Songfight UK - 16th October, 2004

Sheail · Post by **Sheail** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:14 pm

I'm good to go, apart from getting told we're playing some non songfight material (how dare they) which I haven't heard and I've no idea whats happening with Half a Stone. Maybe I'll just do a Jew's harp solo for that one. My first practice with the full Pomp lineup will be the performance itself so good luck me.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:25 pm

Are Pompeii bringing the Sympathy Goat?

Tony Asbestos · Post by **Tony Asbestos** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:52 pm

I'd be there if I could... book me for the 2005 UK Songfight live.

j$ · Post by j$ » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:19 pm

Dear American songfighters

Songfight UK was an unqualified success - and I have a career as a compere if my musical career doesn't take off.

Amazingly, I WON THE LIVE SONGFIGHT!

Pompeii with Motherfunker were awesomely tight, Masters of Grip rocked the English Cowboy sound, Kapitano's fantastic electronic sound blew us all away, Kamakura brought an amazing musicianship and impressed us all with a nice mix of man 'n' piano/man 'n' guitar, and J$ was well, he just was.

MP3s and video to follow, and photos later tonight. But you missed a good one.

j$

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:23 pm

woot! prove it!

j$ · Post by j$ » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:36 pm

Ok then

Johnny Cashpoint does his thing

Kamakura pleasures us all

Kapitano funks it up (with Kamakura on BVs)

Masters of Grip (with j$ on bass) rock big time

Pompeii (with Mother Funker, far right) rock the scene

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:07 am

I can't wait to hear the mp3s!

PS- J$, check you bringing the style to the show.

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:02 am

Johnny! You're hott... are you sure you're not straight!?!?!

I amend my previous statement (I think it was via PM though) to include:

Johnny, you are the hottest, rockinist, gay English internet Rockstar I know!

I've always wanted to see a picture of you! Thanks and congrats on what looks to have been a successful Songfight Live!

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:07 am

Johnny, are you wearing sneakers with a suit? Are you sure you're gay?

j$ · Post by j$ » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:14 am

Yesh, sneakers. But they do have velcro instead of laces, which is quite camp I guess

Heather, you make me blush yet again!

There were 3 video cameras (including Pompeii's truly scarily professional looking one) recording and 5 dig cameras taking pics, so there will be plenty more of everyone, and unfortunately, those I can't pick and choose the ones I look cutest in

So anyway, i kind of got volunteered for editing the various footage all together into one Songfight UK DVD, so I'll probably snatch the audio from that. (recording through the PA turned out not to be a logisitical possibility unfortunately.) I do have a grimy cassette bootleg of my performance for true punk authenticity, though

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:27 am

groovy.. hey does anybody know anything about DVD regions and stuff? i mean, if i wanted a copy of this show, and paid the zillion dollars (about .5543 zillion pounds) for shipping, would it even work on my DVD player?

Andy Balham · Post by **Andy Balham** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:34 am

I hope all this praise doesn't go to your head Mr $. We don't want a reprise of your 20 minute "I'm A Winner" song.

j$ · Post by j$ » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:58 am

Andy Balham wrote:I hope all this praise doesn't go to your head Mr $. We don't want a reprise of your 20 minute "I'm A Winner" song.

HAHAHA - I've already entered it to one of this week's fights under an assumed name, encoded at 8 kps!

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:05 pm

j$ wrote: I do have a grimy cassette bootleg of my performance for true punk authenticity, though

digitize it. i want to hear it.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:23 pm

j$ wrote:I do have a grimy cassette bootleg of my performance for true punk authenticity, though

Grimy Cassette Recordings Rock!

j$ · Post by j$ » Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:49 pm

Niveous wrote:
j$ wrote:I do have a grimy cassette bootleg of my performance for true punk authenticity, though
Grimy Cassette Recordings Rock!

They certainly do. Unfortunately I broke my only jack lead in the process of plugging it in, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow for the experience. Maybe God is trying to tell me something?

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:41 am

While I'm on the subject of compiling a DVD, it would be helpful if everyone could let me have their set-lists. I can pretty much remember most of them, or work it out from the audio if possible, but it would be good if people can confirm exactly how they want it listed &c -

what I'll do as well is edit in links to the audio here as and when I upload them. I should get at least a little Cashpointica done tonight.

