9/11: the musical...

[Mercutio]

To the tune of "reviewing the situation" from Oliver (Tune, and accompaniment, here) (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7565/reviewingthesituation.mid) (or you could just trust me that it scans perfectly), the conspiracy theorist's soliloquy..

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A man’s got a brain, hasn’t he?
One he can strain—hasn’t he?
And though I’d be the first one to say that I’m no Ph. D.,
I’m finding it hard to accept what The Man’s telling me….

I’m reviewing the situation:
Could the government be telling us the truth?
No explosives? No detonation?
Better try to turn meself into a sleuth!
And a sleuth would sift through all the facts
Decide which ones to call the facts
And thoroughly review the facts,
Distort and misconstrue the facts,
And suddenly see why the facts
Will force me to deny the facts…
I think I’d better think it out again!

A fact, you can fudge, anyway;
I’d just hold a grudge, anyway.
Left without a theory to explain how the towers fell
So how to make people attend to the stories I tell?

I’m reviewing the situation:
I must quickly make up everything I know:
Dummy aircraft—no conflagration—
Just the CIA producing quite a show!
And though it is against all odds
I’ll claim the airplanes carried pods
The people—sacrificial lambs—
Were really only holograms;
They vanished into thin, thin air—
In fact, they were not ever there!...
I think I’d better think it out again.

So where did they go? Somebody?
Did any come home? Nobody…
All their families and sweethearts are telling the worst sort of lies!
Pay attention to me, and ignore all the tears in their eyes…

I’m reviewing the situation,
From the basement room that I still rent from Mom:
I’ve an active imagination—
When I close my eyes, I still can see the bomb!
I wonder who will take the blame
If someone should believe my claim,
Denies that I’m delusional,
Says everything’s illusional?
What lives might now be thrown apart--
I’m bigger, now, than Bonaparte!...
I think I’d better think it out again.

What happens when I’m seventy?
Must come a time, seventy.
When you’re old, and it’s cold, and your actions have made you a name
The one consolation—you’ve innocent victims to blame…

I’m reviewing the situation:
I’m a [rule 8] and a [rule 8] I’ll remain.
You will notice, with frustration,
There’s no evidence I’ve ever used my brain!
I won’t let nobody think for me
Or click to Gravy’s link for me
The evidence is not for me;
The truth is far too hot for me--
Don’t want to have to use my brain
The truth I will not entertain…
This rotten theory stinks to hell
But I have grown to love the smell…
I think I’d better think it out again!

[Orphia Nay]

Fantastic!!!!!

:Banane57:

:bigclap

[realitybites]

WAY better than the LIHOP/MIHOP crap. :Banane48:

[Orphia Nay]

And now nominated.

[Abbyas]

:D

[throws roses]

[Mercutio]

:D

[throws roses]

Throws roses?

Are you Greek?

eta....Orphia...thank you so much, I am honored...

[chipmunk stew]

Hilarious, Merc! I'd love to see/hear someone actually perform this...

[Mercutio]

Hilarious, Merc! I'd love to see/hear someone actually perform this...

I now have an image of a street busker at Ground Zero...dressed as Dylan Avery caricatured...

The music is part of the standard musical catalogue--in NYC, there must be thousands of pianists who already know it by heart. If only the city had an abundance of actor/singers, trying to eke out a living waiting tables or some such while they wait to make it big on Broadway... Hey, GZ is off-off-Broadway, isn't it? Get this on video, get your face, name, voice, into the public view?

Anybody know any guerilla musicians in the NYC area?

[Mercutio]

...come to think of it, I am certain the music (sans voice) would already be available on CD, for productions that cannot afford an orchestra. All we need is one actor/singer...

[gumboot]

Absolute genius...

:D

-Andrew

[Gravy]

I'm off to buy an autoharp...

[Brainache]

So Mercutio can you write one to the tune of the LIHOP MIHOP song?
Or could that be HIPHOP music?

[Mancman]

Hilarious.

[Mercutio]

So Mercutio can you write one to the tune of the LIHOP MIHOP song?
Or could that be HIPHOP music?
Well, I could...but I might have to hit myself in the head with a brick a few times first to make it a challenge.

Are the complete (real) lyrics available anywhere? (from what I saw, meter and rhyme were used more as suggestions than rules, so it ought to be a piece of cake...)

[Abbyas]

Are the complete (real) lyrics available anywhere? (from what I saw, meter and rhyme were used more as suggestions than rules, so it ought to be a piece of cake...)

Dead on.

Here's the other verse that I can remember:

Did the towers fall down by there own gravity?
Or was it planned demolition, my oh me?
Was a new pearl harbor the aim of the attack?
And is that the reason that we are in Iraq?

[Orphia Nay]

Bumped.


And I hadn't said, you're welcome, Mercutio.

[realitybites]

Did the towers fall down by there own gravity?
Or was it planned demolition, my oh me?
Was a new pearl harbor the aim of the attack?
And is that the reason that we are in Iraq?
I just realized that that entire verse is questions.

Not only do the ask them. They *****' sing 'em!!

[jhunter1163]

I don't know that song, but I'm going to learn it. I'm a semi-professional singer so as soon as I work it up I'll record a vocal and e-mail it to any sharpie who can mix it in.

Sounds beautiful.

ETA: Not the LIHOP song. No. No. NEVER.

[chipmunk stew]

I don't know that song, but I'm going to learn it. I'm a semi-professional singer so as soon as I work it up I'll record a vocal and e-mail it to any sharpie who can mix it in.

Sounds beautiful.
Sweet! Can't wait! I'd love to see it as a backdrop for a video montage...*cou-markyx-gh*

ETA: Not the LIHOP song. No. No. NEVER.
It would make a great lead-in, though.

[slingblade]

Perfect. I stand in awe and a shallow pool of slight jealousy. If I'm not careful, I'll fall into my own footprint.;)

[Mercutio]

Sweet! Can't wait! I'd love to see it as a backdrop for a video montage...*cou-markyx-gh*

It writes itself, dunnit?

[jhunter1163]

Got it. It's not a tough song, I'll have this worked up in nothing flat. I've got a video montage in my head already. Should I do it in Fagin's voice, or would something else be better? Any suggestions? I have a pretty wide vocal range and know a lot of styles, try me... :)

[Mercutio]

Can you do it as Dylan Avery?

Funny, I have a video montage in my head too. Maybe I should sponsor a contest--you provide the soundtrack, we each have fun making a video!

[LashL]

Absolutely stellar, Mercutio. Excellent, excellent, excellent!

(insert applauding hands here)

[Dragon]

Got it. It's not a tough song, I'll have this worked up in nothing flat. I've got a video montage in my head already. Should I do it in Fagin's voice, or would something else be better? Any suggestions? I have a pretty wide vocal range and know a lot of styles, try me... :)Fagin or Dylan would be good but perhaps the irony of a conspiritorial Jew singing it would be lost on many people (ie the CT crowd). What about dressing like Fagin but using Dylan's voice??

Oh and top work there, merc!

[MarkyX]

How do I listen to .mid files? My GumbermentAmp ain't working.

[Orphia Nay]

Woohoo, jhunter! Can't wait to hear it!

Can anyone find me Gubmint Form 98768BII.23/11c so I can sign it before forwarding it to my OIC to approve MarkyX's pooter upgrade?

[Mercutio]

jhunter--if possible, consider recording it at a couple of different tempos, in case one or another is easier for folks to work with for videos.

(I noticed that my own version is considerably slower than the midi that I linked. Could just be my lack of ability, but might make a difference in how much LC footage we can shove into one parody.)

[Orphia Nay]

Possibly dumb questions: Shouldn't jhunter record it at the same tempo as the accompaniment track? Or is he doing his own accompaniment?

Re: The video. Can I suggest adding subtitles to get the full effect of the lyrics?

[jhunter1163]

Just FYI, the accompaniment I have runs 3:44. I could probably slow it down to 5:00 or so, maybe add a couple of video clips in there with that flute looping behind.. Also, it seems that Mercutio did an extra verse, so that will add some time too. So, I'd say this might run six minutes. We can jam a lot of parody into six minutes.

[Mercutio]

Hey! I did not add a verse! In fact, my parody steals from each verse in the original, in order to follow its structure. (google for the original lyrics, and you will see how much I stole!) I suspect that perhaps your accompaniment is truncated...

Hmph...

[jhunter1163]

Hmmmmm, he said... well, if that's the case, I apologize. The words do match the original quite closely. At any rate, I'm rehearsing it now and hope to have a demo to share in a day or so. I'm leaning towards Fagin's voice, but I'll do it both ways (Fagin and Avery) and let the mixers decide.

[Kochanski]

Oooh, cool, I do want to hear it. Better yet, it would be a cool thing to listen to a TAM forum party. With all the stuff done by JREF members on various things, I think we could almost have an evening's entertainment.

[jhunter1163]

I'm just about ready, think I've got the right whiny tone for Avery.. the Fagin was a piece of cake. Can someone host it? I'm so 20th century, don't have my own website... *sigh*

[TruthSeeker1234]

I found this, to the tune of Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten"


Blown to Kingdom Come

A 9/11 Truth Song by Ace Baker


I hear people knockin’ 9/11 truth
They call us tin foil hat wearin’ kooks
But what about the jet planes, flyin’ all around
While our mighty air defenses were standin’ down?
They say that we should blindly believe "our" government
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten
What we saw as one?
Oh those towers turned to dust
They were blown to kingdom come
Have you forgotten
Just how fast they fell?
Office fires can’t do that
No there ain’t no way in hell
And you try to blame it all upon bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They destroyed the molten metal from WTC
It’s too incriminating for us to see
It’ll blow the cover, it would solve the crime
The biggest inside job of all time
Some see a police state, comin’ into view
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's true

Chorus

They got their new Pearl Harbor
To justify their wars
The power and the money
That’s what they did it for


Have you forgotten
All the people killed?
As the empire marches on
Down to the oil fields
Have you forgotten
‘Bout “our” Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost
To the Neo-Cons.
Face the truth, forget about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?


parody lyrics by Alexander “Ace” Baker,
©2006 Write Hear Music, BMI



and the original lyrics



Have You Forgotten



I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Some went down like heros in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten

©2003 Darryl Worley/Winn Varble

[chipmunk stew]

I found this, to the tune of Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten"



and the original lyrics
Would you please record that for us, TS? I'd love to hear it. Thanks!

[Mercutio]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that "Have you forgotten" is a country song.

Fish in a barrel, that's what that is.

[uruk]

you should apply for the $1mill.

[Mercutio]

I'm just about ready, think I've got the right whiny tone for Avery.. the Fagin was a piece of cake. Can someone host it? I'm so 20th century, don't have my own website... *sigh*

I am also in the stone age, so I can't host it, but I can bump this thread so that the folk here who walk without dragging knuckles can come to your rescue.

[jhunter1163]

Thanks for your help Merc. BTW, did you have any particular naughty word in mind? I used one that's close to "brassard", but any two-syllable bad word would work.

ETA: Or, since this is a JREF production, do you think I should actually say "rule eight"?

Off to change the band-aids on my knuckles now...

[CurtC]

chipmunk asked in another thread if someone could host an audio recording of this piece of art. The loosechangeguide.com web site has lots and lots of available space, and no bandwidth restrictions.

PM me to get the file to me, and I'll upload it.

[jhunter1163]

Thanks, Curt. I'm at work now, but I'll get it to you as soon as I can ( a few hours).

[greyleonard]

Just FYI, the accompaniment I have runs 3:44. I could probably slow it down to 5:00 or so, maybe add a couple of video clips in there with that flute looping behind.. Also, it seems that Mercutio did an extra verse, so that will add some time too. So, I'd say this might run six minutes. We can jam a lot of parody into six minutes.

I'd love to get in on this if possible.
The midi file is at 150 bpm, but you can do the vocals at whatever tempo you please and I can make the instrumentation fit.
No problem to create a wav or mp3 with the vocals included.

(not sure how familiar you are with digital recording, hope I'm not speaking out of turn)

[Mercutio]

Thanks for your help Merc. BTW, did you have any particular naughty word in mind? I used one that's close to "brassard", but any two-syllable bad word would work.

ETA: Or, since this is a JREF production, do you think I should actually say "rule eight"?

Off to change the band-aids on my knuckles now...

I think your choice of words is just fine (it's what I generally use). My only question is the "Gravy's link" phrase. It is correct, but might be meaningless to the wider population. If you think it sounds ok, you might try "or click on any link for me", which is broad enough to be (mis)understood by one and all.

[Mercutio]

I'd love to get in on this if possible.
The midi file is at 150 bpm, but you can do the vocals at whatever tempo you please and I can make the instrumentation fit.
No problem to create a wav or mp3 with the vocals included.

(not sure how familiar you are with digital recording, hope I'm not speaking out of turn)

A question out of pure ignorance: If I (or someone with an actual voice) sang it in a varied tempo (a pause for thought here and there, or slowed or speeded for emphasis) is that just as easy for you?

