Muzak - Page 86

kladner · 2019-11-08, 04:30

Bringing things over from where they were somewhat misplaced in Your Once and Future Supreme Commander:
https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpo...postcount=1083

Blind Faith "Can't Find My Way Home"

Steve Winwood solo acoustic "Can't Find My Way Home"

kladner · 2019-11-22, 06:00

This is very close to the version I learned as a child from my mother and grandmother. The latter came from back country Alabama. and sang something very similar to what the singer and collector, John Jacob Niles recorded here. The tune I learned was close to this, and a scattering of words are different.

LaurV · 2019-11-22, 09:04

Nice one, thanks for sharing it. If you like similar music, you must look for Betsy McGovern. I mean the real one, the Irish singer. She is not easy to be found on the web, beside of some small-audience/family shows where somebody else films her.

Sometimes in the past I had 3 albums of her, which I ordered after I heard her singing. One friend of mine here is Irish, he is very old, but he is still kicking around, at the time he was teaching English at a local school, and he had a TAPE - like in "tape-player", with Betsy singing, half English half Irish. I liked her voice so much I ordered the 3 albums I could find on the web. You may not realize what this means... I can count on the fingers of one hand the artists I paid for their music - in a region where people don't give a fun about copyrights, and in a century when you can listen to everything for free and watch everything for free on the web...

So, the albums came after a while, and I was so delighted... Of course, I ripped them to mp3, and used to listen to them in my car on the way to work, for a while. Then changing houses, changing cars... changing habits... not long ago I was invited to a party and one of the women there played guitar and she had a nice voice, which reminded me of Betsy. We talk about, and nobody at the party seemed to know or heard about her. When I went home I looked for the albums, and they were nowhere to be found. Moreover, I looked on old hard disks and flash drives I had (and I found a lot of crap I was already forgetting about!) but no Betsy. Fu@#$@%ing idiot, I can't remember where did I put them, and I am still looking for a copy (but I have a lot of junk to sort through...)

kladner · 2019-11-22, 16:05

I found her in searches, but only paid tunes available, so far. I'll ask my Irish obsessed friend if he, or his Irish wife have anything by her.

Thanks for the tip!

MooMoo2 · 2020-03-31, 02:45

I wasn't in a great mood since my vacation plans got cancelled. I had been looking forward to it for weeks, if not months. Since early February, almost every dream I remember having involved me going somewhere on vacation. And then the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" song played on the radio when I was on my way home.

A few boring ads played after the song ended, so I turned off the radio and somewhat absentmindedly got my phone to put that song on continuous repeat. It talked about things like "my fire", "the one desire", and "a heartache". So I was thinking, what is my fire and desire right now? What do I want to go my way, and what's giving me a heartache? The answer to those questions was right in front of me in the form of a freeway sign saying "Avoid travel. Stay at home."

In an impulsive decision, I thought, "screw it", got off the freeway, and got back on going in the opposite direction, away from home. I didn't have a destination in mind and started singing along to my phone in some sort of escape from reality.

I started to change phrases in that song to reflect my mood. At first, those changes were minor, but as the miles ticked by, more and more verses got replaced. It was becoming an odd, funny, sometimes contradictory, sometimes coincidentally logical, mishmash of lyrics like "Wanna go / Ain't nothing but a mistake" and "No matter the distance / I want you to know / As long as it’s there, I’ll go!" Two hours into my drive, I felt that half of the song had been replaced, so I turned around and headed home.

By the time I was near my house, I pretty much got the whole thing nailed down, and I pulled into my driveway low on gas but high on happiness. Before doing anything else, I quickly typed up what I sang in the car so that I'd remember it. Strangely enough, the rhythm, rhyme, theme, and syllables per verse in my car singalong lyrics went together surprisingly well. After making only a few minor edits, the song parody was pretty much good to go, and the result is this:

“I Want That Vacay” – MooMoo2

Yeah…

My work is dreary
A drag that’s weekly
Another long day
I want a vacay

My desk is in such a mess
There’s just too much stress
So I say
That I need a vacay

Tell me why
I didn’t win the lotto
Tell me why
I can’t retire tomorrow
Tell me why
I have to work on Saturday
I want that vacay

Don’t ring my doorbell
I’ve checked some hotels
“Vacancy!" they all say
So I’ll book that vacay

Gonna drive
Eight hundred miles in one day
Gonna drive
Down every scenic highway
Gonna drive
From Florida to Hudson Bay
I want that vacay

Now I can see that there’s fun all around
If you just open up the map, yeah
New York or Chicago
LA or Toronto
As long as it’s there, I’ll go!

I’ll rent that black car
I’ll drive somewhere far
I'll fly
I'll fly, I'll fly, I'll fly
On a discount airline!

