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Posted by Doctor Love on 03-02-2008 at18:23:

your peepee

Hey Periwinkle,

I noticed your signature is from "Your Pretty Baby" -- well guess what sports fans? The lone 'original' song on the upcoming album (the one I mentioned as sounding like an outtake from The Smiths' first album) is a close cousin of that tune. I didn't even notice it until yesterday, and this after two years into the song! Of course, Bruce claims he caught it right away Roll Eyes

Posted by nick on 03-03-2008 at15:11:

More teasers!!!! Keep em coming until we get to hear it!!!
What ever came of the Roe/Pritzl CD?

Posted by Doctor Love on 03-03-2008 at16:12:

good question

Pritzl is sitting on the masters, but it's next in line for him to mix after another project he's got goin'. No worries -- he wants it out real bad too.

Posted by Gur on 03-03-2008 at16:32:

real bad
sso do we

Posted by nick on 03-04-2008 at14:23:

Ahhhh! Now your even given tips on new Violet Burning stuff!!! Excellent!!! Thanks for the update!!! Looking forward to this year in music for sure!!

Posted by Doctor Love on 03-05-2008 at01:54:

I think we're done

Tonight I played two cool leads on the Steve Scott number (from his unreleased 'Larry Norman produced' album -- the only album, incidentally, mentioned at Larry's funeral ~~ Larry's brother's wife reported that Larry instructed that it finally be released after letting it sit and rot for 30 years and that Steve would maybe be paid his '20%'...ack!! Mad

As I said earlier somewhere on this board, Larry was himself to the bitter end...)

Anyway, the first lead was Keef and the second one was Ronnie. Now we need them both (and Mick) to sing this all together (see what happens) and I do believe we got this turkey sewn up tight. Then it's upward and onward to teenage stardom at last.

Gah.....this one took longer than Crows even, but it's a million times better and a splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Posted by drowning on 03-05-2008 at03:58:

stones meets motion picture - sounds GREAT!!

can't wait for this 77's shin dig to hit like an atomic bomb!

I really hope that S. Scott's deal is set free from that solid rock.

Thanks for the update Mike - what is this "new project" being called?

peace!!

Posted by Nailtatt on 03-05-2008 at06:43:

quote:

Originally posted by drowning
stones meets motion picture - sounds GREAT!!

can't wait for this 77's shin dig to hit like an atomic bomb!

I really hope that S. Scott's deal is set free from that solid rock.

Thanks for the update Mike - what is this "new project" being called?

peace!!

And more importantly...who is the HOT blonde in that pic!!!!!????!!!!!!

Posted by Gur on 03-05-2008 at07:22:

Cool

a million times better than crows!

I need to hear this now.

Posted by larryl on 03-05-2008 at08:19:

RE: I think we're done

quote:

Originally posted by Doctor Love
Tonight I played two cool leads on the Steve Scott number (from his unreleased 'Larry Norman produced' album -- the only album, incidentally, mentioned at Larry's funeral ~~ Larry's brother's wife reported that Larry instructed that it finally be released after letting it sit and rot for 30 years and that Steve would maybe be paid his '20%'...ack!! Mad

As I said earlier somewhere on this board, Larry was himself to the bitter end...)

Anyway, the first lead was Keef and the second one was Ronnie. Now we need them both (and Mick) to sing this all together (see what happens) and I do believe we got this turkey sewn up tight. Then it's upward and onward to teenage stardom at last.

Gah.....this one took longer than Crows even, but it's a million times better and a splendid time is guaranteed for all.

the suspense is killing me....... can i preorder yet? Big Grin

Posted by Nailtatt on 03-05-2008 at09:35:

Roll Eyes

Posted by Audiori J on 03-05-2008 at10:13:

Thats the "Moving Pictures" album that was featured on "Rock And Religion" right? So.... did Larry have those masters? Is the album being rerecorded to be released? Or is Solid Rock releasing it as it was? I am confused why Doc was playing on the tracks... Shocked

Posted by jeffrey k. on 03-05-2008 at10:18:

quote:

Originally posted by Nailtatt
And more importantly...who is the HOT blonde in that pic!!!!!????!!!!!!

That's D'Arcy Wretzky, former bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins.

jeffrey k.

