We Didn't Start the Fire

[astuarlen]

Lend a hamd. It's a work in progress.
I quickly realized maintaining the original rhymes (http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=1511) is nigh-impossible, but I'm making an effort to preserve the feel.

Feel free to propose edits and adds.
Tentative edits get the * treatment.
____________________


What we have so far (with my oh-so-critical slashes):

one
True story, John Wayne, unfinished FKL game
Ask Wheatpenny, Sgt Shliggy, welcome to hell

two
Poor Hrigg went far, phongi's lack of avatar,
You got moved from PSU, you got FKL'd!
*PSU general dumped into FKL*

three
Bad ass, Moo Man Group, olo *rati*, fact, disapprove
Leviatha, cave meats, Darking Duck, astuarlen*anwserman*

four Hrigg
From the Land of Anned-Bay, hot topic for the day
*pretty sure he's awesome*, It's over nine thousand!

CHORUS

five ???
NidraMag, RavenPaw, Frostheart, Noobs galore
Underscore, Umkle's back, TOUHOU HIJACK

six
Clevar, funnay, @s are landfill money <--Does "@" have a standard pronunciation or is it merely symbolic? Kinda iffy on this one anyway...
Zarode so ph4ils, "your mom" comeback

seven

eight
Disko, geoduck, Hayabusa, moved thread
Spamming race, colon face, the person above you

CHORUS

nine
Dhylock, VGCats, Dopplemari, quote hax
*FOAtHeart*, Sord Syndrome, Ether postin' vroom vroom

ten

eleven

twelve
No U, DizzyDi, Triela, and O RLY
*Red box fever*, *olo*, *TOH's mega oreo*

CHORUS

thirteen
GOD bottles, flare on, laugh at your Mixfortune
phongi, *ladies*, S droppin' colonies

fourteen
Skuda of Canadia, Pop'n-ish: Beatmania
No bish, old memes, stale YTMNDs

fifteen
Hay guys, bannedchild Ness, Skorp's the quintessential S
Team A-DTPA, unfinished CYOA

CHORUS

sixteen
sup /b/lite?, hoo are j00?, people still play PSPoo?
Mushboom, wacko, e-tongue, no no

seventeen
Shuri, navci, rappy sign, flying on _Ted_'s airline
Haya caring not for beans (meh?), RicoRoyal's Classic Sheen

eighteen
Rubby Rappy, clock spider, SO bored cool dude Outrider
Roy G bakes, Subbycakes, SHOES, Ash, G.I.R.L.y fakes

nineteen
Daikarin is Even_Jin, Landfill's under Abdur's law
Vote Sef in the election, deploy the koopa canon

CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it




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[UnderscoreX]

I could maybe do this, if like you said it didn't contain the original rhymes, but kept the same structure. But am I gonna ? Not likely.

[astuarlen]

I wonder if "UnderscoreX is a poopoohead" has the right number of syllables to fit within any of the verses. :<

[UnderscoreX]

NidraMag, RavenPaw, Frostheart, Noobs galore
Underscore, Umkle's back, TOUHOU HIJACK

http://i16.tinypic.com/47mdirn.jpg

[Ether]

I approve this turn of events

[Firocket1690]

Gladly.

*lends a hamd*

[Moo2u]

True story, John Wayne, unfinished FKL game
Ask Wheatpenny, Sgt Shliggy, welcome to hell

Poor Hrigg went far, phongi's lack of avatar,
You got moved from PSU, you got FKL'd!

Bad ass, Moo Man Group, olo, fact, disapprove
Leviatha, cave meats, Darking Duck, astuarlen

From the Land of Annyed-Bay, hot topic for the day
I'm pretty sure I'm awesome, It's over nine thousand!



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[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

13-14
Skuda of Japanadia, Pop'n-ish : Beatmania
No bish, some_dood, translation beats Fujita-San

Hay guys, _X, Shadowpawn transition-the S
geewj k taco day, is hrigg gonna say wat again today

[astuarlen]

On 2007-03-17 17:32, Moo2u wrote:
True story, John Wayne, unfinished FKL game
Ask Wheatpenny, Sgt Shliggy, welcome to hell

Poor Hrigg went far, phongi's lack of avatar,
You got moved from PSU, you got FKL'd!

Bad ass, Moo Man Group, olo, fact, disapprove
Leviatha, cave meats, Darking Duck, astuarlen

From the Land of Annyed-Bay, hot topic for the day
I'm pretty sure I'm awesome, It's over nine thousand!



