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TEA
TIME in L.A. 4/2 7-8PM: TOPIC: Writing the BALLAD of SMG...to
the tune of"Going Through The Mot
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Welcome to "a very special" edition
of TEA TIME in L.A. (7-8 PM Bronze Time) . .
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Posted
by: forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:00
PM
. . . where we normally
polish our pointy tongues by talking in
verse.
BUT TODAY . . .
the VERSE-ONLY RULE is
suspended
as
we write a song / ballad
about
Sarah Michelle
Gellar
sung to the
tune of Going Through The Motions
(the
first song of Once More, With
Feeling)
TODAY'S SONNET
(#25/154) will tell you how this came
about
(and the notes in the responses will give
you SMG info, AND a lesson
on
rewriting Going Through The Motions as a
"ballad" about SMG.)
HERE'S THE
BRONZE
ADDRESS/LINK:
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=55217
I'll
be here until 8:PM Bronze time . .
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TIME "EVOLUTION" QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE IDEA . . .
. . . that the topic of
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an
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Slayer?
TRANSIENT ANSWER:I'll
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day
(today's is The Witch BtVS#3), and
if anyone feels inspired
to comment on The
Episode of The Day <g> -- we will do so.
BUT if something in the Bronze or the
Buffyverse
compels our attention that day . .
. well, you get the idea.
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is . . .
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Responses
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TEA TIME HAS ENDED
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 8:05
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Very big smile
and praise for monkeywithoutpants</g> . .
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I've heard that Duckwheat has been going around
singing his song.
Sounds like you've got a hit.
<g>
TO ALL: Remember that TEA TIME is a
daily thing . . . (at least for now).
The TEA
TIME in L.A. thread will be posted (at the top of the
Bronze forums)
at 7:00 PM Bronze Time.
As I
said below, I'm not currently giving out an email
address within
the Bronze . . . but if you need to
"talk" to me . . . you can find me
any day . .
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. . . at TEA TIME.
POOF until
tomorrow.
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THE END of TEA TIME fast approaches . .
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| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:58
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I'll scan for new
messages, and then wrap this up for
today.
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hee hee . . .
| Posted by:
monkeywithoutpants - Apr 02, 2002, 7:56
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My bad. Meant to say-
But why sing about SMG when . . .
Had a banana in
my typing hand. *g*
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But sing about SMG when you can sing
about our Bronze hero Duckwheat?
| Posted by:
monkeywithoutpants - Apr 02, 2002, 7:51
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(Sung to Going Through
The Motions)
Every single night, we wait for
Duckwheat
You never know when he'll
appear.
Post the Bronze's rules ... that we all
be sweet --
Never disagree.All play nicey
nice.
Some kiss Duckwheat's toes. Some say he
blows
But surely we all know...
...
that he's posting with emotions
more than we can
tell.
He reposts the Bronze's rules so
well.
. . . . . .
Will he keep this up
forever.
Post until his fingers
sever
ev'ry nerve (I'm feeling
clever)
Let's all praise Duckwheat!
He's
posting with emotions
more than we can
tell.
He's not posting spam.
No more
than I am.
He just wants us to play
ni-i-i-i-ice.
*g*
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ASIDE
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:45
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<Although "sonnet"
means "little song" . . .
. . . we don't have a
lute in here to pluck in the background.
<smile>
To me, "Going Through The
Motions" is the most fun to sing.
(I've even
programmed my cell phone ringtone to play
it.)
And it's certainly a tune we all know, so if
anyone writes
"poetry" to fit that melody, we all
know how to sing that.
What's the point?
<smile>
Well, you'd have to read through the
FAQ . . . and Tea Time history.
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Hey, Chauny . . . you're right about GTTM
giving a picture of SMG 's situation . . . As for. .
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| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:38
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What I'm
playing with here is "telling a biographical story"
(a ballad was a tale told in song).
Not
trying improve Joss's song. <g>
Just using
something we all know as the basis
to get the hang of
telling tales in song form.
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Hi yelnif . . . about my email
address
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:33
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Here in The
Bronze I'm following a rule of not giving out an email
address.
But, for the time being, I'll be
starting a thread at 7:00 PM (Bronze Time),
so anyone
will always be able to reach me with a public
message
during that hour.
Seems strange, I
know. but there are secret reasons for
this.<smile>
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Listen to teh lyrics in teh first
place
| Posted by:
Chauny - Apr 02, 2002, 7:29
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First of all the
original lyrics to GOING THROUGHT THE MOTIONS may
already describe S.M.G. on more of an emotional
level...........Think Abou
It................
