The Gift of Music (SF's Holiday Cover Challenge)

drë · Post by **drë** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:53 pm

jack shite wrote:
dre wrote:Heather you list now looks like this...

Heather. Redmon. wrote:now its like this
The Screwed
Dre ??

this one is for Dre.

Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Somethings Always Wrong"

sir, you have made my day. its also fair to say you have shite the song, with the bongos and the "woooo" sounds good.
thanks.
did you have to capo up to like the 7th fret?

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:00 pm

he. capo on the fifth. i actually based it on a solo glen phillips version i found online. in the online version, which is live, he fucks up after the first 8 bars and has to start over. so it didn't make a very good guide track. and my version is slowed down. but i've always liked the tune so this was a good excuse.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:32 pm

Heather. Redmon. wrote:
Phil. Redmon. wrote:HB- The names of your songs look funny all run together without any punctuation ha ha etcetera
ok .... hahaha... poor june... hahahaha \m/

Love!

Hey! You two...

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:11 am

Hey, I'm assuming we've been PMing and/or e-mailing the screwers, right? They're all people who haven't been hanging out on the boards much or at all in the last couple of months.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:24 pm

Generic wrote:Hey, I'm assuming we've been PMing and/or e-mailing the screwers, right?

Do you want an email or a PM?

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:31 pm

jon eric, you know if you just did your damned coverfight song you owe instead of continuing to blow it off, we'd all shut up about it. otherwise, we're never gonna let you live it down.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:25 pm

We'll try contacting the screwers again but in the meantime I declare right now- the GoM 2.5- the Free For All.

While we wait for the 5 screwers to get their act together, I say we just jump at the chance to pick a song we like from someone else's list and just do it. No PMs. No assignments. Just a bunch more covers to enjoy. So find a tune and get to recording.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:31 pm

While I'm not involved in this little event, I am jealous of the fact that I neither get screwed or get to be the screwer. This is categorically unfair.

Also, JE... you will earn more respect and regain honour if you do the coverfight, rather than pretending it'll go away.

although, I do enjoy some of the creative burns that get sent your way on this topic... so I am torn on this issue too... does Jon Eric do the coverfight, regain his honour and commitment; or do we get to rag on him for 35 years?

hmmm. Tough choices.

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:03 pm

Here's a belated holiday greeting for our very own Sober Irishman, from King Arthur:

http://www.charleswolff.com/GOM/gom_ka_tsi.mp3

...a version of "Sam Hall" based loosely on the Irish Descendants' a capella version. Also somewhat affected by the fact that I'm struggling with some new equipment here.

TSI and I have been in e-touch about our relative lateness on these... I do not need to be added to the list of the screwed, we're cool...

Charles

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:09 pm

Leaf wrote:or do we get to rag on him for 35 years?

35 YEARS 35 YEARS 35 YEARS

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:49 pm

king_arthur wrote:Here's a belated holiday greeting for our very own Sober Irishman, from King Arthur:

i wonder if he'll ever get a really really belated holiday greeting from josh woodward?

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:14 pm

Thanks to all of you who have volunteered to do a song for one of the screwed!!

To make it easier on you, as promised, here are the links to my four songs:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Papa Won't Leave You Henry

Bauhaus Honeymoon Croon

The Smiths Rubber Ring

The Replacements Someone Take the Wheel

I can't wait to hear what you come up with. I'm so excited!

prayformojo · Post by **prayformojo** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:05 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:Public Service Announcement

Calfborg:
"Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
"Crystal" by New Order
"Nothing Better" by The Postal Service
"On Fire" by Lightning Bolt

Ok, so I figure at this point in my tardyness, secrecy is not really a concern. My unfortunate screwed party was the one and only Calfborg. My song is in progress, as I mentioned, but due to a tremendiously busy production schedule for both me and my partner in the cover (6 to 7 day weeks, 12 + hours a day for both of us) it's been slow going. I am working hard to complete it and promise to make things good for the Borg. I do have one little concern now however. The list that I was PMed to me several months ago is almost COMPLETELY different than the list that is posted above. Only one song on the list is the same, and it's not the one I am covering. I'm seriously hoping that the song in progress was a requested song from an updated list, otherwise this'll take even longer. Any guidance?

