Title: Long Shadows
Post by: henwrench on March 02, 2011, 01:18:36 PM
Post by: henwrench on March 02, 2011, 01:18:36 PM
For that there FabFest. Inspired by Bubba Ho-Tep.
Contains a real piano. Out of tune but close enough. Borrowed an unplayable bass. Pitched it up a bit to hurry along the horror. As ever, all made wrong by my hands. Drums off a keyboard. Guitars acoustic. Er, that's about it.
henwrench
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Gritter on March 02, 2011, 01:23:12 PM
Post by: Gritter on March 02, 2011, 01:23:12 PM
Fresh and quite different sounding...kinda happy. I like it...yes it is quite pleasing.
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: OsCKilO on March 02, 2011, 02:38:41 PM
Post by: OsCKilO on March 02, 2011, 02:38:41 PM
This is the happiest Sounding song I have heard from you!
I really like it! It is like Mika on LSD!
And not one bit Cheesy! Tune Rules!
I really like it! It is like Mika on LSD!
And not one bit Cheesy! Tune Rules!
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Gnasty on March 02, 2011, 04:08:56 PM
Post by: Gnasty on March 02, 2011, 04:08:56 PM
Wow! A different one from you Henmeister...Great piano playing i like that alot!!
...Too short with the fade out though :-[
Sounds pro to me from what you are describing what you have used
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Oldrottenhead on March 02, 2011, 04:15:24 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on March 02, 2011, 04:15:24 PM
that piano is fantastic sounding, i can imagine old steptoe banging lumps out of it in the corner of a smokey pub, you know playing drums on the keyboard.
only the smoke aint fag smoke.
only the smoke aint fag smoke.
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: danieldesete on March 02, 2011, 04:25:52 PM
Post by: danieldesete on March 02, 2011, 04:25:52 PM
great tune well done !
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: lg on March 02, 2011, 04:32:19 PM
Post by: lg on March 02, 2011, 04:32:19 PM
Most awesome Henny!!!!
Direct to my MP3 player.....
I love the piano on this. You are a great musician!
My 1st reaction when I logged on today and saw this was:
'Hot Damn! A new Henwrench tune.....'
Thanks for sharing this little gem.
LG
Direct to my MP3 player.....
I love the piano on this. You are a great musician!
My 1st reaction when I logged on today and saw this was:
'Hot Damn! A new Henwrench tune.....'
Thanks for sharing this little gem.
LG
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: launched on March 02, 2011, 05:18:02 PM
Post by: launched on March 02, 2011, 05:18:02 PM
This is the bee's knees dude! The cat's ass. The monkey's banana. The C, S and B.
Oh, yeah. And:
Mark
Oh, yeah. And:
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Rata-tat-tat on March 02, 2011, 10:09:59 PM
Post by: Rata-tat-tat on March 02, 2011, 10:09:59 PM
Great one Henny... loved the piano... that bass line is smokin. What Mark said too.
V/R
Tod
V/R
Tod
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Geir on March 03, 2011, 12:26:45 AM
Post by: Geir on March 03, 2011, 12:26:45 AM
WOW ... not what I expected at all !!
Brilliant !!! Love it !! Love all the wrong and all the horror !
oh ...... and I'll ask the question you know must come : "Any chance of the lyrics?" (in a fine British accent of course :D )
Brilliant !!! Love it !! Love all the wrong and all the horror !
oh ...... and I'll ask the question you know must come : "Any chance of the lyrics?" (in a fine British accent of course :D )
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Greeny (No longer active) on March 03, 2011, 02:46:28 AM
Post by: Greeny (No longer active) on March 03, 2011, 02:46:28 AM
This is fantastic. The pitch-shift gives adds an uncomfortable edge to the sweeteness of the melody and arrangement. It was too short for me... I wanted MORE MORE MORE! It's a different sound to your usual, but it really works. And it just goes to show that you are a master of your craft, no matter what instruments you're using.
I'm onto listen number 2 already. What a cracker.
p.s. I love Bubba Ho-Tep. (highly recommend it to anyone not familiar with it!). How can you go wrong with a film about an undead, elderly Elvis in a nursing home fighting an undead Egyptian mummy?!
I'm onto listen number 2 already. What a cracker.
p.s. I love Bubba Ho-Tep. (highly recommend it to anyone not familiar with it!). How can you go wrong with a film about an undead, elderly Elvis in a nursing home fighting an undead Egyptian mummy?!
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: henwrench on March 03, 2011, 03:06:29 AM
Post by: henwrench on March 03, 2011, 03:06:29 AM
Word bits....
Starting today a crusade to help the frail and vulnerable
I gave up looking and started to listen
I heard all the systems you wanted to list
And the 14th amendment to your agenda
Saw me leave the building with Freddie and Bing
Long shadows run and reach
I am another one
Got y'eye on something wrong
How to triple my energy
The piano was recorded in two parts. I did the 'left' hand bit first (using both hands!) and panned in slightly left and then did the 'right' hand or melody part next, panning that slightly right. I 'practiced' it at home first on my keys and then spent about 15 minutes recording in my daughters school, on their beautifully sounding 'honky tonk' piano. It's out of tune. Lovely!!
