The Girl With the Biggest Hair
January 2, 2008 7:36 PM
A song of love, desire, and big hair.
My highschool band, Bovine Ignition Systems, modeled itself after They Might Be Giants - two of us, recording everything and rarely performing, but we spent a lot of time on our weird little songs. The Girl With the Biggest Hair came out of that, and is, improbably, a waltz. This song is, officially, 20 years old; I'm the vocalist and was 16 when it was recorded.
My highschool band, Bovine Ignition Systems, modeled itself after They Might Be Giants - two of us, recording everything and rarely performing, but we spent a lot of time on our weird little songs. The Girl With the Biggest Hair came out of that, and is, improbably, a waltz. This song is, officially, 20 years old; I'm the vocalist and was 16 when it was recorded.
posted by jscott (6 comments total)
Well, your influences are certainly on your sleeve! (Especially that fake-baritone-sax! And those "sproing"s, too.)
This is actually a much more complex song, structurally, than I was expecting from high school TMBG fans.
Have you got anything more current?
(Like chococat, I've got stuff like this kicking around, too. Early TMBG is still a big influence on the way I think about songmaking.)
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 11:27 PM on January 2, 2008
This is actually a much more complex song, structurally, than I was expecting from high school TMBG fans.
Have you got anything more current?
(Like chococat, I've got stuff like this kicking around, too. Early TMBG is still a big influence on the way I think about songmaking.)
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 11:27 PM on January 2, 2008
Man, where did you get such a sweet setup in 1988? Stereo! (Also, this is neat. Charming, even.)
posted by uncleozzy at 6:37 AM on January 3, 2008
posted by uncleozzy at 6:37 AM on January 3, 2008
The rest of our music, by the way:
Bovine Ignition Systems
The setup was a Korg M1 doing a lot of the music (loved that thing) and a Tascam 4-Track Portastudio.
More recent music is here but even that's 10 years old. I haven't written much recently.
posted by jscott at 12:13 PM on January 3, 2008
Bovine Ignition Systems
The setup was a Korg M1 doing a lot of the music (loved that thing) and a Tascam 4-Track Portastudio.
More recent music is here but even that's 10 years old. I haven't written much recently.
posted by jscott at 12:13 PM on January 3, 2008
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posted by chococat at 10:12 PM on January 2, 2008