365 Great Songfight Songs

[GlennCase]

I meant to start this on January 1st, but I forgot.

365 Great songfight songs!

<a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/365.m3u">STREAM ALL</a> (UPDATED AS THE LIST IS UPDATED)

<a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/365.html">HERE IS A LIST</a> of all of the songs mentioned thus far.

JANUARY 1st

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... nnett">Jon Bennett</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/golfpunk ... ">Golfpunk Drives A Cadillac</a>

It only makes sense to kick off a project like this, by using a song from the very first songfight. Notice the Beach-Boys style harmonies that add a nice touch to this Songfight oldie. This is a great track that is bound to be stuck in your head when you least expect it. It is actually amazing how well a lot of the older songs turned out, considering the restrictions on mp3 size. Check it out!

Some things that happened on January 1st, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

45 B.C. NEW YEAR'S DAY

1803 Haitian independence proclaimed
1863 Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
1876 First modern Mummers' Parade

AUTOMOTIVE

1919 Edsel Takes Dad's Job

CIVIL WAR

1863 The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect

COLD WAR

1959 Cuban dictator Batista falls from power

CRIME

1973 The real-life murder behind Looking For Mr. Goodbar

ENTERTAINMENT

1951 First pay-per-view system

LITERARY

1879 E.M. Forster is born

OLD WEST

1863 A Nebraska farmer files the first homestead claim

VIETNAM WAR

1966 1st Marine Division advance elements arrive

WALL STREET

1966 Strikers Shut Down NYC Subway System

WORLD WAR II

1942 United Nations created


ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 2nd

<a href="http://emeraldrain.com/mycc/">Milwaukee Youth Center Choir</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/video_ni ... mp3">Video Night</a>

The temperatures are pretty cold this time of year. It could be a good night for a VIDEO NIGHT. Check out the clever fake movie trailers in the song, it's one of the highlights of the track. I think the song has excellent production, and it is an incredibly fun song.

Some things that happened on January 2nd, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1958 CALLAS WALKS OFF

1492 Reconquest of Spain
1788 Georgia enters the Union
1811 First censuring of a U.S. senator
1905 Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur

AUTOMOTIVE

1994 Chrysler's Neon Hits The Road

CIVIL WAR

1863 Battle of Stones River concludes

COLD WAR

1980 Carter reacts to Soviet intervention in Afghanistan

CRIME

1981 The Yorkshire Ripper is apprehended

ENTERTAINMENT

1979 Sid Vicious on trial

LITERARY

1897 Stephen Crane's boat sinks

OLD WEST

1923 Secretary Fall resigns in Teapot Dome scandal

VIETNAM WAR

1963 Viet Cong are successful at Ap Bac

WALL STREET

1882 Standard Oil Trust Formed

WORLD WAR II

1942 Navy opens a blimp base in New Jersey

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[Caravan Ray]

JANUARY 1st

Your History Channel doesn't seem to acknowledge that the Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated on 1 January 1901. I think you should find yourself a better history channel.

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 3rd

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... s">Hostess Mostess</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/unlessic ... p3">Unless I Change My Mind</a>

No fancy reasons for why I chose this song for today. I just love this song. I think it is amongst the finest songfight songs that has ever been made to date. That's about it.

Some things that happened on January 3rd, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1959 ALASKA ADMITTED INTO THE UNION

1521 Martin Luther excommunicated
1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan
1924 King Tut's sarcophagus uncovered
1967 Jack Ruby dies before second trial

AUTOMOTIVE

1921 Studebaker Quits Wagon Business

CIVIL WAR

1861 Delaware rejects secession

COLD WAR

1961 United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba

CRIME

1990 The husband did it: Boston's controversial Stuart case

ENTERTAINMENT

1952 Dragnet debuts

LITERARY

1841 Herman Melville sails for the South Seas

OLD WEST

1834 Stephen Austin imprisoned by Mexicans

VIETNAM WAR

1968 McCarthy announces his presidential candidacy

WALL STREET

1916 "The Lady from Westinghouse"

WORLD WAR II

1945 MacArthur and Nimitz given new commands


ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 4th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... mojo">Pray For Mojo</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/on_my_bl ... ck.mp3">On My Block</a>

Again, no special reason for the connection of this song with this date. I just think the song rocks. The bell sounds are another great example of a riff that will get completely stuck in your head when you least expect it.

