SONG LYRIC CONVERSATION CONTEST!
 

borrowed from who's line is it anyway:

Ok. Here are the rules:

You must speak in song lyrics. You may add words before or after the lyrics as long as you highlight the lryics. Points will be awarded and taken away as follows:rule change: lyrics must be easily recognizeable, complete sentences, full lines from a song, or song titles


1 POINT:
*a post that makes sense in the context of the conversation (fits)
* a song title that fits the conversation
* catching a misquoted lyric (per misquote)
* catching a spelling error (per error)
2 POINTS:
* makes sense AND is funny or insulting
* a post that inlcludes 2 seperate lines from songs that fits

3 POINTS:
* a post with 2 seperate lines that make sense and is funny or insulting

5 POINTS:
* a post that contains 3 or more lines that fit


-1 POINT
* spelling errors (per error)

* Misquoting a lyric

-2 POINTS
* incorrectly correcting a spelling error
* incorrectly refuting the accuracy of a lyric
* including a sentence that is not at least a partial lyric (per occurance)

-5 POINTS
* bickering about the judge's decision (I'm the judge)



when a lyric is challenged, the onus is on the person who quoted the lyric to find a link to that lyric and post it.....non response will be assumed to be an admission of innacuracy. Spelling challenges work the same way, but websters.com or a link to the lyrics as above will determine the usage accuracy. typos are spelling errors. only the first challenger of an error will be awarded points.

The contest will end on DECEMBER 22nd at 1 PM EST. The person with the most points will recieve a DVD of ....

THE LORD OF THE RINGS PART 2 : the two towers

edit: deleted my 1st post.....someone else start.....

"Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?"

- "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne

"You don't have to ask
You already know"

- You don't have to ask Grateful Dead

Because it's like that. And that's the way it is. But if we can't figure out how this works, then we will all go down together.

all go down together as in .. Down in a blaze of glory...,

I cant work this out either and i find that as i struggle to for words that are so hard to find everyone else just says nothing at all, and i couldnt have said it better myself

need the proof...

definately need the proof

1point to jinx
(jinx is playing for glory only-ineligble to win dvd)

"it's like that.. and that's the way it is"

"we will all go down together"... a mistake, I said "we will," and it's listed as "we would."

I have been considering going for the largest negative score.

A question--are there any genre limits? Could we use opera (those that were written in English obviously) or broadway shows? Are parody lyrics (Weird Al, Bob Rivers, Capitol Steps, etc.) fair game?

STEVE:

1 point
-1 for innacurate post
1 point for catching an inaccurate post

net 1 point


genre...as long as it proves out as in the rules, it matters not

This contest is like ABC, easy as 1-2-3.

GODDAMN!

nice job.



5 points for cougar
1 bonus point for "over the top"

net 6 points to cougar

she's running away with this, people......


5 points + 1 bonus point=6points

-1 point for all of the pop ups that i now have to close and for referencing a site with ALL of the songs on an album that i would have to read just to find the one partial line......

good job, anyway, tho

5 points total

it's snowballing....

5+1 bonus = 6 points

6 points to cougar

Point of order: shouldn't the lyrics be, like, more recognizable as lyrics? Otherwise we'll just google for every word in every sentence?

I think it would be more cool only to use the title of a song rather than any lyrics. Lyrics are too easy.

yes. very good point. let's see......

let's keep this confined to entire lines from a song, or a song title....or an easily recognizeable and well known SNIP from a song.



this is an obvoius oversight on my part in setting up the rules, and unfortunately, i will have to make some adjustments to the scoring...sorry cougar....i'll be fair about it.

THE FIRST TWO POSTS STAND AS CALLED ON THE FIELD

UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THE ABOVE POST ONLY SCORES ONE POINT

ADJUSTMENT -0 FOR COUGAR

edit:
i stand corrected. sorry, missed the titles

that woulde be one line as it is a complete sentence.

It shouldn't be anything but the title. This makes the game more challenging and fun. :)

Room for a Newbie in this game?
 

I'm just a "Working Man", you have to "Have a Little Faith In Me". I'd travel "200 Miles" to see "Ophelia" "In the Flesh".

Oops, gotta "Go Now", "Supper's Ready"

Bob ;)

Those are song titles, not lyrics...but kudos on "Supper's Ready"! The man is a Genesis fan!

I'd go on with this game, but..."What are words for? When no one listens anymore..." - "Words" by Missing Persons

redundant non lyrical post

-2 points

Re: Room for a Newbie in this game?
 

welcome bob..
good show
5+1 bp

6 points to bob r

titles are ok. encouraged, actually...ask radar.

