365 Great Songfight Songs

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:08 pm

FEBRUARY 1st

<a href="http://www.blindmime.com/">Blind Mime Ensemble</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/birthday ... >Birthdays and Breakups</a>

Welcome to the new month! Let's start off February with an excellent track by Blind Mime Ensemble!

Great production, and a catchy chorus make this an obvious choice for the list.

Some things that happened on February 1st, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1979 THE AYATOLLAH RETURNS TO IRAN

1790 First session of the U.S. Supreme Court
1908 Portuguese king and heir assassinated

AUTOMOTIVE

1898 First Auto Insurance Policy

CIVIL WAR

1861 Texas secedes

COLD WAR

1951 U.N. condemns PRC for aggression

CRIME

1974 Serial killer Ted Bundy strikes again

ENTERTAINMENT

1966 Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper dies

LITERARY

1814 "The Corsair" by Lord Byron is published

OLD WEST

1885 Mormon president goes underground

VIETNAM WAR

1964 Operation Plan 34A commences

WALL STREET

1809 The Battle Over the Embargo Act

WORLD WAR II

1943 Japanese begin evacuation of Guadalcanal

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:59 pm

2nd February

\m/ Caravan Ray's Rock Pig History \m/
1979: Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York. There had been a party in the flat to celebrate Vicious' release on $50,000 bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, last October. Party guests said Vicious, (real name John Simon Ritchie), had taken heroin at midnight.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:12 pm

FEBRUARY 2nd

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... t">Kissing Contest</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/asassina ... ssassinate Queen Genius</a>

Frustrated, unhappy, and still sick today, and this song fits my mood perfectly at the moment. It's a songfight classic that is not to be missed.

Some things that happened on February 2nd, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1943 BATTLE OF STALINGRAD ENDS

1971 Idi Amin takes power in Uganda
1980 ABSCAM operation revealed

AUTOMOTIVE

1923 Leaded Gasoline Goes On Sale

CIVIL WAR

1803 Albert Sidney Johnston born

COLD WAR

1949 United States rejects proposal for conference with Stalin

CRIME

1922 Murder in Hollywood: A tale of vice and vixens

ENTERTAINMENT

1979 Sid Vicious dies

LITERARY

1882 James Joyce is born

OLD WEST

1812 Russians establish Fort Ross

VIETNAM WAR

1962 First U.S. Air Force plane crashes in South Vietnam.

WALL STREET

1929 The Fed's Ban on Bank Loans

WORLD WAR II

1942 Quisling becomes prime minister of puppet regime in Norway

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:21 pm

FEBRUARY 3rd

<a href="http://www.nilmusic.com/">Nil</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/flood_vi ... mp3">Flood Victim</a>

From the yelled opening, it's evident that something interesting is about to happen in the track. I love the contrast between the fast paced verses and the smoothed out choruses. It sounds amazing, even at the maximum allowed 64kpbs bitrate of songfight yesteryear.

Some things that happened on February 3rd, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1953 COUSTEAU PUBLISHES THE SILENT WORLD

1924 Woodrow Wilson dies
1966 Lunik 9 soft-lands on lunar surface
1994 Clinton ends Vietnam trade embargo

AUTOMOTIVE

1881 The New World

CIVIL WAR

1865 Hampton Roads Conference

COLD WAR

1950 Klaus Fuchs arrested for passing atomic bomb information to Soviets

CRIME

1780 An early American mass murder changes common perceptions of crime

ENTERTAINMENT

1959 Plane crash kills popular musicians

LITERARY

1820 Keats falls deathly ill

OLD WEST

1889 Belle Starr murdered in Oklahoma

VIETNAM WAR

1955 Diem institutes limited agrarian reforms

WALL STREET

1913 Income Tax Amendment Takes Effect

WORLD WAR II

1944 U.S. troops capture the Marshall Islands

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:53 am

FEBRUARY 4th

<a href="http://www.15-16puzzle.com/">15-16 Puzzle</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/world_of ... mp3">World of Screens</a>

It's funny how you can look through the songfight archives, and immediately relate a title to one specific song in your head, even if it wasn't a songfight winner. This happens a lot to me, and 15-16 puzzle's versions of the titles are often the one that comes to mind first.

