The 5th Annual Gift of Music!!!!

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:34 pm

My two cents:

I feel like some out there are overthinking this. The directions were to pick four songs we like that we would like to hear covered. Some songs we love, we wouldn't like to hear covered because of our affection for the original in some way, others, we'd like to hear covered.

Besides the overthinking, there seems to be some measure of "distrust" or "underestimation" of the potential coverers. I for one feel like the spirit in which this was offered is "throw it out there and see what comes back." Klownhole doing "cuts like a knife" would be very entertaining, I think.

Anything you get back is a gift, after all - why look it in the mouth before it is even offered?

Ross

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:36 pm

How fucking cynical is that to try and criticize people's motives for picking certain songs? If you're all going to be such fucking sobby bitches about this shit and analyze every twist and turn, why the fuck would you do it? It's like "Hey, what do you want for Christmas?" "Man, I really just want that new 2-disc set of whatever-the-fuck-album-DVD-whatever." "Man, you're just trying to show off to me." Or, the alternative, "Man, that album/movie/whatever sucks ass." Either way you're not fucking getting what it's about and you're being fucking annoying.

Eddiebangs · Post by **Eddiebangs** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:04 pm

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could always get what you want?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone was considerate of others?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone liked all the same things?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if life was fair?

All this bickering is totally sucking the fun out of this. IMHO you ALL have some valid points, but GOM is what it is - kinda like life... just try to enjoy it.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:26 pm

All I want for Christmas is to be sworn at by Luke.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:27 pm

Oh, and a pony!

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:30 pm

Or Luke swearing on a pony.

Billy's Little Trip · Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:01 pm

Märk wrote:I'd take one of the songs and make it sound like something I like... which brings us back to exactly what you said

Exactly. I plan on doing whatever song I get, my way. That's actually the best gift you can give.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:05 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:
Märk wrote:I'd take one of the songs and make it sound like something I like... which brings us back to exactly what you said
Exactly. I plan on doing whatever song I get, my way. That's actually the best gift you can give.

Crap! I knew I should have put "seasons in the sun" on my list

Billy's Little Trip · Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:15 pm

rdurand wrote:
Billy's Little Trip wrote:
Märk wrote:I'd take one of the songs and make it sound like something I like... which brings us back to exactly what you said
Exactly. I plan on doing whatever song I get, my way. That's actually the best gift you can give.
Crap! I knew I should have put "seasons in the sun" on my list

Oh dude, I'd tear that song a new asshole.

By the way, I really do want to hear Klownhole do Cuts Like A Knife.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:38 pm

bzl wrote:All I want for Christmas is to be sworn at by Luke.

Get fucked, shitbrain.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:55 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:
j$ wrote:Do you tell your family what they're getting for Christmas as they're opening their presents?
Oh yeah, true. I was not of sound mind last night.

Every Christmas we have big family get togethers where we exchange presents. Last year, it was at our place. The presents were given out, and I was sitting next to my Grandmother. We were unwrapping our gifts, and I got to my Grandmothers present. Before i get to unwrap it, she looks across at me and says "Oh, thats for both of you (myself and legs). Its a doorstop".

I just kind of stared at my Grandmother, and my brother had to stifle a laugh.

It was indeed a doorstop.
Good one Grandma.

wages · Post by **wages** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:15 am

sausage boy wrote:Every Christmas we have big family get togethers...

So... what I'm really saying is: all the bickering...it reminds me of Xmas!

Boy I can't wait!

FYI I'm forecasting that whatever list I get, the song will be re-invented. Unless it's Bob Dylan, because he's easy.

So if I happen to get a 10 minute opus... let's just say, there's nothing like a progressive acoustic folk rock instrumental with David Lee Roth singing like Bob Dylan. oh baby!

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:01 am

The GoM is one of the most enjoyable things for me at SF. And being an old man cover band guy, it sort of plays to my strengths, I guess. Anyway, if anyone is in need of assistance on their GoM song, I'm happy to pitch in.

No one gets left behind! Nur Alle!

wages · Post by **wages** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:03 am

jimtyrrëll wrote:Anyway, if anyone is in need of assistance on their GoM song, I'm happy to pitch in.

No one gets left behind! Nur Alle!

You may regret that statement.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:35 am

Niveous wrote: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

OK, this is it - final choices

Pony Ride - The Bumblebeez
I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am - Regurgitator
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
Blackfella Whitefella - The Warumpi Band

put links up later...

senza valore · Post by **senza valore** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:10 pm

Same Great List! Now with 400% more links!

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

Or.. maybe? For whatever bizarre reason, if I put these URLs into my browser manually then they function just fine, but following the links always fails. Hopefully I'm the only one experiencing this (my computer does some odd things from time to time) - if not, try copying and pasting the URL. Sorry!

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:12 pm

senza valore wrote:Same Great List! Now with 400% more links!

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

Or.. maybe? For whatever bizarre reason, if I put these URLs into my browser manually then they function just fine, but following the links always fails. Hopefully I'm the only one experiencing this (my computer does some odd things from time to time) - if not, try copying and pasting the URL. Sorry!

Yup! copying and pasting works!!

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:10 pm

mkilly wrote:
frankie big face wrote:
mkilly wrote: How can I ask someone to cover Atlas by Battles, or Running On Empty by Strategy? I'll try to think of four songs, but we'll see.
Oh absolutely. How terrible that would be. Too bad there are no other songs in the world to choose from.

Stop being such a whiny brat and just pick four songs already.
Maybe you should stop being such a frankie bum face and cover "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" already.

Put it on your list and we'll see what happens.

saunter · Post by **saunter** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:29 pm

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sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:25 pm

Caravan Ray wrote: I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am - Regurgitator

Yes! They performed this when i went and saw them a couple of weekends ago. Rocked it hard. Nothing like I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am to grind hips with hot nerd-girl strangers.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:44 pm

Pretty sure I've doomed myself to getting billy's little trip's list at this point. And backed myself into asshole corner for all sorts of other reasons. But at any rate I've been goaded into it.

I. Roy Orbison - In Dreams
II. Rodgers and Hammerstein - Sixteen Going On Seventeen (but only do it if you can get two different people to sing the parts, because if it's good enough I'll put it alongside the others at the Rolf Is a Nazi page)
III. Tullycraft - Glitter and Twang
IV. Wilco - More Like the Moon

<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/1.mp3">1</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/2.mp3">2</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/3.mp3">3</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/4.mp3">4</a>

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:59 pm

mkilly wrote:Pretty sure I've doomed myself to getting billy's little trip's list at this point. And backed myself into asshole corner for all sorts of other reasons. But at any rate I've been goaded into it.

I. Roy Orbison - In Dreams
II. Rodgers and Hammerstein - Sixteen Going On Seventeen (but only do it if you can get two different people to sing the parts, because if it's good enough I'll put it alongside the others at the Rolf Is a Nazi page)
III. Tullycraft - Glitter and Twang
IV. Wilco - More Like the Moon

<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/1.mp3">1</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/2.mp3">2</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/3.mp3">3</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/gom/4.mp3">4</a>

....I'm going to do Rodgers and Hammerstein - Sixteen Going On Seventeen, whether I get you or not. I'm going to ask Meatwad or Wreckdom to sing it with me.