Who's Shakin It? (prefight)

Stubby Phillips · Post by **Stubby Phillips** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:43 pm

I'm guessing that the optional challenge has somethig to do with YouTube. Wish I had a digital camcorder. A Canon A550 camera video probably won't cut it. Anyway, I'm going for it.

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:26 pm

See, you thought you had a chance; I put my hand in, but I had *nothing*. No ideas, no direction, no hook, no lyrics, no beats. Nothing.

That all changed while dropping off my aunt-in-law and mother-in-law off at the Ramada this evening. I have my chorus, I have my hook, and I have my beats -- and a solid direction for the rest. Those with rumps to shake and systems to boom will most definitely need to apply.

I am going to own this fight, or humiliate myself trying. In a way, I think I'll be happy with either result.

(I don't usually trash-talk, but I don't usually write Dance-pop, either. I feel like they go hand-in-hand.)

Evermind · Post by **Evermind** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:38 am

The Big Dumb Jerks will be bringing the heat. And get this:

The song is actually serious! ...mostly.

martyr · Post by **martyr** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:02 pm

The Sober Irishman wrote:This is going to be the worst fight ever.

I think this challenge is awesome, but Sober has a point here: Most dance songs are over 5 minutes long, and have the bass drum thumping on *every* beat. If we get 40 entries again, and all meet this typical criteria, that will only be 3 and a half hours of music, or > 25,000 bass drum thumps to listen to and review.

MC Eric B · Post by **MC Eric B** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:23 pm

My Sugar Shaker song is 1 minute and 58 seconds. I tried to keep it short and sweet. Nobody wants to hear me sing for 5 minutes.

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Sun May 27, 2007 7:45 pm

Most dance songs are over 5 minutes long, and have the bass drum thumping on *every* beat.

I think the case has been made quite effectively here that people should be submitting somewhat shortened versions, and saving the "extended mix" versions for whatever circle of hell is reserved for techno musicians...

kidding, kidding, don't come out of the woodwork...

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Sun May 27, 2007 8:05 pm

IN.

My song is.. a little bit like a maybe... the macarena!

That is, if the macarena involved the ra(s)p of a horny 80 year old man over riffs in the diminished scale.

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i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:14 pm

we, the group "i.p." is proud to make this our first songfight entry.

I guess it's not very rookie-like of us to guarantee a great song on our first attempt... but I'm pretty sure we can guarantee a great song, so we will.

The band will be somewhat amorphous, mostly consisting of James Bean, Lex Butera-Smith and Ivan Becker-Wayman, but who knows who will show up on any given song.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:34 am

Just thought I'd say that I don't see any reason for "strong, danceable rhythm" to be taken as "everyone make a techno/pop song"

I may pull out some funkabilly to prove this point.

i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:47 pm

The Sober Irishman wrote:Just thought I'd say that I don't see any reason for "strong, danceable rhythm" to be taken as "everyone make a techno/pop song"

I may pull out some funkabilly to prove this point.

I totally agree.
Ours is turning out to be like "funk-hop," if you will.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:33 pm

Oregon funk-hop. This oughtta be great

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:28 pm

Eugene Oregon funk-hop, Sober. I don't know Texas well enough to explain what that means with comparative geography oriented stereotypes.

Hope you kids a) don't suck; b) have thick skins; and c) don't suck.

Polkas are dancable too. And *short*.

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:11 pm

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:
Polkas are dancable too. And *short*.

Polka's rule!!!

And a blast to dance to.

Break out that accordion.

Steve

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:54 pm

Wonder how a punk polka would sound.

*drifts off in a day dream day dream day dream*

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:05 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:Wonder how a punk polka would sound. *drifts off in a day dream day dream day dream*

http://www.myspace.com/floggingmolly

Some of their stuff is pretty close. They also happen to seriously rock.

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:39 pm

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Eugene Oregon funk-hop, Sober. I don't know Texas well enough to explain what that means with comparative geography oriented stereotypes.

Hope you kids a) don't suck; b) have thick skins; and c) don't suck.

Polkas are dancable too. And *short*.

Hah! I think you just need to link to some images of the Oregon Country Fair
(No offense kids -- I'm sure you'll rock. Heh.)

i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:03 pm

The OCF is amazing.
Don't dis.

As far as applying genre's to songs, I suck.
Funk-Hop doesn't mean "Bum chicka BOW WOW" which is immediately what I think of when I think "funk-hop," so if I can't even give my own song a genre name that makes sense to me, then why should I be trying?

If you don't like what we do, that's obviously our fault, but "that's your fault."
If you don't like oregon, that's your fault

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:36 pm

I may be backing out. Hopefully I'm just having a bad night, but I have a sneaky suspicion that two years of raising kids (and a bit longer than that playing cheesy uke/piano songs) has killed my ability to write a pop song. That, or I'm just getting old. Damn kids. One more try tomorrow, and if it doesn't gel, I'll pull the plug and leave it to the young'ns.

WesDavis · Post by **WesDavis** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:53 am

The Sober Irishman wrote:Just thought I'd say that I don't see any reason for "strong, danceable rhythm" to be taken as "everyone make a techno/pop song"

I may pull out some funkabilly to prove this point.

I agree with this statement. I want to do something awesome, but I don't have the resources. Maybe I could make it in Garageband, but it would sound REALLY shitty.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:57 am

The Sober Irishman wrote:
Billy's Little Trip wrote:Wonder how a punk polka would sound. *drifts off in a day dream day dream day dream*
http://www.myspace.com/floggingmolly

Some of their stuff is pretty close. They also happen to seriously rock.

I forgot about Flogging Molly.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:27 am

That's fine, just don't forget about Dre.

/drunk post

Who's Shakin It? (prefight)

Sugar Shaker length