10th Annual Gift of Music

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Re: 10th Annual Gift of Music

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I totally forgot to check out GoM this year - my bad. If we're past the deadline, we can probably do a stiffee's song. Otherwise, I'll confer with Al and make some song suggestions.

I did want to thank DJ Ranger Den and Chris Cogott for jumping in and de-stiffing us from 2010, as well as furrypedro for the 2011 song. Both were awesome in the musical and creative sense.

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Sweeeeeet.
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OK.

I have never missed a GOM (stats monkeys? how many of us are there?)

But this is the HARDEST one yet.

1. I have one song I hate.
2. One song I don't really get at all
3. One I quite like, and is easy to play - but I don't think I can do much value-adding to it. Doing it would feel like a bit of a cop-out, and
4. And one song I like quite a lot, but is it quite frankly beyond my musical capabilities.

Of course - I am doing #4.

And bear this in mind Giftee - when you find out who you are - I am damning your eyes right now Sir. Damn your eyes.
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I like my giftee's picks quite a lot. The one I like best and want to do has one word in it I don't like. I'm funny this way. One simple damn word can make me dislike an entire perfectly awesome song. In this case, the word is in the chorus. So I have to keep saying it. It's not a bad word, nor racist or anything like that. It's a word that will make me sound like an old lame dorky man. Like yelling at kids to get off my lawn. ....in a non sarcastic way.

....maybe if I sing the song in a Humphrey Bogart voice, I'll feel better about it. I'll be all.....Image
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@ Caravan -- sometimes attempting to bring dignity to a terrible song can be an interesting cover exercise! You might go that route. (And if you have my songs, you are WRONG, sir! They are all fabulous!)

@BLT -- I say just change the word!
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anti-m wrote:@BLT -- I say just change the word!
That's not a bad idea, actually. After all, I am a rebel without a clue. I break 10 rules before breakfast. I'm not part of the man's system. Guess what I did with that word!? ......

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Caravan Ray wrote: And bear this in mind Giftee - when you find out who you are - I am damning your eyes right now Sir. Damn your eyes.
sorry...

i like all my options, the real problem is choosing which one to do, and they are all beyond my musical capabilities.
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Billy's Little Trip wrote:I like my giftee's picks quite a lot. The one I like best and want to do has one word in it I don't like. I'm funny this way. One simple damn word can make me dislike an entire perfectly awesome song. In this case, the word is in the chorus. So I have to keep saying it. It's not a bad word, nor racist or anything like that. It's a word that will make me sound like an old lame dorky man. Like yelling at kids to get off my lawn. ....in a non sarcastic way.

....maybe if I sing the song in a Humphrey Bogart voice, I'll feel better about it. I'll be all.....Image
So change the word. It's a cover, not a copy.

Or do it like it's an old man trying to fit in with a world to which he doesn't belong. Let the music reflect that. It's all theatre, at the end of the day.

I have four songs that I like, but don't feel particularly inspired by, I think because none of them immediately suggest how I'm going to bring something new to the table. My problem. So I am going for the one that people would most expect me to do, only I am going to buy a random instrument I can't play and work it out on that.

Some of the above may not be true.
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j$ wrote:It's a cover, not a copy.
Heh. That's what I'm going to tell people when my cover band, The Johnny Cash Points, starts gigging. They'll be all, "where's the Ukelele"? I'll be all, it's a f**king cover you c*nt, not a copy!


...by the way, when did Song Fight start censoring c*nt f**king?
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We are late, but here's our choices in case there are some other tardy individuals this year.

Loudon Wainwright III - Be Careful There's a Baby in the House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jI6p17icE

Paul Nicholas - Heaven On The 7th Floor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgEtYccuBlY

The Elastik Band - Spazz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ZlnPevGRY

The Damned - Nasty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QRRnp6S-oM
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Billy's Little Trip wrote:...by the way, when did Song Fight start censoring c*nt f**king?
F**k that s**t.
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Jast, I think you're doing it wrong.
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i have selected a song! actually i did it last week sometime but i was not able to begin yet. i like how gom pushes me to cover songs that i would not dream of doing, but that i like and can learn stuff from.
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I am excited for my track. I hope I can do it justice.
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Mike Lamb wrote:I am excited for my track. I hope I can do it, justice.
Awesome. And don't call me Justice. :P
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I just finished the tracks for non-live instruments... I'm already really pumped for this :D
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what's the due date on this? i need to get on vocals.
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Songs are due on the 25th.
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Niveous wrote:Songs are due on the 25th.
Sure they are. :roll:

But on a good note, I just need to do vox on mine. So I'm 1% there. :P
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well, i've picked, and learned to play my gift this year... now recording it should prove interesting.
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Ok - let me be the fist to apologise to my gifteee.

This song was way beyond my level of musical competency - but I reckon I gave it a fair crack. I hope you realise how much it pained me to go beyond the sort of 3 chord songs I am comfortable with. THough I did all I could to drag this song down to my level.
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