9th Annual Gift of Music

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j$ wrote:
Caravan Ray wrote:
j$ wrote: Outdoor Miner by Wire -
I think you chose this once before. Which is where I first heard it. Wonderful song.
I have indeed and it is, indeed.
Wire is a band I seemed to have missed at the time they were around. First became aware of them through REMs cover of "Strange" on Document (I think?). The heard "Outdoor Miner" via you. have been slowly accumulating stuff ever since.

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I got stiffed last year until my bro furrypedro decided to do me an amazing version of We Built This City last week. Better late then never. What a swell guy!

Here's my list for this year:

1. Eels - Fresh Feeling
2. Rocket From the Crypt - On A Rope
3. Why? - Early Whitney
4. The Kinks - Supersonic Rocket Ship

(it wouldn't allow me to post youtube links so msg me if you can't find the songs)
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BoffoYux wrote:Although we can't say we have a record as illustrious as Albatross's 3 out of 4, the stiffee title still won't keep the Boffo Yux Dudes from joining yet again.
Phil Redmon was the undisputed King of the Stiffees. That guy just seemed to get hosed every year.

Here are my choices, all alphabetical and shit:

"Ain't It a Shame" - B-52's
"Barbarism Begins At Home" - Smiths
"Cop Killer" - Body Count
"Drown With Me" - Porcupine Tree

MP3s can be supplied upon request. Those last two are particularly tough to come by.
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Kasper is in.

How To Tame Lions - Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP3_aX122Oo
Cheney's Toy - James McMurtry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imshG_wDzmY
Dream Theater - Hollow Years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6k1VdgNeKE
The Cure - Pictures of You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8UR2TFUp8w&ob=av2e
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I'm in - I'll post my picks over the weekend

OR a month later, you know...

My Picks-

Deee- lite Groove is in the Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4D1HSL7P98

Men at Work - Down Under
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeG-hNXXy6I

Suicidal Tendencies - How will I laugh tomorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVr5RtEqpc0

Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA
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I'm in. (My choice of an Alex Harvey song was TOTALLY influenced by Paco, by the way).







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RangerDenni wrote:'Song to the Siren' (most coverable song of his on a fantastic entire-album..I have other album favorites!)
Tim Buckley from Star Singer
http://youtu.be/2pxvXI1i9cw
Ooh, yeah, that's an amazingly singable song. I learned it earlier this year to sing as part of a solo acoustic set. I only really knew the Cocteau Twins version but the original is a lot earthier.
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sportswriters wrote: Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
What a great song. I might just cover this, anyway!
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Oops, guess I forgot to come up with a song list and register my intent. Oh well, there's always next year.
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sportswriters wrote: I only really knew the Cocteau Twins version but the original is a lot earthier.
His is very distinctively *his.* did you ever record yours for any reason? :)

I picked songs this year that had something emotionally grabby to me about the melody and had a stylistic distinctiveness in the original artist's recording - whatever the song is, it'll really have to be claimed if it's picked. And hopefully kept as part of a repertoire. I'd like to accomplish something like that with my pick, anyhow :)
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j$ wrote:
sportswriters wrote: Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
What a great song. I might just cover this, anyway!
Ditto.

This is the best bit of GOM - trawling all the suggestions
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RangerDenni wrote: His is very distinctively *his.* did you ever record yours for any reason? :)
No, but it's one of a bunch of covers I mean to record in 2012...

One the of the odd things for me about the song is that because I only listened to the Cocteau version and didn't have the lyrics, I only had the words that I could decipher from Liz C's warbling. Which were quite wrong. Even now people seem to differ about some of the words -- is it "Were you hare when I was fox" or "Were you here when I was full sail" or (what I thought it was) "Were you here when I was formed?"
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Actually it would make a pretty good duet.
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fluffy wrote:Oops, guess I forgot to come up with a song list and register my intent. Oh well, there's always next year.
When I made that closing date, I clearly wasn't thinking straight since I forgot about the whole Thanksgiving weekend thing that tends to keep people busy and keep people like me off the boards. Fluffy (or anyone else), you have until the end of the month to enter.
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Niveous wrote:
fluffy wrote:Oops, guess I forgot to come up with a song list and register my intent. Oh well, there's always next year.
When I made that closing date, I clearly wasn't thinking straight since I forgot about the whole Thanksgiving weekend thing that tends to keep people busy and keep people like me off the boards. Fluffy (or anyone else), you have until the end of the month to enter.
Oh, well okay then! I'm in.

David Bowie - Little Wonder (lyrics)


Togo & Sana - Jelly Kiss (lyrics)


Namco Sound Team - Lonely Rolling Star (lyrics)


Radiohead - No Surprises (lyrics)


I also have mp3s of these if that helps.
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A Few songs to choose from for the Boffo Yux Dudes entry.

Today's The Day by Inverse T. Clown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMJ8chq15ss

This I'm really hoping someone does. There are a dozen covers of this song, so I'd hope for a unique interpretation of the Clown's classic tune.

Right Said Fred: I'm Too Sexy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YUXIKrOFk

Again - a simple song that you can take in a new direction. Fred 's swagger makes this one fun.

Wesley Willis:  I Whipped Spiderman's Ass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjuPbCShBw

Al's on shrooms. Must be to pick this one. I laughed pretty hard at it.

Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five ~ Beans and Cornbread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM9jT2eM6KQ

A fun tune from the 40's for you to update.

Those are our picks! Hope someone can do them justice.

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It's December.

Here are my picks.:

Apparatjik "Datascroller"


Mindless Self Indulgence "Mark David Chapman"


AWOLnation "Sail"


The White Stripes "Icky Thump"


and with those 4 strange picks, we close the entrance to the GOM. Later this afternoon, I will take all the entrants and randomly assign them. Have fun! GOM!
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Okay, I'm still waiting on 2 people to give me their song lists before I distribute lists.

A couple of you put up lists made of youtube links. It might be good to give the song titles and band names for each one.
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1. The Non-Commissioned Officers - Ahead Of The Wave (lyrics)


2. Blink 182 - All The Small Things (lyrics)
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3. Belly - Feed The Tree (lyrics)
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4. The Muffs - Sad Tomorrow (lyrics)
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BLT wrote:Belly - Feed The Tree
Ha! I had thought of listing that one and forgotten. I always enjoy that tune.
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