Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 30 Aug 01 - 08:42 AM MMario ... I implied a degree of worship ... but not that much! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: MMario Date: 30 Aug 01 - 08:37 AM ssilly me - I thought you were implying that she walked on water! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 30 Aug 01 - 03:41 AM KT and Jack ... thanks for the kind words. Jack ... the word "bay" is commonly used in my neck of the woods to refer not only to the body of water but its shore, hence the line refers to the lady in question walking across the sand (and the preceding line is about the waves washing away the resulting footprints). I never thought that it could be construed otherwise ... goes to show! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 29 Aug 01 - 02:27 PM Nice one! you've captured some of the feeling of raglan road, but made it your own. "As she walked across the bay" It's a nice picture, a little sureal, what is the thought behind the line Derry? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: GUEST,KT Date: 29 Aug 01 - 10:42 AM derrymacash, that is beautiful!!!! Especially, "And you shall shine and you shall sing And I shall teach the song." Exquisite!
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 29 Aug 01 - 09:35 AM A Challenge! that finds me replying in serious vein! Áine, you've found my Achilles heel. (Well - Achill heel actually as this song is based - loosely - on a real-life experience as a callow youth in that part of the world.) It's to the tune "The Dawning Of The Day" as used for Raglan Road.
When first her eyes flashed fire at mine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 27 Aug 01 - 04:11 PM I turned the topic on to one of the saddest things in today's society. I hope I've made a point. On reading I ahd some more ideas. Here is a rewrite with line breaks. "The woods would be silent indeed if only the best birds sang". Only the best
My little bird is lying
My little bird is Humming
Why won't my little bird sing?
My little girl is starving
Has to be so skinny
If you could only hear her true song
Make her wear some make up
Put her through the grinder
If you could only listen to her heart
One winner will win
Beauty show drama
If you could only see the lie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 27 Aug 01 - 03:45 PM I turned the topic on to one of the saddest things in today's society. I hope I've made a point. On reading I had some more ideas. Here is a rewrite. "The woods would be silent indeed if only the best birds sang". Only the best (second version) My little bird is lying Lying in her nest My little bird is dying Trying to be the best My little bird is Humming As she plays the game Work hard on becoming A truly famous name Why won't my little bird sing Really, its such a simple thing What pressures and torments do we bring My little girl is starving I worry bout her health When the food is carving she runs off by herself Has to be so skinny She cannot have meat Has to wear that mini So she just will not eat If you could only hear her true song Then you would know that it is so wrong Were creating a world where children don't belong Make her wear some make up To catch Leanne Rhymes Perhaps its time to wake up because she's only nine Put her through the grinder Treat her like some meat Take a key and wind her Prime her for defeat If you could only listen to her heart Then you would know the hardest part Where do you begin, and where do you start One winner will win the rest will all lose How can we begin to choose Beauty show drama Fame and wealth Beckoned Imagine the trauma When they finish a mere second If you could only see the lie Then you would know why young girls die In a sad sad world its a pain to see them cry |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: MMario Date: 27 Aug 01 - 02:16 PM you made your point well enough that I had to take a break halfway through reading it. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 27 Aug 01 - 01:33 PM I turned the topic on to one of the saddest things in today's society. I hope I've made a point. "The woods would be silent indeed if only the best birds sang". Only the best
My little bird is lying
If you could only hear her song
My little girl is starving
Has to be so skinny
If you could only hear her song