Cashpoint
1. Intro tape / Please Don't Call Me Ken
2. Brown Boxes
3. Elvis in Space
4. Half a Stone
5. Let It Be

Kamakura

Kapitano
1. There Are So Many Possilitities/Jimmy Hat [00:40]
2. Under the Wagon (Techno Mix) [01:16]
3. The Puppet's Dream (Riverrun Mix) [03:43]
4. Let It Be (He Shoves Me, He Shoves Me Not Mix) [02:49]
5. Twelve Monkeys (Too Funky Gibbons Mix) [03:00]
6. Motor Psycho (Down on Genitals Mix) [00:22]
7. Half A Stone (Stoned And A Half Mix) [03:08]

Masters of Grip
1. Upcoming Downtime
2. Rabies
3. Half a Stone
4. She's On My Mind
5. Quentin Tarantino

Pompeii featuring Motherfunker
1. Brown Boxes
2. Happy Machine Ankle
3. Executive Chair (Executive Half A Stone)
4. Sex Pest
5. I Don't Believe You
6. Say The Word

choppsta · Post by **choppsta** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:37 am

Wow, what a MAD time we had!!

Our set list was...

Pompeii featuring Motherfunker
1. Brown Boxes
2. Happy Machine Ankle
3. Executive Chair (Executive Half A Stone)
4. Sex Pest
5. I Don't Believe You
6. Say The Word

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:02 am

choppsta wrote:Wow, what a MAD time we had!!

Ah, sex pest. I thought you lot wre singing 'Sex Dress' which didn't seem to make much sense

It was very cool to meet the Pompeii and the remarkably dishy Motherfunker. It's strange how absolutely no-one looked like how I imagined they would. Not even me

J$

Sheail · Post by **Sheail** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:42 pm

j$ wrote:the remarkably dishy Motherfunker

Why do women never come out with that??!!!! Top event on Sat, I think thats the first time my bro and me have performed live together in about ten years.

Anyhoo, just to clear something up. The big chap next to this message is Pop Idol runner up Rik Waller. Not only is he unbelievably fat but he's also a grumpy moody old git too. He is NOT Pompeii's drummer who is in fact called Phil and is comparatively slim and a whole lot jollier. Kapitano take note.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:46 pm

The most excellent legal fun I've had in a good while...
Thanks to all for a great time, and especially for the jam at the end, which was the bollocks!
It was also peachy to put faces to names.

My set list was:
On keyboard -
Puppets Dream
Keep in touch
In the ditch
Hero Points

On Guitar -
Sincerity Machine
A day in the life
Half a stone

When is the next one?

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:22 pm

When is the next one indeed? In the Spring sometime maybe? I'm itching to play again, despite the lack of musical talent that listening back to the cassette bootleg of my performance makes abundantly clear; as evidenced by this ...

http://www.kongbalong.com/dcm/halfastone.mp3

Um, the recording quality from the cassette is terrible. Caveat listenor. The audio I capture of the film footage should be a whole hell of a lot better. This is just to give you a diet flavour of the event...

It has also been pointed out that there is a huge factual error in this lyric. Retrospectively I can argue it's meant to be an indicator that the character is an unreliable narrator, but the truth is I just got it wrong.

You'll need the words.

Half A Stone

This song has been written especially
For our dear American cousins
Though we don’t have a language in common
I hope you can follow my cussin’

Our chocolate tastes so much better
Our beer is much stronger too
But we needed the help of American wealth
To finish off World War Two

CHORUS: You say 7 kilos
We say half a stone
You say ass and we say arse
But you’re (2nd time: we’re) driving on the wrong side of the road
So take it back home

You think that we’re all poshos or cockneys
Cor luv a duck, Dick Van Dyke
Aren’t British people funny? No
I’m tired of being your bike

Underpaid, under-sexed and over here
Island weather makes me depressed
Let’s Boston Tea Party in reverse
Not lap-dance for the US

CHORUS

I’m drowning in the Mid-Atlantic x4

CHORUS x2

If/when we do this again, I want to put a Johnny Cashpoint Band together. As anyone who witnessed my wig-out dancing to the 'I am a Winner' 20 minute jam, the performer in me was a bit shackled by the single guitar & backing track approach of the majority of my set. Any volunteers?

j$

PS let me thank again Mr Andy Balham for helping me out on the organisational side of this live songfight. Not only is he a top geezer, and a cool, generous musician, but also without complaint he took on a lot of the difficult crap; which allowed me to [ahem]blue sky[/ahem] the event properly. *sings to the tune of 'The Red Flag', 'The working class can kiss my ass, I've got the foreman's job at last'

Songfight UK - 16th October, 2004

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