The bass I used had no nut :o just cardboard wedges in the place of where the nut is. The strings were rustier than a ginger cats asshole. I had to use a plec to stop the strings from detaching from the cardboard nut.
The drum loops and 'pan pipes' were done on my trusty childs toy keyboard.
Double tracked acoustic guitar and voice and that's yer lot.
henwrench
Starting today a crusade to help the frail and vulnerable
I gave up looking and started to listen
I heard all the systems you wanted to list
And the 14th amendment to your agenda
Saw me leave the building with Freddie and Bing
Long shadows run and reach
I am another one
Got y'eye on something wrong
How to triple my energy
The piano was recorded in two parts. I did the 'left' hand bit first (using both hands!) and panned in slightly left and then did the 'right' hand or melody part next, panning that slightly right. I 'practiced' it at home first on my keys and then spent about 15 minutes recording in my daughters school, on their beautifully sounding 'honky tonk' piano. It's out of tune. Lovely!!
The bass I used had no nut :o just cardboard wedges in the place of where the nut is. The strings were rustier than a ginger cats asshole. I had to use a plec to stop the strings from detaching from the cardboard nut.
The drum loops and 'pan pipes' were done on my trusty childs toy keyboard.
Double tracked acoustic guitar and voice and that's yer lot.
henwrench
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Greeny (No longer active) on March 03, 2011, 05:00:36 AM
Post by: Greeny (No longer active) on March 03, 2011, 05:00:36 AM
Onto my 4th listen. This is a bloody epic!
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Bluesberry on March 03, 2011, 05:13:30 AM
Post by: Bluesberry on March 03, 2011, 05:13:30 AM
Sweet Jezzus man, I can't believe how this makes me feel. Sad, happy, euphoric, mellow, energized. You have put a whole lot of life into this song man, its full to the damn brim. Its like having one of those energy drinks, a musical energy drink. How do you do something like this so effortlessly sounding is beyond me. Its like Mark Linkous assisted you on this one from the beyone, damn spooky if you ask me...your best shit seems to be both happy and spooky at the same time.
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on March 03, 2011, 07:04:11 AM
Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on March 03, 2011, 07:04:11 AM
Wow, this one blasted in from leftfield. Two listens already and more on the way. I can't help thinking that if John Lennon was alive he would have been proud to have recorded this. Amazing.........Willie
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: cuthbert on March 03, 2011, 07:53:59 AM
Post by: cuthbert on March 03, 2011, 07:53:59 AM
Wowie! :o
This is already now one of my favorite henwrench songs, ever - great choice of movie for song inspiration, and I absolutely loved the way the piano came out. The performance and production are sublime!
This is already now one of my favorite henwrench songs, ever - great choice of movie for song inspiration, and I absolutely loved the way the piano came out. The performance and production are sublime!
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Tony W on March 03, 2011, 08:26:23 AM
Post by: Tony W on March 03, 2011, 08:26:23 AM
Quote from: henwrench on March 03, 2011, 03:06:29 AMWord bits....
Starting today a crusade to help the frail and vulnerable
I gave up looking and started to listen
I heard all the systems you wanted to list
And the 14th amendment to your agenda
Saw me leave the building with Freddie and Bing
Long shadows run and reach
I am another one
Got y'eye on something wrong
How to triple my energy
The piano was recorded in two parts. I did the 'left' hand bit first (using both hands!) and panned in slightly left and then did the 'right' hand or melody part next, panning that slightly right. I 'practiced' it at home first on my keys and then spent about 15 minutes recording in my daughters school, on their beautifully sounding 'honky tonk' piano. It's out of tune. Lovely!!
The bass I used had no nut :o just cardboard wedges in the place of where the nut is. The strings were rustier than a ginger cats asshole. I had to use a plec to stop the strings from detaching from the cardboard nut.
The drum loops and 'pan pipes' were done on my trusty childs toy keyboard.
Double tracked acoustic guitar and voice and that's yer lot.
henwrench
You gotta be shitting me....
Unbelievable Henny. You could fart in a jar and make it sound good.
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Tangled Wires on March 03, 2011, 01:12:04 PM
Post by: Tangled Wires on March 03, 2011, 01:12:04 PM
What a song, and love the way you created such a wonderful sound from your "borrowed" and "out of tune" instruments, it just adds to the magic of it all to me.
Sounds like a happy song to me....you must have recorded it after the Carling Cup final on Sunday :) :)
Sounds like a happy song to me....you must have recorded it after the Carling Cup final on Sunday :) :)
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Kenny B on March 03, 2011, 01:57:14 PM
Post by: Kenny B on March 03, 2011, 01:57:14 PM
WOW!!! This is an excellent well done tune. Great unique sounds.
... and Lennonish too ... I'm really diggin this ... listening again and
again ...
kb
... and Lennonish too ... I'm really diggin this ... listening again and
again ...
kb
Title: Re: Long Shadows
Post by: Bluesberry on March 02, 2021, 08:16:56 PM
Post by: Bluesberry on March 02, 2021, 08:16:56 PM
On this day bump for this massive beauty song