Compromise
April 6, 2011 7:29 AM
Jennifer Teeter's first song written on the ukulele. Also, she plays mouth trumpet.
I wrote this song in 2008. I was dating a guy I'd met on twitter. I was starting a blog. I was picking up the ukulele. The whole experience was VERY 2008, but I still like this song. To hear the original, non-studio version that I recorded back in '08, you can go here: http://www.archive.org/details/Compromise
It has a charm all it's own, I suppose.
I wrote this song in 2008. I was dating a guy I'd met on twitter. I was starting a blog. I was picking up the ukulele. The whole experience was VERY 2008, but I still like this song. To hear the original, non-studio version that I recorded back in '08, you can go here: http://www.archive.org/details/Compromise
It has a charm all it's own, I suppose.
posted by jenniferteeter (25 comments total) 27 users marked this as a favorite
This totally sucks.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:41 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:41 AM on April 6, 2011
Just kidding!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:41 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:41 AM on April 6, 2011
Flapjax, you may be conscripted as my new lyricist.
posted by jenniferteeter at 7:43 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by jenniferteeter at 7:43 AM on April 6, 2011
Princess Mononoke is probably the only Studio Ghibli film I haven't seen (I have a 10-year old daughter, you see) but I can heartily recommend Sen To Chihiro (AKA Spirited Away). It's quite fantastical. Occasionally funny. But maybe better in its original Japanese.
Love your mouth trumpet.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:45 AM on April 6, 2011
Love your mouth trumpet.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:45 AM on April 6, 2011
four strings good
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:03 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:03 AM on April 6, 2011
Love the mouth trumpet. Highly awesome, like it as much as the dik dik song!!
posted by arnicae at 9:17 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by arnicae at 9:17 AM on April 6, 2011
"I like to go to booger eatings and library meetings ..."
posted by idiopath at 10:27 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by idiopath at 10:27 AM on April 6, 2011
Thanks. I used to listen to this song on The Sixty One before they made their interface all full-screen and ridiculous.
If you could post Simple Victories here, that would be great.
posted by Gary at 10:43 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
If you could post Simple Victories here, that would be great.
posted by Gary at 10:43 AM on April 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
"I like to go to booger eatings and library meetings ..."
That would be "book readings." God I wish that was the first time I'd gotten that comment.
posted by jenniferteeter at 10:57 AM on April 6, 2011
That would be "book readings." God I wish that was the first time I'd gotten that comment.
posted by jenniferteeter at 10:57 AM on April 6, 2011
I totally heard "booger eatings" at first too. Heh.
I wrote a song in high school with the growly shouted chorus of "Is this thing on?", which one of my friends has insisted ever since is actually "Is this Xena?"
posted by cortex at 11:05 AM on April 6, 2011
I wrote a song in high school with the growly shouted chorus of "Is this thing on?", which one of my friends has insisted ever since is actually "Is this Xena?"
posted by cortex at 11:05 AM on April 6, 2011
I liked this a lot—keep on postin'!
posted by languagehat at 11:50 AM on April 6, 2011
posted by languagehat at 11:50 AM on April 6, 2011
The way you talk about 2008 like it's a bygone era makes me feel old. Heck, I still have food in the fridge from 2008.
posted by yeti at 12:12 PM on April 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by yeti at 12:12 PM on April 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
Hooray! This is fun.
posted by hot soup girl at 2:06 PM on April 6, 2011
posted by hot soup girl at 2:06 PM on April 6, 2011
Easily my favourite uke-based song I've yet heard on MeFi, hands down. That may or may not be saying anything, but this was definitely fun.
You totally said "Booger eatings..."
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 3:57 PM on April 6, 2011
You totally said "Booger eatings..."
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 3:57 PM on April 6, 2011
I love the really quick, relentless strumming in this. Welcome to Music, and I hope you keep posting!
posted by Corduroy at 5:30 PM on April 6, 2011
posted by Corduroy at 5:30 PM on April 6, 2011
Aw, never mind, it's no fun being the fourth person to say it. Anyway, right click-save! I listened to this thinking "man, where was this song during an earlier period of my life??" But then I remembered that there was no boy, only my former self. :(
posted by jinjo at 5:42 PM on April 6, 2011
posted by jinjo at 5:42 PM on April 6, 2011
Thanks for the nice comments guys! I put a new one up. It seemed vaguely appropriate for all the uke-girl hate that's been going down.
posted by jenniferteeter at 3:11 PM on April 7, 2011
posted by jenniferteeter at 3:11 PM on April 7, 2011
uke-girl hate been goin' down
in every city, in every town
with a little sound body, and just four strings
it's crazy, the hate that little 'lele brings!
but girls, keep strummin', you'll conquer the haters
and if you don't? hey, whatever, man! laters!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:41 PM on April 9, 2011
in every city, in every town
with a little sound body, and just four strings
it's crazy, the hate that little 'lele brings!
but girls, keep strummin', you'll conquer the haters
and if you don't? hey, whatever, man! laters!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:41 PM on April 9, 2011
The mouth-trumpet is wildly underrated. I can't remember anyone ever criticising it, but regardless.
posted by notionoriety at 6:58 AM on April 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by notionoriety at 6:58 AM on April 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
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