Comments on: Road Organ

Road Organ

chococat — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:43:09 -0800

Found an old organ.

Someone was throwing it out and I saw it at the side of the road when I was enduring the pain of my Couch-to-5k the other day (just finished week 6!) It's this cigarette-burned old Yamaha and I managed to lift it into our front door by myself where it sat for 2 days (while our house started to smell like some kind of bar from 1962 or a fucking Legion Hall or something) until my wife could help me drag it down to the basement. Anyhow, I'm hiding, playing this organ song and drinking beer in the basement because there's several 9-year-olds upstairs for a sleepover and they're playing Dance Dance Revolution.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:48:58 -0800

Psychedelic, man!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:52:18 -0800

Deeply groovy. Mondo lounge/cheese-teeny-surf-party meets Booker T while some guy in the corner does the heroin nod. Love those vintage canned beats from organs like this, you just can't beat 'em.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:40:01 -0800

some guy in the corner does the heroin nod

Awesome. You just made me snort beer through my nose.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:33:32 -0800

Awesome score! And it sounds great!

This song sounds like a b-side from Camper Van Beethoven's third album.

I see you've already labeled the keys with masking tape! You've been busy!

By: Corduroy

Corduroy — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:16:16 -0800

Geez, what a find. I always check thrift/junk stores for organs, but I haven't gotten lucky yet. I hope you use this in your new tunes. I thought it sounded great. I like how this song really does sound like you hanging out in your basement playing around. Double tracked vocals are the way to my heart.

By: chococat

chococat — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:43:52 -0800

Thanks. Ya, that masking tape is hilarious. Someone spent a lot of time doing that. I probably won't bother trying to get it off, I think the years of nicotine-air have fused it to the keys. I also love the cigarette burn.
I have no idea what was up with the Rosie Perez-type accent I was affecting. Oawgan.

I see them all the time for free on Craigslist, Corduroy, you should take a look. But it always requires picking them up and I'm usually too lazy unless it's a fucking Wurlitzer or something. But this one was right there by the curb as I was running, so I came back to get it.

By: raisindebt

raisindebt — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:04:19 -0800

I know the point is not at all the vocals but I think the vocals are like the best part. I really like the tone.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:30:37 -0800

Love those vintage canned beats from organs like this, you just can't beat 'em.

Hell yes, specially with the organs that let you play more than one at once. (or do all let you do that?). Cool find. And cool tune.

By: azarbayejani

azarbayejani — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:01:13 -0800

This song scares me a little.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:27:01 -0800

You found it, carried it, smelled and played it. AWESOME! The sound is pretty amazing and your voice is well planted in that funky/groovy? mix. Kick ass.