Karen Talks Demo
Between the apologies and the accusations, Karen O's demo leak became a certifiable shit storm, and the illustrious Ms. O has acknowledged that, sometimes, that "happens." She offered her thoughts on the situation in this post to the YYYs message board (Thanks, Roman!):
Re: Message From Karen : Leaked Demos, weird me out to the max.So mature! LA really has cooled her out. Well those of you that have your mits on those old demos, now you know Karen's picks. Meanwhile, nothing says "you've made it, kid" like having your toss-off recordings inspire frantic, internet-trolling missions. And they said Show Your Bones was a disappointment.Good grief, can't say I don't feel a little grossed out by someone taking a liberty with music that was mine and Dave's. Shit happens nonetheless. All I can do at this point is offer up a recommendation... if you happen to get your mits on one of those old demos floating around MY personal favorites and the ONLY ONES I would have released for anyone to enjoy is "Pumpkin" and "Snakes and Worms". The rest I probably would have pitched or buried for while longer. No use bitching about something that's out
of my control.Chin up,
ko
Posted at 10:49 AM
Tags: Dave Sitek | Karen O | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
do we have track titles for these?
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who says Show Your Bones was a disappointment?
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show your bones is great
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I'm not sure I'd be all that excited about Karen O demos honestly.
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the amazing thing about this whole situation is that this isnt the first time sitek has exploded on the internet about shit like this. stereogum should dig up the celebration outburst he had a couple years back....
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Where can I get these demos? Could someone email me a link to them or a reference for downloading them? Thanks, team!
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i would like to know where to find the tracklist as well...
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I say show yer bones is a disappointment
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Show your bones was a dissapointing follow-up to Fever to Tell, if you were expecting YYY in their raw form. It's still a great album though.
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how very cool of her...
i am now a much bigger fan.
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That's a bit better. Was nice to see that the TVOTR bloke had calmed down a bit as well. Still, both are bands I wouldn't want to download anyway even if I did download.
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"how very cool of her...
i am now a much bigger fan."
Agreed. I always liked Karen, but now I like her even more after that. She could have been a snob about it but she wasn't.
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Listening to the whole thing at once is a bit taxing, but otherwise I think those demos are the best thing I've heard all year.
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I am still confused as to the back story behind them. When were they written? Did she say that her and sitek wrote them together? Were they just recordings for her personal outlet, not intended to be demos for any of the upcoming albums.
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Mature response from her. Much props. Karen O > Davey Sitek
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So would anyone be kind eough to send us them?
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google it, i can't just send them to you after what she just said. you'll find them tho. oh btw audiotrack 7 seems to be "snakes and worms". haven't found "pumpkin" yet
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