The Beatles - The Walrus

[Simman]

We've been messing around with this song a bit. Mixed on tired ears but would really like your feedback on this one. I am lovein' the acoustic drum kit recording. It's been so long since I played/recorded my old kit but it's back in action now! I think I may be looking to sell the e-kit very soon .

The Walrus

[Seafroggys]

The strings are ahead of the beat and sound....stock and cheap.

Vocals sound great, and drums sound great.

Am I missing bass guitar or something?

[Greg_L]

I'm not that familiar with the original, but it sounds pretty damn accurate from what I can remember.

I always loved the "yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" line.

[Simman]

Originally Posted by Seafroggys

The strings are ahead of the beat and sound....stock and cheap.

Vocals sound great, and drums sound great.

Am I missing bass guitar or something?

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah the strings are stock synth sounds and we should have fired up the better samples . Oh well, ext time.

[Bguzaldo]

NAILED IT! Great job on the drums and everything man, sounds spot on coming from a beatles fan. Whats your set up for drums if you don't mind, i really liked your sound, rig/mic wise, what do you run it all into?

[Simman]

Originally Posted by Bguzaldo

NAILED IT! Great job on the drums and everything man, sounds spot on coming from a beatles fan. Whats your set up for drums if you don't mind, i really liked your sound, rig/mic wise, what do you run it all into?

Bguzaldo thanks for taking the time to listen and reply. My studio partner and I have had this kicking around for a while, so long in fact the strings are old korg stuff from the 80s (which is why they sound like they do). We are both Beatle fans as well so we did try and stay true to at least the arrangment, right down to the King Lear parts at the end.

OK, the Drum Rig....you asked for it so here you go
The drums are an old set of Slingerlands from the early seventies I brought new (now considered vintage ) and have lugged around with me everywhere. They definately are not pretty but they have now found their way out of the cases

I used the following mic set up.
Kick, Audix D6; OH, MXL603 (mixerman setup); SM57, snare (top). Focusrite (octopre - I know they ain't API ) into an Alesis HD24. Mixdown compression: OHs, Art VLA. Effects (plate reverb) a lexicon MX200

Thanks again

[A Reel Person]

a dude would have to be on serious drugs to have written that!

You really did that one up. Very impressive! Damn, I hate you! Nah, just kidding.

That's scary good!

[Simman]

Originally Posted by A Reel Person

a dude would have to be on serious drugs to have written that!

You really did that one up. Very impressive! Damn, I hate you! Nah, just kidding.

That's scary good!

The Beatles have written some scary good tunes.

Thanks man

[joeym]

Great Job, man!

Always been a big Beatles fan, especially their later stuff And this has to be one of their wierdest songs ever, especially considering all the medicine they were on in that period
Well done!
Cheers
Joe

[fenderfun22]

This is the first song I've have listened to in this forum & I'm impressed with the quality. Well done!

[antichef]

The timing in that song has had a massive influence on me - I've always been afraid to try and play it -- great job!!

[Simman]

Originally Posted by antichef

The timing in that song has had a massive influence on me - I've always been afraid to try and play it -- great job!!

Thanks man, appreciate it.

[RAMI]

Originally Posted by Greg_L

I'm not that familiar with the original

Are you serious????

Second time you surprise me this morning. You're just a bundle of surprises!!!!

[propman]

Very nice cover. The strings were a bit too synth sounding for my taste, but it didn't hurt anything. Also, not to nit pick, but after "see how they snide" there is supposed to be another sound effect. (a vocal sound effect of barking type sound) Also, I love the way you added in some original beatles samples. Made the song more like the original. As to they guy saying "They must have been on serious drugs when they wrote this" or something to that effect, the weren't. This song was written in order to confuse some students that John had gotten a letter from saying they were trying to interpret their songs. Only one line in the song was written on drugs (LSD) and it was the first one. ("I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.") I am not aware of the fact of any of the rest of their songs being written or recorded in drugs. I can almost assure you none of them were recorded on drugs, because an indirect quote from Ringo was "we would go into the studio stoned and make this great music, and then listen to it the next day and it would be s**t." Alot of their songs were written about actual subjects, and were just twisted around and coded to the point of it not making any sence to anybody else but them, like as I am sure most of you know for example the song "Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite" was written about a circus poster john found in a thrift shop, and almost had word for word every lyric in the song on it. and then sometimes they just wrote stuff for the sake of writing stuff that had no meaning at all. Oh, and by the way, if you are really willing to sell the e-drums, I'll take um.

[michaelst]

I do sound for a Beatles tribute band. We do this song, so I've heard it several hundred times. I've recorded it off the stage several times(see PM).

You did an EXCELLENT job !!!

Yeah, the strings sound slightly cheesey at a couple points, but nothing you should worry about. Very good vocal performance, the drums are solid and present. You should be proud.

I am impressed.

[Simman]

Originally Posted by michaelst

I do sound for a Beatles tribute band. We do this song, so I've heard it several hundred times. I've recorded it off the stage several times(see PM).

You did an EXCELLENT job !!!

Yeah, the strings sound slightly cheesey at a couple points, but nothing you should worry about. Very good vocal performance, the drums are solid and present. You should be proud.

I am impressed.

Thanks, I really appreciate the comments and will check out the PM. It is a great song written by the greatest bad, IMO; I just hoped to do it justice. May go back and redo the string sections at some point since after all the feedback, it just seems like the right thing to do.

Thanks again

[jtees4]

I think you did a really excellent job. Really does the original justice. Not an easy song to duplicate imho. Nice job!

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Originally Posted by Simman

We've been messing around with this song a bit. Mixed on tired ears but would really like your feedback on this one. I am lovein' the acoustic drum kit recording. It's been so long since I played/recorded my old kit but it's back in action now! I think I may be looking to sell the e-kit very soon .

The Walrus