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dubman
10-03-2019, 11:18 AM
Before anyone says this should be in the world forum: No.

Anyway, they hinted at it in the first email, now they're straight up asking us to submit one.

I almost started this thread before. In a fever from the single, i made my own list, then went extra and tried to come up with a phrase for each. That's where i ran outta steam and let it die in the notes, but now's the moment to lay them out. At a time where we know too much about everyone, who/what's a role model? when's the last time we asked ourselves that? who's pinged your cultural awareness in a noteworthy way? why is tom cruise in the original?

i tried to follow the spirit of the lyrics: a mix of social activists, cultural presences, artistic inspirations/influences, news blip figures that stick out, philosophical leaders, and characters out of memory that bubble up as waypoints in our personal timelines.


Mika Vainio - founder of Pan Sonic

Jessa Crispin - author of "Why I'm Not A Feminist", on the de-fanging and assimilation of feminism, neutralizing it as a political weapon.

Miguel Indurain - Tour de France winner on my first trip back to France since i left for the US

Huey Newton - black socialist leader, assassinated at 28.

Lucky Luke - read/watched the hell out of these when i moved to the US as a way to bridge the gap.

Willem Spronsen - has done the most sensible option in directly attacking a modern concentration camp

Tim Curry - explains itself
Chris Ware - the sadman's author of prim and miserable graphic novels

Pia Klemp - prosecuted for rescuing boatloads of refugees. refused a medal (https://www.facebook.com/pia.klemp/posts/10156318059491611)

Iain Banks - scifi author of particularly tragic poignancy
Yoko Ono - badass, invulnerable, great.

Samuel Beckett
Lourdes Hunter
Harry Stanton
Jacques Brel
Werner Herzog

Angela Davis
Jane Goodall
Richard James
Billy Porter
Twisty Faster
Mick Foley

khouri
10-03-2019, 11:35 AM
Jack Kirby - the artist and storyteller who co-created much of the Marvel universe, but who's rarely credited in the public

potatobroth
10-04-2019, 05:55 AM
Jack Kirby - the artist and storyteller who co-created much of the Marvel universe, but who's rarely credited in the public

Ive met him at my first ever comics convention waaay back in like 1985? He asked to see my drawings (I was 10 or 11) but i didnt have them with me. I spent the summer thinking I'd missed a chance to show him but now realize he was just being nice :P

TheBang
10-24-2019, 01:05 PM
I'll just point out that this new video today has a new verse of S T A R:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq84emVk5ks

khouri
10-24-2019, 03:32 PM
I'll just point out that this new video today has a new verse of S T A R:]

This is so cool.

TheBang
10-24-2019, 06:43 PM
This is so cool.
Wow, yeah, I'm just noticing that Karl actually made the verse based on what those people are saying.


Each peach parachute
I spy Jim Root (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Root)
Jim Root, metal player
I spy Adam Beyer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Beyer)
Adam Beyer don't be glum
I spy Lianne's mum
Lianne's mum ring the bells
I spy Orson Welles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles)
Orson Welles down in London
I spy Charlie Hunnam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hunnam)
Charlie Hunnam come to play
I spy Grandma Wei
Grandma Wei is a star
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R

bazwint
10-25-2019, 06:23 AM
This is so cool.
Inspirational.Love this band.

potatobroth
10-25-2019, 06:56 AM
man, i can feel them trying to make this big and i wish it would catch on. if someone like Kanye did this, itd be the biggest trending thing of the month.

khouri
10-25-2019, 11:01 AM
Karl should do rhyming lyrics more often.

TheBang
11-04-2019, 01:40 AM
Mexico City Edition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrnhcnP6oD4

Each peach, break away
I spy José José (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Jos%C3%A9)
José José, cheers
I spy Britney Spears (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears)
Britney Spears, I love Rez (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor)
I spy Saúl Hernández (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%BAl_Hern%C3%A1ndez)
Saúl Hernández feelin' sunny
I spy Bad Bunny (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Bunny)
Bad Bunny down in Rio
with Paloma San Basilio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma_San_Basilio)
Paloma, what a presence
I spy my parents
My parents both are stars
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R


Edit: I went back and fully annotated the other S T A R lyrics too.

big screen satellite
11-13-2019, 06:20 AM
Didn't realise that UW had done two extra verses based upon London and Mexico...

Not so keen on my mum, my parents being STARS as that's always a given...

Anyway I wrote an extra verse before I saw these vids...

Maybe Underworld can do a version two for drift two...

Here's my go...

Underworld are asking who our STAR's are...

I had a go at creating a new verse for STAR version II (for Drift Series 2)...

It's pretty difficult to fit the Rhyming to the names...

Enjoy... Or not.

Each, Peach, Big Gong
I spy Pete Tong
Pete Tong at the border
I spy New Order
New Order at the fair
I spy Fozzy Bear
Fozzy Bear in Baltimore
I spy Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore on the ball
I spy Aaron Paul
Aaron Paul at the finish
I spy Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness is a star
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R
S T A R