Our buddy Martyn Goodacre is a celebrated photographer, an accomplished musician, and coolest of all, an utter beach bum who takes er easy on a tropical Thai island for most of the year. Recently, he had the ingenious (if we understand it correctly) idea to set the Dudely Lama reading The Dude’s Prayer to some fully far-out music.
The result? Fabulous stuff, man. Just as Bach wrote music for the Catholic Church, Martyn has secured his place in Dudeist Heaven (or hell, if he prefers–they’re both pretty cool).
You might remember The Dude’s Prayer from way back in 2009. It was written by Rev. John Jansson (The Swedish Jeff) and recited as the benediction at that year’s Los Angeles Lebowskifest by the Dudely Lama.
There are two versions of the tune listed below, and we need your help deciding which one is more far out. One has a bunch of echo on the vocal track, one doesn’t. Which do you prefer? Please let us know in the comment box below, or at our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Dudeism). Thankee.
The Dude’s Prayer (with echo)
The Dude’s Prayer (without echo)
Make sure to listen to the end. There’s a groovy outro that we love.
Visit Martyn and crew’s Kinglake Records for more new jigs that have come to light, including an excellent Withnail and I mashup.
I’m diggin’ the echo, man.
Sounds far out.
Word.
F@#*ing ay man, nice work dude!
Martyndude, there is NO choice… echo ftw!
Holyshit this is brilliant!!
With echo for me, this is going to be a big hit for sure! Where/when can we buy it?
echo…definitely, dude.
Echo.
Is there a link to the prayer being recited, sans music, that I could use for a little what-have-you? (my built in mic just doesn’t cut it).
Either version is excellent, but I do have to say, echo works better!
Far out man
Great prayer. Leave out all the background noise–too distracting.
Happy Winter Dude Festival, Dudes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLB4hh1Vgg
Featuring the Dudes’ Prayer (read by DL)
Far Fucking out man!
Definitely with the echo!
I’m digging the echo dude, totally giving me a good sound to abide with a jay in a warm tub and some candles.
Fuckin’ a.
I don’t know, man it kinda reminds me of the eagles
Definitely with.
The matter of likeing this…
Is uhh… Like a diffreance of oppinon man.
Hahaha, love the outro. Should be longer on the echo version.
Other than that it’s echo all the wayhayhaaay!
diffinately the echo version man
Transported with the spirit dudes.Fuckin-A man!!:-)
Something in between.
Echo, dude
The echo is way to busy man, relax…
bad ass…good job….perfect religion !
Fellow Dudes:
The echo makes me think it is an angel chanting, and I don’t know many angels, so it seems to be making Dudeism remote and distant and inaccessible – which of course, is what religions eventually do.
So, I vote against the echo and vote for the common dude, dudes.
Sign me up, man – the answer to attaining peace on this sorry-ass orb on which we abide.