ILX Pre-Covers Morrissey's "World Peace Is None Of Your Business"

Get in:

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21)
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02)
3 ISTANBUL (4:40)
4 I'M NOT A MAN (7:50)
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38)
6 STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (5:30)
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05)
8 KISS ME A LOT (4:03)
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13)
10 KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (5:18)
11 MOUNTJOY (5:08)
12 OBOE CONCERTO (4:07)

Deadline: Friday May 16. Post to claim a track here. If there's enough interest we'll do a second volume of course. Send completed tracks to me at ned at kuci dot org -- and volunteer if you have a cover image too.

I'll take Istanbul, and leave the big prize to others

I'll do 'Staircase at the University', thanks.

i will undertake Earth Is The Loneliest Planet. cheers!

So first three down:

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21)
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02)
3 ISTANBUL (4:40) -- Ismael Klata
4 I'M NOT A MAN (7:50)
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38) -- charlie h
6 STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (5:30) -- snoball
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05)
8 KISS ME A LOT (4:03)
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13)
10 KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (5:18)
11 MOUNTJOY (5:08)
12 OBOE CONCERTO (4:07)

Since the track list has the length of each song, do our songs have to be the same length, like they did on the Lulu collab?

i want "I'm not a man" so badly but i don't think anyone wants to listen to 7:50 of what i have to offer so i will take "the bullfighter dies" if no one else wants it?
i think i can do something by 5/16
anyone who wants to join me is welcome

also i have a drum track that is 3:38 but it's pretty crazy/bad but totally up for grabs if you want it

I don't think the track has to be the same length as the Morrissey version, unless Ned says otherwise.

I'll take "Kiss Me A Lot"

oh in that case i like the song title "i'm not a man" a lot better but it shouldn't be given short shrift so i'll stick with the short one just because

Great. I'll take oboe and work with Baaderonix on it.
The last of the famous international playboys!

I don't think the track has to be the same length as the Morrissey version, unless Ned says otherwise.

Yup, that's just there because it was in the cut/paste. Any length you like.

Okay so we're at:

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21)
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02)
3 ISTANBUL (4:40) -- Ismael Klata
4 I'M NOT A MAN (7:50)
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38) -- charlie h
6 STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (5:30) -- snoball
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05) -- La Lechera
8 KISS ME A LOT (4:03) -- da croupier
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13)
10 KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (5:18)
11 MOUNTJOY (5:08)
12 OBOE CONCERTO (4:07) -- AlXTC/Baaderonix

'Kick The Bride Down The Aisle', please.

I plan to pander to Morrissey's Spanish-speaking fan base fyi

i want the knife song

smiler with knife

Done and done:

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21)
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02)
3 ISTANBUL (4:40) -- Ismael Klata
4 I'M NOT A MAN (7:50)
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38) -- charlie h
6 STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (5:30) -- snoball
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05) -- La Lechera
8 KISS ME A LOT (4:03) -- da croupier
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13) -- sarahell
10 KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (5:18) -- Turrican
11 MOUNTJOY (5:08)
12 OBOE CONCERTO (4:07) -- AlXTC/Baaderonix

If we're not bound to the original track times (aha.. ok just read the thread properly..), i'll give Gypsy Chips another outing on 'I'm Not A Man'.

You got it.

That just leaves the title track, "Neal Cassady Drops Dead" and "Mountjoy"

OK I'll do "Mountjoy", which I assume is named after the prison, I'm sure I can up with somehing appropriately grim and unpleasant.

thought mountjoy would be some kind of cheeky erotic double-entendre

ahah, same here.
it could have been a R-kelly title also.

I'm sure it's a cheeky erotic double-entendre as well, it's Morrissey after all

I'm in for the title track!

I'll take Istanbul, and leave the big prize to others

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, April 13, 2014 2:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If this doesn't shoehorn in a mention of Djimi Traore I'm going to be sorely disappointed Ismael.

The bar has been set with 'Anfield Rap', do you dare dream to match it?

Gah, it hadn't even occurred to me. I'd been planning a sensitive Back To The Old House number, now it's going to end up some sort of Harry's Cool piece of whimsy.

Okay, that leaves "Neal Cassady Drops Dead" to claim.

pretty sure pandemic would do Neil Ruddock Drops Dead

Don't think I could do anything interesting with that title, also running way behind on a couple of other projects I wanted to do, so I'm staying out of this one, but had I got in on time to bagsy "Staircase at the University", I'm sure you will all be happy to know I'd have taken the title excessively literally. Also I still think if you know the track times you should stick to them, it makes it more of a proper pre-cover.

Yeah wasn't the original idea to fool random googlers into downloading the thing with the same titles and track times?

I'm definitely maiking sure mine is 5:08

some dude came up with the time limit idea for the Lulu precover as a suggestion and it did pay some dividends in terms of confusing people. But that's the only time it's been a specific requirement -- if you want to aim for it this time, feel free!

Meantime as for "Neal Cassady" I am asking two previous contributors/collaborators right now to see if they're up for it. If they can't, I'd love to have a backup in place...