1 point for the line
-2 for non lyrical line in post

net -1

"hey joe", I realize that it is a "wicked game", but if you "come together", you'll find that "it's so easy".

Hey "Charlie Brown", "Why is everybody always picking on me?", "I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut".

I "Stand and Deliver" some great ideas, but I'm treated like a "Hard Headed Woman" and want to check into "Heartbreak Hotel" or the "Hotel California" so I can "Escape Confusion". I wonder, "Do they know it's Christmas?" because taking points away from me will ensure I have a "Blue Christmas" in "Blue Hawaii".

I realize Onyx is ahead, but all I've got to say is,

"If you’re looking for trouble
You came to the right place
If you’re looking for trouble
Just look right in my face"

"Because I’m evil, my middle name is misery"

"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog"

"And you ain’t no friend of mine"

Well "It's been a hard Day's Night" so I better be going because

"I wake up every mornin', I stumble out of bed"

"Stretchin' and yawnin', another day ahead " and I've got to load "16 tons" at work. I'm not getting any younger. In fact I'm "Another day older and deeper in debt " but "That's alright Mama" "Don’t worry about me, no no no, don’t worry about me, no" because "I'd walk 500 miles" to win this contest. :)

GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY

5 points
1 bonus point
1 elvis bonus point
1 bonus point for christmas reference

8 points to radar

I'd "Celebrate" but I'm working "9 to 5" so I can buy a "Mercedes Benz" and I don't want my boss to "Call Me" a "Slacker". But first let me tell you a story about a guy at work.

"Me & Bobby McGee" are going to "Move Over" to the "Mississippi River" to fight because he saw his wife "Mary Jane" give me a "Careless Whisper and me telliing her "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" because I've got a good "Shoulder to Cry On". He has the "Kozmic Blues" so I told him "Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight" but he had the "Eye of the Tiger" and wanted to start a "Zuit Suit Riot". I said, "Take it Easy" and have "One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer" so he could "Take a bottle drown your sorrows"

I said, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" "Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun" "So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999" and we did. The next thing I knew, his wife came to the bar and told him "When I think about you I touch my self" and she needed some "Sexual Healing". He said, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". He went home with her and they lived Happily Ever After.

excellent! look out cougar!!

5 points
1 bonus point
-2 nonlyrical sentence
funny AND creative 2 points
6 points net

check again.....edited it in...yesterday.

-5 points for cougar

noodging the judge after he already complied with her questioning his judgement and was very big about it and admitted his error and didn't deduct any points for questioning the ruling and your lucky i don't take another 2 away for non lyrical post. next time you should question me in a lyrical fashion and get some points at the same time.

"Don't be Cruel" Lumberjim. Man, that's "Bad News" for Cougar. It looks like my "Hot Rod Lincoln" is going to win this "Race with the Devil" like a "Little Old Lady From Pasadena". Even though I'm sure "He's going the distance", "I will Survive". I might do a "Stray Cat Strut" and act like "Proud Mary" if I win.

"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch." I'm gonna have to "Trim Your Tree." This is "War Pigs." Now, before you get your "Emotions in Motion," lets just "Stop the Train." "Cheer Up', "Cotton Eyed Joe." It's just that the "Sky is Cryin'," so let's "Keep On Truckin." "Let Us Get Together" otherwise it's "Goodnight Irene." "When I was a Cowboy" and "Comfortably Numb" you used to "Gimme Shelter", so I'm gonna let you out of my "Spiderweb." Lucky for you, "I've got Georgia on My Mind" and so "I'm Moving On."

Wow, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancin" with "That Old Black Magic" but "Come on Eileen", you can't "Knock Me Down" because "Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you."

"You're So Vain" if you think you can "Beat it" because when I do it "My Way", "We Are the Champions" so "Hit The Road Jack" and "Ease on Down The Road". You'll be "Lonely" and want to sing a "Sad Song" when "I'm Through With Love".

This is "My House" and "Don't You Forget It" "Mr. Telephone Man" so "Back Off Bitch"! You know "U Can't Touch This"

don't get mad and give up , cougar, you're still in it.

last 3 posts:

griff
5 points

1 bonus point
1 bonus point for having a beard

7 points to griff

radar
10 points
2 bonus points
1 bonus point for "He's going the distance"


13 points total for radar

bonus bonanza
 

10 points for undertoad for shits and giggles


8 points to bruce for being in touch with his feminine side


12 points to Elspode as congrats on the new job,and his son making it through

5 points to cougar cuz i feel bad




-10 points to sycamore for talking about dying his hair on the manly thread

TOTALS TO DATE
 

elspode: 13

jinx: 1

stevedallas: 1

cougar: 17

radar: 25

bob r: 6

griff: 7

undertoad: 10

xoxoxobruce: 8

"remember", "monday, monday", This is the End".