Must keep checking my spam mail
For deals that match my pay scale (It’s a giant cruise sale)
I’ll grab them now with no delay (oh, yeah)
I want that vacay

Wanna go
Sunbathing on the beach sand
Wanna go
Dogsledding up in Iceland
Wanna go
Kayaking all around Norway (paddling around Norway)
I want my vacay

Wanna go
Stargazing in the Outback
Already got my bags packed
Wanna go
Straight out of town for holiday (out of town for holiday)
I want that vacay

So I’ll be on vacay

BTW, the original song lyrics are at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XtRYPbtfI

Enjoy!

The Carnivore · 2020-04-01, 03:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by MooMoo2

“I Want That Vacay” – MooMoo2

Yeah…

My work is dreary
A drag that’s weekly
Another long day
I want a vacay

My desk is in such a mess
There’s just too much stress
So I say
That I need a vacay

Tell me why
I didn’t win the lotto
Tell me why
I can’t retire tomorrow
Tell me why
I have to work on Saturday
I want that vacay

Don’t ring my doorbell
I’ve checked some hotels
“Vacancy!" they all say
So I’ll book that vacay

Gonna drive
Eight hundred miles in one day
Gonna drive
Down every scenic highway
Gonna drive
From Florida to Hudson Bay
I want that vacay

Now I can see that there’s fun all around
If you just open up the map, yeah
New York or Chicago
LA or Toronto
As long as it’s there, I’ll go!

I’ll rent that black car
I’ll drive somewhere far
I'll fly
I'll fly, I'll fly, I'll fly
On a discount airline!

Must keep checking my spam mail
For deals that match my pay scale (It’s a giant cruise sale)
I’ll grab them now with no delay (oh, yeah)
I want that vacay

Wanna go
Sunbathing on the beach sand
Wanna go
Dogsledding up in Iceland
Wanna go
Kayaking all around Norway (paddling around Norway)
I want my vacay

Wanna go
Stargazing in the Outback
Already got my bags packed
Wanna go
Straight out of town for holiday (out of town for holiday)
I want that vacay

So I’ll be on vacay

Nice. There are a ton of parodies of that song out there. My favorite one is probably "Which Backstreet Boy is Gay?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ1i2-Vmqs8

kladner · 2020-04-08, 18:43

Here are a few of my favorite Prine songs. I invite others to add theirs.
Paradise

Sam Stone

Dear Abby

Hello in There

Angel from Montgomery

LaurV · 2020-04-09, 02:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by kladner

Sam Stone

Geezz! Rest in peace. Didn't know much of this guy's music in his youth, but he sings very nice, and he looked so much like Patrick Swayze (one of my favorite actors). Thanks for sharing.
Edit: Paradise link seems broken.

masser · 2020-04-09, 03:11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlwCJtpTl8

kladner · 2020-04-09, 14:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

Geezz! Rest in peace. Didn't know much of this guy's music in his youth, but he sings very nice, and he looked so much like Patrick Swayze (one of my favorite actors). Thanks for sharing.
Edit: Paradise link seems broken.

Thanks for the tip. Fixed.

kladner · 2020-04-25, 01:27

Carried over from https://mersenneforum.org/showpost.p...&postcount=722

The following is a parody of an old standard song: The Lion Sleeps Tonight.....

I went digging for background.

Original recording
Solomon Linda&The Evening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE

The Weavers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jeooKgTPxk

The Tokens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c

Totally unexpected and with amusing 'ambient' jungle sounds:
BERNIUKŲ CHORAS DAGILĖLIS
https://youtu.be/HOIzRdDo_3I
The Boys' Choir "Dagilėlis" of Šiauliai is one of the most prominent groups in the choir genre category in Lithuania and all Baltic regions.

2019-11-22, 06:00	#937
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	Barbara Allen -John Jacob Niles This is very close to the version I learned as a child from my mother and grandmother. The latter came from back country Alabama. and sang something very similar to what the singer and collector, John Jacob Niles recorded here. The tune I learned was close to this, and a scattering of words are different.

2019-11-22, 09:04	#938
LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 2·3·1,609 Posts	Nice one, thanks for sharing it. If you like similar music, you must look for Betsy McGovern. I mean the real one, the Irish singer. She is not easy to be found on the web, beside of some small-audience/family shows where somebody else films her. Sometimes in the past I had 3 albums of her, which I ordered after I heard her singing. One friend of mine here is Irish, he is very old, but he is still kicking around, at the time he was teaching English at a local school, and he had a TAPE - like in "tape-player", with Betsy singing, half English half Irish. I liked her voice so much I ordered the 3 albums I could find on the web. You may not realize what this means... I can count on the fingers of one hand the artists I paid for their music - in a region where people don't give a fun about copyrights, and in a century when you can listen to everything for free and watch everything for free on the web... So, the albums came after a while, and I was so delighted... Of course, I ripped them to mp3, and used to listen to them in my car on the way to work, for a while. Then changing houses, changing cars... changing habits... not long ago I was invited to a party and one of the women there played guitar and she had a nice voice, which reminded me of Betsy. We talk about, and nobody at the party seemed to know or heard about her. When I went home I looked for the albums, and they were nowhere to be found. Moreover, I looked on old hard disks and flash drives I had (and I found a lot of crap I was already forgetting about!) but no Betsy. Fu@#$@%ing idiot, I can't remember where did I put them, and I am still looking for a copy (but I have a lot of junk to sort through...) Last fiddled with by LaurV on 2019-11-22 at 09:07

