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| Author: | Glim [ Sat, May 04 2013, 17:45 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
As part of the upcoming addition of the Ghostly Kraken tavern, I thought it only fitting that there be a proper "house ballad" that is regularly sung / played there. To this end I will be taking submissions for what this ballad might be. I don't really have any particular form in mind, so use your imagination, though lets keep it to a few scores please, not pages and pages  The ballad that is chosen will find itself placed in the module atop the piano in the new tavern. Happy writing! |
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| Author: | Liz [ Sat, May 04 2013, 19:05 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Ooo, fun!  Submissions to be posted here? Or PM'd?
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| Author: | Sunkin Sheep [ Sat, May 04 2013, 19:09 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Dibs. |
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| Author: | Gobbledygook [ Sat, May 04 2013, 22:10 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Ooo... Gonna give it a shot! 
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| Author: | Glim [ Sun, May 05 2013, 0:56 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Liz wrote: Ooo, fun! Submissions to be posted here? Or PM'd?Either is fine. |
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| Author: | Gobbledygook [ Mon, May 06 2013, 10:22 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Submission: --- "Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken" by Gobbledygook. In a town by the water There is an old tale, Of a monster yet seen long ago. It was the worry of Kings And unspoken things, A nightmare that all seemed to harken... ...'twas the Kraken! The beast was a shrouded dark Figure in water, With tendrils of deadly promises. It took ships by the dozen Waters did roughen, For the town all things seemed to darken... ...'twas the Kraken! Brave men did set sail all armed and feeling ready, To shoot it with a score of harpoons. But the monster did kill them Ripping head from stem, And threw them as food for the shark'en... ...'twas the Kraken! A cunning bright plan was thought Up by a sailor, To join up the lightning to the sea. So men went out to kill it Perhaps just lure it, And what died when the sky did sparken? ...'twas the Kraken! The town is doing well and Never forgotten, Is the tale of the ghostly kraken. Only the story remains But words to stay sane, Whispered from them as they embarken? "...'twas the Kraken!" --- Note: This is how it goes! -> http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ViIlMaG9Ww |
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| Author: | GreatPigeon [ Mon, May 06 2013, 17:59 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
This should be IC pretty please? |
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| Author: | CouncilofAutumn [ Mon, May 06 2013, 18:05 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
I gave myself a tongue hernia trying to make those last two lines of each section rhyme, Gobbledygook. Haha |
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| Author: | Liz [ Mon, May 06 2013, 18:27 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Well, I'm not sure this is precisely what was asked for, but... hey, it's what came to me. The Ballad of the Kraken’s Bride Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of stars swim with me beneath the sea we’ll sup on kelp and caviar how lovely it will surely be to feel your blood run cold and thin below the livid crushing waves and skirl among the skeletons and shells of ships in swaying graves love, stroll the sea-mud shores with me amid the squid and dead-eyed sharks we’ll waltz among anemone I’ll braid your hair in the blue and dark we’ll twine together, shed your clothes laze in the ooze and let it seep into your mouth, between your toes sinking through the silt you’ll sleep and breathe your hearty fill of mud and drowse and dream the deathless sea forevermore beneath the flood forevermore my love you’ll be. To be sung slowly, elegaically, in minor key. |
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| Author: | Dead [ Mon, May 06 2013, 22:29 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Gobbledygook dude I'm totally gonna learn this and sing it with my friends when I get drunk at the local pub. This is awesome.
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| Author: | Sunkin Sheep [ Mon, May 06 2013, 22:30 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
A Lovely Day That Never Comes –Sunkin Sheep o/’ The night is black as kraken’s ink, You’ll get lost on your way back home, Your harpoons will break on the rocks You’ll swing from the ropes alone. Your hair will fall off of your scalp And your knife out of its sheathe, Your blood will rust on your dry bones You’ll eat with wooden teeth. So, fill your glass up with the ocean And swallow the fish out of the sea. I’ll put sand inside your pockets And you can sing along with me: Tomorrow is black as kraken’s ink ~But who the hell needs a compass?~ It’s just a lovely day that never comes. Your lovers are decomposing And your friends will all go too Just leave your nightmares at the door And get lost with us in suit. Time won’t stop to give you The things that you seek. Be glad you have what you do now Cuz nothing is yours to keep. Fill your glass up with the ocean And swallow the fish out of the sea. I’ll put some sand inside your pockets And you can sing along with me: Tomorrow is black as kraken’s ink ~But who the hell needs a compass?~ It’s just a lovely day that never comes. Tomorrow is black as kraken’s ink ~But who the hell needs a compass?~ It’s just a lovely day that never comes. It’s just a lovely day that never comes. o/' Basic idea of the the ditty: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0CbAOX4KYs1 I screwed up on my own lyrics in the recording, but meh! Editing is for chumps! |
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| Author: | DolphinRacer [ Mon, May 06 2013, 23:02 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
I LOVE Gobbledys |
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| Author: | Baklava [ Tue, May 07 2013, 1:21 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
I actually think all three so far are cool, I'd love to hear Tom Waits do Liz's and Sunkin Sheep's. But Gobbledygooks' one... that tune is catchy as living hell. Neat lyrics to go with it, too, captured the spirit of a drunken shanty perfectly. 3 AM over here and I couldn't sit my arse still 'til I caught the chords and stitched this together to lull me to sleep: http://www.2shared.com/audio/Xc4ueuLa/kraken.html Too jolly for Tarkuul perhaps. But I've got me an Irish/Sea-shanty band with some mates, will see if I can get them to do it proper. |
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| Author: | LollipopSpider [ Tue, May 07 2013, 1:31 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Wow, Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken really does get stuck in the head, doesn't it. I just found myself humming it while I was working on some stuff. |
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| Author: | Xaviera [ Tue, May 07 2013, 5:49 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Liz wrote: Well, I'm not sure this is precisely what was asked for, but... hey, it's what came to me. The Ballad of the Kraken’s Bride Love it! |
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| Author: | Gobbledygook [ Tue, May 07 2013, 7:38 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Thanks for the feedback! Baklava, that was awesome! Pretty close to what I composed as little fillers. I think I was originally thinking of a lute, flute and violin... But now I'm kinda thinking this would be awesome on the accordion.I really loved Sunkin's. Very dark, and very cool! |
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| Author: | Liz [ Tue, May 07 2013, 16:14 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Yeah, I'm totally pulling for Sunkin's too.
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| Author: | Glim [ Sun, May 12 2013, 16:27 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Content Challenge: Ballad of the Ghostly Kraken |
Submissions closed, thanks for those who posted Check out the new tavern after the next update! |
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