The 5th Annual Gift of Music!!!!

[HeuristicsInc]

I don't think anyone's going to buy CDs just to cover a song for you... perhaps it would benefit you to make mp3s privately for your gifter and send them via Niv ?
-bill

[Paco Del Stinko]

Not being a freshy-pants here or anything, but have any due dates for lists, links, I'm ins, etc., been set yet? Again, just curious, not all "what's taking so long!"

[jack]

the freshy-pants would be a good band name.

[Niveous]

Okay folks, I'm giving you until Wednesday morning to get your song choices in and then I'll give out the assignments.

[Paco Del Stinko]

Hooray!

Signed - P.J. Bottoms, lead guitarist for The Freshy Pants

[wages]

Oh boy! My first GoM!

[Niveous]

Choices so far:

Anti-M:
Pere Ubu: "Heaven"
Built to Spill: "Joyride"
Palace Bros: "New Partner"
Shellac: "The Guy Who Invented Fire"

Roymond:
David Bowie: Joe the Lion
David Lindley: Quarter Of A Man
XTC: Chalkhills and Children
Brian Eno: The Fat Lady of Limbourg

J. Tyrrell:
The Police - Next To You
Mr. Bungle - Retrovertigo
John Sebastian - Welcome Back
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

Rabid G.:
Vandals - Christmastime for my penis
Stooges - I wanna be your dog
Ramones - We're a happy family
Muttniks - Execution man

Caravan Ray:
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel
Quasimodo's Dream - The Reels
Two Cabs For The Toucan - The Models

Mark:
Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo
Built to Spill - Randy Described Eternity
Jawbox - Savory (this is the Far/Deftones cover)
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

Tonamel:
Gogol Bordello - Wanderlust King
Nick Drake - One of These Things First
Nickel Creek - The Lighthouse's Tale
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem - Can You Picture That?

Lord of Oats:
Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head
Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down
Ben Folds - Landed

Albatross:
"Dog Police" - Dog Police
"Stripsearch" - Faith No More
"She's So Young" - The Pursuit of Happiness
"CD Repo Man" - Aquabats

L. Henley:
Neurosis - Under the Surface
Butthole Surfers - Pittsburgh to Lebanon
Darkthrone - Skald Av Satans Sol
Townes van Zandt - Waitin' Round to Die

Sausage Boy:
The Beginning of the End - Nine Inch Nails
Second Hand Smoker - Moistboyz
The Barker of the Dupes - Skeleton Key
Hell Yes - Beck

sp00n:
Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
Motorcrash - The Sugarcubes
Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself
Restless Legs - Half Man Half Biscuit

Hell Yeahs:
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Take On Me - Ah Ha
Black - Pearl Jam
Boys in the Band - The Libertines

Billy's Little Trip:
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

G. Case:
Add - Birds of Our Own
Frankie Big Face - Crinkle Binkle
John Benjamin Band - Bad Dreams
sonofsupercar - Martians are Going to Eat Us

Furrypedro:
1) Mark David Chapman - Trail of Dead (again)
2) Waiting for a star to fall - Boy Meets Girl
3) Craftsmanship - Buck 65
4) 156 - Mew

J. Robertson:
"Yellow Brick Road" by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
"Death or Glory" by Holocaust
"Sunrise (Come My Way)" by Buffalo
"Jet Boy, Jet Girl" by Elton Motello

FBF:
"Trixie and the Killer" - The Judys
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills & Nash
"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" - John Fred and His Playboys
"Give Judy My Notice" - Ben Folds

R. Durand:
Bryan Adams - Cuts like a knife
Camper Van Beethoven - Axe Murderer Song
Todd Rundgren - Love Science
Kevin Gilbert - Joytown

Jack Shite:
box of rain - the grateful dead
scarlet begonias - the grateful dead (as covered by sublime)
ship of fools - the grateful dead (as covered by elvis costello)
ripple - the grateful dead (as covered by janes addiction)

Senza Valore:
Animal Collective - 'Did You See the Words?'
My Bloody Valentine - 'When You Sleep'
Neutral Milk Hotel - 'In the Aeroplane over the Sea'
the Crystals - 'He's a Rebel'

Feldspar:
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
The Shins - Know Your Onion!
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy
Wilco - I'm the Man Who Loves You

Glennny:
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Radiohead - Maquiladora
808 State - Lopez (Brian Eno Mix)
Joan of Arc- This Life Cumulative

Niveous:
"Jesus for the Jugular" by the Veins
"Downtown Train" by Tom Waits
"Apes Dos Mil" by Glassjaw
"Summer Cannibals" by Patti Smith

Bzl:
"Drug Test" by Yo La Tengo
"River" by Versus
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell
"Swamp Thing" by the Chameleons UK

J$:
1. CSS' Let's Make Love & Listen To Death From Above
2. The Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight
3. Andy Williams' I Think I Love You
4. Stevie Wonder's Superstition

Rinkydink:
diddy wah diddy - captain beefheart
gold digger - kanye west
fat bottom girls - queen
everythings alright - jesus christ superstar soundtrack

White Hat:
Ted Weems Orchestra - Collegiate Love
Sacred Harp Traditional - Hallelujah (sheet music)
Kelly Joe Phelps - Sally Ruby
Bob Brozman - Down the Road (trad)

Bwell:
Daniel Lanois - The Maker
Kathleen Edwards - In State
Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby
Patty Griffin - Rain

Lunkhead:
Led Zeppelin - Out on the Tiles
The Velvet Underground - That's the Story of My Life
Jonathan Richman - Lydia
Etienne de Rocher - Big Black Wall

Spinlock:
AC DC - Thunderstruck
Catatonia - Road Rage
Randy Newman - Political Science
Placebo - Special Needs

ADD:
T.Rex - Mambo Sun
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
Exploding Hearts - I'm a Pretender
The Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It?

