Mr. Dieingly Sad

[admin]

While I expect that few remember this song, I am trying to get the sheet music for it. No luck thus far. Any ideas?

[libratune]

Peter,

Here's a site that seems to offer a variety of sources for tabs and chords for your song. Not sure about sheet music, though:

http://www.911tabs.com/tabs/c/critters/ ... ad_tab.htm

Good luck!

[Scastles]

Pretty much the same thing here, Peter.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/c ... ad_crd.htm

It's not completely tabbed out, but it's a start.

[sloop_john_b]

Peter, I happen to love this song (picked the 45 up real cheap). Let me know what part/instrument you need and I'd be happy to transcribe it for you.

[admin]

Thanks everyone. I have the lyrics and tab. I would like the music for our tenor sax player.

[admin]

Sloop John. It you get a chance to create the sheet music for this, I would love it. I cannot find it anywhere.

[jingle_jangle]

Don't know how I missed this till now. This song was a huge influence back in '66 when it was released, but, though I did a lot of 5-part vocal arranging back then a lá Four Freshmen, this one had me stymied.

Don Ciccone was the author/singer of this one, and I did find tabs, which are as I recall not too far off. It's a tremendously complex song, considering the era and the age of the composer.

Ciccone was also known for singing "Oh What a Night (September 1963)", which some may remember. This song was also a hit in Brasil about 1968, with melody surviving intact but new lyrics unrelated to the English ones. My wife has a copy of it somewhere in S. America.

Peter, looks like I'll have to unearth that Critters CD I promised to burn for you, and finally send it along.

[admin]

Mr. Dieingly Sad reminds me so much of the compositions of Carlos Jobim and has a chord structure that dances around the likes of So Insensitive and Cordova.

[jingle_jangle]

No question about it. The 4 bars of walk-down chords leading from the first verse into the second are bossa nova chords and beat. The lead-in to the bridge also has this flavor. This song is like a lovely puzzle--there is so much going on, on so many levels. Each time I hear it, there's a combination of the familiar and something new. After 43 years, it still is satisfying.

Oddly, the rest of their only album is a pastiche of covers and originals, and the originals only come up to about 60% of MDS's complexity and impact. Still some intriguing material there, though!

[ajish4]

TOO FUNNY!

Thanks to Brian, Joey & Kira.....who directed me to this thread.

You will NOT believe this, but my neighbor IS and WAS in the original Critters!

I'll have to ask him if he has the music for the sax Peter!

Sorry I didn't see this sosoner!

He is the keyboard player and they just signed a contract for a nationwide tour opening up for..............CAN YOU BELIEVE I FORGOT WHO......I'll find out!

[longhouse]

Lush! It's been years since I've heard this track. 'course it's been years since oldies radio played, well, oldies.

[ajish4]

Yep,

Just SLIGHTLY ahead of my time, not by much either....but enough that I had NO IDEA who the CRITTERS were.

My neighbor showed me his studio, and all records haning on the wall.

LoL, I guess I'm just too LOST in the 70's to realize who they were!

OH! I just remembered!

They will be touring with Tommy James & the Shondells.

They also have a Facebook page FYI.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Critt ... nfo&ref=mf

Here is the bands website.

http://www.thecrittersband.com/meettheband.html