Make her wear some make up
Put her through the grinder
If you could only hear her song
One winner will win
Beauty show drama
If you could only see the lie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 22 Apr 00 - 06:48 PM Dear Amergin, A very appropriate and lovely entry for this Challenge! and well timed for Earth Day, too. Your song has been posted on the SONG CHALLENGE! WINNERS PAGE as a Winner of the Golden Cow Chip with Harp Ribbon. Well done! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Amergin Date: 22 Apr 00 - 03:36 PM Kelida, the Highwayman is one of the best poems ever written. You did great justice to it. I love your piece. Here's my song (the feeble attempt it is): The Woods I Loved So Well (Tune: Town I Loved So Well)
In my memory I will always see
In the early morn with a sound so forlorn
There was music there in the wooded air
When I came back, how my eyes went black
Now the birds are gone, but I still sing on Amergin
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: KT Date: 18 Apr 00 - 01:59 AM Hi, Aine. Yes I could put it on an audio tape, but it'll have to wait. I've just returned from a recent festival and I'm now suffering from a bad case of overdidititis. My voice has taken temporary leave ( as did the sense to stop jamming and get some rest) Oh well. It was worth it!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 17 Apr 00 - 12:12 PM Dear KT, Can you tape your song on a regular audio tape? If you can, please, please, do so and send it to Max for the Mudcat Radio Show at this address:
Max D. Spiegel Be sure and mark the tape with the name of your song and your "Mudcat" name, so Max will know whose song it is! I'm really looking forward to hearing you -- and I hope that it'll be very soon!! -- Áine (P.S. I had a wonderful time with No. 1 Son, thanks! We caught up on all his news, gave him money, fed him a lot of 'home-cooking' -- a weekend guaranteed to make any college student happy!!) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: KT Date: 17 Apr 00 - 12:00 PM Dear MMario and Aine, thanks for your kind words. Yes, there is a tune. As far as distributing it in this forum, I haven't a clue.( I was happy to get the lines and paragraphs right!) Aine...the Golden Cow CHip with Ribbon Harp....I'm honored! Hope you've had a wonderful time with your son! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: MMario Date: 16 Apr 00 - 12:55 PM Kt - id hope you have a tune for that and some way to distribute it...that is lovely... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 16 Apr 00 - 10:43 AM Dear KT, That's a wonderful first song for the Challenge!! Do you have a tune for it? Sorry I was so late in responding to your entry; but, my oldest son is home from university this weekend and I've been busy getting my hugs and kisses in while I have a chance...*BG* Since your beautiful song brought a tear to the eye, I'm awarding it the Golden Cow Chip with Harp Ribbon Award (very prestigous, I assure you!). I'll post your song in a little while on the Winners page. Thanks so much for your song, and I do hope we'll be seeing lots more of them in the future! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: KT Date: 15 Apr 00 - 03:14 PM Okay...Here is my first attempt at the song challenge.......I wrote this one over a week ago and am just now finding the time to post it. Hope this is the right place to post late ones....(I also hope I can figure out how to get the lines and paragraphs right...)
Woodland Chorus
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 10 Apr 00 - 02:07 PM Dear belter, That song was well worth the wait! It has been placed on the SONG CHALLENGE! WINNERS PAGE and has been awarded The Golden Cow Chip with Shamrock Cluster. Well done, belter! And MMario -- I don't have a spare Tardis, but I could lend you my owl for a day or two... -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: MMario Date: 10 Apr 00 - 01:53 PM y'know, you guys are driving me crazy here, with songs I want to learn. I need more hours in the day. I need more days in the week. Anyone have a spare TARDIS they can loan me? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: GUEST,belter Date: 10 Apr 00 - 01:45 PM sorry about getting this in late. I had to work a couple of nights, and put the time to good use writing this.
