Welcome To Tally Hall (Song)
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| Written by | Joe Hawley (music & lyrics), Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi (lyrics) |
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| Appears on | Welcome To Tally Hall (EP), Complete Demos, Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Admittedly Incomplete Demos |
| Sung by | Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi |
| Genre | Rock |
| Language | English |
| Links: | YouTube Spotify Bandcamp Acoustic Demo (Bandcamp) Early Rehearsal (YouTube) Demo (Bandcamp) Reprise Demo (Bandcamp) |
Welcome To Tally Hall (commonly abbreviated as "WTTH") is a song arranged by Joe Hawley with lyrics by Joe, Rob Cantor, and Zubin Sedghi
The music video for Welcome to Tally Hall debuted in the 4th episode of Tally Hall's Internet Show.
History
Welcome To Tally Hall started its life as an acoustic demo from Joe Hawley, which was released on Admittedly Incomplete Demos in 2015.[1] The demo has two sections: a chorus which was used for the final recording, and an instrumental guitar solo section used for the brass section in the final version.
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.[2][3] It would later be recorded for the Welcome To Tally Hall (EP) with fleshed out lyrics, the same recording being included on Complete Demos. When recorded for the 2005 and 2008 versions of 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 tonal changes to the opening motif of the song, which was not chiptune-style originally.
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[4], but this is mostly speculation.
Music Video
The music video for Welcome To Tally Hall features the band playing around in a photo booth. With the exception of the intro and outro, the entire video is comprised of many photographs. The photographs were seemingly all taken throughout the last week of September 2008, as evidence by the back of the photographs used in the video.[5] With the Good & Evil deluxe package, most pre-orders would include a photograph from the music video as a bonus.
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.[6][7]
Trivia
- The Ford Windstar is a minivan sold from 1995 to 2003, renamed the Freestar in 2004.
- Eddie Thatch refers to the pirate Blackbeard
- WWTHD? stands for What Would Tally Hall Do?, which references a popular Christian motto from the 90's
- 'gnac refers to cognac, a brandy named after a town in France.
- Bill Laimbeer is a retired basketball player and current WNBA coach.
- 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.[8]
Lyrics
Can I get a T? And if you hit me with the A-L-L-Y Then you'd see why The Hall is here for y'all The mini mall is calling us all in So kids Pack up your mom's car Back up the Windstar Kick it in drive and arrive At the mega mart Slide the side hatch with pride 'cause your ties match On booty duty like your name was Eddie Thatch WWTHD? We like to kick it at the university But all work and no play makes us crazy So we jump in the bumping SUV Hit the street get the sweet tunes on Do a donut on your mama's front lawn And sooner than you know You've found the rock 'n' roll show At the Tizzy Hizzy we'll be gone We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall Who's to blame? The automated players, I proclaim Yellow tie the suave fellow writes Heterophonic tunes of how love bites Red the proud loud guy we adore Is my amp too high? No, turn it up more So Grey in the back sipping 'gnac can hear He's knocking down the shots like Bill Laimbeer Send home the locksmith: Greens got the keys To unlock the rock in the act, if you please Now open the case Give Blue the bass And jiggle your boodiggle all over the place We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall Can I get a click? Flick off of the switch And we'll ignite the night in pitch Singing songs you like to hear And the world will disappear Then we'll be glowing in the dark Lighting up the park Revealing that the Hall is the place that aims to please With unpredictable games and antiquities They're collectibles so delectable The unreliable style's undetectable Like I might rap like an English chap Take you by the knickers and I'll bum your slap You didn't think we had the gall Well bloody welcome to Tally Hall We're stereosonic We're animatronic We're rapping with the robo-electronic Ebonics A quick distraction A mechanic attraction Got a penny in your pocket for the slot Rock Hey ho don't you know It's a good old-fashioned puppet show That's right, quite the set We're the marionette quintet We think were playing in a band But we'd love to give you all a hand We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall We think were playing in a band But we'd love to give you all a hand
Acoustic Demo Lyrics
