Philadelphia Arkade prefight
- Spud
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Philadelphia Arkade prefight
<b>Ark of Philadelphia</b>
Due: Friday, 02/29/08 9:59am pst
send to fightmaster@songfight.org
Subject: Ark of Philadelphia
Message: Your Bandname
Attachment: yourbandname_aop.mp3
<b>At the Arcade</b>
Due: Friday, 02/29/08 9:59am pst
send to fightmaster@songfight.org
Subject: At the Arcade
Message: Your Bandname
Attachment: yourbandname_ata.mp3
Due: Friday, 02/29/08 9:59am pst
send to fightmaster@songfight.org
Subject: Ark of Philadelphia
Message: Your Bandname
Attachment: yourbandname_aop.mp3
<b>At the Arcade</b>
Due: Friday, 02/29/08 9:59am pst
send to fightmaster@songfight.org
Subject: At the Arcade
Message: Your Bandname
Attachment: yourbandname_ata.mp3
Last edited by Spud on Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I'm almost certain it's a completely made-up reference to absolutely nothing. Google will give you exactly one hit if you use quotes.
"Live Forever at the Barbary is a kid with a bright future. At first I thought, “This whole face-painting thing, it could never work because I have nice sheets.” But the quarter of the crowd who gave in were convincingly precious. The photo-proof was not exhausting to look at. It was the Noah’s Ark of Philadelphia. We could have cut the entire building off from the rest of the world and had enough skills on board to start a new planet where everyone could dance and give great head. There’s the key to longevity."
"Live Forever at the Barbary is a kid with a bright future. At first I thought, “This whole face-painting thing, it could never work because I have nice sheets.” But the quarter of the crowd who gave in were convincingly precious. The photo-proof was not exhausting to look at. It was the Noah’s Ark of Philadelphia. We could have cut the entire building off from the rest of the world and had enough skills on board to start a new planet where everyone could dance and give great head. There’s the key to longevity."
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Well, I yahoo'd, and the "Ark of Philadelphia" is one of several "Ark" styled funhouse places built in the 1930s or thereabouts... the one in Philadelphia is the only one still standing or something like that. One of the innovations used in the Arks was the "fan in the floor" as used in the famous Marilyn Monroe photo.
Not that your song has to be about that, and it's quite possible that Deep Throat had something else entirely in mind when choosing the title. But there has been a recent thread in the forum about things to do in and around Lancaster PA...
Actually, though, the "Ark of Philadelphia" was a short-lived disco group of the 1970s; similar in some ways to the Village People, but dressed in animal costumes. They only released one cassette tape, in 1977, and it's possible that DT has one of the few copies in existence, because many of their song titles have since shown up as SF titles!
The Panda was eventually outed as white and forced to leave the group. This may have spelled disaster for them, since he was actually the only one in the group with any sense of rhythm...
Charles (KA)
Not that your song has to be about that, and it's quite possible that Deep Throat had something else entirely in mind when choosing the title. But there has been a recent thread in the forum about things to do in and around Lancaster PA...
Actually, though, the "Ark of Philadelphia" was a short-lived disco group of the 1970s; similar in some ways to the Village People, but dressed in animal costumes. They only released one cassette tape, in 1977, and it's possible that DT has one of the few copies in existence, because many of their song titles have since shown up as SF titles!
The Panda was eventually outed as white and forced to leave the group. This may have spelled disaster for them, since he was actually the only one in the group with any sense of rhythm...
Charles (KA)
"...one does not write in dactylic hexameter purely by accident..." - poetic designs
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Verrry interestink. While most of the titles pre-date my arrival here, I've done cover/hack jobs of 5 of those songs, and recognize several of the remaining titles. Which ones haven't been used, and should we start writing them now?
What's filk?
EDIT - OK, I looked. I was guessing something like a certain song in the Tomato fight. (Looking at you, Oatsy!) Part of the online definition read: there is no consensus definition of filk. Thanks Erik.
What's filk?
EDIT - OK, I looked. I was guessing something like a certain song in the Tomato fight. (Looking at you, Oatsy!) Part of the online definition read: there is no consensus definition of filk. Thanks Erik.
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Bringin' the stink since 2006.
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The titles are actually ALL songfight titles from the music archive. "Many of" sounded a little more mysterious, and I was trying to blur the line between reality and what you read on the internet...
FWIW, I will also say that I find that Yahoo searches usually return a lot more and better information than Google searches... if you couldn't find anything on Google about "filk," try Yahoo...
Charles (KA)
FWIW, I will also say that I find that Yahoo searches usually return a lot more and better information than Google searches... if you couldn't find anything on Google about "filk," try Yahoo...
Charles (KA)
"...one does not write in dactylic hexameter purely by accident..." - poetic designs
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Well, I got an idea for the music, good melody, and some lyrics for one of them... now lets see if I can pull it off in time.
"Out of all I've learned in Life,
You always keep your friends close to your heart,
cause they'll help you if you're falling down..."
- The Ataris - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, B, A, Start
You always keep your friends close to your heart,
cause they'll help you if you're falling down..."
- The Ataris - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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Wow I just wrote and sent in my Arcade entry. It's a bit Postal Service, or at least I like to think so. Check it out on fawm if you're impatient.
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Interesting--That was the first song I attempted for SongFight! too.ssrebellion wrote:oi. i haven't participated since "We Were Not Meant to Be", but this time I intend to submit for At the Arcade.
I'm in for "At the Arcade"
"Out of all I've learned in Life,
You always keep your friends close to your heart,
cause they'll help you if you're falling down..."
- The Ataris - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, B, A, Start
You always keep your friends close to your heart,
cause they'll help you if you're falling down..."
- The Ataris - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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