I think that Erik is arguably one of the best songwriters that songfight has to offer, although the production on his earlier entries wasn't all that great. The second <a href="http://songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.p ... 45">Secret Hxaro Santa</a> project helped to show how his songwriting can survive many different translations and still sound good.

Some things that happened on February 4th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1789 FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT ELECTED

1861 States meet to form Confederacy
1974 Patty Hearst kidnapped

AUTOMOTIVE

1941 Seventy-Six Years Old

CIVIL WAR

1861 Provisional Confederate Congress convenes

COLD WAR

1945 Yalta Conference foreshadows the Cold War

CRIME

1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army abducts Patty Hearst

ENTERTAINMENT

1935 Paramount names Ernst Lubitsch production manager

LITERARY

1826 The Last of the Mohicans is published

OLD WEST

1961 The Misfits released by United Artists

VIETNAM WAR

1962 First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam.

WALL STREET

1841 Bank of the U.S. Shuts Down

WORLD WAR II

1945 The Yalta Conference commences

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:19 am

GlennCase wrote: It's funny how you can look through the songfight archives, and immediately relate a title to one specific song in your head, even if it wasn't a songfight winner. This happens a lot to me, and 15-16 puzzle's versions of the titles are often the one that comes to mind first.

That's very true. About 15-16, I mean. He writes some of the catchiest hooks around.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:39 am

In all fairness, When I think of "Postcard", "Crinkle Binkle", or "Run Free", the Frankie Big Face versions of each song are the first ones I relate the titles to.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:01 am

Ooh, 15-16's "World of Screens". Good one.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:33 pm

FEBRUARY 5th

<a href="http://www.85180ad.com/">Charcoal</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/please_t ... p3">Please the pig</a>

Happy 30th Birthday to Ben (aka Charcoal). I actually turned 30 shortly before the Austin Songfight Live. Which is a perfect segue...

As I watched Charcoal play his "Please the pig" for the Austin crowd, my immediate thought was "OH SHIT! I wrote a song about Miss Piggy too!" I tend to think that his lyrics were much more entertaining, however. This was one of the great highlights of the live Please the Pig fight, and it is no wonder that this entry made it into the top 4 by audience approval, along with Frankie, Brother Machine, and myself. (For those who did not know, Brother Machine won the Austin audience vote)

Some things that happened on February 5th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1988 NORIEGA INDICTED ON U.S. DRUG CHARGES

1631 Roger Williams arrives in America
1917 Immigration act passed over Wilson's veto
1917 Mexican constitution proclaimed
1937 Roosevelt announces "court-packing" plan

AUTOMOTIVE

1952 Don't Walk

CIVIL WAR

1865 Battle of Dabney's Mill (Hatcher's Run)

COLD WAR

1989 The last Soviet troops leave Kabul

CRIME

1994 Medger Evers' killer is convicted

ENTERTAINMENT

1919 Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks and Griffith launch United Artists

LITERARY

1928 Andrew Greeley is born

OLD WEST

1883 Southern Pacific Railroad completes "Sunset Route"

VIETNAM WAR

1960 South Vietnam requests more support

WALL STREET

1937 Chaplin vs. the Machine Age

WORLD WAR II

1941 Hitler to Mussolini: Fight harder!

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:44 pm

February 5th, eh? I am going to have to play some serious catch up here. I have been sick, and working overnights recently, so this has really fallen by the wayside. I will get caught up, however.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:50 am

FEBRUARY 6th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... p">Captain Catsup</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/thunders ... 3">Thunder Storm</a>

Happy waltz songs with good production rule.

