No Fault (w/Vic Holman)

michael2

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This was a beatles rip-off that I just wrote, and asked Vic to lay down some guitars for. He amazingly turned this around in a couple of hours. Now it sounds like the Flaming Lips covering a Traveling Wilbury's song. Thanks Vic. I know I just posted another song, but the wife is out of town, so I'm taking the time to do some recording. I told Vic I was going to re-record the bass and vocals, but they sounded "good enough."

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Lyrics

just made them up as I went along.

Song Stats

Hits: 1779
Comments: 36
Fans: 23
Plays: 227
Downloads: 85
Votes: 11
Uploaded: Aug 19, 2007 - 05:50:56 PM
Last Updated: Aug 19, 2007 - 05:50:56 PM Last Played: Sep 23, 2009 - 08:31:49 PM

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Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

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Keywords:

crunchy-pop (1), noise pop (1), indie (143), lots of distortion (1), vic rocks (1)

Hardware:

intel mac mini, mxl usb mic, m-audio 49e midi keyboard, not sure what Vic used

Software:

GB, Vic recorded all of his guitars with Logic Express

Comments

selters	selters said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	Fantastic! Fantastic song! I dont think it sounds that much as a beatles ripoff, it sounds to me like a little genuien indie pop tune. I am impressed by the mixing done on this, the sound is very dynamic. And that is great!Thank you! Check out my latest song called No One will be looking in the places that you hide

michael2	michael2 said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	wow thanks a lot. mixing is usually my weak point. i'm so glad that you liked this song. thanks for commenting too. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

bud	bud said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	A lost jewel from the fab faux - and a little flying burrito brothers too. I love the wheezy quality of the mix and the layering of the vocals. Of course Vics guitar was the magic touch here - but all the other instrumentation is so perfect. This has a great live in the studio feel. Excellent. Check out my latest song called Expanding Toys (Halloween Remix)

michael2	michael2 said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	the Fab Faux; excellent. I'll work on a Sonic Spoof song next. Vic totally rocked on this, exactly what I was picturing. PLus there is the added bonus of a couple drum fills (never used them before). THanks for stopping by, gotta fly and get me a burrito now. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

ceilidh	ceilidh said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	brilliant love this song! don't ask me why, because everything is great and i would have to name one by one every instrument, melody, vocals etc. one fat straight DOWNLOAD :) Check out my latest song called Gartan Mother's Lullaby

michael2	michael2 said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	thanks so much, i was thinking it would be a little "rock," but I like the way it turned out. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

	said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	Nice summery feel Great stuff Love the guitar tones

michael2	michael2 said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	love your wide open tastes. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)
	confetti. lots of confetti but i clogged up the vacuum trying to clean it up. And do I get to keep the pink full sized bunny suit? Well you know have much i liked this from the start from your demo. You did a really good job on the mixing. Vocals up front and righteous. lt was fun adding to this. Naz Needler Nomad signing out! :-) Check out my latest song called One Step Over The Line

michael2	michael2 said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	great job on the guitars, and what a turn around; unbelievable. you can keep the bunny suit if you'll play on another song (soon enough). Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

vbluesky

vbluesky said 812 days ago (August 19th, 2007)

I agree I disagree
thats a cool name for this collab, youtoo rock, I always liked ur vocal style and ur musical talent to boot.very good production, the pic says it all and ripping off other artists is fine and dandy, just don't, try and sound like them, I don't quite remember exactly what Boy George said, but roughly it was " you don't borrow, you rip off"...any hoot nice jam boys....BlueSky

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michael2	michael2 said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	anyone who quotes Boy George is a friend of mine, the man has soul to spare. Gotta love a cross dressing Motown rip. Thanks for stopping by, and for all the kind words. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

echoroom	echoroom said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	Beatles? Man, this doesnt sound like the fab 4 to me, just fab. Your voice is gettin' better and better Mike (bit like the guy outta Travis on this one), and this is a pop gem - 'good enough' - sure is. I dunno how you could improve the mix on this - its a polished jewel. Steve Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

michael2	michael2 said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	hey thanks very nice of you to say so. i'd never collaborated with Vic before, and I think he did a great job. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

jiguma	jiguma said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)
	If .. .. it started out sounding like a Beatles song, letting Vic loose on the guitars was always going to make it more so. For "off the cuff" lyrics, these work really well, and the song sounds great. More Julian Lennon for mine than the Beatles - there's something very "live" about this. Like it a lot. Neil Check out my latest song called Under My Skin

michael2

michael2 said 811 days ago (August 20th, 2007)

thanks for listening
it sounded like obladi-oblada when i started, as it was mostly piano driven. THen Vic went crazy on it, he's a genius pretty much. I'm not familiar with Julian at all (I do remember the "pebble" song from back in the day), although I love Sean Lennon's stuff. Thanks for stopping by, and glad you like the song.