"Relax", "Amadeus", "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet". I'm feeling "The Rhythm of The Night" and "You Are the Inspiration" for me to "Keep on Rollin'". Those other guys can eat my "Dust in the Wind" because "I Will Win". They'll think to themselves, "I'm a Loser", "'Cause I'm the best there's ever been" but I feel no "Sorrow" for them. It's hard to muster up "Pity" when someone is a "Chump".

I hope this post puts me "Over The Edge" in the points department because "Christmas time is here again" and that DVD as sounds sweet as "Brown Sugar".

I'm one of the "Tough Guys" and "I don't take shit from no one" so you better "Watch Your Ass" before you find one of my "Legs" "Kicking It".

I wanted to say "Hello", but "Now it's time to say goodnight" so "Hello, I must be going. I cannot stay. I came to say, I must be going"

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

Here's to the winners - lift up the glasses.
Here's to the glory still to be.
Here's to the battle, whatever it's for,
To ask the best of ourselves, then give much more.

-Sinatra

Here's to the losers
The substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
No matter what anyone says
I think we're beautiful
The most beautiful
In the world

I know you're tired
Of being put down
And all the crap that's said in town
But you're the person that matters most
I raise my glass, and make a toast

This one's for the losers
Substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

To the retarded
And the broken-hearted
To the starving masses
And the lower classes

'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
No matter what anyone else says
I think we're beautiful

- Warrior Soul

5 POINTS
2 BONUS POINTS
1 BONUS POINT FOR TRASH TALKIN'!
8 POINTS TO RADAR

4 POINTS FOR TOAD

Here's to the losers
The substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
No matter what anyone says
I think we're beautiful
The most beautiful
In the world

I know you're tired
Of being put down
And all the crap that's said in town
But you're the person that matters most
I raise my glass, and make a toast

This one's for the losers
Substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

To the retarded
And the broken-hearted
To the starving masses
And the lower classes

'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
'Cause I think we're beautiful
No matter what anyone else says
I think we're beautiful

- Warrior Soul


5 POINTS
5 BONUS POINTS for quoting what appears to be an entire song that fits in context

total 14 points for UT

"Uh Oh", "The Heat Is On". Things are starting to get "Crazy" "How Long Has This Been Going On?"

"Well you’re the real tough cookie with the long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
That’s o.k., lets see how you do it
Put up your dukes, lets get down to it!
Hit me with your best shot!
Why don’t you hit me with your best shot!
Hit me with your best shot!
Fire away!

You come on with a come on, you don’t fight fair
But that’s o.k., see if I care!
Knock me down, it’s all in vain
I’ll get right back on my feet again!

Hit me with your best shot!
Why don’t you hit me with your best shot!
Hit me with your best shot!
Fire away!

Well you’re the real tough cookie with the long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place

Hit me with your best shot!
Come on, hit me with your best shot!
Hit me with your best shot!
Fire away!

Hit me with your best shot!
Why don’t you hit me with your best shot!
Hit me with your best shot!
Fire away!"



"And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain"

But don't "Count Me Out", I'm still "Sitting On Top of The World" and I intend to "Stay" there. "Thank You" for playing. I wish we had some "Lovely" parting gifts for you but I am "The Only One" who will get "The Prize"

radar....last post

5 points
200 bonus points for domination

205 total points

winner!
 

radar wins with 238 total points

second place: sorry, no prizes for 2nd place.

Woo Hoo! Thank you very much sir for having this fun contest and offering such a cool prize. I am in your debt sir.

"we are the champions" for enjoying your contributions.

i think there should be more contests and prizes........

maybe we could do a football pool for the playoffs or something like that. any ideas?

"what a girl wants, what a girl needs" is a chance to be included in this contest. i just found out about it. i saw it earlier, but "i don't know why i didn't come, i , don't know why i didn't come"
"so what do you say?
let's just keep it up
i like the idea
(yeah, i made this one up)"

POST AWAY!

the prize is already in the mail though. why don;t you offer up something and put out a new end date....maybe a copy of your demo on cd?

Ljim

Once upon a time there used to be a very active cellar football pool. It was all about bragging rights, but it was a lot of fun.

(heck, back in the day we even had a fantasy baseball league, AND an actual roller hockey team.)