Alright DU'ers.. here's your chance to help me with a new animation

[Ava]

Anyone have any music suggestions for a new animation?

[flvegan]

1. What kind of animation? And will you need to get

permission from the artist?

[Ava]

3. no.. fair use allows me to use any music

and the animation will most likely be a sad one, but i'm also up to doing a more inspiring and upbeat one.... so any type of music.

[zonkers]

11. Something about how wonderful whales are and how sad it is that Japan and

a few other countries are slaughtering them like never before. They really are magical creatures and I am surpised there has not been a significant boycott of japanese products.

[Ava]

13. my website is an anti-war website

so that's the topic i stick with

[zonkers]

17. oh yeah.

[flvegan]

20. Off-topic: it's coming

Keep your eyes on www.seashepherd.org

And Seal allowed Sea Shepherd to make an AWESOME video using his song "Crazy" some time ago.

[zonkers]

32. Thanks for the link. The slaughter must stop.

[flvegan]

15. Well, in that case

www.riseagainst.com

Check out the tunes, check out the lyrics. And they'd probably not care if you used one of their tunes, anyway. Libs/veg.

It's largely punk, but not "too" punk. Their latest, "Ready to Fall" is getting a lot of airplay right now.

[Ava]

19. cool.. i'll check them out

:hi:

[flvegan]

22. If you want a listen of

a particular full song, let me know via PM.

[Ava]

23. thanks

i think my brother has some of their music.. i'll ask him

[Crabby Appleton]

40. Ava, seriously

You probably ought to talk to an attorney about the copyright issue; it should only take a very short consultation at little to no cost to get advice about this. The usage and the percentage of copyrighted works used (i.e. more than a fragment) seem well beyond the scope of "fair use" in the works of yours I have seen. There are several different types of copyrights involving music (SR-Sound Recording, E & RE - words & music, PA - Performance), but the one you would be interested in would be for "Sound Recording", prefixed "SR" at the US Gov Copyright Office registrations. The holder of most SR copyrights (for almost all well known works) is generally a record label, as opposed to the artist or authors of the words & music. In SR copyright registrations the name of the artist or group appears in the copyright registration but is actually the description of the copyrighted SR, not an indication of the copyright holder’s name. In general, if you can buy it in a record store or Amazon, it has an SR copyright owned by a record label. Sooner or later as your work becomes more well known you're likely to trip over this issue.

Also, although there are many knowledgeable people on this board, you should make sure whomever you are accepting advice from is actually rendering a qualified expert opinion. In other words, talk to an attorney.

Regards
Crabby

[Ava]

44. both my mother and stepfather are attorneys

they've got me covered when it comes to legal issues.

[Nicole]

2. How about an original song?

That would be something different.

[Ava]

4. i don't sing

:rofl:

[Nicole]

5. OOPS!

That would be bad then. :rofl:

[Ava]

7. hey.. people tell me i sing well

but i'm not brave enough to put it out there for millions of people to see! ;)

:rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

6. I'm afraid of americans by david bowie??

Guess it really depends on what you are trying to say with the video
here is a link to a thread I posted earlier.
a few things i played around with a few years ago
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5377126

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Is it for the one that you were looking for the Army ads for?

Maybe "Fortunate Son". :shrug: :hi:

[Ava]

10. love that song and still looking for the ads

i never could find them :shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. I started looking for them too...and ended up having dinner late

because it was irritating me that I couldn't find them. You would think GoArmy.com would have had them. :(

[Ava]

21. nope.. i see them all the time on TV

next time i see one i'm going to tivo it and get my brother to copy it to my computer or SOMETHING!

[mzteris]

31. what are you looking for?

I don't know if this will help - but maybe you could glean something.


http://www.army.mil/

click on Media Player tab.......

[w8liftinglady]

9. they were playing some good music by Chip taylor on Radio Nation last nite

they should have clips on the 18th(when it's released,but "Unglorious Hallelujah" and "Jackknife" were both haunting,beautiful songs.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tracks/B000G5R8Y0/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/104-9643644-1069514?ie=UTF8

[Ava]

12. thanks for the link

i'll check him out!

[wildhorses]

14. what about this:

Sunday morning, I heard the preacher say
Thou shall not kill
I don't wanna hear nothing else about killing
And that it's God's will

'Cause our children are watching us
They put their trust in us
They're gonna be like us
So let's learn from our history
And do it differently

I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, we'll have more than we'll ever need
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

Oh, Rosie, her man he gets too rough
That's all she can say, is he's a good man
He don't mean no harm
He was just brought up that way

But our children are watching us
They put their trust in us
They're gonna be like us
It's okay for us to disagree
We can work it out lovingly

I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, we'll have more than we'll ever need
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

There must be a way to change what's going on
No I don't have all the answers

I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, we'll have more than we'll ever need
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

I hope, I hope, I hope

[Ava]

16. who is it and what's the name of the song?

