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| From | "Samuel Petersson" <samuel@grandebarbe.com> |
| Subject | Re: Game Theory.. |
| Date | Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:02:38 +0100 |
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Thanks for this extensive answer, Stewart. It's hard to find information
about things like this.
Best,
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Game Theory..
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Samuel Petersson" <samuel@grandebarbe.com>
> >I recently stumbled across the song "Faithless" from the The Big Shot
> > Chronicles sessions. I just can't believe this beautiful and catchy
> > song
> > written by bassist Fred Juhos wasn't included on the original
> > release of The
> > Big Shot Chronicles. Anyone else agree? I guess it was included on
> > the
> > rereleased CD but still...just a thought..
>
> Actually, it was never meant to be on THE BIG SHOT CHRONICLES, which
> Fred Juhos doesn't appear on! It was recorded in late 1984 or early
> 1985, during early sessions for the previous album, REAL NIGHTTIME,
> but the original lineup of Game Theory split up before that album was
> released (that's why only Scott Miller was pictured on the cover) and
> since Fred was no longer in the band, his song was dropped from the
> track lineup. When Alias did the reissue of BSC, they stuck
> "Faithless" and a couple of other tunes on the end as bonus tracks,
> but they really don't have anything to do with the album proper.
>
> I had an off-and-on email correspondence with Fred Juhos close to 10
> years ago -- he's the guy who first hipped me to the Cardigans! -- and
> for what it's worth, he said that "Faithless" was the only song he
> ever wrote for Game Theory that he's at all proud of, and that it's
> "about" the fact that he regretted that he hadn't made better use of
> his time in the group.
>
> For a couple years, the only Game Theory song I'd ever heard was
> Fred's "I Wanna Get Hit By A Car," which got occasional airplay on
> Texas Tech's college station when I was in high school in Lubbock. So
> when I heard "Erica's Word" in late '86, my first thought was "When
> did Game Theory get a new lead singer?"
>
> S
>
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