Yet another Great Big Zombies post!
May. 9th, 2006 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperJust because the world needs more songs about zombies, I bring you Jonathan Coulton's Re Your Brains. Clearly I've got to give this one a listen and see if it comes anywhere near the giggle factor of Skullcrusher Mountain.
And because I seem to have a habit of linking my favorite musically inclined Newfoundlanders with the shambling undead, I will also add that according to the latest From the Road, Alan is thinking about posting while the band is not on tour. Much to the delight of the denizens of the OKP, one of whom made the clever suggestion that he rename his blog From the Rock. I like that; it's got the same scansion and the same initials!
Meanwhile I played my bouzouki last night, since it was feeling inferior and unloved in the wake of the revelation that other bouzoukis get to be played by Alan. I am way, way, way out of practice on the zouk since most of my musical attention has gone to the guitar for quite a while, but I'm still solid on just about all of the basic chords required for GBS-flavored rhythm strumming. Except E, which I need for the bridge of "Jack Hinks". And although I do know the fingerings of the bridges of both "Jolly Butcher" and "The Night Pat Murphy Died", knowing them and being able to play them at speed are two different matters entirely!
But it felt good to have the zouk in my hands regardless. I need to make more time for that.
And now I'll spend the rest of the morning wondering exactly how "Re Your Brains" would sound covered by my B'ys. Because I'm just like that.
ETA 11:11am: And now, having actually listened to the Coulton ditty, I am laughing my head off. SING IT! "All! We! Wanna do! Is eat your brains!" Muahahaha!
Monday evening miles: 2.4
Tuesday morning miles: 2.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 973.8
Miles out of Rivendell: 515.8
Miles out of Lothlórien: 53.8
Miles to Rauros Falls: 335.2
And because I seem to have a habit of linking my favorite musically inclined Newfoundlanders with the shambling undead, I will also add that according to the latest From the Road, Alan is thinking about posting while the band is not on tour. Much to the delight of the denizens of the OKP, one of whom made the clever suggestion that he rename his blog From the Rock. I like that; it's got the same scansion and the same initials!
Meanwhile I played my bouzouki last night, since it was feeling inferior and unloved in the wake of the revelation that other bouzoukis get to be played by Alan. I am way, way, way out of practice on the zouk since most of my musical attention has gone to the guitar for quite a while, but I'm still solid on just about all of the basic chords required for GBS-flavored rhythm strumming. Except E, which I need for the bridge of "Jack Hinks". And although I do know the fingerings of the bridges of both "Jolly Butcher" and "The Night Pat Murphy Died", knowing them and being able to play them at speed are two different matters entirely!
But it felt good to have the zouk in my hands regardless. I need to make more time for that.
And now I'll spend the rest of the morning wondering exactly how "Re Your Brains" would sound covered by my B'ys. Because I'm just like that.
ETA 11:11am: And now, having actually listened to the Coulton ditty, I am laughing my head off. SING IT! "All! We! Wanna do! Is eat your brains!" Muahahaha!
Monday evening miles: 2.4
Tuesday morning miles: 2.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 973.8
Miles out of Rivendell: 515.8
Miles out of Lothlórien: 53.8
Miles to Rauros Falls: 335.2