California Dreamin' (cover)
November 4, 2007 1:08 PM
Just a dreary little vignette to remind myself I record music sometimes. Started as a morning grumble, while the leaves were falling outside our kitchen window.
This is one of those songs that I almost hate to do such a sloppy, unplanned version of; the vocal harmonies in the original (and famous covers) are just so damned pretty and dreamy that I feel bad about muffing 'em a bit.
I've been working on bowing the upright. It no longer sounds like screeching never-played-a-day-in-my-life ass like it did when I first started trying, but it's still very, uh, experimental.
This is one of those songs that I almost hate to do such a sloppy, unplanned version of; the vocal harmonies in the original (and famous covers) are just so damned pretty and dreamy that I feel bad about muffing 'em a bit.
I've been working on bowing the upright. It no longer sounds like screeching never-played-a-day-in-my-life ass like it did when I first started trying, but it's still very, uh, experimental.
posted by cortex (9 comments total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
Effigy2000: ouch!
I personally think it would have been really creepy if you had done a spot on cover of this song. So, thankfully, it is sloppy and unplanned.
posted by Secretariat at 4:11 PM on November 4, 2007
I personally think it would have been really creepy if you had done a spot on cover of this song. So, thankfully, it is sloppy and unplanned.
posted by Secretariat at 4:11 PM on November 4, 2007
Ouch? No ouch intended. I think cortex is the man and I like this song. Just not as much as some of his other stuff. :)
posted by Effigy2000 at 6:53 PM on November 4, 2007
posted by Effigy2000 at 6:53 PM on November 4, 2007
No ouch inferred. I like that I recorded this, but as the man says: it's not my best work. Just a one-off Sunday plaything to shake some of the dust off.
posted by cortex at 9:43 PM on November 4, 2007
posted by cortex at 9:43 PM on November 4, 2007
I like it a lot. The low-fi ad hoc feeling is perfect for taking a little Polaroid this song.
posted by melissa may at 5:13 AM on November 5, 2007
posted by melissa may at 5:13 AM on November 5, 2007
At my friends' house last night I programmed a little playlist and in an attempt to be clever played California Dreamin' right after "Big Girl You Are Beautiful". No one noticed.
True story.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:53 AM on November 5, 2007
True story.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:53 AM on November 5, 2007
I hear what you guys are saying about "not best work". But it's all subjective. I dig it.
posted by snsranch at 4:49 PM on November 5, 2007
posted by snsranch at 4:49 PM on November 5, 2007
nice.
posted by flyinghamster at 4:25 PM on November 9, 2007
posted by flyinghamster at 4:25 PM on November 9, 2007
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posted by Effigy2000 at 2:29 PM on November 4, 2007