Themes

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Week 3: Cover versions

Week 4:

Quote:

A Fruit

B "Crimes against Music.

You need to pick, and people will be voting for, the most appalling track you can possibly scrape from the bottom of the Music barrel. Songs can range from novelty acts to one hit wonders to ill advised duets, anything really.

Two restrictions arise:

1 - The song must have actually been released by a record label. You cannot therefore pick a song that Katie Brand sung on her TV show, or 3 minutes of noises.

2 - The primary language of the song must be english, to prevent everyone picking croation techno folk."

C 'Inappropriate'

D 'Angry'

E Your favourite track of the 80s

F songs about animals

Week 5 - Songs due by 8pm 6th September:

Quote:

A - The song that plays over the closing montage and credits to the film of your life.

B - Songs With Names In The Titles

C - Classical

D - "Abstraction"

E - Songs from Film Soundtracks

F - Royalty

Week 6 - Songs due by 8pm 13th September

Quote:

A - Songs about a location you have been to

B - Musicals. Anyone posting a song from the Blues Brothers gets banned.

C - Remixes or Mashups

D - Solo artists

E - Songs that make you happy

F - Songs that make you sad

Week 7 - Songs due by 8pm 20th September

Quote:

A Songs that feature unusual instruments

B Songs that would make good 'on hold' music

C Politics

D Songs involving war or fighting

E Autumn

F Songs that make use of brass

Week 8 themes, due 8pm 28th September:

Quote:

A Great songs that never made it into the top 20

B Food fight!

C You're not the singer!

Songs where the vocals are
performed by someone who is either not a recognised singer within the
band, or much better known for doing something else.

Exceptions - No Vic Reeves or William Shatner. Too obvious.

Feel free to mention the vocalist if it isn't obvious."

D Swearing

E Robot/Cyborg

F Weather

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

And when should these be in?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I didn't bother putting dates and times on week 4, because it's due today and everyone who hasn't submitted has already been PMd about it. And you've already submitted a song. And queried it in the other thread. So nyer. Future weeks will have the deadlines added.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 13:10

Pretty sure I haven't submitted one for this week, and I haven't got a PM...

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

If you're pretty sure you haven't submitted one, then you don't need a PM, do you, idiot?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

I'm not reading eight threads.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 13:39

Craster wrote:

If you're pretty sure you haven't submitted one, then you don't need a PM, do you, idiot?

Just proving you wrong again, that's all. It's like grenading fish in a barrel, though.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

myoptikakaka wrote:

Craster wrote:

If you're pretty sure you haven't submitted one, then you don't need a PM, do you, idiot?

Just proving you wrong again, that's all. It's like grenading fish in a barrel, though.

So none of the fish would die, right? Because the grenade fragments haven't had any time to get up to lethal speed?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 14:56

If the fish were electric eels they wouldn't need dynamoes either.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26095

Can fish actually play dominoes, or do they just use them to build mini fishy forts?

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 15:44

I've just submitted my entry (f'nar, etc). If it doesn't win, I'll cry.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

WELL I CERTAINLY WON'T LIKE IT.

(Probably as it seems our taste in music is quite different but never mind, eh?) (Actually no, hang on, this is the internet so we have to argue to the death about it, right?)

YOUR MUSIC SUX!

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 21:50

DerekFME wrote:

WELL I CERTAINLY WON'T LIKE IT.

(Probably as it seems our taste in music is quite different but never mind, eh?) (Actually no, hang on, this is the internet so we have to argue to the death about it, right?)

YOUR MUSIC SUX!

If you (or anyone else) doesn't like it, you're either too young or dead inside. Or both.

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 23:21

Apparently someone in my group picked my song. :'(

So, don't vote for it. Vote for whatever I choose to replace it.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Quite incredible. 6 people, given a decade of music to choose from, and two of them choose the same song.

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 23:34

Craster wrote:

Quite incredible. 6 people, given a decade of music to choose from, and two of them choose the same song.

It is an excellent song, though.

I'll have to upload an mp3 of my second choice tomorrow, as the artist frequently gets his videos removed from YT. There aren't any on there with the original music.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Sure. Want to PM me the artist/song, just in case I've got it to hand?

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 23:41

PM sent.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Week 5 themes are posted above.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:28

What the buggering fuck is "abstraction"?

