Challenge #13 Your Lucky Number?

[john]

Hi All

This week's challenge is multi-faceted. It's one I was planning on suggesting, but now Kel has suggested it (I think it was Kel!) now would see to be a good time. It is a good songwriting exercise and one I have done a couple of times myself.

So, this week's mission, should you choose to accept it is to re-write the lyrics for an existing song selected from a short list, first come first choice, only one writer per title. If someone else is doing the one you want, well next time will serve as an incentive to reply faster mwuahahahaha

In addition to re-writing the words, they will also be on a set topic.

Those who also write music I would encourage to complete the process by then writing new music to go with your new words.

The list from which you can draw:

Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

Earth Song - Michael Jackson

Love The Way You Lie - Eminem ft Rihanna

Back In Black - AC /DC

Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn

Heart Shaped. Box - Nirvana

Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

Let Her Go - Passenger

Read All About It - Emeli Sande

Crossroads - Robert Johnson

I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - Dick Burnett

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Topics are:

The modern world-wide recession

Love lost

Global warming and the changing weather patterns

Celebrity culture and reality TV

Stars who live their life in the press and media

Syria and their use of chemical weapons, world reaction etc

Love found on the Internet

Everyone is so busy all the time, they never stop

Spending a lifetime together

Being "the bad guy"

Travelling the world, it's such. Small place

We are who we are

If we run out of topics and songs I will add some more.

Step 1 BOOK YOUR SONG AND TOPIC BY REPLYING TO THIS POST

Step 2 Write Your Song

Easy!

PS This week's is easy as next week we get competitive as teams again, including a vote where YOU have to PITCH your group song and persuade as many people as possible to vote your song the winner. More on that next week! It'll be fun, honest!

PPS Guidance will be given on pitching!

PPPS MORE ON THAT NEXT WEEK! Lol

[john]

I choose

 

Heart shaped box Nirvana

 

Topic

every one is to busy all the time, they never stop

 

is this how you mean us to choose?

 

Skin

Yep, exactly right. I look forward to the result!

[john]

Can I have a P please BOB! do you remember that one John?

 

lol

Lol, yes, ah the sweet innocence of Blockbuster, I bet they couldn't write a decent song though

[Kel]

I'll take Coal Miner's Daughter (one of only 4 I know!) and being the bad guy

Kel

[goldylocks]

Read All About It. global warming and the changing weather patterns

John, I've searched everywhere, have you posted, who won the Blues Challenge?

Goldy

Edited September 7, 2013 by goldylocks

[Kel]

Oh I came out with a streak of evil

While most other kids were 'fraid to tempt the devil

Called him out and beat him square

And sent him on home without his old spear

There ain't no one else close my bad ass level.

 

My mama slaved all day at the local wal-mart

Scrimped and saved for food upon our table

I'd shake down kids at school and make more money than I cou-ld spend

She never asked where money came from to watch our cable.

 

 

Came the day I finished school and left for college

Harvard, Yale and Notre Dam all pitched their game

But I chose UCLA so I could study on the beach

I learned more than surfing out that way!

 

 

It was black against brown and yellow against both

They were all too busy to see my coup de taa

I was left high on the ladder when the bloodshed stopped

I was in control of the west as a sophomore

 

 

Yeah it helped I came out with a streak of evil

And never was afraid to tempt the devil

It ain't easy being boss, I had to remind minions time to time

There ain't no one else close my bad ass level.

 

My mama doesn't work no more at Wal-mart

She runs things for me out in Hollywood

Ain't ever much gettin' by that old gal taught me all I know

She put her boy on top like a Mama should

[Kel]

What can I say?

 

At work we all have nicknames, and of course, you can't pick your own. They call be K-Bot or if feeling really friendly, The Botster, or just Botster if feeling lazy.

 

But it was more a matter of Abbo being non politically correct!

 

We also have Crackers, Evilyn, Solo and The King, and we are led by MC Hammer... his initials are MC so it was a natural choice.

 

Keep workin', Les. I'm sure you'll do well.

[Lisa Gates]

Crazy - Love lost

[Kel]

WoW!

[Kel]

What's WoW?

You have to ask? That is an incredible piece of work, Les.

 

Wow!

 

Wow!

 

Kel

[goldylocks]

My effort, Read All About It, Global warming and weather patterns. For me, this was a hard challenge, I wanted to try it and not give up.
 
