Are you ready for a Spooktacular Song of the Week?
Actually, screw the Crypt Keeper nonsense. The song isn't even scary.
I've wanted to do a cover song since week one, but have been thwarted by various factors. (Most notably my lack of talent). I knew I wanted to do something recognizable as the original but different enough to be interesting.
Problem is, I'm not used to hearing myself sing, and finding out just how slurred and off-key I actually sound was incredibly disorienting. For most of these I record one take of each intsrument. The least I did for any of this one was three.
I tried out a lot of songs, some for practice, some in a real attempt. One of the few that stuck was Pixies. When I first heard the song (like a lot of people, I first heard it in Rock Band Classic), I thought it had a distinctive vocal style. Immediately (by which I mean at least a month later) a thought struck me like a bolt of thought-shaped lightning: Barbershop! At least six months later, I've finally achieved that dream.
I figured you guys were tired of electronic and funk (using that term very loosely to refer to my slap-bass solo), so I was, originally, going to do an acoustic song (the first half of "Freebird," for the insanely curious).
So without further ado...
I guess "Mutilation" makes it Halloween-appropriate.
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