This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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It's real. It's a summer 1988 acoustic instrumental he did on his "Mellow 4-Track Shit" demo tape. The tape had stuff like early versions of "Polly", "Sappy", and "Don't Want It All". This one wasn't released officially though, but you can get it on the fourth Outcesticide bootleg (Outcesticide IV), along with other things from that demo.
yeah ive heard this. its nice sounding
Sounds like he is paying homage to Huddie Ledbetter.
This is a great one
it reminds me on being sick, of not going to school. of stepping into the parallel world, where life is never ending.
I can picture Kurt playing this, high as fuck with a massive grin on his face.
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