Cousin Cody (781 hits)
Category: Sound & MusicLabels: captainthorns_music
Rating: 1.13 on 23 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by CaptainThorns (View user info) at 2007-03-01 12:31:49 EST
Here's a piece that a friend of mine wrote for our bluegrass band. I love the lead singer's voice on this...I helped with the bass guitar and the recording/mixing efforts. We're looking for constructive feedback on this piece, hence I thought I'd share with the "master critics"...good enough to play out in public, hopefully?
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Cousin Cody
At harvest time he'd come from Tennesee
To help my pa take in the crops
Cousin Cody, the same age as me
We'd work those fields until we'd drop
And on Sundays 'neath that Illinois sky
After church we'd talk and fish
He'd tell me stories about his Dixie land
And to go there someday was my wish
It's been three years since I've seen my cous'
And they say trouble's brewin' south
The rebel states have declared war on us
And Mr. Lincoln wants my help
I left the farm in 1862
I begged my mama not to weep
They marched us down through ol' Kentucky blue
To a place called Shiloh, Tennessee
The mornin' after we had set up camp
The rebels took us by surprise
Fightin' hard all day against their stand
'Till their cannons broke our line
I ran back through the woods to save my skin
With a rebel horseman in pursuit
He trapped me down along a sandy ridge
And I saw him aim his gun and shoot
And out of nowhere came a single blast
And the rebel horseman slumped and fell
Upon the ridge stood someone from my past
A southern face I knew so well
Cousin Cody never said a word
As he turned and walked away
They said he'd died out there in Gettysburg
But no one ever found his grave
Cousin Cody.mp3 (10 MB) [audio/mpeg]
User Reviews
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-03-18 00:41:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey captain, i was looking around in your posts, and noticed this was your 250th!
Love this song, btw..
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-02 14:49:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:52:35 (#)
Ranking: 2
believe it or not, american western music is really big in my frog hometown.
you'd probably be a local star.
and there are like 5 women for a man in that place :-D
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Danke!
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-02 08:47:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-01 23:31:04 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-03-01 16:08:41 (#)
Ranking: 2
dude, it's been MONTHS since you posted a picture of you with a toilet seat around your neck.
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he wants more pictures to jerk off too.
watch out for him, thorns.
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You've both confused me...I never had a picture of a toilet seat around my neck...
Unless you're talking about that damn o-face picture of mine where I'm cross-eyed? That was in one of those "stick your head in this display and take a photo" things at Epcot Center.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-03-02 00:21:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Kick ass.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-01 23:31:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-03-01 16:08:41 (#)
Ranking: 2
dude, it's been MONTHS since you posted a picture of you with a toilet seat around your neck.
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he wants more pictures to jerk off too.
watch out for him, thorns.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-03-01 20:00:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2007-03-01 18:43:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought it was gonna be about some horse named Frank.
Submitted by DesolateMisanthrope (user info) at 2007-03-01 17:16:04 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I Think you like MORE than the lead singer's voice, faggot.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-03-01 16:56:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I liked it.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-03-01 16:08:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
dude, it's been MONTHS since you posted a picture of you with a toilet seat around your neck.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-03-01 14:38:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Kneecap in The membrane.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-03-01 14:29:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey capt! I've speeded it up 10% , but since i don't have the whole setup ready yet, you have to make due with the pumping compressor of my soundcard, which this (newer,better?) pc has.
I'll update the link, when i have my dinosaur-pc back up, and runned it properly.
Must say, i do like it already better this way .Sorry for the strange compressing...
Also the 2nd link to etisrebu : http://www.etisrebu.com/Audio/c01.MP3
All my previous productions are already there .
Name format :http://www.etisrebu.com/Audio/0n.mp3 ; where n=1 to 5 and also 1a&1b=2 tracks unpublished/related on/to uber . These have the mp3 extension in non-capitals ! 0 of 0n= a zero!
Also , the cousin cody track sounds like the soundtrack of firely !(kickass series,btw!)
Cheeeers ! Spock rules !
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:58:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:52:35 (#)
Ranking: 2
believe it or not, american western music is really big in my frog hometown.
you'd probably be a local star.
and there are like 5 women for a man in that place :-D
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*books plane ticket to LaFlamme, Canada*
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:54:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:33:37 (#)
Ranking: 1
I fucking LOATHE Skynyrd...and all 'southern rock", for that matter.
I just like yelling "FREEBIRD", even during weddings.
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I usually scream "Play some Skynyrd" especially when the bands genre is nothing close to "souther rock"
Submitted by Zebra (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:52:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Those lyrics are awful, cuz.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:52:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
believe it or not, american western music is really big in my frog hometown.
you'd probably be a local star.
and there are like 5 women for a man in that place :-D
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:33:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I fucking LOATHE Skynyrd...and all 'southern rock", for that matter.
I just like yelling "FREEBIRD", even during weddings.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:26:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:06:40 (#)
Ranking: 1
The singer's got a good voice. The music is well played. I like how everything sounds but I don't like the song. It's consistent from start to finish, but I think this consistency makes the song fall flat. There's no change in the singing or the intensity of the playing that makes me care. It's finishing up in my headphones and I'm actually a little drowsy because of it.
I'd say with a different set of lyrics this could be a sweeter song, or some sort of southern lullabye. But for a song dealing with battle there should be something a little disruptive in it - some additional drums halfway through to suggest a marching pace, or simply something military.
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I tend to agree on this statement, although i just listened to it a few times in the background .
Personally i like breaks,cuts,twists and unexpected turns . Also it's a little slow to my liking, i always think that music should make you wanna dance and sing, i'll get this on up say 10%, see how it feels then...I'll get back on this one, have a 2 for the time being !
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:26:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:14:58 (#)
Ranking: 1
"FREEBIRD....FREEBIRD"
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I'm game to record that song, Shlongy...only if you do lead vocals, though. :)
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:14:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
"FREEBIRD....FREEBIRD"
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:08:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Give the fiddle a little more echo/reverb. The mandolin could use a little volume.
The guitar sounds like it has a string out of tune. I like the vocals.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-01 13:06:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
The singer's got a good voice. The music is well played. I like how everything sounds but I don't like the song. It's consistent from start to finish, but I think this consistency makes the song fall flat. There's no change in the singing or the intensity of the playing that makes me care. It's finishing up in my headphones and I'm actually a little drowsy because of it.
I'd say with a different set of lyrics this could be a sweeter song, or some sort of southern lullabye. But for a song dealing with battle there should be something a little disruptive in it - some additional drums halfway through to suggest a marching pace, or simply something military.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-01 12:58:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I guess I'll start this one off.