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Dj French Toast	Dj French Toast said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	Downloaded this is frickin sweet guyz....Absolutely love it . Listened for two seconds b4 Downloading .......wow dude this is so awesome its like the beatles are still making music together very cool ...thanx for the download Check out my latest song called Its The French Toast(Colab W/WillBill808)

michael2	michael2 said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	thanks DJFT; i'm glad you liked this one. it was a lot of fun working with Vic. you get so excited when the email comes in anticipation: "what did he do?" thanks for commenting. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

bonnieprincejohnny	bonnieprincejohnny said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	Aye. Nice wee riff Michael - high quality pop. Be lucky. Check out my latest song called twenty seven

michael2	michael2 said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	thanks bonnieprincebilly. that's nice to hear, especially from a master of saucy pop such as yourself. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

Mcboy	Mcboy said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	mix is just right for the mood...guitars sound perfectly matched for this song......beatles only in spirit.....your voice holds it own.......great work.... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

michael2	michael2 said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	thanks it's hard to escape the grasp of your influences sometimes. glad you like. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	Lennon Hey Michael! Carry that torch. This has a real good feel to it! Nice guitar and change up. Doug Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

buckhorn	buckhorn said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	Im glad You didn't say you came up with this in one hour, that would have pissed me off. This is friggin' brilliant! The composition, the arraingment, melody all good. Perfect bridge. The song took me out of my technical critic mind state and put me in a" just enjoy it" one. Everything here sounds good enough to me, and then some. Latter Check out my latest song called another fool

	said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	Beatles are Backed !! Cool TRACK !! the guitar sounds great and wonderfully played (as always from Mr. Vic), the singin is really very very nice !! much enjoyed this collab ! keep up the good work Take Care ============== Yeman Auf Al-Rawi

Feter	Feter said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)
	No Fault Gorgious this is just Gorgious friends wonderfull tune and singing ...Vic The Guitars work a Killllllerrr !! .. you found the real Wizard to Colab with Michael!!! KUDOS my friends !! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

dajama

dajama said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)

Very nice
Fabbish, but not ripoffish at all. Love the guitar work on here, and I also like the piano/ keyboards, and the vocal is terrific. Your voice has a most excellent feeling to it that's hard to describe. It shines through on pretty much everything you do, and here again it's a winner. Very cool. Nice collab, and nice work all round. Peace.

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Macaudion

Macaudion said 810 days ago (August 21st, 2007)

Shameless rip-offs are best...
When kept shameless... lol...

Nice nice singing on this.

I want to go down the list of all the things that I like about this, but I wouldn't go up to Ringo and tell him how well he slammed the drums... Well...maybe that was a bad example because he wasn't that good of a drummer.

See, you're ahead of em, just too late... Actually you guys are right on time...

Everything is good about this. A very nice production!

Great playing Vic! I have to at least say that.

Oh what the hell... I'm always hyper focus on the drums and the percussive part of things and I just have to say, you did an EXCELLENT w/ them. Good supporting bass too - so I guess that makes your rhythm section pretty dead on.

Lots of nice little percussive touches, including the x-phone. Very nice!

Are you playing the piano??? impressive...

There... I went and did what I knew would make me feel silly... Could'nt help myself, though...

I really enjoyed this! Thanks, guys! Dion

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Macaudion	Macaudion said 809 days ago (August 22nd, 2007)
	Okay... I didn't get my copy last night and also, I wanted to listen on a nice system - Man do I feel stupid - This really a great piece. A full on production! You get a big assed, WOW, from me. Very nice work. Thanks again. --- I just love music! Check out my latest song called 123 iGetU

michael2	michael2 said 808 days ago (August 23rd, 2007)
	thanks for taking the time to listen on a real stereo, that's awesome. i'm glad yu like the song, i only wish that I could mix a little better (but i'm learning). thatnks for stopping by. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

	said 809 days ago (August 22nd, 2007)
	Love it! Hey man, really nice tuneage! Great job singing this. Sound like John Lennon in places. Lovely melody and Beatle-esque change-ups. And good choice drafting Vic! Kudos! Be well! http://www.macjams.com/song/34520

cjdaley	cjdaley said 808 days ago (August 23rd, 2007)
	great to see collaborate two of the greatest guards of the 60s temple at macjams. It's exquisite as usual, I really like this glockenspiel, like little stars in the rich texture of the song (an everefficient spectorian trick). Check out my latest song called shortbus spaceship (feat. the Flying Monggz from the Ninth Planet) by the Monggz

michael2	michael2 said 808 days ago (August 23rd, 2007)
	i was just wondering where you were (yesterday actually). good to hear from you. i was just thinking of phil spector the other day ( i heard that Amy Winehouse rehab song - genius). got a new one i want to try some of that trickery on. glad to see you around. Check out my latest song called Stars and Dust (space challenge)

	said 805 days ago (August 26th, 2007)
	What A BEAUTIFUL Voice.....Mmmmmm So GOOD ..... EVERYTHING really HARMONIC IN EVERY WAY..medative almost - a song that sticks ( 8 ) in my head Really enjoyed this Thanks Both You ARE GREAT (!)

timothy devine	timothy devine said 764 days ago (October 6th, 2007)
	I had to come over and check this out. I dig. More like the early Kinks. I'm not sure why I say that, I think its the vocals and the over all sound. Nice work. Vic fits perfect in here. nice work tim Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII

Heightened	Heightened said 712 days ago (November 27th, 2007)
	No Fault Great song. Does song like the Traveling Wilbury's - actually much better! Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

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I'm a guy who never wanted to do anything but play music. I grew up with classic rock and prog rock before discovering punk and the new york dolls once I got to high school. As i got a little older (and less angry), I developed a love o... [see more]

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