...And you will know us by the trail of our bad 4-track solo songs from 7 years ago

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My name is Nathan Snyder and I have problems. Big ones that have nothing to do with this thread, even.

http://www.nathansnyder.com/the_world_a_dog.mp3

The "Doggy Song" lyrics:
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I'd like to buy the world a dog
and butter it with love
I'd like to see you on all fours
with the one I adore
 
But first of all I'd like to buy you a dog
and butter your doggy up with love
Butter your doggy up with love
 
Like to buy the world a dog and butter it with love
I'd like to buy your angry mob and stick stuff up their butt
 
our love is a factory
and you know what I think of you and me
you and me...

Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 1 May 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Even worse... there really is no excuse here.... : http://www.nathansnyder.com/maximillion.mp3

MAXIMILLION AWESOME LYRICS:
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A chicky chicky chicky chicky
Yo this one goes out to my man Maximillion
who's checkin my shit out at the Pavillion
 
baby if you wanna get ready
me and you can go go steady
i can see me inside you in a couple days
i can see me inside you in a  couple ways
 
hear me talking
but you ain't ready
so let's go out and get some
fuckin' spaghetti
 
yeah
yeah baby you know what i like
 like your mother on the mic, baby
stick it right up her crotch
like to see ya get ready
take a look at my notch
 
got a mystical carpet
baby, i ain't talkin' no bullshit
hold on a second, gotta open my bottle of beer
hold on now
 
[beer sound effects]
 
now hold on another second
cuz, check it, i gotta get a cigarette now
 
hold on another second cuz
check it
i gotta get a cigarette
 
[cigarette and lighter sound effects]
 
yo, that Camel light taste good, baby, in the dead of night
i ain't no fuckin' devil-worshipper
but i am a robin hood, now
 
come on baby
yeah
come on baby
yeah
 
your mother
and your father
and your brother
do you have a sister?
 
mmmhmm hmmm mmmhmmm  
mmm mm mmm
whistlin''....
listen close i ain't a beastie boy

Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 1 May 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

what

Famous Athlete, Thursday, 1 May 2003 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)

In other words, post some of your old shitty half-assed attempts at recording. Anyone with a 4-track should have 50 songs or more to choose from just from the first month of dicking around with the thing.

Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The oldest recording I have available is the song "A Brief Dissertation..."*(1998), available for DLing at:

http://nickalicious.iuma.com

From what I understand, Lord Custos likes it.

Lyrics go like this:

the buffalo ask how the bulls and the cows
honor on an arrow eating grass with the sparrow
Atlantesians ask the Grecians if their fate was just as pleasing
in our bedrooms in our sleep but we don't know it

the whooping crane whoop why the ostrich will never fly
but then the sky'd be smaller and I'd look even taller
(ew)
the crustaceans aren't quite racing for a million years they been grazing
in our ocean's in our seas but we know it

cuz we didn't show it, we just may blow it
don'tcha know that's how it's meant to be
don'tcha know it's meant to be, how it's gonna be
how does it be?

*the actual full title of this song is "A Brief Dissertation on the Evolution of Animalkind and How it Relates to Humanity"...which is really just to piss people off

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

*really wishing I had an mp3 of "Fear" now, a song composed entirely of vocal samples of the word "fear" played at low/high pitches/speeds, and entirely made-up-on-the-(drunk off my ass)spot, some choice lines include: you might be afraid of spiders, you might be afraid of big heavy things falling from the sky, you might be afraid of catching diseases from monkies, you might be afraid afraid afraid*

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

btw dude I'm in love with your lyrics. Best use of the word "crotch" evah!

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 1 May 2003 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Alright, here we go, a lyrical gem from 14-year-old Nick A. Our band was called Viscid Lemon, we don’t have any 4-track recordings, just boombox, so I guess we don’t belong on this thread, but whatever. This song was about my horrible French teacher, Mr. Bergeron:

My French Teacher is an Alien

My French teacher is an alien
Who kills us little students
(Memory lapse here)
And turns us into mutants
He flies around all night
In a gigantic steel ship
It’s got a thousand laser guns
And a rocket on the tip

My French teacher is an alien

He’s short and he’s bald
Bergeron is what he’s called
But when he takes off his disguise
He’s got 40 million eyes
He likes French fries
He’s got tons of spies
He’ll make you conjugate avoir
Until your food begins to rise

My French teacher is an alien.

