Song Fight Concept Albums

Post by jb » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:35 am

King Arthur has this thread going about War songs. Got me to wondering what other single-subject albums we could come up with from the SF archives. Any ideas?

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:14 am

There are the universals like love, food, etc. but how about sci-fi, or perversions, or fast car songs, doom metal, sappy odes, songs about people only, all way too fast songs, or ambient...who knows the archives best?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:49 am

Songs about sports. Songs about technology. Songs about religion. Joke songs. Songs about songs. Songs about suicide (yick). Songs about specific places. Songs about work. Songs about how we're all gonna die. Songs that the artist wrote without knowing what it was about (I have several of those).

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:53 pm

Songs about buildings
- ?

and food (that's for the talking heads fans out there)
- More than Soup is a layup, so is IDLEggplant

robots
- HInc Happy Machine Ankle

Animals
- HInc Rattle

But maybe there should be a restriction that it can't be in the title.
-bill[/list]

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:59 pm

Songfight! Gospel.

and I'd be happy to give my "Under The Horse" for a beastiality concept album. The world has been crying out for one of those for too long...

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:25 pm

I think it would be cool to do an epic one-song album with a bunch of fighters adding their bits and pieces, with the grand finale being a huge chorus of everybody singing together.

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:31 pm

songs about peace
songs about love
songs about understanding

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:42 pm

jack wrote:songs about peace
songs about love
songs about understanding

Now THAT would be funny.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:48 pm

jolly roger wrote:I think it would be cool to do an epic one-song album with a bunch of fighters adding their bits and pieces, with the grand finale being a huge chorus of everybody singing together.

Kind of like the Song Fight Orchaestra but complete and "epic".

Sick and Wrong · Post by **Sick and Wrong** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:25 pm

Songs about fish.
Songs about organ meat.
Songs about poor countries, and why they are poor.
Songs about George Bush.
Songs about nerdcore, rap, hip hop, and other stuff like that.
Songs about dentists.
Songs about folding chairs.
Songs about greed.
Songs about people who try to hide their particular ethnicity because they are ashamed of it.
Songs about honesty.

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:34 pm

Smalltown Mike wrote:
jack wrote:songs about peace
songs about love
songs about understanding
Now THAT would be funny.

dude, what's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

thanks mike. i had to get that in there.

Post by jb » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:40 pm

I suppose this thread is doomed.

I didn't really want to hear what you guys think would be a good idea for a concept album. The idea was more "what common themes are there in existing songfight songs, that could be made into a concept album."

But I guess we don't have the archive knowledge among us to pull that off.

Ah well.

JB

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:57 pm

I'm trying, JB. Really I am.

Consider this post a work in progress. I'll add to it as I discover/rediscover relevant entries.

SongFight: The Video Game Album

1) The Def Author: Piece Of My Heat
2) Bjam: I Know My Rights
3)

SongFight: Under The Influence

1) Bolio: The Spirit World
2) The Sober Irishman: Driving
3) Jim Tyrrell: Dizzy Spells
4)

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:20 pm

I wouldn't exactly call any of these suggestions concept albums, but thematic ones. Thematic comps. Concept album to me is, you know, The Wall, Tommy, Rush, etc.

Sick and Wrong · Post by **Sick and Wrong** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:37 pm

No -- wait, JB!
Here's some better suggestions...

Songs about drinks / drinking.
Songs about clothes.
Songs about homosexuality.
Songs about cars.
Songs about dreams.
Songs about swear words.
Songs about sex.
Songs about hate.
Songs about intolerance.
Songs about sports.
Songs about animals.
Songs about cities.
Songs about drugs.
Songs about celebrities.
Songs about songfighters.
Songs about seasons.
Songs about pubs.
Songs about weather.
Songs about night.
Songs about days of the week.
Songs about bands.
Songs about music.
Songs about school.
Songs about work.
Songs about machines.
Songs about trees.
Songs about Earth.
Songs about the moon.
Songs about houses.
Songs about the media.
Songs about games.
Songs about history.
Songs about current events.
Songs about anatomy.
Songs about being happy.
Songs about being sad.
Songs about not giving a shit.
Songs about the internet.
Songs about stupid people.
Songs about heroes.
Songs about success.
Songs about failure.
Songs about guns.
Songs about boobs.
Songs about fire.
Songs about time.
Songs about disasters.
Songs about God.
Songs about Satan.
Songs about politics.
Songs about aliens.
Songs about songs.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:04 pm

Uh, dude, jb's point was that he was asking for specific songs, not general thematic ideas. Thematic ideas are pretty easy to come by.

Sick and Wrong · Post by **Sick and Wrong** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:55 pm

Uh, okay.
Songs about being under horses?

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:11 am

Isn't every Songfight a potential concept album?

obscurity · Post by **obscurity** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:43 am

If anybody's interested, my songs Clarice, Violation, Aftermath, Safety in Numbness, Wake were intended as kind of a 'concept ep'.

Sick and Wrong · Post by **Sick and Wrong** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:36 pm

How about a scheme by which artists could, if they chose, apply tags -- like a blog -- to their songs to be stored in the database so people could search for songs about sex, war, whatever. Have a list to choose from. I know -- there'd be a lot of "other".

Has anybody tried running a search in the lyric archive? You know -- if you want songs about sex, search for "pussy" or "Saturn V Anal Explorer"; you get the picture. I'd do it, but I've been sick...

rone rivendale · Post by **rone rivendale** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:49 pm

Sick you have the best signiture ever made!

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:34 pm

"I only listen to Rone Rivendale" = Sick and Wrong

yeah, i'll buy that.