2020-04-08, 18:43	#942
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	In Memory of John Prine Here are a few of my favorite Prine songs. I invite others to add theirs. Paradise Sam Stone Dear Abby Hello in There Angel from Montgomery Last fiddled with by kladner on 2020-04-09 at 14:56

2020-04-09, 03:11	#944
masser Jul 2003 wear a mask 1676₁₀ Posts	You might like this TVZ cover by John Prine... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlwCJtpTl8

2020-04-25, 01:27	#946
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2·3·1,693 Posts	Carried over from https://mersenneforum.org/showpost.p...&postcount=722 The following is a parody of an old standard song: The Lion Sleeps Tonight..... I went digging for background. Original recording Solomon Linda&The Evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE The Weavers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jeooKgTPxk The Tokens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c Totally unexpected and with amusing 'ambient' jungle sounds: BERNIUKŲ CHORAS DAGILĖLIS https://youtu.be/HOIzRdDo_3I The Boys' Choir "Dagilėlis" of Šiauliai is one of the most prominent groups in the choir genre category in Lithuania and all Baltic regions. Last fiddled with by kladner on 2020-04-25 at 02:13 Reason: getting things together

2019-11-08, 04:30	#936
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 10158₁₀ Posts	Bringing things over from where they were somewhat misplaced in Your Once and Future Supreme Commander: https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpo...postcount=1083 Blind Faith "Can't Find My Way Home" Steve Winwood solo acoustic "Can't Find My Way Home"

2019-11-22, 16:05	#939
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2·3·1,693 Posts	I found her in searches, but only paid tunes available, so far. I'll ask my Irish obsessed friend if he, or his Irish wife have anything by her. Thanks for the tip!

2020-03-31, 02:45	#940
MooMoo2 Aug 2010 2·7·47 Posts	I wasn't in a great mood since my vacation plans got cancelled. I had been looking forward to it for weeks, if not months. Since early February, almost every dream I remember having involved me going somewhere on vacation. And then the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" song played on the radio when I was on my way home. A few boring ads played after the song ended, so I turned off the radio and somewhat absentmindedly got my phone to put that song on continuous repeat. It talked about things like "my fire", "the one desire", and "a heartache". So I was thinking, what is my fire and desire right now? What do I want to go my way, and what's giving me a heartache? The answer to those questions was right in front of me in the form of a freeway sign saying "Avoid travel. Stay at home." In an impulsive decision, I thought, "screw it", got off the freeway, and got back on going in the opposite direction, away from home. I didn't have a destination in mind and started singing along to my phone in some sort of escape from reality. I started to change phrases in that song to reflect my mood. At first, those changes were minor, but as the miles ticked by, more and more verses got replaced. It was becoming an odd, funny, sometimes contradictory, sometimes coincidentally logical, mishmash of lyrics like "Wanna go / Ain't nothing but a mistake" and "No matter the distance / I want you to know / As long as it’s there, I’ll go!" Two hours into my drive, I felt that half of the song had been replaced, so I turned around and headed home. By the time I was near my house, I pretty much got the whole thing nailed down, and I pulled into my driveway low on gas but high on happiness. Before doing anything else, I quickly typed up what I sang in the car so that I'd remember it. Strangely enough, the rhythm, rhyme, theme, and syllables per verse in my car singalong lyrics went together surprisingly well. After making only a few minor edits, the song parody was pretty much good to go, and the result is this: “I Want That Vacay” – MooMoo2 Yeah… My work is dreary A drag that’s weekly Another long day I want a vacay My desk is in such a mess There’s just too much stress So I say That I need a vacay Tell me why I didn’t win the lotto Tell me why I can’t retire tomorrow Tell me why I have to work on Saturday I want that vacay Don’t ring my doorbell I’ve checked some hotels “Vacancy!" they all say So I’ll book that vacay Gonna drive Eight hundred miles in one day Gonna drive Down every scenic highway Gonna drive From Florida to Hudson Bay I want that vacay Now I can see that there’s fun all around If you just open up the map, yeah New York or Chicago LA or Toronto As long as it’s there, I’ll go! I’ll rent that black car I’ll drive somewhere far I'll fly I'll fly, I'll fly, I'll fly On a discount airline! Must keep checking my spam mail For deals that match my pay scale (It’s a giant cruise sale) I’ll grab them now with no delay (oh, yeah) I want that vacay Wanna go Sunbathing on the beach sand Wanna go Dogsledding up in Iceland Wanna go Kayaking all around Norway (paddling around Norway) I want my vacay Wanna go Stargazing in the Outback Already got my bags packed Wanna go Straight out of town for holiday (out of town for holiday) I want that vacay So I’ll be on vacay BTW, the original song lyrics are at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XtRYPbtfI Enjoy!