How To Play ‘Stray Cat Strut’ by the Stray Cats
[audio:Stray-Cats-Stray-Cat-Strut.mp3]
TAB * LYRICS * MP3 * Album: Stray Cats
(Chords: Cm Bb G#7 G7 + G# Cm)
A NUMINOUS COVER ON YOUTUBE (by me)
(UPDATE: here’s that cover on MP3)
I call this a numinous cover for what happens at the end. What is that black thing bobbing in and out of the shot? Why hasn’t that ever happened before and now it happens while I’m singing *this* song? I guess it’s ‘just’ one of those numinous things you can’t explain - but can’t quite ignore either. At least, I can’t. (Why would I want to)?
(numinous \NOO-min-us; NYOO-\, adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to a numen; supernatural…).
And hey look, numinicity within the numinosity. I would expect nothing other from the Tim. (I was merely looking for his bit about “understanding the numinous”, but will you look at how he begins the post)…
“This Isn’t Really About Cats
“A cat meowed outside my window this morning. Twice loudly. It must have known I was in here…”
Numilicious! But here’s the part I was looking for…
“Understanding” The Numinous
“Jung in his work talks a fair bit about something called the “numinous“, which I think is a beautiful word. From my own experiences, I would describe things that are numinous simply as things that are so weird you simply have to notice them. Usually you don’t know why they are weird exactly, and may jot them down or mentally save them for later to tell a friend about. And then they will be like, “so what?” … Synchronicities of course fall distinctly under the category of numinous…”
For the “sane” among you who are just here to learn the damned song, fine. Here:
AN ACTUAL GOOD DEMO ON YOUTUBE, WITH SOLOS & ADORABLE BACKUP BAND (by strat2caster)
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I think this was the best sound quality you’ve done so far. It never clipped once and I didn’t hear any hiss (tape hiss or cat hiss) either. Your voice is occasionally quiet relative to the guitar, but other than that you’re sounding great these days. :)
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Incidentally, the cat is thinking “why the hell did she decide to play *that song* the one time I happened to have a webcam stroll pre-scheduled? How did she know my plans???”
Haha, that’s our Keith, always with the odd inverted perspectives. You’re probably right. :)
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Thanks for the compliments. They make me less bulemic. Just kidding, I’m not bulemic. My brain tends to mix reality with recently-watched tv shows, and everything these days seems to segue into dialogue from either Twin Peaks or Flight of the Conchords.
thinking, creative creating, and tuning into a deeper well of energy, cool ideas, realizations and numinosities. It also left me with a daunting pile-up of emails, myspaces and youtube messages to catch up on, …
Yo. I dig your version of this song a lot, but I have a question for you. At around 2:04 of your video you play three chords fast that I can’t make out. Mind sharing your secrets with me, preferrably in tab style?
Hey Amy.
lets see if I can do this tab thing right…
so right after the E chord, slide your middle finger up along the 2nd string to the 7th fret and walk it back down like so:
E—————————————–
B—————————————–
G—————————————–
D—————————————–
A———–7–5–3–2——– (then back to Am bar chord)
E—————————————–
Ah, you’re the best. And a rarity–it’s hard to find females who can actually play guitar. Anyway, thank you! (All of my sentences start with A. And that one, too. And that one..)
high fives to that!
happy guitar-playing!
Hi again, i just realised where i am, how cooool is that, now i just need to find my way, Ethan
Hey Ethan! Glad you stopped by. Send me your video of this one when you make it!
PS: I changed the URL on all your comments to your youtube channel. they were just dead links to nowhere before. ;)