Better The Devil

A strange, unhappy, dissonant song. From the same demo as "Little Screen" that I posted a couple of days ago. This was my first adventure in double drop D tuning.
posted by persona non grata (15 comments total)

Very nice.

Double-Drop-D...that'd be what, DADGBD? I've got to try that sometime.
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 6:55 PM on August 4, 2006

Yup, that's the tuning. Lots of interesting possibilities with the high E dropped down as well.
posted by persona non grata at 7:13 PM on August 4, 2006

Yup, that's the tuning. Lots of fun possibilites with the high E dropped down as well.
posted by persona non grata at 7:22 PM on August 4, 2006

Ooops. F**king Safari! :-)
posted by persona non grata at 7:23 PM on August 4, 2006

I always look forward to your tunes, psg. Great stuff as usual.
posted by danb at 7:30 PM on August 4, 2006

png, of course
posted by danb at 7:31 PM on August 4, 2006

Thanks a lot, danb!
posted by persona non grata at 7:47 PM on August 4, 2006

Interesting AND fun!
posted by Rock Steady at 8:25 PM on August 4, 2006

I can't listen to it much myself. Too tough for me. It's a song about addiction. And I feel like I am gaming the system here a bit by posting such old stuff. I hope Mr. Haughey doesn't mind. It's a good tune and I hope a good addition to this extraordinary enterpirse.
posted by persona non grata at 9:07 PM on August 4, 2006

Actually just listened to it again here. Not a bad vocal. Thanks, Matt!
posted by persona non grata at 9:01 PM on August 5, 2006

The beer helps but no amount of beer will help crappy guitar playing like that. :-( Oh well, better luck next time. I am glad this stuff is not for sale...
posted by persona non grata at 9:04 PM on August 5, 2006

Sorry I'm a little late, but this is great. That drop D difinately gives you that jangle I was talking about! Effin nice!
posted by snsranch at 4:22 PM on August 6, 2006

Shades of Quinten McFarlane. Also reminds me of a cover that the Screaming Beer Nuts did in the early eighties, can't remember the name of it, but they added some extra vocals.
posted by blue_beetle at 5:15 PM on August 6, 2006

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [my favorite blues tune] is Double-Drop-D. It is a very evocative tuning. This song uses it well.
posted by sciurus at 9:02 AM on August 8, 2006

This is a great song to sing as a vocalist and realy easy on guitar. Thanks for the love!
posted by persona non grata at 8:46 PM on August 20, 2006