Swim Herschel Swim: Lord Stinky

Swim Herschel Swim: Lord Stinky

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So it’s been what, a year since the last track was posted? I’m taking better meds now.

This track, “Lord Stinky”, was a subject of some debate as we finally heard the lyrics in the studio. There was an ongoing battle of scatology pretty much 24/7 in the band. I love Rod’s voice (lead singer) on this one; full of of personality. I believe there is an actual D minor in this one, although if my muscle memory is correct, it’s technically a D diminished 9 and comes at the end of every chorus. This may have been the last group written song we did before we took a turn for Fishbone, Jr. territory. Lou did some nice guitar engineering on this one, his guitar mutated into something cartoonish and awesome.

This was recorded on a 16-track 1/2 inch machine. I still was able to coax out some sweet kick drum (the drum room was actually pretty good in that suburban basement) and pizz strings on the low end. I’ll be posting the rest of these tracks very soon.

[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/dooce/13_Lord_Stinky_of_Windsor_-_Remastered_1.mp3]

Direct download: Lord Stinky mp3, 320kbps