Honey, I Finished The Internet

5 Replies to “Honey, I Finished The Internet”

1. The song is so much better when stripped of the Ray Conniff orchestral strings. IMHO the over orchestration utterly ruins the song.

   https://youtu.be/Fl2Hl8RSFok?si=dHqTnFaS8UZk9NoH

   Glen’s vocal modulations are as delicious as his flat picked guitar. He could sing the same refrain over and over … and never sing it the same way twice. Which is why the song never sounded unfinished to my ear. I’ll take Glen’s guitar and vocals stripped of all the schmaltzy garbage every time.

   1. Jimmy Webb wrote Wichita Lineman.
      A great tune, and Glen was the right guy to sing it.

   2. It’s a good rendition but I like the original much better.

2. The older I get, the more I like Glen Campbell. FWIW, he’s great music to have playing when you’re trying to write a scene that’s carrying some emotional weight.

3. It’s not easy to write a song on that topic to that tune; I think he did an amazing job. I’m imagining some of the early attempts: “I should be used to climbing poles now / but I can’t stand the struts / and every time I shift my weight they whack me in the nuts…”