Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:05:48 -0400 From: "Jaimie Vernon" To: audities@smoe.org Subject: Re: (Steely Dan) and other cover(s) Message-ID: 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]. I've always considered "Fixing a Hole" to be one of the most egregious examples of McCartney tripe that was waxed while he was still in the company of Messrs. Lennon, Harrison, and Starkey. But I have to say, Jamie, that your covering it in a Chambers-era XTC vein is really intriguing ... intriguing enough to make me want to hear it. A forkful of Partridge helps the tripe go down, I guess. Gregory Sager