[jhunter1163]

No, Grey, you're not out of turn at all.. in fact, I was hoping that someone with that type of expertise would chime in. My digital-recording skills are limited pretty much to creating audio files. So, if you can fit my vocal to the accompaniment (it should be in the same key to start with, and pretty much in time), so much the better. I'll PM you for contact info when I get home and send you the audio file.. you can toy with it at your leisure. Then we can send it to CurtC for upload and the world can bask in the genius that is Mercutio's song.

[greyleonard]

A question out of pure ignorance: If I (or someone with an actual voice) sang it in a varied tempo (a pause for thought here and there, or slowed or speeded for emphasis) is that just as easy for you?

Not just as easy at all, but still doable. Vocals can be timestretched or shrunk to large degrees with very little, if any, artifacts.

[greyleonard]

No, Grey, you're not out of turn at all.. in fact, I was hoping that someone with that type of expertise would chime in. My digital-recording skills are limited pretty much to creating audio files. So, if you can fit my vocal to the accompaniment (it should be in the same key to start with, and pretty much in time), so much the better. I'll PM you for contact info when I get home and send you the audio file.. you can toy with it at your leisure. Then we can send it to CurtC for upload and the world can bask in the genius that is Mercutio's song.

Cool, sounds good. I'm on dial-up, so a mono file is preferred. (you probably won't record with 2 mics, anyway, eh?;)) Also, try to resist the urge to add reverb and keep the file clean. I can add any necessary/desired effects.

[greyleonard]

jhunter1163, I think I may have misunderstood something...

Are you using the midi file as accompaniment, or an mp3 of the original tune?
I ask because I notice that the mp3 I downloaded yesterday runs for 3:44.

[jhunter1163]

Grey, I used the MP3 as accompaniment, if you want to call it that. I used an earphone so the only vocal you hear is mine. I re-recorded it with all four verses (a quick rewindclick accomplished that) and it now runs almost exactly five minutes (4:57 or 58, I forget which and it doesn't matter much anyway). I'm hoping you can match my vocal to the MIDI tempo, whatever that is. It shouldn't be too different. My connection was a bit balky last night so I didn't try sending it to you. I'll try again tonight. Thanks for all your help, in advance.

ETA: Just FYI, I went back after the second verse of the MP3 to the beginning of it, and just went on to the end from there. So the lyrics go 1, 2, 3, 4 and the MP3 accompaniment would be 1, 2, 2, 3. Hope that helps.

John

[greyleonard]

Ok, that'll be no sweat.

[Mercutio]

I admit it! I have no self-control! I want to hear it!

Any progress?

[qarnos]

I decided to have a crack at my own parody :D

This is to the tune of "Free Me" by Uriah Heep. I might have to record this one. It's very tempting...

Ammendments and suggestions welcome. :)



[chorus]

Free me!
Free me!
Why don't you free me?
Free me from my padded cell.
Come on and free me!
Why don't you free me?
Come on and free me!
Free me from my padded cell.

Why should I worry that they might not believe me?
This is the only job I've ever had.

It's so clear to me, it's a conspiracy.
So why are they all getting so mad?

As far as I can tell, the reason the towers fell,
was because of a big goverment crime.

But I'm gonna reveal all their top secret plans,
and the glory is gonna be all mine!

[pre-chorus]

So long government liars!
I'm gonna make you all go on trial.
I'll do it sooner or later,
even without any proof.

[chorus]

The Pentagon was a lie, the aircraft just passed it by
And it was blown up with a planted bomb.

There can be no doubt because I worked it all out.
There is no way I could ever be wrong.

[pre-chorus]

[chorus repeated to fade]

[Mercutio]

:clap: :clap: :clap:

Yay, garnos!

We need more parodies!

(If you have a suggestion for one, post it as well...)

[Dog Town]

Is it just me, or does Queens Bo Rapso, scream out to be a CT parody? I'll think it over.

First thought;
I see a little CT twit...Ct twit, does it swoosh,... does it swoosh,... like it harassed the C-I -T-G-O?

Light poles and fake cabbies, very very likely, ....
Bah! later...

[Mercutio]

Curse you, Dog Town! I am on my way to take a really good look at the lyrics...

the real problem is the massive amount of production on that song--no parody has the firepower!

[Dog Town]

the real problem is the massive amount of production on that song--no parody has the firepower!

O' I feel ya' matee!

[qarnos]

Curse you, Dog Town! I am on my way to take a really good look at the lyrics...

the real problem is the massive amount of production on that song--no parody has the firepower!

Is there anyone here who can sing like Freddie?

I love the idea, though! It's begging to be parodied. :D

Heck, we don't even need to change the first lines:

Is this the real life or is it just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.

[brodski]

Given the overlap between 9/11 troofers and neo-Nazis, I thought a parody to the tune of "tomorrow belongs to me" may be appropriate.

Suggestions, comments and criticisms (constructive or otherwise) are not only welcome but invited.

If it's crap I apologize, I've never written anything before, it's almost 4.am and I can't sleep, anyway enough whininging...



My theory belongs to me

My movie on You-tube is simplistic and wrong.
My hypothesis very flimsy
I’ll Spam the link o’er every web for-um
My theory belongs to me.

The hijacked airliners are easily seen
Holograms, I’ll claim them to be
Somehow thermite is planted unseen
My theory belongs to me.

Herr Bermas! Sing with me!

To logic and reason I am closing my eyes
Debunking I just will not see
as soon as you argue,
you’re banned, you’re banned,
My theory belongs to me"

Oh Avery, Avery,
Show us a sign,
You have a coherent theo-ry
The morning will come,
When the TRUTH is mine.
My theory belongs to me

[Dog Town]

To the WHO's version of "We're Not Gonna Take It"!

Welcome to the tripe
I guess you all know why I'm here
My name is TS 1234,...and my aim is clear
If you wan't to follow me...
You have to accept free fall.

Here comes Uncle Fetzer...
To guide you to his very own CT...

We're not gonna ....

[Brainache]

To the tune of Yesterday by The Beatles:

Yesterday, all my theories seemed like so much play
now I find my feet are made of clay
Oh I believe in yesterday...

Suddenly, it's not half the plan it used to be
There is Gravy throwing facts at me
Yesterday came suddenly...

Why Bush has to go
I don't know
He just can't stay.
I said there was a bomb
Now I long
For yesterday.

Yesterday, hate was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Yesterday.


Apologies if I mixed up the verses, but you get the idea.

[qarnos]

To the tune of Yesterday by The Beatles:

I love it!

At the rate we are going we would be able to fill a CD before too long. Perhaps it could be the soundtrack for LC: Final. :D

[sleahead]

Another encounter with an unshakeable troofer reminded me of the chorus of this Beatles song. I've sprinkled in some troof references and the job is done.

Across The Universe


Squibs are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of metal waves of dust
are drifting thorough my addled mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru inside job
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of fusion light which
dance before me like a million suns
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
post inside a LC thread
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe

Jai guru Alex Jones
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of C4 shades of pod
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying troof which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru Steven Jones
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru Steven
Jai guru Steven

[jhunter1163]

Hello there all..

Sorry I haven't been in touch more.. I've dabbled with the song a bit (improving my Fagin) and had a bit of a health scare the other day, but I'm well now and looking forward to getting this done.

[Mercutio]

Hey, this is much more important than your health!!!





(not. I hope you are feeling much better, and everything's ok...)

[jhunter1163]

I'm fine, thanks for your wish. I have to get this done soon because my wife says that if she has to hear that song one more time she's going to wrestle me to the floor and kick me in a sensitive place. Maybe I'll switch to "Yesterday".

[Mr. Skinny]

Well, I see I posted my song in the wrong thread. I originally put this in the TS1234 peanut gallery thread, but I'll repeat it hear. It's my first try at this, so suggest changes if you wish:

Amerika (credit to Paul S. and Art G.)

Let us be Loosers we'll marry our theories together
I've got some wild ideas here in my bag
So we bought a pack of Killtown’s bull and Mr. Jones' lies
And walked off to look for Amerika

Dylan, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
NIST report seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to dream up alternatives
I’ve gone to look for Amerika

Laughing on the bus
Making fun of the victims
He said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said be careful, his bowtie is really a camera

Toss me a doobie, man, I think there’s one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, he read his comic book
And we soon came up with conspiracy!

Dylan, I’m lost, I said though I knew he was sleeping
I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why
Counting the crap for the new Loose Change website

We’ve all gone to look for Amerika
All gone to look for Amerika
All gone to look for Amerika.




And sleahead I dig your lyrics. :)

[greyleonard]

Maybe I'll switch to "Yesterday".

Save that for tomorrow, and finish this one today. :)
If you have a verse or two finished, you could forward those and I could start playing with the set up. I'm excited to get started.

[jhunter1163]

Posted elsewhere, but it fits here better....

Here's my contribution in the CT-lyrics vein.

(tune of Elton John's "Empty Garden"

What happened here?
As the New York sunset disappears
I see an empty skyline
Where the twin towers were

Who did this?
They say it was Bin Laden, yeah, but I think not
Never mind their tears, think up a good plot
I'll blame the CIA
It's funny how those buildings... collapsed.. so damn straight

And what's it for
I'll make a DVD and get on Channel 4
I sell this crap out on the sidewalk
No one looks no more

Who did this?
They say it was Bin Laden, yeah, but I think not
Never mind their tears, think up a good plot
And they'll be so amazed
I'll dazzle them with science
And quotes from witnesses
That I'll just rephrase

(chorus)

And I've been asking
But no one answers
And I've been asking
Was there a plane?
And I've been calling
Oh, hey, hey Dylan
Can you come out to play?

And through their tears
The Jersey Girls say that they've been gagged for years
But Gravy says that that's all nonsense
If only he was here

Who did this?
They say it was Bin Laden but I think not
Never mind their tears, think up a good plot
And now I'm on my way
And with every stop I call
And plug... and plug Loose Change

(chorus)

And I've been asking
But no one answers
And I've been asking
Was there a plane?
And I've been calling
Oh, hey, hey Dylan
Can't you come out to play?

And I've been asking
But no one answers
And I've been asking
Was there a plane?
And I've been calling
Oh, hey, hey Dylan
Can't you come out?
Can't you come out to play?
Dylan?
Can't you come out to play from your little trailer?
Dylan?
Can't you come out to play from your little trailer?

(repeat and fade)

[Mr. Skinny]

I wondered why you hadn't reposted that in this thread, jhunter.

Sadly, I can't call that Elton John song up in my memory banks, so I can't comment.

[qarnos]

A quick suggestion if someone wants to run with it: "Pull it" to the tune of Michael Jacksons "Beat it".

[jhunter1163]

OK.. the vocal for Merc's song is in Greyleonard's capable hands.. looking forward to hearing the results. Oh, wait.. I sang it, didn't I? Well, looking forward to the finished product anyway. :D

[chipmunk stew]

OK.. the vocal for Merc's song is in Greyleonard's capable hands.. looking forward to hearing the results. Oh, wait.. I sang it, didn't I? Well, looking forward to the finished product anyway. :D
:woot:

[Bell]

A quick suggestion if someone wants to run with it: "Pull it" to the tune of Michael Jacksons "Beat it".

I'll give it a try... hang on some...

[Bell]

On the tune of Beat It by Michael Jackson

They told them to put up the smokescreen around here
Don't wanna see the front, so make it disappear
There's no fire going on and the damage is not clear
So pull it, just pull it

You better claim, get all the money you can
Don't wanna be exposed, pulling of this scam
You wanna get rich, get all the money you can
So pull it, just pull it

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right
Just pull it, pull it
Just pull it, pull it
Just pull it, pull it
Just pull it, pull it

They're out to expose you, better pull while you can
Don't wanna be a thief, wanna pull of this scam
You wanna live this lie, better do what you can
So pull it, just pull it

You have to show them that you really don't care
Admitting on tv, that you gave the order there
They'll phrase you, then they hate you
Then they'll expose your lie
So pull it, so you gonna get rich

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right
Just pull it, pull it
Pull it, pull it, pull it

Pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right
Just pull it, pull it
Pull it, pull it, pull it

Pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Showin' how clever and smart is your lie
It doesn't matter if it doesn't seem right

Just pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it
No one wants to be exposed
Just pull it, pull it
Pull it, pull it, pull it

Whooo!

[R.Mackey]

Looks like you guys are having fun.

Here's my own meager contribution, set to "The Rainbow Connection," with profound respect and apologies in advance to the late, great Jim Henson. Hands down one of the finest entertainers of the 20th century, he left us too soon.

Why are there so many
Paranoid theories
About why the towers fell
Nuclear fission
Holographic illusion
And each with a movie to sell

They've spammed us all and some choose to believe it
They say only they know the score
Someday they'll manage a Loose Change correction
With fewer mistakes than before

Who said that Seven
Came down in an instant
When Silverstein told them to "pull"
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
But really, it's nothing but "bull"

What's so amazing, giant fires were blazing
Why do they think it would stand
They'll never give us a sane explanation
Of why they claim blood's on our hands

All of them blogging away: "Bin Laden is only a puppet..."

