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After how seamlessly Dustin and I had played together in Cark, it was hard to find anyone else to play so smoothly with in a band in Portland. But when I moved to Boise in 2010, I struggled to find anyone to even play roughly with. So I started dabbling with different ways to play solo. Acoustic. Loopers. Backing tracks. All sorts of stuff.
While experimenting, I decided to give drumming with my feet while playing the guitar a try. This song, complete with assorted rock'n'roll quasi-gibberish, kick and high-hat drums, was the first thing that came out.
But I quickly learned that was about all I could do. I don't have enough of a polyrhymic drummer mind to do much more than a straight beat.
So that did not become the focus on my solo work.
But the unhinged-ish first-take rock vibe felt right for Cark, so when Dustin and I recorded "We Are the Internet, Motherfucker!" (our first attempt at a remote collab), I sent him this song recorded to a simple click track. He was supposed to record his own drums to replace them, but never did. I included the Dustin-less version on the original release of WATIM, but it was rightly pulled from the re-issue.
We both liked the tune though, and so gave it a proper carking for this album, including some really tasty syncopation and organ licks—as well as MORE COWBELL. It's one of my favorites on Carkey Malarkey.
Fun trivia: Mustacio Noisewater walked in while I was recording the vocals at the end. Since the backing track was only my headphones, I was sure I sounded deranged, and tried to explain. He said he could hear me from the parking lot outside, and immediately knew I was recording something for Cark. I'm not even sure if I'd told him we were working on an album or not. Such is the power of Cark.
Anyhooters, enjoy! Or don't! Whether to barf with joy or vomit with rage is entirely up to you.
lyrics
Ooh-ooh, baby-doll
I’ll get down on my knees and crawl
Ooh-ooh, honey-pie
I don’t need no reason why
Ooh-ooh, sugar-bear
Don’t you leave me don’t you dare
Ooh-ooh, baby-doll
I’ll get down on my knees and crawl
I needcholuv babe
I needcholuv babe
I need it plea-ee-ee-ee-eaaaaaase….
Ooh-ooh, baby-doll
I’ll get down on my knees and crawl
Ooh-ooh, honey-pie
I don’t need no reason why
Ooh-ooh, sugar-bear
Don’t you leave me don’t you dare
Ooh-ooh, baby-doll
I’ll get down on my knees and crawl
I needcholuv babe
I needcholuv babe
I need it plea-ee-ee-ee-eaaaaaase….
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