April 23rd - Two Brains, One Skull

Six 0f Diamonds - Two Brains, One Skull
9 - Hip-Hopera


Well, dear readers, I'm going to have to invoke a get-out-of-jail-free card  on this one - or power of attorney or something.  I hate to cop-out tonight, especially since I dropped the ball on the last hip-hopera, but frankly didn't have the time today. It was worth it, however: thanks to R. and R. and K. and UNIS for a great afternoon/evening/night.


I basically got as far as I did last time.


Songs used:
David Bowie - No Control
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
Thom Yorke - The Drunkk Machine
Micheal Jackson - Remember the Time (that animated sequence at the beginning looked so great in 1992)


(All times listed refer to clips above)


The driving force of the song is the intro to "No Control" layered over the first 0:04 of "Black Swan." Since the percussion on both is very similar, I hope to create a disconcerting echo effect. The verses would consist of "No Control" 0:00 - 0:19 looped, while the choruses would be 0:20 - 0:38 looped. There would be a bridge - and drastic change in tone - that fades in at around "Drunkk Machine" 1:00 (after a fadeout of "No Contol," over "Black Swan" at first) in time to hear "Talking in tongues" and out around "Drunkk Machine" 1:20. This will also serve as the song's outro.


The additional vocal samples would be:
"All deranged. No control."
"No Control." (2:22)
and of course, "Do you remember?"


"Black Swan," "Remember the Time," "Permafrost," and others are meant to thread through the entirety of this hip-hopera.


This movement would be a schizophrenic number about how fame breeds paranoia and regret, the key line being "I'm of two minds." It would ideally be performed by someone who sounds a lot like RZA.




Check for a new poem here tomorrow, I swear...
In the meantime, check out April 23rd's poem from last year.