Every single night the same
arrangment i go out and fight the fight (doesn't realy
apply unless you talk about being int he public
eye)
Still i always feel the strangest
strangement nothing her is real nothing here is
right(obviously nothing is real its a t.v.
show)
I've been making shows of tradign blows
just hoping no one knows, that i've been goingthrough
the motions walking throught eh part.(that ones pretty
self explanitory )
.........and the song goes
on
but if you want to know her first acting gig
was ina Burger King commercial.
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Forensic poetry...
| Posted by:
yelnif - Apr 02, 2002, 7:26
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do you have an email
address?
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Having finished my songwriting lesson for
today <smile> . . .
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:14
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I'm now going
to ponder another part of the song.
Post your own
version . . . ask any question you like . . .
dish
some more info on SMG for song input . . .
<g>
I'll be hanging around here until 8:00
PM Bronze.
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Based on the SMG bio info in previous
post . . . I SING:
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:10
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SUNG TO THE MELODY
OF "GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS"
Once
upon a time, a girl named Gellar
got a job at
sweet sixteen.
Acting on TV -- so well, so
stellar
Won an Emmy fast. First year on the
scene.
The OLD STAR on the show said "No. No.
No. . . ."
"Sweet Sarah's got to
go."
"Young Sarah Gellar's too precocious,
for her own damned good."
"I must run Miss Gellar
from my hood." . . . . . .
TO
BE CONTINUED . . . BY YOU?
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REPOST of SMG bio information (that I'm
using as the basis to write an SMG
ballad)
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:07
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[REPOST OF SMG BIO
INFO]
What You ask is difficult
Posted by:
Ron_j_d - Apr 02, 2002, 12:38 AM
That's a
pretty tall order but here's some info on
her...
She Played Kendel Hart, Long lost daughter
of Erica Kane on "All My Children" when she was 16.
She started on the show playing a 16 year old
but people complained that Erica couldn't have a secret
16 year old since she was on the show for about 18 or so
years and never been away long enough to have a baby
off-camera so the writers quickly made Kendel 22 which
put Sarah in an ironic spot... she played over 21 when
she was really 16 then on buffy she played 16 when she
was really over 21. (I don't know how you can make THAT
rhyme but I thought it was interesting)
She won a
Daytime Emmy for the role her first year on
TV.
That pissed off Susan Lucci who played her
mom "Erica" for almost 20 years with no Emmies to her
credit to that point (since then I think she finaly won
one).
Suddenly Kendel became "Bad.. real bad" so
bad that soon she had to be written off the show. (I
hope your proud of yourself Susan)
But that
turned out to be a blessing in disguise. She was now
free to audition for a roll on a TV series based on a
movie about a girl who hunts Vampires.
She
auditioned for the role of a Cordelia.
She got
the part of Buffy.
That's a few tidbits of what I
know... hope you can use it in your assignment.
[END OF REPOST]
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FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY (some
songwriting commentary I posted earlier
today)
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 02, 2002, 7:03
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Let's analyze
Going Through The Motions
for a few lines,
until we understand better just what
Joss was doing
when he composed the words to the
first song in
Once More, With Feeling (BtVS
#107).
BUFFY
SINGS:
(1) Ev'ry single
night, the same arrangement
(2) I go
out and fight the fight.
(3) Still I
always feel the same
estrangement:
(4) Nothing here is
real. Nothing here is right.
FIRST,
LET'S ANALYZE THE RHYTHM BUFFY
SINGS
(1) EV'ry sin-gle
NIGHT . . . . THE SAME . .
ar-RANGE-MENT
(2) I go out and FIGHT
. . . THE FIGHT.
(3) STILL I always
FEEL . . . . THE SAME . . es-TRANGE-
MENT
(4) NOTHing here is REAL . . .
NOTHing here is RIGHT.
TO CLARIFY
THE RHYTHMIC "DRUM BEATS" . . . IMAGINE A SNARE
DRUM
(1) TA-ta ta-ta TA
. . . . TA TA . . ta TA TA
(2) TA ta
ta ta TA . . . . TA TA.
(3) TA ta ta
ta TA . . . . TA TA . . ta TA TA
(4)
TA ta ta ta TA . . . . TA ta ta ta TA.
NOW MAKE UP SOME LINES FOR
THE BALLAD OF SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
USING THE
SAME RHYTHM (and yes, I'll leave you to note the
rhyme).
(1) SING with
all my MIGHT . . . OF SAR- . . -ah
GEL-LAR.
(2) (GOSH I hope I WRITE . .
THIS RIGHT.)
(3) LOVE her pretty
FACE. . . . HER GRACE, so
STEL-LAR.
(4) (PRAY I write good
LINES . . . PRAY I keep them
LIGHT.)
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