Good Ol' Demos

[Dookas27018]

So I was listening to the 4 demo albums yesterday and I must say, there is some stellar music on them...some rival anything he did with the band or recently...There's so much more musical diversity, like the very folky "Heather's Like Sunday" and the frantic phone call style of "Joe's In Trouble", or the flute on "Umbrellaless" ahhh the early 90's, music will never get any better than that.

[Dan #2]

there is some good stuff... i wish that they would be rereleased, but whatever, it won't happen

[mrs jesus]

i just listened to coming out in purple

 

i used to really hate that song but it kinda grew on me

 

i wonder if i should be ashamed

[Dan #2]

no.. i like it to. it's schitzophrenic almost. panicpanicpanic

[Kitch_Man]

The demos material, lyrically, is some of his best work...

[saturnine]

agreed. thread closed.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

the transition between the demos and MGB is so extreme, especially in the lyric department. I'd like to see him do something like that with his solo career, like for his possibly imaginary acoustic album.

[here is no why]

There are a ton of tracks off of the demo's that I adore. It's a shame that a lot of his fans will never hear that pre-MGB stuff.

[HSteele]

Agreed, Dancing Invisible is a beautiful song.

 

I think several songs benefit from the demo sound quality, it gives them a more intimate sound and not a polished studio sound.

[Broken]

Dnacing Invisible = His best demo song. Hands down

[S.E. Hardy]

the transition between the demos and MGB is so extreme, especially in the lyric department.

I think that a lot of that comes from Dave Genns influence.

 

(btw- I've nothing to back that statement up with, it's just my opinion)

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

You're probably right, afterall isn't that what broke up the band in the end. That Dave wanted Rock and Matt wanted sexy Mattness?

[Guest acrobate]

I ended up downloading quite a lot of the demos during the Christmas break and I was impressed by them. It's too bad that MG doesn't want to even talk about them.

[Dookas27018]

Was Dave even playing with him then?

[calgarydave]

Dnacing Invisible = His best demo song. Hands down

lol was going to say that exact thing.

I love the line

"Ive noticed that we've gone to great lengths but not to great height"

[S.E. Hardy]

Was Dave even playing with him then?

I don't believe so...but I could be wrong...

[laser30]

Dancing Invisible is great, but so is Euphony, I love how the song starts off like some shitty pop song with that bass line and turns into classic matt good gold

[howiepea]

Man, you guys are making me jealous... I really want to hear some of these demos, but I don't know where to get them except for the few on the NF store. And that's no good to me because I have no NF cash, and I Don't know how to earn any... ;)

 

-Howiepea

[Ravenous Yam]

I got the majority of mine off of P2P programs... in my case WinMX.

[Don't Be So Digital]

Some of the lyrics in those songs are just amazing. Some of my favorite lyrics ever by him.

 

I really wish he could maybe somehow release that stuff officially and clean it up a little bit. But, that's wishful thinking I suppose.

[Nodin]

I really wish he could maybe somehow release that stuff officially and clean it up a little bit. But, that's wishful thinking I suppose.

"Clean it up"? Are you serious? It's all of the little imperfections and scratches in the music that makes it so memorable and unique. It's like we're literally listening to his youth, his beginning - the time when it didn't matter if he sold his tapes at those little performance dives, but just hearing him create music because he wanted to, because he believed he could... I've never heard anything like it before.

 

As for re-releasing them... hell, Matt barely even recognizes them as his own. Which is a real shame, too, because I consider them to be among some of his greatest work.

[sedated19]

i believe parable has got to be one of his best and catchiest tunes out there. even some friends who hate matt good like that song...that speaks volumes

[Jay]

"Coming Out in Purple" is my favorite demo, it's just insane, and yet perfectly captured the feel of a nervous date.

[Kharmalina]

I totally agree that some of his best stuff was released on the demos. Dancing Invisible, Mercy Misses You, Heather's Like Sunday, Last Poem's Poet... I could go on. And I totally agree that he should release a boxset or something so that his uber-fans could get to enjoy legitimate and legal versions of all those songs.

 

PS- Whoever asked if Dave Genn was with MGB during the demos, no, he wasn't.