Hey, if I co-wrote a song and the guy I wrote it with
went on to have a big hit with it, thus making me a
bunch of money, I'd gladly record a version of it in
tribute to him.  Or write a song about him ("Thank You
Nick For My New BMW", for example).

Mike Bennett

--- Walter Clevenger <walterc@walterclevenger.com>
wrote:

> Hey Gregory,
> 
> First off, I don't think you're being nitpicky.  You
> make very valid points about the inclusion of Ian
> Gomm's version of "Cruel To Be Kind" on the Nick
> trib.  I go into detail about how this came to be in
> the liner notes, however, I'll give everyone a quick
> rundown here.
> 
>  
> 
> You are correct that Ian released a version of
> "Cruel To Be Kind" on his Crazy For You album.  When
> Ian submitted it for this Nick Lowe tribute, he
> explained it was a Japanese only release so I
> figured very few people would have heard it. 
> However, when I received the song and gave it a
> listen, I was concerned that the production made it
> sound dated alongside all the newly recorded tribute
> tracks.  Ian agreed, so my band and I re-recorded
> the song from the ground up using his arrangement. 
> Ian added an amazing new vocal and the track was
> complete.  So what you have is an all new Ian Gomm
> version of "Cruel To Be Kind!"
> 
>  
> 
> I know it may seem a bit weird that he's on a
> tribute to Nick Lowe doing a song that he co-wrote. 
> But hey, it's a great version and these tributes are
> supposed to be fun right?  I think when you start
> adding rules and limiting what you can and can't do,
> you begin to lose sight of the end goal - making a
> great record.  This is the same reason I allowed a
> few covers (songs that Nick didn't write) on the
> tribute.  After listening, I hope you'll agree I
> made the right decisions by bending the rules :-)
> 
>  
> 
> Take care all,
> 
> Walter
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Gregory Sager 
>   To: audities@smoe.org 
>   Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 3:01 AM
>   Subject: Cruel To Be Nitpicky
> 
> 
>   Not to rain on the parade of this upcoming Not
> Lame trib to Nick Lowe, since both the material and
> the people recording it are splendid enough to have
> me excited at the thought of hearing it. But am I
> the only one puzzled by the inclusion of Ian Gomm's
> version of "Cruel To Be Kind"?
> 
> 


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