Hurts So Good

[Farrell Jackson]

I've wanted to cover this John Mellencamp song for a long time so I put my head down and did it.

2 tracks rhythm guitar - G&L Strat and Ernie Ball OLP. Fender Pro Junior amp.
1 track Bass - Fender Squire Modified Jazz bass direct.
3 tracks vocals - 1 lead and two harmonies TLM 103 Neumann Mic.
Zoom drums.
Recorded on my 18 year old Fostex VF160, Eq'd with Harbal and Mastered by LANDR.

 
 

[the physics teacher]

I did not know the song and it sounds so good that I'm not even interessted to look up the original, welldone!!!

[cuthbert]

Nice work on this, Farrell - everything sounds crisp and clear in the mix. Special shout-out on your vocals - great clarity using the Neumann!

[Blooby]

Love the entire tune but special attention to this killer vocal. I'm seriously jealous.

That was some nostalgic fun.

Blooby

[StephenM]

Sounds like JCM right here.
Great job on this Farrell!
The guitar blisters.
Vocals even better.
I am a big fan of Mellencamp... especially some of his more obscure tracks like "Whenever We Wanted" and all that lp

[Jean Pierre]

impressive! what a sound; what a voice I don't know this song and I'm really keen to hear the original.

[Ray Brookes]

I remember playing this song in a rock band back in the '90's but it didn't sound this good! Great cover, Farrell and what a fantastic vocal performance. Those guitars sound so good and cool production.

[Mike_S]

Yes, this is just one of those classic old rockers. This one never get tired for me. You nailed the guitars and the sound and yes top vocal. Would like to hear this live!

Mike

[des0free]

So good I had to listen three times in a row. I love this song and JCM. I've been wanting to do a cover by him, but feeling that the vocals would be hard to pull off, and some tricky guitar licks. Here you've nailed both. I can picture you up on stage at a county fair belting this out to appreciative fans. That old-ish recorder that can spit out a CD looks cool. I would ask you to send me a CD, but I have to find a CD player first, actually I think my son's old X-box can play both DVDs and CDs  . It shows that the quality of the result is more in the performer than in having all the latest equipment, although I guess LANDR is AI, which is new fangled. Really nice job on the performance and recording of a really awesome song. Any chance you could send me the stems to test out my new mixing software?

[BerryPatch]

Man, a wicked cover! Your vocals on here really stand out, it's perfect for Mellencamp. Great sound here too, those guitars have a real nice snarl to them.