Abba sidefight

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Lyricburglar
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Post by Lyricburglar »

Well, no lame excuses of half-arsery from me. I'm finished
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Post by starfinger »

i'm out!
to continue forcing out this uninspired version of the song is simply not fair to Abba.

or something like that.

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Post by bz£ »

Congratulations to ABBA for winning a Grammy in 2006 for a thirty year old movie or something.

Also, 22 tracks down and, oh, maybe ten or so more to go, but I have to wait for my throat to heal enough so that I can make sounds come out of my mouth again.
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Post by Niveous »

I would like to publicly apologize for flaking out on Obscurity. Life has been way too complicated as of late and I just haven't been able to tackle the pop stylings of ABBA or collaborate on them.

Sorry, obs.
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Post by jimtyrrell »

I have failed in my attempt to do justice to Fernando. And rather than mail in a crappy GnG version (although the thought did cross my mind), I'm stepping aside. I think someone was cooking up another version of the tune anyway; hopefully they can come through in my stead.
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Post by bwell »

I will be a bit late with Take A Chance. My recording attempts over the weekend were still falling short of capturing the sound I wanted for this one. I'll keep at it and send in a link once it's ready (also didn't want to go the GnG route simply to have something done).
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Post by bz£ »

There is good news! amongst all this sadness! With the help of liberal doses of Nyquiltinis* I was able to numb the agony in my throat enough to get my song almost done, hoorah! Unfortunately I am now in no condition to drive to the place where I was going to record the rest of the percussion parts but I oughtsta be able to take care of that tomorrow, and the whole darn song will be done on time, if luck is with us.


* Shaken, not stirred
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Post by Bjam »

Do you slackers want this to be due February 21st? I'd rather post a ton of songs late than post 3 or 4 and have a load missing.
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Post by Bolio »

yeah, that'd help
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Post by Lunkhead »

Erin and I haven't even had a chance to start working on the cover she wanted to do. :(
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Post by j$ »

I won't be done until thursday/friday (although I did play bass on Andy Balham's Gimme Gimme Gimme, so you should get your fix of j$ campy goodness even if you go with tomorrow)

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Post by ruin8r »

We really love our version of When I Kissed the Teacher which means you all are going to hate every one if its 7.3 million bytes.
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Post by Andy Balham »

Caravanray wrote:Well, no lame excuses of half-arsery from me.
There may be some half-arsery as to the end product and others might opine that it's lame, but damnit I was on time.

Though I suspect in the light of another week, I may tweak it a little.
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Post by Andy Balham »

Sven wrote:I think I'm gonna have to bow out of this too. I know, I know, y'all were just dying to hear me belt out 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', but I guess you can't always get what you want.
If you want out and we have another week then can I ask to claim this one for The Little Smokes to have a crack at?
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Post by raisedbywolves »

I think mine will be done today, but I will mess with it some more if the due date is being pushed back.
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Post by Rinkydink »

mines finished but i don't mind another week to mess about with it :)
what?
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Post by thehipcola »

Final mix is done, but I'll let Brad check it out before we submit tom-..today. Later.

I'm looking forward to hearing these, whenever the date ends up being. :)
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Post by jb »

Mine is going to be one week late.
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Post by Bjam »

Sven – Knowing Me Knowing You LITTLE SMOKES RECLAIMING
JB – Super Trouper NOT DONE
Brad and THC – SOS COMING SOON
bzl – Hey Hey Helen COMING SOON
Erik – Dancing Queen WHERE ARE YOU?
Egg – I Am The City WHERE ARE YOU?
Bjam – I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do NOT DONE
J$ – Winner Takes It All NOT DONE
Jim Tyrrell – Fernando EXIT
Andy Balham – Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)

Starfinger – Mamma Mia EXIT
stueym – I have a dream

Mal – Chiqitita WHERE ARE YOU?
The Cheap Bastards(mc3p0) – Summer Night City WHERE ARE YOU?
Bolio – Name of the game NOT DONE
Niveous – The Visitors EXIT
Caravan Ray – Does Your Mother Know COMING SOON
Deshead – All Your Love On MeWHERE ARE YOU?
Erin – Voulez-Vous NOT DONE
The BeWells – Take A Chance On Me NOT DONE
Roymond – Waterloo WHERE ARE YOU?
Carol Cleveland – Happy New Year

RxW – Money, Money, Money COMING SOON
Rinkydink – Thank You For The Music COMING SOON
Steve Durand – Fernando
Klownhole - WhenI Kissed The Teacher


Key:
WHERE ARE YOU? - I haven't heard anything from you, I'm like a teenage girl waiting for the school's quarterback to call back about prom, but you're never going to phone, are you? You're just gonna dump me for him, aren't you?!

NOT DONE - Sure, you say you 'just need to tweak it a little bit', but we all know the truth, you haven't even looked at the song in weeks have you? (Some of these could be lumped into COMING SOON, but I have my doubts about you slackers :P)

COMING SOON - They're done, but... where oh where are they? Being tweaked? Sitting and collecting tiny little elctronic particles of dust? E-mail me those mp3s.

BOLD - Thanks for sending in your mp3. Will you be my late-valentine? Awesome. :D

EXIT - Slacker.

(Please take everything in this post with a giggle and a smile.)
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Dan-O from Five-O
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Post by Dan-O from Five-O »

Bjam wrote:You're just gonna dump me for him, aren't you?!

(Please take everything in this post with a giggle and a smile.)
This most definitely made me giggle, and think of Troy Aikman.

EDIT: Bold on your mistake. Or was it a mistake? Hmmm....
jb wrote:Dan-O has a point.
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Post by Bjam »

Dan-O from Five-O wrote:
Bjam wrote:You're just gonna dump me for him, aren't you?!

(Please take everything in this post with a giggle and a smile.)
This most definitely made me giggle, and think of Troy Aikman.

EDIT: Bold on your mistake. Or was it a mistake? Hmmm....
No mistake :P See, humourous! I'm funny! Honest!
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Post by deshead »

I suck. (As do the demands on my time that have kept me from this.)

Unfortunately I must continue to suck. But I'll do my best to have it done next week.
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