It's Only Ketchup
It's Only Ketchup is an album released by Tim Fite. Like his previous release, Over the Counter Culture, the album was made available at Fite's website for free download. However, the album was only available on October 31, 2007—the day of Halloween. The album was, again, made available on October 31, 2008, along with a second Halloween-themed album, Ding-Dong DITCH!!!.
| It's Only Ketchup | ||||
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| Studio album by Tim Fite | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 17:17 | |||
| Label | ANTI- | |||
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Musically, it is similar to Over the Counter Culture, eschewing the folk stylings of his studio albums and ending up as largely a hip hop album.
On the ANTI- website, Fite provides a humorous explanation of how the album came to be:
Last year when I was trick or treating, I decided go to the house that nobody ever goes to. There was no light on the porch, no jack-o-lantern on the stair, no bowl of candy with a note warning to "only take one." There was only a faint pulsing glow under the door, and a large wrought iron knocker. I knocked, and a very old man answered the door. He said he didn't have any candy (because it was bad for his diabetes), but that he'd be happy to give me a recording of his six favorite songs. I held out my sack, and with a shaking veiny hand, he dropped in a worn looking cassette tape. I said thank you, and walked quickly back to the road.
As soon as I got home, I popped the tape into my boom-box. The music that came out was like none I'd ever heard before – sort of a cross between a horror movie soundtrack and an instrumental funk/disco record played on vintage synthesizers. There were no vocals and no indication on the tape as to where the music came from, only six of the scariest songs I had ever listened to. I wanted to know more about them, but that was going to have to wait until morning.
The next day I went back to the house to ask the strange old man about his favorite songs. When I arrived there was a realtor tapping a for sale sign into the grass with a yellow mallet. I asked her if the old man was home; her face dropped and she replied, "Goodness no! He passed on about six months ago. I think it was the diabetes.
For the year since that fateful Halloween, I have been haunted by the old man's favorite songs. I couldn't help but wonder if there was some kind of supernatural force at work that wanted me to add lyrics to them.
The song "Slash Rules" is similar to the song "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan.
Track listing
All songs written by Tim Fite.
- "Finders Keepers" (1:04)
- "Slash Rules" (3:20)
- "Trick or Treat" (3:19)
- "We Look Good Together" (4:31)
- "Get Up" (1:40)
- "I Will Save Everything" (3:24)