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THE MUSIC DRAFT - DRAFTING THREAD

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Eric WK

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Karakand said:
I am picking a female solo pop album tonight I think. Not sure, though. I suck at this now. :(
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Colbie Caillat?! But I was hoping to get that in round nine or ten.

But seriously. I love her.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Karakand said:
It better not be what I think it is! I was on the fence about drafting it when it could have been mine.
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I don't know man, you better beat me at the buzzer if you want it. I am still deciding whether or not I am going to pick my jazz or hip-hop picks anymore at this point.

I am hoping your solo female pick is Madonna but man, I hope it isn't my solo female pick that I have been considering.
 
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Karakand

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AlternativeUlster said:
I am still deciding whether or not I am going to pick my jazz or hip-hop picks anymore at this point.
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They're tough genres to encapsulate in 1 pick. Next time I do this I'll probably do 2 picks for both.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Mason said:
I need to make my round six pick...

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
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When I was in 8th grade, I used to sing Blister in the Sun and Add It Up for my class. Another fun factoid, I picked up this album the same time I picked up Son Volt's Trace at a Best Buy and it was the day after Christmas so it was super busy and the guy scanned them so the metal detectors wouldn't go off and gave them to me for free. I don't know why so many people wanted to give me free cds in my lifetime. It is probably because I am awesome.
 
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Mason

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AlternativeUlster said:
When I was in 8th grade, I used to sing Blister in the Sun and Add It Up for my class. Another fun factoid, I picked up this album the same time I picked up Son Volt's Trace at a Best Buy and it was the day after Christmas so it was super busy and the guy scanned them so the metal detectors wouldn't go off and gave them to me for free. I don't know why so many people wanted to give me free cds in my lifetime. It is probably because I am awesome.
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Hey, wasn't it you that was talking earlier in the thread about getting a free record from a record shop in Wichita? Was it that one in Delano? Because that is seriously the most lame-ass record shop I have ever been to in my life lol. Their vinyl selection was pathetic. The people were nice, though! :D
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Mason said:
Hey, wasn't it you that was talking earlier in the thread about getting a free record from a record shop in Wichita? Was it that one in Delano? Because that is seriously the most lame-ass record shop I have ever been to in my life lol. Their vinyl selection was pathetic. The people were nice, though! :D
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Haha, no it wasn't the one in Delano but yeah, that place was super lame. I know which place you were talking about. I made them play this Star Wars record played the Moog orchestra one time. God, I can't remember that record store's name. But yeah they sucked. It was at Yesterday Discs. They had two of them. I eventually worked at the one West which wasn't the better of the two to work at. The other one was over in some Pawnee shopping mall, I think. I can't remember the exact location. The one I worked at was by a Braums and a shopping mall that had the lamest comic book store in town. Was it called Mile High? My mind is fuzzy. Wichita is all about lameness. I guess I will be back there this summer though.
 
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Chamber

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The Crimson Kid said:
5. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

Best prog album of the decade. I'll be around for pick 6 on time.
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Back to the drawing board.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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The Crimson Kid said:
5. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

