There is a new MP3 Of The Month posted on the main site!

First time hearing it and I love it.

Awsome...I love the addition of the kids

"Poop goes in the potty"

haha

Ooh, a studio version!

Does this mean it got picked up for the kids cd project?

I don't know for sure, but reading the notes it seems to indicate that.

I suppose I could have read that...I was in too much of a hurry to download it

that's just silly. I like it.
Linford even sings! ish!

i can die of happy now!

This is so great.
A studio version with Linford and kids singing.
Even some new lyrics...(neighbors Weimeraner)
I love it!
Thanks Karin and Linford. Awesome.

I wonder who the child is.....?

Nevermind..I just read it.

Wow! My first time hearing too!!!

I've had it on repeat for the past 15 minutes...and I've finaggled all of my vet student colleagues into downloading it instead of studying...

hehehe.

Speaking of fenagling (sp?), how am I going to get my hands on one of these CDs?

Oh. My. God. This is so funny and lighthearted. I love it.

I'm wondering the same thing - maybe the Love Offering Ebay sight.

I think the guitar's dropped a whole step and he's playing in A, which would make it in G. Any thoughts from people who were there or have tried it on their own?

Does anyone else see a similarity to Tom Green's "Bum Bum song?" Ahem, get the poo off my bum! I need the poo, offf my bum.

I was wondering the same thing.

Especially since I'm not really ever planning on living in Ohio or being a parent.

THESE GUYS ARE GENIUSES!
I"ve been listening to this song all day
and i noticed that it sounds really good
with "Put the Lime In the Coconut"
"Poop in the poddy,
i said , 'doctor, is there nothing i can take...' "

I just got the mischeviously delicious mental image of 50,000 Ohio pre-schoolers singing "Poop in the potty/Poop goes in the potty" to their teachers.

Okay, am I the only one who initially does not like this song?

It's cute the first couple of times listening to it, but I doubt it will get heavy airplay from me.

It sure ain't "If I'm Drowning"

Jeff

Finally, my son, who is 4, and I can relate (at some level) to OTR. OTR moves my soul, and can help my kids move their bowels. Though it may not be my favorite, it was a joy to see my son so excited and to hear him giggle!!!

I don't think it's something to be taken seriously.

It's just a novelty, I wouldn't put it up against "real" OTR songs...it's just silly fun.

I think it'll always make me smile, just because I was among the first (and perhaps only) two audiences to hear it played live. The total surprise of it the first night, and then being in on it the second night when it got sprung on the folks who missed the show the night before.

All you folks who yelled out "MP3 of the month!" at Canal Street got your wish.

I like the extra verse about the Weimerauner (sp?). Especially now that I'm dog-sitting.

"It's a sad ol' world ... when yer squeaky don't squeak ..."

It's not even that. It's something else. I mean I can appreciate a silly song as much as the rest of 'em, and I'm okay with spoken word. Jack's Valentine is a great song. And the pseudo-rap on Nobody Number One rocks. I can't exactly put my finger on it, but I just don't like it.

Maybe I'll change my mind after I hear it more than one time.

I'm with ya, DV.

I totally thought they were joking about actually recording this!

What a riot!! The kids are priceless, but I miss the Zeppelinesque intro.

"...hey!"

A Zeppelinesque intro? Sure, Zep may have had "Stairway To Heaven", The Beatles may have had "Hey Jude" and Gerardo may have had, well, "Rico Suave", but with this one flushes all others down the toilet...so to speak. "The Poopsmith Song" is not only Over The Rhine's magnum opus, but it is the magnum opus of all magnum opuses. Bravissimo!

This song was going through my head during church this morning.

umm, do you know what kind of visual comes to mind when I hear magnum opus and poop in the same reference?

i'm liking this song a lot. it does strike me as about as far away from, say, PATIENCE, as they could get. whatever that means.

POoP GoeS in the PoTtY! --- GREAT and inspiring song, listening to it now! I especially love the little kid, and the lyrics are priceless!

There is something truly devilish about making such a catchy tune about poop! My wife and I walk around humming it all day, just waiting for someone to say, "Hey, that's a catchy tune. What's the song?" Oh brother!

Does anyone know why K and L decided to write this song?

In the description, it indicates that it's for a children's album project.

I don't like it either. I like it less with each listen. It's the shitiest OtR song ever.

Pun intended, but not limited...

ugh... I hope the kids like it.

opinion ate it,
~fafs

Heard it the first time @ Canal Street. My wife and I loved it! However, since i am an IMAC user, how the hell do I download it to ITunes? HELP!

I greatly enjoyed it at Canal Street, but this version just doesn't capture that experience IMHO.

Just go to http://www.overtherhine.com/music/mp3rarity/index.html , click and hold until the menu pops up, the select "Save link target as..." to download. Doubleclick the file once it's been downloaded, and it should open in I-Tunes, unless you have another mp3 player selected as your default.

Decided this would be the first song I played on my newly reformatted computer.

searched my iTunes to get the song quickly. I'm happy to report that "The Poopsmith Song" is the only track in my library with "poop" as a keyword.

Heh... The English Beat's "Save It For Later" came up next in the shuffle play.

Yeah, I think I like this new .99 for a song dealy-o...

March '07

MP3 - Goodbye Charles (live)

Thanks, OtR

sweet. love the violin!

Nice! Thanks for the heads up Michelle!

That is very nice indeed!

Anyone know how protected this song is? Like I mean, the file itself? My mp3 player does not seem to like protected files. I s'pose I could always just burn it to a cd and rip it back on to my hard drive, like I do whenever I buy something off of Itunes, lol.

remember back in the good old days when the mp3 rarity of the month was free? ahh, to be young and foolish again...

I have not noticed any protection on these MP3s. I have played them on multiple computers with multiple players without out a problem.