Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Cat Stevens, film music, Harold and Maude, Renoise, The Stanton-Walsh Rule
The Stanton-Walsh Rule strikes again. This time it’s Don’t Be Shy, as written and performed by Cat Stevens for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. The electronic backing track was made with Renoise, fact fans.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, download, free download, Nicholas Ray, Ruth Goller, Stephen Gilchrist
Bug Prentice are proud to present a brand new demo. It sounds like this:
You can download Nicholas Ray for free, in a variety of formats, on our bandcamp page.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Chico, covers, film music, Groucho, Harpo, Horse Feathers, Marx Brothers, The Stanton-Walsh Rule, Zeppo
The Stanton-Walsh Rule is my new side-project, dedicated to covering songs from classic films. It’s named after Roger Ebert’s theory that “no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.”
Having tackled Rita Hayworth’s signature tune, I set my sights on the Marx Brothers. Everyone Says I Love You was originally sung by Zeppo Marx in the 1932 film Horse Feathers. Throughout the film, variations are performed by Chico, Harpo and Groucho.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, cover, film noir, Gilda, Put the Blame on Mame, Rita Hayworth
I spend this afternoon recording a little demo of Put the Blame on Mame, a song made famous by Rita Hayworth in the 1946 film noir Gilda.
Put the Blame on Mame by Bug Prentice
After recording, the first thing I saw was the sad news of Harvey Pekar’s death. RIP, you grumpy jazz-fiend bastard.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, champagne, demo, orson welles
Just Do Anything?
a demo by Ally
Many of my recent songwriting efforts have been inspired by Hollywood, from Woody Allen to Nicholas Ray. This one is a short, silly tribute to the great Orson Welles. Mahh, the French…
Note: I recommend downloading the MP3, the streaming version sounds a little odd to me.
Room On His Own (working title)
a rough demo by Ally
This song has been clunking about in my skull for years, but it wasn’t until recently I managed to concoct a satisfactory demo. The lyrics are adapted from an overheard conversation regarding a kleptomaniac seagull and anecdotes about the dark impulses of children, lest you fear for my sanity.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, Nebraska, Nebraska Admiral, Stephen Fry
On Friday my friend Den showed me a page about the Nebraska Admiral, an honorary naval title from a landlocked American state. Today, Stephen Fry was awarded the title. In the interim, I wrote and recorded this demo.
Filed under: Downloads | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, Daisies of the Galaxy, download, Eels, tribute album
The EELS online fan community has released a double album of cover versions. Amongst the 48 tracks is Ally’s version of “Daisies of the Galaxy”. Visit Rocking Eels to download the album for free.
Filed under: Downloads | Tags: Ally Craig, download, Pilot Inspektor, Ruth Goller, Stephen Gilchrist, Tom Lehrer
In case you haven’t already noticed, I have made Pilot Inspektor available as a free download. I’m sure you feel as though all your Christmasses, Hanukkahs and Kwanzaas came at once just there. I know how you feel, the other day I discovered a hidden extra commentary on a Simpsons DVD.
If free Ally Craig material isn’t good enough for you (or if you already noticed it and this isn’t news to you at all), why not watch this video of Tom Lehrer playing The Masochism Tango? I’ve been known to cover it at gigs, and now you can hear it as nature intended.
The lovely people at Coverville (a podcast dedicated to interesting cover versions) have featured Dead on a special They Might Be Giants episode. Have a listen, the presenter is very kind about my version indeed.
Bug Prentice 