Best prog album of the decade. I'll be around for pick 6 on time.
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We are actually on Round 7 right now but you are caught up to speed.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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AC/DC - Back in Black
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Aphex Twin - ...I care because you do
Aphex Twin - Richrd D. James Album
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Avanlances - Since I Left You
At the Drive In - Relationship of Command
Bad Religion - No Control
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
The Beatles - White Album
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
Bjork - Post
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Boston - Boston
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
Brian Wilson - Smile
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Can - Tago Mago
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Catherine Wheel - Adam & Eve
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and Sinner Lady
The Clash - London Calling
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Deju Vu
Daft Punk - Discovery
Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You?
David Bowie - Low
David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie - Station to Station
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Derek and the Dominos- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Doors - The Doors
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place
Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Flying Burrito Brothers - Bilded Palace of Sin
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Godspeed You Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
Gorrilaz - Demon Days
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
GZA - Liquid Swords
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Jayhwaks - Rainy Day Music
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Joy Division - Closer
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengence
Justice - Cross
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can
Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladie's Man
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Led Zepplin - Led Zepplin IV
Lift to Experience - The Texas Jerusalam Crossroads
Love - Forever Changes
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Massive Attack - Mezanine
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - The Black Album
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Miles Davis - A Kind of Blue
Minor Threat - Out of Step
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
Muse - Black Holes and Reveations
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Nas - Illmatic
The National - Alligator
NEU! - NEU!
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
New Order - Low Life
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
N.W.A - Straight out of Compton
Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory)?
Outkast - Aquemini
Palace Music - Lost Blue and Other Songs
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Paul Simon - Graceland
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Pixies - Doolittle
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
Portishead - DUmmy
Public Enemy - Nation of Millions
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
R.e.m. - Reckoning
Replacements - Let It Be
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Röyksopp - The Understanding
Rush - Moving Pictures
Sagittarius - Present Tense
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slint - Spiderland
The Smiths - Queen is Dead
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Soundgarden - Superunknown
The Specials - The Specials
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Stooges - Raw Power
Strokes - Is This it?
Suicide - Suicide
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Television - Marquee Moon
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
United States of America - The United States of America
U2 - War
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
Velvet Underground with Nico - Velvet Underground with Nico
Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Weezer - Blue Album
Weezer - Pinkerton
The Who - Tommy
The Who - Who's Next
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
 
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muttyeah416

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i know what you guys mean about the jazz and hiphop picks. It's nice to work in the picks, but I don't know how competitive they will be when the tournament starts. I've been picking a good mix of my favorites and crowd pleasers.
 
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The Crimson Kid

what are you waiting for
AlternativeUlster said:
We are actually on Round 7 right now but you are caught up to speed.
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Feh. After listening to 5 and 6 on my list back-to-back today, it kind of messes with your head a bit. :D

That, and the weed.

I Push Fat Kids said:
I think anyone with a Mars Volta record other than De-Loused should be forced into a play-in game...
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No doubt. Send them over to the kids table! :lol

Who knows, maybe their new album next month will finally top De-Loused. :p
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Tell me what you guys think of doing this too. Like each round of the tournament, you get to pick another album to be added to your team if your team is going to play. I was also thinking about making it so each person lines up their draft in an order to play so instead of ranking the albums, it would be ballot something like this

Team A's 1st Round vs. Team B's 1st Round, winner is:
Team A's 2nd Round vs. Team B's 2nd Round, winner is:

and then you count the points from there and you get a win if you get more points than the other person. You can also tie too with this system. What do you guys think of this?
 
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Vox-Pop

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muttyeah416 said:
i know what you guys mean about the jazz and hiphop picks. It's nice to work in the picks, but I don't know how competitive they will be when the tournament starts. I've been picking a good mix of my favorites and crowd pleasers.
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My list is going from competitive to albums I like.
 
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Chamber

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I Push Fat Kids said:
I think anyone with a Mars Volta record other than De-Loused should be forced into a play-in game...
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De-Loused isn't even my favorite of their albums but I know most of GAF considers it to be their best.
 
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The Crimson Kid

what are you waiting for
Chamber said:
De-Loused isn't even my favorite of their albums but I know most of GAF considers it to their best.
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Confession: Frances might have been a dark horse late-round pick for me if I hadn't picked De-Loused.
 
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Kevtones

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Chamber said:
De-Loused isn't even my favorite of their albums but I know most of GAF considers it to be their best.
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I'm really not a fan of TMV but De-Loused has some nice points. Otherwise, I brew hatorade for the band.
 
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Chamber

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The Crimson Kid said:
Confession: Frances might have been a dark horse late-round pick for me if I hadn't picked De-Loused.
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TMV is my 2nd or 3rd favorite band so it would feel odd if I don't pick one of their albums. Worrying about what GAF will vote for is affecting my list too much, I think.
 
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Vox-Pop

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AlternativeUlster said:
Tell me what you guys think of doing this too. Like each round of the tournament, you get to pick another album to be added to your team if your team is going to play. I was also thinking about making it so each person lines up their draft in an order to play so instead of ranking the albums, it would be ballot something like this

Team A's 1st Round vs. Team B's 1st Round, winner is:
Team A's 2nd Round vs. Team B's 2nd Round, winner is:

and then you count the points from there and you get a win if you get more points than the other person. You can also tie too with this system. What do you guys think of this?
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So a team would be two people with 20 albums combined + 1 more album?

