The Song Fight Bulletin Board

We Were Not Meant to Be
Due: Tuesday 05/22/07 9:59am pdt
optional challenge: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=492

"We were not meant to be", sure... that might work... but WHAT THE HELL is the optional? Really, what is that? How does that correlate to something musical? I think you might have stumped me this time, man.

seriously... pff...

Five minutes after I read the title (and then went off to wash dishes) I had the chorus. Dishes are my muse.

Forwarded the chorus to someone else for a potential collab, if it comes off I'm in, and if they say no I might be in anyway (but it won't be quite as impressive -- my collab partner's epic instrumentation and arrangement skills are kind of key to the mood.)

A good title, it must be said.

FMs - is the cover art for this fight going to be based on the comic strip, or will you need somebody to do a cover?

Since it's probably not obvious, that's Paris Hilton towering over the Eifel Cower in this week's art. I'll try to do better next time...

Gonna see about doing a song for WWNMTB, too. Or maybe Wages will have a good idea and the Gawk will return...

Charles

signboy wrote:"We were not meant to be", sure... that might work... but WHAT THE HELL is the optional? Really, what is that? How does that correlate to something musical? I think you might have stumped me this time, man.

I believe it is to write an opera.

king_arthur wrote:FMs - is the cover art for this fight going to be based on the comic strip, or will you need somebody to do a cover?

The Dinosaur Comics guy is going to make cover art for this one.

JB

OK, thanks!

Charles

Kill Me Sarah wrote: I believe it is to write an opera.

I like where you're going... Bohemian Rhapsody-ish duet with T-Rex and the Raccons?

I wrote an opera song called "Just a Kiss" a couple months ago and got very little respect for it. Then again maybe it was because I digitized my own voice into a female voice in order to achieve a male/female role. Like I'll ever try that again . . . next time I will force my girlfriend to sing, no matter how much anxiety it causes her!

I want to get back into some Songfight! (it's really been a while) so I may be in . . . with my view of the optional challenge: writing a song using the existence / extinction of the Dinosaurs as a metaphor for something that only God would know.

I like this title alot, it screams emo love song to me.

this song........ was meant to be, lol

As a fairly huge fan of Dinosaur Comics, this contest is winsauce.

jb wrote:

king_arthur wrote:FMs - is the cover art for this fight going to be based on the comic strip, or will you need somebody to do a cover?

The Dinosaur Comics guy is going to make cover art for this one.

JB

Aw damn, and I'd gone and made one.

Ryan North might link to your alternate fanart, sir.

I sure hope I make a song again.

In a sadder, darker past I would always turn to various new and unstoppable things in order to satisfy all of my clip-art related entertainment needs. But! These dinosaurs have some funny (and educational!) things to say. As per standard practice I will probably not compose a song, but I will feel worse than usual about my failures this time around.

Also my clothing budget for the immediate future is tied up in replacing holey socks and four-dollar Salvation Army sportcoats, but I will endeavor to steal some money from naive children so I can purchase a commemorative dinosaur comic t-shirt.

jb wrote:

king_arthur wrote:FMs - is the cover art for this fight going to be based on the comic strip, or will you need somebody to do a cover?

The Dinosaur Comics guy is going to make cover art for this one.

JB

seriously? Because that's awesome. I love that guy.

I especially like the one with bats from mars.

boltoph wrote:I wrote an opera song called "Just a Kiss" a couple months ago and got very little respect for it. Then again maybe it was because I digitized my own voice into a female voice in order to achieve a male/female role. Like I'll ever try that again . . . next time I will force my girlfriend to sing, no matter how much anxiety it causes her!

I want to get back into some Songfight! (it's really been a while) so I may be in . . . with my view of the optional challenge: writing a song using the existence / extinction of the Dinosaurs as a metaphor for something that only God would know.

Dude Boltoph if you get back into Songfight this week, I will gladly get back in with you. I want to do this one, but I don't know if I'll have time to do a full song, and we should collab dude.

im lovin this one

Oooh. I just mailed in my first ever entry. Strangely nervous, but I think it's a good one.

Good luck to everyone.

Mine is in as well. Here is my prediction of a review:

"No lyrics, not a song!"

EVL