I've seen them in the streets
Next to Ground Zero
I've heard them calling us names
Handing out pamphlets
That scorn New York's heroes
I guess they don't have any shame

But they keep shouting "We're just asking questions"
While blaming the Feds and the Jews
Why won't we give them their investigation
Before all their egos get bruised

Blah blah blah FEMA Camps blah, blah blah blah blah NWO!!!!!

[jhunter1163]

I'm thinking Tom Petty's "Free Falling" would make a good parody song, but drawing a blank..

[Mercutio]

I'm thinking Tom Petty's "Free Falling" would make a good parody song, but drawing a blank..

That's what we're here for...

um...I can't stand Tom Petty, so it won't be me, but damn, the parodies in this thread are first-rate, so maybe somebody else with terrible taste in music will oblige you...

:D

[Redtail]

(Oh I had to give this a shot, and since I was in Chicago last year...)

We don't have any facts, no not one.
Sung to the tune of We Both Reached for the Gun: Chicago


[Narrarator]
Mark and the lovely Abby in the CT Rag. Mark and Abby you're gonna have to sing for this one... Sorry. :D










[Mark]
What’s your name sir?


[Dylan]
Dylan Avery

[Mark]
And Loose Change sir?


[Dylan]
It’s the troof see

[Mark]
And your facts sir?

[Dylan]
We don’t need ‘em

[Jones]
Those Science guys are Gub-ment led

[Dylan]
Plus math-a matics hurts my head

[Mark]
So your movie.

[Dylan]
Pretty cool huh!?

[Mark]
Flunked out of film school?

[Dylan]
I just … wait huh!?!

[Mark]
How’d you fund it?


[Dylan]
I met Jones see?
And after a psyco rant
I just add-ed a CT slant

[Abby (spoken)]
Ok apparently you have lost your mind, Controlled demolition, no plane hit the pentagon. Just tell us Dylan…

[ABBY]
Who’s this Jones guy?

[DYLAN]
He’s a genius

[ABBY]
Why’d you say that?

[DYLAN]
He believes us.

[ABBY]
Is he Psyco?

[DYLAN]
What? Oh hell no
He believed our film on sight

[JASON]
The spooky music proves us right!

[MARK]
So describe it

[DYLAN]
Pshh SPOOKY MUSIC!

[MARK]
But what else sir?

[DYLAN]
Innuendo

[MARK]
But the facts say…

[JASON].
WE DON”T NEED FACTS!!

[JONES]
We’ll just rant. NUH-UH WE’VE WON!!

[JONES DYLAN AND THE REST]
Since they have Facts and we have none
Oh no, oh no, oh no we don’t
Oh no we don’t
Oh no we don’t have one
No facts no facts no facts no facts
Oh no we don’t have any facts no
Not one.

[MARK AND ABBY]
Oh no, oh no, oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t have one
No facts no facts no facts no facts
Oh no they don’t have any facts no
Not one.


[DYLAN]
Interchangeable, interchangeable
Yes the context is interchangeable
It’s conceivable, so conceivable
If you’d just ignore sci-ence
Our conclusion’s believe-a-ble

[ABBY]
Well the firemen…

[JASON]
They were paid off!

[ABBY]
What did you say?

[JASON (spoken)]
Weren’t you listening?

[ABBY]
That’s your statement?

[JASON]
That’s what I OW!
{JASON gets smacked in the head by JONES}
[JONES]
I said they weren’t you stupid frack!
My friend here’d like to take that back.

[BYSTANDERS]
And?

[JONES]
Stay away from...

[BYSTANDERS]
Who?

[JONES]
Mark and Abby


[BYSTANDERS]
Why?

[JONES]
They can back up

[BYSTANDERS]
What?

[JONES]
What they say

[BYSTANDERS]
And what?

[DYLAN]
It’s not fair that

[BYSTANDERS]
Yeah

[DYLAN]
They have facts and…

[BYSTANDERS]
What?

[JONES]
They have facts and we have none!

[ABBY]
Comprehensible, comprehensible


[ABBY & MARK]
Your conclusion is indefensible
Understandable understandable
With our facts Loose Change forums just
find us so ban-a-ble




[BYSTANDERS]
Oh no, oh no, oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t have one

[MARK (spoken)]
Let me hear it!

[BYSTANDERS]
No facts no facts no facts no facts
Oh no they don’t have any facts no
Not one.


[MARK (spoken)]
A little louder!

[BYSTANDERS]
Oh no, oh no, oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t have one


[MARK (spoken)]
Now you got it!

[BYSTANDERS]
no facts no facts no facts no facts
Oh no they don’t have any facts no
Not one.
.

[MARK, ABBY & BYSTANDERS]
Oh no, oh no, oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t have one
No facts no facts no facts no facts
Oh no they don’t have any facts no
Not one.



Oh no, oh no, oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t
Oh no they don’t have one
No facts no facts no facts no facts
No facts, no facts , no facts, no facts
No facts, no facts , no facts, no facts
No facts, no facts , no facts, no facts


[MARK]
No they don’t have…. One.

[MARK]
No facts, no facts , no facts, no facts
No facts, no facts , no facts, no facts
No facts, no facts , no facts, no facts
No facts, no facts , No they do-n’t have one.

[chipmunk stew]

:dl:
Having recently seen Chicago, this is especially vivid. I love it!

[Orphia Nay]

OK.. the vocal for Merc's song is in Greyleonard's capable hands.. looking forward to hearing the results. Oh, wait.. I sang it, didn't I? Well, looking forward to the finished product anyway. :D

Yay!!! Can't wait to hear it!!! :)

Bell, good work, but I fear the CTists will adopt it as their own.

Redtail, that was hilarious. I wish I knew the original song. :(

RMackey - that was great! Another one for the JREF/ninja CT Parody album! Look out, Weird Al.

[Gravy]

(Oh I had to give this a shot, and since I was in Chicago last year...)
Damn, that's funny.

[Abbyas]

What a scream!:p

[greyleonard]

You can expect something by tomorrow's end.
Get your hopes up, jhunter1163 sounds pretty damn good.

[jhunter1163]

Amazing what they can do with production these days. I really sound like Don Knotts.

[LashL]

Wow - what a terrific bunch of parodies! :D

The talent pool here is astounding.

Greyleonard, I can hardly wait to hear the finished product. Be sure to post it prominently when you have a link up.

[jhunter1163]

Not 9/11 related, but still a CT.. coming soon, my parody of "Man on the Moon" by REM

If you believe, they put a man on the moon
You're just a fool...
It's plain to see, you know the flag shouldn't move
Don't be a stooge....

[LashL]

Bumping for visibility because I'm dying to hear the finished product....

[LashL]

Not 9/11 related, but still a CT.. coming soon, my parody of "Man on the Moon" by REM

If you believe, they put a man on the moon
You're just a fool...
It's plain to see, you know the flag shouldn't move
Don't be a stooge....

Sounds great so far, jhunter.

[qarnos]

To the tune of "Down Under" by Men at Work.

With apologies to Gravy - it just rhymed, OK? :D

New World Order

Hangin' round the Loose Change forums,
to escape my life of boredom.
I got a strange message; it made me nervous.
Seems I was asking too many questions.
And it said,

I come from the New World Order.
We planned the civillian slaughter.
Better heed, better heed this warnin',
or we'll come back to get you in the mornin'.

Arguing with a man in New York.
He was six foot four, looked like a big dork.
I said, "man, I think you're Gravy!"
He just smiled and then he said, "maybe."
Then he said,

I come from the New World Order.
We gave NORAD the stand-down order.
Better heed, better heed this warnin',
or we'll come back to get you in the mornin'.

Woke up from a trance the next night.
To a man in a suit and a very bright light.
I said to the man are you going to kill me?
Because I know of the conspiracy?
And he said,

I come from the New World Order.
We gave you your mental disorder.
Better heed, better heed this warnin',
or we'll come back to get you in the mornin'.

Livin' in the New World Order.
We poison the drinking water.
Better heed, better heed this warnin',
or we'll come back to get you in the mornin'.

ETA:

Does anyone think the "We planned the civillian slaughter" line is too insensitive? I might try and come up with something else for that... I don't like it.

Also, if anyone can sing like Colin Hay (I can't), PM me and we'll see if we can record this.

[jhunter1163]

<snip>
Also, if anyone can sing like Colin Hay (I can't), PM me and we'll see if we can record this.

I'll try it, but I think Grey will be taxed to the max making me sound like Colin Hay..

[greyleonard]

Ok folks, jhunter1163 and I have decided to quit farting around. Rather than struggle synching music based on a midi file with vocals that were sung along with the mp3, I'm gonna send him my version of the music to sing along to.
In the meantime, here's a tiny unproduced part of the unfinished piece we're abandoning:
http://www.zinzang.com/music/ReviewingtheSituation-a.mp3 (198 KB)

The gradual tempo changes are a challenge. Please forgive me, LashL. ;)

[Mercutio]

What was that, 10 seconds? And I'm laughing my ass off!....

[uruk]

Hey, That wasn't bad at all.

I can't wait for the full version!

[jhunter1163]

I hadn't heard the produced version till just now. That was beautiful work, Grey. This is going to be classic.

[LashL]

Ok folks, jhunter1163 and I have decided to quit farting around. Rather than struggle synching music based on a midi file with vocals that were sung along with the mp3, I'm gonna send him my version of the music to sing along to.
In the meantime, here's a tiny unproduced part of the unfinished piece we're abandoning:
http://www.zinzang.com/music/ReviewingtheSituation-a.mp3 (198 KB)

The gradual tempo changes are a challenge. Please forgive me, LashL. ;)

TERRIFIC job, you two!

We want more.
We want more.
We want more.

I can hardly wait for the full version. That teaser has me grinning from ear to ear already!

P.S. No forgiveness necessary, my friend ;)

EDIT TO ADD: Make that terrific job, you three (Mercutio for the lyrics, jhunter for the vocals and greyleonard for the mixing and technicals.

[Orphia Nay]

:wackylaugh:

Yay! I thought I couldn't wait before, but now...

Woohoo! Well done, guys!

[c4ts]

New York, New York
A hell of a town,
The drones are up and the Pentagon's down.
The towers fall into a hole in the ground.
New York, New York
It's a hell of a town.

The places to hide the thermite are so many,
Or so the firemen say,
I swore to Satan I wouldn't leave not any,
Planted it all in just one day.
I blew up the whole town from Yonkers on
Down to the bay - in just one day.

New York, New York
Where I hid the gold bars
The victims didn't die and they're living on Mars
They helped me cancel your hydrogen cars.
New York, New York
Where I hid the gold bars

[LashL]

Bumpedy bumpedy kick ...

[Orphia Nay]

Hehehe, c4ts. :)

Do the bump.

[TruthSeeker1234]

911 Was An Inside Job

Looking at the radar
A young officer gets scared
So he speaks up to his ultimiate commander

Sir, the plane is 50 miles out
The plane is 30 miles out
The plane is 10 miles out
Sir do the orders still stand?
Mr. Chain, Chain Cheney
Do the orders still stand?

(and dick said)

Hell Yes!
Have you heard anything to the contrary?
I'm one dick
With a joystick on your military
I will guide every plane where it needs to go
I guess you didn't get the memo

(9-1-1 was an inside job)
(9-1-1 was an inside job)

The south tower came down
The north tower came down
Then number 7 came down
What?
Isn't that strange? (Isn't that strange?)
Cause there was no plane (Cause there was no plane)
So its hard to explain (it's hard to explain)
Mr. Chain, chain Cheney (Mr. Chain, chain, Cheney)
Mr. Chain, chain Cheney (Mr. Chain, chain, Cheney)
Mr. Chain, chain Cheney (Mr. Chain, chain, Cheney)
Do the orders still stand?

(and dick said)


Hell Yes!
Have you heard anything to the contrary?
I got a big dick
And a joystick on your military
I will guide every plane where it needs to,
Where it needs to go, oh oh oh oh
Those twin towers were true free-falling
Did you here about Rudy Giuliani
Someone warned him that they were gonna blow
But I'll bet you didn't get the memo!

(9-1-1 was an inside job)
(9-1-1 was an inside job)
Guess you didn't get the memo
(9-1-1 was an inside job)
(9-1-1 was an inside job)
Guess you didn't get the memo
etc.

[Bell]

Wow, TS1234, that looks like you actually had to think about that. I could be wrong, offcourse.

[Orphia Nay]

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
(A 9/11 Denier's Lament)

I have searched
All of Youtube
I have trawled
Over Google
Only to be confused
Only to be confused

I have quoted
Steven Jones
I have worshipped
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
Only to be confused

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

I can't find
Evidence
Though I've read
All of Rense
I just look dense
I do not make sense

I've denied
Bodies were found
Think thermite
Makes booming sounds
I want to believe it
Don't want to be wrong

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

Don't believe
In Iraqui War
But wish there'd be
So much more
To blame Bush for
Oh yes, I'll still blame him

You've proved me wrong, and you
Slammed Loose Change
All my heroes
Are deranged
So deranged
You know I believe (in) it

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

[LashL]

Nice work, orphia nay :D

[brodski]

To the "tune" of with God on our side by Bob Dylan, I present

"With TRUTH on our side".

