Comments on: The Million-Pound Shithammer

The Million-Pound Shithammer

COBRA! — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:06:05 -0800

A mess-around-at-practice riff that grew into a song. This one knocks down some walls live.

Things got a little weird with this recording; specifically, my vocals are a little more processed than I like, making me sound sort of Ozzy-ish. Not that I've got anything against Ozzy, I'm just not him.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:51:27 -0800

Man, even without listening, I can tell you that this is possibly the greatest song title ever. And with listening, the song's pretty great as well.

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:14:52 -0800

Thanks! I think it's my favorite title, too; except that, even though we're all in our 30s, we all feel like we have to mumble the title whenever a set of band parents happen to be a show.

By: tehloki

tehloki — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:47:50 -0800

Nice! Reminds me of Fire Eye'd Boy by B.S.S... at least, your drummer is totally channeling Justin Peroff.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:25:48 -0800

Hell yea, very rocking. (Best played loudly)

By: haunted by Leonard Cohen

haunted by Leonard Cohen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:57:01 -0800

Wow, it's already taken up residence inside my head. How'd you do that so quickly? I am having some difficulty understanding the lyrics, would you consider posting them?

sns is right; best played loudly!

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:30:50 -0800

I am having some difficulty understanding the lyrics, would you consider posting them?

Sure, but let me warn you, they're very inane; made up on the fly during a practice session where it morphed from warm-up riff to full-on song, and then they just sort of stuck. I'd been rereading Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 and just started riffing on it.

There's a million-pound shithammer
hanging over my head
I'm burning so much mescaline
it's crazy I'm not dead

Long way out from Aspen
out to DC
then up to Manchester
I've got a doberman with me

Gotta get back to Aspen
crank out Hey Rube
then head straight north
and castrate the Hube

(after Thompson died, was cremated, and shot out of a cannon, I started switching the last two lines to "turn into powder/and get fired out a tube" sometimes)

By: haunted by Leonard Cohen

haunted by Leonard Cohen — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:24:09 -0800

Thanks COBRA! It's all come together now. Much better.