Reply To: Masters of Song-Fu
Wow this is really really hard. I decided to take this very seriously this time and not rush my vote, after regretting my Master vote in the last round, and I’m really enjoying both songs in different ways, and I like how they took two different takes on the “reimagining” idea. Jeff reimagined the same story in a different style, JoCo did a different story in a more similar style (to my untrained ear that is 😉 His is more haunting and sad, whereas Jeff’s is softer and less eerie than the original)
Also I feel that there is a lot of voting for JoCo for voting for JoCo’s sake without giving Jeff a fair go. So part of me really wants to give him my vote to help level the playing field, however I am really loving Space Doggity and if I just heard the two songs in a neutral context I think I’d have to say that I like that song just slightly better for its songyness.
Who brought the most fu to the challenge? Hard to say. Jeff really raised the bar and did spectacularly to rival his JoCoNess, both reimagined a great song into two new great songs. Perhaps I won’t be able to pick a winner?
Either way, big congratulations to both challengers!
Edit:
Jeff, however starts in spaceship leaves for his bit in space.
Jeff’s song does start with the takeoff also, listen for the countdown in the background, so he can’t be penalised for not following the Major Tom story to the letter.
I love the “Can you hear me? It’s Tom…” as a parallel for “This is Major Tom to Ground Control” and I love the phrasing on it. I could only wish for a slightly longer pause between that line and the next. It just feels like it needs to hang a bit longer.
Edit2: Other favourite bit: “Hey, I can see my house from up here!” lolol XD