Song Fu Round 2

But, JoCo and P&S play so well together! This will be like separating the chocolate and the peanut butter - making the peanut butter taste like chocolate, and the chocolate taste like peanut butter - and judging which is better. It's delicious. But, WRONG!

Oh, burn! On P&S, of course, not on you, JoCo. You're fireproof.

Anyhow, those guys don't have a chance. You are the master of all genres. You're our songwriting hero! You won't disappoint us.

...Right?

OOO, the gauntlet has been thrown! Ching!

This is a heavyweight bout worthy of a Michael Buffer intro, or at least a boxing nuns parody of Michael Buffer....

"In this corner, weighing in at 160 lbs, from Colchester CT, the Geek mythologist, the shaggy but not yet craggy, the one and only hero of the lonely, Jon-a-than COUL-tonnnn.....

And in this corner, weighing in at a combined weight of well over 350 lbs, owing much to the greatly disparaged cheese fry, from various points in the mid-Atlantic region, the former masters of stella' a capella, those pirate-ical radicals, the poop and booger joke blokes, Paaauull and STORMmmmmmm..."

Alright now, shake hands and come out writing....

The only flaw in your plan, JoCo, is that there's only one of you. However, I am confident you will be able to get around this minor inconvenience.

For those of you not familiar with Boxing Nuns....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIeE2z3Vyk

The key to any creative endavor, art, music, or literature, is knowing where and how your piece will end. The rest is simply writing towards that final goal. Looking at it that way, you're halfway there. Well, maybe not halfway, but you've got a lead.

And you know P&S will simply write a song about a robot monkey who is in a tragic love affair with a giant squid while being attacked by zombies... shit, I'm doing their work for them...

And if you need a second voice to be the Storm to your Paul (or vice versa) I'd be more than happy...

This should be interesting. Paul and Storm have a demonstrated talent for artist mimicry. Their rendition of They Might Be Giants as ice cream men, though satirical, is uncannily accurate in style and form.

"Last week I left a note on Laura's Desk... I love her."

So you know how it ends, and you know you have to throw in a dick joke. See? It's practically writing itself!

Tindómiel:

If he was going on end with a dick joke he can't just throw in another dick joke.

Oh wait he's trying to write like P+S. Never mind.

What do they mean "simple parody". Does noone respect the art form anymore?

This challenge would have been made infinitely more difficult if it had the stipulation of "No monkeys, giant sea creatures, nuns or pirates."

I can't wait for this...it shall be epic.

This shall be a legendary battle of epicness.

TOTALLY AWWWWWWWWESOME! Tee Hee! I can't WAIT!

Some twisted part of my brain wishes this happened more often, and with pre-existing songs.

JoCo: "I am the opening baaand..."

P+S: "Last week we left a note on Laura's desk..."

Ha... funny sketch that the amazing Len has quickly produced of the face-off!
http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/len-reiterates-its-on/

What you clearly need is some morning radio disc jockeys to talk and laugh over your song. It's the little touches.

My beautiful family got me Portal for Father's Day. I just completed it minutes ago! Then, I turned up the volume, leaned back in my chair and enjoyed "Still Alive" like I've never enjoyed it before... 'cause I EARNED it!

We all know this is going to end with both you and P+S submitting "Sweet Caroline".

And then Neil Diamond wins.

Song Fu Challenge is the name of my other emo band.

Funny. Song Fu Challenge was my wrestling name in High School.

I'm sure people have mentioned it on the forum, but I just noticed your appearance on The Daily Show last Wednesday. Very nice, even if it was just to be Hodgman's troubadour once more.

I assume the ending you're so sure of is one of their acapella endings with a ridiculously held-out note?

Because you should definitely do a Randy Newman theme. Maybe "Randy Newman's Theme from "Monkey Shines?"

Also, post that Daily Show footage, I haven't seen it.

LoonieBin: JoCo's Daily Show appearance comes near the end of this segment ("Holistay", from June 11, 2008, about the 4:52 mark).

"I already know the ending, it's the part that makes your face implode"?

This is gonna be good

Dejected arrrrr....

If I was in the competition my entries would be:

"Randy Newman’s Theme from `Good Luck Chuck`" -- a convergence of RNTf_ and dick jokes.

"Cyber-Brine Shrimp in Love" -- a convergence of metaphore, robots, sea life, monkeys, and the human experience

"What if Randy Newman covered a They Might Be Giants song while on fire in a well."

I would love to witness P & S brainstorm session and then development of the song.

@Gle3nn: An barbershop quartet-style cover?

I could see P&S doing a song that would win both parts of round two (even though they don't need to do the challengers' part). They just do a folksy take on Stephen Hawking vs. scabies, with a robotic voice repeating "f**k f**k f**k f**k f**k" as both punch line and chorus. Instahit!

I think JoCo should write a song about Fredric J. Baur, the dude who invented the Pringles can. He died recently and was buried in a Pringles can. Some of his ashes, anyway. That sounds too much like "Nugget Man" not to take advantage of.

I think this guy should be asked to be a judge, since the contest is named after him:
http://indigo.eng.wayne.edu/~song/

You know, as I read this, I remember that they wrote 'Your Love' *entirely* so they could end the song with 'Your love is Christopher Walken.'

So it occurs to me that if you came up with the end of the song first, in addition to writing a song like theirs, you're also using their song-writing method, so you should get extra plus points for that.

Having listened to both songs, all I can say is it's gonna be a tough, tough call.