Hot Cha

It's They Might Be Giant's Hot Cha for the MetaFilter Flood cover album. And, yes, it goes a bit strange at times.

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posted by The Great Big Mulp (12 comments total)

I think this might be my favorite so far.
posted by JHarris at 4:41 PM on January 10, 2015

Ahhhhhh this is so good
posted by valrus at 5:44 PM on January 10, 2015

Well done.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 12:12 PM on January 11, 2015

This is fabulous. I love the jekyll and hyde thing between chiptune metal and 30s swing. It works so well. Such playful madness these tmbg covers bring out in everyone.
posted by umbú at 12:37 PM on January 11, 2015 [3 favorites]

Kick-ass. What's neat about this whole thing is that Flood is an extremely dated flavor of quirk, and, especially in tracks like this, we get to hear it flavored with updated quirk.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:38 PM on January 11, 2015 [3 favorites]

I strenuously dispute the datedness of Flood's quirk.
posted by JHarris at 5:46 PM on January 11, 2015 [7 favorites]

The quirk itself, yes, is timeless, but the sound--the drum machine, the sampled instruments--are pure late-80s.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:36 PM on January 11, 2015 [2 favorites]

I love this.
posted by not_on_display at 10:54 PM on January 11, 2015

I didn't think of this until just now: everything I used (as far as instruments and effects) was technically available in the late 80s. Bass, ukulele, piano, an (emulated) NES waveform generator, and a modded Korg DDD-1.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 9:14 AM on January 12, 2015 [5 favorites]

Wonderful!
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:47 PM on January 12, 2015

Love it! Particularly the use of sort of a hit of static as a percussion instrument...This just sounds flawless to me.
posted by Slothomatic at 10:11 PM on January 12, 2015

I never especially liked this song till now. NOW I have to listen to it on repeat.
posted by the_blizz at 1:27 PM on January 29, 2015