18,909
edits
Cold and Damp: Difference between revisions
Audio, known recordings, formatting
(liner notes formatting, minor tweaks) |
(Audio, known recordings, formatting) |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) | *''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) | ||
*''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' (2020) | |||
*''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Cold and Damp" is an example of Cuomo's songwriting style that he calls "[[Arbitrary-Progression-Distortion-open-Strum-Intro-Melody-Arrange]]." In the liner notes for ''Alone II'', Cuomo described the song as an attempt to de-personalize his songwriting. | "Cold and Damp" is an example of Cuomo's songwriting style that he calls "[[Arbitrary-Progression-Distortion-open-Strum-Intro-Melody-Arrange]]." In the liner notes for ''Alone II'', Cuomo described the song as an attempt to de-personalize his songwriting. | ||
| Line 36: | Line 38: | ||
Song experiment #49, utilizing method "[[Arbitrary-Progression-Distortion-open-Strum-Intro-Melody-Arrange]]", produced a somewhat Oasis-sounding song, with its loping bar chords and bluesy solo. '''"Cold And Damp" (Track 18)''' | Song experiment #49, utilizing method "[[Arbitrary-Progression-Distortion-open-Strum-Intro-Melody-Arrange]]", produced a somewhat Oasis-sounding song, with its loping bar chords and bluesy solo. '''"Cold And Damp" (Track 18)''' | ||
The | The lyrics meant nothing to me on a conscious level. They just came out of my mouth automatically in reaction to the sound of the guitar chords. The melody I loved. Overall, the song had a strong appeal for me and I worked on it for quite a while.}} | ||
Multiple edits of the original recording of "Cold and Damp" were released in [[2020]] as part of the demo compilations ''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' and ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cold and Damp|049 Cold and Damp.mp3|[[1999]]||4:47|''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cold and Damp|Cold and Damp (2008 edit V3 RI3 V4 C.mp3|[[1999]]||3:25|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cold and Damp|Cold and Damp (2008 edit V3 RI3 V4 C 2.mp3|[[1999]]||4:12|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cold and Damp|Cold and Damp (edit 2 reinsert solo.mp3|[[1999]]||3:36|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cold and Damp||[[1999]]||3:35|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Audio== | |||
<youtube>nM41ls64d5g</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Though the air is cold and damp | <poem>Though the air is cold and damp | ||
Yeah, still you want to go | Yeah, still you want to go | ||
And it's hard to celebrate | And it's hard to celebrate | ||
away from home | So far away from home | ||
Gonna spend my days with you | |||
Gonna make your dreams come true | |||
Though the air is cold and damp | |||
Yeah, still you want to go | |||
Though your friends are laughing at you | |||
We can't keep you here | |||
And your family hates the thought | |||
Of baby dissappearin' | |||
Gonna spend my days with you | |||
Gonna make your dreams come true | Gonna make your dreams come true | ||
Though the air is cold and damp | |||
Yeah, still you want to go | Yeah, still you want to go | ||
Making love at the eddy | |||
Say goodbye to every day | |||
So in love in emotion | |||
Satisfied in every way | |||
Gonna spend my days with you | |||
Gonna make your dreams come true | Gonna make your dreams come true | ||
Though the air is cold and damp | |||
Yeah, still you want to go | Yeah, still you want to go | ||
Making love at the eddy | Making love at the eddy | ||
Say goodbye to every day | Say goodbye to every day | ||
So in love in emotion | So in love in emotion | ||
Satisfied in every way | |||
Though the air is cold and damp | |||
Yeah, still you want to go | |||
Though the air is cold and damp | |||
Yeah, still you want to go | |||
Though the air is cold and damp | |||
Yeah, still you want to go | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
| Line 65: | Line 100: | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone II]][[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone II]][[Category:Songs on Alone VI: The Black Room]][[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]][[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]] | ||
[[Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||
[[Category:Oasis]] | [[Category:Oasis]] | ||