Pretty dope, eh? I was mighty proud of these lyrics after I wrote them, showed them to my schoolmate chums. We played this at a school party, some of the teachers were pretty amused. The music was good too, just bass and drums and guitar lead squeals during the verse, then a pause for the dramatic title reading, then during the chorus, descending guitar chords that were just one finger across the neck, moving up and down. Great.

Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 1 May 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

YAY! I can't wait to get home so I can download these things! I think 4 track recordings by regular or at least not-super-famous people is among my favorite thing. Stupidity gets a bonus, but actual genius and talent gets a bonus + 10.

Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, nickalicious, those 2 songs were both recorded whilest wasted in my livingroom and the lyrics are totally stream of conscious, which may be sort of hard to believe (?I don't know), but that's why I felt the need to write the lyrics down (cuz they don't make much sense and would probably be hard to figure out given the lame microphone and whispering not-so-drunk-I-want-my-neighbors-to-hear quality of my awesome vocals).

I have a total of 29 wasted in my living room recordings that were recorded in this manner:
1. Drink
2. Hit record, play guitar
3. Hit record, add second guitar or keyboard track
4. Hit record, use Radio Shack ™ keyboard to manually add lame drums to "mix" if possible
5. Hit record, try to sing to it
6. Drink
7. Create next song...

Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

nickalicious, I like it! Nobody else has home recordings? That seems hard to believe.

Scaredy Cat, Friday, 2 May 2003 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha, EXCELLENT! (yr songs that is! jolly-good show!)

I did something like that too (the "pattern" that is), I would drink (or smokey smoke, did plenty of that), choose an instrument, hit the record button, and hope for the best.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 May 2003 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I've said it before and will say it again, though I had nothing to do with this band...

The Raunchy Young Lepers.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 May 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, I see you've reviewed RYL, but one thing I need to know-- is it any GOOD? Does "horrible" = "good" by any stretch of the imagination? Or is it just basically like throwing money down the drain (for the kitty to watch)?

Scaredy Cat, Friday, 2 May 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Trust me, Scaredy. It is very much money well spent. Just pick up the Virgin Sleaze comp -- two bucks, nothing more! -- and you'll see what I mean.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 May 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Will do. Thanks! :-))))))

Scaredy Cat, Friday, 2 May 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah! Another soon-to-be convert!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 May 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Recorded a couple of nights ago in my bedroom:

while1.org/~orion/buried.mp3

Ian Johnson, Friday, 2 May 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, Ian! And, just so I can download it with a single click...
http://while1.org/~orion/buried.mp3

Scaredy Cat, Friday, 2 May 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

You'll have to go to MP3.com and see if there's even any Josta Baby left there at all. If not, try Factor 8.

Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Friday, 2 May 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Just got word, oddly enough, that these songs finally found a home... in Australia (at least)! I'm still suspicious, so I'll wait. But, suffice to say, these songs, as well as 12 more-produced ones I did about 4 years ago have been circulatin' ... I'm sort of psyched that someone feels minimalism is a big enough thing to try to cash in on.... Unlikely, though, that it will be worth the effort. I'll give an update if this one actually pulls through (when an album ships to my door).

The biggest problem for me has always been that labels want a certain amount of dedication from me which I'm not willing to give--- no pictures on the cover, no interviews, no live shows, and basically nothing but cover art and songs. Fuck that shit, right? Hard to market, though, I suppose. I can't wait until the GOOD album finds a home: "Free Keys & Chorus" (that's the one I did most recently in a studio-like setting).

Scaredy Cat, Saturday, 3 May 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

My name is Nathan Snyder and I have problems.

buzza, Monday, 15 November 2010 04:38 (fourteen years ago)


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