Factory Yoyo presents: Chump

nice in your face drums to kick off. the verse riff is a bit naff, but love the change-up bridge/chorus. this song suits your multiple vocal track approach immensely. some sweet guitar work too, i love the 80s style chorus on the lead...in the middle, you might need to rename it Chump (walk this way)...but a cool semi-nicked riff is still a cool riff! the segue into the solo reminds me of classic Guns'n'Roses...nice bit of lead work too...all in all another triumph, i love the way you just add a little drum fill here or another vocal track there to maintain interest...

A+++

Very good. Ambitious project. Great playing, singing and production.

Sounds real nice! Who performed on this?  

Very impressive production as always James, I love the confidence to 'go for it' you show in the vocals and background stuff; some of it's wild, but it all works! Not my favourite song of yours, but still very good indeed.

Spunky little rocker.  Vox sounded like they might be a tad too much up front. 
Cool drums.

Texas swing? :-)  Good job James. Love the guitar, is that the podfarm?

Hey, James,

This is one cool, punchy rocker with a lot of nice surprises!

Great lyrics, snappy, energetic layered vocals and harmonies, dynamite guitar tone and killer solos.  I really love the driving bass sound on this and the drums are excellent.  Nice clean mix with good dynamics, to boot.

I think this ties "Ocean Parkway" for my favorite of yours.

Really good stuff, buddy!
Bob

Thanks for the listens, guys. This one was written unlike any other tune: the main riff was two years old, the boogie middle came early in 2010,  the Metallica/Priest release and lead was this past spring. I knew it was really too much in terms of changes/parts/influences, so I tried to even things out somewhat.

Some individual responses:

Mark:
"Naff"? I had to look that one up, as it isn't used too often on this side of the pond.

Ed, Rick:
Yeah, the guitars could use some more hair on 'em, upon listening again. I usually dury my vocals,a nd have tried to bring them more out in front lately. Overcompensated, I guess.

Band (is that you, Robby?):
Yeah, all Pod Farm.

love the lil 1:45 skip...and nice vox work right behind that. nice guitars at the ending...great payoff line @ 3:50ish! A+ bro...A+

That's a nice one, with a lot of humor to go with the balls out music. I kind of for some reason got a Guns and Roses vibe, though I'm not sure why. I like the little breakdown bit as well, and it's got lot's of variety to keep it interesting and motivating along. I would need a fair percentage of the primary product of Columbia to do a song that energetic :-)

Outstanding!  Cool song, terrific performance, and of course a real pro production.
 
Freddy J

Dean:

There is deffo some GnR in there, especially with the "gonna go down" part. Thanks for the comments.

Phil:

I have such a hard time making my vocals sit right, especially since my pitch is for siht. As the the three day lag in commenting: whatever! You did!

Freddie, Mark:

Thanks for the comments.