Criminally neglected songs

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:53 am

We all have one or two: Songs that we were very proud of that we thought were going to be big smash hits but that were relatively ignored or else not given the praise we thought was coming to us, and that even today we look back on and think "Man, that song is still great, why didn't anyone else notice?"

I think sometimes great songs get lost in a fight not because they aren't good, but either because they don't fit in with the rest of the fight, or because the title interpretation was strange, or something like that. Perhaps now in hindsight, out of the context of the fight they will sound much better.

So tell us, what are your Songfight songs (just one or two) that you wish we would all go back and give a second listen to?

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:08 am

I would suggest that my Fight The Sea is a good example of this, but people didn't like it for completely valid reasons. The recording was ambitious, but it was also some of the sloppiest work I've handed in. In all fairness, it's a potentially good song that's pretty unlistenable.
It would have been a good candidate for the 'Cover Thyself' sidefight if I'd ever gotten my ass in gear.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:13 am

Jim Tyrrell - Fight the Sea

Please provide links for us all, if you want us to hear them!

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:38 am

well, i kinda feel like most of my songs are misunderstood by most people in the context of a fight. but that's just me. i think my lack of good production has a lot to do with it.

ken · Post by **ken** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:15 pm

Chewbacca Bra's Dinga Da Donga

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:22 pm

ken wrote:Chewbacca Bra's Dinga Da Donga

Well I just listened to that. I have no idea exactly what I heard, but I liked it.

Post by jb » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:24 pm

JBB's <a href="http://johnorama.com/songs/birds_stereo.mp3">Birds of Our Own</a>.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:33 pm

Toronto Star

Ok, so the quality is so-so. But for a song that everyone seemed to like, and thought was quite original, it chalked up one vote. Shame.

Oh, and that vote isn't even mine.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:36 pm

Angry All Over

This one too. Not as critically acclaimed as Toronto Star, but I was quite happy with my song about the Russian Revolution.

Post by jb » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:38 pm

Bjam wrote:
ken wrote:Chewbacca Bra's Dinga Da Donga
Well I just listened to that. I have no idea exactly what I heard, but I liked it.

I think it sounds like ChewBraka Bra. Heh.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:43 pm

My "Happy Life" is fucking genius. You just have to squint the right way.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:42 pm

Lots of people didn't really get the joke in my "Hold My Calls":

http://people.geneticmail.com/sam/lunkh ... _calls.mp3

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:39 pm

At the time, everyone expressed strong displeasure for You Pour a Pearl's "Dinner for One".

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:22 am

jb wrote:JBB's <a href="http://johnorama.com/songs/birds_stereo.mp3">Birds of Our Own</a>.

This one came out before I knew about SF, but I heard it later on and loved it. It's one of my few five-star SF songs. Should have said something a long time ago. I love that song.

Oh, and at first glance at your avatar I thought you were lighting up a pipe or maybe a bong.

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:08 am

this is hardly criminal neglect, but i've always wished that people would pay more attention the time signature work in my stuff. the latest 4 entries i've done have featured no 4/4 whatsoever, and most of them have at least a few meter changes.

Satisfaction
Happy Life
Policy of Rape
Bioluminescence

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:00 pm

the time signature stuff is whack and cool, but i'm not good at counting so i've never mentioned it

-bill

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:18 pm

I guess I thought my "Violet Wants It Her Way" didn't get the credit it deserved... I was trying to do something a little unusual and used a synth patch that swoops between two or three notes for each keypress, and I think everybody thought it was overkill vocal pitch correction (the voice is not pitch corrected at all).

I dunno... I get a lot of comments about how "normal" and outdated my songs are, but then every time I try to do something off the wall, I get "I like your normal stuff better." Oh, well...

Charles

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:05 pm

<a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/do_it_fo ... aptain.mp3" target="resource window">Echo Layer - Do It For Captain</a>

not even sure if this song is 'on topic' but it sure deserves a listen.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:18 pm

king_arthur wrote: I dunno... I get a lot of comments about how "normal" and outdated my songs are, but then every time I try to do something off the wall, I get "I like your normal stuff better." Oh, well...

I know what you speak of. I have that reaction with your songs sometimes. I actually stopped and thought about this for a few minutes, because sometimes your songs do sound too normal and outdated, and then often the more adventurous ones don't work. Perhaps you're being adventurous for the sake of it rather than being true to your muse?

Also, perhaps people are reacting more to your production than songwriting. I often have the reaction in your "weirder" songs that the writing is weirder than the arrangement is letting it be. Or, well I don't know. Like I said, I mulled over this for a few minutes and don't have an answer. Not that you asked me for one, but, well, there you go.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:24 pm

Ants (Inivisble) - One Beautiful Summer

My wife and her friends think this is the best song I have ever written. I don't know about that, but I think it's my favorite SF song of mine. I'm immensely proud of it, and felt it got a little ignored because it's kind of "hard".

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:30 pm

I still love my Prep School, but it never had a chance against Max The Cat and Sober.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:22 pm

PLAYLIST OF EVERYONE'S NEGLECTED SONGS AS LISTED HERE

I'm thinking I might review these.

Sorry Jute Gyte, I only included two of yours since I didn't want it to be a Jutegyte-a-thon, as nice as that would be.