:shrug:

[wildhorses]

24. do you like it?

Artist/Band: Dixie Chicks
Lyrics for Song: I Hope
Lyrics for Album: Taking The Long Way

[Ava]

25. i'll try to find it on their website and give it a listen

thanks! :hi:

[WCGreen]

26. Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war.....

Steve Earle....

Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go
There ain’t nobody hirin’
‘round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he’s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he’s still there
Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

[XemaSab]

45. Or frankly anything from Steve Earle would do

[WCGreen]

46. Yes, the man has lived it....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear Ava......

I'm not knowledgeable enough about music to recommend anything...

But.....I will say this: You go, girl!

I am so looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

:yourock: :hug: :patriot:

[KyndCulture]

28. Ava, I've used this song for my podcasts and I always ....

wanted to see it in antiwar animation.


I know these guys, they'd be perfectly cool with you using the song.

New American Century
Sputnik Weasel (from the UK)

http://www.radionewsamerica.com/media/kynd/newamcen.mp3

[Ava]

30. cool! thanks for that link!

i'm actually working on a bigger film project and that song would be great in it!

[rug]

29. When the Ship Comes In, Bob Dylan

Oh the time will come up
When the winds will stop
And the breeze will cease to be breathin'.
Like the stillness in the wind
'Fore the hurricane begins,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Oh the seas will split
And the ship will hit
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking.
Then the tide will sound
And the wind will pound
And the morning will be breaking.

Oh the fishes will laugh
As they swim out of the path
And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
And the rocks on the sand
Will proudly stand,
The hour that the ship comes in.

And the words that are used
For to get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're spoken.
For the chains of the sea
Will have busted in the night
And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean.

A song will lift
As the mainsail shifts
And the boat drifts on to the shoreline.
And the sun will respect
Every face on the deck,
The hour that the ship comes in.

Then the sands will roll
Out a carpet of gold
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'.
And the ship's wise men
Will remind you once again
That the whole wide world is watchin'.

Oh the foes will rise
With the sleep still in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'.
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
And know that it's for real,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Then they'll raise their hands,
Sayin' we'll meet all your demands,
But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered.
And like Pharaoh's tribe,
They'll be drownded in the tide,
And like Goliath, they'll be conquered.



Copyright © 1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music


What can you do with the last two verses?

[Chan790]

33. Lights Go Out - Strike Anywhere

off the Exit English CD. It's anti-war agitprop punk. I've included the lyrics and a link to a page whre you can listen to a sample.

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2632226,00.html

Lights Go Out - Strike Anywhere
So here we go, an international war and we're buying the voice
to lie and justify the schore fight the confusion, anger and hate
our shot in the darkness it's never to late one
will and one heart a worldwide calling out for your muted voices
we scream and shout our leader invoke their gods
and their eyes glaze profits and prophets religoins of guilt and decay
will we fall
will we fight
black out in the daylight in world justice name
will we fall
will we fight
blackout in the workyards of the killing game...
BLACKOUT i don't wanna fight
BLACKOUT against our rights
BLACKOUT won't take the life, the spoils of war we'll profit from no more
BLACKOUT i don't wanna fight
BLACKOUT won't take the life
there are no saints, there are no patriots, designer gods fulfill their prophecy
but they're not talking to me
while crocodile tears pour from the tv
well you were once boardroom tables apart while trading
our reason for the businessman's art, how many fabricated enemies will it take til we see?
will we fall
will we fight
black out in the daylight in world justice name
will we fall
will we fight
blackout in the workyards at the killing game
BLACKOUT i don't wanna fight
BLACKOUT won't take the light the spoils of war we'll profit from no more
BLACKOUT don't wanna fight
BLACKOUT won't take the life
BLACKOUT against our rights. HERE WE GO!

there are no saints, there are no patriots
designer gods fulfill their prophecy but they're not talking to me
How many false enemies will it take 'til we see?
will we fall
will we fight
BlACKOUT in the daylight
will we fall
will we fight

blackout in the daylight

[Guava Jelly]

34. I got it.. Let the eagle soar..john ashcroft

http://youtube.com/watch?v=riKGGWFqnH8&search=%20the%20eagles

Lyrics to song written and sung by John Ashcroft:

"Let the eagle soar,

Like she’s never soared before.

From rocky coast to golden shore,

Let the mighty eagle soar.

Soar with healing in her wings,

As the land beneath her sings:

'Only god, no other kings.'

This country’s far too young to die.

We’ve still got a lot of climbing to do,

And we can make it if we try.

