Agent chaos has a sample from the spin doctors “two princes”. I imagine it would be obvious during the chorus if you slowed the whole thing down. And I was hearing references to "Love Shack" by the B-52s! I don't think I even know "Two Princes". [edit -- Oh, that song!] I didn't...

Sorry for not adding a note about the optional challenge to the lyrics—I am too online, I guess, and thought it would be obvious :D Oh! -- different wavelengths. I was thinking entirely in terms of musical phrases. It never even occurred to me that the "small recognizable bit" could invol...

Add : Bright, energetic, staccato music, with some wandering chord sequences between the vocal breaks. The singing, or rather declaiming, manages to sound happy and snarky at the same time. I have no idea what the lyrics are about. Solid performance and recording. Optional challenge? Nothing detect...

roymond wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:14 pm

I didn't get anything new done for this (surprise!) but I just realized I wrote one 29 years ago that fits the bill...
http://roymond.com/archives/2006/08/hold_on.html

I guess the love magic is in the Humperdinck.

in the interest of keeping myself honest and making sure I don't try to recycle any part of this in the next fight I actually manage to be in, I am revealing what I had recorded at the moment when I gave up trying to get something in before they post the songs. https://jeff-robertson.com/flvxx/sf/f...

It takes a little love magic to make things come true When you have a dream, it looks so fine You tell yourself, I'm gonna make it mine But you must love it with all your heart Then the magic, the love magic has a place to start Though the sun goes down, it won't be long 'Til it's up again and shini...

I'm in with a very short bit of calypso. The melody incorporates two bars of a song I hate, a very well-known one with a remarkable provenance. The optional challenge says it has to be a "recognizable bit," and the tune fragment is long enough and distinct enough to be readily recognizable...

I'll be in for the optional challenge, but I'm not saying which hated song I've stolen a small recognizable bit from. It's a well-known loathsome tune, so it'll be fun to see if anybody spots it.

I missed the fight "9-11 Was an Inside Job." There were some great lyrics. Whatever actually happened that day, Bush used it as an excuse. I think a lot of people understood that, but they were totallly OK with the excuse.

These lyrics came a little too late for the recent fight by the same name. They took shape as a response to a comment on my blog, and they may yet end up as a blog post.They may be tough to set to music, but the refrain has possibilities. -------- YOUR UNDOING The US is not broke, at least not quite...

I almost didn't bother reviewing this fight, since no one but me could be arsed to review the last one (just seven songs, people!), and I felt put out. I even considered the strategy of reviewing only people who had either reviewed the previous fight, or weren't in it. But that probably wouldn't wor...

We used to have a problem With a product imperfection There were gremlins in the works There were ghosts in the machine We couldn’t get a purchase On the lower-level modules They seemed to be corrupted And we couldn’t get them clean And then we heard the story Of Man vs. Beast And it gave us new dir...

In with a short bit of doggerel, using this melody for the optional challenge.

Basal Bark Band : Apparently mixed down from individual tracks, this song nevertheless has an extemporaneous quality, with its overdriven, off-the-cuff, seemingly impaired vocals ("Bud and Flyer"), disorienting guitar pattern, random swoopy siren synths, and cut-off beginning and end. The...

I've written some lyrics that I think need to be put to music by an AI. I have no idea how to do this, and no interest in learning. I'll try to write my own music. However, if anyone wants to consider putting them to AI, I'd love to hear the result. Just PM me and and I'll pass them along.

Lunkhead wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:54 pm

James Owens wakes up to a win, again!

What a great way to wake up! And thanks again to CynicalMonkey for those inspiring lyrics.

Life is quiet in suburbia Nothing here that might disturb ya Tidy lawns and picket fences Nothing here to raise defenses All the action's on TV Watching heroes breaking free Seeing bad guys getting shot This is what my life is not I feel my life becoming inessential I feel I'm not fulfilling my pote...

In with a dysfunctional ditty.

I've written a disturbing little lyric and knocked off a quick G&G sort of tune, so I hope to be in for this fight.

[ James Owens : Has a loose live feel to it, at times I feel like I'm swimming in it, and I'm trying to grab on to parts of the rhythm section as they pass by ignoring the grid below. The wake up / rise up section is great, I especially love the electric organ there. It'd be so much better if the b...

Is that fuzz bass, or just an overworked amp? It's a clean electric guitar (not bass) recorded direct into the interface, pitch shifted down an octave, and then run through an amp simulation plugin that is set for some overdrive. So, kind of both and neither. For a while I had a vintage Acoustic 12...

TRIGGER ALERT: Not all of these reviews are kind, but they are all well-meant. Add : A gentle song with a pleasant composition, and an earnest message about waking up to what truly matters, delivered with the help of an old, crackling voice recording. The sincerity of the message is well-matched to ...