Topic: The Ultimate Music Draft - Live and Loud 1953 to Present Day - Discussion Thread

[KingLuis10]

Can't go wrong with Hendrix.

I was literally just about to type out the exact same thing! The coolest dude in music history.

[Betty Blue]

Yeah great pick that. Love how the definitive performance is in France as well

To be fair, it's probably their only show from that period with proper audible sound. Almost everything else sounds like it was recorded underwater!

[AndyMuller]

Djozer with an outstanding pick. Well in lad! I was ummming and ahhhing between him and Stevie for my 1st.

[Betty Blue]

Who doesn't love Hendrix. Thought he might go first actually.

[Djozer]

Fuck off! Yellowman.

 I saw that brother in London in the 80's....he could "toast."

As to that Snow vid....that's fuckin awful.  Painful even.

 

Snow's not painful, he's a legend. Sort of.

And yeah, Yellowman's amazing. I'm vaguely planning to have I'm Getting Married in the Morning played at my wedding. Possibly followed by Cast's Walkaway!

Sorry about the wait, guys. I was eating. Then typing like a monkey on speed, trying to do Mr Hendrix justice.

[Crimson_Tank]

I was literally just about to type out the exact same thing! The coolest dude in music history.

No, second to The cool cat in my profile pic.

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Not even UB40?

Definitely not UB40 (excluding their earlier stuff). There are white reggae bands worth listening to.

[dave 5516]

To be fair, it's probably their only show from that period with proper audible sound. Almost everything else sounds like it was recorded underwater!

I never saw the Velvet's play until the 90's, it wasn't the real VU.I did see Lou Reed in 78 in London..one of my gig highlights.

As a kid I listened to black music, it was my buying Bowie's Ziggy LP, that led me onto the VU and Reed...they and a couple of others were the only white music I loved until Punk popped up....and you can hear the VU and Reed all over that music from then.

I've seen loads of artists I love pass...and never really been affected by their passing, I cried the night Lou died..I posted on RAWK about it...still miss him.

[Djozer]

Who doesn't love Hendrix. Thought he might go first actually.

Yeah, I was relieved he didn't - my man love for the guy knows no bounds. There's a few gigantic names that haven't been picked yet actually, evidently most here have far more interesting musical taste than my own. I'll try and go a bit more obscure from now on...

[Crimson_Tank]

Djozer with an outstanding pick. Well in lad! I was ummming and ahhhing between him and Stevie for my 1st.

Stevie is a good shout but there are some phenomenal guitarists not mentioned... Yet.

[dave 5516]

I was literally just about to type out the exact same thing! The coolest dude in music history.

After...Trane, Davis, Gaye, Mayfield, Gillespie, Armstrong, Mingus, Brown, Simone...I could go on like.

And......Gallagher was a better player too. Murder in an empty house.

[Chakan]

I did think Hendrix would go sooner.

[dave 5516]

Stevie is a good shout but there are some phenomenal guitarists not mentioned... Yet.

Stevie Wonder is good at playing spoons, never mind guitar...but you meant Vaughan.

[Djozer]

Djozer with an outstanding pick. Well in lad! I was ummming and ahhhing between him and Stevie for my 1st.

Cheers man, those were pretty much my first two as well, oddly enough. Think I had a mad run of listening to Stevie a couple of weeks ago, I tend to do that every few months or so. The dude is insanely talented. Obliterated pretty much everyone in the 70s, in my opinion, a crazy run of albums.

[Djozer]

Stevie Wonder is good at playing spoons, never mind guitar...but you meant Vaughan.

The white Hendrix! Very nearly put his version of Little Wing up as I couldn't find Jimi's, some beautiful playing there.

[KingLuis10]

Yeah, I was relieved he didn't - my man love for the guy knows no bounds. There's a few gigantic names that haven't been picked yet actually, evidently most here have far more interesting musical taste than my own. I'll try and go a bit more obscure from now on...

Pick whoever you want to pick! You don't have to go obscure if you don't want to, the gigantic names are usually gigantic for good reason. It's nice that people seem to be picking their favourites rather than just going for the biggest name available though, should lead to more variety.

[Chakan]

Yeah this is definitely a draft where it's pick who you like.

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

How the hell do you embed videos?

[Betty Blue]

I never saw the Velvet's play until the 90's, it wasn't the real VU.I did see Lou Reed in 78 in London..one of my gig highlights.

As a kid I listened to black music, it was my buying Bowie's Ziggy LP, that led me onto the VU and Reed...they and a couple of others were the only white music I loved until Punk popped up....and you can hear the VU and Reed all over that music from then.

I've seen loads of artists I love pass...and never really been affected by their passing, I cried the night Lou died..I posted on RAWK about it...still miss him.

Reed in '78... that's Street Hassle era! One of my favourite periods when he went totally nuts, more so than usual. Was that the Take No Prisoner tour? I've got the live album for that. Still one of my favourite recordings ever. This version of Sweet Jane is insane (though whoever uploaded this cut the intro). Fucking hates Barbara Streisand 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/PW4outnu6os" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/PW4outnu6os</a>

I'm sure you know the song 'I wanna be black' too. Also great.

I'm definitely with you there, mate. No death outside of family has affected me like that. His music has been so connected to my life that he almost felt like family to be honest.

[Djozer]

Pick whoever you want to pick! You don't have to go obscure if you don't want to, the gigantic names are usually gigantic for good reason. It's nice that people seem to be picking their favourites rather than just going for the biggest name available though, should lead to more variety.

