Your Unofficial Holiday Single is Here

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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,258
    Very cool!
  • Human Tide
    Human Tide Posts: 329
    OGT92 said:
    Is there any info on this? Is it the whole band minus a drummer? Year? Thanks.
    Added some info. Just Eddie, most likely. 
  • jacquelynca
    jacquelynca Posts: 372
    Wow, that was beautiful.  Thank u for sharing <3
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  • NHiding
    NHiding Posts: 1,910
    What an incredible find!!!  🙌🙌🙌
  • moyboy
    moyboy Posts: 131
    edited January 2019
    Hey! I have had this since long time ago, I think I got it from Jack back in around 99 as I wanted to include it on Live From Nowhere Near You volume one. Let me see if I can dig up more info for you guys, it’s been awhile so my memory is fuzzy but it was probably given to me with more explanation and info included or at least maybe in email conversation. Let me look when back at computer next week, if I find anything more, I’ll let you know here. Happy new year!
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  • Hub.
    Hub. Posts: 1,991
    Wow! Thank you so much for having shared this song, Human Tide. :heart:
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,510
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/memento-mori/308562032
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    Mention the name Jack McDowell and many will turn their thoughts to the baseball field. After all, �Black Jack,� McDowell�s nickname during his 12-year career with the White Sox, Yankees, Indians and Angels, once loomed as one of the most feared pitchers in the American League. He won the Cy Young award in 1993 after finishing second in the voting a year earlier, going 42-20 during that two-year stretch for the Sox. But slide the latest album from stickfigure into your CD player and you�ll begin to suspect that McDowell, stickfigure�s frontman, may have been a musician who also happened to play baseball for all those years rather than the other way around.

    Memento Mori, a Latin term meaning �remember we must die,� marks stickfigure�s fourth studio release, following up 2001�s Ape of the Kings. McDowell, who retired from baseball in 1999, serves as the �Black Jack� of all trades on this latest album, writing all the songs while also playing the bulk of the instruments with a little help from his friends, including Smithereens bassist Mike Mesaros and Vandals drummer Josh Freese. The result is a tight package of 11 introspective songs that range from energized rockers to mellow pop gems.

    Memento Mori immediately chirps its tires with �Starting to Raise,� a crunching prologue that instantly sets the tone for the rest of the album while also serving notice: This ain�t no ballplayer hopelessly chasing after some improbable dream. McDowell and his bandmates know exactly what they�re doing in the studio, a point driven home when �Starting to Raise� gives way to the defiant �The Scars.�

    This aggressive pace ebbs a bit with �Open Yours,� a haunting tune featuring a silky chorus that�ll float around in your head for days, and once �Ringo Couldn�t Drum� hits the speakers, you�ll realize just how effortlessly stickfigure can glide from guitar-drenched rock to sugary pop. For proof, give the bully �This Perfect Body� a spin before taking in the next track, �Mirrored Eyes,� which rivals the sweetness of �Open Yours.� Then there�s �As Cool as We,� which would fit perfectly onto any pop movie soundtrack.

    Skeptics likely see McDowell�s name on a CD and shy away, but there�s no reason to ignore this release. Sure, it�s not the album of the year but there�s plenty here to sink your teeth into. And Pearl Jam fans will enjoy the brief appearance from Black Jack�s buddy Eddie Vedder on the disc�s hidden track. Jack McDowell�s second career may not be a commercial success yet, but that lack of attention certainly doesn�t reflect the quality of Memento Mori.
     

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,802
    Nice find! Thanks a lot for posting it :clap:
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,510
    edited January 2019
    There's 1 used CD left over @ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WGAJZS/ . Was able to pick up a new sealed copy earlier today.


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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,510
    ^ Sold out.
  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    Thank you for sharing this song. I never heard it before. It's really nice. So this is Eddie Vedder guesting, and is it a James Taylor cover or something?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,485
    How can I have never heard this? That was ace!
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,970
    Thank you HT! Happy 2019!
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  • Jammalambo
    Jammalambo Posts: 1,321
    edited January 2019
    It's amazing that this actually was included in a released disc (even though as an hidden track) and almost no one knew about it, me included. I'm going to buy that CD now just for it.
    Thanks to OP for the find.

    ps: the excitement for this 2 minute cover really reveals how thirsty we are for new stuff.
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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    Wow :open_mouth: !! A hidden track indeed...OP, thanks for sharing :bow::clap::smiley:
  • BRONDO
    BRONDO Columbus, OH Posts: 537
    Thank you and happy new year to all!!
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,992
    Thank you!!!
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,510
    Sweet! CD just shipped! :)

    Anyone know if this was released on vinyl? 
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    edited January 2019
    demetrios said:
    Sweet! CD just shipped! :)

    Anyone know if this was released on vinyl? 
    There is no record off this release on discogs their other two releases only show CDs
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