We're off to Tally Hall, Off in the mini mall Come again We're off to Tally Hall, Off in the mini mall Come again We're off to Tally Hall, Off in the mini mall Come again We're off to Tally Hall, Off in the mini mall Come again We're off to Tally Hall, Off in the mini mall Come again
Pre-Welcome To Tally Hall EP Rehearsal Lyrics
Can I get a T? And if you hit me with the A-L-L-Y Then you'd see why The Hall is hipper than y'all The mini mall is calling us all in So kids Pack up your mom's car Back up the Windstar Kick it in drive and arrive At the mega mart Slide the side hatch with pride 'cause your ties match On booty duty like your name was Eddie Thatch WWTHD? We like to kick it at the university But all work and no play makes us crazy So we jump in the bumping SUV Hit the street get the sweet tunes on Do a donut on your mama's front lawn And sooner than you know You've found the rock 'n' roll show At the Tizzy Hizzy we'll be gone We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall What's the name? The Tally Hall boys, I maintain Yellow Rob, the suave fellow writes Homophonic tunes of how love bites Joe, the proud, red guy we adore Is my amp too loud? No, turn it up more So Steve in the back sipping 'gnac can hear The playboy snob never does appear. (?) Andrew's got green over a shirt named polo Deems a high-pitched note as his solo Pack it back, that just won’t do (?) My name is Zubin and my tie's blue We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall Can I get a click? Flick off of the switch And we'll ignite the night in pitch Singing songs you like to hear And the world will disappear Then we'll be glowing in the dark Lighting up the park Revealing that the Hall is the place that aims to please With unpredictable games and antiquities They're collectibles so delectable The unreliable style's undetectable Like I might rap like an English chap Take you by the knickers and I'll bum your slap You didn't think we had the gall Well bloody welcome to Tally Hall We're stereosonic We're animatronic We're rapping with the robo-electronic Ebonics A quick distraction A mechanic attraction Got a penny in your pocket for the slot Rock Hey ho don't you know It's a good old-fashioned puppet show That's right, quite the set We're the marionette quintet We think were playing in a band But we'd love to give you all a hand We're in the mini-mall Working the carnival We like to play it all Welcome to Tally Hall We think were playing in a band But we'd love to give you all a hand
Tabs/Chords
Unavailable, if you have made tabs or chords of the song please add them!
Personnel
Music: Joe Hawley
Lyrics: Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley, Zubin Sedghi
Studio Version
Vocals: Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley, Zubin Sedghi
Additional Vocals: Marvin Yagoda, Andrew Horowitz
Electric & Acoustic Guitars: Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley
Keyboard: Andrew Horowitz
Drum Kit & Percussion: Ross Federman
Bass: Zubin Sedghi
Cello: Rachel Hsieh, Anna Schultz
Saxophone: Bobby Streng
Trombone: Melissa Gardiner
Trumpet: Jeff Blim, Michael Nickens
Viola: Laurel Borden,
Violin: Shawn Jaeger
Complete Demos Version
Engineer: Joe Hawley
Vocals: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi
Acoustic Guitar: Rob Cantor
Electric Guitar: Joe Hawley
Trombone: Alaina Alster
Trumpet: Adam Dixon
Tuba: Brian Kaufman
Piano & Keyboards: Andrew Horowitz
Drum Kit & Percussion: Steve Gallagher
Bass: Zubin Sedghi
References
- ↑ Welcome To Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo). Bandcamp.
- ↑ "Tally Hall - Welcome To Tally Hall (Early Rehearsal, Pre-Ross)" YouTube video.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Welcome To Tally Hall (Reprise) (Demo). Bandcamp. Uploaded 15th April 2022.
- ↑ Photograph from the WTTH music video.
- ↑ Tally Hall on The Late, Late Show (Welcome to Tally Hall). YouTube. 16th September, 2008.
- ↑ Hidden in the Sand forum post about The Late Late Show. 5th September, 2008.
- ↑ Doris the cat - rf. LiveJournal.
| Welcome To Tally Hall (EP) | |
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| Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum | |
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* indicates tracks only available with 2008 digital downloads, a download code or with the 2021 non-vinyl releases ** indicates tracks only available with a download code or on the 2021 non-vinyl releases
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| Singles | |
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Banana Man (Demo) · Ruler Of Everything (Demo) · Good Day · Welcome To Tally Hall · Light & Night · You & Me · & · Nathan Naimark · Club Can't Handle Me (featuring Casey Shea) · Just a Friend · Turn The Lights Off (b-side: Light & Night) |