Paint it Red

Basic Language was primarily a covers band that worked the high school party scene in the late 80s in Corpus Christi. However, the band did write a batch of original songs and managed to track about five songs at Appelcrate Studios in 1989. "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" was written by Cory Moore (music) and Thomas Escalante (lyrics). I played bass on the track and so go ahead and let me know if you think the bass track works with the song or if I was just  a "bass player at the wrong gig." 

"If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" By BASIC LANGUAGE

A RIDICULOUS(LY BAD) RECORDING OF MY FAVORITE GOLDEN MEANIES SONG. LAST SONG WRITTEN BY THE ORIGINAL MEANIES LINEUP. IT KINDA SOUNDS LIKE WE RECORDED THIS USING A TIN CAN FOR A MIC OR SOMETHING. I FORGOT HOW MANY OVERDUBS THERE ARE ON THIS, BUT IT REMINDS ME OF OLD '60s RECORDINGS WHERE THEY TRIED TO THROW A MILLION THINGS ONTO 4 TRACKS AND THEN WONDERED.. "WHY DOES THIS SOUND SO MUDDY?" . IT'S FUNNY HOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF RECORDING SOMETHING, YOU THINK  IT SOUNDS SO GREAT AND THEN ,YEARS LATER, YOU COME BACK TO IT AND YOU'RE ALL..... WTF IS THIS??? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. STILL, IT'S A GOOD SONG AND I LOVE THE PSYCHEDELIC BRIDGE.

THE GOLDEN MEANIES-VES COMO ERES?- 2010 DEMO

?VES COMO ERES?

mike watt on guitar/vocal doing a version of roky erickson's "bermuda" for the minutemen album "three-way tie (for last)" - recorded by dirk vandenberg on his answering machine w/watt "phoning it in" in 1985.

Three-Way Tie (For Last)

"bermuda" by mike watt

Finished my Calculus test and finally had time to write a song :-)

THE GOLDEN MEANIES-VES COMO ERES?- 2010 DEMO

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