Comments on: Diamond Joe

Diamond Joe

Jofus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:42:13 -0800

Low quality stomping country music recorded drunk and presented here in it's straight-from-the-desk unmixed format. Came out pretty good. Nice rattly drums.

By: Lotto

Lotto — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:44:10 -0800

Heh it sounds drunk (but in a good way!)

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:46:50 -0800

Great song, and the recording sounds real nice 'n' visceral.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:48:06 -0800

Should have added: This is a song that is around about 200 years old and so should be considered trad.arr. I've heard Dylan and Gillian Welch do versions.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:48:32 -0800

I'm particulalry fond of the yodelling at the end. :)

By: sciurus

sciurus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:53:29 -0800

Hehe, drunktry music! You guys probably put on a good show.

By: Mr. Six

Mr. Six — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:53:55 -0800

This is great!

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:55:51 -0800

sciurus: We had some good fights.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:56:54 -0800

Awesome. :D

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:13:38 -0800

One of my favorite Rejected Tracks from meficomp. Well done, sir.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:20:06 -0800

Cortex: It's the way you capitalize the R and T that makes me know you love it. :)

By: mullacc

mullacc — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:34:22 -0800

I thought it was only rejected from the MeFi Comp album for want of a better quality recording? Anyway, I love this song.

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:53:25 -0800

Good Stuff, Jofus.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:17:49 -0800

mullacc: more or less, yes. Get's my foot going every goddam time, but there was no uncompressed master available and turtlegirl was going crazy trying to make the mix work.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:33:22 -0800

I had a conversation with Matt - the guy who owned all the recording equipment and is on backing vocals and lead guitar here. It went:
"I need a lossless version of the mix"
"There was no mix. We burned live to CD"
"Well we need a wav of a mix"
"What's a wav?"
"It's a lossless version of the mix"
"What's a lossless?"
"An uncompressed version"
"Oh. An MP3"
"No...Ah forget it..."

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:39:18 -0800

Ha!

By: blag

blag — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:43:43 -0800

Superb stuff.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:15:30 -0800

Jofus, I'm not a big fan of country cuz it lacks what this song has. A little shit-kickin, a little old-timey and played with soul. I love it!

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:40:28 -0800

This is what whisky would sound like, if whisky was music. Wonderful!

By: edlundart

edlundart — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:35:23 -0800

I think it sounds great. It's an audio party. I mean, it just has so much energy. Very cool.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:45:42 -0800

Is this too Irish to be country? Or too country to be Irish? I can't decide.

Either way it's frickin' awesome. Bravo.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:02:08 -0800

I am currently drinking, and I am very much in support of this song.

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:40:07 -0800

The mix of everything reminds me of Calexico. Which is a good thing.

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:28:46 -0800

It's Country Irish, man.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:57:00 -0800

very nice.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:37:02 -0800

Holy crap, I have this song on my computer, but had no idea it was by a MeFi person.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:48:01 -0800

It's Country Irish, man.
posted by cortex at 10:28 AM CST on July 1

It's Irish Country ya wanker!

*fistfight ensues*

By: Jofus

Jofus — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:03:20 -0800

We always referred to it simply as "Low Quality Bluegrass"

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:17:55 -0800

This is fantastical. Can I record with you?

By: ryran

ryran — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:43:09 -0800

Only from mefi would I consider listening to something like this. Amazed that I kinda might like it.

By: muddgirl

muddgirl — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:55:57 -0800

This song had me dancing around like Ally Sheedy! Do y'all play somewhere or what?

That yodel killed me.

By: WidgetAlley

WidgetAlley — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:40:37 -0800

Good God, I love this-- the lyrics, the harmonies, the brilliantly rough production quality. Thanks, Jofus!

By: Jofus

Jofus — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:52:56 -0800

Thanks Muddgirl. I find that with yodelling, enthusiasm always makes up for a lack of talent. :)

By: nola

nola — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:18:00 -0800

good stuff. you guy play some place?

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:12:24 -0800

This song is the very reason why I need to come to Metafilter Music more frequently. A very nicely executed song that had me tappin' mah feet along to a happy beat. Well done Jofus!

By: chococat

chococat — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:57:02 -0800

I've just stumbled on this now, if you can believe that.
Really great.