Manilowfight! - submissions due 5/31

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:33 pm

Barging in? Nonsense! You're more than welcome.

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:35 am

jimtyrrell wrote:Barging in? Nonsense! You're more than welcome.

Thank you Jim, I'm not sure how these sidefights work so I guess I'll just keep watching this space!?!

I guess it'll all happen after the survivor thing thats going on?

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:07 pm

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I'm also thinking that opinions regarding this fight are pretty... well, polarized. So when this happens, it might be nice to do a concurrent second choice. Kind of like that Devo/Country sidefight.
But for now, NUR EIN!

johnsonic · Post by **johnsonic** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:24 pm

I'm down, when it happens!

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:44 pm

barryfight! (manilow and white)

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:13 pm

i do like the barry white, but can songfighters do barry white tunes? this seems weird and sacriligeous. the VOICE...
-bill

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:36 pm

now i wish i hadn't sold my digitech studio vocalist. it came with a preset called "barry white".

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:03 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:i do like the barry white, but can songfighters do barry white tunes? this seems weird and sacriligeous. the VOICE...
-bill

Why am I thinking I'd love to hear Puce do Barry White?

Anybody know if the other Barry did a cover of The Girl From Impanema?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:55 pm

You know what I fuckin hate about "manilowfight"? That people keep posting here...and then when I'm done reading up on all the threads... this bastard keeps making me think something meaniful is going on in the sidefight thread.

Like....oh... a title or a due date. You know, something like that.

...uh...carry on with your idolatry of ... well... seriously, Barry's lame.

but ....carry on... go ahead.

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:13 am

Okay, all though I'm one of the NEW! guys, what would be needed to set this thing up?

I have several hours per week free, and if I could help in any way then I'd be more than willing!

(though I'm probably not as PC literate as some people here, so keep the suggestions simple or explain as if you were talking to a deaf dumb and blind two week old rabbit...)

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:50 am

Hiya,

It won't take much to put this together, really. We set a start date and an end date, and a couple extension dates, and then I'll host and post the results.
But we're on hold pending the start of the NUR EIN event that is coming soon. Soon?

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:00 pm

Message received and understood, awaiting further instructions

mc3p0 · Post by **mc3p0** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:49 pm

I can't find any Barry Manilow mp3s.. which song would be good? Amazon has ziltch! What is 'Could It Be Magic' like? I don't have a karaoke lounge nearby..

mc3p0 · Post by **mc3p0** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:32 pm

Wow, I guess this is a dead topic? America might be a much better choice to cover. Sister Golden Hair, Horse w/No Name, I Need You, The Last Unicorn, You Can Do Magic, Ventura Highway.. Plus I already have the entire collection should people need mp3's. Just a consideration.

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:27 pm

mc3p0 wrote:Wow, I guess this is a dead topic? America might be a much better choice to cover. Sister Golden Hair, Horse w/No Name, I Need You, The Last Unicorn, You Can Do Magic, Ventura Highway.. Plus I already have the entire collection should people need mp3's. Just a consideration.

jimtyrrell wrote:Hiya,

It won't take much to put this together, really. We set a start date and an end date, and a couple extension dates, and then I'll host and post the results.
But we're on hold pending the start of the NUR EIN event that is coming soon. Soon?

Everything seems to be on hold whilst the Nur Ein is on, and I think that only fair as 25 people are doing that, then thats 25 less people for anything like this, there are a multitude of sidefights that could happen...
Pixiesfight,
James Bond Themefight
Buzzcocksfight
etc... etc...

so I guess patience is the key for the moment.

Rinkydink · Post by **Rinkydink** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:00 pm

hehehe, put me down for 'can't smile without you'

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:05 pm

IT IS TIME.

MANILOWFIGHT:

Start date: Tuesday, May 2
Submissions Due: Wednesday, May 31

PM me with a link to your completed Barry Manilow cover. If you need space to host your song, contact me.
If you're in, say so here. If you've already said so, say it again. It's been a while.

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Tue May 02, 2006 9:36 pm

Yes please, will begin working on 'Bermuda Triangle' and I'll need help hosting (he says ashamedly)

Treachjuris · Post by **Treachjuris** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:06 am

Count me in, fo' sheezy. Question. He did a TON of unoriginal stuff, and does that technically count, I mean, covering a cover? e.g. Bobby Darrin, Johnny Mathis tune that Manilow did, or is this Pure Manilow Bastardization ?

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:10 am

Good question. My advice: if Barry was the one who made the song famous, then it's probably okay.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:33 am

I'm thinking this is about covering the Manilow phenom, not the songwriter per se. Associations are so strongly tied to the performance, especially so with the Manilow. I mean, there are many covers of All Along the Watch Tower, but I think most people would understand someone "covering" Hendrix's version.

Having grown up during Barry's hey day, I have many (some painful) memories that his catalog evokes. One somewhat sweet one is that the ski hill I learned on in VT played top 40 over these big silver speaker horns on the mountain, so between Manilow and suicide 70s hits like Cake in the Rain, skiing remains a beloved but cursed activity.

That said, I don't think I'll be exorcising him in this venue.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:38 am

Apparently thankfully, I'm unfamiliar with anything by Manilow.