Finally! I got the time to write a few words. I was quite preoccupied with recording the next single and I’m now in the final mix stage, the result will be uploaded on the weekend.
I feel almost guilty because the genre or style of your piece is not exactly my cup of tea but hell yeah the mix is indeed great. And I very much like the dramaturgy, with the lofi guitar parts in between. The rythm section rocks, it’s totally in the pocket, well done!
As to your dislike for your own voice, most of us share that problem, but the heck, what would’ve been if Dylan had thought twice, pun intended! I recently read that even John Lennon wasn’t too confident, that’s why they frequently doubled his voice on the early recordings, would you believe it.
I for one am having a hard time to stay in tune once I start singing, on particularly bad days I record take after take after take before the result is remotely edible. But “tell me what can a poor boy do, except of singing in a Rock’n’Roll band”!
Thanks a bunch! Really appreciate the listen and kind words And absolutely no worries at all re: genre and style etc - life is colourful and you should never apologise for your tastes in music.
Aye and you raise good examples…! And illustrates the whole ‘taste’ thing nicely… One of my fave singers ever is Greg Dulli but a great many hate his vocals.
Sure, let me finish the dinner and I’ll type em out here later this evening
How much longer can this go on? I can’t take another day You give life to this and now you take it away Well it’s easy to understand but it’s better to pray You can’t stop it now. Already dead
I don’t want this anymore. I can’t take another sip Now I’m salivating and it’s making me sick Now nothing’s making sense. Nothing fits There’s figures standing all around This is it
(He’s regaining consciousness. We almost lost him How did he make it back from this?)
How did I make it back from this? I almost lost myself In an eternal never-ending pit, an unending hell How did I make it out alive? Glued back together To rise from one-dimensional time and begin again
Well I see, or rather, hear nothing wrong with the way you deliver the lyrics. On the contrary, it fits the musical style and what’s more, the phrasing of a text like this, which is rather prose than poem, is quite challenging. You do a good job staying juuust slightly offbeat, and the final part depicting the recovery is quite melodic. It would be perfectly allright to mix the vocals upfront.
Can’t remember, actually it’s rare that I actively try to write about any one particular thing, actually.
Think I was reading about horrors like rabies, CJD, stuff like that and got inspired by the story of that one young lady surviving a virus that essentially has a 100% success rate when it comes to killing the host.
Really happy to read this Thanks again, Fineweather! Much appreciation
I hadn’t heard the name Greg Dulli yet and when I looked it up I went “aah of course, The Afghan Whigs!”
Listening to the vocals on “Big Top Halloween” one name immediately came to my mind: Bob Mould. Nothing to hate about that! Hüsker Dü are one of my all-time faves.
Sugar just reunited and released a new song. The Numero Group just released the 1985: The Miracle Year box set with live registrations from Hüsker Dü shows when they were at the top of their game in 1985. It’s a good year for Hüsker Dü fans!
Had no idea, you’ve absolutely made my weekend Thanks for the heads up, Jeremy…! I just listened to the new track and it’s 2 mins of hard rock magic. Thanks again!
Man I tell you, If it hadn’t been for bands like HÜsker Dü, The Dead Kennedys, Toxic Reasons, and Peter & The Test Tube Babies to name just a few of them, the mindless F*ckwit Disco Dallas Tennis Socks Eighties would have been completely unbearable!
I hear the epigones of Joseph Goebbels shouting in my mind: “Do you want total commercialisation? Do you want it, if need be, more total and radical than we can even imagine today?” The way I see it, in that decade the whole thing began to gallop.
That being said, I’d like to quote Beethoven from his 9th smphony:
O friends, not these tunes! Let us strike up more pleasant ones, and more joyful ones.
And absolutely no worries at all re: genre and style etc - life is colourful and you should never apologise for your tastes in music.
it’s rare that I actively try to write about any one particular thing, actually.
