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THE MUSIC DRAFT - DRAFTING THREAD

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Karakand

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Ford Prefect said:
wait- are we supposed to be playing this to win? Like, as a competition? Should I just be picking groups like Radiohead and Kanye to get the popular vote, or go with the vote of my heart?
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I'm trying to harmonize the 2; I don't think it's going to work.
 
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Ford Prefect said:
^^^bastard

wait- are we supposed to be playing this to win? Like, as a competition? Should I just be picking groups like Radiohead and Kanye to get the popular vote, or go with the vote of my heart?
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I'm doing a mix of my favorite albums with some stuff I like that's popular right now.
 
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I'm going for a mix of favorites and important releases. Screw popularity (except perhaps in pick order, # 9 is a band few have heard of and #10 is a band no one's heard of.)
 
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Cyan

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Ford Prefect said:
^^^bastard

wait- are we supposed to be playing this to win? Like, as a competition? Should I just be picking groups like Radiohead and Kanye to get the popular vote, or go with the vote of my heart?
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I dunno, but if I was going with the vote of my heart, I'd probably wind up with all Bad Religion. Well, other than the Black Album and maybe one or two others.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Ford Prefect said:
^^^bastard

wait- are we supposed to be playing this to win? Like, as a competition? Should I just be picking groups like Radiohead and Kanye to get the popular vote, or go with the vote of my heart?
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Go with whatever you want to sir. I am playing it both, saving picks that I don't think people are going to pick last but going to pick albums that I truly do love. I made a list of 250 albums that I was considering to draft. It is already down to 240 after this round so far.

So some random stats so far:
No Hip Hop, Jazz, Country, Garage rock, or Avant-Garde records
Only one metal, punk, and Beatles record
Two Velvet Undergrounds and Metalica records have been picked
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Cyan said:
Ah, but perhaps it was a trick! Mwahaha.

Um, right. Ok, now I'll have to retroactively make it a trick by not picking them at all.
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Just remember you can only have one Bad Religion record on your team.
 
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Karakand

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I'm gonna pick some of those genres but I didn't think they were going to be a real hot item in the first round given who signed up.
 
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Karakand said:
I'm gonna pick some of those genres but I didn't think they were going to be a real hot item in the first round given who signed up.
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Same. I have a hip hop, punk, and folk album in my list.
 
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Karakand said:
I'm gonna pick some of those genres but I didn't think they were going to be a real hot item in the first round given who signed up.
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Oh yeah me too. I think my jazz picks are pretty safe up until perhaps the 8th round but during the 4th, I am probably going to lay down by hip hop pick.
 
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muttyeah416

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I'm in.

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Radiohead - OK Computer
 
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AlternativeUlster

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And there goes the first Radiohead pick of the draft. I wish I could do commentary like when you watch the NFL draft like I could go, "I am not sure which Radiohead album is next but I know it is either the Bends or Kid A."
 
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Karakand

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I got him in the GAF league 2 years ago, he was pretty productive for me... UNTIL HE SINGLEHANDEDLY KEPT ME OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. :mad:
 
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Karma Kramer said:
my bloody valentine - loveless
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I love this album. I heard it last year after having it on my computers for years. It's the perfect amount of noise and melody.

muttyeah416 said:
Radiohead - OK Computer
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Ford Prefect said:
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
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Two albums I've never got.
I'm a huge 60's music but never liked the Beach Boys. I don't know why, but they never did it for me. Radiohead is uhhh...., like U2, and the BB's I never got into their music.
 
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Vox-Pop said:
I love this album. I heard it last year after having it on my computers for years. It's the perfect amount of noise and melody.

Two albums I've never got.
I'm a huge 60's music but never liked the Beach Boys. I don't know why, but they never did it for me. Radiohead is uhhh...., like U2, and the BB's I never got into their music.
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Have you ever listened to My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything? I actually prefer that over Loveless of their two albums.

But you should for sure check out Pet Sounds. It is the only Beach Boys record I put on. I never was into their sunny surf pop sounds. Wouldn't It Be Nice and Sloop John B are on that album if you know those tracks.

I like Ok Computer but lived it a lot more when I was 15. Paranoid Android is probably still the song of Generation Why though like how Smells Like Teen Spirit is the song of Generation X.
 
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muttyeah416

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OK Computer is the album that triggered my curiosity to explore different genres and artists. Before that, I was mainly a hip hop listener who liked some rock. Now, I'm willing to be more adventurous.
 
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AlternativeUlster said:
Have you ever listened to My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything? I actually prefer that over Loveless of their two albums.
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I prefer Loveless over Isn't Anything, Loveless has certain flow I like.
Only Shallow, Come In Alone, and To Here Knows When have to be some of the most-perfect songs ever made.

I also have a soft spot for Ecstasy.
 
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VALIS

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I bet the final round will be Abbey Road vs. OK Computer.

Is there a point system for how far your draft picks get in the torunament, then a winner is determined by their total number of points? That would be cool.

I'll take The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
 
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VALIS said:
I bet the final round will be Abbey Road vs. OK Computer.

Is there a point system for how far your draft picks get in the torunament, then a winner is determined by their total number of points? That would be cool.

I'll take The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
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I am still trying to figure out how the tournament will be played but it is basically your Top 10 vs. someone else's top 10.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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Alright, we just missing 7 people's picks and I have counted a total of 10 albums that I think would be very obvious would go down in the first round and 3 that I thought would be picked within the first 10 minutes.
 
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AlternativeUlster

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10 minutes until Round 2 dudes. So many picks that I thought woudn't make it to the 2nd round are still for the pickings. Let's rock n roll kids.
 
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