lurksalot Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 It is time again to get those lug holes infused with the monthly offering. After a great month last time congratulations were due to @NickD with the added bonus of choosing us a pic for March... "I was messing with chiaroscuro style lighting for a photography project last year and asked the Mrs do do her best gangster impression for me. I think it might make for some interesting results." So without further ado have a listen to these and cast your 3 votes as appeases you 1 @AndyTravis I just got spy/hitman vibes and went with it. 2 @Leonard Smalls I done one! Seeing the pic had someone with a gun in their hand, I thought it best to do a cover of Hendrix' classic "Hey Joe" 😁 3 lurksalot. I tried to get a feel of a theme/title sequence to a TV show that might have the photographed person as main character. 4 @NickD I got a bit of a Bugsy Malone vibe from the pic, which pushed me towards a swing (ish) style. It's a minor 251 going to the relative major for the brief chorus. There are probably hundreds of jazz tunes you could play over the backing, it's such a standard form. 5 @Dad3353 Inspired really after watching the Markus Miller group in concert, playing Miles Davis 'Tutu' stuff. It brought images of this spiv; maybe it's the hat, I don't know. 6. @SH73 The song is about a CO2 air pistol and shooting cans , whatever words I scraped together. 7 @Nail Soup The gun pic got me thinking of despair at needless deaths in American school shootings and the like. In particular one quote from gun supporter saying that the best solution to a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun - hence the (ironic) title. So the lyrics went there, and led me to a Dylan-goes-electric musical setting. 8 @Nicko. I went through several genres but ended up going back to my initial idea which was to do something befitting a Tarantino sound track because the photo reminded me of his films. Not sure if I got there - its somewhere between the Shadows and a Spaghetti Western but that's the right ballpark. 9 @upside downer "Hands up! Nobody move! Hey, you! I'm Mrs D! Do a tune that has no chance of winning 'cus my fella won last month and now he's had the sweet taste of victory he wants more!" 10 @Wolfram Drawing some inspiration from the Godfather and the late great Coolio, I had two ideas for this one and couldn't decide, so ran with them both. Most definitely a song of two halves: an introduction from the hills of Sicily followed by a little story straight from the Valley of the Shadow of Death Well there we have it ,yet another fine crop for you to listen through and choose your favourite 3 Good luck all Voting will finish at midnight on 31st March 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Well that threw up a fine crop of tunes. Every one in a different style. It was really tough to choose just 3. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 The word eclectic springs to mind. Gonna have to have a think about where the votes are going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Nicko said: The word eclectic springs to mind. Gonna have to have a think about where the votes are going. Same here 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 These are so good 👏 So difficult to whittle it down to 3 so I'll have yet another listen tomorrow before voting. That's no bad thing, a quality batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 I got it down to a long list , then a shortlist , but to be honest , the shortlist isn’t that short! if I can’t get it any shorter I will have to pull them out of a hat tomorrow 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 And the winner is ... @AndyTravis..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2023_03.pdf ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: And the winner is ... @AndyTravis..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2023_03.pdf 104.42 kB · 0 downloads ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)… well! I shall frame that. Thanks 🥰 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Well done, Andy, great show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Well done Andy , a popular winner for an excellent tune 👏. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 GET OUT OF BED you snooze you lose ! back on the bike for April This is not a dodgy April fool link 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Bravo, Andy 👏 cracking tune! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Congrats Andy. No shame coming a distant second to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Nice one! A cracking entry and a proper runaway winner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfram Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Congratulations Andy! A well-deserved win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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