Built by toils and struggles

God has led us through."

[Chan790]

35. Ohhhh...that's a good one too.

He was supposed to be my college commencement speaker, so I took another semester so I wouldn't graduate, just to not have to listen to him gloat and pontificate for 40 minutes.

It was moot anyways as I had threatened in the school newspaper to "pie" him (banana tofu "creme") mid-address and was banned from attending graduation. :evilfrown:

[OhioBlue]

37. ...

:rofl:

[tinfoil tiaras]

36. Something by R.E.M...?

Cause they're my favorite band =)

"Final Straw" maybe? It's a good anti-war song on their newest album "Around the Sun"

Lyrics
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
And what silenced me is written into law.

I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me
And I turn my head away
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you.
Not again. not today. not today.

If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected.
There's a voice in me that says you will not win.

And if I ignore the voice inside,
Raise a half glass to my home.
But it's there that I am most afraid,
And forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold.

Now I don't believe and I never did
That two wrongs make a right.
If the world were filled with the likes of you
Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight.
Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right.

Now love cannot be called into question.
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.
And love- love will be my strongest weapon.
I do believe that I am not alone.

For this fear will not destroy me.
And the tears that have been shed
It's knowing now where I am weakest
And the voice in my head. in my head.

Then I raise my voice up higher
And I look you in the eye
And I offer love with one condition.
With conviction, tell me why.
Tell me why.
Tell me why.
Look me in the eye.
Tell me why.

It's an awesome song!

[OhioBlue]

38. There is a Jim Croce song

called "Which Way are You Going?"

lyrics:

Which way are you going, which side will you be on
Will you stand and watch while, all the seeds of hate are sown
Will you stand with those who say, let his will be done
One hand on the bible
One hand on the gun
One hand on the bible
One hand on the gun

Which way are you looking, is it hard to see
Do you say whats wrong for him, is not wrong for me
You walk the streets, righteousness but you refuse to understand
You say you love the baby
Then you crucify the man
You say you love the baby
Then you crucify the man

Everyday, things are changing, words once honored turned to lies
People wondering, can you blame them
Its to far to run, and to late to hide

Now you turn your back on, all the things that you used to preach
Now its let him live in freedom, if he lives like me
Well you light has changed, confusion rains, what have you become
All your olive branches turned to spears
When your flowers turned to guns
Your olive branches turned to spears
When your flowers turned to guns


I've always thought the song describes perfecly the way I feel about the Iraq war...

[Haole Girl]

39. What The World Needs Now Is Love, Burt Bacharach

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb,
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last 'til the end of time.

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another meadow,
There are cornfields and wheatfields enough to grow,
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine,
Oh listen Lord, if you want to know...oh...

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some oh but just for every, every, everyone.

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love.

[Whoa_Nelly]

41. Was thinking the other day

that you could do an awesome video of poverty/hunger/job loss in the US.

Was thinking "God Bless The Child" sung by Billie Holiday would be a good song for that.

[sakabatou]

42. "Is it Real?" by Yoko Kanno

Figurines that fall like leaves the disappear, keep calling
Is it real? Is it real?
Dark machines that wheeze and breathe then mock the air, appalling
What is real? What is real?
This world can really be too much
I can't take another day
I guess that I've just had enough
My minds slipping far away
I'm falling out of touch
Could someone please explain?

Set my mind for open sky, but couldn't fly, so sadly
What am I? What am I?
Sullen eyes shed teardrop lies then criticize, now laughing
What is real? What is real?
It's really all become too much
I'm not sure what I should feel
I guess I've finally had enough
I don't know if this is real
I'm crashing in and out of touch
Can anyone please explain?

[Catchawave]

43. Land of Confusion by Genesis

I had fun DUing this last March:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x799574

[derby378]

47. I have one, but I'm saving it for my own flash (if I ever find the time)

Good luck, Ava!

[tinfoil tiaras]

50. How do you make flash animations?

Because I think it would be cool to make a rEpUbLiCaNhOtTiE flash animation....

[sakabatou]

48. "ELM" by the Seatbelts

[ornotna]

49. How about this one

Sara Thomsen - Is it for Freedom

You can listen to a sample of it Here

[Midlodemocrat]

51. What is the topic?

If it is about war and war dead, how about Sarah McLaughlin (sp) I Will Remember You? Or Calling All Angels?

Great tunes, both.

[rustydog]

52. Ava, how about: Abraham, Martin and John by Dion?

Abraham, Martin, and John
Sung by: Dion
Words and Music by Richard Holler


Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
You know I just looked around and he's gone

Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he's gone

(brief instrumental interlude-organ)

Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he's gone

Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, it's gonna be one day

Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin, and John