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Subject: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/20/09 at 10:55 pm
A couple of days late into the conversation, but YES...I'm totally in a slump, and also have ideas that I'm too lazy to finish. Or uninspired. Or something. I think about writing ALL the time. I WANT to write. I never finish anything. I need another Decathlon to get my writing again. ;) Of course I'm too lazy to host it...so... :-ALSO
Are there any genres you would like to see done? Any topics? Drop me a line below and let me know and I'll see if I can work your idea into this contest. I'm not only making the songs open to the topic for voting but the entire contest this time is open to the public. Let me know what you guys want and I'll make it happen!
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Arwen on 08/20/09 at 11:43 pm
Well, you know that I'll play. :)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Below Average Dave on 08/20/09 at 11:47 pm
And as I said on my Parody Slump thread, I'd be in as well. . .but under one condition, you consult with me before posting deadline threads ;) LOL, just giving you a hard time. . .being a moderator, I'll help out making sure the dates are right for ya. ..
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Medemia on 08/21/09 at 1:15 am
I'm always game for something new. I'll have to look up the previous 2 decathlons to see what I'm signing myself up for though :)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/21/09 at 12:23 pm
What genres do you guys want to see represented in this?
Here's the list from previous Decathlons...
1. Easy Listening
2. Duets
3. Elvis
4. Hard Rock/Punk/Metal
5. Reggae or Latin
6. Country
7. Girl Groups
8. Hip Hop/ Rap
9. Folk and Traditional
10. Musicals
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1. Blues/ Swing
2. Teen Pop
3. Motown
4. Emo/Punk/Metal
5. Ska
6. British Invasion
7. Indie
8. Techno/Dance
9. Disco/Funk
10. Slow Songs
TOPIC
1. History
2. Have A Rant!
3. Love and Relationships
4. Tales of the Unexplained
5. Vacations and Travel
6. Working for the Man
7. In the News 2006 (Which will be updated for 2009)
8. Hey Stupid!
9. The Animal Kingdom
10. Eat, Drink and Be Merry
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1. Make Your Own Commerical
2. The Big Screen
3. Embarassment
4. Games/ Toys
5. Seasonal
6. Bad Habits
7. Fashion/ Style
8. Surreal
9. Parties and Nightlife
10. Science
Which of the above would you like to see again? Which do you want to drop off the face of the Earth???
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Arwen on 08/21/09 at 2:20 pm
I know I had problems with some of the genres...but that's part of the challenge. Obviously we can't include all of the previous genres...and there might be suggestions for new genres, as well...but I'd suggest just choosing from all them at random...and whatever gets chosen...gets chosen. Whatever is left out at the end of the Decathlon...is left out.
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: DJ Blaze on 08/21/09 at 4:02 pm
I know I had problems with some of the genres...but that's part of the challenge. Obviously we can't include all of the previous genres...and there might be suggestions for new genres, as well...but I'd suggest just choosing from all them at random...and whatever gets chosen...gets chosen. Whatever is left out at the end of the Decathlon...is left out.
Hmm.... I'm not entirely sure what this is. I'll look up the other 2 before signing on. This is a prototype of my genre list:
Swing
50s Rock
Elvis
Beatles
Classic Rock
Rolling Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd
80s Pop
80s Metal
Metallica
Power Ballad
Grunge/Ska
Nirvana
Modern Pop
Hip-Hop/Rap
Modern Rock/Emo/Metal
Lady GaGa
DragonForce (just kidding unless you really wanna them)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/21/09 at 4:15 pm
I actually might do take the easy route and combine all of the genres and topics and pick from a hat... ;)
Yeah, I'm lazy it happens....
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Arwen on 08/21/09 at 5:26 pm
I actually might do take the easy route and combine all of the genres and topics and pick from a hat... ;)
Yeah, I'm lazy it happens....
I don't know about lazy...but I think that's the fairest way to do it anyway. I mean...if you're matching genres with topics, intentionally, you could be accused of having your ideas in mind beforehand, while the rest of us struggle to make sense of the crazy pairings. ;)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/21/09 at 5:28 pm
Sounds good to me so who's in?
1. Matthias
2. Arwen
3. Below Average Dave
4. Medemia
5. DJ Blaze
6. Jeff Reuben
7. Conqueror of Parodies
8. 2nz
Anybody else? I hope we can get at least 10 people!
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Arwen on 08/21/09 at 5:36 pm
Hmm.... I'm not entirely sure what this is. I'll look up the other 2 before signing on. This is a prototype of my genre list:
Swing
50s Rock
Elvis
Beatles
Classic Rock
Rolling Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd
80s Pop
80s Metal
Metallica
Power Ballad
Grunge/Ska
Nirvana
Modern Pop
Hip-Hop/Rap
Modern Rock/Emo/Metal
Lady GaGa
DragonForce (just kidding unless you really wanna them)
While I'm not adverse to choosing specific artists...(as we've done Elvis in the past)...I would say that we need to have someone with a more extensive music catalog than Lady GaGa. If I have to critique 12 parodies of "Love Game" at the same time, I might become clinically insane. ;)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/21/09 at 5:43 pm
While I'm not adverse to choosing specific artists...(as we've done Elvis in the past)...I would say that we need to have someone with a more extensive music catalog than Lady GaGa. If I have to critique 12 parodies of "Love Game" at the same time, I might become clinically insane. ;)
I was thinking of adding "Disney" as a genre because they have a lot of music throughout their entire movie collection.