Some things that happened on February 6th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1928 ANASTASIA ARRIVES IN THE U.S

1778 Franco-American alliances signed
1820 Freed U.S. slaves depart on journey to Africa
1952 George VI dies

AUTOMOTIVE

1985 Car Rental Pioneer Passes

CIVIL WAR

1865 John Pegram killed

COLD WAR

1985 The "Reagan Doctrine" is announced

CRIME

1881 Plea bargaining gains favor in American courts

ENTERTAINMENT

1926 Oliver Hardy signs contract with Hal Roach

LITERARY

1937 Of Mice and Men is published

OLD WEST

1891 Dalton Gang commits its first train robbery

VIETNAM WAR

1966 Johnson meets with South Vietnamese Premier

WALL STREET

1919 Shutdown in Seattle

WORLD WAR II

1943 Mussolini fires his son-in-law

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:54 am

FEBRUARY 7th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... _kahn">Bob Genghis Kahn</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/morescie ... .mp3">What we need more of is science</a>

I didn't know what to think of this song initially. It didn't take long for me to appreciate it, however. The beat is terrific, and so is the rap as far as I am concerned. The accent is just a bonus. Reading the archives of <a href="http://www.achewood.com">Achewood</a> doesn't hurt either, you will knowingly laugh along at key lyrics in this track (like I do) when you have read the entire archives of the comic (like I have). "Six Times" gets me to smile every time, if not laughing aloud (like I just did.)

Some things that happened on February 7th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1964 BEATLES ARRIVE IN NEW YORK

1904 The Great Baltimore Fire begins
1984 First human satellite
1992 European Union established
1999 King Hussein of Jordan dies

AUTOMOTIVE

1942 The War Cause

CIVIL WAR

1862 Confederates order reinforcements to Fort Donelson

COLD WAR

1990 Soviet Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power

CRIME

1968 No murder weapon, no clues...Forensic evidence solves a crime

ENTERTAINMENT

1964 Beatlemania strikes Kennedy Airport

LITERARY

1898 Zola is brought to trial

OLD WEST

1855 Cowboy celebrity Charles Siringo is born

VIETNAM WAR

1965 U.S. jets conduct retaliatory raids

WALL STREET

1870 Supreme Court Irks President Grant

WORLD WAR II

1979 The "Angel of Death" dies

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:04 pm

FEBRUARY 8th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=da_hikk">Da Hikk</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/stepup/d ... .mp3">Step Up</a>

While we are on the track of raps that could be considered novelty, but are expertly done... Da Hikk's track made my jaw drop the first time I heard it. It still makes me smile, and that's good, because it could just as easily make me think that I will never write a funnier rhyme to match it.... or maybe I hadn't considered that yet.... Well THAT sucks!

Some things that happened on February 8th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1915 BIRTH OF A NATION OPENS

1587 Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
1725 Peter the Great dies
1904 The Russo-Japanese War begins
1924 First execution by lethal gas

AUTOMOTIVE

1985 Jaguar's Founder Dies

CIVIL WAR

1862 Battle of Roanoke Island

COLD WAR

1949 Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced

CRIME

1692 Teenage girls are declared to be under the spell of a witch

ENTERTAINMENT

1915 Birth of A Nation debuts

LITERARY

1911 Elizabeth Bishop is born

OLD WEST

1887 Cleveland signs the Dawes Severalty Act

VIETNAM WAR

1962 MACV established

WALL STREET

1895 U.S. Gold Supply Running Dry

WORLD WAR II

1943 Britain's Indian Brigade begins guerrilla operations in Burma

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:07 pm

FEBRUARY 9th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... e">Puce</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/the_pawn ... s.mp3">The Pawnbroker's Stepdaughter</a>

Seeing Puce as part of the Bloody Hams was a treat. I mean, don't get me wrong, the whole damned Seattle show was an absolute blast, but Puce has got some serious freeking charisma as a frontman. He was part of why the Hams were a tough act to follow that night. He also has a great ear for mixing that I would like to steal away from him, and then play dumb when he came around looking for it.... and then I would feel guilty and have to give it back. It would get ugly from there, I am sure.