I’m expert in nothin'
and common sense-less
The theory I support
Is the Dumbest
It’s taught as pure Gospel
The government lied
And the movement I’m part of
has TRUTH on it’s side

Oh Alex Jones tells it
He tells it so well
They planted the charges
The towers they fell
They planted the charges
The Firemen who died
’cos you can blame victims
With TRUTH on your side


Oh the LIHOP V MIHOP
War had its day
And the plane huggers too
Were soon sent away
And the facts and the figures
I's made to fiction’lize
with slogans on t-shirts
And TRUTH on our side.

Oh the new World order
It planted therm-ate
But just how they did it
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't mind no facts
When TRUTH’s on your side.

When the Second “Loose Change” film,
Came to an end
We forgave the errors
And then we were friends
Though they mocked all the victims
And on the video they lied
The Louder Than Words crew
Have TRUTH on their side.

I've learned to mock skeptics
All through my whole life
If another debate comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With TRUTH on our side.

We got accusations
Of Silverstine’s lies
And insinuations,
of Israeli ties
we say they’re behind it
Jews the world wide
But we’re Just asking questions
With TRUTH on our side.

In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
The arguments of skeptics
are hard to dismiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Gravy and Abby
Have truth on their side.

So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The facts fill my head
And make me feel dense
If TRUTH’s on our side
We’d have evidence.

I think I like adapting early Dylan songs, because in the words of Tom Lehrer The tune doesn't have to be clever
And it don't matter if you put a couple extra syllables into a line
It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English
And it don't even gotta rhyme - excuse me - rhyne

[LashL]

Very nicely done, brodski :)

[Dog Town]

Way to go Brod! Hell... I hear it , now. I could even sing it. F-n-A!
I think you could do that with "Forever Young" also.

[TruthSeeker1234]

Love Tom Lehrer

Haven't heard folk song army since I was a kid. Be Prepared! Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. I hold your hand in mine. Classic stuff.

I think the Folk Song Army could indeed be in the 9/11 musical.

It'll be great. The CT's get songs, the OCT's get songs, Cheney gets some songs.

I need to write one for Bush called "My Pet Goat".

[greyleonard]

To the "tune" of with God on our side by Bob Dylan...

Ok, that one's next. Those would also work with Dylan's Masters of War or Lennon's Working Class Hero.

[LashL]

I need to write one for Bush called "My Pet Goat".

How fitting.

[LashL]

Ok, that one's next. Those would also work with Dylan's Masters of War or Lennon's Working Class Hero.

Psst, greyleonard....

throw us a bone here... any timeline for the finished product?

If not, how about another 10 second blurb in the interim?

hee hee

[greyleonard]

Psst, greyleonard....

throw us a bone here... any timeline for the finished product?


Last night I sent a rough version of the music to jhunter1163 to lay down the vocals to. When I receive the vocals, it'll probably take a day or so to finish it up. It's going to be based on a more complicated and accurate midi file than the one Mercutio posted initially(not just piano). Within the week maybe? A couple days later, I'll post the whitelabel dance remix. ;)

[LashL]

Last night I sent a rough version of the music to jhunter1163 to lay down the vocals to. When I receive the vocals, it'll probably take a day or so to finish it up. It's going to be based on a more complicated and accurate midi file than the one Mercutio posted initially(not just piano). Within the week maybe? A couple days later, I'll post the whitelabel dance remix. ;)

Wonderful! Thanks for the update. I can hardly wait!

;)

[Hellbound]

A start, to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie":
A long, long time ago
I really can’t remember but I know that the guv’ment lied.
And I knew if I had a chance
I could wear my big boy pants
And maybe be the hero for a while.
That September made me gibber
I got together with other fibbers
Bad news on our doorstep
So we took it just one more step.
I can’t remember high school math
But I know the airplanes didn’t crash
Some would call me touched inside
But I know…the guv’ment…lied….

So bye, bye New World Order lies,
Did my viewing on my YouTube and saw with my own eyes
Your evil boys can’t shut me up if they try
‘Cause I know that the guv’ment lied
‘Cause I know that the guv’ment lied

Did you write the NIST report
Do you have faith in guv’ment sorts
If the lackeys tell you so

Do you believe in Alex Jones
Can you feel truth inside your bones
Can you teach me how to film my own show

I know that you’re in bed with them
Cause you don’t believe in Dylan’s film
You debunked all my views
Man I loved spreading my news, oh

I was a lonely teenage, pimpled schmuck
But I got my name out from this muck
But now it seems I’m outta luck
Although, the guv’ment lied

So I’m singing

Bye, bye New World Order lies,
Did my viewing on my YouTube and saw with my own eyes
Your evil boys can’t shut me up if they try
‘Cause I know that the guv’ment lied
‘Cause I know that the guv’ment lied

[jhunter1163]

Take 2 of the vocals will be going to Grey today.

[Bell]

Love Tom Lehrer

Haven't heard folk song army since I was a kid. Be Prepared! Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. I hold your hand in mine. Classic stuff.

I think the Folk Song Army could indeed be in the 9/11 musical.

It'll be great. The CT's get songs, the OCT's get songs, Cheney gets some songs.

I need to write one for Bush called "My Pet Goat".

And one for 'TruthSeeker'1234 called "My petty brain"

[qarnos]

A start, to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie":

Nice one, Huntsman!

What's a collection of parodies without an "American Pie"?

[Dog Town]

A start, to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie":

My new fave. As a kid that was the first song I knew all the words to.

[G-K-4]

I know you are writing new material, but let us not forget Cartman's song in "The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce". It's only 41 seconds long, but it is pretty funny.

[LashL]

A start, to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie":

Excellent job, Huntsman! Now all you have to do is get it to 8.5 minutes in length... :D

[LashL]

Take 2 of the vocals will be going to Grey today.

That's great news, jhunter. I can hardly wait to hear the finished product.

[qarnos]

Excellent job, Huntsman! Now all you have to do is get it to 8.5 minutes in length... :D

My contribution to that 8.5 minutes:

And the three men I admired most,
Dylan, Jason and Korey Rowe.
They caught the last train for the coast,
The day the cash ran dry.

[LashL]

Okay, here's my attempt at a song. To the tune of Billy Joel's "Pianoman"

It's one o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd comes to shout
There's a tall man standing next to me
Giving facts to the troofers about

He says, "Why can’t you tell us the truth for once?
I'm not really sure you know how
But it's sad and it’s short, and of such great import
That I want you to listen, right now”

Tell us the truth, you’re the “truthseekers”
Tell us the truth today
Well, we’re all in the mood for some evidence
Why don’t you have something to say?

Now Mark, the tall guy, is an honest man
And he spends his time here for free
And he's quick on his feet, with the people he meets
But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, "Friends, I believe it is critical
To see lies of deniers debunked
I wish I could spend my time otherwise
But they just keep spewing this junk”

Now Dylan’s a failed film school applicant
Who never had much of a life
And he's talking with Korey, concocting a story
Designed to caused maximum strife
To the families and friends of the dead and gone
With their negligent “research” and lies
Yes, they’re sharing a cesspool of ignorance
Just to be “one of the guys”

Tell us the truth, you’re the “truthseekers”
Tell us the truth today
Well, we’re all in the mood for some evidence
Why don’t you have something to say?

Now Jason’s an all around sycophant
Who never had much of a clue
And he's following Jones, spouting Skull and Bones
New World Order, and oh yes, the JOOOOOOS

And there’s Alex, the practicing paranoid
Who sees Zionists under his bed
And he’s clutching a bullhorn and shouting his own porn
Whatever pops into his head

Tell us the truth, you’re the “truthseekers”
Tell us the truth today
Well, we’re all in the mood for some evidence
Why don’t you have something to say?

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the deniers rant, rave and shout
They come to Ground Zero, to disparage the heroes,
They forget what this place is about

The deniers, they think it’s a carnival
They think evidence is not required
To accuse heroes of crimes, as long as it rhymes
And to mock all the people who died

Tell us the truth, you’re the “truthseekers”
Tell us the truth today
Well, we’re all in the mood for some evidence
Why don’t you have something to say?

The public who might have been swayed before
Had the troofers’ lies not been exposed
Now get the true picture, without ranting lecture
From Mark, Abby, Ray, Kate and those
Who give up their free time so selflessly
To counter the ranting deniers
They tell the real truth, and show folks the proof
That the “truth” movement is full of liars.

(Reprise)
...
Now it’s four o’clock on a Saturday
Another week’s work has been done
I’m happy to say, at the end of the day
Another week’s war has been won

[Orphia Nay]

Yep, that works well, garnos. :D

Great stuff, Huntsman, and LashL. :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Class]

Okay, here's my attempt at a song. To the tune of Billy Joel's "Pianoman"

:dl:

You guys have made some great songs, but I have to give it up for LashL. That was excellent!

[qarnos]

:dl:

You guys have made some great songs, but I have to give it up for LashL. That was excellent!


I second that! Awesome work, LashL!

[LashL]

Hey! Thanks, Class and garnos. :)

I think we should all take on a verse of American Pie to get Huntsman's wonderful beginning up to the requisite 8.5 minutes... (love your addition, garnos!)

[LashL]

My contribution to the American Pie saga and its requisit 8.5 minutes:
(I tried to keep it in sequence with Huntman's original and just pick up the next verse)


Now for two years, we’ve been on our own
And we’ve been thoroughly trashed by Rolling Stone
But that’s not how we thought it would be.
In the old days, as we’ve heard it said
Anyone with zero cred
Could make up lies and still be believed
....


But....

(someone else, please continue)

[Hellbound]

But, while our team was looking around
The JREF brought our forum down
The topics were adjourned
No shill replies were earned!

And while Fetzer talks about plane parts
Loose Change FC filming starts
and we were chanting in New York
Cause we know, the guv'ment lied

We were chanting...

<chorus repeat>

[qarnos]

To the tune of "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.

Your lies get bigger.
Bigger each day,
and you disgust me.
The lengths that you will go to
to hold on to your lies.
Oh no, you've said too much.
You got it wrong.

[chorus]
Now you're stuck in corner.
You know that you're not right,
but it's like a religion.
No point in arguing with you,
but I know that I will do it.
It's like I'm talking Dutch.
I've had enough.
I find your ideas lacking,
They fail to prove a thing,
and you just told another lie.

Every whisper
of every waking hour,
you keep just asking questions.
Trying to prove you know the truth.
But you do it like a blinded fool.
Oh no, you've said too much.
You got it wrong.

Consider this.
Consider this,
the plot of the century
Consider this.
The slip - if you were right,
You'd be in jail.
What happens when your fantasies
come all falling down?
Now you've said too much.

But that's not reality.
That's not reality.

[repeat chorus]

But that's not reality.
Lies. Why? Why Lie?
That's not reality.
Reality, reality.

[LashL]

:bigclap

Well done, garnos.

[LashL]

But, while our team was looking around
The JREF brought our forum down
The topics were adjourned
No shill replies were earned!

And while Fetzer talks about plane parts
Loose Change FC filming starts
and we were chanting in New York
Cause we know, the guv'ment lied

We were chanting...

<chorus repeat>

Excellent, Huntsman!

Next verse, someone? It's the one that starts with "Helter Skelter in a summer swelter" in the original version....

nudge nudge

(we'll get this to 8.5 minutes in no time :) )

[Orphia Nay]

Love it, garnos! :D

[qarnos]

Thanks, LashL and orhpia nay!

Excellent, Huntsman!

Next verse, someone? It's the one that starts with "Helter Skelter in a summer swelter" in the original version....

nudge nudge

(we'll get this to 8.5 minutes in no time :) )

I've been trying to work on this but "Helter Skelter" is quite a pain to rhyme with anything!

I'll put my thinking cap on and see what I can do.

[LashL]

Thanks, LashL and orhpia nay!



I've been trying to work on this but "Helter Skelter" is quite a pain to rhyme with anything!

I'll put my thinking cap on and see what I can do.

Agreed, it's a tough one... but Fetzer leaps to mind for some reason....and the "eight mile" and "fall out" references seem to be shoe ins for flight 93 at Shanksville, somehow.

[qarnos]

Ohhh, yes! Fetzer!!! :D

It's like it was meant to be...

I thought "landed foul on the grass" gives us a good chance to take a stab at Killtowns "why isn't the grass scorched" crap.

Speaking of which, what happened with him? I know he got suspended but I haven't heard anything since. I'm bored of TS and Christophera.

Anyway, for anyone contributing, here are the original lyrics for the verse:

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

And then I think we are half way through it.

[Orphia Nay]

Cheers, garnos.

It's not an exact rhyme, but it's alliterative instead: Metal melter?

Just a thought.

Helter skelter
Thermite metal melter
(It) don't explode
But it shoots my load...

LOL. Er, I've just had a beer, so forgive me.

[qarnos]

Cheers, garnos.

It's not an exact rhyme, but it's alliterative instead: Metal melter?

Just a thought.

Helter skelter
Thermite metal melter
(It) don't explode
But it shoots my load...

LOL. Er, I've just had a beer, so forgive me.

