April Morning, with Bitter Orange Pickle Juice (prefight)

Post by **Spud** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:51 pm

C: April Morning, With A Peach
L: Pickle Juice
Z: Bitter Orange
Due: Monday 02/13/06 9:59am pst
optional challenge: Steal from JB

jseavers05 · Post by **jseavers05** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:49 am

i think stealing isnt such a nice thing to do.

Tex Beaumont · Post by **Tex Beaumont** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:26 am

jseavers05 wrote:i think stealing isnt such a nice thing to do.

It can be nice if it's done nicely

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:57 am

And what would you know about that?

jeffhenderson · Post by **jeffhenderson** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:47 pm

I think this week I might try to dispell the myth that nothing rhymes with "Bitter Orange".

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:09 pm

There'd better be at least one homage to Led Zeppelin (or Robert Johnson):

"Squeeze my pickle, baby, till the juice runs down my leg".

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:58 pm

brody is back with april morning with a peach.

ken · Post by **ken** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:55 pm

jack wrote:brody is back with april morning with a peach.

Hmm, is there any connection between the rise of brody and the demise of sonofsupercar?

Ken

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:04 pm

ken wrote:
jack wrote:brody is back with april morning with a peach.
Hmm, is there any connection between the rise of brody and the demise of sonofsupercar?

Ken

we own them.

tonetripper · Post by **tonetripper** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:53 pm

Great titles for starfinger to do since he works best when working with food items.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:27 pm

I'm feeling fresh. I'm feeling frisky. I might try and actually enter a fight this week instead of pissing in the sidelines.

Today, I will piss in the spotlight!

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:33 pm

tonetripper wrote:starfinger [...] works best when working with food items.

i dunno, "blimps" is a pretty damn good song. and "dinga da donga" was a winner (IIRC?). i think it's unfair to categorise somebody as a 'one trick pony' simply for liking soup and not liking eggplant.

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:26 pm

What if Starfinger did a song about eating ponies?

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:03 pm

I read a bunch of the reviews about my first song, and I'm trying to change a lot of the new one to fit what people wanted in the other one ... it has more chords, etc. but I won't say much ... just don't want to get your hopes up in case you don't like it.

I'm doing Bitter Orange.

rone rivendale · Post by **rone rivendale** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:03 am

I'm doing Bitter Orange if I can get motivated enough to do it tomorrow night. I was going to do it tonight but felt too blah to bother.

Here is to a better tomorrow. *cheers*

nyjm · Post by **nyjm** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:54 am

jolly roger wrote:I read a bunch of the reviews about my first song, and I'm trying to change a lot of the new one to fit what people wanted in the other one ... it has more chords, etc. but I won't say much ... just don't want to get your hopes up in case you don't like it. :? I'm doing Bitter Orange.

never change just to fulfill what you think are other people's desires. contrary to the idea that the voting thing may give, the heart of songfight isn't a popularity contest.

make the music that you like and want to share with others. if the reviews give you constructive criticism that you want to incoporate inyour songwriting, cool. but don't go chasing your tail trying to win the folks on the message boards over.

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Post by jb » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:36 am

Yeah, but there's nothing wrong with a little experiment to see if you can give the people what they want. You're not writing a symphony here.

boltoph · Post by **boltoph** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:23 am

tonetripper wrote:Great titles for starfinger to do since he works best when working with food items.

In any event, I definitely do not want to see the pickle juice that's about to happen in your ava, TT!

furrypedro · Post by **furrypedro** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:30 am

Somebody should write a song about Jason Orange, the disillusioned ex-Take That member whose career fell by the wayside; I've got quite a nice start on April Morning here so I'm gonna stick with it. Here's a free verse though in the hope that the song may come to fruition...

I rode Gary Barlows talent,
In the hope that I could make my millions
but I was left to live in the shadows
of Mark Owen and Robbie Williams

Post by **Spud** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:33 am

nyjm wrote:
jolly roger wrote:I read a bunch of the reviews about my first song, and I'm trying to change a lot of the new one to fit what people wanted in the other one ... it has more chords, etc. but I won't say much ... just don't want to get your hopes up in case you don't like it. I'm doing Bitter Orange.
never change just to fulfill what you think are other people's desires. contrary to the idea that the voting thing may give, the heart of songfight isn't a popularity contest.

make the music that you like and want to share with others. if the reviews give you constructive criticism that you want to incoporate inyour songwriting, cool. but don't go chasing your tail trying to win the folks on the message boards over.

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I have a different point of view. Sure, you can't please all the people all of the time. Also, I think changing a bunch of things at once is difficult and not very productive. On the other hand, when we first came on board, we got a lot of negative reviews. Rather then try to please everyone, we picked one item that seemed to come up a lot and worked on it. Once that particular item stopped appearing in the reviews, we picked another one and so on. Maybe it's production for a few weeks, then structure, then technique, etc.

We also target individuals. "Let's try to get a good review from Frankie". It is a good learning experience, and made us more versatile. Sometimes things just come out the way they come out without real intention or control. Attempting to appeal to someone's perceived taste helps give you a definitive musical goal, and teaches you to have control over your output. This of course, you can use later on to meet your own musical needs and artistic vision.

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SPUD

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:02 pm

This week, I'm feeling a little <i>bitter</i>...

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:16 pm

Furrypedro wrote:Somebody should write a song about Jason Orange, the disillusioned ex-Take That member whose career fell by the wayside; I've got quite a nice start on April Morning here so I'm gonna stick with it. Here's a free verse though in the hope that the song may come to fruition...

I rode Gary Barlows talent,
In the hope that I could make my millions
but I was left to live in the shadows
of Mark Owen and Robbie Williams

Awesome. Although, Gary Barlow has talent? Hm.