Recording: 'You like me too much'
Recording:
Recording: 'What goes on'
Recording:
One-eyed Jack's - P: Dude.
'You like me too much' and 'What goes on' are two Beatles track I did with home-overdubbed voices. I used to do this a lot. Now I must explain what 'home-overdubbing' is:
Home-overdubbing consists of using two small cassette recorders, one playing a previously recorded tape, the other recording both the cassette player and the performed live signal (tricky, isn't it?).
These two recordings have been released in 1997 in Dude Remembers - volume 1.
Sometimes in 1988
Recording: 'French fly'
Recording:
Recording: 'Mr Crowley'
Recording:
Recording: 'Melissa'
Recording:
Recording: 'Cadavre exquis' (version 1 & 2)
One-eyed Jack - P: Dude.
Inspired by Van Halen’s ‘Spanish fly’, 'French fly' is just a silly tapping acoustic piece. Nothing serious is intended here. I’m always keen on doing covers of tunes I like that a lot, and the two following tracks are no exception. On the Mercyful Fate's ‘Melissa', I home-overdubbed the guitar solo and also added a bit of vocal. And, as I said elsewhere, King Diamond’s vocals were, and still are, a wonder to my ears. This recording has been released in 1998 in Dude Remembers - volume 3.
As for 'Cadavre exquis', the title of this track explains it all. As you all know, a cadavre exquis is a method used by the french surréalistes in the beginning of the 20th century to compose poetry. It required at least two people. On a piece of paper, the first participant writes down a sentence, anything he wants. He then folds the top of the sheet so that the next person cannot see what has been written. He then passes the paper to the next person, telling him the last word he used, the next person then writes a second sentence which rime with the last word of the first person. He folds the sheet again and passes it to the next participant. At the end, the sheet is deployed, and a totally unexpected poem appear. Botl and I used to do this a lot in school, during English lessons. This track is based on one of these texts. I didn’t write any music for it. I only improvised chords and melody on the fly. This recording has been released in 1997 in Dude Remembers - volume 2.
Recording:
Recording: 'Mr Crowley'
Recording:
Recording: 'Melissa'
Recording:
Recording: 'Cadavre exquis' (version 1 & 2)
One-eyed Jack - P: Dude.
Inspired by Van Halen’s ‘Spanish fly’, 'French fly' is just a silly tapping acoustic piece. Nothing serious is intended here. I’m always keen on doing covers of tunes I like that a lot, and the two following tracks are no exception. On the Mercyful Fate's ‘Melissa', I home-overdubbed the guitar solo and also added a bit of vocal. And, as I said elsewhere, King Diamond’s vocals were, and still are, a wonder to my ears. This recording has been released in 1998 in Dude Remembers - volume 3.
As for 'Cadavre exquis', the title of this track explains it all. As you all know, a cadavre exquis is a method used by the french surréalistes in the beginning of the 20th century to compose poetry. It required at least two people. On a piece of paper, the first participant writes down a sentence, anything he wants. He then folds the top of the sheet so that the next person cannot see what has been written. He then passes the paper to the next person, telling him the last word he used, the next person then writes a second sentence which rime with the last word of the first person. He folds the sheet again and passes it to the next participant. At the end, the sheet is deployed, and a totally unexpected poem appear. Botl and I used to do this a lot in school, during English lessons. This track is based on one of these texts. I didn’t write any music for it. I only improvised chords and melody on the fly. This recording has been released in 1997 in Dude Remembers - volume 2.
Sometimes in AUGUST 1988
Recording: 'Black funeral'
Recording:
Recording: 'A dangerous meeting'
Recording:
One-eyed Jack's living room - afternoon - P: Dude.
My parents were on vacation so I had the whole house free for two weeks. I brought downstairs all the sound equipement and my records and started to play out these raw tracks, with full amp volume and high saturation. My first attempt was to recreate the wonderful high vocal harmonies of King Diamond within home-overdubbing. Eventually, I did the guitar and the synth notes too.
Recording:
Recording: 'A dangerous meeting'
Recording:
One-eyed Jack's living room - afternoon - P: Dude.
My parents were on vacation so I had the whole house free for two weeks. I brought downstairs all the sound equipement and my records and started to play out these raw tracks, with full amp volume and high saturation. My first attempt was to recreate the wonderful high vocal harmonies of King Diamond within home-overdubbing. Eventually, I did the guitar and the synth notes too.
Sometimes in JULY 1988
Recording: 'Early noises'
Recording:
Hervé's parents garage - Present: Dude, Hervé F. P: Dude.
This is deep in the foundations of 'RAINBOW WARRIOR', where wrong notes and horrible singing were even more present. This took place in Hervé's garage, in summer. You probably won't recognise them, but three songs are embodied into this track:
-Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols
-A tale that wasn't right by Helloween
-For whom the bell tolls by Metallica
Recording:
Hervé's parents garage - Present: Dude, Hervé F. P: Dude.
This is deep in the foundations of 'RAINBOW WARRIOR', where wrong notes and horrible singing were even more present. This took place in Hervé's garage, in summer. You probably won't recognise them, but three songs are embodied into this track:
-Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols
-A tale that wasn't right by Helloween
-For whom the bell tolls by Metallica
Sometimes in JULY 1988
Recording: 'This, a blues?'
Recording:
Pierre's room - Present: Dude, Pierre B. P: Dude.
This was recorded in Pierre's room, and is just pure spontaneity.
Recording:
Pierre's room - Present: Dude, Pierre B. P: Dude.
This was recorded in Pierre's room, and is just pure spontaneity.
Sometimes in JULY 1987
Recording: 'He tried Marillion'
One-eyed Jack - P: Dude.
Just another collection of acoustic bad renditions of classic songs. Included are: 'Sugar mice', 'He knows you know', 'The web', 'Jigsaw', 'Incubus', 'Fugazi', 'Heart of Lothian', 'Blind curve', 'Warm wet circles', and 'That time of the night'.
One-eyed Jack - P: Dude.
Just another collection of acoustic bad renditions of classic songs. Included are: 'Sugar mice', 'He knows you know', 'The web', 'Jigsaw', 'Incubus', 'Fugazi', 'Heart of Lothian', 'Blind curve', 'Warm wet circles', and 'That time of the night'.
Sometimes in Early 1987
Recording: 'Am I evil ?'
Recording:
One-eyed Jack's upper room - Present: Dude, Hervé F. P: Dude.
This is probably the most ancient recording that I have. This is deep in the origins of Rainbow Warrior: two bad guitarists trying to play Metallica, and sounding horrible.
Recording:
One-eyed Jack's upper room - Present: Dude, Hervé F. P: Dude.
This is probably the most ancient recording that I have. This is deep in the origins of Rainbow Warrior: two bad guitarists trying to play Metallica, and sounding horrible.
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