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Crash Demo

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Deryck found and posted an old demo he recorded for crash up on his website.
Deryck Whibley wrote:i was going through my old cassette tapes of ideas today and i came across the original demo of the song “crash”. this recording was made about an hour after i witnessed a horrible car crash where one of the drivers was killed instantly. it all happened right before my eyes. i was the first one there and jumped out of my car immediately trying to help but i could feel the lifelessness in the air, you could just tell he was dead and there was nothing i could do. i’ve seen a few people die in front of me in my life and it’s definitely a bizarre moment to see the life being taken out of someone. i went home and wrote this song in minutes and recorded this version. and now, after everything i’ve been through recently this song holds new meaning for me. it’s not much different than the album but i like this version because i remember exactly how i felt when i was putting it down. i used to have this big open room with a nice grand piano. i would love to come down in the mornings and play for awhile as i was waking up. the room had really high ceilings and gave off this great natural reverb. it felt like being in a big concert hall. it was almost a haunting sound in that room. it made you feel very alone. and i don’t think i could have written crash if it didn’t sound like that.
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Holy shit.
I don't even know what to say. Gave me chills throughout the whole 4 minutes.
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Cool! I hope Deryck posts more demos in the future. Especially Screaming Bloody Murder stuff.
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Jeremy Kill wrote:Cool! I hope Deryck posts more demos in the future. Especially Screaming Bloody Murder stuff.

When I hear and read the Deryck's post I was thinking the same, I really he release more SBM stuff.
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It's a real treat to be able to finally hear this! Beyond words to try to imagine the emotions of what Deryck had witnessed just 1 hour before this recording.

Hope we get more of this to come!
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Very good demo! Bravo
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Nice. Sounds awesome, cool to see how the song was at its early stages.
The best improvement in the album version is though that Deryck realized that it works better as a shorter song, gives it a bit different feel after you finish it.
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Post by HugoDisasters »

Sweet! I love how pure and unpolished it sounds. It has a very different vibe to it.

I really hope Deryck will post another demo or just a teaser. Maybe we could finally have "Believe" ?!?!

(I'm referring to this song @ 0:41 <- lol dat number tho : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSLXLiT6V_E#t=41 )

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X^2 wrote:The best improvement in the album version is though that Deryck realized that it works better as a shorter song, gives it a bit different feel after you finish it.
I agree. The finished song ending with "That ain't gonna happen" makes it more powerful/emotional.
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Fuck, sounds awesome. Love how stripped-down and emotional it feels. I agree though, it made sense to cut it shorter.
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Ardi41 wrote:Holy shit.
I don't even know what to say. Gave me chills throughout the whole 4 minutes.
Can't agree more, I had goose bumps ^^

By the way, by checking the source code of the page I found a way to download it, it's here:
Crash Demo Download

And here is the BIME acoustic cover if someone is interested:
Blood In My Eyes Acoustic Download

Just do right click → Save as :)
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