Rhapsody Radio has Chills as an extra track off of Z...great tune
Yep...Real is selling Z with "chills" as the extra track (and me without a PC :-[) and itunes gives away "oxen" and we'll have to wait for the "off the record" import single to get 'em both....where's the justice? ;)
I know that kinda sucks, the pre-order could have come with more bonus songs but alas....I slapped down the 99 cents and bought it and it's REALLY good!
Can you buy just Oxen off of iTunes?
no you must buy the whole record to get "oxen". Can you buy just "Chills" on Rhopsody?
Yes, you can buy just Chills. Well that blows, I guess we have to wait for Oxen!
did they do "chills" in the studio or is it the old version from the demos disc from "At Dawn?" just wondering cause it looked like they were considering putting it on the new album.
man i really want to hear this song. anything by jim called chills is sure to give me them.
Rest assured that this is a fresh, shiny, new 'Z' outtake very much on par with the rest of that record....tripped out bliss.
just heard it on Rhapsody....it's ok...definitely b-side material...nothin' to lose sleep over.
Man, the new version is VERY different from the original demos version. They gave it a "Heartbreakin Man" feel. this continues to be one of my favorite jacket tunes of all-time. It's cool to have this alternate version. What do the rest of you think? I'm interested to hear the opinions of those who are and are not familiar with the original version.
I don't have the original & like the new version a lot.
On my CD there is a short break between Dondante & Chills, longer than usual, as if to point out that this is a bonus track not intended as part of the original concept of Z.
yes, it definitely belongs in the same category as X-Mas Curtain. I love it. The version I'm used to is the old lofi At Dawn b-side, which wasn't too impressivve and long on the tooth, and then I heard this version and cracked up laughing. I love it. Love love love it. It's hilarious. I love these guys. But not only is it hilarious, it's an aweosme song too. I love this band for everything they are worth.
QuoteI don't have the original & like the new version a lot.
On my CD there is a short break between Dondante & Chills, longer than usual, as if to point out that this is a bonus track not intended as part of the original concept of Z.
The 30 seconds of silence at the end of Dondante is on all copies....it's not to separate the bonus track....it's probably to honor Jim's dead friend who the song is supposedly about.
Didn't know that - thanks :)
my vinyl copy of Z has yet to come in the mail, as soon as it does, i'll listen to it.
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The 30 seconds of silence at the end of Dondante is on all copies....it's not to separate the bonus track....it's probably to honor Jim's dead friend who the song is supposedly about.
I had heard that "A Wonderful Man" was about his friend but I was thinking it seems Don Donte could also be about him.
I got my vinyl the day before the cd, so awesome. Hearing new stuff in analog and !loud! really kicks ass. Dondante had me worried ;) about the neighbors tho. Chills is a cool track too, I need some more listens - damn work!
i really want to hear this but it ain't on my disc. anyone have it is mp3? i would love to have it emailed to me. ;)
Wow, a new and reworked version of 'Chills'! I'd love to hear that one. Sadly, my vinyl store doesn't have Z yet, so I went and bought the CD 'cause I didn't want to wait. Will it also be on the 'Off the record' single?
QuoteWow, a new and reworked version of 'Chills'! I'd love to hear that one. Sadly, my vinyl store doesn't have Z yet, so I went and bought the CD 'cause I didn't want to wait. Will it also be on the 'Off the record' single?
nope, the off the record single has How Could I Know on it. The Japanese import also has Chills though.
Coming up: potential to be a stupid question:
Are cds universal? ie, can you play an American cd in Russia or, say, Botswana?
(my comparison here is PAL vs NTSC stuff)
yes they are and yes you can, double space D
is that how they're done? D
oh wow. so weird.
Quoteyes they are and yes you can, double space D
You can call me that if you want. I might change my name again. D
-doublespaceD
haha, good lord
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It's my new plan. It's kind of like wearing a costume. :)
I will still respond to EC, though.
haha, just make sure you keep the picture. Don't totally confuse, alright?
8)
(wanted to revive an old thread instead of start a new one, always good to read "ancient" comments from that point in time)
I didn't even know this song existed until i bought Z on vinyl. The first time i heard it was in early spring of last year, and I had some very positive things going on in my life so this song really hit home..
I listed to it again last night, probably too loud for 11pm with the police station across the street in a small residential neighborhood, but it hit me even harder this time. I truly love this song.
Aside from the way it makes me feel, it also represents a bridging of two worlds.. My Morning Jacket's old sound, and then their new sound. It's like they plucked the classic reverb heavy Jim from At Dawn and surrounded him with the more upbeat, tripped out sounds of Z and decided to take over the world...or at least your brain. It's powerful!! It's the earth tones of the past colliding with the electric purple of the future, morphing into a space ship and soaring through your mind at warped-speed..your nails digging into your seat but you're smiling the whole time.
To me... this is the perfect song. It has almost everything that you could love about this band.. and like someone mentioned early in this thread, or maybe it was another Chills thread, there's an element of humor to it....so as seriously great as this song is...there's an inside joke here and let's all just get on board.
I'm aware of the demos version, and I haven't listened to it a whole lot but from what I remember it's also very good. However, this reworked version is so multidimensional that is has created new dimensions.
Now....if we could just get it live... going off of setlist.fm (which is not comprehensive), they have played it three times. Once in 2002 which would logically be more like the demo version, and twice in 2010 (Portland, and then a few days later at T5). I refuse to watch or listen to anything from T5 until a vinyl or DVD set comes out, and I wasn't there, so i'm not sure how that went down..