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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: (Steely Dan) and other cover(s) |
| Date | Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:05:48 -0400 |
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At Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:55:29 Larry wrote:
>Just have to add that I believe this is true. Why do a facsimile when you
>can make a song your own? To that extent, I welcome it when the artists
>themselves monkey around with their oeuvre -- not so much extending a song
>by noodling or jamming, but with rearrangements of old material to suit a
>current slant in their own music, or simply as a change of pace.
My version of "Fixing A Hole" on the Beatles tribute was just such a
project. My brother-in-law wanted to be involved and has his own recording
studio. At the point in which he made this request we had received quite a
few submissions so I had wanted to get a few more tunes from Sgt. Pepper
because the pop community (especially in the circle of friends on this list)
universally despise this record [let's not start THAT argument again!].
However, it made no sense to trot out yet another ho-hum version of "Lucy In
The Sky" or "With A Little Help" so it seemed that songs like "Lovely Rita",
"Getting Better" or "Fixing A Hole" would be ripe for re-interpretation.
I picked "Fixing A Hole". He wanted to know what kind of arrangement it
should have. Knowing that he was a huge XTC fan I told him to re-imagine the
thing as an Andy Partridge tome circa "Drums & Wires".
I think he did a magnificint job. Jef performed all the instruments except
guitar (wich was Brian Gagnon) and I sang. A nifty little homage to XTC as a
trio....and NOT the Beatles, as it were. And that's why the track is
credited to.....HELIUM KIDS [you XTC fans will know what this means].
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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