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Masters of Song Fu – "It All Makes Sense At The End (The Spoiler Song)"

Apr02
2009 1 Comment Written by Mick

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Here’s a low-budget video for the latest Song Fu challenge song. Only the title was set for this round, so I took a little inspiration from the rather mixed reception the finale of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ received on the internet. Like several other popular cult series, it finished with several untied loose ends, some of which are quoted in the song. When it is running, you should be able to click on the little upward-pointing arrow at the bottom-right corner to switch on subtitles which display the song lyric.

If you enjoyed that, then please head over to Quickstop Entertainment and vote for it!

Red Nose Song Fu Special

Quickstop have also now made the songs from the Red Nose Day special available, right here. During the webcast show one of the Song Fu-ers, Joe ‘Covenant’ Lamb, composed another song which can be found along with the other songs here. Incidentally, in the same way that a number of people guested on my Red Nose song, Joe’s Red Nose song also featured guests including me (playing yobstick and singing).

Don’t forget to donate – the Red Nose Net event raised over £4,000 for Comic Relief!

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Masters of Song Fu Special – "Big Red Nose"

Mar13
2009 1 Comment Written by Mick

Red Nose Net

I finished the song at the weekend, but today is Red Nose Day, and so at some point today it should appear for your delight over at the webcast on Red Nose Net. It starts at 12pm EST (which I think is 5pm in the UK), and runs for 24 hours – I have no idea what time they will play the songs, but watch the video below for a brief preview. Once the song itself is available to download, I’ll provide a link to it as well.

This was a much more collaborative Song Fu effort than the others I have done, specifically because the challenge was to write a song that encourages the listener to join in. A select band of volunteers sent me their contributions to the song and they have been glued together into some sort of a consistent whole I have named “The Furfurescent Choir”. A big thanks to all of them for taking the time to do their bit and entering the spirit of the event with a wonderful selection of singing and other vocal strangeness. Their names are listed below.

The song is just a bit of fun, starting as an upbeat pop number and degenerating into a vocal meltdown. It may not be to your taste, but it’s all in a good cause – see Red Nose Net for more details.

Big Red Nose============

Intro - F C Bb  F C Bb

[verse 1]            D        G      DWhen you're standing in the stormC           G            DRain soaked through your clothes    D      G        DAnd people laugh at you            C              D'cos of the colour of your nose

[verse 2]And you there, in the pubHeavy drinking prosLabelling yourselfwith the colour of your nose

[chorus]F                   C       Bb  Everybody loves a big red nose  Everybody loves a big red noseF             G7          C        F  It brings a grin and it makes us laughF                   Bb      C  Everybody loves a big red nose  

[verse 3]You've got the man fluIt's running like a hoseTissues make it worseBringing colour to your nose

F                   C       Bb  Everybody loves a big red nose  x14



Music & Lyric: Mick Bordet

Mick Bordet: Keyboards, guitar, bass & lead vocalA-DooM: DrumsThe Furfurescent Choir: Vocals (from left to right)    Andy Roberts - http://distributedresearch.net/blog/    Paul Davison - http://stormcock.net/    Cruella Bordet    Matt Walton - http://matthew-walton.co.uk/    Angela Brett - http://angelabrett.wordpress.com    Jutze Schult - http://www.jutze.com
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Red Nose Net

Mar03
2009 Leave a Comment Written by Mick

Red Nose Net

I’m pleased to announce I’ll be doing something musical in support of this year’s Red Nose Day, via the online efforts of Red Nose Net. They are a group of internet folk who are using the web to promote Red Nose Day all round the World. Whilst Comic Relief is based in the UK, they do a lot of work in developing countries, and this initiative aims to give them much more attention than they currently receive outside these little islands.

My part in this will be within a special one-off edition of ‘Masters of Song Fu’ which has the aim of creating songs to get everybody involved. To that end, I’d like to invite you join me on the chorus…

Just send me an email to mick @ lunacyboard . com (without the spaces) OR leave me a comment below with a contact point, and I’ll send you a copy of the chorus to the song to record yourself singing (or shouting, whispering or talking) along to. I’ll then combine all the voices into one massed choir for the finished song.

The final deadline for song submission is 10th March, so please let me know if you are interested as soon as possible!

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