I like the idea of a point system with each album able to receive a possible 1-10 points, 10 albums will equal 100pts.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Nihilism said:
I honestly can't stand TMV. I just wish AtDi didn't split. RoC was so good.

I kinda like Sparta's Wiretap Scars, though.
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I like them both but you should give Porcelain a shot. I think it is an underappreciated Sparta record.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Vox-Pop said:
So a team would be two people with 20 albums combined + 1 more album?

I like the idea of a point system with each album able to receive a possible 1-10 points, 10 albums will equal 100pts.
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You are drafting your own team but you will go against others like that but every round of the tournament, you would add one to your line-up. If you go on, then the next round you participate, you will get to pick another album.

With the point system I was thinking that basically you can pretty much know how everyone stands on the album and trying to have people go through and vote on an album for each person's pick would be a long task while just picking the better of the two might be faster. I don't know but I should figure out how to do this in the next couple of days.
 
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The Crimson Kid

what are you waiting for
Chamber said:
TMV is my 2nd or 3rd favorite band so it would feel odd if I don't pick one of their albums. Worrying about what GAF will vote for is affecting my list too much, I think.
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You can't worry about what everyone else will pick.

I found this out early on by not picking Dark Side of the Moon in the first round. Even though it is probably one of my favorite albums, I didn't think it would last past the first round or it might seem too mainstream for Indie-GAF, which seems to have gotten their claws firmly sunk in the thread. End result: DSOTM isn't picked until round 3 and I miss what is arguably the biggest album to be on a list.

If you didn't worry about it, De-Loused would have been on your list earlier and happiness would've been had for all.
 
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vatstep

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I never really bothered with Sparta. After being initially extremely excited about the prospect of TWO post-ATDI bands, their first EP and shitty live show (I saw them on that tour they did with Thursday) killed any interest I had in them. TMV stopped doing anything after a while for me, too, but I still check out their new records (and Omar's) just for the hell of it.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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The Crimson Kid said:
End result: DSOTM isn't picked until round 3 and I miss what is arguably the biggest album to be on a list.
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Well technically 2 albums have sold more than Dark Side of the Moon, Back in Black by not that much and Michael Jackson's Thriller by 54 million copies.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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vatstep said:
I never really bothered with Sparta. After being initially extremely excited about the prospect of TWO post-ATDI bands, their first EP and shitty live show (I saw them on that tour they did with Thursday) killed any interest I had in them. TMV stopped doing anything after a while for me, too, but I still check out their new records (and Omar's) just for the hell of it.
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I never got around to the third Sparta record mostly because at that point, I sort of out grew them and even listening to At the Drive records stopped exciting me. I got pretty burnt out on post-hardcore around 2003 or so.

Mars Volta I just passively listen to. If they come up on Pandora, I would listen but I haven't sat down and listened through their records since Francis the Mute.
 
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Chamber

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The Crimson Kid said:
You can't worry about what everyone else will pick.

I found this out early on by not picking Dark Side of the Moon in the first round. Even though it is probably one of my favorite albums, I didn't think it would last past the first round or it might seem too mainstream for Indie-GAF, which seems to have gotten their claws firmly sunk in the thread. End result: DSOTM isn't picked until round 3 and I miss what is arguably the biggest album to be on a list.

If you didn't worry about it, De-Loused would have been on your list earlier and happiness would've been had for all.
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My picks thus far are basically my favorite albums that I'm pretty sure will net some votes as well. I think with 4 left I'm just going into fanboy mode.
 
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Chamber

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Sparta? I don't know. I gave Wiretap Scars a listen and it just seemed like ATDI-lite with worse vocals.
 
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The Crimson Kid

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AlternativeUlster said:
Well technically 2 albums have sold more than Dark Side of the Moon, Back in Black by not that much and Michael Jackson's Thriller by 54 million copies.
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I'd argue that DSOTM has been more influential than those albums.

But that is why I said arguably.
 
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vatstep

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I think I have to go with a favorite tonight. Probably wouldn't be picked by anyone else, but I'd be pissed if it was.
 
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