Am I up?

[SUXBNME 1,499]

Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind

 

I was gonna do "no fences", but besides BB taking it, Ropin the Wind has more hits on it, and it has WAY less songs that if you had it on a CD, you'd skip over. Half of no fences songs, you'd hit skip on the cd player. Ropin' only has 1 song you'd ever skip over. Much higher quality in my opinion.

Ya know, PigMeat, you used to have good taste in music before the Saw monster got her claws into you

[Big_Pete 0]

I'd say, yes, yes you are up!

 

Ya know, PigMeat, you used to have good taste in music before the Saw monster got her claws into you

just trying to be diversified