OT: The FOFC Music Draft

[Subby]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Shit - I was really hoping Hendrix lasted till my pick. I would have gone with All Along the Watchtower

oooh - that would have been a great cover song

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Lathum

While those are great songs I am trying to keep in mind what will appeal to the masses

It's interesting..

I think Foxy Lady would be my 3rd or 4th choice for Hendrix songs, even when thinking about the masses...

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Classic -Foxy Lady- Jimi Hendrix- 3.2

Fans are pulling of their jerseys and throwing them in the garbage. Mel Kiper is ripping the pick. This is Jets circa 1990.

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

Fans are pulling of their jerseys and throwing them in the garbage. Mel Kiper is ripping the pick. This is Jets circa 1990.

Yeah, I'm pretty speechless. Nothing against Hendrix, mind you.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Yeah, I'm pretty speechless. Nothing against Hendrix, mind you.

you know Tom Brady was a sixth round pick

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Subby

oooh - that would have been a great cover song

Honestly, I think its the best cover song ever done. I was tempted to go with in the Round 2, but I didn't think the Stones would last.

[lordscarlet]

So no skipping if it's outside of work hours? Or should I send in a list if I go to happy hour?

[Surtt]

Originally Posted by Subby

oooh - that would have been a great cover song

I was shocked no one picked it first round.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by lordscarlet

So no skipping if it's outside of work hours? Or should I send in a list if I go to happy hour?

Dude, you shouldn't send a list. You can scan the bars jukebox for good songs.

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Lathum

you know Tom Brady was a sixth round pick

yeah, and you're going to need to pull a few miracles out of your ass to make up for this slip-up.

[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Dude, you shouldn't send a list. You can scan the bars jukebox for good songs.

But I'd have to remember them by the time I stumble home.

[Subby]

The heckling fans is the best part of the process

[NoMyths]

Yep, I had Watchtower as my #1 cover, but I suppose it's all about priorities.

Time for the epic. And sorry, but I'm not a believer in Freebird. Just don't think it's that great of a song. When it comes to what I'd consider to be truly epic, I'm thinking about indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding, heartache and the loss of god...and the kind of guitar work that is closer to an aural painting than electricity and metal. Cabaret, snakes and fire, tripped-out guitarwork, distance and cacaphony, spoken word poetry -- and probably the most famous use of the f-bomb in rock music, though you'd pretty much have to hear them live or on a bootleg to find out just what Mr. Mojo Risin' wanted to do to his mother, though it's clear on any version. You got it:

Classic - 1.3 - Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Epic - 3.3 - The End - The Doors
Arena -
Trendsetter - 2.8 - Respect - Aretha Franklin
Love Song -
One-Hit Wonder -
Party -
Crossover -
Cover -
Anti-Establishment -

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

yeah, and you're going to need to pull a few miracles out of your ass to make up for this slip-up.

bah.

How can you cay that song isn't a classic.

I am totaly aproaching this from a mass appeal and you can't tell me there isn't a more popular Hendrix song.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by lordscarlet

So no skipping if it's outside of work hours? Or should I send in a list if I go to happy hour?

Send a list. I probably won't skip anyone outside of work hours, but if there's a few people online and the people behind you have picks already, I might get feisty. Better safe than sorry.

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Lathum

bah.

How can you cay that song isn't a classic.

I am totaly aproaching this from a mass appeal and you can't tell me there isn't a more popular Hendrix song.

All Along the Watchtower, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child to name a few. Foxey Lady's way down IMO. Either way, we'll see.

[Maple Leafs]

Butter is up. He sent an original list of three, then a revised version. The revised version has been picked dry, but he has one song left from his original. I'm going to hold off picking for him for now and see if he shows up.

Send your picks (if you won't be around).

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

All Along the Watchtower, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child to name a few. Foxey Lady's way down IMO. Either way, we'll see.

You go out on the street and ask the average person to name a Hendrix song 65% will say Foxy Lady

[cthomer5000]

if you go Hendrix, "Purple Haze" is the slam-dunk pick. Shit, i'd even take "Manic Depression" before "Foxy Lady".

The fans are pissed. You took a Division II QB when the top prospect was still on the board.

[Karlifornia]

The End is so bloated and over-indulgent, that it makes Bohemian Rhapsody look like a Ramones tune. I think it's crass and horrible.

I thumb my nose at your selection.

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

The End is so bloated and over-indulgent, that it makes Bohemian Rhapsody look like a Ramones tune. I think it's crass and horrible.

I thumb my nose at your selection.

I couldn't have put it any better. Shit pick. The draft is getting easier for some guys because of the few that are falling down on the job.

[Subby]

nomyths list looking great in preseason!

[Lathum]

What a waste of the doors pick.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Lathum

You go out on the street and ask the average person to name a Hendrix song 65% will say Foxy Lady

Yeah, if 65 of the 100 are you.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Logan

Yeah, if 65 of the 100 are you.

then it would be more like 90

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

bloated and over-indulgent

Sounds epic to me!