Good show, team!
I can tell the first one is verse one... are the others just the next 3 verses?
I marked the parts I think could use some work. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_clown.gif

S'more: (verse eight)
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

becomes

Disko, geoduck, Hayabusa, moved thread
Spamming race, colon face, the person above you

[astuarlen]

verse twelve:

Hemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

becomes (magic!)

GOD bottles, flare on, laugh at your Mixfortune
phongi, funnies, S droppin' colonies

Eh...

[astuarlen]

Triple postin'

For reference:
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say


On 2007-03-17 18:50, HAYABUSA-FMW- wrote:
13-14
Skuda of Japanadia, Pop'n-ish : Beatmania
No bish, some_dood, translation beats Fujita-San

Hay guys, _X, Shadowpawn transition-the S
geewj k taco day, is hrigg gonna say wat again today



I propose we change Japanadia to Canadia to rectify the syllabic incongruity.
The last item of #13 just doesn't work. I'll think about it...

#14 points:
_X is read how? Saying "underscore" undermines the verse's flow.
I like the "S" reference, but I move that we pay homage to Skorpius with this line:
Skorp's the quintessential S
Maybe?

Wat about, for the last line,
Team A-DTPA, saving all the pants today
?
Admittedly, the second item is weak, but I think it's essential to include at least one reference to (A)DTPA.

Those critics are harsh!



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[Ryoki]

No, we ARE the fire. Woah Mindf*ck.

[UnderscoreX]

HEY, I actually read the lyrics properly this time, and the 2nd line is actually meant to rhyme with the former 2nd line. So basically what Moo was doing is right.

Soooo like
Hayabusa, Van Halen, Moo's stickman is shakin'
Dikky who ? Sgt_Shligs yamato attack

Suiseiseki abdomination, Leviathan's puncuation
Sticky's too, and briget is a trap

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

On 2007-03-17 20:38, astuarlen wrote:
Triple postin'

For reference:
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say


On 2007-03-17 18:50, HAYABUSA-FMW- wrote:
13-14
Skuda of Japanadia, Pop'n-ish : Beatmania
No bish, some_dood, translation beats Fujita-San

Hay guys, _X, Shadowpawn transition-the S
geewj k taco day, is hrigg gonna say wat again today



I propose we change Japanadia to Canadia to rectify the syllabic incongruity.
The last item of #13 just doesn't work. I'll think about it...

#14 points:
_X is read how? Saying "underscore" undermines the verse's flow.
I like the "S" reference, but I move that we pay homage to Skorpius with this line:
Skorp's the quintessential S
Maybe?

Wat about, for the last line,
Team A-DTPA, saving all the pants today
?
Admittedly, the second item is weak, but I think it's essential to include at least one reference to (A)DTPA.

Those critics are harsh!

_X is read Underscore X. My fault for not writing it out as the full length-er. Under X makes continuity but lessens the proper noun of the name of that guy on this forum 4 the game.

I originally had 'story beats Shiggles-son' in place of Fujita-mobile.

I also read geewj as GEE-WIDG, or perhaps if its read G W J that could work, with no k?



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[astuarlen]

On 2007-03-17 22:18, UnderscoreX wrote:
HEY, I actually read the lyrics properly this time, and the 2nd line is actually meant to rhyme with the former 2nd line. So basically what Moo was doing is right.

Soooo like
Hayabusa, Van Halen, Moo's stickman is shakin'
Dikky who ? Sgt_Shligs yamato attack

Suiseiseki abdomination, Leviathan's puncuation
Sticky's too, and briget is a trap



Damn, I can't believe I didn't notice that. Good catch, sir. (It was thiiiis big: a real monster of a fish.)

Still, Moo's lines don't hit the sweet spot.
Do like some of what you've come up with. Bu-u-u-ut, mayhap I'm just being a thicky, but this "Suiseiseki" thing doesn't seem quite FKLicious enough. Fact is, I'm not sure what it refers to (those silly anime girls plastered everywhere, I'm guessing). Not that I'm the arbiter of FKLiciousness--well, maybe in this thread I would like to be the absolute monarch bitch with a fancy crown and a personal Master of Executions at her beck and call and stuffs. Stuffs.

Looks like there's a lot more work to be done!

Hayarama:
Problem with using geewj's name there is manifold:
-not everyone will read it the same way (for instance, I've always read it as a monosyllabic word rhyming essentially with "huge")
-I'd like to preserve the initials concept of the original if possible
-we can put him somewhere better!
-popcorn kernels have a nasty tendency of getting stuck where they shouldn't

Do see what you were going for, though.

