Comments on: Country Death Song

Country Death Song

chococat — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:11 -0800

Cover. As requested by ORthey.

Spare. I did a different vocal take where I sang it better but for some reason this wobbly cracky take worked more. So much for sweet and smooth. Featuring my daughter Lily as The Daughter.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:44:04 -0800

I'm not familiar with the original, but this is totally creepy. (I am just barely familiar enough with the Femmes to imagine them doing this.)

I would like to hear what you said when you asked Lily to supply her part.

Good call holding off on the tamborine -- Lily's contribution perks my ears up, and then they are rewarded by the jangles. Nicely done!

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:26:27 -0800

That's just awesome. And super-creepy, yeah. Nice work.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:57:32 -0800

That's funny, I only now realized the last line says "myself in shame" I always thought it said "hang myself-ish" as a pun between "myself" and "selfish".

And I can imagine your daughter next day at school:
- I helped my dad record a song yesterday.
- Oh really? what did you do?
- My part went like this...

She is gonna be famous.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:20:23 -0800

Oh my God, thanks so freaking much. This is a dream fulfilled.

This challenge is so self-indulgent. I was listening to this song after this whole thing was suggested, and I was like, chococat needs to sing this. And guess what? Now he has.

I am a happy boy. I love how long you waited for the tambourine.

By: umbú

umbú — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:02:14 -0800

aiighgh. that gave me shivers.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:05:56 -0800

Wow, man. Nailed...down...tight! (Nice guitar too@!)

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:24:11 -0800

This is one of my favorite songs from this album and you did a great job with it. Gordon Gano is tough to improve on. I remember when I was in my "true crime" phase, reading this book this song is loosely based on. Gave me nightmares.

By: theiconoclast31

theiconoclast31 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:30:45 -0800

I really really like this, and I haven't heard the original.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:45:01 -0800

This is a cracker. Very unsettling and raspy.

By: chococat

chococat — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:23:17 -0800

Thanks everyone. I didn't even know this song, having pretty much assigned Violent Femmes to the "bands I used to love" category in my mind, back there when "Blister in the Sun" and all that came out when I was in Grade 10.
Anyway, I loved the song so it was fun.

I would like to hear what you said when you asked Lily to supply her part.
It was like this:

me: (in basement, shouting upstairs to daughter playing Wii) Lil! Come here I need you to do something!
Lily: (yelling from upstairs) Okay, coming!
me: I'm doing a song where the dad pushes his daughter down a well and kills her. I need you to scream.
Lily: (smiling) Okay.

She laughed when I played it for her the next day.

By: February28

February28 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:25:31 -0800

the cracked, worn vocals have character -- creepy, demented character :) excellent cover.

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:37:27 -0800

OMG - y'know, I didn't even really *know* about MeFi music...

I *love this place*, this was awesome...

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:53:46 -0800

Your stuff is uniformly awesome. Great effort here.

By: sloe

sloe — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:37:05 -0800

jeebus... well done