Tetris live cover video

[ross]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=39778174552208949


my band playing tetris. hope you like it. tell me if you like it or if you dont like it. thank you.

[I like ozma]

its not bad, not ozma good though.

[WhoYouCallinWeez]

i like it alot, its good. but the song is called Korobeiniki, not "Tetris". but im sure u know that by now

[ross]

yeah whatever i dont speak asian foo.

[kitten]

i like it alot, its good. but the song is called Korobeiniki, not "Tetris". but im sure u know that by now

Ozma writes Tetris on their set lists. 

[I like ozma]

yeah whatever i dont speak asian foo.

HAHA

[CT-700]

Didn't Dan say they originally called it Korobeiniki so the Russian guy who invented Tetris wouldn't take legal action if he ever found out. I think it was on the old ozmaonline. I am sure Dan wasn't too serious about it though the legal part though, and since the traditional Russian title goes with the whole theme...

[tom]

gotta love the old guy upfront.

[WhoYouCallinWeez]

yeah whatever i dont speak asian foo.

what does that have to do with this thread?

[bulb dylan]

Didn't Dan say they originally called it Korobeiniki so the Russian guy who invented Tetris wouldn't take legal action if he ever found out. I think it was on the old ozmaonline. I am sure Dan wasn't too serious about it though the legal part though, and since the traditional Russian title goes with the whole theme...

Um... Tetris is a trademarked game that uses the Russian folk song Korobeiniki as a theme. It is so old, it is considered public domain and one is free to record it (Ozma, Tetris game manufacturer) and sell it without repercussions. Calling it "Tetris" would land you in a world of trouble for at least another 60 years.

So, yeah.

[Not Jason]

I assume, I might be wrong, that Nintendo owns Tetris.  If that's correct, you certainly don't want to screw with them.  A while back, Nintendo sent a cease and desist order to suicidegirls (nsfw) because a member had registered using the screen name "Super Nintendo" and a few other things of that sort, basically amounting to message board discussion almost exactly like this post.  They quickly called off their dogs, admitting that they had made a mistake, but the point remains:  "yikes."  If you put a Nintendo product name on a record that you were commercially selling, you'd probably be fucking yourself pretty hard.

I still call the song "Korobeiniki", because calling it "Tetris" just rubs me the wrong way, regardless of what the band members choose to do.

[FireAarro]

I'd personally call it Tetris, because the Tetris arrangement is quite different from the original (changed melody I think). Other names are Korobushka and Peddler's Pack...

[Not Jason]

Additionally, Ozma's version is even altered from the Tetris version.  I've heard the song played in a bunch of different ways, and some of them vary greatly, but I'm not sure what variations are more true to the original and which are not.

[noonchild]

I propose we just start refering to it as "That one instrumental song ozma has" to avoid any legal situations.






Rain of the golden gorilla doesn't count seeing as how it later gained lyrics...
Flight and landing don't count because bum bum bum bum bum ba da da dum dum bum bum bum, and WOOOOOOOAAH WOOOOOOOAAAAH are still lyrics...
...I think that covers all my bases.

[malcolm]

Flight and landing don't count because bum bum bum bum bum ba da da dum dum bum bum bum, and WOOOOOOOAAH WOOOOOOOAAAAH are still lyrics...
...I think that covers all my bases.

flight has lyrics
and i would argue that what you hear in landing are not lyrics, but vocal melodies

[I like ozma]

Flight and landing don't count because bum bum bum bum bum ba da da dum dum bum bum bum, and WOOOOOOOAAH WOOOOOOOAAAAH are still lyrics...
...I think that covers all my bases.

flight has lyrics
and i would argue that what you hear in landing are not lyrics, but vocal melodies

i called it an instrumental one time and you argued that they were lyrics.

I propose we just start refering to it as "That one instrumental song ozma has" to avoid any legal situations.

i propose that we call "tetris" "utsikushii shibuya" instead just in case someone from nintendo actually sees that people call it tetris, and we actually just forget about the real "utsikushii shibuya"

[amish]

Utsukushii Shibuya

[falyn]

umm. i like it.

[claydarcy]

umm. i like it.

Me too.

[Elliott]

Yeah its good.

umm. i like it.

You know him huh?

[falyn]

Yeah its good.

umm. i like it.

You know him huh?

do i ever!

[bulb dylan]

Nice one Ross. Very well played.

[Not Jason]

Oh yeah, all this talk and I had forgotten to even watch the video.  I just did though, and I thought you did a pretty good job.  All three of you are pretty good musicians.

[bulb dylan]

Oh yeah, all this talk and I had forgotten to even watch the video.  I just did though, and I thought you did a pretty good job.  All three of you are pretty good musicians.

agreed. I hate seeing young guys that could smoke me on guitar. For that, Ross, I am gonna put a bullet through your chorus pedal. THERE I SAID IT!

[Not Jason]

Oh yeah, all this talk and I had forgotten to even watch the video.  I just did though, and I thought you did a pretty good job.  All three of you are pretty good musicians.

agreed. I hate seeing young guys that could smoke me on guitar. For that, Ross, I am gonna put a bullet through your chorus pedal. THERE I SAID IT!

me too.  However, I've rarely seen anyone that couldn't smoke me on guitar.  I suck.  Anyway, back to the cover, I enjoyed the drumming.  It seemed more aggressive than I remember the drumming to be in the Ozma version.  Of course I don't have the drum line memorized or anything.

[ross]

dear ozmafans forum,

i'd like to take this time to appologize for leaving my chorus on the entire duration of this song. i really didnt notice it while performing, and the camera seemed to pick it up quite well. im sorry for any sonic injuries that may have temporarily occured at the will of my foot. thank you.

-Ross

anyway Jason, my drummer always said hes always felt Pat could've been slightly more aggressive with ozma tunes, so i guess that came out of him in this song, but i really like it this way. we had to make up for no rhythm guitar somehow. which basically what my bass player did.

anybody spot the new pretty guitar? pics to follow in equipment thread soon...

[Elliott]

gotta love the old guy upfront.

[bulb dylan]

its not bad, not ozma good though.

Maybe you noticed it isn't a video of Ozma playing it?

[Not Jason]

anyway Jason, my drummer always said hes always felt Pat could've been slightly more aggressive with ozma tunes, so i guess that came out of him in this song, but i really like it this way.

Oh, I wasn't complaining.  I liked it the way he played it in your cover.

[I like ozma]

im just glad that a new ozma thread was started. even though it doesnt really have anything to do with ozma