It's three of us -- me, Charlie Campbell, and Dave Kucera. We were all Evergreen students at the time. IIRC Charlie had borrowed a Tascam 4-track cassette deck and we wanted to experiment with it. Charlie had a bit of a melody he had been playing with and we all wrote the song together from that. Then we recorded Charlie's guitar track, did the handclaps in the stairwell where it was echoey, and recorded the vocals (me and Dave). In fact we might have done the handclaps last, though I'm not... [more]
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 4:37 AM on July 31, 2006

Heh, I would never have thought of it that way. That gives me an idea for another approach to it, if I ever record it again. :) Thanks!
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:18 PM on July 31, 2006

That is so true. And the more you mess with it, sometimes the worse it gets.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 5:18 PM on July 31, 2006

Thank you everyone! I am thrilled that people are enjoying this song.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:49 AM on August 3, 2006

Heh, I would love to, but rerecording it has never worked well yet. :)

Jofus, that is one of the coolest compliments I've ever had. Thanks!
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 3:38 AM on August 7, 2006

Just adding a cross-link here to the AskMeFi that has some additional info about some other music that Charlie Campbell has done, which you may have heard.

(And thanks, Clarissa!)
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 3:30 AM on January 3, 2008

7 years on MeFi and I don't warrant a lyric?!

Just kidding -- this is freaking genius.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 3:12 AM on February 15, 2007

I have always wanted to do that song. I don't have a band at the moment, though. :( And my guitar playing is way sub par because of car accident injuries that made me stop playing for the most part about 10 years ago.

However, I have a keyboard with MIDI and I just got a MacBook with GarageBand, so I might try creating some more stuff soon. If anyone wants to collaborate, I am open to that.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 4:46 PM on February 6, 2007

No, "That Letter" isn't the MTV jingle -- we just stuck the MTV jingle onto the beginning to be silly.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:39 AM on February 8, 2007

I should add that although it was a joke, the joke was on us, not the songs -- they are both songs I like a lot, so we weren't trying to make fun of them, just to be silly because I am about the farthest from a rapper you can get. (As you can tell from my other MeMu posts.)
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 6:53 AM on January 26, 2007

Thanks. :) Super Chicken and Brandy? Augh, that makes my brain hurt. I bet it was great! I love it when bands are goofy.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 4:42 PM on January 28, 2007

Oh, yeah. That sounds like fun.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:33 AM on February 1, 2007

A major factor in the band's breakup was that my ex-boyfriend was the bassist, and he started going out with the drummer... drama ensued and nobody much wanted to play music with each other anymore.

It was a really fun band to be in, until that point. Even when I did a rap song for Halloween. ;)
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 2:19 PM on November 7, 2006

"And dating the bassist is not the worst thing you can do in the world. The worst thing in the world would be to date the drummer."

Ha. My mom gave me that very advice when I was quite young. Unfortunately I did date at least one drummer in my life, and while we were in a band together, too. (That's my advice -- never date anyone in your band. Just don't do it.)

The drummer in this particular band, though, was the... [more]
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 2:16 PM on November 8, 2006

Ha! I love drummer jokes.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 3:46 PM on November 8, 2006

Alternate answers: Five. One to change it, and the other four to stand around and talk about how much better Neil Peart would have done it!

or...

None -- they have machines to do that now.

What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine?

You only have to punch the information into the drum machine once.

Did you hear about the bass player who locked his keys... [more]
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 3:39 PM on November 9, 2006

We kid because we love.

Now the question is, what did the crowd do when you started to solo? ;)


(Incidentally, my uncle Don Fulton was the drummer in this band -- see also here.)
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 7:24 PM on November 10, 2006

Oh yeah. This is one of those songs that almost always makes a fun cover.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 5:31 AM on November 10, 2006

Heh, Terminal Verbosity, you're right about the Stevens-like title. And yet, it came from the Bee Gees. :)
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 4:08 PM on August 23, 2006

Thank you!
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 4:11 PM on August 15, 2006

Thank you!
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 7:13 PM on August 4, 2006

Cool! Like Steve Martin said (sort of), you can't be sad with banjo music.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 6:46 PM on July 31, 2006

Wow, that is great!
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 7:42 PM on July 30, 2006

Excellent. This is the sort of thing my power pop heart loves.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:32 AM on July 28, 2006

Aw, power pop! I love this sort of thing with the bomp-bomp-bomp beat.
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:18 AM on July 28, 2006

Yes, very strong TMBG resemblance. Not that that's a bad thing... I like it!
posted to MeFi Music by litlnemo at 1:12 AM on July 28, 2006