Waltz Number Two

I, too, recorded this song! It came out a little bit weird, which is probably appropriate.

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posted by cortex (8 comments total)

The harmony vocals in particular came out pretty much the opposite of lush.

There are a few other tracks that I put on the final disc for the wedding—odds and ends grabbed via minitape in the last month, a beer-bottle-panflute recording of half of one verse that the wife and I recorded, a weird spacey processing experiment, etc. But this is the Straight version.
posted by cortex at 8:01 AM on September 18, 2006

So did any MeFi versions make it? I and my partners planned on doing one but ran out of time. Actually, I'd still like to do it, as it's a difficult song. Also, it's interesting to hear everybody's take on the same thing; it eliminates a variable. And I'd be interested to hear your alternate versions.
posted by erikgrande at 10:16 PM on September 19, 2006

I like your take on it, especially the vocal phrasing on the last verse.
posted by edgeways at 9:44 AM on September 20, 2006

You added another level of somberness to an already sad song. And I think thats great.
posted by djamiem at 5:35 PM on September 21, 2006

With those backing vocals it now sounds like the saddest drinking song ever. I esp. like your fragile tired-sounding lead vocal. Well done, cortex.
posted by melissa may at 2:03 PM on September 27, 2006

Fantastic'd!
posted by Jofus at 5:57 AM on September 29, 2006

So, as erikgrande asked, what happened with the wedding, anyway?
Did you give them all the songs on a CD, or how did it work?
Did they like them? How many versions did you end up with?
Love to know how it went down.
posted by chococat at 3:39 PM on September 29, 2006

Hey, right, so, here's how everything turned out.
posted by cortex at 8:44 AM on July 27, 2010