Red Mosquito

ABNorman wrote:I'm going to listen to these tonight while I'm working on some job applications. The joy of recruitment.

Hire me!

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

ABNorman wrote:I'm going to listen to these tonight while I'm working on some job applications. The joy of recruitment.

Hire me!

Hire ME.

ABNorman wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

ABNorman wrote:I'm going to listen to these tonight while I'm working on some job applications. The joy of recruitment.

Hire me!

Hire ME.

Oh you are applying? My bad. Good luck.

Kopee
Big Red
Me
delima

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:kp
mike (really close match up. Even heat. But the tie always goes to Tom Waits)
Stip
CutuphalfPete (DeLima had the better Radiohead song. But Pete had the better Pearl Jam song. And St Vincent and Fiona Apple)

I knew I should have picked Green Grass by Tom Waits.

You have such a good team, man. That was a super hard choice. And, yes. Yes. Always, ALWAYS take a Tom Waits song.

I underestimated the amount of time I'd have to set aside to get through Brett's team.

I knew none of Brett's team before listening and I must say I really, really enjoyed it.

I'm sorry guys, I still don't get Tom Waits. I really like most everyone's musical sensibilities here, but Waits is absolutely dreadful to these ears.

Kaius wrote:I'm sorry guys, I still don't get Tom Waits. I really like most everyone's musical sensibilities here, but Waits is absolutely dreadful to these ears.

Agreed, but a lot of people whose opinions on music I respect love him, so I don't hate.

Oh, one of my dearest friends tried to introduce Mr. Waits and I a couple years ago, and this friend is usually money for rec'ing new music to me, so I'm not trying to be hateful.

Kaius wrote:I'm sorry guys, I still don't get Tom Waits. I really like most everyone's musical sensibilities here, but Waits is absolutely dreadful to these ears.

I get that. His voice is an acquired taste. Excellent songwriter though.

Mike's Fleet Foxes - Mykonos pick is awesome on the other hand. One of my favorites so far of new to me songs.

Kaius wrote:Oh, one of my dearest friends tried to introduce Mr. Waits and I a couple years ago, and this friend is usually money for rec'ing new music to me, so I'm not trying to be hateful.

The Wire uses 5 different versions of a tom waits song as the theme of each season, the actual waits version is the one I like least.

Kaius wrote:I'm sorry guys, I still don't get Tom Waits. I really like most everyone's musical sensibilities here, but Waits is absolutely dreadful to these ears.

did you get to my song yet, or just Make it Rain or Hoist That Rag? The later two are the angry dragon and carnival barker versions of TW which, while amazing are certainly harder for the uninitiated. If you didn't like Long Way Home then he's just not for you.

Brett vs Koopee27 - Surprisingly close. Brett's team had some very pleasant music (mixed in with the kind of wanky annoyance that 8min+ songs so often embrace).

Mike vs BigRedLedbetter - This was extremely close. I vote for whoever is behind when the votes are tallied.

Stip vs I Got Bugs

Chud vs DeLima - Chud lost me at In the Moonlight (especially against Parting Ways).

ABNorman wrote:
Chud vs DeLima - Chud lost me at In the Moonlight

Okay, I've got 3 hours. Time to listen to Brett's mix

numbers wrote:

Kaius wrote:I'm sorry guys, I still don't get Tom Waits. I really like most everyone's musical sensibilities here, but Waits is absolutely dreadful to these ears.

Agreed, but a lot of people whose opinions on music I respect love him, so I don't hate.

Well, at least there's three of us who don't get it. Hey Tom. Louis Armstrong called. He'd like you to return his entire musical sensibility, singing style, persona, phrasing, aura, vocabulary, vibe, tone, etc. as soon as possible. I realize that will leave you without, well shoot, a single original note of music in your entire catalog, but them's the breaks.

Okay, so maybe numbers and I differ slightly on the "not hating" part. Sorry, Tom fans. If it's any consolidation, I enjoy Louis Armstrong, which is the exact same thing, only about 40 years earlier.

PryTo wrote:

numbers wrote:

Kaius wrote:I'm sorry guys, I still don't get Tom Waits. I really like most everyone's musical sensibilities here, but Waits is absolutely dreadful to these ears.

Agreed, but a lot of people whose opinions on music I respect love him, so I don't hate.

Well, at least there's three of us who don't get it.