to some things that were asked:
yes he is saying "this is the moment" and then "they call him the angry son, I am the angry son". those are the screamed vocals.
from what the insert of the discography says about the songs that included the Bessie Smith samples, they were there to ""emulate the nights in oakland we spent fucked up/passed out with the needle dragging the end of the slint LP".
my band covered this song the other night in a basement to an audience of about 15 dirty sweaty hardcore punk kids. apparently every one was really into it. I sing my my back turned so i couldn't tell. this song has so much power, and if you know all the words and you sing it with a real band, it is just so much more explosive. I wish I could live those 7 and a half minutes over again. and I wish the mic was louder so I could have heard my whispered vocals. ouch my neck still hurts.
while I'm not sure this is my favorite Indian Summer song is, that may be a combination of Aren't you Angel and Waiting as a whole, this one is absolutely amazing.
to some things that were asked: yes he is saying "this is the moment" and then "they call him the angry son, I am the angry son". those are the screamed vocals.
from what the insert of the discography says about the songs that included the Bessie Smith samples, they were there to ""emulate the nights in oakland we spent fucked up/passed out with the needle dragging the end of the slint LP".
my band covered this song the other night in a basement to an audience of about 15 dirty sweaty hardcore punk kids. apparently every one was really into it. I sing my my back turned so i couldn't tell. this song has so much power, and if you know all the words and you sing it with a real band, it is just so much more explosive. I wish I could live those 7 and a half minutes over again. and I wish the mic was louder so I could have heard my whispered vocals. ouch my neck still hurts.
while I'm not sure this is my favorite Indian Summer song is, that may be a combination of Aren't you Angel and Waiting as a whole, this one is absolutely amazing.
love, John