Guitar: T.C. playing a yamaha acoustic/electric
Bass: T.C. playing a cheapo squire p bass
Vox: T.C. through an mxl v67 condenser
Shaker: T.C. recorded through the mxl v67
WaterBottleDrums: T.C. playing a culligan water bottle
DeskDrums: T.C. playing his desk
Title: Bite Down
Post by: T.C. Elliott on June 30, 2012, 07:27:30 AM
Post by: T.C. Elliott on June 30, 2012, 07:27:30 AM
This is the songfight! challenge title due this morning. I submitted as Pigfarmer Jr. It's a DIY song so I thought I'd share it here as well.
Bite Down by T.C. Elliott
You bite down hard when you pop that pill
You try to stop but you love that thrill
And nothing I say can make you throw them away
The promise you made so long ago
Has faded away with a bean and some blow
And now you lie here not hearing the words that I say
You leave with him in the middle of the night
Then you call me up when you have another fight
I beg you to leave him and come home with me
You're hurting yourself but you just can't see
The pain on my face as I am walking away
You bite down hard when you pop that pill
You try to stop but you love that thrill
And nothing I say can make you throw them away
You try to stop but you love that thrill
And nothing I say can make you throw them away
The promise you made so long ago
Has faded away with a bean and some blow
And now you lie here not hearing the words that I say
You leave with him in the middle of the night
Then you call me up when you have another fight
I beg you to leave him and come home with me
You're hurting yourself but you just can't see
The pain on my face as I am walking away
You bite down hard when you pop that pill
You try to stop but you love that thrill
And nothing I say can make you throw them away
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: SE on June 30, 2012, 08:33:07 AM
Post by: SE on June 30, 2012, 08:33:07 AM
Always look forward to your tunes and this one did,nt disappoint, really nice lyrics and your DIY approach works too, excellent loved.
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: Hook on June 30, 2012, 11:29:04 AM
Post by: Hook on June 30, 2012, 11:29:04 AM
Really loved this tune, well put together. Great lyrics and vocal!
Rock on!
Rock on!
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: stoman on July 01, 2012, 10:11:09 AM
Post by: stoman on July 01, 2012, 10:11:09 AM
Songwriting as I like it. Less is more - which you proved again with this song.
Regards,
Steffen
Regards,
Steffen
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: cuthbert on July 01, 2012, 10:59:20 AM
Post by: cuthbert on July 01, 2012, 10:59:20 AM
Awesome percussion, T.C. - loved the desolate feel in the lyrics and that haunting slide lead. Solid!
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: SwanSong on July 02, 2012, 09:59:52 AM
Post by: SwanSong on July 02, 2012, 09:59:52 AM
Superb song. great vox and lyrics. all of ur music is
always a treat to hear when posted. congrats NEIL.!
always a treat to hear when posted. congrats NEIL.!
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: beleg on July 03, 2012, 10:27:21 AM
Post by: beleg on July 03, 2012, 10:27:21 AM
Cool song. I am curious, did you write the words/vocal melody first, or did you start with the guitar chords?
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: T.C. Elliott on July 03, 2012, 04:38:36 PM
Post by: T.C. Elliott on July 03, 2012, 04:38:36 PM
@Beleg - Chords first. And I had the title to start so the first line came pretty quick. I got the first verse then the 'chorus' section was a bit of trial and error. When I hit on the G it kind of fell into place. Pretty easy write actually, but it took a while to finalize the lyric. Recording took a while as well, but I only did a couple of takes of the vocal and kept the last one (which might not have been the best.) And just kept adding parts till it felt like the arrangement was fairly finished and then I stopped.
Thanks for listening (everyone.)
Thanks for listening (everyone.)
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: launched on July 17, 2012, 10:29:48 PM
Post by: launched on July 17, 2012, 10:29:48 PM
Wow, I'm glad I picked this one up - Great song, bro, well written with a great drive of a performance!
Very cool!
Very cool!
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: Oldrottenhead on July 06, 2013, 02:39:17 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on July 06, 2013, 02:39:17 PM
been on the 2012 sampler and caught this for the first time. bloody magic .
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on July 07, 2013, 08:40:34 AM
Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on July 07, 2013, 08:40:34 AM
Hi TC, great song and the bass really works for me. Top post..........Willie
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: Greeny on July 08, 2013, 07:04:43 AM
Post by: Greeny on July 08, 2013, 07:04:43 AM
Nice bump. This is a beauty. Great songwriting and a hard-hitting, convincing performance. Cool!
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: Hilary on July 09, 2013, 02:19:21 AM
Post by: Hilary on July 09, 2013, 02:19:21 AM
Oh yeah - I liked everything about it.
Title: Re: Bite Down
Post by: Groundy on June 30, 2017, 12:51:43 PM
Post by: Groundy on June 30, 2017, 12:51:43 PM
Cruising through the site when I found this little cracker'
Nice one my friend..
Alex
Nice one my friend..
Alex