Singers...Assemble!


Arctic_Princess

 

Posted

When Fire Guardian throws his mighty voice
Everyone appreciates the nooooooiiiiise!


As some of you (Jac) may know from my Song Review post, the idea came about (Jac) to put together a large group song, called Nerf Aid.

To that end, any and all people who want to join in with this little endeavor, regardless of singing ability, please feel free to do so. Even our American friends who have infiltrated our forum by proxy are welcome to join in. Just let me know on this thread, or, if you suffer from being very, very shy, send me a PM, and you won't be named in the finished product's thread unless you want to.

This is all you need:

1. A microphone
2. A way of recording your voice.
3. The backing track (which can be found HERE)

That's pretty much it.

"But, FG!" I hear you cry. "I don't have a way to record my voice".

Anyone with Windows XP has Windows Movie Maker, and Media Player. All you have to do is set up Media Player to play the song, and sing into Movie Maker, using the "Narration" button. (It's the one that looks like a microphone).

Then, save the resulting WMA, and e-mail it to me. I'll PM you my address, or if you want, send them to me via MSN.

Male and female singers are not only wanted, but needed. Also, if you want to change any of the lyrics, feel free, but please keep them in line with the song. If you -do- change any of the lyrics, and I like it, those will become your lines when I'm mixing this all together, so pick carefully. The only lines where everyone will be singing will be the last two, which are repeated a lot, so please make sure you include every repetition. One of the problems with the backing track I have is that there are backing vocals singing the original lines "Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time", so I'll probably fade that out and have an acapella chorus going on.

The deadline for getting those WMAs to me is the 22nd, which gives you two weeks from today.

If anyone has any questions on timing, etc, I can be reached here a lot. Feel free to drop a line.

Here are the lyrics:

--

It's Update time
Issue Seven's come at last
But at Update time
If you tank, scrap, heal or blast
Well you must re-consider
What your powersets can do
'Cause once again we all got Nerfed
Yeah, we just got screwed!

So load it up
Wait for the patch to cease
Enter the game
Then fall to your knees.

Cause the busses are still cancelled
And the mobs have gotten worse
And now when you Faceplant
You get to Chiron in a hearse
And your Nova strike's now fireworks
And Full Auto really sucks.

But the new costumes are nice
I've got a tux!

And there won't be One Shots anymore in Paragon
And the inspirations are all powered down.
The new Nerfs really blow
But there's nowhere else to go.
Why'd the Dev Team have to clown around?

They messed around with our lovely game
When in Bristol they should hide in shame

They should know that Nerfing isn't fun.

Please bring back the powers
Let's petition them for hours

(Repeat)


 

Posted

Crikey,

you beat me to it :S

I had some lyrics and was mucking about with my cheap headset mic for timings etc.

I'll let you hear that so you can decide if you actually want any of my words etc. There isn't a lot of point me carrying on for the time being i'll let you co-ordinate what you want first

Let me know if you want me to do any parts properly and I'll get my decent kit out and do it for you.

My Effort

Lyrics:

It's update time
There's no need to be affraid
At update time
Statesman promised no sweeping change

But in our world of heroes
We know better than that
My tanker with full shields ...
Has just died

And I dispair
Now my tankers on the run
It's update time
We're all supposed to be having fun

There's a city full of heroes
And it's a world of debt and fear
Where the only person you'll see
Is running shouting heal

And we'll all remember good times
Of the mighty hero powers

Well tonights the update and so we're screwed

And there'll be no fun in paragon by Christmas time
The greatest power we'll have by then is brawl, oooh
Where no hero ever goes
In case a villain shows

Do they know it's supposed to be a game?


 

Posted

Tight lyrics, man, I approve!

As for working them through, I'll get back to you about that on Saturday, when I have more time to think.


 

Posted

Excellent - must practice with timing!

Now all i have to do is go out and buy a half-decent microphone

Listening on tho you may have to get rid of the "Feeeed the Wooooorld" bit that's been stuck on the backing

Much practising and ushering out of relatives for my big moment methinks