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« Thread Started on Jul 23, 2009, 7:00am »
Hello fellow ff fans. This is my first thread :o I'm a little scared. Here goes...

I was trawling through some old Owen tweets to see if there was any reference to Field Day, which I'm excited about, or Heartland, which I'm desperate about, and I came across these:

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Ugh, had to unpleasantly Kill A Song today. "It's just no good," I realized. Although I've been carrying it around for months...

...now that the vocals are down on it, it sounds... inessential. Will send the instrumental to @roland_weapon for reprocessing.
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Anyone have any idea what it might be? I have a feeling it's The Man With No Ankles, not because I agree it's no good, but because I don't think he's played it for a while. This makes me sad, I've just learnt to play it and I think it's incredible, v. Dirty Projectors post-structuralist weird. RIP. Or it might not be.
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #1 on Jul 23, 2009, 7:04am »
Hi Ben. Owen doubts. and lies.

Dead becomes undead which is then given life by accessories which in turn becomes redead.

Hope that helps.
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« Reply #2 on Jul 23, 2009, 10:29am »
I don't lie. The dead song was called "A Watery Day". It was beautiful as an instrumental, but I could never get the vocals to work.
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« Reply #3 on Jul 23, 2009, 10:35am »
And, Patrick didn't like the lyrics:

A Watery Day

The day I lost my virginity
I made a pot of chicken noodle soup.
Cracked the eggs into a swirling mess.
I ate half and I chucked the rest.

The day the doctor gave me pills
I smirked like a kid with chewing gum
As if the plague was a college acceptance
Or the memory of a brilliant threesome

A letter came in from St. Germain
My mother washed away by two weeks of rain.
The Singer took away my family
But all I felt were his glowin' arms around me

During Easter dinner, the dog died
And I failed, I failed, I failed
And I couldn't even lift the spade
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« Reply #4 on Jul 23, 2009, 11:59am »
Is there any chance we'll ever get to hear it? Even just as a beautiful instrumental?
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« Reply #5 on Jul 23, 2009, 1:23pm »
uhh uhh uhh.

So incredibly depressing.

I really would like to hear the instrumentation.

or I will find Rollie. and steal it from him.

he lives close to my house ish.
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #6 on Jul 31, 2009, 5:02pm »

Jul 23, 2009, 11:59am, legauxiliary wrote:
Is there any chance we'll ever get to hear it? Even just as a beautiful instrumental?


Oh yes please!!!!! Will you be including it in your sets at all?

I think I rather like the lyrics quite a lot, actually.
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #7 on Dec 1, 2009, 2:26pm »
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http://www.finalfantasyheartland.com/

Single: Lewis Takes Action
B-Side: A Watery Day

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Thank you Owen! This has made my week.

But is Lewis Takes Action going to be released on CD as a single? Basically, will there be any way of getting A Watery Day other than on vinyl, or should I invest in a turntable? ;) Anybody know?
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #8 on Dec 1, 2009, 8:51pm »

Jul 23, 2009, 10:29am, Owen from Final Fantasy wrote:
I don't lie. The dead song was called "A Watery Day". It was beautiful as an instrumental, but I could never get the vocals to work.


So does this mean he does lie? ;)
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« Reply #9 on Dec 1, 2009, 9:14pm »
Liar Liar. Plants for Hire.
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #10 on Dec 1, 2009, 9:24pm »
Do you even need eggs to make Chicken Noodle?
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« Reply #11 on Dec 1, 2009, 10:08pm »
Not that I know of... I wonder if it's any good that way?
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #12 on Dec 2, 2009, 6:36am »
Maybe he got confused with egg fried rice.


Dec 1, 2009, 2:26pm, ben wrote:

But is Lewis Takes Action going to be released on CD as a single? Basically, will there be any way of getting A Watery Day other than on vinyl, or should I invest in a turntable? ;) Anybody know?


I would also like to know this!
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #13 on Dec 2, 2009, 8:28am »
My best bet is that it may only be released as vinyl for physical form, maybe mp3 download also. If worse comes to worse, I'm sure someone can rip A Watery Day to mp3 from vinyl. ;)
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Re: Dead Song
« Reply #14 on Dec 2, 2009, 6:10pm »

Quote:
I made a pot of chicken noodle soup.
Cracked the eggs into a swirling mess.

This reminds me of "Student cheap-o pad thai" that my housemate makes with ramen and eggs.
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