Dee-mos, er, Demos from the Deedle Deedle Dees

One Myspace page isn't enough for Brooklyn's Deedle Deedle Dees, as they've set up a new page for demos for their upcoming album. They're set to record tracks for Dee-mocracy soon, but you can hear Lloyd Miller's (er, Ulysses Dee's) solo demos at Deedle Deedle Dee-mos.

If you're a long-time reader, some of the historically-inspired tracks (or at least their stories) will sound familiar -- "Bring 'Em In," "Little Red Airplane," and the Bill Childs-inspired "Susan B. Anthony." But there are a couple new (to me) tracks -- "Tubtubtubman" and "Growl Growl Alaska." I especially like Miller's falsetto on the latter track. The chorus on the former's pretty catchy, too...

I'm also highly amused by the random picture of a Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback -- Vinny Testaverde? -- as the artist photo on the page. Perhaps there's a song about them losing their first 26 regular season games. (Ed.: Just noticed that Lloyd said it was Trent Dilfer. The retro uni confused me.)

Which reminds me, and I know I'm off on a tangent here, but those initially hapless Bucs are the source for possibly my favorite sports quotation of all time. It was uttered by their first head coach, John McKay. After one of those first 26 losses, McKay was asked by a reporter what he thought of his team's execution.

McKay's reply: "I think it's a good idea."

Comments

[Katy L]

VERY much looking forward to Dee-mocracy. Thanks for the head's up (and the random football references).

[debinsf]

Yay! More Dees!

My son LOVES Bring 'Em In and thinks of new song topics on a regular basis. I think he wants to BE a Dee.

We'll take all we can get.

[Lloyd Miller]

The Dilfer picture is for the seven or eight people who used to come see me play in bars before I was doing kids music. My second most-requested song was "Dilfer," a ballad about, yes, Trent Dilfer. My most requested song was a country version of DMX's "Up in Here."

[Mauricio Sanchez]

Eagerly awaiting Dee-mocracy. My children are huge fans and playing Freedom in a box for their friends. They are hoping to see the band live one day if they ever make it to St. Louis (The Magic House, Children's Museum would be a good venue.)