Adonai Galaxies Floating on a Dark Prefight Thread

Post by **Spud** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:30 pm

B: Adonai
W: Galaxies Floating on a Dark Matter Stream
Due: Friday 01/27/06 9:59am pst

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:07 pm

Superb

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:58 pm

I like both those titles. MIGHT I ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE?

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:51 pm

Galaxies Floating on a Dark Matter Stream

I love that title!

Unfortunately I have to travel this week and won't have time to do anything.

Steve

j$ · Post by j$ » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:23 am

Not even the time to add some horns to a song o'mine of the same title, demoed last night? *hint hint*

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:20 pm

I have a load of time this week to do a song. Anyone fancy collaborating and making a non-g&g song? Or I could just do a g&g song, but those get pretty boring pretty fast.

johnsonic · Post by **johnsonic** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:04 am

YEAH! Dark matter stream made me think of the dark shark...

You all will get a Johnsonic and the Takaha Surprise, singing Shark Surprise (the Reprise). Just wrote it tonight, about the shark matter stream.

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:34 am

johnsonic wrote:YEAH! Dark matter stream made me think of the dark shark...
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A song about 1991 British Open winner (and Queenslander) Ian Baker-Finch?

johnsonic · Post by **johnsonic** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:03 pm

nope. just poop.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:54 pm

trying to work on a song for this week. have some words, some drums, and a synth part which works not at all with the drums so it is discarded.
-bill

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:37 am

Although I wont have time to participate in this round... This shiksa did just boil a chicken to make broth for matzoh ball soup tomorrow. Was this culinary choice informed by this week's titles? Perhaps.

(Galaxies... dark matter... obviously...)

furrypedro · Post by **furrypedro** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:33 am

my goddamn guitar just stopped working
i'm sooo fucking angry!!

(shakes fist at the sky)
man, i can't sleep without guitar

but I might be able to scrape something together with what I have left

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:44 am

2 days ago I didn't know what an 'Adonai' was - now I've written a song about one.

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:54 pm

I wanted, and tried, to pull out some serious God Rock... instead what I got is a three-chord I-IV-V country gospel song.

If it stinks, it's not on purpose like some of my songs. That'd be a little too blasphemous in a song with this subject matter.

Everybody keeps saying preamp this, preamp that. Well, its preamped this time. Still a dynamic mic, tho.

Ryan Rickenbach · Post by **Ryan Rickenbach** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:26 pm

Google hits for "Adonai" up .0003%

MC Minimum · Post by **MC Minimum** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:23 am

I don't see how it's possible to write a non-offensive song for Adonai. The song is almost impossible to do without resorting to jewish stereotypes.

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:56 am

MC Minimum wrote:I don't see how it's possible to write a non-offensive song for Adonai. The song is almost impossible to do without resorting to jewish stereotypes.

If my song accidentally "steoreotypes" anyone, it's white protestants of the rural southern U.S.. A group from which I happen to be descended myself.

nyjm · Post by **nyjm** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:04 am

MC Minimum wrote:I don't see how it's possible to write a non-offensive song for Adonai. The song is almost impossible to do without resorting to jewish stereotypes.

[soapbox]
"adonai" is old hebrew for "my lord" and actually isn't usually used to address god but a terrestial being (king, leader, etc.) in the old testament. jewish stereotypes don't have to have anything to do with it.

it's a fabulous word for a song. it's got great prosody, good rhyming possibilities and brings with it a wealth of possible references in which western civilization is steeped. off the top of my head:

- a critique of consumerism, of replacing spirituality with your pocket-book (or the TV, or whatever your master may be)

- drugs; drugs and addictions of all kinds

- a girl madly in love with a guy who doesn't know she exists

- pair it with other terms used to address god in the old testament, cool ones like "el" and "elohim" ("jehovah" is kind of weighty, but i always like "yahweh/YHVH".) this ties in with the great science fiction theme of "the many names of god" (universality of human spiritual drive, our (futile?) search for the ultimate truth, etc.)

- the old testament is full of cool stories; retell david and goliath from goliath's point of view, cursing that little kid with a sling; job never used it, what does that tell us?

- find a psalm with "adonai" in it; those are supposed to be sung anyway
[/soapbox]
carry on

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:19 am

Maybe someone who's jewier than I (a mere fitty 'cent) can confirm/deny but, if I recall correctly, "adonai" is a word that you aren't even supposed to say unless it's part of a prayer; there's a different form of the word that you'd use in conversation. Not quite blasphemous, but along those lines. It's been many years since I had that discussion with a nice young jewish lass of my acquaintance, however, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if my memory fails me.

That isn't to say that one couldn't songfight! it up appropriately. "Set psalm to music" is probably kosher, "emo whine about unrequited love in high school" is rather less so.

Post by jb » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:05 am

MC Minimum wrote:I don't see how it's possible to write a non-offensive song for Adonai. The song is almost impossible to do without resorting to jewish stereotypes.

Interesting. I'd have to actively try to make something offensive. I can think of a dozen angles for songs titled "Adonai" that aren't offensive. Not that I'm gonna, I'm just saying it seems pretty easy to me.

Post by jb » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:07 am

bzl wrote:Maybe someone who's jewier than I (a mere fitty 'cent) can confirm/deny but, if I recall correctly, "adonai" is a word that you aren't even supposed to say unless it's part of a prayer; there's a different form of the word that you'd use in conversation. Not quite blasphemous, but along those lines. It's been many years since I had that discussion with a nice young jewish lass of my acquaintance, however, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if my memory fails me.

The way I heard it, "adonai" is what you're supposed to say *instead* of "God" or "Yahweh". You're not supposed to say "His" name, so they tackle the problem obliquely by using "adonai".

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:25 am

jb wrote:
bzl wrote:Maybe someone who's jewier than I (a mere fitty 'cent) can confirm/deny but, if I recall correctly, "adonai" is a word that you aren't even supposed to say unless it's part of a prayer; there's a different form of the word that you'd use in conversation. Not quite blasphemous, but along those lines. It's been many years since I had that discussion with a nice young jewish lass of my acquaintance, however, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if my memory fails me.
The way I heard it, "adonai" is what you're supposed to say *instead* of "God" or "Yahweh". You're not supposed to say "His" name, so they tackle the problem obliquely by using "adonai".

Isn't Adonai only said in prayer and HaShem used in conversation?

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