We must be tuned into the same psychic vibrational frequencies... I was thinking along the "melter" lines, too.

I am also working on a parody which contains the line "Upward fusion destruction beams"... I'll let you know how that ones goes!

[Orphia Nay]

Hehehe. I'll split the million with you if we can come up with a test protocol and prove it. :D

Looking forward to your UFDB verse. And Merc/jhunter/greyleonard's recording! Bumpity bump!

I'm peeved that Merc wasn't listed as a TLA candidate for his lyrics. Now I have to choose between his other post, Gravy, and MDeC's 'JAQing off'! :boxedin:

[sleahead]

With ideas borrowed from you two, here's my attempt at the helter skelter section:

Thermite, thermate, it's a metal melter
Steven Jones thought his paper a belter
Now debunked, it's falling fast
"93 never scorched grass"
Killtown talking outta his arse
With his theory everybody had a blast



Now the South Park air was sweet perfume
Said the troofers were a bunch of loons
We all got up to dance,
Oh, Dylan never had a chance!
Dylan tried make the truth yield
But mad ideas he chose to field
Do you recall what was revealed
The day that South Park aired

[jhunter1163]

I haven't heard from Grey at all.. I sent him the vocals Thursday though. I expect he does have a life outside JREF, so I'm not going to criticize him. But if you're lurking, Grey... I AM really curious to see how good you can make me sound.. ;)

[LashL]

With ideas borrowed from you two, here's my attempt at the helter skelter section:

Thermite, thermate, it's a metal melter
Steven Jones thought his paper a belter
Now debunked, it's falling fast
"93 never scorched grass"
Killtown talking outta his arse
With his theory everybody had a blast



Now the South Park air was sweet perfume
Said the troofers were a bunch of loons
We all got up to dance,
Oh, Dylan never had a chance!
Dylan tried make the truth yield
But mad ideas he chose to field
Do you recall what was revealed
The day that South Park aired

Great job, sleahead!

Who's up for the next verse?

[LashL]

I haven't heard from Grey at all.. I sent him the vocals Thursday though. I expect he does have a life outside JREF, so I'm not going to criticize him. But if you're lurking, Grey... I AM really curious to see how good you can make me sound.. ;)

Judging from the teaser that was posted previously, I have no doubt at all that it is going to sound GREAT!

Can hardly wait :)

[G-K-4]

Here is another filk (?) for the collection. But first, a word of explanation.

There is a man alive today who goes by the name Voltaire. He is a musician and a writer of comic books, and his work is usually based out of the Goth subculture. But he has also released an EP making fun of Star Trek.

One of the songs on Banned on Vulcan is called "The USS Make [rule8] Up". You can hear it at:
http://www.voltaire.net/mp3/Voltaire-The_USS_Make-S***-Up.mp3 (You will have to replace the asterisks.) You can get the melody from that, and you Trekkers will probably find it funny anyway.

I thought this would practically write itself as far as conspiracy theories go. Enjoy.

---------------------------------

The WWW Make S*** Up Lyrics

Based on a song by Voltaire


Well, I was surfing on the Internet, clicking on the mouse,
Protected by the Faraday cage I built around my house,
When I found a truthy website from well beyond the pale.
A ghost story for grown ups, a lucrative tall tale.

Bust a move, ZOG.


I dug a little deeper, and I soon found out the truth
About that nine-eleven, with phat beats for the youth.
A hundred thousand downloads was too good to ignore.
A viral marketing phenom built on non sequitor.


And I say,
Flash an upward fusion beam off the tinfoil satellite dish
That’s the way we do things, lad, we're making s*** up as we wish
The Neocons and Freemasons pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some s*** up


The trailblazing writers past have showed us all the way
With many books on Jews, Illuminati, J.F.K.
The built-in C.T. market will win you a fine book deal.
Just C.Y.A. with weasel words. Who cares if it’s not real?

And if you're at a party and you want to sound astute
Just make some pointed “question” claims that no one can dispute.
Impress people with obscure facts on thermite, grassy knolls,
International bankers, or Satan stealing souls.

And I say
Flash an upward fusion beam off the tinfoil satellite dish
That’s the way we do things, lad, we're making s*** up as we wish
The Neocons and Freemasons pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some s*** up


And though he's just a child, and some think him a twit
Jason is the master when it comes to making up some s***.
And if you want a truth expert, to Alex you must go.
He’ll rail about the gummint shills and N.W.O.

Well, I was once in England, where I listened to a speech.
David spoke of lizardmen, to warn us he’d beseech.
I thought I’d seen this show before, and then it dawned on me
It was way back in the eighties when they used to call it "V".

And I say
Flash an upward fusion beam off the tinfoil satellite dish
That’s the way we do things, lad, we're making s*** up as we wish
The Neocons and Freemasons pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we just make some s*** up

We were looking for a cheap way to sell more DVD’s
So we uploaded our movie for the kids to watch for free.
Normally you'd think that that would be wasted expense,
But one quarter of the people’s still a hefty audience

There’s one born every minute, an endless, free supply
Of suckers we can fearmonger to make them buy and buy.
Barnum was a genius, but not even he could see
The marketing potential of a good conspiracy.

And I say
Flash an upward fusion beam off the tinfoil satellite dish
That’s the way we do things, lad, we're making s*** up as we wish
The Neocons and Freemasons pose no threat to us
'Cause if we find we're in a bind we're totally screwed but nevermind
We'll pull something out of our behinds, we just make some s*** up

[c4ts]

The Epic of Richard Koshimizu

Oh dem bombs, dem bombs,
Dem hydrogen bombs.
Dem bombs, dem bombs,
Dem hydrogen bombs.
Dem bombs, dem bombs,
Dem hydrogen bombs.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

With the terrorist connected
to George Bush,
and George Bush connected
to the Rothschild,
and the Rothschild connected
to the Stealth Jew.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

Oh dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

With Hillary connected
to the Kim Jong,
and Kim Jong connected
to the Sun Moon,
and Sun Moon connected
to the Stealth Jew.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

Oh dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

With Tojo connected
to Abe Lincoln,
and Honest Abe connected
to Rockefeller,
and Rockefeller connected
to the Stealth Jew,
Oh mercy, how they hide!

Oh dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

With the Stealth Jew connected
to the Twin Towers,
and the Twin Towers connected
to the Chinese,
and the Chinese connected
to my e-mail,
Oh mercy, how they hide!

Oh dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Dem Jews, dem Jews,
Dem Zionist Jews.
Oh mercy, how they hide!

With the Holocaust connected
to the Hitler,
and the Hitler connected
to the Stealth Jew,
and the Stealth Jew connected
to Something Awful.com
Oh mercy, how they hide!

[uk_dave]

To the tune of Radiohead's "Karma Police"


See Tee police, embrace this man, he talks in lies
He fudges like a child, hes like a paranoid madman
See Tee police, embrace this girl, her CT theory, is making me feel ill
And we have crushed her theory
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with facts

See Tee police, I've given you the truth, its not enough
I've given you the truth, but you're still asking
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with facts
And for a minute there, you lost your sense
And for a minute there, you lost your sense

For a minute there, you lost your sense, you lost your sense.....


Well....it was a first effort!

[LashL]

G-K-4 ~ excellent job! You're right, it gives off a "feel" of practically writing itself. Oh, so appropriate.

c4ts ~ another fine job!

Uk_dave ~

A terrific first effort, indeed!

Keep 'em coming :)

[Orphia Nay]

Woohoo! More musical mayhem!
:Banane33: :Banane09: :Banane08:

Well done, sleahead. :D

Very nice, G-K-4. Love the chorus - very funny. My sound card's borked on this puter and I don't know the tune, but your lyrics are excellent.

c4ts, that's hilarious! A few reads of your lyrics and I'll have forgotten the original completely.

ukdave... CT Police - classic! :D

[G-K-4]

LashL and orphia nay, thanks for the compliments.

My sound card's borked on this puter and I don't know the tune, but your lyrics are excellent.
If you can't find the music file, the melody still isn't too hard to imagine. Each line is split into two phrases, and it's all boisterous. For some reason the melody reminds me of one of those rowdy pirates songs.

[jhunter1163]

Grey tells me he'll have something for us in a couple of days. Can't wait.. :)

[LashL]

Grey tells me he'll have something for us in a couple of days. Can't wait.. :)

Awesome! I can't wait either :)

[Orphia Nay]

Cheers, G-K-4.

Yay, jhunter!! :)

:cheerleader4

* Orphia Nay does mental cheerleader dance for Team JREF Parody Ninja Squad.

[jhunter1163]

I've had this one kicking around in my head for a while...

Tune: Barry Mann's "Who Put The Bomp"

Oh, I'd like to meet the guy
Who dropped the bomb
That made ol' Dylan think "conspiracy"...

(chorus)
Who put the bomb, in the Pent-a-Pentagon?
Who put the nan in the nano-nano-thermite?
Who put the HOP in the HOP-LIHOP-MIHOP?
Who put the dip in the dip-a-dip(rule8)?
Who was that man?
I'd like to kick his (rule8)
He made our Dylan think about CT...

When ol' Dylan heard
Bomb-ba-ba-bomb-ba-bomb-a-bomb-bomb
Every word went right into his heart
And when Jones heard them saying
Nan-a-nan-a-nano-nano-thermite
He said "I've got to play a part"..

So... (repeat chorus)

Each time he's alone
Chingity-chingity-chingity-chingity-ching
Sets ol' Dylan's heart all aglow
And when LC recruits a
Dip-da-dip-a-dip-dip-a-dip-da-dip
He tumbles down the rabbit hole..

So.. (repeat chorus)

[chipmunk stew]

I've had this one kicking around in my head for a while...

Tune: Barry Mann's "Who Put The Bomp"

Oh, I'd like to meet the guy
Who dropped the bomb
That made ol' Dylan think "conspiracy"...

(chorus)
Who put the bomb, in the Pent-a-Pentagon?
Who put the nan in the nano-nano-thermite?
Who put the HOP in the HOP-LIHOP-MIHOP?
Who put the dip in the dip-a-dip(rule8)?
Who was that man?
I'd like to kick his (rule8)
He made our Dylan think about CT...

When ol' Dylan heard
Bomb-ba-ba-bomb-ba-bomb-a-bomb-bomb
And when Jones heard them saying
Nan-a-nan-a-nano-nano-thermite
He said "I've got to play a part"..

So... (repeat chorus)
:bananapowerslide: :bananapowerslide: :bananapowerslide:

I'm picturing a group of JREF ninjas and "Grease"-style staging/choreography. teehee!

[chipmunk stew]

I think we've been unintentionally out-parodied!

I saw this at Screw Loose Change:
http://www.acebaker.com/9-11/JudyWood/JudyWould.html

[jhunter1163]

That should be on the CTist Greatest Hits CD. Right there with the LIHOP/MIHOP song.

[jhunter1163]

This one just wrote itself...

(tune: Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer")

Dylan's just a poor boy, and his story's seldom told
He lives out in Oneonta, tried to get into the film school, showed no promise there
He lies and jests
He's a man who hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

When he left his home and his family, he was no more than a boy
In the company of Jason, in the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the wacky people go
Looking for the places no JREFer knows

("lie-la-lie" part goes here)

Asking only workman's wages, he went looking for a job but he got no offers
Just a come-on from that wacky Prison Planet dude
I do declare, it appears that he was so lonesome he took some comfort there

("lie-la-lie" part goes here)

On the corner stands a Troofer, he's a fighter for his cause
But he carries the reminders, of that debunk that laid him out
And cut him till he cried out, in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the Troofer still remains...

("lie-la-lie" part, to end)

[LashL]

Terrific additions, jhunter!

Like chipmunk, I can't help but picture the Grease line for the "who put the bomp" takeoff :D

[qarnos]

Gravy, One More Time to the tune of Baby, One More Time by Britney Spears

Oh Gravy, Gravy.
Oh Gravy, Gravy.

Oh Gravy, Gravy. How was I supposed to know?
My math just wasn't right, yeah.
Oh Gravy, Gravy. Why couldn't you let me go?
Now I've started cryin'.
Show me, how you think it should be.
Tell me, Gravy, 'cause I need to know, now.
Oh because.

CHORUS

My stubborness is killin' me (and I)
I must confess, I still belive (still believe)
When you debunk me I lose my mind.
Give me a sign,
Hit me, Gravy, one more time.

Oh Gravy, Gravy. The cause of my grief is you.
Boy, you've got me frighted.
Oh Gravy, Gravy. There's nothin' that I wouldn't do.
To show you how they planned it.
Show me, how you think it should be.
Tell me, Gravy, 'cause I need to know, now
Oh because.

REPEAT CHORUS

Oh Gravy, Gravy. How was I supposed to know?
Oh Gravy, Gravy. Why couldn't you let me go?

I must confess that my stubbornness
is the only way how
I can hold on to my beliefs.
So won't you come here
and give me a sign?
Hit me Gravy, one more time.

REPEAT CHORUS

I must confess (my stubborness)
that my stubborness (is the only way)
is the only way how (I must confess)
I can hold on to my beliefs.
So won't you come here (I'm losin' my mind)
and give me a sign?
Hit me Gravy, one more time.

