Monotonethumping

An attempt to create a recording of the late-90s boozehound anthem Tubthumping that sounds as flat and obnoxious as the hundredth chorus of fratboys singing along with it did by the end of that decade. Happy St. Paddy's Day!

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posted by cortex (15 comments total)

As an exercise in recording as quickly and as haphazardly as possible, this was a nice break from the more careful home-recordist nerdery I've been up to lately.
posted by cortex at 10:13 AM on March 17, 2009

Passionless punk rock! But... why?
posted by Squid Voltaire at 10:19 AM on March 17, 2009

It's the harmonica that does it.
posted by ewagoner at 10:21 AM on March 17, 2009

A harmonica is god's way of saying "don't worry about your aim, just exhale a bunch and it's music". Banjo is similar except with flailing instead of blowing, which is nice if you're easily winded.

Passionless punk rock! But... why?

Is there anything more punk that intentionally refusing to embrace the expectations of punk?
posted by cortex at 10:23 AM on March 17, 2009 [3 favorites]

Ha. Anything that makes St. Patrick's Day even more ridiculous is okay by me.
posted by dhammond at 10:26 AM on March 17, 2009

I've been using a lot of harmonica lately. I notice that you can use it on just about any key, as long as you only stick to one or two notes.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:58 AM on March 17, 2009

Somebody needs to knock you down for this one. And hard enough that you won't get back up again.
posted by ColdChef at 11:10 AM on March 17, 2009

he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a w-THUD.
posted by potch at 11:18 AM on March 17, 2009

Huh, I just referenced this song the other day.

I hated Tubthumping when it came out, I hate hate it now, and your song is no improvement (I mean this in a good way!). This is pretty horrible. It made me smile, and I think does a good job of pointing out that the original wasn't any better.
posted by cjorgensen at 11:42 AM on March 17, 2009

As a kid I always heard "And I get up again" as "Slobodan Milosevic." (The "Slobodan" was sorta crammed in; the "Milosevic" mapped onto "get up again.")
posted by grobstein at 5:48 PM on March 17, 2009

"An attempt to create a recording of the late-90s boozehound anthem Tubthumping that sounds as flat and obnoxious as the hundredth chorus of fratboys singing along with it did by the end of that decade."

Sir, you hath suceeded in your aim.
posted by Effigy2000 at 6:24 PM on March 17, 2009

DAMN IT GO TO THE FIVE CORTEX, GO TO THE FIVE!!!!!!
This is going to replace Feliz Navidad as the song I sing to push stuck songs out of my head.
posted by The White Hat at 6:37 PM on March 17, 2009

Wait I fixed it with this.
posted by The White Hat at 10:21 PM on March 17, 2009 [1 favorite]

DAMN IT GO TO THE FIVE CORTEX, GO TO THE FIVE!!!!!!

Maddening, isn't it? If I had had the patience, I would have built in a dropped half-beat or two, to really nail the "I am drunk and amusical and I am going to provide you with musical entertainment now, no, no, no need to thank me, I do this out of love" aesthetic.
posted by cortex at 10:28 PM on March 17, 2009

Myb t wld b bttr wth sm dsmvwllng?
posted by chrdrc at 1:02 PM on April 1, 2009