Three Voices
As I did stroll the wooded lane
No other song shall err be heard
The nightingale did sweetly trill
The whippoorwill called long and low
The owl raised its haunting call
Then each one claimed the victory
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 10 Apr 00 - 10:27 AM Bet I get the golden snitch first... Now have you yet come up with a method of combining the rules of Quidditch and Song Challenge... Instead of having bludgers you could have the opposing team inserting dodgy lines just when the writer was coming to a heart-string thrumming song climax... It could be done.... Honest.... Hyp ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 10 Apr 00 - 10:17 AM Oh Yes! I have my Quidditch team here -- three Chasers, and I'm the Keeper. *BG* -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 10 Apr 00 - 10:09 AM Am I to take it Aine that you have read J.K Rowling's Harry Potter books? Hyp |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 10 Apr 00 - 08:18 AM Dear Hyp, Correction noted and made, dear muggle ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: singing Songs From: Hyperabid Date: 10 Apr 00 - 03:57 AM And some more... Eluned... please feel free to sing any of my songs to friends. If you like 'em... that's great! You never know you could be helping me into the bargain, I've always wanted to take writing in all forms mroe seriously. Cheers n all that... Hyp (David) ;-) |
Subject: The height of embarrasment From: Hyperabid Date: 10 Apr 00 - 03:52 AM Oops it was Thin Lizzy that did a version of whiskey in the Jar. Can we please correct the copy on the Song Challenege site please Aine so I don't look like too much of a muggle. Hyp. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 08 Apr 00 - 02:10 PM *******************THE WINNERS!***************** I have to say, it was pretty easy handing out the Golden Cow Chips this time! Everyone did such a marvelous job. Congrats, Cudos and many, many Thanks to each of the Challenge!rs. There's a great new Challenge! coming today, so sharpen your pencils and get ready... -- Áine
Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Shamrock Cluster: |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Eluned Date: 08 Apr 00 - 12:51 AM Well, that song has always struck me as maniacally cheerful. I'd expect some Tom Lehrer lyrics to a tune like that, probably something about Cannibalism. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Amos Date: 07 Apr 00 - 11:48 AM Y'know, she was expecting you to talk to yourself, that's par for the course in public parks, but when ya started singing she got nervous! Or maybe she was afraid you were singing to her! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Eluned Date: 07 Apr 00 - 11:47 AM Wow!! (I seem to use that word a lot on this site). The first three were just lovely, and if I could figure the breaks, that bit by Goin'Down would just write itself into lovely music in my head! Hyper', your first one could become a popular anthem for the environmentalists it's so circle-of-life (and I really like it); may I sing it for some of my friends? Your second one takes me back to a friend I knew in Florida; "all women are godesses", he used to say, and then prove it. He chased them all, old or young, thin or fat, and truly worshipped the woman in them. Never seen the like before or since. The subject of this challenge is a bit close to the heart, but if I chew on it mentally for a while as I go through my days, something will present itself, I hope. I'm very flattered that my quote is being qouted as a song challenge; I wish I could remember the source! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 07 Apr 00 - 10:02 AM I'm glad you guys liked it! Can't say the same for the grandmother who sat down beside on the park bench as I was singing the song over to myself -- She gave me a sideways glance, got up and hurried away. I still can't figure out whether it was the lyrics or my singing that upset her *BG*! However, 'writing in the park' turned out to be a big hit with the kids -- I kept sending them back to play some more until I finished the song. -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Amos Date: 06 Apr 00 - 09:21 PM That is brilliant, Áine. You just get better and better and better! And funny! A real twister on the original meaning. I love it! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: MMario Date: 06 Apr 00 - 08:39 PM hee-hee! I'll have to refresh my memory of that tune....a good "morality tale" song.... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 06 Apr 00 - 08:35 PM Warning! This is NOT a serious song *BG*. I admit that it is a stretch -- but, I was in the park with kiddies today and I got well, inspired. Please put your sense of humour on before reading the following:
The Birdies Will Not Sing Today In The Forest |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 06 Apr 00 - 11:51 AM Well in England "bird" is I'm afraid a (little bit derogatory) slang term for the female of the species - perhaps even with the connotation of capable of being sexually active. Once I started thinking in that vein Áine I just couldn't stop myself. With all these drinking songs you lot are going to think me a dipsomaniac. (I was a serious boozer once - far more moderate these days). Glad to hear it made you titter...! Hyp (David)