[jhunter1163]

That's beautiful, Qarnos. How many have we got up here now? We must be getting close to a full CD. Look for it at TAM.... LOL

[sleahead]

Another slice of American (Troofer) Pie, incoporating an earlier contribution by qarnos. I've skipped the the penultimate verse, due to lack of inspiration on that one, and moved on to the last verse.

I met a man who bamed the Jews
And I asked him to explain his views
But he just lied and turned away.
On JREF I took the floor
Where they knew about the troof and more
But all there said my theories wouldn't fly

And in the forums, the Loosers screamed
Avery cried, and the mods all schemed
Bitter words were spoken
Their theories all were broken.
And the three men I admire most
Dylan, Jason and Korey Rowe
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the cash ran dry

jhunter and qarnos. I loved your versions The Boxer and Baby, One More Time.

[qarnos]

Thanks, JHunter!

I have decided to take the plunge and record my "It's Like a Religion" (Losing My Religion) song.

This is a plunge for me because I can't sing. In my band I am known as "that guy who can't sing". But, I figure since I will probably never meet any of you guys, I can safely release this under the shield of anonymity.

I recorded the guitar track in one take on my Takamine acoustic. There were some stuff-ups but I hope no one will notice. I wish I had a Mandolin!

The vocals were also done in one take - since I can't sing, one take is as good as one hundred. I used a little bit of reverb to try and disguise my bad vocals.

Link: It's Like a Religion (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/It's%20Like%20a%20Religion.mp3)

[jhunter1163]

Qarnos:

I can't get it to play... :(

[qarnos]

Qarnos:

I can't get it to play... :(

That's a bugger! What happens when you try to play it?

I will save and upload it as a WMA file. Maybe that will work.

[jhunter1163]

Nothing whatever. I downloaded it, a Quicktime logo appeared on my screen, I clicked it.... nothing. Maybe WMA will work better.

[sleahead]

It plays fine for me on either Windows Media Player or Realplayer. Bravo, qarnos. The guy who can't sing done good.

[Mercutio]

I am listening now...

Hey, you sing better than I do, at least! A bit of a Neil Young sound, more than Michael Stipe, but very nice!

[qarnos]

Oh, you guys are just being nice!

Neil Young? Good Lord! :D

Here is a link to the wma file for those with mp3 problems: WMA Version (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/It's%20Like%20a%20Religion.wma)

[jhunter1163]

That's just brilliant, Qarnos. For a guy who can't sing, you do OK.

[LashL]

:bigclap

AWESOME job, quarnos!!!!!

Excellent! And your pals lied; you can sing!

[LashL]

sleahead,

That's another nice addition to the American (Troofer) Pie song, too.

Well done :)

[LashL]

Bump - just to keep this on the front page so that it's easy to find, especially when the finished product is ready, thanks to the combined efforts of jhunter, mercutio, and greyleonard.






P.S. Sorry for spelling your name wrong in an earlier post, qarnos. I blame it on the instinctive nature of my typing fingers in making "u" follow "q". ;)

[qarnos]

P.S. Sorry for spelling your name wrong in an earlier post, qarnos. I blame it on the instinctive nature of my typing fingers in making "u" follow "q". ;)

No probs. Most people either do that or spell it with a "g".

It serves me right for choosing a stupid name... (I actually just punched a group of keys and that came out) :D

[Orphia Nay]

:wow2:

That's great, qarnos!!! (D'oh, I've been saying garnos heaps! :o )
I agree - quite a Neil Youngish voice. I like it. Very nice guitar work, too.


sleahead - very well done! Another excellent addition to 'Amewican Pie'.

Oh, and:
:bump1

[qarnos]

:wow2:

That's great, qarnos!!! (D'oh, I've been saying garnos heaps! :o )
I agree - quite a Neil Youngish voice. I like it. Very nice guitar work, too.


sleahead - very well done! Another excellent addition to 'Amewican Pie'.

Oh, and:
:bump1

Aw, shucks! You guys embarass me!

I am working on another song at the moment - it's is an original song and is a dig at Killtown and his obession with Val McClatchey. It has no title at the moment but I am leaning towards "Ode to Killtown".

It has a bit of a country feel to it, so I need to work on my American country singer voice.

I won't set any deadlines at the moment but I will keep you informed of my progress. :D

[qarnos]

I have recorded a very short demo of the Killtown song. In fact, it is just half a verse and the chorus! But I thought I would let you guys have a sneak peek anyway.

My American country singer voice turned out better than I expected it too, but my notes are still a bit wobbly on the "Killtown" lines.

This is pretty much a "raw" cut. There is a little bit of distortion, but them's the brakes. In the final version I plan of having some Hammond Organ stuff and other little frills!

You can download the demo as a WMA file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.wma) or an MP3 file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.mp3).

[LashL]

I have recorded a very short demo of the Killtown song. In fact, it is just half a verse and the chorus! But I thought I would let you guys have a sneak peek anyway.

My American country singer voice turned out better than I expected it too, but my notes are still a bit wobbly on the "Killtown" lines.

This is pretty much a "raw" cut. There is a little bit of distortion, but them's the brakes. In the final version I plan of having some Hammond Organ stuff and other little frills!

You can download the demo as a WMA file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.wma) or an MP3 file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.mp3).

:bigclap

Excellent! It has a sort of Dirty Harry/Clint Eastwood soundtrack sort of feel to it. Well done all around!

Love the lyrics, especially this:

She's gonna take you on and knock your pimply face down to the floor,
And when she's done, there's gonna be holes where there were no holes before.


Can't wait to hear the rest!

[R.Mackey]

This is pretty much a "raw" cut. There is a little bit of distortion, but them's the brakes. In the final version I plan of having some Hammond Organ stuff and other little frills!

You can download the demo as a WMA file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.wma) or an MP3 file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.mp3).

:Banane57:

Kind of a New Riders of the Purple Sage groove, if you ask me. Sweet.

Man, I have got to get my Hammond fixed.

[LashL]

:Banane57:

Kind of a New Riders of the Purple Sage groove, if you ask me. Sweet.

Man, I have got to get my Hammond fixed.

Oooh. Another Hammond fan!

I bought an X77 with a 770 Leslie in the spring. I also have a B3 and a CV that I've had for many years.

No, I'm not obsessive at all. Nope, not at all. ;)

[R.Mackey]

Oooh. Another Hammond fan!

I bought an X77 with a 770 Leslie in the spring. I also have a B3 and a CV that I've had for many years.

No, I'm not obsessive at all. Nope, not at all. ;)
I don't blame you in the least.

I just have a cheesy M3, motor fragged and tube bases cracked. Got it for free, what can I say. It was a good "learner" organ, me having taking piano lessons for years but never being trained properly on the organ. I had it wired through my stereo for monster sound.

One of these days, after I fix my house, like to get a better Hammond. B3, A-100, who knows... so long as it has a full rack of pedals, I'll be happy. Sigh, someday...

[LashL]

I don't blame you in the least.

I just have a cheesy M3, motor fragged and tube bases cracked. Got it for free, what can I say. It was a good "learner" organ, me having taking piano lessons for years but never being trained properly on the organ. I had it wired through my stereo for monster sound.

One of these days, after I fix my house, like to get a better Hammond. B3, A-100, who knows... so long as it has a full rack of pedals, I'll be happy. Sigh, someday...

Bite your tongue. No Hammond organ is cheesy :P

Speaking of tubes, though, several years ago, I had a difficult time trying to find replacement tubes for the B3 (it's almost 60 years old, after all) and then in a totally random stroke of unbelievably good luck, I found a box full of them at a garage sale that I was able to snap up for next to nothing. Now, this beautiful piece of Hammond heaven is going to last at least as long as I do :)

[R.Mackey]

Bite your tongue. No Hammond organ is cheesy :P

Speaking of tubes, though, several years ago, I had a difficult time trying to find replacement tubes for the B3 (it's almost 60 years old, after all) and then in a totally random stroke of unbelievably good luck, I found a box full of them at a garage sale that I was able to snap up for next to nothing. Now, this beautiful piece of Hammond heaven is going to last at least as long as I do :)

The sound on mine is (was) good, but it's kinda small. One octave of pedals, two manuals, only 44 keys per. Try playing Widor No. 5 on that...

It is kind of amazing to me that, despite all the advances in electronics, the raw Hammond sound is still hard to beat.

[LashL]

The sound on mine is (was) good, but it's kinda small. One octave of pedals, two manuals, only 44 keys per. Try playing Widor No. 5 on that...

Good point.

It is kind of amazing to me that, despite all the advances in electronics, the raw Hammond sound is still hard to beat.

I concur entirely. There is something about it that is just as awe-inspiring as it was decades ago. I have to say that I'm especially partial to the unmistakable sound of the B3 and the sheer pleasure that it brings when I hear it on a new recording by an artist - knowing that musicians still appreciate its uniqueness, beauty and quality. It's almost enough to bring a tear to the eye. Almost ;)

[qarnos]

Another slice of American (Troofer) Pie

Oh crap, I just got that joke.

Wow, I can be slow sometimes!

Nice work, BTW, sleahead.

And thanks, Mackey. I hadn't heard of New Riders of the Purple Sage but I will check them out. Maybe I have heard one of their song before but can't remember it and now it is all coming back subconsciously!

[TruthSeeker1234]

:Banane57:

Kind of a New Riders of the Purple Sage groove, if you ask me. Sweet.

Man, I have got to get my Hammond fixed.

Sorry I sold my B-3, but it was beat. Use the NI B-4 now.

[greyleonard]

Ok, here (http://www.zinzang.com/music/Reviewing%20the%20Situation-911%20The%20Musical.mp3)'s the song that Mercutio started it all with. (3.9mb mp3)
Sorry it took longer than I expected. It's still not as good as I wanted, but I figure I better put something up here. ;)

Downloading qarnos' tunes now...

[Class]

Ok, here (http://www.zinzang.com/music/Reviewing%20the%20Situation-911%20The%20Musical.mp3)'s the song that Mercutio started it all with. (3.9mb mp3)
Sorry it took longer than I expected. It's still not as good as I wanted, but I figure I better put something up here. ;)

Downloading qarnos' tunes now...

:dl:

Excellent work!

[greyleonard]

Hey qarnos, that's some cool stuff there. Love the guitar work. :)
I heard a Neil Young quality, too. There's an "on the edge of falsetto" vibrato thing going on sometimes that sounds a bit like him.

[LashL]

Ok, here (http://www.zinzang.com/music/Reviewing%20the%20Situation-911%20The%20Musical.mp3)'s the song that Mercutio started it all with. (3.9mb mp3)
Sorry it took longer than I expected. It's still not as good as I wanted, but I figure I better put something up here. ;)

Downloading qarnos' tunes now...

Wooo damn hooo!


BEAUTIFULLY done!!!!

Awesome job, you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:bigclap


EXCELLENT!

And worth every minute of the wait!

[chipmunk stew]

Ok, here (http://www.zinzang.com/music/Reviewing%20the%20Situation-911%20The%20Musical.mp3)'s the song that Mercutio started it all with. (3.9mb mp3)
Sorry it took longer than I expected. It's still not as good as I wanted, but I figure I better put something up here. ;)

Downloading qarnos' tunes now...
Bravo! :yahoo

[chipmunk stew]

Thanks, JHunter!

I have decided to take the plunge and record my "It's Like a Religion" (Losing My Religion) song.

This is a plunge for me because I can't sing. In my band I am known as "that guy who can't sing". But, I figure since I will probably never meet any of you guys, I can safely release this under the shield of anonymity.

I recorded the guitar track in one take on my Takamine acoustic. There were some stuff-ups but I hope no one will notice. I wish I had a Mandolin!

The vocals were also done in one take - since I can't sing, one take is as good as one hundred. I used a little bit of reverb to try and disguise my bad vocals.

Link: It's Like a Religion (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/It's%20Like%20a%20Religion.mp3)

I have recorded a very short demo of the Killtown song. In fact, it is just half a verse and the chorus! But I thought I would let you guys have a sneak peek anyway.

My American country singer voice turned out better than I expected it too, but my notes are still a bit wobbly on the "Killtown" lines.

This is pretty much a "raw" cut. There is a little bit of distortion, but them's the brakes. In the final version I plan of having some Hammond Organ stuff and other little frills!

You can download the demo as a WMA file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.wma) or an MP3 file (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo.mp3).
I just listened to these for the first time, too.
:yahoo to you, too, qarnos!

[Mercutio]

Ok, here (http://www.zinzang.com/music/Reviewing%20the%20Situation-911%20The%20Musical.mp3)'s the song that Mercutio started it all with. (3.9mb mp3)
Sorry it took longer than I expected. It's still not as good as I wanted, but I figure I better put something up here. ;)

Awww....my li'l baby, all growed up!... *snif*

[greyleonard]

Awww....my li'l baby, all growed up!... *snif*

jhunter1163 did a great job, eh?

I realized too late that I probably should have used your handle in the file name, rather than just in the ID3 tag as author of the lyrics, or however I did it.

