Easiest example of this one is "Pride (In The Name of Love)."

I'm sorry I can't do it this year. But for the best of reasons: my current musical project streams shows live on a weekly basis and takes a huge amount of creative prep time. Also working on a new record. I'll follow along!

Sorry I couldn't be present more as a performer or commenter this time. I've been really busy. Here are my Round 7 reviews, in order from most to least favorite: Strange Love - This is the kookiest entry with a hook I can sink my teeth into. It’s funny, it’s got attitude, great synth textures. And t...

WendyWisemanFisher wrote:And fugue or invention?

Fugue.

Zed - Impressive. Did you play that or was that notation/midi? I just wrote it out on notation software and the converted it to MP3. I would've liked to record it as a TTB track, but also realized that the high tenor part probably needs to be rearranged a bit to suit my voice. Too bad, because when...

Sorry, folks. I started a fourth job this week and that killed the time I had to do this. All I have to submit are the insanely meta lyrics and the piano track that I was using for an A cappella arrangement, which I suppose is still pretty neat. So unless a few other people completely fail to submit...

oh y'all hate meta, eh? Round Two lyrics submitted.

I'm tired of songs that talk about a song because I've never meta song, or a song about a song, or a song about a song about a song about a song, or a song about a song about a song about a song a bout a song that I didn't despise.

Currently: listening to CDs, getting excited for Sebadoh and Tobin Spout tonight and thinking, "well, their recordings are even scrappier!" In as of this morning.

No one's started this yet? Ok, I will... After You By Zed Dead Baby He’s got those songs You’d kill to know you’d written My words are shit My melodies are thin But just today My writer’s muse was bitten So open mike director Don’t put me after him I don’t wanna go After you, Mo I’ve gotta new numbe...

Fingers Crossed By Zed Dead Baby You've got your fingers crossed No matter what you do Whether you're white, black, woman Or a kangaroo You've got your fingers crossed No matter what you say And yet I stand here Voting for you anyway You've got your fingers crossed And we all know it's true And yet ...

There's a good chance I'm out this year. It happens every once in a while. We're repainting, spring cleaning, and I'm currently working most evenings and Sundays from 9am - midnight. I *will* be able to judge, though, even if I can't review in depth every week. And if the planets line up, I could th...

I'm running the board on Sunday!

I'm trying gauge who would be interested in a Sidefight in which players have a certain amount of time to write and record a mini rock opera. I imagine something where a list of titles are posted, so that the players can pick an option that's most inspiring for them, and then everyone has a certain ...

A deserved win! A great Nur Ein, everyone!

I'm in. Woowoo!

I also want at least one vague challenge with a lot of possibility. Like: "Toilet." There could be so much fun with a challenge like that.

I'd like to see a challenge where the object is to avoid the most obvious interpretation of the challenge.

But this song? It deserved the run of ones in the scoring. See, when I scored for judging back in the day, I think I had an "indescribable charm" category, which mean that a song could score low on lyrics, music, the challenge, etc, but have a high scoring for reason that I can't explain....

Finally got around to listening to these. Paco got ROBBED, y'all.

This is an easy 15-minute song cycle. Someone needs to bring it.

and you got some songs that kick ass live. (I got to see Ben play live last night and the set included Boilermaker and Million Watts. Good stuff) The only reason Test and Teeth marks weren't performed was because they need rehearsing, and I'm saving Unnecessary for the open mike, where I think the ...