Prompt Queens

Who says a song needs to rhyme? Not us! We do what we want. And, on this episode, we chose not to rhyme. Do we love that choice? Yeah sure. Learning and growing and what not. To reach levels of non-rhyming songs such as Paul Simon's America, Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner," REM's "Sidewinder Sleeps." We love those songs and we think you're great.

And we're in crowns and sashes and dreaming of world peace, everyone. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Hold my turkey leg, we're going to Renaissance Fair.

In these final days when we are living squarely between the waining warmth of old September and the coming cold of old Frost McGee. Hope and Emily capture fall leaves in a bottle and never, not even once, bring up Pumpkin Spice anything. Enjoy. 

Do you love theme songs as much as we love theme songs? You know what's great about a theme song? They're short. No pressure there. Just write something that clocks in at 53 seconds that makes it snappy and jazzy and, blam-o, you've got a hit on your hands. 

Hello Prompt Team! It's Thursday and that means we've got a hot fresh episode of Prompt Queens for you and the prompt is, yes, America's forgotten pastime except for when you remember it again on a Saturday with nothing to do because it's fun, the stakes are low, and you're dying to put on used shoes, you guessed it: bowling. This episode has so much more than just strikes and gutters. Buckle up.

It's a new day, a new prompt so it means it's a new episode of Prompt Queens. Yay. It'll take you places.

Yes, we missed last week and we missed you. This week's prompt gets us talking about all kinds of things including clover, lawncare, aging, kids going off to college, Flight of the Conchords. So, ya know, a pretty typical episode for us. You never know what's going to happen and neither do we. Enjoy!

Fear not, we don't need no stinking roadside assistance when it comes to repairing this situation. We've got brains and guitars, pens and paper, and this prompt to get us going. The prompt is: flat tire.

Ooohhhh, there's so much possibility that it feels like an ocean of prompts all in one prompt? But is it, though? We hope you enjoy this episode of Prompt Queens.

The girls enter the world of the fantastic and godlike. Kinda. Join Emily and Hope as they work through the prompt, "Mythology" 

This episode has enough cheap beer, beach vibes, hot hits, Jeeps, and young people with under-developed pre-frontal corteces on Spring break in 1989 enough to satisfy the most sun-deprived midwesterners among us. And it has Hope and Emily writing songs about South Padre Island using their imagination and the internet. 

The episode for today is "Baseball." America's pasttime. And who knows more about the great old game than Hope and Emily? Like, everyone. Most people know more about baseball than we do. It's summer time, we have a prompt and we're writing songs. We hope you are too.

You know which band rules? REO Speedwagon. This week Emily and Hope try their hand at writing like those guys and get a chance to fall in love with the universal love song all over again. They couldn't fight the feeling any longer and you won't either once you give a listen.

The prompt is back and the prompt is TENTS. Listen in to what Emily and Hope cooked up, think about what you might do with the prompt yourself. Enjoy!

What do you do when you grew up in the 80s and 90s glued to the television and pop culture beacons of inspiration? You mine it for song prompts. Today's prompt: Alicia Silverstone.

We're back! We did it. We knew we'd come back and now we have and we've written songs and we're so glad you've joined us. This week's prompt was: Graduation.

We are back with our first pandemic episode recorded over Zoom.  This week we take a stab at Western Meadowlarks.  A figurative stab at the prompt Western Meadowlark.  It's good to be back.  We missed you!

This is not a Debbie Gibson episode (though, note to self for later), but we do write to a title she used: Out of the Blue.  As always, two different takes on a theme, two different approaches, a unified love of jokes and nonsense.

It's good work if you can find it, but Hope & Emily write pretty bleak songs about factory work this week: one historical and one contemporary.  You can write your own song about the factory and send it in!

Do we apologize in advance? Do we write a disclaimer?  IDK, you can see what the title of this episode is.  You know what you're getting into.  Despite the terrible prompt and questionable songs, it's a pretty good episode.  You should write your own terrible song to this terrible prompt and share it with us!

Special guest Bob Hillman joins Hope & Emily in Beaver Crossing to sing earnest political protest songs a la Woody Guthrie.  Do you think the Prompt Queens can pull this one off? Do you think you can? Give it a shot!  Give this episode a listen!

Hope and Emily celebrate Valentines Day in song, each with their own unique take on the day.  Is it sentimental? Is it cynical? Listen and find out, AND send in your own song!

Hope and Emily (figuratively) tackle Alanis Morissette, although if they were to ever meet her they might be so excited that they do tackle her.  No they wouldn't, Alanis.  No one will tackle you.  Either way, as admirers of her music, the Prompt Queens had a great time trying to write a song for her.  You should write one too!

We kick off a new year and a new season with the prompt And in That Moment.  You should write a song in THIS moment and send it in to us.