You Enjoy My Drunken Soldier?: An Instrumental Plea

[CapnHani06]

Phish's "You Enjoy Myself" just popped up on my Spotify Radio and it got me thinking: what if "Drunken Soldier" were mostly instrumental until the "That's not a star..." portion, ala YEM?

This may be an unpopular suggestion, as I feel like Phish is pretty divisive in this community, but the two songs have very similar structural elements and I feel like DS would be way more enjoyable for me sans lyrics. That said, I understand that the lyrics are very personal for Dave and function as life advice for his children, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be used in another piece of music at some point. Dave Matthews I am not, so it's a little unfair for me to suggest that a set of lyrics doesn't fit perfectly with a composition, but humor me here. Does anyone have the audio prowess (and permission, lulz) to mess around with this, or at least fiddle with the mix and turn down the vocals?

Honestly, I feel like the "that's not a star, that's a satellite" and "steppin' out" would be just as effective, if not more so, if they just came out of nowhere in a wonderfully ambiguous manner.

For reference, listen for yourself and compare the arrangements:

"You Enjoy Myself" by Phish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsLfa9RsV9Y

"Drunken Soldier": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS4arLamYjw

The verses in DS seem like they would need a little more to them (solos, fills, etc.) but not necessarily: the Pink Floydy outro could easily have lyrics over top of them, but it sounds great without them, too. Just a thought.

Amiright?

[mtlewis23]

Originally Posted by CapnHani06

Phish's "You Enjoy Myself" just popped up on my Spotify Radio and it got me thinking: what if "Drunken Soldier" were mostly instrumental until the "That's not a star..." portion, ala YEM?

This may be an unpopular suggestion, as I feel like Phish is pretty divisive in this community, but the two songs have very similar structural elements and I feel like DS would be way more enjoyable for me sans lyrics. That said, I understand that the lyrics are very personal for Dave and function as life advice for his children, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be used in another piece of music at some point. Dave Matthews I am not, so it's a little unfair for me to suggest that a set of lyrics doesn't fit perfectly with a composition, but humor me here. Does anyone have the audio prowess (and permission, lulz) to mess around with this, or at least fiddle with the mix and turn down the vocals?

Honestly, I feel like the "that's not a star, that's a satellite" and "steppin' out" would be just as effective, if not more so, if they just came out of nowhere in a wonderfully ambiguous manner.

For reference, listen for yourself and compare the arrangements:

"You Enjoy Myself" by Phish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsLfa9RsV9Y

"Drunken Soldier": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS4arLamYjw

The verses in DS seem like they would need a little more to them (solos, fills, etc.) but not necessarily: the Pink Floydy outro could easily have lyrics over top of them, but it sounds great without them, too. Just a thought.

Amiright?

so are you saying they should add the "Boy! Man! God! Shit!" part over the end of drunken soldier? Or they should just take away the words and jam it out?

[CapnHani06]

Originally Posted by mtlewis23

so are you saying they should add the "Boy! Man! God! Shit!" part over the end of drunken soldier? Or they should just take away the words and jam it out?

Ha, I almost like that better. In all that I guess I'm just suggesting that it should all be instrumental except for the "that's not a star..." and "stepin' out" parts, similar to YEM and the "Boy! Man!..." and "Wash Uffizi..." parts. Ya dig?

[yanks7533]

i would love if dmb did an instrumental album or instrumental song...that would be phenomenal

nothing can be compared to phish's epic...that stuff is special...(can't deny drugs are a good thing in the creative process dave should try them again)

[Norman Smiley]

Vocal jam outro to DS?

[klumps13]

Agreed