Who koo koo choo?

Post by jb » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:09 pm

I saw "Across the Universe" tonight, and liked it a lot. It made me want to ask you all this question:

<b>Which songfighter should sing which Beatles song?</b>

I think Frankie Big Face should sing "Across the Universe". How about you?

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:24 pm

Jim Tyrrell should do Yesterday.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:05 pm

roymond should do "i am the walrus".

i actually thought of this as one of my possible gift of music songs, so it's funny you ask this.

also, hoblit should do "happiness is a warm gun". that would be pretty cool.

maybe for my gift of music this year, i'll pick 4 beatles songs and throw caution to the wind.

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:17 pm

King Arthutr! Octopus' Garden!
Jute Gyte! Maxwell's Silver Hammer!

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:30 pm

Octothorpe --- "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
The Hell Yeahs --- "When I Saw Her Standing There"
King Arthur --- "I'm A Loser"
Hostess Mostess --- "Fool on the Hill"
Add --- "She Said, She Said"
jb --- "Julia"
MC Eric B --- "Piggies"
Melvin --- "Hey Bulldog"
Ken --- "Lovely Rita"
Hoblit --- "Why Don't We Do It in the Road"
Klownhole --- "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:34 am

erik wrote:Hoblit --- "Why Don't We Do It in the Road"

An act of congress should require this to happen. Or, like, Hoblit should just do it or something. But it NEEDS to be so.

spinlock · Post by **spinlock** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:00 am

Steve Durand -- "Baby you can drive my car"

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:02 am

jolly roger wrote:Jim Tyrrell should do Yesterday.

This was requested at a show this weekend, in fact. I'll give you a piano/vocal version as soon as I can, and then you can decide if you were right.

Also: here's some I'd love to hear...

Fixing A Hole - Jim Of Seattle
Helter Skelter - WreckdoM
Penny Lane - Puce
Eleanor Rigby - Glenn Case
I Will - Bjam

...and Octothorpe's Garden would be an instant masterpiece, I think.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:30 am

roymond wrote:
erik wrote:Hoblit --- "Why Don't We Do It in the Road"
An act of congress should require this to happen. Or, like, Hoblit should just do it or something. But it NEEDS to be so.

WOW ... WEIRD

When I worked at my first job...there was a lady friend of mine who used to get me to sing that song over and over. She got a real kick out of me singing 'why don't we da da do it in the road'. So I went around singing that song for her every time she requested.

I love The Beatles. Somebody here, I think it might have been Jack Shite... thought I should do "Don't Let Me Down". (might have been Glen...I can't remember for sure)

I used to relate FBF to The Beatles in my head a lot because some of his music comes off Beatlesque if you will. I'd like to hear him do Strawberry Fields in full.

I could totally see Octothorpe or Starfinger doing one of Ringo's various Beatles tracks such as Octopus's Garden, With a Little Help From My Friends, and definitely Yellow Submarine.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:34 am

erik wrote:Octothorpe --- "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"

jb --- "Julia"

Melvin --- "Hey Bulldog"

Klownhole --- "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

Also... THIS. (adding Starfinger of course to the possibilities with BftBoMK)

I'm betting that JB could do Blackbird some justice too.

(I had considered Hey Bulldog at some point but let my mind forget. Bow wow RUFF!)

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:32 am

15-16 Puzzle - Wait
Add - Dear Prudence
BeWells - Here Comes the Sun
Billy's Little Trip - Yer Blues
Bjam - I'm So Tired
Blue Lang - Day Tripper
Booty Chesterfield - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Caravan Ray - Taxman
Charcoal - Love You To
Cow Exchange - Side 2 of Abbey Road (from "You Never Give Me Your Money" through "Her Majesty")
Deshead - Mother Nature's Son
Eddiebangs - Good Morning Good Morning
Fluffy - Yes it is
Frankie Big Face - I'm Only Sleeping
Glenn and Rachael - Two of Us
Hell Yeahs - Paperback Writer
Heuristics Inc. - Tomorrow Never Knows
Hoblit - Oh Darling!
Hostess Mostess - Strawberry Fields Forever
JBB - Because
Jim of Seattle - Martha My Dear
Jim Tyrrell - Good Day Sunshine
Johnny Cashpoint - Run For Your Life
Jolly Roger - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Jute Gyte - Helter Skelter
Ken Mahru - Julia
King Arthur - We Can Work It Out
Klownhole - I Am the Walrus
Marcus Kellis - Yellow Submarine
Melvin - A Day in the Life
Merisan - You Won't See Me
Mico Saudad - You Can't Do That
Niveous - Getting Better
Octothorpe - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
prayformojo - The Long and Winding Road
Primitive Screwheads - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Puce - Rain
Ross Durand - Help!
Roymond - She's Leaving Home
Starfinger - Come Together
Steve Durand - Got to Get You Into My Life
Wreckdom - Come Together

If I forgot you, sorry about that. (I initially forgot Fluffy, the Primitive Screwheads, the BeWells, the Cow Exchange, Charcoal, and Caravan Ray but they are now represented.)

