Secret Agent Man

A quick and dirty cover of the Johnny Rivers classic for a lazy Friday afternoon.

My band used to perform this in high school, and I threw together a quick recording of it while I was semi-employed after college in 2001-2002. It's fairly faithful to the way we played it, which was a load of fun. Sorry for the lousy mix. (There's a good chance that these drums were tracked in Impulse Tracker. I am that oldskool.)

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posted by uncleozzy (7 comments total)

While nothing will touch The Plugz's "Hombre Secreto," this is fun.

What's being pitch-shifted?
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 1:34 AM on January 26

Nice one. Very pogo-able.
posted by umbú at 4:47 AM on January 26

Thanks, Karlos, hadn't heard that one. "Todo lo que hace es sabroso." Genius.

And it's the "bass" that's a pitch-shifted guitar; before I picked up a Chinese knock-off bass, that's how I did it.
posted by uncleozzy at 10:06 AM on January 26

Hah, nice job! I enjoyed listening to this.
posted by lazaruslong at 2:22 PM on January 26

Solos were tasty and not overdone, and nice pick squeals too. Clean tasty rock.
posted by lazaruslong at 2:23 PM on January 26

This is a lot of fun, nice job.
posted by COBRA! at 3:12 PM on January 26

Damn! I agree with Karlos on The Plugz, but this one's at the top of the heap somewhere. Thanks for sharing it.
posted by sleepy pete at 8:09 PM on January 27