Alarm · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:22

Malc74 wrote:

What the buggering fuck is "abstraction"?

Brian Emo?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Damned if I know.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:04

Classical???

Arse.

Alarm · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:20

DerekFME wrote:

WELL I CERTAINLY WON'T LIKE IT.

(Probably as it seems our taste in music is quite different but never mind, eh?) (Actually no, hang on, this is the internet so we have to argue to the death about it, right?)

YOUR MUSIC SUX!

Looks like you do love my (original) choice. There is hope for you, after all.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

"Royalty" ??? What do we reckon the Queen:Prince ratio will be?

Lord Rixondale · **Joined:** 10th Mar, 2009 **Posts:** 343

Malc74 wrote:

What the buggering fuck is "abstraction"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction

After reading that, I still am none the wiser.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

It's when you wish to portray complex form through a simpler medium.

In music, that might mean a piece depicting a battle with mucho drummage.

Man.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 23:52

Lord Rixondale wrote:

Malc74 wrote:

What the buggering fuck is "abstraction"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction

After reading that, I still am none the wiser.

I just picked something weird.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

DavPaz wrote:

It's when you wish to portray complex form through a simpler medium.

In music, that might mean a piece depicting a battle with mucho drummage.

Man.

I'm pretty sure the person who suggested the theme had no idea whatsoever that it had any musical meaning.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 0:02

Craster wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

It's when you wish to portray complex form through a simpler medium.

In music, that might mean a piece depicting a battle with mucho drummage.

Man.

I'm pretty sure the person who suggested the theme had no idea whatsoever that it had any musical meaning.

I was hoping they'd picked it because they had some sort of towering piece of music in mind. Like some tosser slapping a biscuit tin lid with his cock and mooing.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

You uncultured heathens. Have you never heard of abstract before?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 0:06

DavPaz wrote:

You uncultured heathens. Have you never heard of abstract before?

I'd have gone for some John Cage or Wasssisname Glass.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

DavPaz wrote:

You uncultured heathens. Have you never heard of abstract before?

In art, yes. In music, not so much.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Week 6 themes added.

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:18

The theme I chose wasn't in there

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:53

nickachu wrote:

The theme I chose wasn't in there

Was the theme, "Rubbish songs from Sweden"? Coz you seem to go with that one every week!

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

That was damn close in group a this week. Only 3 points between 3 songs. I came second again. You can't get better than second.

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:33

Curiosity wrote:

nickachu wrote:

The theme I chose wasn't in there

Was the theme, "Rubbish songs from Sweden"? Coz you seem to go with that one every week!

It was brass. I've got a great brass song.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:33

DerekFME wrote:

That was damn close in group a this week. Only 3 points between 3 songs. I came second again. You can't get better than second.

Apart from when you can.

Malc

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Sorry nickachu, I missed that PM. I'll put it into one of the last couple of weeks.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Craster wrote:

Sorry nickachu, I missed that PM. I'll put it into one of the last couple of weeks.

So, you could say that you have brass... in pocket

YeeeeeeeeeeeaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:12

DavPaz wrote:

Craster wrote:

Sorry nickachu, I missed that PM. I'll put it into one of the last couple of weeks.

So, you could say that you have brass... in pocket

YeeeeeeeeeeeaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:15

That'll teach me to send my pm early!

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Malc wrote:

DerekFME wrote:

That was damn close in group a this week. Only 3 points between 3 songs. I came second again. You can't get better than second.

Apart from when you can.

Malc

No really. You can't get better than second. Being first isn't cool. Few of the best songs ever have been number one hits. This proves my point ENTIRELY.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Quote:

B - Musicals. Anyone posting a song from the Blues Brothers gets banned.

Fucking hell.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Hahaha - is that what you were going to choose?

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Craster wrote:

Hahaha - is that what you were going to choose?

Not initially, but I'm wavering over my current choice.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

It's not really going to matter. The winning song from your group has already been submitted.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Craster wrote:

It's not really going to matter. The winning song from your group has already been submitted.

Quote:

Two shows, one on Broadway and one Off-Broadway, have featured music from Poison in their productions: Rock of Ages and Power Balladz. Both shows use the song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"

I wasn't planning on picking that, either.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Hehe.

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