Calfborg · Post by **Calfborg** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:50 am

prayformojo wrote:
HeuristicsInc wrote:Public Service Announcement

Calfborg:
"Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
"Crystal" by New Order
"Nothing Better" by The Postal Service
"On Fire" by Lightning Bolt

The list that I was PMed to me several months ago is almost COMPLETELY different than the list that is posted above. Only one song on the list is the same, and it's not the one I am covering. I'm seriously hoping that the song in progress was a requested song from an updated list, otherwise this'll take even longer. Any guidance?

The list above is the first one I made. I revised it later, so you probably received the right one.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:38 pm

Calfborg wrote:
prayformojo wrote:
HeuristicsInc wrote:Public Service Announcement

Calfborg:
"Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
"Crystal" by New Order
"Nothing Better" by The Postal Service
"On Fire" by Lightning Bolt

The list that I was PMed to me several months ago is almost COMPLETELY different than the list that is posted above. Only one song on the list is the same, and it's not the one I am covering. I'm seriously hoping that the song in progress was a requested song from an updated list, otherwise this'll take even longer. Any guidance?
The list above is the first one I made. I revised it later, so you probably received the right one.

Yeah, that was pretty not awesome of you, to have revised your list so many times, and not even having had edited your original post, you just kept making new posts. I mean you did it even after the deadline passed, if I recall.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:41 pm

so what was the purpose of that last post other than to piss someone off?

STFU

Bolio · Post by **Bolio** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:50 pm

HEY HEATHER. REDMON.

It sure was nasty of Santa Claus to forget you this year. Hope this is better than a Lump of Coal !!!

ps. got that winter cold but I think it made my vocals better

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:58 pm

Crap. Well I guess she gets two.

Now I need to own everything Nick Cave has ever recorded.

http://www.c-hack.com/mp3/c-hack_papa.mp3

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:30 pm

Wow!!! I got 2 gifts!!

Bolio- you seem like the perfect guy to cover a Replacements song, being a local and all. It's very fitting that we just had a ton of snow (finally) and you got to sing "back home I guess it's still snowing". I think you did a great job with this guitar based tune on the keyboard, and the winter cold gave your a nice Westerburgian feel. Thank you soooo much! It's wonderful to finally be one of the gifted!

c hack- I'm glad I made a Nick Cave fan out of you! He and the Bad Seeds are one of my absolute favaorite bands of all time. I'm very impressed that you got each and every lyric right, especially since Papa Won't Leave You Henry is so heavy on the lyrics. If you don't own any Nick, I recommend that you start with Henry's Dream and Let Love in and then explore some of the oler stuff. I know they really achieved public awareness with Murder Balads, but I still like the older stuff better. Anyway, back to your cover.... you did a great job! Thanks for the double gift.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:48 pm

Bolio beat Jack and I to the punch. We were going to record the Replacements track tomorrow. Oh well. I am just glad to see one more screwee get unscrewed, so to speak.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

drë · Post by **drë** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:15 am

GlennCase wrote:Bolio beat Jack and I to the punch. We were going to record the Replacements track tomorrow. Oh well. I am just glad to see one more screwee get unscrewed, so to speak.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

Yeah, bolio beat me to the punch as well, I’ve been a long time replacements fan and was looking to into doing the cover. Bolio, is pretty cool how close your cover sounds to the original , even though your songs doesn’t have 1 single guitar track. Well done.

chack, your cover sounds good too, really like the finger picking approach and monotone vocals, compare to the original version. Nick Cave has also done a lot of work with Australian base experiential trio call Dirty three doing vocals for them, which you may wan to check out.
(Remember that one fight were you reviewed cellar door by Dirty One, that was me trying to pull a dirty three sound alike.)

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:02 am

c hack wrote:Crap. Well I guess she gets two.

Now I need to own everything Nick Cave has ever recorded.

http://www.c-hack.com/mp3/c-hack_papa.mp3

Damn C-Hack - you beat me to it! I was just about to start recording a version of that. (I haven't had a chance to listen to yours yet - bloody dial-up)

Oh well - I'm still feeling in a Nick Cave mood - maybe I'll do a Mercy Seat, or Shivers, or Nick the Stripper