Workaday Skirmishes

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:09 pm

Jim Tyrrell - The Most Famous Circle In The World

It's stupid, it's poorly recorded. The only thing it has going for it is that it was on time (on dialup, no less).

Plat · Post by **Plat** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:34 pm

The Most Famous Circle In The World by The Cow Exchange

my life could be more peaceful
if I could just be like pizza
i'm no stonehenge and i feel
like reinventing myself as a wheel
or a coin, maybe a compact disc
a garbage lid stinks, but it beats these fits
i've been having
feel like i could vanish
unlike the most famous circle in the world

i'm feeling too much despair
being a no-name and a square
the school kids find me edgy
and that's well-founded
but even mathy nerds reject me as "not well-rounded"
hey, you, maybe you can be my line
who protects me by hugging circumscribed
we might become 1.57 times my size
in area
but I'll still carry ya
we'll be the most famous circle in the world

scrub my angles off and off we go
oh how i wish to be a huge zero
like from the faintest gurgle to a pool of whirl
we'll have a radius
and become famous
the most famous circle in the world

EDIT: Uploaded slightly different mix since some of the instruments were accidentally cutting out in the first mix. I am a time-abuser.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:12 pm

The Most Horrible Mix in the World

It was an experiment. It took an extra 30 minutes or mixing to make it even postable.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:22 pm

The Most Famous Circle In The World - roymond

birth-walk-talk-listen-hear-cry-fall-die

preacher discussing birth control and the importance of christian families to go forth and prosper

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:36 pm

Nice turn out tonight.

JT: Love the self harmonizing; you don't here many rounds these days. Being on time is definitely worth bonus points.

Plat: It takes everything I've got to pass the 2 minute mark, and you effortlessly manage a 3 and a half minute song. The lyrics are very clever, and of course the melody / instrumentation is top notch too. Damn you!

Roy: As soon as I saw you post, I thought "I bet roy does a song about the circle of life, and includes the circle of fifths in it", and you didn't disappoint. I'm always impressed by the skirmishes that have multiple instruments (and automated fx, to boot). Glad you could join us.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:35 pm

JT - my other candidate device was the round. You picked a good one and it works well.

Puce - to hell with the mix, it doesn't hold this back at all. Great punch, wonderful guitar tone, and the pulsating filter is engaging. Love when Nirvana kicks in, and the contrasting pan, etc. There are a couple rough cuts in the mix but that's totally minor stuff (consider a remix, though because this is a catchy song). I like the quick ending.

The Cows - most clever lyric. Really great, actually, and typically so, I may add. Very alice in wonderland meets opiated hash. Remember that stuff?

me - yes, I resorted to a cliche harmonic progression, but the sermon inspired it retroactively, or did it just justify it in my mind? And yes, I indulged in more bus automation, but these skirmishes always present that excuse for experimentation, which I appreciate.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:47 pm

Plat wrote:JR: Crazy kick pedal action there. I'm fully supportive of going nuts on the drums, though I'm curious what the lyrics are. Even if they're improvised.

Lyrics for Our Dog - Solve By Grouping:
(They were improvised, as you can probably tell)

[Yehs]
Everyday we try to solve
Our problems other ways
When the tried and true methods
Work fine everyday
They work fine everyday

I say we solve by grouping
Why changing everything?
I say we solve by grouping
Why do we change everything?

[can't tell what I'm saying here]
Why do we have to refine
Every single way we live our lives
Live our lives

[growling]

I say we solve by grouping
Why changing everything?
I say we solve by grouping
Why do we change everything?

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:03 am

This is cool, by the way. I've been checking these fights out, and might even someday have the time to jump in.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:59 pm

Title: Electricity in the Water
Due: Links posted by 7:30 PM pdt (90 minutes)

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:30 pm

Cubase just crashed and took everythng with it. Great. I probably wont be submitting.

Plat · Post by **Plat** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:52 pm

Okey, here's my Electricity In Water. It's an instrumental, with a scratch kazoo track where the vocals should've been. Couldn't come up with any lyrics this time. Next time.

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:12 am

Good as the songs have been (including Dre's instant EBAy classic) my favourite part of Workaday Skirmishes is seeing how inaccurately complainy Puce is going to be about his entry on any given day

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:43 am

I just dug in to this thread, and I'm totally looking forward to participating next week.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:00 pm

Title: It's Over 9000
Due: Links posted by 7:30 PM pdt (90 minutes)

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:26 pm

http://members.optusnet.com.au/codeburn ... r_9000.mp3
this song has no redeeming qualities please do not listen to it.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:16 pm

I had no ideas. Then I got an idea so great (or at least, better than nothing) I had to spend extra time on it.

Puce - Caravan Ray Stole My Girlfriend

Lyrics

It was 3 pm and I was feeling ill
From my 9 to 5 I work to pay the bills
So I put my finger down my throat
And passed my boss a phony note
And thought about my girl by heself at home
Bored and all alone

But when I open the door
And see your sundress on to the floor
A trail of petals beckon me
Into the bedroom where I see

You in my bed!
With Caravan Ray!
It's burned in my head!
The day you ran away from me.

It's over nine thousand miles across the sea
But that's just not far enough away from me
It's over nine thousand miles across the sea
You'll always be too close to me

Now you live with ray underneath the world
I try not to think of him holding my girl
As you barbeque shimp while he plays the didgeridoo
While I stay at home, no cure for my run-away blues

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:27 pm

Ha! Awesome song, Puce.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:23 pm

Sorry about the late title; I got stuck at work (still there).
Title: Disregard That
Due: Ya know, whenever

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:52 pm

Stuck late at work again. I will be all week.
Title: The Truth Fairy
Due: 99 Minutes from now (7:30)

wages · Post by **wages** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:29 pm

The Truth Fairy (and not a second too early, okay, maybe 15 seconds early)

EDIT: Now that I've turned it in with 15 seconds to spare, I started at 8:13 CST and finished at 9:29:45 CST! Is that sweet ass or what?

http://www.philwages.com/music/Wages_TheTruthFairy.mp3

lyrics:
VERSE 1
hiding in his closet from his confused wife
his interest in only her behind a source of strife
he doesn't get why he's hard at the gym
and he doesn't hide his hatred of those like him

CHORUS
the truth must come without sparing
he must find why he likes it hairy
oh the truth must come to this fairy
oh, oh, where is The Truth Fairy

VERSE 2
sitting alone with his Tom Cruise clippings
he doesn't know how to hide these feelings
his excitement reduced only by his shame
culminating one day when he calls his wife "Shane"

CHORUS

VERSE 3
five years from then his terms have come
there is no where he desires to run
his ex- now content with her new husband
and so is The Truth Fairy with his Raymond

CHORUS

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:58 pm

Title: Slap in the Faith
Due: 90 Minutes from now (7:30)

Man, I'm missing all the best titles. Thankfully I'll be back on a normal work schedule next week.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:20 pm

It's sad that I can't do these. I really want to, but I don't have the time. If I do have the time, my creativity is gone.