Purple Tapes: the Revival

[Niveous]

Hey everyone,

Many moons ago, I was part of a project called Purple Tapes. Some recent occurrences have inspired me to revive the project. There is a certain musician....hmmm don't want to call him by name lest he appear like Beetlejuice... I'll just rearrange his first name and maybe give the opposite of last name... Let's call him Yankee East.

Yankee East has been awful to put it mildly. And when a musician is awful like that, it often ruins the music because how do you distance the horrible person from their songs. Not interested in jumping into that debate. But I know I find myself looking at a whole discography of work and thinking "look at all those perfectly good song titles that have been tainted".

Well, let's take the Power back. Not just Power but Gold Digger, Heartless, etc.

Here's the idea- pick a song title from the Yankee East discography and use that title to create a new song. In a month's time, we'll collect all the songs and release then and maybe when someone feels the itch to listen to a Yankee East song, they'll have a less icky option.

So if you want to play along...
1) Pick a song title from Yankee East.
2) Record a new song using that title. DO NOT reference the Yankee East song in your new song. You've got until, let's say, December 1st.
3) Send your song to me (I'll make a new email address for the project and I'll put it in the thread later)
4) New songs!!!

[sleepysilverdoor]

ok i'll steal a kanye west song title.

[ujnhunter]

Anyone want to post all the song titles that are available here so that people that have no interest in Googling said person don't have to? Thanks.

[Pigfarmer Jr]

24 (2021)
All Day (2015)
All Falls Down (2003)
All Mine (2018)
All of the Lights (2010)
Amazing (2008)
Awesome (2015)
Bad News (2008)
Believe What I Say (2021)
Big Brother (2007)
Black Skinhead (2013)
Blame Game (2010)
Blood On The Leaves (2013)
Bound 2 (2013)
Brothers (2019)
Can't Tell Me Nothing (2007)
Champion (2007)
Champions (2016)
Christian Dior Denim Flow (2010)
Clique (2012)
Closed On Sunday (2019)
Cold (2012)
Coldest Winter (2008)
Come To Life (2021)
Dark Fantasy (2010)
Devil In A New Dress (2010)
Diamonds From Sierra Leone (2005)
Don't Stop (2010)
Donda (2020)
Eazy (2022)
Every Hour (2019)
Everything I Am (2007)
Everything We Need (2019)
Facts (2015)
Fade (2016)
Famous (2016)
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 (2016)
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2 (2016)
Flashing Lights (2007)
FML (2016)
Follow God (2019)
Ghost Town (2018)
God Breathed (2021)
God Is (2019)
Gold Digger (2005)
Gone (2005)
Good Friday (2010)
Good Life (2007)
Gorgeous (2010)
Guilt Trip (2013)
Hands On (2019)
Heard 'Em Say (2005)
Heartless (2008)
Heaven And Hell (2021)
Hell of a Life (2010)
Hey Mama (2005)
Highlights (2016)
Hold My Liquor (2013)
Homecoming (2007)
Hurricane (2021)
I Am a God (2013)
I Love It (2018)
I Thought About Killing You (2018)
I Wonder (2007)
I'm In It (2013)
Jail (2021)
Jail, Pt. 2 (2021)
Jesus Lord (2021)
Jesus Walks (2003)
Jonah (2021)
Junya (2021)
Life Of The Party (2021)
Lift Yourself (2018)
Lord, Lord, Lord (2010)
Lost in The World (2010)
Love Lockdown (2008)
Low Lights (2016)
Mama's Boyfriend (2011)
Mercy (2012)
Monster (2010)
Moon (2021)
Nah Nah Nah (2020)
New God Flow (2012)
New Slaves (2013)
No Child Left Behind (2021)
No Mistakes (2018)
No More Parties in L.A. (2016)
Off The Grid (2021)
Ok Ok (2021)
On God (2019)
On Sight (2013)
Only One (2014)
Paranoid (2008)
Pinnochio Story (2008)
Power (2010)
Praise God (2021)
Real Friends (2016)
Robocop (2008)
Runaway (2010)
Saint Pablo (2016)
Say You Will (2008)
See Me Now (2010)
See You In My Nightmares (2008)
Selah (2019)
Send It Up (2013)
Siiiiiiiiilver Surffffeeeeer Intermission (2016)
So Appalled (2010)
Street Lights (2008)
Stronger (2007)
The Joy (2010)
Through The Wire (2003)
To the World (2012)
Touch The Sky (2006)
True Love (2022)
Ultralight Beam (2016)
Use This Gospel (2019)
Violent Crimes (2018)
Wash Us In The Blood (2020)
Water (2019)
Waves (2016)
Welcome to Heartbreak (2008)
White Dress (2012)
Who Will Survive in America (2010)
Wolves (2015)
Wouldn't Leave (2018)
Ye vs. the People (2018)
Yikes (2018)

[crumpart]

This is amazing and I am 100% in. Already chosen my song name.

[gizo]

This does sound amazing.

I will try.

[j$]

I'll have a go.

j$

[Caravan Ray]

Wonderful idea Niv. I’ll see what I can do.

[roymond]

Love this kind of passive activism. Purple Reign was great!

[Niveous]

Hey, I'm going to extend the deadline for this some. I'm doing it out of selfishness as I have spent most of the last few weeks either dealing with whiplash or covid. So, let's say December 15th.

[crumpart]

Hey, I'm going to extend the deadline for this some. I'm doing it out of selfishness as I have spent most of the last few weeks either dealing with whiplash or covid. So, let's say December 15th.

I have spent the past few weeks with all of my gear in boxes while a bank and a lawyer pretend to talk to one another, so this is appreciated.

[crumpart]

Hey, I'm going to extend the deadline for this some. I'm doing it out of selfishness as I have spent most of the last few weeks either dealing with whiplash or covid. So, let's say December 15th.

Also this just sounds terrible. Sorry to hear you’ve been having a shitty time.

[j$]

I'm done! What email address should I send to, Niv? Whenever you're ready, of course j$

[Niveous]

Hey everyone. If you have songs ready you can send them to: purpletapesproject at Gmail dot com.

I'll post up the songs on Saturday.

[j$]

OK just sent mine. Inspired by this - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... VQfqaqSfji

j$

[crumpart]

I have a song! I even played my purple guitar! Just need to mix.

[Pigfarmer Jr]

I've completely dropped the ball on this.

[crumpart]

In. I think I possibly got the song title slighty wrong. Whoops.

[Caravan Ray]

No More Parties in L.A.
by Caravan Yay!

sent

[Niveous]

Well, we got 3 songs for this. Which kinda feels like a false start. Hmm. What to do? Do we open up the date until the end of the year. Do we say "do as many times as you want" which was a thing in the original version of Purple Tapes. Or do I post up the 3 entries and take it as is.

[j$]

Post 'em as an 'teaser' EP j$

[Pigfarmer Jr]

I can do one but not for a few days at least.