A Baseball Honeymoon on Ellis Island & A Prefight

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:17 pm

they are the hot shots with the whistle and baton. they are the de facto conducter that keeps time for everyone. i think.

Father Bingo · Post by **Father Bingo** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:33 pm

Egg wrote:<a href="http://www.altavista.com/audio/">http:/ ... /audio/</a>

Audio search tool. Type in marching band drum line and you're sure to find something.

Hey, that's pretty awesome. I just tried searching for "good song by Pegor" and I got no results. Oh!

And for the record, I played bass drum my senoir year of high school.

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:32 pm

Okay, I might be in this week after all. Having a bad time at work, and have my ukulele with me; I think it's mandatory then that I write something about a polynesian honeymoon. In june. Or perhaps july.

This will be an experiment in how good a recording can sound through a laptop mic.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:00 am

It cracks me up that the optional challange is only for the black fight. Those writing "A&A" songs: feel free to make fun of opera.

Hostess Mostess has finished recording our "Baseball vs. Opera". Mixing is another story.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:07 am

Holy crap. Less than 12 hours after calling the recording session quits, I realize why my great hook sounded so sweet to me: it's practically a rip-off of a Pogues tune.

How horrible. Sorry Shane, but I gotta submit this one anyway. I stayed up too late to give up now.

Bolio · Post by **Bolio** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:01 am

Mostess wrote:It cracks me up that the optional challange is only for the black fight. Those writing "A&A" songs: feel free to make fun of opera.

Hee. I thought of that. But no mention of opera is made in The Bloody Hams interpretation of 'A & A.'

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:31 am

Polynesian Opera will no doubt be victimized through this process. I can almost guarantee it.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:31 am

I believe I will be involved in TWO collabs this week... I wasn't sure if either was gonna happen, and then they both did. Fortunately, I'm the sideshow freak on both, so it's not like I'm cheating and entering more than one or something... like, a half in two equals one right? uh... guys? girls?

While neither tune will be thrash metal, I thought it would be wise to pre-fight both with a little thrash metal hardcore posturing... here goes...

The Bloody Hams will assault your ears and mind with the pure force of violent POWER. AS your ear drums bleed and your oeidpusic controlled fan..(whoa. That was even more terribly spelt than normal. See. I am e v o l v i n g.) ..uh... where was I? Oh yeah.. so the Hams will crush your soul with the shear brutality of their 9 string guitars and 2 string bass attack.

I read alot of revolver magazine.

I think we MAY hear the return of Boon Liver this coming week too... yes, teh mighty Boon Liver: out to meld the sweeping passion of baseball with the mindless spittle drippings of opera. Sounds like pleasure.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:22 pm

Boon Liver! heh, heh. I love that name!

I'm hoping Vapour Can Ideas will be appearing again this week with a special wedding present for Bill Heuristics.

8LO, you out there? Are we in?

EightLeggedOedipus · Post by **EightLeggedOedipus** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:42 pm

My Thursday night VCI time alotment turned into stay up late fighting massive trojans and adware. Fell asleep during a long tenth scan. Ouch. I lost the war, too, and Cashback and WebRebates appear to have won. I'll bet it's a virus somewhere.

Ad-aware, Spybot, NAV and X-cleaner couldn't even kill it in safe mode.

Father Bingo · Post by **Father Bingo** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:27 pm

I just sent in my "Ellis Island" instrumental. Pegor, I'ma gonna mop da ring wit you! Grrr! and stuff.

reve · Post by **reve** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:59 am

Blue once said something to the effect of "no one ever brings the rock like I want them to."

This week on "A&A" I shall bring forth the rock.

Turn down your speakers.

astrolamb · Post by **astrolamb** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:35 am

Just submitted 'Ellis Island' . . .

Bolio · Post by **Bolio** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:09 pm

Solo BOLIO's back bringing the sweet sounds of Polynesia, Tahiti to be exact.....

j$ · Post by j$ » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:50 pm

After a 'so annoying it would be hilarious if it hadn't happened to me' comedy of mixing errors, I have finally got my act together to submit a 'Baseball versus Opera'.

Very weird one, this. i decided to stop saying how much I love electronica and try and reflect it in my song this time. The weird bit is how much it's come out in lighter-waving territory ....

j$

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:56 pm

Fear my mighty loops! Thrill to my hamhanded scratching! Quake before the whiteness of my rapping!

Yes, yes, tha' goofcore stows away on my Honeymoon to Polynesia.

SFoh · Post by **SFoh** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:39 pm

This weeks SFO tries to save the kids from the Pasty White Boy in A&A...watch for it.

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:49 pm

Well, once again I flip fights. Polynesian Honeymoon is out; A & A is in, and submitted as of a few minutes ago.

I don't know if I bring the rock, but I certainly bring something...um...unique?

EDIT: Okay, I know this is a stupid thing to say when you all haven't even heard the song yet, but...even though it's a goofy little song, I'm really proud of the organ solo I play at the end, not only because I like how it sounds, but because it was a first-pass improvisation with no post-recording timing or note corrections. I almost feel like a musician today. Heaven knows what I'll feel like tomorrow.

Freddielove · Post by **Freddielove** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:34 pm

Mostess wrote:I realize why my great hook sounded so sweet to me: it's practically a rip-off of

This happens far too often to me I'm afraid. I wrote an awesome "Nothing Less than Everyting" only to realize it bore a strong resemblance to a Travis song. Then of course there is my <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/zero_2_p ... p.mp3">Lay Lady Phantom song</a>, and I'm not even a big Dylan fan.

I heard an interview with Paul McCartney a while back, and in it he was talking about his song writing process. He said that if he came up with a song to quickly, he was afraid that it was already someone else's and he didn't know it yet. That was a bit reasuring.

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:43 pm

I'm in for A&A

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:03 am

I have submitted for Baseball vs. Opera, and believe I have met the optional challenge.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:31 am

My own Honeymoon wasn't as far out as this. Except for the Gaudi. Oh, and Tonamel...play it backwards.

A Baseball Honeymoon on Ellis Island & A Prefight

This weel's fight