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Good Moon
by Relic67

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Submitted on: Nov 15, 2008 - 12:20:03 AM
Last Updated: Nov 15 2008 - 12:20:03 AM
Keywords good (164)moon (37)shoegaze (10)
Description Mostly folk rock with an attempt at some Kevin Shields-ish stuff in the middle.
I'm not too sure about this one, originally supposed to be just acoustic guitar, couldn't resist piling on the rest.
Kind of sloppy but deemed passable by me. :)
Any input welcomed, please criticize as harshly as you want!
Lyrics its a good moon, its a good moon
its never done a bad thing
its never done anything at all

its a good rain, its a good rain
its a cold night, but its alright if you're sitting close to me

and everything's quiet, its OK
the dark chased all the daylight away
and its so quiet, but we can both laugh, cuz you know how it is,
one goddam thing after another

its a good moon
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RedSahara said 56 days ago
Great song
This is great. I really enjoyed listening to this track I think this song has lot of potential. There were few instances in the song I felt the guitar track goes a little off beat. But overall I believe you have done a very nice job.

Relic67 said 55 days ago
thnx
glad you liked,
i was definitely thinking about re-recording the acoustic guitar track for the reason you mentioned... I got lazy though. Maybe I'll repost it with a better guitar track.



stevel said 55 days ago
Excellent song
really enjoyed this a lot....it reminds me of Big Star's third album. Great guitar work and gritty melodicism
Cheers
Steve

Relic67 said 55 days ago
thank you
I love Big Star... thanks for listening!




lavalamp said 55 days ago
Cool song
Sort of Tom Petty regarding the singing and the feel. Some mixing issues, though. Sometimes the acoustic is off, but I see you have realized that.

Liked it, man.

Dave


Relic67 said 55 days ago
thnx
glad you liked!
I did rush this one a little bit.
In future I'm thinking about redoing the initial tracks I lay down for the basic skeletal structure of the song. I read an interview with Slash where he talked about doing that!




Feter said 55 days ago
Good Moon
what an intersting work my friend ..I think this is
your best so far ..the guitars with the moody vocal
work .the balance of the bass and drums toward your
vocal that was just rigth mood for a good moon rockin
thnx alot for sharin ..!!!!

Relic67 said 55 days ago
thank you
Thanks for listening Feter, heartening to know I might be making some progress!
Since you were one of the first people to listen and comment on my tunes, I appreciate your support, it makes me want to keep going with it!


tempie said 53 days ago
nice surprise
hey man i missed this - but stumbled on it now. very cool. i like the looseness alot. don't like the break - just not the right break for this song (imo). nothing at all wrong with a straight forward folk rock thing, especially when you have great introspective lyrics (super good line - we can both laugh, cuz you know how it is, one goddamn thing after another), nice lazy strumming, and a great indie voice - just the right mix of earnestness and irony. like the backups too. your pop stuff definitely channels slacker rockstars like Dino Jr. and Superchunk, high praise by my standards...

Relic67 said 53 days ago
thnx
thanks for the listen and your usual thoughtful commentary.
know what you mean about the middle section... will consider it an at least partially failed experiment! I was reading somewhere that Unity + Variety and the tension between the two is at the heart of a good song, I probably didn't heed the first dictum sufficiently.

the next song idea I have in my head has a more radical change from one section to the next... it may turn out bad but I think I'll try it out anyway LOL!

Thanx again for the comments, from what I've heard and read from you, I trust your judgement.


The Infinites said 52 days ago
Good laziness to this
I like how you are so laid back that you appear forget to keep up at times, it could do with tightening up in places, however, not too much, as if this was over polished you would lose the cool tones. Great lyrics; you have a really listenable voice.

i like.

Jim

Relic67 said 52 days ago
thnx
thanks for the listen and comments.
I'm getting some good ideas for fixing this one up a bit.
I'm deciding as I write this, I'm going to rerecord the acoustic and change the middle section to be less stupid-sounding...




bud said 52 days ago
I agree with The Big Star comparisons
and I have no problems with loose arrangements - really them actually. The Shields thing in the middle could go a little deeper for my taste so the phasing gets washier and less distinct - maybe dial in a ton of reverb and add some pink noise to soften it. Excellent lyrics and vocals.

Relic67 said 52 days ago
thnx
thanks for the comments bud.
I think I'm going to lose the phasing altogether... I really wonder now why I thought that was a good idea ha ha!!!!



Moses said 35 days ago
A great song
that needs some tuning up. I completely understand being too lazy to fix all the little nits in a song, that is my least favorite part of writing music. I have never really "finished" a song before. Anyway, I don't know why but I like songs about moons! I enjoyed this track, thanks for sharing.

Relic67 said 35 days ago
thanks
I was in too much of a hurry to post this one, for sure. I like the song OK, but the performance part just plain sucks.
I worked a bit on fixing it today. (rerecorded acoustic guit. track).
I'm going to put a whole new middle section in, and do the drum track over as well.
I hope to have a better version up by 2009!




Moses said 35 days ago
Well
I like the melody a lot. If you got a nice crisp full acoustic guitar sound, corrected some of the timing issues, and tweaked the mix a bit, this would be a great song. And I mean that. It's a nice, soothing song and I could see myself setting this to 'repeat one' for a while, perhaps before a nap.

chestnut said 28 days ago
Good Moon
A good song with lots of musical layers. My wife likes your name too by the way!

Relic67 said 28 days ago
thnx
glad you liked, I may repost this one to correct some of the deficiencies.
When I was a kid, I wished my parents had named me something other than "Relic67", but I'm getting used to it now!


DeathArrow said 27 days ago
wow
hehe it reminded me of a song of panic at the disco from the new album =D
soooo great i love it !!
nice guitar playing !!
cheers, luke

Relic67 said 26 days ago
thnx
thanks deatharrow... damn I need to fix the mistakes in this song before anyone else listens to it... oh well!

DeathArrow said 25 days ago
lalala
i didn't recognize any mistakes...hah hah funny =D

Dj French Toast said 20 days ago
Yo !
Dont change this song up at all . It sounds great gritty and organic. I love the off setting guitar and an almost secondary care for the music . The jam in the middle is nice and raw as well . On a second listen now . I like it man as is .Your voice is awesome sounds real good. French toast stamp of bad ass ! Great song !

Relic67 said 20 days ago
thnx
The lazy part of me thanks you!
Glad you liked it.



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