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 06 Apr 00 - 11:35 AM Ain't you the little devil, Hyp! LMAO -- A very interesting tangent from the Challenge! subject (hehehe)! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 06 Apr 00 - 11:31 AM Something more in my usual vein. If the imagery is a little too raucous it isn't meant to be it just came out that way. Sing every song To the tune of Whiskey in the Jar – Lynnard Skynard version V
As I was heading home now C
I pulled her in to the back of my car V
She was no vestral virgin C
But she is mine in the race from the bar V
I wake up in the morning C
You got to try every song you can sing Hyp |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: MMario Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:31 AM And if inspiration strikes and it ISN'T on the subject of a challenge, then put it into the "additions to the MudCat songbook" thread..... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:05 AM That's beautiful, GDTR! Sad and wistful, just the way I like 'em. Did you write that with a tune in mind? And what do you call it? Your lyrics are so lovely, I sure hope it's a tune I know. Thank you so much for your contribution to the Challenge! And Chris -- motivating you Mudcatters to write songs was the reason I started the Challenge! threads in the first place. Even if the subject is silly (which it often is around here), just 'putting your seat in the seat' and working on one song might lead to another song, and another . . . Please jump in the pond with the rest of us when you see something that interests you, OK? -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:05 AM Ouch! That's both a touching and brave lyric! Hyp |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Rob-IL Date: 06 Apr 00 - 09:53 AM Stand alone in the dark of night Looking for someone who can't see light Waiting for a love to find Passing of the person who drives your mind Stand and behold as the church bells ring Even the woods are silent when the best birds sing I sought darkness that night I left Sorrow and sadness into my heart crept Longing for your love to see Was I alone in misery From a distance I heard the church bells ring The woods are quiet when the best birds sing The bright orange light crept over the hills As the morning came with arctic chills The summer's eve had come again It was time to return to my buried friend From a distance I heard the church bells ring The woods are quiet when the best birds sing |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 06 Apr 00 - 09:19 AM Sympathies Chris. If one could only bottle "the muse"... I sufferred from a period of writers block so profound I had a creative famine across the board including the short plays and a little bit of journalism I used to do at the time. It lasted one and a half years... ! Hope the muse grabs you on something else. I always took a relative ability to be prolific for granted until I had what I now term my "nightmare"... Look forward to seeing something of yours soon Hyp (David) ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: SDShad Date: 06 Apr 00 - 09:05 AM Hyp-- Gotta find the right challenge. I'm such a procrastinator as a songwriter, but I think the Song Challenges will be a good motivator to try stuff. The muse hasn't struck me on the current topic...but who knows! C. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Spider Tom Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:42 AM Good stuff we weave upon the web. I like the reading as much as the writing. A person could live for lines such as this, Or be sorry I find It inviting Thanks 'Aine. for the challenge and the words of encouragement. The title for my song is a little long, "Should a bird not sing,the wing would whisper on the wind".
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Kelida Date: 05 Apr 00 - 07:59 PM Thank you so much everyone for your compliments. And to think I didn't like it at first my self! Oh, stop, you're inflating my ego! ;^) --Keli |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Bradypus Date: 05 Apr 00 - 06:33 PM Keli - I've always loved The Highwayman, but I've never heard it sung. Your version really works - it's good. Hyper - Blame me for pressing your serious button - I suggested this Challenge because I thought a little bit of serious might be welcome for a change (just for a change, mind). Looks like I wasn't wrong. Spider - welcome to the club. I like your song. Bradypus |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Hyperabid Date: 05 Apr 00 - 11:42 AM Cheers Chris - I'm genuinely touched and flattered Are you gonna dip your toe in the SONG CHALLENGE water? Hyp |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: Áine Date: 05 Apr 00 - 11:36 AM Spider Tom -- As well as a tune, do you have a title in mind? It would be a shame to leave such a wonderful song unnamed. -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 20 From: SDShad Date: 05 Apr 00 - 10:56 AM Hyperabid-- Wow! "Moondance" is already a favorite of mine, and your words to that tune....marvelous! You do serious just fine. Chris |
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