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by vowlvom
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: A Grand Parade
Replies: 57
Views: 991

Re: A Grand Parade

Vom Vorton every time I close my eyes, I see disaster and I’m crossing all my fingers it’s not too late but everything just seems to keep on happening faster no matter how hard we stamp on the brakes and when we raise our voices they change the laws to spite us but if we throw a party then they won...
by vowlvom
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: Forums
Topic: Pronouns profile field added
Replies: 25
Views: 6738

Re: Pronouns profile field added

Just wanting to make it clear that you can't randomly draft the majority of the world onto your side of the argument like that.
by vowlvom
Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: Forums
Topic: Pronouns profile field added
Replies: 25
Views: 6738

Re: Pronouns profile field added

codywalkerjr wrote:
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:10 am
Anyone that lives anywhere
Outside of West Coast of the United States will most likely agree with me.
Nope.
by vowlvom
Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:31 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: My Baby Joined An E-Bike Gang
Replies: 2
Views: 458

Re: My Baby Joined An E-Bike Gang

Vom Vorton my baby joined an e-bike gang I voted no, she went against my will my baby joined an e-bike gang now I can’t follow her uphill she says she doesn’t want me meddling I can’t tell if she’s really pedalling, any more my baby joined an e-bike gang but I don’t trust the technology yet my baby...
by vowlvom
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:13 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Don't know what to do cause (My Baby Joined An E-Bike Gang prefight)
Replies: 8
Views: 833

Re: Don't know what to do cause (My Baby Joined An E-Bike Gang prefight)

I also have an idea that I'll do my best to get finished and submitted.
by vowlvom
Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Six "Question Mark"
Replies: 8
Views: 1709

Re: Nur Ein XVIII Round Six "Question Mark"

Cavedwellers - good song, particularly the catchy chorus. Mix feels a bit muddy, the vocal in particular gets a little buried at times. Lyrically, I'm a little mixed - some of the "answering" here feels a little... patronising? But the rhythms / rhymes / word choices in the chorus are fun...
by vowlvom
Wed Jul 05, 2023 12:35 pm
Forum: Concerts and Events
Topic: Transatlantic Mail (Death Cab / Postal Service tribute)
Replies: 7
Views: 419

Re: Transatlantic Mail (Death Cab / Postal Service tribute)

Lunkhead wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:27 am
Good work on your covers, Vom and PFJr!
Cheers!
by vowlvom
Tue Jul 04, 2023 8:05 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Five "Choose Your own Adventure"
Replies: 12
Views: 2023

Re: Nur Ein XVIII Round Five "Choose Your own Adventure"

Crazy tough rankings at this point. Stuff I don't like in the songs I like best, stuff I think is great in the ones that don't quite work for me. Good work on fully getting into the challenge, everyone! Cavedwellers - I have some issues with this one but the energy and great brass arrangement mostly...
by vowlvom
Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Concerts and Events
Topic: Transatlantic Mail (Death Cab / Postal Service tribute)
Replies: 7
Views: 419

Transatlantic Mail (Death Cab / Postal Service tribute)

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This is out today and it has at least a couple of Song Fight alumni on it (Dead Ambassadors is a Pigfarmer Jr. project).

Free download and SoundCloud streams here:
https://transatlanticmail.com/
by vowlvom
Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Five "Choose Your own Adventure"
Replies: 12
Views: 2023

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Five: "Choose Your own Adventure"

glennny wrote:
Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:19 am
Do we have free reign on the phrase " Pick it up" ?
Only if you've chosen ska. Using "pick it up" in a glitch track will result in immediate disqualification.
by vowlvom
Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Four "Partly Fiction"
Replies: 27
Views: 2508

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Four: "Partly Fiction"

Sorry if these reviews are a little grumpier and more perfunctory than usual, I've been in so many long meetings already this week and it's sucking my will to live. Berkeley Social Scene - this is fine but there are a bunch of other songs here that are more than fine and I can't hear anything here t...
by vowlvom
Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:32 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Three "Co-Pilot"
Replies: 28
Views: 2312