Some things that happened on January 4th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1987 SEGOVIA BEGINS FINAL U.S. TOUR

1896 Utah enters the Union
1999 Single European currency debuts
1974 President Nixon refuses to hand over tapes
1994 104th Congress under Republican control

AUTOMOTIVE

1996 No Gas Tank On Board

CIVIL WAR

1863 Confederate General Roger Hanson dies

COLD WAR

1950 The God That Failed published

CRIME

1964 The Boston Strangler's last attack

ENTERTAINMENT

1954 Elvis Presley records demo

LITERARY

1785 Jacob Grimm is born

OLD WEST

1847 Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government

VIETNAM WAR

1974 Thieu announces war has resumed

WALL STREET

1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt Dies

WORLD WAR II

1944 United States begins supplying guerrilla forces

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[erik]

I will make this suggestion: pick every "song of the day" so that every date coincides with the dates for which the song was to be written. For example, the songs for "Floating Bridge" were being wriiten between 1/04/02 and 1/28/02, so the song Floating Bridge by The Pickup Artists could be the song of the day for 1/5/04.

[GlennCase]

Erik,

That is a great suggestion, and I will probably take that advice!

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[c hack]

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Is your icon from the site of that woman who does the "movies in 15 min." thing?

[j$]

Dear Glenn

Is your time not precious? Does your song-producing incredibleness not take up enough time? What will the missus say? What will your boss say?

Cool idea, in an vaguely self-referential Otisfodder way. Just remember - I better be in there somewhere (shakes tiny paw of fury)

j$

[GlennCase]

Dear Glenn

Is your time not precious? Does your song-producing incredibleness not take up enough time? What will the missus say? What will your boss say?

Funny enough, I work at a job that encourages us to play online or watch TV as long as it doesn't get in the way of the actual job.

Furthermore: I now have added a <a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/365.m3u">STREAM ALL</a> option, after getting permission from Fightmaster Jr. I will be updating this daily, or at least as often as I update the favorite songs area.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[Lunkhead]

I love MYCC's Video Night, that's one of my favorite SF! songs of all time. Woo!

[Poor June]

unless i change my mind by hostess mostess is probably one of my top sf songs of all time... deffinately in the top 5

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 5th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... upercar</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/martians ... ">Martians are going to eat us</a>

The Martians are going to eat us fight went from 01/05/04 - 01/12/04. sonofsupercar knows how to bring the ROCK, and this is a perfect example. There is a sort of controlled chaos that the band unleashes on songs like this. It's like there are musical monsters inside each musical instrument, and the band members are doing their best to keep the monsters active, but contained. Can you tell that I love this song?

Some things that happened on January 5th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1895 DREYFUS AFFAIR IN FRANCE

1643 First divorce in the colonies
1968 Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia
1994 Former Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill dies

AUTOMOTIVE

1924 Chrysler Builds His Own Car

CIVIL WAR

1861 "Star of the West" leaves for Fort Sumter

COLD WAR

1957 Eisenhower proposes new Middle East policy

CRIME

1970 The United Mine Workers Killings

ENTERTAINMENT

1959 Buddy Holly's last record released

LITERARY

1825 Alexandre Dumas pere fights a duel

OLD WEST

1846 House resolves to stop sharing Oregon

VIETNAM WAR

1967 Amphibious operations conducted in the Mekong Delta

WALL STREET

1914 Ford Gives Minimum Wage a Big Boost

WORLD WAR II

1945 Soviets recognize pro-Soviet Polish Provisional Government

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[Leaf]

You are insane. i love it.

[prayformojo]

Glenn, you are the rulin'ist!

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 6th

<a href="http://www.sharingmachine.com/drew.php">drew</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/zero_to_ ... .mp3">Zero to Phantom</a>

Zero to Phantom may have been the title from 11/15/04 - 11/25/04, but long before that it was the 7th songfight in history between 01/04/01 - 01/12/01.

It says something about a song, when it can still get 11 votes nearly 4 years after being recorded. This is the first song that ever got a perfect 10 rating from me. The rhythm makes me bounce around in my chair like a maniac. I like fun songs. This is a VERY fun song. I can picture Apache Indian (Boom-Shack-A-Lack) attempting to cover this track.

Some things that happened on January 6th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1925 NURMI BREAKS TWO WORLD RECORDS

1066 Harold II crowned king of England
1912 New Mexico joins the Union
1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies
2001 Congress certifies Bush winner of 2000 elections

AUTOMOTIVE

1973 Hitler's Car For Sale

CIVIL WAR

1827 Confederate General John Calvin Brown born

COLD WAR

1958 Soviet Union announces troop reduction

CRIME

1994 Skater Nancy Kerrigan Attacked

ENTERTAINMENT

1993 Dizzy Gillespie dies

LITERARY

1977 John Gardner wins National Book Critics Circle Award

OLD WEST

1798 Mountain man Jedediah Smith is born

VIETNAM WAR

1971 Army drops charges of My Lai cover-up

WALL STREET

1983 Reagan Gives Gas Tax Hike the Go-ahead

WORLD WAR II

1942 Roosevelt commits to biggest arms buildup in U.S. history

[Caravan Ray]

JANUARY 6th

1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols

[GlennCase]

Heh.

