Comments on: Flyball's Lament (the better one)

Flyball's Lament (the better one)

The Great Big Mulp — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:00:41 -0800

This is a much better version of a song I submitted a while back. Many of the chorus-related mistakes mentioned in the comments have been fixed, and I have added a few vocal layers, along with some horns. It's really quite probably the best song I've ever put together.

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:04:35 -0800

It's silly and wonderful. I love the lyrics.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:15:56 -0800

Reminds me of the Polyphonic Spree, just without making me want to defenestrate myself - nice!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:52:34 -0800

man, I really love the drums on this. Fantastic!

I've never listened to Polyphonic Spree, but I also share the desire to not throw myself out any windows.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:04:26 -0800

Wow, I wasn't expecting this. (Only because the first run was so damn good in the first place.)

Right on man.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:06:17 -0800

This is really fun and quirky. If it were me I'd play with something like an exciter on the vocals, or just some EQ tweaking. They feel a little lifeless for such a fun song. But it could just be personal taste -- at any rate, the musical choices you made here are playful and interesting. The drumming rocks.

By: ageispolis

ageispolis — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:08:24 -0800

thanks! now both versions are on my playlist. this is still one of my favorite mefimusic tracks.

By: freem

freem — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:35:17 -0800

Fantastic. Really, enough good things can't be said about the drumming on this tune.

By: erikgrande

erikgrande — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:11:29 -0800

Re: the Polyphonic Spree, the vocals do resemble DeLaughter's. This song is really great. As far as production (not that you asked), edlundart mentioned "lifeless" sounding vocals... Maybe it's eq, but my guess is that a cheap large diaphragm condenser mic would change your life. Good for vocals, (parts of) drums, guitar, mandolin, etc....

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:12:43 -0800

Damn. Thanks for all the compliments on the drumming! I feel really self-conscious about them, 'cause there are some mistakes, and, because I had to record them first, else the drum mics would pick up anything else playing, I didn't realise until later that I'd switched into a different time signature for the chorus.

I don't know this Polyphonic Spree, but I suppose I should look them up, yes? And I didn't really do much mixing, aside from levels, with the vocal mics. Maybe I'll try some condensing (and no doubling) on the vocals, next time.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:16:31 -0800

(Actually, in part, I was feeling self-conscious about this thread, since I'd posted an earlier version of this song ... )

By: danb

danb — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:15:09 -0800

I got this song stuck in my head today somehow and came back to give it another listen!