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Three: "Co-Pilot"

I don't really like guitar solos and will often go to great lengths to avoid them..! Is that weird for a guitar player? Probably! Massive high five! I really think guitar solos should be deployed extremely sparingly and the fact that many SF / NE entrants include them in every song is a continued p...
by vowlvom
Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:58 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Three "Co-Pilot"
Replies: 28
Views: 2312

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Three: "Co-Pilot"

Getting really hard to rank now! There were things I liked about all of these, some very tough decisions. Berkeley Social Scene - why does this remind me of Boffo Yux Dudes? Something about the energy and nerdy lyrics sends my brain immediately in that direction. The energy is great and the chorus i...
by vowlvom
Mon Jun 19, 2023 7:28 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Four "Partly Fiction"
Replies: 27
Views: 2508

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Four: "Partly Fiction"

Clarification time! When I think of a "list song," one of the first examples that comes to my mind is TMBG's "Money for Dope." That one surely would qualify - the entire lyric is just a long weird rider list (or a list of things one could sell for dope.) Another TMBG example of ...
by vowlvom
Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:45 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Two "The Numbers Don't Lie"
Replies: 40
Views: 3159

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Two: "The Numbers Don't Lie"

Berkeley Social Scene - I think this is my favourite of the BSS songs from this Nur Ein so far, it has a good energy and the rhythmic twistiness of the lyrics is fun. The verse melody feels a little awkward to me, but the pre-chorus and chorus work well enough that I don't think it's a big criticis...
by vowlvom
Mon Jun 12, 2023 4:55 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Three "Co-Pilot"
Replies: 28
Views: 2312

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Three: "Co-Pilot"

Guest should sing lead, main contestant is welcome to sing BVs / harmonies etc.

Anything else, you take the usual risks with five judges ranking as they see fit.

edit: feel free to recruit more than one guest, if you feel ambitious!
by vowlvom
Wed Jun 07, 2023 4:50 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Two "The Numbers Don't Lie"
Replies: 40
Views: 3159

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Two: "The Numbers Don't Lie"

Personally I'm going to be ignoring the chord progression entirely and listening for sounds of royalty and road noises. So - as long as I can use the recording of that time Print Harry farted in the street as I drove past Windsor Castle - I'm good to go? Yep, and I'm just pencilling your name in at...
by vowlvom
Wed Jun 07, 2023 1:21 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Two "The Numbers Don't Lie"
Replies: 40
Views: 3159

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Two: "The Numbers Don't Lie"

Personally I'm going to be ignoring the chord progression entirely and listening for sounds of royalty and road noises. Cybronica already got some revving engines into round one, the rest of you need to step up.
by vowlvom
Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Two "The Numbers Don't Lie"
Replies: 40
Views: 3159

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Two: "The Numbers Don't Lie"

Yeah definitely not expecting the whole song to use it. Although if you can make it work...
by vowlvom
Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:43 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round One "Blind Spot"
Replies: 36
Views: 2174

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"

Berkeley Social Scene - a frustrating song! The percussion in the intro sounds really cool and then it drops out until late in the song, leaving a very by-the-numbers BSS track that stretches out to almost five minutes including an instrumental section after the solo where nothing interesting is ha...
by vowlvom
Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Nur Ein
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Zero "Sink or Swim"
Replies: 32
Views: 1759

Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round Zero: "Sink or Swim"

The accompaniment at the start (and all the way through, although less noticeably) was a Casio PT-80 that I've had since the mid-80s. It makes quite a cool, if slightly limited, sound. Hell yeah. I have a PT-30 and I do love a lot of those sounds. My shadow for Blind Spot has a few tracks of MT-65 ...
by vowlvom
Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round One "Blind Spot"
Replies: 21
Views: 734

Re: Nur Ein XVIII Round 1 - Blind Spot

Blind Spot by Vom Vorton In with a shadow for this round! I used egg shaker, tambourine and wood block. The song is about the period in my early 20s where I was drinking far too much in a semi-successful attempt to combat social anxiety. Which is unfortunately harder to pull off in your 40s so mayb...