Some things that happened on February 9th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1900 DAVIS CUP COMPETITION ESTABLISHED

1825 Presidential election decided in the House
1942 Normandie burns in New York
1950 McCarthy accuses State Department of communist infiltration

AUTOMOTIVE

1909 The Founding Of The Brickyard

CIVIL WAR

1864 George Custer married

COLD WAR

1950 McCarthy says communists are in State Department

CRIME

1960 Coors brewery heir is kidnapped

ENTERTAINMENT

1981 Bill Haley dies

LITERARY

1944 Alice Walker is born

OLD WEST

1864 Elizabeth Bacon marries George Custer

VIETNAM WAR

1965 U.S. sends first combat troops to South Vietnam

WALL STREET

1922 Congress Tackles WWI Debt

WORLD WAR II

1942 The Normandie catches fire

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:09 pm

FEBRUARY 10th

<a href="http://dt.songhole.org/">Duboce Triangle</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/stronger ... ">Stronger Than</a>

If you have not heard of <a href="http://dt.songhole.org/">Duboce Triangle</a>, then it is high time that you did. It's likely that you will thank me for introducing you to their music, and then get pissed at me for it later when you find out they don't have more songs than they do.

Some things that happened on February 10th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1962 SPIES SWAPPED

1763 The French and Indian War ends
1989 Brown elected chairman of the Democratic Party

AUTOMOTIVE

1966 Consumers Awake!

CIVIL WAR

1861 Davis learns he is president

COLD WAR

1962 Soviets exchange American for captured Russian spy

CRIME

1941 Killer captured through the use of trace fiber and chemical evidence

ENTERTAINMENT

1992 Alex Haley dies

LITERARY

1862 Dante Rossetti finds his wife's body

OLD WEST

1846 Mormons begin exodus to Utah

VIETNAM WAR

1965 Viet Cong blow up U.S. barracks

WALL STREET

1997 CBS Goes Country

WORLD WAR II

1942 Japanese sub bombards Midway

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:12 pm

FEBRUARY 11th

<a href="http://www.thebrothermachine.com">Brother Machine</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/thunders ... 3">Thunder Storm</a>

Rachael helped me pick this track this morning, and I am glad that she did. I had forgotten about this particular Bro Mac track. You really can't go wrong with any Brother Machine track in the archives. Then you can go to Bro Mac's <a href="http://www.thebrothermachine.com">site</a> and get more good music there too.

Some things that happened on February 11th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1945 YALTA CONFERENCE ENDS

1858 Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette
1970 The world's fourth space power
1990 Mandela freed

AUTOMOTIVE

1937 The Battle Of The Running Bulls

CIVIL WAR

1861 Lincoln leaves Springfield

COLD WAR

1956 Burgess and Maclean resurface

CRIME

1937 The Baby-Faced Beast attacks a young girl

ENTERTAINMENT

1960 Jack Paar walks off The Tonight Show

LITERARY

1778 Voltaire is welcomed home

OLD WEST

1805 Sacagawea gives birth to Pompey

VIETNAM WAR

1962 Farm Gate aircraft crashes

WALL STREET

1903 The Battle Against Big Business

WORLD WAR II

1942 The "Channel Dash"

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:14 pm

FEBRUARY 12th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... yeahs">The Hell Yeahs</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/hold_thi ... .mp3">Hold This For Me</a>

If I am able to attend the next songfight live, and the Hell Yeahs are playing? It is going to be one of the performances I am looking forward to seeing the most. Fast and fun punk music that is performed with competence is such a great time. However, if the Hell Yeahs require a bass player for that performance, I MIGHT just be watching the show from the stage area. I hereby volunteer my services for that very thing.

Some things that happened on February 12th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1999 PRESIDENT CLINTON ACQUITTED

1793 Congress enacts first fugitive slave law
1865 Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War
1912 Last emperor of China abdicates
1986 Scharansky released

AUTOMOTIVE

1953 Willys-Overland's 50th Anniversary

CIVIL WAR

1828 Robert Ransom is born

COLD WAR

1988 Russian ships bump U.S. destroyer and cruiser

CRIME

1976 Actor Sal Mineo is killed in Hollywood

ENTERTAINMENT

1924 Rhapsody in Blue first performed

LITERARY

1567 Thomas Campion is born

OLD WEST

1915 Lorne Greene is born

VIETNAM WAR

1972 Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat

WALL STREET

1880 Birth of a Labor Leader

WORLD WAR II

1941 Rommel in Africa

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:16 pm

FEBRUARY 13th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... f_62">Leaf 62</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/nicely_t ... p3">Nicely Toasted</a>

This song appeals to all of my senses in the way that good music should. I WANT TO HEAR THIS SONG LIVE, LEAF!! I like the stops and starts, but maybe that's because Justin (drummer of the half racks) swears that I have to put in every song myself. This is a freeking great song, Leaf, seriously.