I appreciate the added historic facts that the History Channel missed out on, Senor Ray!

Who needs the History Channel?! We got Caravan Ray!

P.S. I am actually not being sarcastic, I think it is rad that you are contributing to this thread. Your 432 posts at the time of my typing this is rather impressive.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 7th

<a href="http://www.frontalot.com/">MC Frontalot</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/floating ... ">Floating Bridge</a>

The Floating Bridge fight took place from 01/04/02 - 01/28/02. This was the third songfight appearance of the internet superstar himself, MC Frontalot. I could be wrong, but I do believe this was the first time that a songfight entry sampled a songfight song. The sample came from <a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... e">English as a Foreign Language</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/its_invi ... .mp3">It's Invisible</a>. I have my own special memory of this track that makes me smile, however.

Getting the chance to play for 700 people as MC Front's bass player at the <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/pax">Penny Arcade Expo</a> was a dream come true for me. We had 3 rehearsals, and a sound check before the show itself. I would say that we did pretty good under the circumstances. Floating Bridge was never intended to be part of the set at all, and it never was part of the set.

Cool things happened during soundcheck. Watching the Minibosses messing around playing "The Boys are back in town" by Thin Lizzy was amazing. The guitarists were out in the audience area with their wireless guitar setups, checking out the sound. I was floored, but I am getting off the subject here.

During soundcheck, I started kiddingly goofing around and playing the main riff for Floating Bridge on my bass. So, Front starts rapping the lyrics. We actually played Floating Bridge during the soundcheck, and I wish I had video footage of it. It was so fun, and it sounded really good for just goofing around.

At any rate... I think of that soundcheck every time I hear this track now.

This is also a good example of a track that is both entertaining, and informative.

Some things that happened on January 7th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1979 POL POT OVERTHROWN

1785 Across the English Channel in a balloon
1989 Emperor Hirohito dies
1999 Clinton impeachment trial begins

AUTOMOTIVE

1985 General Motors Creates Saturn

CIVIL WAR

1864 Caleb Blood Smith dies

COLD WAR

1959 United States recognizes new Cuban government

CRIME

1946 A Case of Split Personality in Puzzling Chicago Murders

ENTERTAINMENT

1940 Gene Autry's Melody Ranch debuts

LITERARY

1903 Zora Neale Hurston is born

OLD WEST

1901 Cannibal Alfred Packer is paroled

VIETNAM WAR

1965 Civilian government is restored in Saigon

WALL STREET

1872 The "Barnum of Wall Street" Dies

WORLD WAR II

1945 Monty holds a press conference

[GlennCase]

JANUARY 8th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... y">Loyalty Day</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/hey_ruth ... h.mp3">Hey Ruth</a>

I heard this long after the fight was already done and won by this very song. It reminds me a lot of the Cardigans, in a good way. I love the Cardigan's "First Band On The Moon" CD, and I tend to think this song would have fit in perfectly in the mix of that album. I like Loyalty Day's sound enough to decide on getting the same sound card that the band uses. It should arrive any day now, and I am excited about that.

Some things that happened on January 8th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1916 ALLIES RETREAT FROM GALLIPOLI
1815 The Battle of New Orleans
1867 Congress expands suffrage in nation's capital
1918 Wilson announces his 14 Points
1962 Mona Lisa exhibited in Washington
1642 Astronomer Galileo dies in Itlay

AUTOMOTIVE

1916 Bugatti Brother Ends Own Life

CIVIL WAR

1821 Confederate General James Longstreet born

COLD WAR

1976 Chinese leader Zhou Enlai dies

CRIME

1969 Husband Reported Missing in Virginia's McKown Case

ENTERTAINMENT

1941 William Randolph Hearst stops Citizen Kane ads

LITERARY

1976 Ragtime wins the National Book Critics Circle Award

OLD WEST

1877 Crazy Horse fights his final battle

VIETNAM WAR

1973 Peace talks resume in Paris

WALL STREET

1985 A Treasury Secretary Switch

WORLD WAR II

1940 Mussolini questions Hitler's plans

[Caravan Ray]

JANUARY 8th

Glenn, can't believe you and History Channel missed this one:

1935 - ELVIS AARON PRESLEY BORN - Tupelo, Mississippi

also

1933 - Caravan Ray's mother born - Walgett, New South Wales

[Caravan Ray]

JANUARY 9th

1967 - The Artist Subsequently Known As Caravan Ray born - Newcastle, New South Wales.