Beardsongs by Beardwagon » singles http://beardsongs.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:42:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Wide Open Road – cover http://beardsongs.com/archives/36 http://beardsongs.com/archives/36#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:42:33 +0000 admin http://beardsongs.com/?p=36 I think everybody should do a cover of this song, it would help it in becoming a contender for the National Anthem of Australia. Clearly its only a matter of time considering the elemental force of this 80s classic by The Triffids, written by the late David McComb (who is finally getting some recent belated interest) and containing such intense longing.
So. Here is the Beardwagon contribution, sounding drunken earnest & distorted like it was recorded live by a few friends in a garage on a hot afternoon after much BBQ tending, casual revelation and beer drinking.

Wide Open Road

And the full res version for download. 40mb wav file.

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I started writing this song in my head while we were watching an old Aki Kaurismaki film on SBS one night. I love his films. There was nothing happening, someone was standing drunk in a doorway waiting for a taxi, oblivious. Seemed to be early morning, I only caught twenty minutes of it but it might have been Shadows in Paradise. This one was recorded in a pretty loose fashion & I seemed to be following the sound of that cavernous kick drum weaving through the verses. Again Shannon O’Neill mixed this so it scrubs up OK.

What Part of That

What Part of That 24bit (50mb)

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