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Billy's Little Trip · Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:24 am

GlennCase wrote: Billy's Little Trip - Yer Blues

I don't know if you were just trying to include everyone or you really thought about it, but damn good pick. Just like me, a lot of guitar riffing, breaks and self loathing, lol. Perfect.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:25 am

Billy's Little Trip wrote:
GlennCase wrote: Billy's Little Trip - Yer Blues
I don't know if you were just trying to include everyone or you really thought about it, but damn good pick. Just like me, a lot of guitar riffing, breaks and self loathing, lol. Perfect.

It was a little of both, but I really tried to think about every choice that I made for every songfighter. I thought this one would suit you.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:56 pm

GlennCase wrote:Sorry if I forgot anybody.

I imagine I was deliberately left off, because I'm not really established yet. But if it's not clear, I'm participating to the full extent, and beyond, and I'm here to stay. I'm already at about a dozen songs and 250 posts, if you count SF and related competitions. It might not be a complete picture, but unlike most of the people you've mentioned, I'll do almost anything someone suggests I do. I almost asked Erik for a recommendation, and decided against it, (though he's still welcome to), but I don't feel good getting left off a list of this size, despite whatever the circumstances are. Like, "Wow, everyone but me..." But that's a familiar feeling. So meh.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:00 pm

GlennCase wrote:Sorry if I forgot anybody.

Lord of Oats wrote:I imagine I was deliberately left off, because I'm not really established yet. But if it's not clear, I'm participating to the full extent, and beyond, and I'm here to stay. I'm already at about a dozen songs and 250 posts, if you count SF and related competitions. It might not be a complete picture, but unlike most of the people you've mentioned, I'll do almost anything someone suggests I do. I almost asked Erik for a recommendation, and decided against it, (though he's still welcome to),

NO ONE was deliberately left off! I actually don't like your suggestion that I would do such a thing. It's true that I'm also not familiar with your sound at this point and the common thing about everyone on the list is they are either people I have met, or I've heard a good enough amount of their material to match them up with a song that I think suits them. To say I deliberately left you off is to suggest that I thought about you, and then decided "Nah, he's too new." The fact is, you didn't even come to mind because I haven't checked out the new fights in quite a while. You have a dozen songs at this point? Man, it really HAS been a long time since I have payed attention to the recent fights.

[edit] Fun Fact: Of the first 42 acts that I mentioned, I have met 24 of them at various SongFight live functions.

Lord of Oats wrote:but I don't feel good getting left off a list of this size, despite whatever the circumstances are. Like, "Wow, everyone but me..." But that's a familiar feeling. So meh.

This last sentence irks me almost as much as the first one. What is the purpose of this sentence? Are we supposed to feel sorry for you? It comes off as a "poor me" moment, and I find that sort of attitude to be very annoying. There are a LOT of other songfighters that I probably could have mentioned, but they didn't come to mind.

Seriously, if you were offended by being left off the list I created, you need to develop a thicker skin.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:05 pm

GlennCase wrote:Primitive Screwheads - Maxwell's Silver Hammer

That would be a blast to do. Good call.

The Beatles Covermaster Coverfight! Everyone does the Beatles song Glenn assigned to them. Due date is... whenever.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:15 pm

Lord of Oats wrote:I'll do almost anything someone suggests I do

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:24 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:
Lord of Oats wrote:I'll do almost anything someone suggests I do

That emoticon is awesome. That is all.

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:30 pm

Lord of Oats wrote:I almost asked Erik for a recommendation, and decided against it, (though he's still welcome to)

Dude, I left my own brother-in-law off my list. It was just a fun list, that's all.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:33 pm

erik wrote: Dude, I left my own brother-in-law off my list. It was just a fun list, that's all.

Precisely. I don't expect to hear but maybe one or two of them recorded, but they sound pretty freaking sweet in my head. This was meant to be a fun list, and nothing more.

A simple "Can you think of a song that would fit me?" might have been enough for me to listen to a few of your original songs, and make a suggestion based on what I heard. The reply that I DID get does not inspire me to want to do that.

For future reference, here is a method that might have worked better:
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Dear Erik,

I would like to know which Beatles songs you would pick for me, and for Frankie Big Face if you get a moment to think about it. Thank you.

ROCK!

Glenn Case
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Post by jb » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:49 pm

whoa. somebody pissed off Glenn Case. has that ever happened before?

Post by jb » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:49 pm

i left everybody out EXCEPT Frank.