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==History== | ==History== | ||
Welcome To Tally Hall started its life as an acoustic demo from Joe Hawley, which was released on [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]] in 2015.<ref>[https://tallyhall.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-tally-hall-acoustic-demo Welcome To Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo). Bandcamp.]</ref> The demo has two sections: a chorus which was | Welcome To Tally Hall started its life as an acoustic demo from Joe Hawley, which was released on [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]] in 2015.<ref>[https://tallyhall.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-tally-hall-acoustic-demo Welcome To Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo). Bandcamp.]</ref> The demo has two sections: a chorus which was revamped, and an instrumental guitar solo section used for the brass section. | ||
Before any official releases of the song, a rehearsal featuring different lyrics from the final version would appear on Limewire and other file-sharing platforms.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQE2CTjtXS0 "Tally Hall - Welcome To Tally Hall (Early Rehearsal, Pre-Ross)" YouTube video.]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/emceebois/status/1408582985952149506?s=20 "The only good thing Limewire was ever good for was the ONE TIME I searched for Tally Hall and somehow found a demo of Welcome to Tally Hall that was made when Steve was still their drummer." Tweet from @emceebois, June 26th 2021.]</ref> | Before any official releases of the song, a rehearsal featuring different lyrics from the final version would appear on Limewire and other file-sharing platforms.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQE2CTjtXS0 "Tally Hall - Welcome To Tally Hall (Early Rehearsal, Pre-Ross)" YouTube video.]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/emceebois/status/1408582985952149506?s=20 "The only good thing Limewire was ever good for was the ONE TIME I searched for Tally Hall and somehow found a demo of Welcome to Tally Hall that was made when Steve was still their drummer." Tweet from @emceebois, June 26th 2021.]</ref> | ||
On April 15th 2022, a reprisal demo of the song | It would later be recorded for the [[Welcome To Tally Hall (EP)]] with fleshed out lyrics, which was later included on [[Complete Demos]]. When it was recorded for [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], a new intro and outro were added, and there were some slight word changes like changing "homophonic" to "heterophonic" as well as changing the opening motif to a chiptune-styled sound. | ||
For the Atlantic Records re-release of their first album, the song was edited for a radio single release. This version removes the "hey-ho" section and shortens the beginning and ending.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQ3ir-gwAg Tally Hall - Welcome To Tally Hall (Single Version). YouTube. 4th January, 2021.]</ref> This edit would also be used for its music video. | |||
On April 15th 2022, a reprisal demo of the song with a different melody was added to [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]]. It is currently unknown when this demo was recorded, and there is speculation among the community that the track is a new recording of an old idea. It's possible that it was written to act as a closing track for Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum<ref>[https://tallyhall.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-tally-hall-reprise-demo Welcome To Tally Hall (Reprise) (Demo). Bandcamp. Uploaded 15th April 2022.]</ref>, but this is mostly speculation. | |||
==Music Video== | ==Music Video== | ||
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The video is also notable as one of the earliest appearances of the vests, being made days after the vests first appearance at The Late, Late Show on September 16th.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YAYZiBvvw Tally Hall on The Late, Late Show (Welcome to Tally Hall). YouTube. 16th September, 2008.]</ref><ref>[https://hiddeninthesand.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=65 Hidden in the Sand forum post about The Late Late Show. 5th September, 2008.]</ref> | The video is also notable as one of the earliest appearances of the vests, being made days after the vests first appearance at The Late, Late Show on September 16th.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YAYZiBvvw Tally Hall on The Late, Late Show (Welcome to Tally Hall). YouTube. 16th September, 2008.]</ref><ref>[https://hiddeninthesand.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=65 Hidden in the Sand forum post about The Late Late Show. 5th September, 2008.]</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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* Ebonics refers to English speech patterns primarily spoken by African Americans. | * Ebonics refers to English speech patterns primarily spoken by African Americans. | ||
* The track was engineered to trigger subwoofers with a synth bass drum that would be inaudible on most speakers.<ref>[https://holler-at-us.livejournal.com/57327.html Doris the cat - rf. LiveJournal.]</ref> | * The track was engineered to trigger subwoofers with a synth bass drum that would be inaudible on most speakers.<ref>[https://holler-at-us.livejournal.com/57327.html Doris the cat - rf. LiveJournal.]</ref> | ||
{{Magic Lyrics}} | {{Magic Lyrics}} | ||