Dirty Old Town

**Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:12 pm**

...and you are not trying very hard either, are you? :lol:

**Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:44 pm**

wot do u mean by this??

**Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:56 pm**

Good to see The Dubliners get a mention!!!

This was the 1st Pogue song I heard so has a special place in my heart...plus it's an excellent song.

**Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:23 pm**

i need to obtain that "snare" sound.
has anyone read any details about the actually recording of this song, and what it actually is?
it could just be two sticks hit together, with some echo or affect. but...i've tried a lot of things and nothing seems to fit it.
anyone? i know it's a strange question.

**Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:32 pm**

Don't really understand what you're asking but is it the snare drum? Because those sound like rimshots to me

**Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:40 pm**

yea...where the standard snare sound SHOULD be. i tried rimshots, though. i know a lot of bands, when they re-issue stuff, they detail really small things about the track. and i was wondering if anyone had read anything. (or if anyone from the band remembered) that's ok, too.

the closest i've gotten is my "stick juggler" in a song, when people clap hands, they're always like...1/32nd off time. and it's about 10 sticks arranged and slightly slightly seperate intervals, so when it hits. it sounds like 10 sticks trying to hit at the same time. but human error. but i'm only one human. with NO error. ever. ever. follow?

hmm... maybe i'll try a few more effects with a rimshot.

**Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:43 am**

i think it is just regular cross-sticking with maybe the other end of the drumstick and reverb..with loose snares. No I'm not a complete geek, but that's what it sounds like to me.

**Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:36 pm**

Just have a look at the video on theftp. You can see it's a rimshot

**Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:58 pm**

yea, i was hoping no one would point that out. it's obviously what he HIS doing. and obvious, to me, only now... but i cannot get it. my "sticks" is the closest i've gotten.

so, thanks for the help.
now... how big his his bass drum in the fairytale video!?

**Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:13 am**

Apologies if it's been discussed before, but can someone tell me what that cool sounding instrument is in the "solo" of "Dirty Old Town" on the Brixton CD, and who plays it? I don't recall hearing that particular part in Boston or New York this month.

Any help on this would be great. Thanks!

**Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:56 am**

It's a bazooka or bouzouki played with slide by the great Terry Woods

**Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:21 am**

Mick Molloy wrote:It's a bazooka or bouzouki played with slide by the great Terry Woods

a bazooka

**Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:32 pm**

Thanks!

**Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:05 am**

left wrote:
Mick Molloy wrote:It's a bazooka or bouzouki played with slide by the great Terry Woods

a bazooka

Yup, it´s quicker than making a good sharp axe and chopping you down like an old dead tree. :wink:

**Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:23 am**

left wrote:
Mick Molloy wrote:It's a bazooka or bouzouki played with slide by the great Terry Woods

a bazooka

No. That is a rocket propelled grenade (RPG).

Dirty Old Town

dirty old town recording question

Instrument in Brixton "Dirty Old Town"

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