Nur Ein VII Round Two "The Best Place In Town Is Also The Darkest"
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:52 am
by Niveous
20 bands remain. Only one can win.
Round Two:
Title: The Best Place In Town Is Also The Darkest
Non Optional Challenge: Creative Use of Starts and Stops
Songs are Due on: Monday, May 7th @ 12:01 AM EDT
Send your MP3 to nurein.sidefight@gmail.com
4 bands will be eliminated.
Ross Durand as winner of Round 1 has immunity in Round 2.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:05 am
by adamadamant
Oooh, I like this one.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:51 am
by JonPorobil
Good title.
Some interesting uses of start/stops in pop music:
"Don't Let's Start," They Might Be Giants "U Can't Touch This," MC Hammer "Improper Dancing," Electric Six "I Gotta Feeling," Black Eyed Peas "Short Skirt, Long Jacket," Cake "River of Dreams," Billy Joel
What others?
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:52 am
by Alvis
Generic wrote:Good title.
Some interesting uses of start/stops in pop music:
"Don't Let's Start," They Might Be Giants "U Can't Touch This," MC Hammer "Improper Dancing," Electric Six "I Gotta Feeling," Black Eyed Peas "Short Skirt, Long Jacket," Cake "River of Dreams," Billy Joel
What others?
"Beep Beep" The Playmates
"Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" Jet
This may be a dumb question, but we can sing during a stop, right?
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:05 pm
by JonPorobil
Manhattan Glutton wrote:This may be a dumb question, but we can sing during a stop, right?
A stop that isn't really a stop? That is creative.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:10 pm
by Jefff
Well sure. What if you're stopping one thing but not another? It's a cool challenge, but debating how our songs fit the bill is going to be awesome.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:23 pm
by frankie big face
I was just planning to make a lot of sudden loud noises in an attempt to "startle" and then use a bunch of different organ stops. I may also play some double stops on the violin. And dictate a paragraph to Siri, English-stye (full stop) I may also include a round.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:26 pm
by Alvis
I don't want to overdo the challenge. We'll probably just have one start at the beginning and one stop at the end.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:29 pm
by Manhattan Glutton
Generic wrote:A stop that isn't really a stop? That is creative.
Let's take the CAKE song you cited above. There's only one real full stop in that song, and half of it is John McCrea saying "jacket". The rest of the stops actually have guitar noodling filling the space. So... if we're saying all CAKE-style stops are good, then I'm golden, but I just need to know.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:35 pm
by Jefff
Alvis wrote:I don't want to overdo the challenge. We'll probably just have one start at the beginning and one stop at the end.
If you swap those, I think that would qualify as "creative".
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:08 pm
by Caravan Ray
Manhattan Glutton wrote:This may be a dumb question, but we can sing during a stop, right?
Absolutely right. That is an awesomely dumb question.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:10 pm
by Caravan Ray
frankie big face wrote:I was just planning to make a lot of sudden loud noises in an attempt to "startle" and then use a bunch of different organ stops. I may also play some double stops on the violin. And dictate a paragraph to Siri, English-stye (full stop) I may also include a round.
So, yeah, if it's not a legitimate musical term that can be found on Wikipedia, I'm going to have to make up my own meaning.
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:11 pm
by roymond
I tend to be sort of literal, which combined with creative opens up a huge array of possibilities.
On the other hand, some people might think "I started using words with 'P', then stopped using words with 'p', then started again." Or "I started awesome, then stopped being awesome, then started again." Still others will explain how "start" and "stop" have ancient meanings to the indigenous peoples of the motherland, which we know through the study of their mummified bone marrow." ...these would not be recommended interpretations of the challenge.
Re: Nur Ein VII: Round Two
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 2:43 am
by j$
Manhattan Glutton wrote: I can't find any definitions on Google.
Alvis wrote:I don't want to overdo the challenge. We'll probably just have one start at the beginning and one stop at the end.
The challenge is starts and stops - automatic disqualification for being a wag
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:00 am
by Caravan Ray
roymond wrote:I tend to be sort of literal, which combined with creative opens up a huge array of possibilities.
On the other hand, some people might think "I started using words with 'P', then stopped using words with 'p', then started again." Or "I started awesome, then stopped being awesome, then started again." Still others will explain how "start" and "stop" have ancient meanings to the indigenous peoples of the motherland, which we know through the study of their mummified bone marrow." ...these would not be recommended interpretations of the challenge.
Look MG!
Just how in physics - every action has an equal and opposite reaction
In Nur Ein - every stupid question has an equal and opposite stupid answer!
Re: Nur Ein VII- Round 2
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:27 am
by roymond
Caravan Ray wrote:In Nur Ein - every stupid question has an equal and opposite stupid answer!