I'll do it.

Cool, thanks; I've let the others know so they don't feel pressured either way, and I'll get back later on that today. Thanks!

So to summarize

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21) -- Elvis Telecom
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02) -- TBD, likely crut
3 ISTANBUL (4:40) -- Ismael Klata
4 I'M NOT A MAN (7:50) -- Gypsy Chips
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38) -- charlie h
6 STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (5:30) -- snoball
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05) -- La Lechera
8 KISS ME A LOT (4:03) -- da croupier
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13) -- sarahell
10 KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (5:18) -- Turrican
11 MOUNTJOY (5:08) -- Tom D.
12 OBOE CONCERTO (4:07) -- AlXTC/Baaderonix

Deadline May 16th as mentioned, mp3/wav/aiff all welcome, go to town.

Now! Cover art. Post something here if you have it.

I plan to stick to the time too.

Yeah wasn't the original idea to fool random googlers into downloading the thing with the same titles and track times?

The track times idea didn't come in until Lulu, and I think that came about due to there being tracks with really long lengths and therefore it added more to the challenge.

I'm planning on sticking to the time too.

I'm not - 4:40 is forever

Just sing "ooh Istanbul" in falsetto for the last two minutes.

you're on

I assumed "Mountjoy" would be about the prison in Dublin but, now I come to think of it:

http://snooker147.ru/DougMountjoy2.JPG

I was going to offer to do the title track, but decided not to because I don't have a good way to record vocals. Here's what I came up with, in any case. It would have matched the time perfectly if I had not cut out five seconds of the delay feeding back at the beginning. Dah well.

I dig the sound, chord-changes! Could of course use some Morrissey moaning over it...

A Week Ago?

Man did I go on holiday or wot?

Bawbags. I missed this one. AH well.

Trayce you're welcome to take my spot, I'm kinda getting cold feet.

crüt you can join in on my song if you want! (or not, no biggie)

Trayce -- whatever works! Heck, maybe spoken word is the way to go given the subject matter.

Oboe Concerto - sent!

And received!

I'm not going to make Friday (my time) for this, even with the simplest of tossed off crap.

If someone else wants to/reckons they can, please be my guest - Ned if you're ok with waiting til early next week I think I can get it to you then? Life's been rude and gotten in the way the last 2 weeks.

Understood -- I think I won't be 'debuting' this as such until next Wednesday so if you can get it to me by...Monday?

And meanwhile, via Johnny Fever, our cover:

http://i.imgur.com/vzrsnTE.jpg

I couldn't live with myself if I didn't make this slight modification:

http://i.imgur.com/3xHI6Ls.jpg

I think I can make it by monday, I'll do my damndest anyway! :)

LOL @ the cover oh dear god

A+

B+ (10 points off for not including a dog)

It's on his head

Sent!

that's amazing, jfever.

Okay, I have the croup's, so five down...

Sent!

Okay, got a couple more -- these are the ones we need!

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21) -- Elvis Telecom
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02) -- Trayce
3 ISTANBUL (4:40) -- Ismael Klata
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38) -- charlie h
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05) -- La Lechera
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13) -- sarahell

sent!

wonderful cover art, by the way.

Will be in Friday afternoon or so...

if Trayce can have until Monday, can I have until Sunday?

Sunday is okay.

Phew! We're almost done but another weekend day or two would help.

nevermind! we're done. sending asap.

And received! So to go over things:

Elvis T -- by tonight, I think
sarahell -- Sunday
Trayce and Ismael -- Monday

I'll prep things up on Tuesday and then we should be good to go on Wednesday. Thanks again everyone!

REMIX! Sending mine in tomorrow (Saturday)

All good!

sent!

Got it! Okay Elvis, Trayce and Ismael, it's all you...

Sent! Oh, the things a deadline'll do for ye.

Its short, and needs a better mixing but hey.

Got it, thanks, and Ismael's too; just waiting on Elvis T.

If this is gonna be held up even another day or 2 as a result let me know, I'd like to tweak my track (that was done in 2 hours!)

If you want to send an upgraded version later today, feel free.

Looking forward to this!

FUCK hold on folks!

you can do it

i'm looking forward to this too
is it going to be released on morrissey's birthday? (i think that's thursday?)

OK we seem to still be waiting on ET so I might tweak me track and re-send it Ned, will be in the next few hours. If I miss the cutoff thats ok but INCOMING anyway

Got it and we're good -- still waiting on Elvis!

left the building joke in 1.. 2..

Done! Ned alerted!

I need vocal lessons like yesterday.

And yes, got it. Thanks!

I will work on this tonight but likely this will be going up on Thursday instead, which, as noted above, is Moz's 54th birthday.

55th

Why even better.

Ha! Nice.

Pity it wasnt his 51st hehe.

Okay, everything just about in place and ready to go for tomorrow morning!

Oh and as usual I will start up a separate thread when ready.

(And yes, before you ask, it's amazing as always.)

Full thread up, go nuts!

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