I will, mate I was just messing  . I'm gonna have to put a few well known names in there though, otherwise no one would want to come to my festival bar me, me dad and a couple of mates who'd just end up arguing about whether or not DOOM's a better rapper now than he was in the 90s or something equally pointless - shittest barbecue ever.

[Buck Pete]

By the way, if Buck Pete's first pick isn't Def Leppard or Motley Crue then I've been misjudging him all these years.

ye fucker

[dave 5516]

Reed in '78... that's Street Hassle era! One of my favourite periods when he went totally nuts, more so than usual. Was that the Take No Prisoner tour? I've got the live album for that. Still one of my favourite recordings ever. This version of Sweet Jane is insane (though whoever uploaded this cut the intro). Fucking hates Barbara Streisand 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/PW4outnu6os" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/PW4outnu6os</a>

I'm sure you know the song 'I wanna be black' too. Also great.

I'm definitely with you there, mate. No death outside of family has affected me like that. His music has been so connected to my life that he almost felt like family to be honest.

Iirc, it has been a few years since then,I think it was the Rock and Roll Heart tour. That's the song he opened with, then went straight into I'm Waiting for the Man! I've been to thousands of gigs and that night is up there for me.  I love everything Reed did, he was a genius in my eyes and ears.

Take No Prisoners I got as a coloured vinyl double LP....each LP was a different colour, red and blue.

I remember seeing Echo and the Bunnymen for the first time in Erics in Liverpool and it was pure VU....that's the reason I think the Bunnymen are the best band to come from Liverpool.

[Betty Blue]

How the hell do you embed videos?

1. Copy and paste a youtube link into RAWK draft box.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2pF5oMdP4

2. Remove the 'watch?' and replace the '=' with a '/'

Example: https://www.youtube.com/v/mf2pF5oMdP4

3. Highlight the edited link and click the red f icon to the left of the image icon above the drafting box.

Example (without the space): [flash =200,200]https://www.youtube.com/v/mf2pF5oMdP4[/flash]

4. If you want a bigger video size, you can change the square bracketed numbers to something like [400,300]

Presto:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/mf2pF5oMdP4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/mf2pF5oMdP4</a>

[Crosby Nick]

Does that work on mobiles because YouTube has a mobile specific link I think.

[Betty Blue]

Does that work on mobiles because YouTube has a mobile specific link I think.

Aha, I have no idea. I'm usually at my laptop. Maybe there's a simpler way that people do this on mobile.

[Crimson_Tank]

Stevie Wonder is good at playing spoons, never mind guitar...but you meant Vaughan.

Word but Vaughan was even a better vocalist.

Perhaps a different Vaughan.   

[Chakan]

Word but Vaughan was even a better vocalist.

Perhaps a different Vaughan.   

Stevie Ray surely.

[Djozer]

I'll be honest, I've never heard of the Blue Aeroplanes before, but really liked the two videos Gregorio put up, and I'd potentially go to a gig just to watch that bloke dance.

Good pick, sir.

[Crimson_Tank]

Stevie Ray surely.

 

Guitarist yes.

Vocalist, nope. 

[ToneLa]

I'll be honest, I've never heard of the Blue Aeroplanes before, but really liked the two videos Gregorio put up, and I'd potentially go to a gig just to watch that bloke dance.

Good pick, sir.

Ditto, it's nice to see an act new to me - they sound ace and that dancing is immense 

[dave 5516]

Guitarist yes.

Vocalist, nope. 

A decent player..not Gallagher good, but, okay.

[dave 5516]

All the picks and not one for Groundpig....shameful.

[Crimson_Tank]

A decent player..not Gallagher good, but, okay.

Look up Vaughan "Send in the clowns"

[Betty Blue]

Iirc, it has been a few years since then,I think it was the Rock and Roll Heart tour. That's the song he opened with, then went straight into I'm Waiting for the Man! I've been to thousands of gigs and that night is up there for me.  I love everything Reed did, he was a genius in my eyes and ears.

Take No Prisoners I got as a coloured vinyl double LP....each LP was a different colour, red and blue.

I remember seeing Echo and the Bunnymen for the first time in Erics in Liverpool and it was pure VU....that's the reason I think the Bunnymen are the best band to come from Liverpool.

Still a great time to see him either way. I thought he was incredible on the Berlin tour in 2007 (along with original guitarist Steve Hunter). But I can only imagine how incredible it would've been to see him close to his peak.

I think I've got that same vinyl. Passed down to me from my Dad.

Yep, love Echo too. Quite an underrated band really. Wonder if they'll get picked in the draft now you've namechecked them.

[Djozer]

A decent player..not Gallagher good, but, okay.

Rory or Noel? 

Also, the fuck's a Groundpig? I want one.

[dave 5516]

Look up Vaughan "Send in the clowns"

You meant Sarah.

[Crimson_Tank]

You meant Sarah.

She is the greatest.

[ToneLa]

Baffling there's still no Whigfield

[gregorio]

I'll be honest, I've never heard of the Blue Aeroplanes before, but really liked the two videos Gregorio put up, and I'd potentially go to a gig just to watch that bloke dance.

Good pick, sir.

 it was real 'wall of sound' stuff with multiple rythmn guitars , and yes, he was great fun

[tubby]

Holy shit that Blue Aeroplanes front man.