Anyway, that was fun - thanks!

(You also deserve some credit for inspiring all the other great parodies that showed up in this thread from you know who you are.) ;)

[qarnos]

I have finished off the lyrics to the Killtown song. Now I just have to complete the music!

I have done another quick demo which illustrates how the intro, first verse and chorus will go. You can download it from here (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo2.mp3) (MP3 only). If you have any problems playing the file in your browser, try right clicking on the link and saving it to your computer and then double-click on the saved file.

NOTE: I haven't dropped the "when she's done there's gonna be holes where there were no holes before" line - it is in the second chorus!

I won't post the lyrics just yet, because there are a couple of lines in there which have been "borrowed" from a couple of well-known classic rock songs, and I plan on holding a contest to see who can identify the band and song first :)

I see we have some hammond organ fans - just be ware that my hammond is a MIDI (SoundFont) hammond. It sounds quite good, but is not 100% perfect. There is no hammond in this demo, however - but there will be in the final song!

Enjoy!

[LashL]

I have finished off the lyrics to the Killtown song. Now I just have to complete the music!

I have done another quick demo which illustrates how the intro, first verse and chorus will go. You can download it from here (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/ktdemo2.mp3) (MP3 only). If you have any problems playing the file in your browser, try right clicking on the link and saving it to your computer and then double-click on the saved file.

NOTE: I haven't dropped the "when she's done there's gonna be holes where there were no holes before" line - it is in the second chorus!

I won't post the lyrics just yet, because there are a couple of lines in there which have been "borrowed" from a couple of well-known classic rock songs, and I plan on holding a contest to see who can identify the band and song first :)

I see we have some hammond organ fans - just be ware that my hammond is a MIDI (SoundFont) hammond. It sounds quite good, but is not 100% perfect. There is no hammond in this demo, however - but there will be in the final song!

Enjoy!

GREAT job, qarnos! What a talented bunch there is around here!

I can hardly wait for the final version.

P.S. I was contemplating having my adaptation of Piano Man recorded. I can record the piano and the vocals and, of course, I'll throw in a Hammond track the Hammond, and mix it on a 4 track machine, but I don't know how to convert it to an internet-friendly format. I have a machine that I believe converts various formats to other formats, but I've yet to use it.

Any advice?

[LashL]

jhunter1163 did a great job, eh?

I realized too late that I probably should have used your handle in the file name, rather than just in the ID3 tag as author of the lyrics, or however I did it.

Anyway, that was fun - thanks!

(You also deserve some credit for inspiring all the other great parodies that showed up in this thread from you know who you are.) ;)

greyleonard,

All three of you did an amazing job! Thanks again!

[Orphia Nay]

Yay, jhunter1163!!!
Yay, greyleonard!!!
Yay, Mercutio!!!

It's fantastic! Very well done, all of you. What's the word for using talent, skill and humour at the same time? Whatever it is, you've all done it.
Great stuff. :D

[chipmunk stew]

Yay, jhunter1163!!!
Yay, greyleonard!!!
Yay, Mercutio!!!

It's fantastic! Very well done, all of you. What's the word for using talent, skill and humour at the same time? Whatever it is, you've all done it.
Great stuff. :D
Wit.

[qarnos]

In my spare time between my busy recording schedule (ha!) I decided to create a really poorly photoshopped (actually, it wasn't even PhotoShop) mock single cover for the Killtown song:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_2643454f00e5358a3.jpg

Yes, that is me pretending to be Killtown. And yes, I do need a hair cut. I probably should have had the cap on backwards for the full Killtown effect.

[Bell]

Crap! I only saw that cover just now. Qarnos, that's hilarious :D
(or should that be Killarious?)

[gumboot]

Awesome work guys... it's all just hilarious!

-Gumboot

[LashL]

In my spare time between my busy recording schedule (ha!) I decided to create a really poorly photoshopped (actually, it wasn't even PhotoShop) mock single cover for the Killtown song:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_2643454f00e5358a3.jpg

Yes, that is me pretending to be Killtown. And yes, I do need a hair cut. I probably should have had the cap on backwards for the full Killtown effect.

:dl:

Love it!

[qarnos]

The final mix of "Killtown (Leave That Poor Woman Alone)" is complete. You can download it from here (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/Killtown (Leave That Poor Woman Alone).mp3) (mp3 only). I reserve the right to release a second edition at my discretion.

[jhunter1163]

*searching frantically for the laughing-dog emoticon*

Brilliance, that's what it is.

[Orphia Nay]

One from you:

:dl:

and one from me:

:dl:.

Hehehe. Yay, qarnos!!! :D

[qarnos]

One from you:

:dl:

and one from me:

:dl:.

Hehehe. Yay, qarnos!!! :D

Thanks, guys!

I forgot to mention that I had stolen a couple of lines from two different well known songs. The first one to name both songs gets an official LC forum salute smiley :D

[LashL]

The final mix of "Killtown (Leave That Poor Woman Alone)" is complete. You can download it from here (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/Killtown (Leave That Poor Woman Alone).mp3) (mp3 only). I reserve the right to release a second edition at my discretion.

:bigclap
:dl:

Excellent, qarnos!

[Roger_Harris]

The final mix of "Killtown (Leave That Poor Woman Alone)" is complete.

w00t!!!1!1!!

So, looks like Killtown finally got some "national exposure" over that story and he seems to be too dense to realize it was picked up because it makes him look like a total wackjob.

[LashL]

Thanks, guys!

I forgot to mention that I had stolen a couple of lines from two different well known songs. The first one to name both songs gets an official LC forum salute smiley :D

The Immigrant Song and I Can See for Miles ;)

[qarnos]

The Immigrant Song and I Can See for Miles ;)

:clap: http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/26434524c3ab84c35.gif

[Gravy]

Hey, I just heard the final cut of K(LTPWA). You slay me, qarnos!

[Oliver]

Great Stuff! I love it, Qarnos! http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/music013.gif

[LashL]

bump

[ConspiRaider]

Oh, you guys are just being nice!

Neil Young? Good Lord! :D

Here is a link to the wma file for those with mp3 problems: WMA Version (http://home.iprimus.com.au/qarnos/It's%20Like%20a%20Religion.wma)
Excellent, Qarnos. And you really DO sound like Neil Young!

[jhunter1163]

I wonder whatever happened to Qarnos. Never see him much anymore, and it's a shame. He was a good guy.

[Oliver]

I was wondering about Qarnos, too. Did nobody saw him?
(Too bad that the "Online Members" section at the bottom
of every subforum is offline for a while)

[LashL]

I thought it might be useful to put the links to the finished musical products in one post for others to locate easily. So here they are:


Ok, here's the song that Mercutio started it all with. (3.9mb mp3)

Reviewing the Situation:

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=2058747&postcount=186


And here’s a great song by qarnos, “It’s Like a Religion”

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=2023499&postcount=162

(Here is a link to the wma file for those with mp3 problems):
http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=2023591&postcount=168

The final mix of "Killtown (Leave That Poor Woman Alone)" by qarnos is here:

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=2084871&postcount=203

And the CD cover of the Killtown single is here:

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=2072232&postcount=199

ENJOY!

[LashL]

bumping for visibility - it is sooooo worth listening to the songs linked above.

Now, good night, folks ;)

[brodski]

I wonder whatever happened to Qarnos. Never see him much anymore, and it's a shame. He was a good guy.

According to his profile he was here last Wednesday.

[jhunter1163]

So, he's gone underground... well, that's a shame. Qarnos, if you're lurking here, cheers to you.

[Orphia Nay]

Thanks for bumping this, LashL.

Qarnos, if you're reading this, don't be a stranger!

[jhunter1163]

I hope Qarnos comes back. I sang that "Who Put The Bomb" song and sent it to him. He was playing with it, but I guess his other projects took precedence. I can understand that.. a guy has to eat after all.

If anyone wants to hear the a-cappella crappy version, PM me. I'll send it to you after I get home from work (after about 6 pm Eastern time).

[LashL]

I hope Qarnos comes back. I sang that "Who Put The Bomb" song and sent it to him. He was playing with it, but I guess his other projects took precedence. I can understand that.. a guy has to eat after all.

If anyone wants to hear the a-cappella crappy version, PM me. I'll send it to you after I get home from work (after about 6 pm Eastern time).

PM sent ~ and while I seriously doubt that it's "crappy", I will reserve judgment until I have reviewed the evidence :)

[LashL]

jhunter has kindly sent me the evidence by email.

Having thoroughly reviewed it and coming to a conclusion, I then consulted appropriate experts to obtain their opinions. I am pleased to report that the experts agree with my conclusion that jhunter's vocal is excellent; that the lyrics are hilarious; and that the eventual mixed version with music and mixing is likely to be spectacular.

Excellent job, jhunter!

:wackynotworthy:

:Banane42: :Banane09: :Banane08: :Banane57: :Banane35:

[jhunter1163]

Thank you, Lash. I'll see that you're on the distribution list for the finished version.. :)

[LashL]

This was posted in another thread (http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=2255268&postcount=136) by Spektator, and I took the liberty of copying it here as it fits in so well with this thread.

(Obviously) sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

All hail the proud researchers of the dark conspiracy!
Disinfo agents lurk around behind each bush and tree!
My mom and dad are in on it and they deny CD!
And we go blath'ring on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Got some questions to put to ya!
Got no evidence, but boo-ya,
Still we go blath'ring on!

Now some of us believe in planes, but some no planes can see,
And some of us on thermite bombs can cheerfully agree,
And others think a tow'r tall should fall just like a tree,
And we go blath'ring on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Got some questions to put to ya!
Got no evidence, but boo-ya,
Still we go blath'ring on!

We know George Bush was in on it, was paid an oily fee,
And Tony Blair and cabbies too and folks from A to zee,
And now I'm in the process of investigating me,
And we go blath'ring on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Got some questions to put to ya!
Got no evidence, but boo-ya,
Still we go blath'ring on!

[jhunter1163]

That's brilliant work. I'm going to have that in my head for the rest of the day.

[Spektator]

Thanks to LashL for cuttin 'n pastin that thing o' mine, but hey, I'm really more a show tune kinda guy, so, to the tune of "My Favorite Things", from the new musical "The Sound of BS," I bring you:

Thermite and H-bombs and hot flowing metal,
Beams from a spaceship and ash that won't settle,
Strange pyroclastic flows out on the street--
These are a few ways I make both ends meet!

Buy my new book,
Pay me money,
I'm really quite a lad,
I'm making a tape now, and if you'll just buy it,
Your bucks will make me glad!

Invisible concrete and fuzzy blurred pictures,
Rebar and guide rails and government strictures,
Wild thoughts that fly from my brain, I repeat,
These are a few ways I make both ends meet!

Buy my new book,
Pay me money,
I'm really quite a lad,
I'm making a tape now, and if you'll just buy it,
Your bucks will make me glad!

Oh, sure it's all BS, hey, I'm not a loony,
But if you got money, you can give it to me,
I'll spin you a yarn of the towers' defeat,
That is a new way I make both ends meet!

Buy my new book,
Pay me money,
I'm really quite a lad,
I'm making a tape now, and if you'll just buy it,
Your bucks will make me glad!

[LashL]

Whoa! Looks like we've tapped into your hidden talent, Spektator!

Another brilliant adaptation, indeed!

:bigclap

[jhunter1163]

I'm not big into musical theater, but that's an outstanding adaptation.

[Marley]

Great work, Qarnos and Mercutio.

Here's my little ode to all JREF'rs out there fighting ignorance, in tune of Jimmy Buffett's Escape (Pina Colada song).


I was tired of that Corey,
We'd been together too long
Like a worn-out recording,
'specially when he smoked da bong
So while he stood there shouting,
I read the paper Gravy gave me
And in the well researched pages,
There was this truth that I read

If you like long footnotes,
And getting caught in the facts
If you're not into thermite,
If you have a half-a-brain
If you don't like spamming at midnight,
In the fits of your rage
He's the man you've looked for,
read his work, and escape

I didn't think about Reggie Perrin,
I know that sounds kinda mean
But me and this nearly dead movement,
Had fallen into the same old dull routine
So I read his WTC paper,
Felt kinda bad,
And though I'm nobody's director,
I thought my first porn wasn't half-bad

Yes, I like easy money, and and no real work and pain
I'm not much into real truth, I am into champagne
I've got to make a million by tomorrow noon,
and cut through all this red tape
At a forum called JREF's, where I'll plan my escape

[jhunter1163]

Nice work, Marley.. :)

pssst.. it was Rupert Holmes, not Jimmy Buffett... sorry for the nitpick

[Orphia Nay]

Very nice, Spektator and Marley. :newlol :)

I think my admiration of Gravy might turn into a crush, now that I've got this going round my head:

If you like long footnotes,
And getting caught in the facts
If you're not into thermite,
If you have a half-a-brain
If you don't like spamming at midnight,
In the fits of your rage
He's the man you've looked for,
read his work, and escape

:D

[greyleonard]

Nice, Spektator and Marley. :)

Qarnos? Ohhh, qarnos? Where for art thou...

