New Slang
November 21, 2008 10:40 PM
This is my first try at a request. It changed my life.
posted by umbú (14 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
posted by umbú (14 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
Yeah, that guitar is cool.
This is way more whisky-drenched than the Shins have ever been.
Heh, I like the way the backup vox tend to fall woozily out of time.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 12:35 AM on November 22, 2008
This is way more whisky-drenched than the Shins have ever been.
Heh, I like the way the backup vox tend to fall woozily out of time.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 12:35 AM on November 22, 2008
Thirding the guitar, nice rendition of a great song.
posted by BrnP84 at 6:35 AM on November 22, 2008
posted by BrnP84 at 6:35 AM on November 22, 2008
Awesome, awesome. Everything about it fits. I'm glad Natalie Portman was right.
posted by Corduroy at 9:04 AM on November 22, 2008
posted by Corduroy at 9:04 AM on November 22, 2008
Very nice. I concur with Karlos, and this version gives the song a bit of soul.
posted by chococat at 9:43 AM on November 22, 2008
posted by chococat at 9:43 AM on November 22, 2008
Very nice. (so you have the h4? awesome. how is it? i have the h2, which has been pretty great.)
posted by sleepy pete at 10:34 AM on November 22, 2008
posted by sleepy pete at 10:34 AM on November 22, 2008
I once was tasked with replacing this song with an original for a movie. Hardest thing I've ever done. This is the type of song that can ruin you.
I would compare a musician covering this song to a daredevil jumping several buses on a motorcycle.
Good job.
I hate The Shins though.
posted by dagosto at 12:57 PM on November 22, 2008
I would compare a musician covering this song to a daredevil jumping several buses on a motorcycle.
Good job.
I hate The Shins though.
posted by dagosto at 12:57 PM on November 22, 2008
Thanks all.
Yeah, I have an H4. My dad has an H2 for his tuba rehearsals, and I've recorded a little with that, too. I think they sound really comparable--really amazing for the price. The H4 just has a bunch of unnecessary extras that I never use, like an awkward four-track and guitar effects. I bought it before the H2 had come out, but if it had been an option, I would have bought it instead. These days, more often than not, I just end up using it to record, instead of getting out my audio interface.
posted by umbú at 2:10 PM on November 22, 2008
Yeah, I have an H4. My dad has an H2 for his tuba rehearsals, and I've recorded a little with that, too. I think they sound really comparable--really amazing for the price. The H4 just has a bunch of unnecessary extras that I never use, like an awkward four-track and guitar effects. I bought it before the H2 had come out, but if it had been an option, I would have bought it instead. These days, more often than not, I just end up using it to record, instead of getting out my audio interface.
posted by umbú at 2:10 PM on November 22, 2008
My dad has an H2 for his tuba rehearsals
Wow, your dad plays tuba? Did you ever enlist him for any of your recordings? You know, a tuba bassline on this very tune would be way groovy!
I like that tiny little bit of falsetto you use a couple of times in this track. Want more!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:18 PM on November 22, 2008
Wow, your dad plays tuba? Did you ever enlist him for any of your recordings? You know, a tuba bassline on this very tune would be way groovy!
I like that tiny little bit of falsetto you use a couple of times in this track. Want more!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:18 PM on November 22, 2008
Yeah, I have one recording with my dad. It's this one, Dr. L'Amour, about my friend who got a crush on her podiatrist. Once he sat in with my band in college during Parent's weekend, and was bewildered when he got a standing ovation.
I remember in it slow motion with the chariots of fire soundtrack going in my head. He's a very mellow, bearded man who meditates a lot, but at that moment, he stood up and shook his tuba at the crowd in triumph like it was a big trophy he had just won.
posted by umbú at 5:22 AM on November 23, 2008 [2 favorites]
I remember in it slow motion with the chariots of fire soundtrack going in my head. He's a very mellow, bearded man who meditates a lot, but at that moment, he stood up and shook his tuba at the crowd in triumph like it was a big trophy he had just won.
posted by umbú at 5:22 AM on November 23, 2008 [2 favorites]
so you have the h4? awesome. how is it? i have the h2, which has been pretty great.
I'm an idiot, I thought you guys were talking about Hummers.
posted by BrnP84 at 2:31 PM on November 23, 2008
I'm an idiot, I thought you guys were talking about Hummers.
posted by BrnP84 at 2:31 PM on November 23, 2008
I can't bear the Shins, but this is good. The lopey, slightly lazy feel is really nice, and the not-quite-matching vocal double fits well. The guitar sort of sounds as if it were recorded in a closet or inside the cardboard box a large appliance comes in, which actually works well too. I dig it.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:53 AM on November 24, 2008
posted by uncleozzy at 5:53 AM on November 24, 2008
but at that moment, he stood up and shook his tuba at the crowd in triumph like it was a big trophy he had just won.
I can see this as the pinnacle of some new indie flick - New Slang [the tuba version] blaring on the soundtrack. I'm there.
posted by meech at 1:52 PM on November 28, 2008 [1 favorite]
I can see this as the pinnacle of some new indie flick - New Slang [the tuba version] blaring on the soundtrack. I'm there.
posted by meech at 1:52 PM on November 28, 2008 [1 favorite]
pretty wonderful. of course the shuffly guitar is great, but I also have to give props on the really creepy claustrophobic double tracking. it's kinda eliot smith-style except much dryer. It undulates between brittleness and bassy warmth. Really lovely.
posted by es_de_bah at 9:04 AM on January 9, 2009
posted by es_de_bah at 9:04 AM on January 9, 2009
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