I reviewed the songs in reverse alphabetical order, beginning with the Yaks, but I kept the default order of the review template, so when I use words like "another," it might not make immediate sense. I appreciate a good lyric, but I find it hard to focus on lyrics when there's music to li...

Fortunately for some I missed my chance to update things before life stuff took over for a couple days. So here's your final warning, I'm going to update the site later today, Pacific Time. If you care to vote please do it ASAP! Please consider going through whatever songs you haven't reviewed and ...

It's 15:15 here and I have 13 songs to go. I will listen to them and vote, and then get back to the reviews. At a probable 3 minutes each I'm still looking at something like 40 minutes or so. I will let you know when I've voted. Sorry to be so late to this.

I'm about halfway through a review marathon, at the end of which I'll vote if the fight's still up. ETA maybe 3 p.m. Atlantic time, I think that's still morning in CA.

I just sent in a late entry under the name Motley Cyrus.

ps please someone submit 7 more... I think I can come up with another one within the next day or two. I already have a sketch for the chorus. We're so close! Can we find six more? I just dropped some fresh lyrics in Ye Olde Lyric Marte. I also have music, so I'll try to knock together a lo-fi recor...

A Grand Parade Main Street's looking pretty rough The five and dime's all boarded up The shoe stores and the hardware stores are gone The old hotel caught fire And destroyed a city block The barber pole has got a hole Where someone threw a rock No one's been here for a week The place is looking pret...

arby wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:34 pm

ps please someone submit 7 more...

I think I can come up with another one within the next day or two. I already have a sketch for the chorus. We're so close! Can we find six more?

HeuristicsInc wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:31 am

Hmm the download link is giving me a "HTTP ERROR 500", is this just a load thing or is it broken?

I get the same error, a most unhelpful one that means something went wrong, but no one knows what.

fluffy wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:02 pm

You can also listen to them all in submission order via the listening party stream recording, at least for the entries which got in before that wrapped up.

Heine's song ends abruptly. (I think the song starts around 26:00.) Is it just my system?

A Grand Parade – The Chebuctones Words by James Owens Music by Ryan Reed Well I’ve been renovicted for a fancy B&B I can’t afford the rent on what has trickled down to me There’s no place left for honest folk whose work is poorly paid And so you’ll find us pitching tents down on the Grand Parade...

The second song is in. We bailed on the accordion part.

I'm still on track to play all 100+ songs on Monday night. Expect a long listening party. To me, the alarming thing about this post is Tommy's confidence that the songs will be posted before 5pmPDT/8pmEDT Monday. The FightMaster's lack of response to that comment feels like tacit validation. I gues...

You’re gonna find my band in the Grand Parade The Grand Parade began to march two dozen years ago To find the vanguard that’s how far ahead you have to go Some bands have been there from the start and some joined near the end But everybody has a part, and all the bands are friends Welcome to a grand...

As if on cue, the CBC today posted a story about the Grand Parade -- just in time for the deadline! This is what my second song is about. I was going to record clean vocals this morning, but there's a howling wind rattling the house.

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/fea ... e-doorstep

I have one song recorded, just finalizing the mix. I'm working on another one, but with a collaborator who's come down with the flu. The second one (which has better lyrics) is not likely to be done by the nominal deadline. With luck I'll be able to knock it into shape before the songs are posted.

I now have complete lyrics for two songs. The second one is very Haligonian; I'll see if I can round up some local musicians. Excellent title as far as I'm concerned!

What do people think of posting early versions of lyrics and encouraging lyric burglary to get more songs? I ask because I have some "meta" lyrics I'd be willing to post. I did get some heat for being too "meta" in one fight, but I can't help how my brain works. One set of lyrics...

I'm breaking one of the unwritten SF rules by writing about Song Fight. I'm trying to keep it obtuse. Hopefully I don't quit on it. Doing my part for 1K! Is that an unwritten rule? I never knew. I once wrote about Song Fight! in "Made to be Played." For this fight, I was planning to do it...

It's still Pi Day in the Americas, but here in the Maritimes, the window is closing fast. For the rest of the planet, it's already the 15th. It's beginning to feel like something has gone wrong. I have faith you're working on it!

James Owens : This is fun, kinda gives me Margaritaville vibes. The lyrics are pretty generic—wish there was a bit more of a unique or strange something to grab onto in the music or the lyrics. My husband loves Seasons in the Sun and I find it so horribly cheesy. But even with the hint I’m not quit...

With the fight almost over, and assuming anyone actually cares, I'll identify my Optional Challenge snippet as the melody for "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun" from Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun." I didn't realize until I looked into it that the song was orig...