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Man some of my favourite SP stuff is in the SP2 catalogue. I hope I never get to the age where i only care about songs from my youth, because I certainly haven't gotten there yet I didn't like Lightening Strikes until about 25 listens in. Now I think it's good, better than Freak, WWMM, Spangled and Stitch in Time... but not the other ones. If it were in the rate a song thread I would probably give Owata accoustic (2008) 9.8, and Owata Electric (2010) 9.1. So I really like the song, it's very catchy and powerful ... original and honest.

Here's the song: img.laweekly.com/player/?i=6286550

Not sure where the download link is.

Thanks murder! been refreshing every 5 minutes on this page and theirs to no avail.

I LIED

1 minute in: it's okay. Nice sounding. A little samey.

2 minutes in: this is not bad. Nice solo. Mike's drumming is way way way over the top, but it fits in for some reason?

3 minutes in: I like the build up very much!

Last 30 seconds: The build up was for nothing. The last chorus is boring, kind of a shame, if it was stronger here, maybe with a key change or something to make it feel different, it would be good.

7/10 for mine.

I think it's pretty good tbh the mixes have gotten a lot better although maybe it's just me but I found the synth on the intro to be very over powering but yeah good song I like it

I'm starting to hate the synths.

Wow...that was....ummmm...terrible.

Fadgey's mostly on the money. They could have done more with the end, but it didn't bother me either. There is something forced about this song... But then I felt the same about Tom Tom when I first heard that. With Tom Tom ecoplex I thought it was heaps dark, and unique... and they turned that into a commercialized happy song. I was very disappointed, but the disappointment was short lived. I really like Tom Tom now, and prefer the studio by a lot.

With Owata I'm sort of ... disappointed again. It sounds fluffed up with the Teargarden sound, and the song's edge has been watered down somewhat. It doesn't have the same intensity as the live versions. I really connected with the live versions. But I don't feel a connection with this. Yet...

Just had my first listen. It sounded quite good, pretty catchy. It did sound like something a pixie living in Happyland might listen to though, which isn't really my thing. I'll listen to it more once it's available for download though.

All im missing is some more guitar to ease the fluffy synth. It doesnt feel right when the solo comes and theres not much other electric guitar in the rest of the song

conjures up images of rainbows and fields of clover, and frolicking among pots of gold...

I ranked the song as "Forgettable", but more in the sense of "I want to forget"

synths! i was afraid of that. more guitar please. other than that, it's pretty good

Well they ruined one of my favorite live songs from the tour and one that I hoped would bring back my hope in Teargarden. I was expecting more guitars and I got more synths.

Dah! I hate all of you, I'm at work and can't listen for another 5 hours!

I think I will like, but is it really that bad on the synths?

This is god-awful. PLEASE LOSE THE SYNTHS! I am sick of the fairy princess metallic tingling in the background of seemingly every recent song. This song belongs on Barney and it is a disgrace and I don't care WHAT anyone has to say about artistic creativity or mixing or whatever. Bottom line is it is terrible and I am done making excuses and lowering my standards for these joke songs.

Okay what the hell is this?!
I liked the live version of it, good sound, good lyrics, like a cool beer running down your throat, making you feel well.
But this... no... sry bad mixing, really bad. Unless I really like the live version, hope they'll play it on shows in the future.

Oh God...
Make it stop...make it stop.

Was this written for Strawberry's kid or something?

Eh. I'm not sure. It's really happy. Almost too happy. It's like WWMM shitting out rainbows. I just don't know about this one. I don't hate it but I don't really love it.

I wish that it had more guitar, like the version we heard on the recent summer tour. Oh well.