Indie rock song ID

March 22, 2011 5:57 PM

Indie rock song ID.

The major aspect of the song I remember is that the lyrics repeat "I got . . . I got . . ." for most/all of its length and I think rhyme quite a bit. Pretty sure the only instruments are distorted electric guitar, bass, and drums. There's a repeated rhythm in the drums, sort of mimed by the guitar, which starts similarly to the start of the famous guitar part in George Michael's "Faith," but then is more "noisy."

Sorry for the terrible description, I have quite an impoverished vocabulary for this sort of thing, and thanks for any help you can provide!

posted by Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh to Media & Arts (14 answers total)

For some reason this makes me think of the Jesus and Mary Chain's cover of "Who Do You Love?"

There are several rhyming "I got..." lines, though it's not really the whole song.
posted by escabeche at 6:50 PM on March 22, 2011

Tripping Daisy, I got a girl
posted by Bighappyfunhouse at 6:56 PM on March 22, 2011

Very possibly Le Tigre's Fake French.
posted by yellowbinder at 7:19 PM on March 22, 2011

I was going to suggest Fake French as well.
posted by Sara C. at 7:32 PM on March 22, 2011

Response by poster: It's not any of those, but thanks for the suggestions.
posted by Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh at 9:27 PM on March 22, 2011

Response by poster: I think it was the first song on an album, but I'm not totally sure.
posted by Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh at 9:31 PM on March 22, 2011

This is kind of a stretch given your musical description, but The Damnwells -- I've Got You?
posted by threeants at 9:44 PM on March 22, 2011

sung by male or female?
posted by lesli212 at 3:51 AM on March 23, 2011

Is it What I Got by Sublime?
posted by blakslaks at 9:25 AM on March 23, 2011

Response by poster: Neither of those, thanks though.

It's sung by a male.
posted by Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh at 10:22 AM on March 23, 2011

Where / when did you hear it?
posted by WeekendJen at 11:07 AM on March 23, 2011

Spoon, I Turn my Camera On, perhaps?
posted by Pronoiac at 11:23 AM on March 23, 2011

The lyric pattern you describe fits the Tom Waits track Big in Japan, which was the first track on his "Mule Variations" record -- may not fit the "indie rock" category, though.
posted by metaman livingblog at 5:54 AM on March 25, 2011

Response by poster: Not either of those, thanks though. I heard it a few years ago, having found it somewhere online; not sure when it originally came out.
posted by Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh at 9:43 AM on March 26, 2011