Some things that happened on February 13th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1689 William and Mary proclaimed
1861 First Medal of Honor action

AUTOMOTIVE

1958 T-Bird Gets More Sitting Room

CIVIL WAR

1831 John Rawlins born

COLD WAR

1984 Chernenko becomes general secretary

CRIME

1982 A Serial Killer Strikes in Colorado

ENTERTAINMENT

1949 Jack Webb's first radio crime drama airs

LITERARY

1991 Long-lost Twain manuscript authenticated

OLD WEST

1822 Ashley advertises for western fur trappers

VIETNAM WAR

1965 Johnson approves Operation Rolling Thunder

WALL STREET

1990 Drexel Files for Bankruptcy

WORLD WAR II

1945 Firebombing of Dresden

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:51 am

FEBRUARY 14th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... ">Vanadium Pentoxide</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/i_love_y ... you.mp3">I LOVE YOU</a>

Think happy thoughts for Valentine's day, but a friend of mine (who would probably not want to be credited for this quote, so I won't say who it is) had a brilliant thing to say on the subject of this holiday...

"I can't stand the fakeness and commercialism of it all. If you really love someone, you don't have to designate a specific day on which to lavish him/her with attention and gifts."

This more or less sums up how I feel about Valentine's day as well.

Getting back to the subject of the song, When I first came up with this 365 idea, this is one of the very first songs I had thought about placing on a specific date. When I first heard this track, I wasn't really all that keen on it... but then it grew on me. I personally think the song is hilarious. Finding out who the secret songfighter is that did this title under an assumed name, was really cool. I actually gained a little more respect for his other work through this track.

Some things that happened on February 14th, according to the History Channel's <a href="http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... tory">This day in history</a> site:

GENERAL INTEREST

1929 ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE

1779 Captain Cook killed in Hawaii

AUTOMOTIVE

1929 Bloody Valentine

CIVIL WAR

1864 Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi

COLD WAR

1989 Sandinistas agree to free elections

CRIME

1929 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

ENTERTAINMENT

1927 Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger opens

LITERARY

1842 The Boz Ball celebrates Dickens

OLD WEST

1886 First trainload of oranges leaves Los Angeles

VIETNAM WAR

1962 Kennedy authorizes U.S. advisors to fire in self-defense

WALL STREET

1903 Dept. of Commerce and Labor Established

WORLD WAR II

1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:25 am

GlennCase wrote:FEBRUARY 12th

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php ... yeahs">The Hell Yeahs</a> - <a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/hold_thi ... .mp3">Hold This For Me</a>

If I am able to attend the next songfight live, and the Hell Yeahs are playing? It is going to be one of the performances I am looking forward to seeing the most. Fast and fun punk music that is performed with competence is such a great time. However, if the Hell Yeahs require a bass player for that performance, I MIGHT just be watching the show from the stage area. I hereby volunteer my services for that very thing.

Glenn! I'm honored to be on your list!

If you do plan on attending SF live in MN, that would be super cool! We need more out-of-towners in attendance. As far as bass playing goes, I'm not sure what's going on... you might want to PM Phil. I think tviyh has also expressed interest, but I'm sure it can all be worked out. Hope to see you here!

Thanks again for including the Hell Yeahs!

Bolio · Post by **Bolio** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:07 pm

On Songfight! today:

The newest registered user is: goatfucker

Great, it's been so Troll-Free for such a long time......

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:51 pm

hey bolio, why would you post that here? just curious...

keep it up Glenn! Great list.