HInc:
King Crimson - Epitaph
Thomas Dolby - Europa and the Pirate Twins
Love & Rockets - Too Much Choice
Spiral Starecase - More Today than Yesterday

Dre:
Okkervil River - Black
Arcade Fire - Intervention
Band of Horses - Our Swords
Brandi Carlile - Turpentine

Eddiebangs:
Stabbing Westward - Nothing
Supertreamp - The Logical Song
Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life

Wages:
Kings of Leon - California Waiting
Cake - The Distance
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole

Mrs. Rinkydink:
The Breeders - Driving on 9
Bob Dylan - Little Sadie
Neil Diamond - Broad Old Woman (6am Insanity)
Melanie Safka - Uptown & Down

Paco DS:
Land Of The Glass Pinecones - Human Sexual Response
The Writ - Black Sabbath
It's Too Late - Jim Carroll Band
View Of The City From An Airplane - Oranger

Project-D:
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Wizard of Oz
Sisters of Mercy - Leonard Cohen
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

Egg:
Tom Waits - Everything Goes to Hell
Philip Glass - Knee Play 5
The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit
Beat Happening - Black Candy

LSK:
Animal Collective - Leaf House
Devo - Mecha-Mania Boy (b-side off of New Traditionalists)
Sonata Arctica - Don't Say a Word
They Might Be Giants - Withered Hope

[Niveous]

Mrs. Rinkydink....um, you've never Songfought before. I know your husband has. Are you going to be performing the song? How is this supposed to be working?

[Niveous]

LSK, you have entered one SF prior to your entry in the GoM. We are going to need to know that you are not gonna flake out on the GoM. If you're going to join this, you best not flake out.

[WeaselSlayer]

Send a pinky as collateral.

[anti-m]

Woo! That's a good list of songs! I'm excited!

[Rinkydink]

Mrs. Rinkydink....um, you've never Songfought before. I know your husband has. Are you going to be performing the song? How is this supposed to be working?

We have collaborated in our entries to the coverfights and last years GoM.
We have similar and different tastes in music and how things should sound so usually end up with a compromise (i.e. me doing what she says ) which is why we're entering this GoM separately. We'll still help each other out but we'll each have full artistic control over our gifts of music.
so yes, she has songfought before, just as much as I have and yes, she will be performing the song

How this is supposed to work, who knows? but atm I'll be the 'recording engineer' for her and depending on my choice of songs she could end up being my vocalist, apart from that we're on our own

[Spud]

Octothorpe

Beastie Boys
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NdAUnnU9Ac">(You've got to) Fight for your Right (to party)!</a>
Al Stewart
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7LR46zrQU">Year of the Cat</a>
Rick Dees and his cast of idiots
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RjuC9YeXg">Disco Duck</a>
Shel Silverstein
Stacy Brown got Two

Can't seem to dig up that last one. I will rip and post it.

SPUD

[anti-m]

Mrs. Rinkydink....um, you've never Songfought before. I know your husband has. Are you going to be performing the song? How is this supposed to be working?

We have collaborated in our entries to the coverfights and last years GoM.
We have similar and different tastes in music and how things should sound so usually end up with a compromise (i.e. me doing what she says ) which is why we're entering this GoM separately. We'll still help each other out but we'll each have full artistic control over our gifts of music.
so yes, she has songfought before, just as much as I have and yes, she will be performing the song

How this is supposed to work, who knows? but atm I'll be the 'recording engineer' for her and depending on my choice of songs she could end up being my vocalist, apart from that we're on our own

Ms. Rinkydink did an amazing job on the Nick Drake piece last year!

[j$]

I want #'s list - though it would have to be a medley

[sausage boy]

i hope the Hell Yeahs get my list.

Anyone else think the Hell Yeahs doing Hell Yes sounds intriguing?

[Märk]

I hope I don't get anyone's list

[Billy's Little Trip]

I hope I get mkilly as my gifter.

[Rinkydink]

i hope i get someone who has chosen 4 completly different songs, all of which are geat and easy to cover, failing that please let there be at least one good one

i've just realised that instead of picking 4 favourite songs i shoulda picked 4 songs i like a lot but think could be done better, that way the gifter has a chance of being better than the original ah well, too late heheh

[Niveous]

Mrs. Rinkydink....um, you've never Songfought before. I know your husband has. Are you going to be performing the song? How is this supposed to be working?

We have collaborated in our entries to the coverfights and last years GoM.
We have similar and different tastes in music and how things should sound so usually end up with a compromise (i.e. me doing what she says ) which is why we're entering this GoM separately. We'll still help each other out but we'll each have full artistic control over our gifts of music.
so yes, she has songfought before, just as much as I have and yes, she will be performing the song

okay. didn't know. learned something new. go on about your business.

[senza valore]

There are lots of artists' lists here that I would love to receive, but also a few that I would honestly be less enthusiastic about. Of course, I will give my all to whatever I end up with but it does seem like both gifters and giftees would be better served by people getting lists that they would be really excited about.

I realize that it's a bit late in the game this year to design a whole system of which artist gets which list, but would there be a way to do this in the future? It might be more work than it's worth but it would be nice for any artist to be able to say that they're into several persons' lists and then be able to receive something that they're definitely passionate about instead of there being the possiblity that one gets songs they aren't into at all.

[Niveous]

There is such a system....it's called bribery.