I randomly discovered your Substack today (or I guess yesterday at this point) while Googling the lyrics to “Burma Shave,” and I had to subscribe. I’m commenting specifically on this installment because once, at a Halloween/Day of the Dead party in 2003, I sang an a cappella rendition of “Dirt in the Ground,” while dressed as a fallen angel. Sadly, there is no video or audio of it. 😂
Thanks for the personal angle. I enjoyed the Cold War Kids' version and segue into "Hospital Beds."
The Phoenix version is an interesting take. Maybe it's because of the sound quality, but this version doesn't seem nearly as polished or defined as the one that made it onto "Glitter and Doom." That version was recorded only a month later, July 19, 2008, in Milan, but it sounds quite a bit different to me.
I randomly discovered your Substack today (or I guess yesterday at this point) while Googling the lyrics to “Burma Shave,” and I had to subscribe. I’m commenting specifically on this installment because once, at a Halloween/Day of the Dead party in 2003, I sang an a cappella rendition of “Dirt in the Ground,” while dressed as a fallen angel. Sadly, there is no video or audio of it. 😂
Thanks for the personal angle. I enjoyed the Cold War Kids' version and segue into "Hospital Beds."
The Phoenix version is an interesting take. Maybe it's because of the sound quality, but this version doesn't seem nearly as polished or defined as the one that made it onto "Glitter and Doom." That version was recorded only a month later, July 19, 2008, in Milan, but it sounds quite a bit different to me.