 
If you could look into a crystal ball
I'll tell you what you'd see
A world spinning out of order
The worst in history
 
Polar bears floating dead
That tried to swim  away
Drowned from warm conditions
With no ice, they were strayed 
 
Chorus
 
You know it's a Global Warning
Open your eyes, n' look around
You don't need to be an Ostrich
Get your head out of the ground
 
Atlas shrugs his shoulders
Says the weather is chaotic
Floods taking over countries
With no reason or logic
 

Verse

:

Whirling winds of tornadoes  
Tossing cities like toys around
Calamity raises it's ugly head
People weep for bodies found   

 

Verse:

 
Hungry wild fires everywhere 
Burning out of control
Black smoke circling the air
Leaving smoldering coal

 

Chorus:

 

You know it's Global Warning
Open your eyes, n' look around
You don't need to be an Ostrich
Get your head out of the ground
 

Goldy 

 

Edited September 2, 2014 by goldylocks

[Kel]

Well done Goldy. Powerful messages there.

Kel

[goldylocks]

Here is my version on the song using the topic I chose.

 

Heart Shaped. Box - Nirvana

Topic

Everyone is so busy all the time, they never stop

 

You Don’t Have Time For me

 

You have time for all the rest you don’t have time for me

Our lives are slipping through our fingers you’re to blind to see

The silence that’s between us makes every-thing so clear

I hear the trees that fall though I am nowhere near

 

Don’t!

Go!

We need to sort this out

Ba..be you are driving us apart

Slow!

Down!

You’re in overdrive

Take a st…ep back to reset your life

Last!

Chance!

Our time is almost up

Only you can sa…a...ve us now

 

Save us now

 

Tomorrows a new horizon we need to start again

Knock these monkeys off our back there driving me insane

The tiny pieces of our lives mean nothing if we’re on our own

You’re completely surrounded by them yet you stand alone

 

Don’t!

Go!

We need to sort this out

Ba..be you are driving us apart

Slow!

Down!

You’re in overdrive

Take a st…ep back to reset your life

Last!

Chance!

Our time is almost up

Only you can sa…a...ve us now

 

Save us now

 

You have time for all the rest, you don’t have time for me

Our lives are slipping through our fingers, you’re to blind to see

The silence that’s between us makes everything so clear

I hear the trees that fall though I am nowhere near

 

Don’t!

Go!

We need to sort this out

Ba..be you are driving us apart

Slow!

Down!

You’re in overdrive

Take a st…ep back to reset your life

Last!

Chance!

Our time is almost up

Only you can sa…a...ve us now

 

Save us now

Save us now

Save us now

 

Skin

First Les, let me say I like your lyrics a lot better than Nirvana's. I thought the original lyrics were grotesque. Yours were very well written and imaginative without sensationalism. I love it---tttt!

Goldy      

Edited September 9, 2013 by goldylocks

[goldylocks]

Goldy, Lots of energy in this.

 

My favorite bit is this

 

 

Tornados droping down like bombs

Tossing cities like toys around

Calamity raises it's ugly head

Sorrow fills the air with sound  

 

I tried to sing along to the whole song but way out of my depth, but this section in my head sounds spot on.

 

Good job girl.

 

Les

Thanks Les, I have no clue about melody, so I try to write it flowing the best I can. I'm sure it needs tweaking for music. But the idea is there.

Goldy        

Edited September 9, 2013 by goldylocks

[goldylocks]

Well done Goldy. Powerful messages there.

Kel

Thanks Kel, reality sings in this song, I think.

Goldy          

Edited September 9, 2013 by goldylocks

[Kel]

I love this Kel, it's hilarious, reminds me of one of Weird Al's parodies.

Very cleverly written song!

Goldy

 

That's interesting, it wasn't meant to be humourous, just about a crime lord's rise to notoriety!

Oh well, humour is where you find it.

 

Cheers for the feedback,

Kel

[goldylocks]

That's interesting, it wasn't meant to be humourous, just about a crime lord's rise to notoriety!

Oh well, humour is where you find it.

 

Cheers for the feedback,

Kel

You know your right Kel, now that I read again. I guess I'm tired, and thought some of the verses about Wal-mart and shaking kids down to pay for the cable were humorous. My apologies, now I see your sinister theme throughout the song. Wickedly funny? Just kidding. Great write, like all of your songs.

Goldy        

Edited September 9, 2013 by goldylocks

[Kel]

A pommy's view of the world with a kiwi slant! Choice!

[Kel]

Baaaaaaa!

[Rudi]

Heart of gold - Celebrity culture and reality TV