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Arwen on 08/21/09 at 5:44 pm
I was thinking of adding "Disney" as a genre because they have a lot of music throughout their entire movie collection.
Oooh...I could totally go for that. I love me some Disney!
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Red Ant on 08/21/09 at 6:23 pm
Some possible genres/categories not already used:
Grunge
Grindcore/Death Metal
One-Hit Wonders
Instrumentals
Showtunes
Muzak (stuff you hear in grocery stores and elevators)
Theme songs (from TV or movies)
Ant
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: jreuben on 08/21/09 at 6:31 pm
I'm in :)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: DJ Blaze on 08/21/09 at 7:01 pm
Some possible genres/categories not already used:
Grunge
Grindcore/Death Metal
One-Hit Wonders
Instrumentals
Showtunes
Muzak (stuff you hear in grocery stores and elevators)
Theme songs (from TV or movies)
Ant
Yea verily to death metal! Amon Amarth and Finntroll FTW!
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/21/09 at 11:20 pm
Death Metal might be a bit too extreme for this contest, Hair Metal on the other hand could be pretty fun.
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: DJ Blaze on 08/22/09 at 7:36 am
Death Metal might be a bit too extreme for this contest, Hair Metal on the other hand could be pretty fun.
I agree. I thought death metal would be cool, but this is mainly a 70s/80s site.
Just looked at one of the past threads and this sounds like an awesome idea! Not sure if I'll be able to do each genre, but I'm in for this one!
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Below Average Dave on 08/22/09 at 10:01 pm
Death Metal might be a bit too extreme for this contest, Hair Metal on the other hand could be pretty fun.
Why not just. . .Metal.. . which would include all variations of metal
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/22/09 at 10:03 pm
Why not just. . .Metal.. . which would include all variations of metal
That works...
I think I'm going to have Punk and Metal as seperate genres this time...
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: DJ Blaze on 08/23/09 at 9:24 am
That works...
I think I'm going to have Punk and Metal as seperate genres this time...
Sounds good to me! I'll probably pick a power metal song for that round.
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/23/09 at 9:27 am
Any other people want to enter this?
I'm hoping for a large number of contestants... I'll give it a week from today if there still isn't a large number of people entering
I'll start it off with how many are already in
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: DJ Blaze on 08/23/09 at 10:10 am
Any other people want to enter this?
I'm hoping for a large number of contestants... I'll give it a week from today if there still isn't a large number of people entering
I'll start it off with how many are already in
I think that people'll start entering on Monday and onward, because AmIRight/InThe00s seems to be slow on weekends. It may be because A.I.R. doesn't upload parodies on the weekends.
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: ThaConqueror on 08/24/09 at 3:00 am
I think I lost my sanity after the first Decathlon. Therefore:
LEMME IN!!
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Melanie Lee on 08/24/09 at 7:44 pm
If someone else is doing the judging, count me in! If I have to judge, well, I don't know if I'll have time for that!
Category ideas that I like:
One-Hit Wonders
Instrumentals
Show Music/Musicals (same thing)
TV and Movie Themes
Folk and Traditional
Motown
British Invasion
Beatles (of course!)
Slow Songs/Ballads
History
Have a Rant
In the News 2009
Make Your Own Commercial
The Big Screen
Here are some ideas of mine:
Foreign songs
Opera
19th-century and before (which is almost the same as Traditional)
TV Shows
Literature (novels, plays, poems...)
Mythology and/or Religion
Specific Celebrities or Heroes (about a person)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/24/09 at 7:56 pm
If someone else is doing the judging, count me in! If I have to judge, well, I don't know if I'll have time for that!
Category ideas that I like:
One-Hit Wonders
Instrumentals
Show Music/Musicals (same thing)
TV and Movie Themes
Folk and Traditional
Motown
British Invasion
Beatles (of course!)
Slow Songs/Ballads
History
Have a Rant
In the News 2009
Make Your Own Commercial
The Big Screen
Here are some ideas of mine:
Foreign songs
Opera
19th-century and before (which is almost the same as Traditional)
TV Shows
Literature (novels, plays, poems...)
Mythology and/or Religion
Specific Celebrities or Heroes (about a person)
Yeah... We do the judging for this. Sorry Melanie... I know you have a busy schedual.
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/26/09 at 4:07 am
I would like to have 3 more people entered before I start this event, but if nobody else wants to enter I can begin this contest with 7 people...
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Below Average Dave on 08/26/09 at 12:06 pm
I would like to have 3 more people entered before I start this event, but if nobody else wants to enter I can begin this contest with 7 people...
If it's only 7, I'd highly advise waiting Matthias, considering there are always a couple of mid-term drop outs, starting with 7 is pretty pointless, I'd say just hold out longer, there's no rush, we certainly have no shortage of contests ;)
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: 2nz on 08/26/09 at 12:44 pm
Fine, I'm in.
-Glen
Subject: Re: Decathalon Round 3 (As suggested by Arwen)
Written By: Matthias on 08/27/09 at 6:58 pm
I'm thinking about starting this one up on Monday... Anybody else want to join in these few last days?