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Songwriter Forum => Competitions => Topic started by: Paulski on September 23, 2015, 02:27:28 PM
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This thread is not a contest - it's a showcase for all songs scarey and Halowe'eny!
Did I just say Weeney?!
Rules are:
You must have a pulse (or at least you had a pulse at one point)
Your song can be new or old, alive or dead!
Speaking of dead, the deadline is Oct 31st
Um, did I mention about having a pulse ??
That's it - let's hear 'em folks! Post them below and I'll add the links in this top post!
Paul
Here are the links so far:
Fear Itself - Crystal Suzy (https://soundcloud.com/crystalsuzy/fear-itself)
Zombies are Comin! - Paulski (https://soundcloud.com/paulcanuck/zombies-are-coming)
HALLOWEEN - mondobongo (https://soundcloud.com/maurice-kilday/halloween)
collab - Crystal Suzy, Dutchbeat and Binladen (https://youtu.be/Q4bgybCaYDs)
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Yeah ! - Why not, I'm up for that
John
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I haven't finished the halloween song I wrote for the contest two years ago.
Maybe I should finish THAT, and submit it as a non-competing entry.
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WOW! Is it that time of year again...already? :o Time is flying by so quickly these days :o
Anybody else notice that? ???
You're so kind to offer to host this comp. Paul :) I'll try and muster something scary up if I can ::)
Actually, my daily life might work :o ;D :o ;D
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WOW! Is it that time of year again...already? :o Time is flying by so quickly these days :o
Anybody else notice that? ???
You're so kind to offer to host this comp. Paul :) I'll try and muster something scary up if I can ::)
Actually, my daily life might work :o ;D :o ;D
Hey CS - love your Canadian enthusiasm!
I think we should maybe wait to see if we get more interest - maybe in a week or so we'll decide whether this contest is a go. Unless you're doing a scary song anyway in which case have at it!
Paul
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At my current output rate of 1 finished song every two months or so I don't think Halloween will work for me (not the 2015 one anyway!).
Good luck to all who do go there!
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Looks like it's just me and John, with HTM on the side, Paul :o You'll have to enter one as well,
just to fell it out ;D ;D
Or maybe we should just open it up to last years entries, plus any new one or older ones, and we
can vote again...see who comes out on top this time...could be totally different :o ;D :o ;D
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Hi CS
OK - looks like everybody is too busy.
So lets do this - we'll make this thread a scary hallowe'en song SHOWCASE instead of a contest!
Anything goes -can be an old song,
new song, whatever! No voting - no pressure! And best of no work for me!
Paul
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OK Paul, I'll be the first to post my last years scary comp song, just for the fun of it ;D
NO PRESSURE :o
Come on guys, let's gear up for Halloween :o Post your 'SCARIEST' song here :o
https://soundcloud.com/crystalsuzy/fear-itself
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I added my last year's entry too!
So CANADA is well represented (and we're a scary bunch!)
How about you?
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I have some scarily bad songs I've never put up - do they count? ;D
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I have some scarily bad songs I've never put up - do they count? ;D
Haha - sure - if they're really scarily bad!!
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Let's hear them Digger :o :o
Here's a collab video with me, DB and Bin ;D ;D
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I have one I wrote in the late 1970s :o which fits the bill
Will try and record it today and get it posted up here later today.
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I have one I wrote in the late 1970s :o which fits the bill
Will try and record it today and get it posted up here later today.
Go for it!
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OK here's my entry for the showcase.
"Halloween" was a 1978 film by John Carpenter. It quickly became a cult movie and I remember watching it several times until I virtually knew the dialogue to the whole movie. I was playing in a 3 piece rock band at the time and so wrote a song for us which was basically an outline of the plot of the film. The song was never recorded but just floated around in my head for the past thirty odd years. I quickly recorded it this afternoon for the October competition.
It's important that you are aware that this was written in the 1970's. These were the days before political correctness was born and misogyny was the order of the day. So please forgive the offensive lyrics from a naive teenager.
HALLOWEEN
Halloween 1963, he killed his sister out of jealousy
Doctor Loomis says he'll never go free
But you know that he's wrong
She's an innocent high school girl
Babysitting with a psycho on the prowl
She thinks she's safe in her middle class world
But you know that she's wrong
Oh Halloween you get to me
Jamie Lee Curtis you're my fantasy
Michael Myers is after me
It's crazy but I think that it's true
Laurie's sitting for the Doyle's kid
Annie's hoping that she's gonna get laid
But he strangles her till she's dead in the back of her car
Bob's with Linda, she looks like a w***e
He kills Bob by the kitchen door
Cuts his throat, he falls to the floor
Oh what a night
Oh Halloween you get to me
Jamie Lee Curtis you're my fantasy
Michael Myers is after me
It's crazy but I think that it's true
He chases Laurie up the stairs
In the wardrobe she's a hiding scared
But Michael knows that she's in there
Kicks down the door
She sticks a knitting needle in his eye
But Michael Myers he just won't die
The doctor shoots him, then he sighs
"He's got away"
Oh Halloween you get to me
Jamie Lee Curtis you're my fantasy
Michael Myers is after me
It's crazy but I think that it's true
https://soundcloud.com/maurice-kilday/halloween (https://soundcloud.com/maurice-kilday/halloween)
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Hi people, I'm a newbie to this forum but I have attached a song below for you all.
It's about a seance put on by a fictional character named 'Uncle Harvey'.I don't have an uncle Harvey
that I'm aware of and this is purely plucked from my great matter.
Why a seance you ask? Well seance are the gateway to the dead.Perfect for Halloween I thought.
Enough of that, here goes, enjoy!
Uncle Harvey's Seance
Sat round the table holding hands
Yes we're trying to talk to you
This bizarre old medium has a cleft lip
As the messages start filtering through
Uncle Harvey's asks why did she leave
And the medium strangely swings her head
She's mutters through dreamy like eyes
Cause she wanted to be dead
The rain is wild outside
It lashes against the pane
The spirits are taking us for a ride
As they bombard us then wane
I swear I felt a draft or is it just the room
Then the lady to my right squeezes my hand
Are you scared dear of our ghostly friends
Don't be scared the deceased rule the land
And Uncle Harvey's pipes up again
Who is coming through now?
I see a lost soul a troubled young man
Scared of his shadow he went insane
The wind whistles and moans in waves
It strikes us all with real fear
We need the people our heart craves
Give us some comfort, are you here?
Then the lady shakes wildly in her seat
And Uncle Harvey's says who's there?
I am Michael of the late Truebold estate
And the table sighs in nonchalant despair
Uncle Harvey's a fake cries the voice
And the room becomes ill at ease
What does that mean then
Give us some proof so we can make our choice
The window flys open with real intent
Everyone screams at the unexpected move
Was it nature or was it meant
The spirits are mad, do they not approve
Let's stop this nonsense now
Shouts Mr Fellows from number 10
Sssh the spirits are coming closer
The medium barks as she sways again
And the table bobs up and down
Then the door swings open at the back
Sir there is a phonecall for you
Damn shouts uncle Harvey with a frown