Comments on: The Bothered Son and the Phony Ghost

The Bothered Son and the Phony Ghost

potch — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:18:34 -0800

An epic exploration into the applications of group vocals, plinky synthesizers, and personal religious doubt.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:41:37 -0800

You could easily add the tomwaitsimpression tag to this, not so much for the vocals as for the music, it goes perfectly with the current challenge. Cool song.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:02:30 -0800

Oh yeah, definite tomwaitsimpression (and by that I mean you should add the tags for the challenge). Great work/song.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:56:55 -0800

This is much better than Tom Waits.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:34:27 -0800

It's Waitsy without sounding like a ripoff.

OH. That is SWEET at 2:20 when the fuzz bass comes in on the right side. That's awesome -- it's like the song is just getting started, but it's halfway through! And then it builds and builds and then POW pulls out the rug.

And then it goes all EPIC and it's not Waitsy at all anymore. Is there actually a group doing the vocals, or is it all you?

This is really neat.

By: potch

potch — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:54:04 -0800

Karlos- It's a large group of boisterous drunks, recorded a few times, so as to sounds more like a mob.

By: nenequesadilla

nenequesadilla — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:48:08 -0800

+1 for great pacing
+2 for drunken mob

By: snsranch

snsranch — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:18:24 -0800

Holy shit, this really DOES get all EPIC! Very cool.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:19:14 -0800

I bet this was tough to record. It sounds great. I'd love to see the lyrics, if you've got them written down somewhere.

By: potch

potch — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:15:13 -0800

melissa- the lyrics are up on myspace

By: melissa may

melissa may — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:19:07 -0800

Awesome, potch -- thanks!

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:07:26 -0800

I'm surprised I missed this before ... thank goodness for the random playlist!