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I feel like you guys are all sitting around having a fireside chat!

you should come to zoop '08 for the real thing.

I deleted the facebook group. It was inherently counterproductive.

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every time this question comes up I do however feel like a chump for turning down offers to license my songs for commercials etc. It's like, why should I care? Still, we soldier on.

JOHN!! DON'T LICENSE YOUR SONGS FOR COMMERCIALS! I mean, I'm not being a snob or anything. And I know that this wasn't the point of your comment. It's just...well, Sting had it right in the 80s when he said that he wouldn't license "Don't Stand so Close to Me" for a deoderant commercial (though clearly his mind has changed since then...fancy cars are clearly his weakness). I mean...why is Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" selling M&Ms? Your songs should not sell anything but your records!
and um...that's all.

To John: First of all, it's really cool that you choose to respond to these threads yourself, a lot of musicians wouldn't bother.

I didn't read the whole thread so maybe somebody else already asked, but here's a question for you: did you ever consider re-recording the songs on HAFG? I've skipped through this thread rapidly and I've got the idea your main problem with the record is the fact that there was something wrong with your recording equipment. Well, of course I understand that there has been some evolution in your songwriting since HAFG, so maybe you're not interested in recording old songs. But I was just wondering...

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John
every time this question comes up I do however feel like a chump for turning down offers to license my songs for commercials etc. It's like, why should I care? Still, we soldier on.

JOHN!! DON'T LICENSE YOUR SONGS FOR COMMERCIALS! I mean, I'm not being a snob or anything. And I know that this wasn't the point of your comment. It's just...well, Sting had it right in the 80s when he said that he wouldn't license "Don't Stand so Close to Me" for a deoderant commercial (though clearly his mind has changed since then...fancy cars are clearly his weakness). I mean...why is Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" selling M&Ms? Your songs should not sell anything but your records!
and um...that's all.

i think you can totally license your songs for commercials. but i know you don't want to. but if you would i wouldn't mind at all. just saying.

edit: also, that sting song is a pretty bad example. ok, he didn't license it for a deoderant commercial. but he did license it for an episode of Friends where Joey was a posterboy for STD awareness.



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To John: First of all, it's really cool that you choose to respond to these threads yourself, a lot of musicians wouldn't bother.

I didn't read the whole thread so maybe somebody else already asked, but here's a question for you: did you ever consider re-recording the songs on HAFG? I've skipped through this thread rapidly and I've got the idea your main problem with the record is the fact that there was something wrong with your recording equipment. Well, of course I understand that there has been some evolution in your songwriting since HAFG, so maybe you're not interested in recording old songs. But I was just wondering...

To the best of my knowledge, he played Ghosts voluntarily into the 2000's, so they can't be thought of as too bad. (or at least a few of them can't)

anyone see the commercial for golden boy peanuts?

the song in the background is sting's "field of gold."

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edit: also, that sting song is a pretty bad example. ok, he didn't license it for a deoderant commercial. but he did license it for an episode of Friends where Joey was a posterboy for STD awareness.

oh...wait...no...you misunderstood my parenthetical note where I said "though clearly his [Sting's] mind has changed since then..." I know those parentheses can be really tricky. And I'm sure JD had no idea that he had the free will to license or not. I'm glad you reminded him.



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oooooo bitchy! a good song is a good song, even if it's selling haemorrhoid cream.

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oooooo bitchy! a good song is a good song, even if it's selling haemorrhoid cream.

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And I can't stand up and I can't sit down
'cause a great big problem stop me in my tracks
I can't relax 'cause I haven't done a thing
and I can't do a thing 'cause I can't relax

^^^Good call.

To backtrack: GOT, welcome to the forums man, you sound like a cool dude.

Also mike is god.
That's all.

OH, and John,

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you ever consider re-recording the songs on HAFG?

Like, a remastered rarities type deal? Just curious



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short answer: no

hey there john, if san bernardino is all cellos, how will you perform this song live?

also...how do you get the cello to sing the words?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2008 03:48PM by mike.

Dilaudid and If You See Light have no guitar in them, but they're played just fine live.

PS. I think you have the wrong thread.

ps - it's either my emmo, or i'm very, very sorry.

1000 pardons!

maybe we should let this thread blend back into the background. you know, new album time, perhaps it doesn't need to hover at the top of the page? just to be nice?

mike Wrote:
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> after i'd heard it, i thought "get lonely" could
> have very well been a prequel or sequel to it.
>
> it has a strange thin sound to it, different
> sounding than all other mountain goats
> productions.
>
> the songs have the usual excellent writing, and an
> uber hardcore mountain goats fan (ie, all yous
> here) shouldn't go without a listen. once you
> give birth, it doesn't matter if you like the kid
> or not, the kid's out there and beautiful
> regardless.
>
> though, i at first missed the idea that there is
> an unreleased mountain goats album, i'm positive
> that there are many more songs and albums that we
> haven't heard about or will. that's nice.


this was my first post here ever.

those were the days.

oh hey, no wait.

THESE, are the days!

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Wild Creature Wrote:
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> im a jackass.


best wild creature quote EVER.

i'm totally gonna steal it.

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> My brother and I recorded about 10 songs awhile back and called it, "Death Poodle Improv." I would never want anyone to hear these ten songs. So I think I have a sense of how you feel, John. Death Poodle Improv may just be the worst album you ever wont hear.


death poodle improv has leaked.

you're done for, zisel.

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...damn it.

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once you give birth, it doesn't matter if you like the kid or not, the kid's out there and beautiful regardless

Best part about that quote. Funny how Things do Change though, huh? Mean'n now you actually have a kid.

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John's away on tour so we revive this thread?

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[www.last.fm]
[sordidalley.blogspot.com]
[popwreckoning.com]
[blog.kexp.org]

weird question, fever.

rhetorical much?

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Sometimes.

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[www.last.fm]
[sordidalley.blogspot.com]
[popwreckoning.com]
[blog.kexp.org]

THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION

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