Members jabney Posted August 7, 2005 Members Share Posted August 7, 2005 We all know this: if you don't write it down, that neat line may be lost forever. So what's the most unusual thing you've written a lyric fragment on? I'll start. I wrote the lyrics for a complete first verse on an attorney's business card. With editing. Since my handwriting is difficult to read, regardless of how much room I have to write in, I was eventually able to decipher what I had written, and transcribe it over into Open Office. How about you folks? best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bchew Posted August 7, 2005 Members Share Posted August 7, 2005 an airline refuse bag, using a dark blue crayon (hurray for united airlines and their blue-coloured bags). naturally, it was almost impossible to figure out later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jez Posted August 7, 2005 Members Share Posted August 7, 2005 my own hand.. not all that unusual I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yeah Posted August 7, 2005 Members Share Posted August 7, 2005 A sketch book... I'm not that creative... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TurboSwami Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 Inspiration surfaced around 11:20 in the morning while nailing vinyl siding on the side of a house on a ladder last year. I wrote of the intelligence of nature, and of the movement of frequency through varied densities of medium using a grease pencil on the back of the grey vinyl siding, designed to look like wood grain. Fun fun. The small square synthetic wood piece is now stored in a box of other strange bits of insanity somewhere in another part of the state. Kaleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted August 8, 2005 Members Share Posted August 8, 2005 I called my own phone number and sang into my answering machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoSurrender Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 Was standing in line in the bank and had to write on the checking balance book. NS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deef Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 Originally posted by NoSurrender Was standing in line in the bank and had to write on the checking balance book. Does that guarantee it'll be a hit? You know, uh, "money in the bank" and all that? I've sent lyrics in e-mails from my work account to my home account. Other than that, it's legal pads, notebooks, and random scraps of paper. Deef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ratthedd Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 Prolly not unusual, but I keep a small notepad in my car. It's not uncommon for me to be writing and driving down the road at the same time. Sometimes I'll take a different way home in order to catch red trafic lights so I can work out the lyrics a bit better. The lyrics that are written while I'm keeping an eye on the road are the funnest to try to translate after I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fido Posted August 12, 2005 Members Share Posted August 12, 2005 Where I used to work, I would jot any ideas I had during the day on tags we'd use to identify defective products. Surmise what you wish from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoSurrender Posted August 13, 2005 Members Share Posted August 13, 2005 Originally posted by Deef Does that guarantee it'll be a hit? You know, uh, "money in the bank" and all that? Deef Donno about the hit... the song is still unfinished after more than a year BTW, here's the line: Watching these people walking, living lifelines in the cold Waiting, the edge of a moment; story that's worth to be told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoSurrender Posted August 13, 2005 Members Share Posted August 13, 2005 btw, I sometimes wish I had a writable plastic pad and waterproof marker in the shower, cause sometimes the lines come there Of course, notepad in the car... once wrote the whole song driving from San Francisco to San Jose... Kirill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deef Posted August 13, 2005 Members Share Posted August 13, 2005 Originally posted by NoSurrender Watching these people walking, living lifelines in the cold Waiting, the edge of a moment; story that's worth to be told Well, if it's worth to be told, get back to the damn bank and finish the song! Deef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoSurrender Posted August 13, 2005 Members Share Posted August 13, 2005 Originally posted by Deef Well, if it's worth to be told, get back to the damn bank and finish the song! Deef Can't... it's 11pm here, so if I get back to the bank right now, I'll finish the song in jail K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yeah Posted August 14, 2005 Members Share Posted August 14, 2005 Originally posted by NoSurrender Can't... it's 11pm here, so if I get back to the bank right now, I'll finish the song in jail K Actually, that could be the rest of your song right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoSurrender Posted August 23, 2005 Members Share Posted August 23, 2005 Originally posted by Yeah Actually, that could be the rest of your song right there ) Good one. I'll give you credit if the song goes this direction Kirill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elbow Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 I've done the bar/restaurant napkin thing.. but the most unusual was the top of a large garbage can. I was visiting a client for some all afternoon meetings. We broke for a few minutes and I went outside to have a quick smoke. I had an idea, scrawled it on there, and came back the next day and copied it on a piece of paper. It made for a more productive meeting after that since I was kinda worried that I would forget what my new idea was and now I could focus 100% on the client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeLewisMusic Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Wrote lyrics on a bar top at pub. Realized they'd probably clean theat off, so I wrote it on the concrete floor with a crayon. Thought that might be cleaned, so I wrote it on the wall in the pisser, knowing they never clean those damn things--irony of it--Since I wrote it 3 times, I had it properly memorized, didn't have to go back for reference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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