Announcing... RiffMasters!

Ku² said:
The Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM or LEM - Aquarius) was originally supposed to land at the Fra Mauro region of the Moon. The Apollo 13 mission was aborted as a lunar landing mission on 13 April 1970, 2 days after launch, when an oxygen tank on the Command and Service Module (CSM) overheated and exploded. The LM, designed to support two astronauts for 45 hours, was used as a lifeboat to house the three astronauts (Commander James A. Lovell Jr., CSM pilot John L. Swigert Jr., and LM pilot Fred W. Haise Jr.) for 90 hours, as the CSM could not provide life support. Energy and water consumption were cut drastically for the duration of the trip, and the CM lithium hydroxide cannisters, used to scrub carbon dioxide out of the air, were adapted for use on the LM. The Apollo 13 continued on to the Moon, and the LM descent engine was used to accelerate the spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth. The LM was jettisoned shortly before reaching Earth, the astronauts returning to the Command Module for the reentry. The LM re-entered and burned in the Earth's atmosphere over the southwest Pacific, any surviving pieces impacted in the deep ocean off the coast of New Zealand.
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Imagine the math with slide rules - calculating the amount and duration of thrust on the LM descent engine, which is designed primarily to get the spacecraft to leave lunar orbit amd slow the vehicle down for lunar descent, to breaking lunar orbit and achieving trans earth injection with the service and CM attached...all with limited resources turned on in LM.
 
Ku² said:
The Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM or LEM - Aquarius) was originally supposed to land at the Fra Mauro region of the Moon. The Apollo 13 mission was aborted as a lunar landing mission on 13 April 1970, 2 days after launch, when an oxygen tank on the Command and Service Module (CSM) overheated and exploded. The LM, designed to support two astronauts for 45 hours, was used as a lifeboat to house the three astronauts (Commander James A. Lovell Jr., CSM pilot John L. Swigert Jr., and LM pilot Fred W. Haise Jr.) for 90 hours, as the CSM could not provide life support. Energy and water consumption were cut drastically for the duration of the trip, and the CM lithium hydroxide cannisters, used to scrub carbon dioxide out of the air, were adapted for use on the LM. The Apollo 13 continued on to the Moon, and the LM descent engine was used to accelerate the spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth. The LM was jettisoned shortly before reaching Earth, the astronauts returning to the Command Module for the reentry. The LM re-entered and burned in the Earth's atmosphere over the southwest Pacific, any surviving pieces impacted in the deep ocean off the coast of New Zealand.
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And for whatever reason. That all might seem easy compared to what sick demented musical torture @TVvoodoo has in store for us
 
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Are YOU a real cool head? Are you makin' REAL GOOD bread? Doesn't Brian Wilson look a lot like a young Alec Baldwin?

While you enjoy that absolutely disgraceful ode to shameless male tomcattin’ by the Beach Boys, consider the many great tunes from way back in the olden days. What began in the 50’s, a youthful push-back against societal conventions continued to ramp up for the whole next decade, eventually becoming a full-scale social revolution! Songs alluding to sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll topped the charts all through the 1960s - naughty, often illegal anti-establishment themes often couched in innuendo or hidden meaning. Some songs seemed innocent enough, such as “Day Tripper” or “Please Please Me,” but for those hip to the scene, rather shocking druggie or sexual undertones needed no spelling out for clued-in listeners of the day.

Your challenge for Main Event #4 is to:
Choose any #1 song from the 1960’s and redo it for us, however you wish.
Cover it faithfully, country it up, metal it, do what thou whilst.
Let your creative freak flag fly for all to see, have fun, and win them points!

However, let’s also make it a goal to accentuate any secrets hidden within your choice. Flavour it up a little for modern times.
If it’s a little dark, make it darker. If it’s a little sexy, make it sexier, etc. This is where your selection is SUPER important.
Give yourself something cool to work with, as that will be a main criteria for judging.

iu


LAND RUSH!!!
Repeats would be lame, so... this is first come, first served! Therefore, you MUST stake your claim by posting the title of your chosen hit as quickly as you can here in this thread. This to keep your pesky Riffmaster competitors off your musical stake! Repeats will be viewed as very bad mojo, resulting in disqualification from voting.
If you wish to try to keep it a secret, go ahead and take your chances, but that’s a risky play. Plus, it’ll be great fun knowing what songs y’all be tweaking!

I'm a helpful dude. Here’s a handy link to all the Billboard #1 hits of the decade. There's many to choose from, pick wisely!
Some of you weren't even born yet, some maybe a little before. Me? I'm a 1966 baby, definitely gold in them thar hills!
Billboard #1 Hits of the 1960's

That's not all... there will also be opportunities for a really fun side hustle as well as another exciting guitar duel in round four.

Round Four Main Event Scoring: 48 hour Community Vote on submissions post deadline.
Top Vote Earner = 10 points
Second & Third Places = 7 points.
Participation Award: All other competitors who submit = 5 points

Submission Deadline for this round is
7PM CST Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
 
TVvoodoo said:
PRESS PLAY

5BKyCwdN_o.jpg


Are YOU a real cool head? Are you makin' REAL GOOD bread? Doesn't Brian Wilson look a lot like a young Alec Baldwin?

While you enjoy that absolutely disgraceful ode to shameless male tomcattin’ by the Beach Boys, consider the many great tunes from way back in the olden days. What began in the 50’s, a youthful push-back against societal conventions continued to ramp up for the whole next decade, eventually becoming a full-scale social revolution! Songs alluding to sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll topped the charts all through the 1960s - naughty, often illegal anti-establishment themes often couched in innuendo or hidden meaning. Some songs seemed innocent enough, such as “Day Tripper” or “Please Please Me,” but for those hip to the scene, rather shocking druggie or sexual undertones needed no spelling out for clued-in listeners of the day.

Your challenge for Main Event #4 is to:
Choose any #1 song from the 1960’s and redo it for us, however you wish.
Cover it faithfully, country it up, metal it, do what thou whilst.
Let your creative freak flag fly for all to see, have fun, and win them points!

However, let’s also make it a goal to accentuate any secrets hidden within your choice. Flavour it up a little for modern times.
If it’s a little dark, make it darker. If it’s a little sexy, make it sexier, etc. This is where your selection is SUPER important.
Give yourself something cool to work with, as that will be a main criteria for judging.

iu


LAND RUSH!!!
Repeats would be lame, so... this is first come, first served! Therefore, you MUST stake your claim by posting the title of your chosen hit as quickly as you can here in this thread. This to keep your pesky Riffmaster competitors off your musical stake! Repeats will be viewed as very bad mojo, resulting in disqualification from voting.
If you wish to try to keep it a secret, go ahead and take your chances, but that’s a risky play. Plus, it’ll be great fun knowing what songs y’all be tweaking!

I'm a helpful dude. Here’s a handy link to all the Billboard #1 hits of the decade. There's many to choose from, pick wisely!
Some of you weren't even born yet, some maybe a little before. Me? I'm a 1966 baby, definitely gold in them thar hills!
Billboard #1 Hits of the 1960's

That's not all... there will also be opportunities for a really fun side hustle as well as another exciting guitar duel in round four.

Round Four Main Event Scoring: 48 hour Community Vote on submissions post deadline.
Top Vote Earner = 10 points
Second & Third Places = 7 points.
Participation Award: All other competitors who submit = 5 points

Submission Deadline for this round is
7PM CST Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
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Good lord!!!!
 
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