Brilliantly written. 😎

PS: the band name is "dark satellite", and here's a link to our first single released last week. We're getting really great feedback from the SD fans crowd. Who knows, it just might work, ha ha ha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLsX0-OkJgs

I so love his laidback vocal and soulful phrasing on that version of Jack of Speed. Also absolute fan of how words need to fit the thematic but above all they must fit the groove. Very interesting to see the process of the lyrics evolving.

I almost didn't want to listen to it, in the sense that if it didn't make the album, there was a reason, and the "erased tape" story could very well have been a flourish of the comedic minds or Don & Walt. Way to make something legendary, guys — well played. But then of course I DID listen. The "DAT version" is obviousy a quite advanced version, you can hear it lacks some polishing here and there but it was in its finishing stages. My first impression was that it was "okay" but perhaps substandard indeed. And then I put it on my iPhone in the car and the track got stuck on repeat. And it's a bloody earworm. One caveat: the ad infinitum repeat of the main riff at the end gets to be too much — that's where I think they possibly weren't done with it. Would I "trade it" for Thirld World Man? Nope. TWM is a deeper track, with many more layers to unravel. That being said, as someone who stayed afar from "Second Arrangement" on purpose, if that is a subpar tune I wish I coud write a few of them like that. ;-)

Swamp version! It's the "rawness" I personally like, and somehow, it grooves just a teeny-tiny bit more 😎

Love these. That first version is very powerful and groovy. Much as I love the final version on the record, this unpolished take is very very soulful. Thank you so much for the insight. 😎

Thank you! :-)

Very cool :-)

Hi D-Mod, Thank you so much for this fantastic demo! I've sent you an email at walterbeckermusic@gmail.com about doing a cover version of this for a project I'm working on. Was wondering if you had a chance to look at the email? All the best - and thank again for this absolute gem :-) Paul PS: Oh ... and I wonder why red guitars speak to me ;-)

Lovely track! Very cool vibe. I'm curious to know what stage of development this would be. Advanced demo? Drums don't sound too produced and it's quite bass-heavy overall (in some parts waaay too much), which makes it all the more intriguing. Doesn't distract from the coolness of the track, though. Huge thanks for this :-)

@t.vd.kuilen I think it's a fact of life for artists to comment on what they have gone through. The list of popular songs with addiction as a background or theme is quite long. I don't think it condones or romanticizes. It does not judge, either. In my view it shows the fragility of the human psyche, but of course, everyone will have their own perception. Art at its best :-)

Oh my. What a song. I love the fragility of it. Chills! Thank you so much for this. Happy 2019 y'all.

Gacki said: "Staunch defender of all things Dan-ish" doesn't ring a bell?" There were so many of you... ;-) Ha ha ha...good times... Funny you should bring up "Lost it all"... I stumbled onto it very recently and was thinking the same. Who knows, might give it another go :-) I'm still in touch with a bunch of the guys on FB, and I see some of them regularly. Still working on musical projects (and others) with Malice. Hugs mate! P

Gacki - I apologize. Nah ;-) Remind me of your forum name over there?