Anyhoot, time to rework s'more of me lines.
Damn ye, Billy, and yer covert rhymes.



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[geewj]

On 2007-03-17 22:43, astuarlen wrote:
-not everyone will read it the same way (for instance, I've always read it as a monosyllabic word rhyming essentially with "huge")


That's the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it. Uh huh uh huh.

[Sgt_Shligger]

My name was mentioned D:

Can't think of any rhymes but I do have a lot of variations to my name <.<

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

The infamous no-pant-staurlen has sided with that group it seems!

For beans or not for beans?

Don't mind the (A)DTPA nod but if its going to be preferred as keeping the initials a new suggestion take it or bean it:

-J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say
-M.M.G. show today, I wonder how they will play

Tying back to more Moo Man Group, giving him more airplay! Couldn't close it on a high note myself though, that line. ...F1 F1 F1...

What are other 3 initial things besides a cop out of FKL?

Hehe, JOOGE.

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[astuarlen]

On 2007-03-17 23:00, HAYABUSA-FMW- wrote:
The infamous no-pant-staurlen has sided with that group it seems!

For beans or not for beans?


For England, James.



Don't mind the (A)DTPA nod but if its going to be preferred as keeping the initials a new suggestion take it or bean it:

-J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say
-M.M.G. show today, I wonder how they will play

Tying back to more Moo Man Group, giving him more airplay! Couldn't close it on a high note myself though, that line. ...F1 F1 F1...

What are other 3 initial things besides a cop out of FKL?

Hmm, I do think the 3-to-3 thing is nice, but I had no idea what MMG was before you clarified. Too bad GOD isn't G.O.D.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

But isn't it though? Or is it isn't -freeze-

The S needs to get his posterior here and clarify. I'm not in charge of labeling when I make that money man w/ exciting ideas like W.W.J.D.

WAT! Word Association Thread.

This brainstorm is broken. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[astuarlen]

five - courtesy of UnderscoreX
NidraMag, RavenPaw, Frostheart, Noobs galore
Underscore, Umkle's back, TOUHOU HIJACK

six
Clevar, funnay, @s are landfill money <--Does "@" have a standard pronunciation or is it merely symbolic? Kinda iffy on this one anyway...
Zarode so ph4ils, "your mom" comeback

[Nitro Vordex]

mone can use jus my first name... o.O i can't think anyting right now

[astuarlen]

sixteen I'm especially proud of the first half, probably because it's 1:30 AM and everything is fabulous at that hour.
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock

sup /b/lite?, hoo are j00?, people still play PSPoo?
________, ____________, clock spider, _________

Ugh, wow, I totally ran out of steam on that one. Halp.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

Mushboom, wacko, e-tongue, no no

[astuarlen]

High five.
Now to just change the wacko I used previously...

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

Or change my wacko to discko http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/ducky.gif.

[DizzyDi]

or wackaprove, or dischrome, or whatever that gill vertically split wacko/disapprove smiley is called.

[astuarlen]

thirteen
GOD bottles, flare on, laugh at your Mixfortune
phongi, funnies, S droppin' colonies

fourteen
Skuda of Canadia, Pop'n-ish: Beatmania
No bish, old memes, stale YTMNDs

fifteen
Hay guys, Sir Bad Ass, Skorp's the quintessential S
Team A-DTPA, unfinished CYOA

?



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[DikkyRay]

no me?
/cry

[astuarlen]

On 2007-03-17 16:32, astuarlen wrote:

twelve
No U...



But you can contribute if you think you've got what it takes.

Some other things I'd like to include but haven't fit in yet:
TOH's oreo
_Ted_'s airline
Classic Sheen
Outrider/So Bored
`-` (laser eyes)
quote canon
etc

[DizzyDi]

http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_confused.gif
I got nothin, sorry.

[FOAtHeart]

PUT MY NAME IN IT

[astuarlen]

Kay, FO, will do. Just gotta work you in.

seventeen
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

Shuri, navi, rappy sign, flying on _Ted_'s airline
Haya caring not for beans (meh?), RicoRoyal's Classic Sheen

eighteen
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz

Rubby Rappy, clock spider, so bored cool dude Outrider
Roy G bakes, Subbycakes, SHOES, Ash, G.I.R.L.y fakes



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[Ryoki]

What the hell is this? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_rabite.gif

I think we should write something about him. Her. It.

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