[Surtt]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Sounds epic to me!

LOL, you have a point there.

[Karlifornia]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Sounds epic to me!

When I think of an epic, I want a tour-de-force, not a tour-de-drunken shirtless greaseball yelling incoherently like a hobo.

[NoMyths]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Sounds epic to me!

Yep...goodness knows it was nice to see the audience approve of a category choice, for once.

[vtbub]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

The Doors were so bloated and over-indulgent.

I thumb my nose at your selection

I agree, but Light My Fire was a better epic song.

[Maple Leafs]

I'd just like to say that the NFL Draft would be 100 times better if after every pick, the other GMs rushed to the ESPN booth to say "Wow, that guy sucks!".

[Lathum]

ROFL

[Maple Leafs]

vtbub and lordscarlett, will you be around to make a pick this evening?

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I'd just like to say that the NFL Draft would be 100 times better if after every pick, the other GMs rushed to the ESPN booth to say "Wow, that guy sucks!".

I'd watch it. Can you imagine if you had the other's GM snickering every time Matt Millen goes to make a pick, with the "pick a WR, save yourself the trouble!"comments?This seems like something Simmons would like.

[vtbub]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

vtbub and lordscarlett, will you be around to make a pick this evening?

I should be.

[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

vtbub and lordscarlett, will you be around to make a pick this evening?

If not, I will send in a list and/or designate a backup picker.

[Maple Leafs]

OK, let's give Butter a little while to check in.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

All Along the Watchtower, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child to name a few. Foxey Lady's way down IMO. Either way, we'll see.

Jimi's Woodstock rendition of the anthem should've fit in somewhere.

[Subby]

Sent a few picks to Maple Leafs, but I'll be checking in tonight...

[lordscarlet]

For a summary:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...IZ_tG0Np9qK7QQ

Maple Leafs, if you want to keep up with this I can send you an invite to edit it.

[MikeVic]

I like the Freebird pick. I would've gone differently with Hendrix too.

The NFL Draft should have hecklers like this too, I agree.

[Butter]

I'm here, gimme a second.

[Butter]

Classic -
Epic - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen, 1.4
Arena - Rock and Roll (Part Two) - Gary Glitter, 3.4
Trendsetter -
Love Song -
One-Hit Wonder -
Party -
Crossover -
Cover -
Anti-Establishment - Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols, 2.7

I'm thinking of Arena as more like a sporting event, and nothing gets the crowd going like this (perhaps overplayed) classic. I know I can't resist the fist pump and the "HEY!" every time I hear it.

[KevinNU7]

I can't believe the last few pics.

Subby, if you manage to pick a Foreigner or Journey song next I will have to vote for you just completely based on the music played at the local dive bar I went to in college.

[Crapshoot]

Gary Glitter? Interesting. It wasn't on my radar as a pick in the entire draft.

[Maple Leafs]

OK, this one is a bit of a reach in the third round, I know that. But the more I think of it, the more I suspect that the "crossover" category is going to be a bitch. You have Walk This Way (picked), Bring Tha Noize (ineligible), and not much else. How many good rock/rap hybrids are there? I can see a run on Limp Bizkit wannabes. Shudder.

Just a tough category. Who came up with these anyways? Put some thought into next time, please.

So ... I'm going with one of the first artists to ever have success in multiple genres: pop and country. Yeah, country is pop now, but back in the day they were completely different and you did one or the other. But this guy had mainstream pop success despite being a country legend. So I'll pick him a little ahead of the curve so that I don't need to spend a late pick on Jay-Z/Linkin Park.

Classic -
Epic -
Arena - 1.7 - Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Trendsetter - 2.4 - Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Love Song -
One-Hit Wonder -
Party -
Crossover - 3.5 - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Cover -
Anti-Establishment -

Technically Walk the Line was his first major crossover hit, and Boy Named Sue was bigger hit. But I like this song better so go piss up a rope, Mr. Negative.

[Surtt]

I was waiting for some one to take Johnny Cash's Hurt as a cover.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Surtt

I was waiting for some one to take Johnny Cash's Hurt as a cover.

Yeah same. It's pretty well known and liked.

[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Classic -
Epic -
Arena - 1.7 - Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Trendsetter - 2.4 - Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Love Song -
One-Hit Wonder -
Party -
Crossover - 3.5 - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Cover -
Anti-Establishment -

There goes my cover song. This is the line of thought I was in at first for "crossover" until I got the clarification. In my mind this crosses genres as far as charts go, but it's still the same style he always did -- it just began to appeal to a broader audience. Having said that, I don't know where else you go in this category. I will have to think of something other than "Hurt" for my cover song gold. And, for anyone that wants to argue, "Ring of Fire" is an excellent choice for Cash. I considered it for Love Song.

[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by Surtt

I was waiting for some one to take Johnny Cash's Hurt as a cover.

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Yeah same. It's pretty well known and liked.

See above.

I didn't expect Cash to get picked up for crossover and thought I could sleep on him a few more rounds.