Comments on: Kitten (in my robot purse)

Kitten (in my robot purse)

umbú — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:03:45 -0800

My submission to the spy challenge.

Ideally, I would hold out on posting this song until the monthly challenge involved not just spies, but kittens and robots as well. Some songs are better not explained, and this one might be better if you just think it's random nonsense, but here goes: Luazinha and I have two cats, one tuxedo, one tiger-striped. Our friend Rachel noticed that when they stalked each other for fun as kittens, they resembled Spy vs. Spy comics. She had a vinyl purse with a robot appliqued on it, and one of the cats liked to hide in it. She wrote the lyrics, and I wrote the music.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:20:03 -0800

I like this song quite a lot, umbu!

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:58:28 -0800

Also, your singing threw me off for the first listen. It wasn't until halfway through the second listen that I could hear the spy theme in the music. That was wonderfully done!

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:42:10 -0800

"Oh no!" Ha ha ha this rules.

Mellotron? Really?

By: umbú

umbú — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:02:27 -0800

Yeah, well, sampled mellotron--the 'strawberry fields' flute, and the electronic voices that start off the tune.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:35:18 -0800

Oh really? Those electronic voices are pretty neat.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:43:06 -0800

Ha! This is fantastic. I really, really love the second part. What a great feel.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:08:30 -0800

This has been a fantastic week at MefiMusic. This reminds me of the first wave of music I found here that surprised me because they sounded much better than the home recordings I was expecting. Great song umbú, thx for posting it.

By: danb

danb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:36:57 -0800

This is so great. I like the harmonic shift in the second half of the song (the non-spy part, I guess), and I especially love that the bridge is from the perspective of the purse. And I like the Mellotron too. I like everything!

Thanks for sharing your inspiration -- it's cool that the lyrics work on a literal level and also on a silly nonsense level.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:13:45 -0800

This is catchy, I listened to it a few days ago and had it stuck in my head, I didn't know what the hell I was singing than I remembered the song was from Mefi. Really good stuff.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:42:06 -0800

Dear lord that is a catchy song. I have a feeling I'll be humming this one for a few weeks.

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:22:01 -0800

umbú: this is exquisite. i don't normally even use that word, but for this, it's the only one that really fits.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:20:32 -0800

This is fun! Like if They Might Be Giants were much looser.