[LashL]

Marley,

Welcome to the forum :welcome4: and nice job on the song :D

[~enigma~]

Someone needs to do an Opeth tune :D

[Marley]

Nice work, Marley.. :)

pssst.. it was Rupert Holmes, not Jimmy Buffett... sorry for the nitpick

Thanks.

It wasn't Jimmy? I guess I should've done my investigoogling:) This is exactly why I like to read this forum, you just can't help but to learn something new in every thread.

And I do actually laugh aloud when I read some of the posts about the truth cult. Some of you are very talented comedians. Or it could just be that the truthers give you so much easy material to work with.

[Chedda]

This one isn't good enough to make the final cut for the album(!) Perhaps a B-side for the first single? I also didn't have the patience you guys have for completing the whole song (sorry!).

Looking For Truth (In All The Wrong Places) - Johnny Lee

I've spent a lifetime lookin' for truth.
Asking questions but always ignoring the proof.
Postin' on JREF hoping to win.
And telling those sweet lies and losing again!
I was

looking for truth in all the wrong places.
Ignoring the evidence of Atta's suitcases.
Searching for pictures with no traces
of flight 77 and 93.

Hoping to find a structural engineer,
Who's been snorting 4 grams of gear
another idiot, looking for fame!

Couldn't see the evidence in plane sight.
So I made up a bunch of crap about thermite.
Don't know where it started or where it might end.
Only got into this 'cause I haven't got one friend.
I was

looking for truth in all the wrong places.
Ignoring the evidence of Atta's suitcases.
Searching for pictures with no traces
of flight 77 and 93.

Hoping to find a structural engineer,
Who's been snorting 4 grams of gear
another idiot, looking for fame!

[LashL]

This one isn't good enough to make the final cut for the album(!) Perhaps a B-side for the first single? I also didn't have the patience you guys have for completing the whole song (sorry!).

Looking For Truth (In All The Wrong Places) - Johnny Lee

I've spent a lifetime lookin' for truth.
Asking questions but always ignoring the proof.
Postin' on JREF hoping to win.
And telling those sweet lies and losing again!
I was

looking for truth in all the wrong places.
Ignoring the evidence of Atta's suitcases.
Searching for pictures with no traces
of flight 77 and 93.

Hoping to find a structural engineer,
Who's been snorting 4 grams of gear
another idiot, looking for fame!

Couldn't see the evidence in plane sight.
So I made up a bunch of crap about thermite.
Don't know where it started or where it might end.
Only got into this 'cause I haven't got one friend.
I was

looking for truth in all the wrong places.
Ignoring the evidence of Atta's suitcases.
Searching for pictures with no traces
of flight 77 and 93.

Hoping to find a structural engineer,
Who's been snorting 4 grams of gear
another idiot, looking for fame!

:dl:

Nicely done, Chedda! And :welcome4 to the forum!

[Spektator]

When I was a kid, there was a song so awful that I cringed whenever it came on the radio. I am referring, of course, to Gilbert O'Sullivan's notorious "Alone Again, Naturally." I tried, but I just couldn't capture the same sheer awfulness of this song. So if any of you think the idea has some slight merit, feel free to steal it from me.

I give you....

"A Loon Again (Naturally)"

Oh, the internet overlords
They have banned me from all their boards,
They tell me that I’m a royal tw-t and eject me from their websites,
And logging on my sock still just gets me thrown off,
In my effort to make it clear to you
What it’s like when brains’re shattered,
I’m just left in the lurch, I’m besmirched and they’re all saying,
“My gosh, he’s dumb, let’s toss him off,
No point in his remaining,”
And so now I must go, and I do it on my own,
A loon again,
Naturally.

I had an idea yesterday:
9-11 was caused by a ray
Being shot from space, crashing in our face on that September day,
But as if to swat me down, Mr. Gravy came around,
And without a doubt he quickly set about,
Cut my idea into pieces, leaving me to shout
All about Joos and the Masons; if they really do hate us,
Tell me, why’d they desert me in my hour of need?
I truly am indeed
A loon again,
Naturally.

It seems to me that there are more brains
Broken in the world that can’t be mended, should be attended,
What should I do?
Asking what should I do?

Pretending to play so nice and asking you for advice,
But you recall my socks that appeared in flocks,
You don’t give me time to post
Or even let me start to boast, you just rat me out, what a shock!
I cannot understand
Why the only man with the answers must be kicked out,
Leaving me to shout with a brain so badly whacko,
Despite the truth you get from me, my account’s vanished, see,
But I’ll never go away,
I will be back next day,
A loon again,
Naturally.

[Rahne Everson]

Hey Avery (to the tune of Hey Mickey by Toni Basil)



Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery, hey Avery
Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery, hey Avery
Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery, hey Avery
Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery...

Hey Avery.
You've had your run online and it's a little long.
You think you've got it right, but I know you've got it wrong.
Why can't you say "All right!" so you can rest my mind, Avery.

Cause when you say you know, I know really don't.
It gives me a headache Avery, go away it won't.
Every time you still kill a brain cell, Avery.

Oh Avery, what a pity, you don't understand.
Your film is total bunk, and I'm talking to your hand.
Oh Avery, you're so nutty, can't you understand.
It's guys like you Avery.
It's what you do Avery, do Avery.
Don't break my mind Avery.

Hey Avery!
Now everytime we argue, who's ever gonna know?
On your forum, you decide those threads gotta go.
It's info you can use! So don't say no, Avery...

So come on and learn it Dylan, anyway you can.
Suck it up and do the research, take it like a man.
Oh please Avery, please, don't start it all again Avery...

Oh Avery, what a pity, you don't understand.
Your film is total bunk, and I'm talking to your hand.
Oh Avery, you're so nutty, can't you understand.
It's guys like you Avery.
It's what you do Avery, do Avery.
Don't break my mind Avery.

Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery, hey Avery
Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery, hey Avery
Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery, hey Avery
Oh Avery, you're asinine.
You're asinine, you blow my mind, hey Avery...

Oh Avery, what a pity, you don't understand.
Your film is total bunk, and I'm talking to your hand.
Oh Avery, you're so nutty, can't you understand.
It's guys like you Avery.
It's what you do Avery, do Avery.
Don't break my mind Avery...

---

I'm also working on "Bohemian Grove Rhapsody" as performed by Alexi
"Dimethylmercury" Jones and the Government Shills. I'll post it up when I get done.

[jhunter1163]

And yes, Alex and the Shills is a GREAT name for a rock band.

[jhunter1163]

Thanks to our friend Qarnos, "Who Put The Bomb" is finished. You can download it here:

http://www.mediamax.com/qarnos (scroll down to the MP3)

Thunderous applause to Qarnos for his fabulous work.

[LashL]

Thanks to our friend Qarnos, "Who Put The Bomb" is finished. You can download it here:

http://www.mediamax.com/qarnos (scroll down to the MP3)

Thunderous applause to Qarnos for his fabulous work.

:dl:

:bigclap :bigclap

Great work, jhunter and qarnos!!!

[gumboot]

Inspired by these works, I'd like like to present a song to the tune of Schism by Tool:

They know the pieces fit, cuz they watch the videos
Wreckage-less smoldering, evidence all differing.
The deception now exposed will set the nation's souls in motion
Investigating as they go, calling for extermination.
The plane that fueled the fire could not bring down the towers both so
They have to conclude that they were destroyed with a demolition.

They know the floors were blown cuz they watched them tumble down
No facts, none to find, it doesn't mean they don't desire to
Point the finger, blame the leaders, watch their story topple over.
To bring the questions back together, rediscover investigation

The ridicule that comes from the debunking online,
And the friendless life is worth it.
Finding The Truth in the videos.

There was no time that the theories fit, and I watched them break away.
Exposed and splintering, strangled by our debunking
I've done the math enough to know the errors of their broken theories
Doomed to crumble unless they grow, and accept the world's reality.

Cold science has a tendency to atrophy any
Thought of likelihood
In their supposed theories

[qarnos]

My latest creation is now available for download from http://www.mediamax.com/qarnos (scroll down). I'll have to find a better place to host these. I'm checking out several alternatives at the moment.

The song is "Loose Change Forums", with apologies to America's "Ventura Highway".

I think I might have to do some moon hoax ones. The troofers make 9/11 ones too easy, and I do feel a little bad about making these 9/11 songs, even tho we're on the "good" side.



Chewing over the facts, walking down the road.
Tell me, can we convince them, Joe?
Some people say they really just don't want to know.
Don't waste your time - don't go.

The Loose Change Forums are the troofers shrine.
Where their claims are wrong and the truth stretched longer most every time.
You're gonna go, I know-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.

But you won't stand a chance in there.
The truth is whatever they declare.
Facts and reason, they won't bare.
Crackpot theories in the air.
In the air.

Dooo-do-do-doo...

Bet you're gonna tell them, now, that they should back up their claims.
Sorry, boy, but they don't play that game.
You can go back, though. You'll just have to change your name.
It'll drive them insane.

The Loose Change Forums are the troofers shrine.
Where their claims are wrong and the truth stretched longer most every time.
You're gonna go, I know-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.

But you won't stand a chance in there.
The truth is whatever they declare.
Facts and reason, they won't bare.
Crackpot theories in the air.
In the air.

Dooo-do-do-doo...

[jhunter1163]

To the tune of REM's "Man In The Moon":

JFK said we're gonna go to the moon, yeah yeah yeah yeah
NASA guys said Johnny it's too soon, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Doctor Van Allen said that you'll be fried, yeah yeah yeah yeah
So we never went, no we never tried, yeah yeah yeah yeah

NASA really fooled us on this one
Made us think we're winning the race
NASA tell us why we can't see the stars
Out in outer space

(Chorus)

If you believe, they put a man on the moon
You're just a fool
It's plain to see, you know the flag shouldn't move
Don't be a stooge

I need more verses... I'll think of them later...

[LashL]

My latest creation is now available for download from http://www.mediamax.com/qarnos (scroll down). I'll have to find a better place to host these. I'm checking out several alternatives at the moment.

The song is "Loose Change Forums", with apologies to America's "Ventura Highway".

I think I might have to do some moon hoax ones. The troofers make 9/11 ones too easy, and I do feel a little bad about making these 9/11 songs, even tho we're on the "good" side.

:dl: :bigclap

Nicely done, qarnos!

[Orphia Nay]

My latest creation is now available for download from http://www.mediamax.com/qarnos (scroll down). I'll have to find a better place to host these. I'm checking out several alternatives at the moment.

The song is "Loose Change Forums", with apologies to America's "Ventura Highway".


:D Well done, qarnos!! :D
I especially like the part,
"But you won't stand a chance in there.
The truth is whatever they declare."

I think I might have to do some moon hoax ones. The troofers make 9/11 ones too easy, and I do feel a little bad about making these 9/11 songs, even tho we're on the "good" side.

I think I understand what you mean. It's a bit childish slagging them off, even though we are right not to believe in their conspiracy delusions.

I'd like to see some songs that succinctly debunk the twoofers' actual claims, rather than ones that paint them all with the same brush as being stupid.

Hence, while I can see they're being sarcastic, those moon hoax lyrics, jhunter could have been written by a hoax believer. Well, a creative hoax believer.

[qarnos]

:D Well done, qarnos!! :D
I especially like the part,
"But you won't stand a chance in there.
The truth is whatever they declare."

Thanks! I was quite happy with the way it turned out in the end. There was only one disappointment for me - the original lyrics I wrote were from the perspective of the narrator criticizing the current LC forum members, and the first line you quoted was, originally, "'cos you feel so important there". I really liked that line and it was a shame I couldn't work it into the final song.

I think I understand what you mean. It's a bit childish slagging them off, even though we are right not to believe in their conspiracy delusions.

Yes. That, and the fact that a lot of people suffered and died on 9/11. It feels a bit wrong to be making fun of anything to do with it, even if it is just the troofers. I just need to remind myself of why we are here - to defend the real truth from the delusional truth. Some people respond better to ridicule than reason.

I'd like to see some songs that succinctly debunk the twoofers' actual claims, rather than ones that paint them all with the same brush as being stupid.

I've been working on that aspect of it. The problem it trying to get stuff to rhyme! I find that Moon conspiracy claims are easier to rhyme than 9/11 ones.

For example, this piece I've been working on which is a parody of Don McLeans "Vincent" (Starry Starry Night).

A starry, starry sky.
Would be proof that Apollo was fake.
Because you can't see the stars in space,
When you're standing in the daylight on The Moon.

Still a lot of lyrics to go, though!

Hence, while I can see they're being sarcastic, those moon hoax lyrics, jhunter could have been written by a hoax believer. Well, a creative hoax believer.

I've written a couple of parodies which I scrapped for that very reason. I like the Man on the Moon song but a believer could also claim it as a song supporting them. The sarcasm is, to me, quite obvious, but CTers seem to have a problem with that kind of thing - Look at the LC forums response to the 9/11 South Park episode. Some of them, including Mr. Avery himself, thought it was a good thing!

I wonder if any of them have listened to this stuff. In particular, I wonder if Killtown heard the Killtown song. :D