Posted by larryl on 03-05-2008 at10:32:

quote:

Originally posted by Audiori J
Thats the "Moving Pictures" album that was featured on "Rock And Religion" right? So.... did Larry have those masters? Is the album being rerecorded to be released? Or is Solid Rock releasing it as it was? I am confused why Doc was playing on the tracks... Shocked

i think it's on the 77s record.......

from my archive, mikes post as of 3/13/06
"Next off was a wonderful lost song from the aborted Steve Scott album "Moving Pictures" produced by Larry Norman for Solid Rock Records in 1978 but never released. The song is called "Stranger Won't You Change Your Sinful Ways", and once again The Rolling Stones were the main inspiration for the arrangement (think "You Got The Silver" from Let It Bleed, or perhaps "Sweet Virginia" from Exile On Main Street or even "Far Away Eyes" from Some Girls....you get the idea) Ahh, the Stones had a way with old country blues-styled ballads, and since Steve and Larry went there all those years ago, we chose not to stray too far from the path after having just turned Union Station into the Glimmer Twins an hour earlier. Rising blues/pop star Jackie Greene sat in on piano and organ for this one."

Posted by Nailtatt on 03-05-2008 at10:45:

quote:

Originally posted by jeffrey k.

quote:

Originally posted by Nailtatt
And more importantly...who is the HOT blonde in that pic!!!!!????!!!!!!

That's D'Arcy Wretzky, former b*** player for the Smashing Pumpkins.

jeffrey k.

Thank you.

Posted by Audiori J on 03-05-2008 at11:31:

quote:

Originally posted by larryl

quote:

Originally posted by Audiori J
Thats the "Moving Pictures" album that was featured on "Rock And Religion" right? So.... did Larry have those masters? Is the album being rerecorded to be released? Or is Solid Rock releasing it as it was? I am confused why Doc was playing on the tracks... Shocked

i think it's on the 77s record.......

from my archive, mikes post as of 3/13/06
"Next off was a wonderful lost song from the aborted Steve Scott album "Moving Pictures" produced by Larry Norman for Solid Rock Records in 1978 but never released. The song is called "Stranger Won't You Change Your Sinful Ways", and once again The Rolling Stones were the main inspiration for the arrangement (think "You Got The Silver" from Let It Bleed, or perhaps "Sweet Virginia" from Exile On Main Street or even "Far Away Eyes" from Some Girls....you get the idea) Ahh, the Stones had a way with old country blues-styled ballads, and since Steve and Larry went there all those years ago, we chose not to stray too far from the path after having just turned Union Station into the Glimmer Twins an hour earlier. Rising blues/pop star Jackie Greene sat in on piano and organ for this one."

Ahhhhhhh yeah ok that makes sense to me now. I forgot about that.

Posted by Doctor Love on 03-05-2008 at12:01:

Jesus Hits yes, Atom Bomb no

We will not be recording the exciting 'Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb' cuz the album is plenty full of music and we will never finish if we don't stop recording and start mixing.

We were gonna call the album that but Throwing Muses and others have used the title already, plus U2 and their stupid title with 'atom bomb' in it etc.......would make us look quite redundant. Mark doesn't care about any of that but I do, so we are still fishing for a title. Mark is in favor of short pithy titles like "Direct" and I'm usually the one to go for the too-long clunky titles. I am combing through the lyrics to find a word or phrase that pops out......one of the songs, 'Jesus is a mighty good leader', has the phrase "from earth to heaven', which is the kind of thing I am looking for. Don't know that that's it, but it's that kinda thing, so any help you all have to offer is still welcome.

Glad Nails liked that pic of D'Arcy. She was a true rock star and is missed, but that Christian chick from the Halo Friendlies was a very cool choice for the new band, which is now half 'Christian' -- Billy is on a good path and Pritzl tells me that they are rehearsing, playing and writing all together 24/7 and rocking harder than ever. It is good to see.

quote:

Originally posted by drowning
stones meets motion picture - sounds GREAT!!

can't wait for this 77's shin dig to hit like an atomic bomb!

I really hope that S. Scott's deal is set free from that solid rock.

Thanks for the update Mike - what is this "new project" being called?

peace!!

Posted by Nailtatt on 03-05-2008 at12:11:

RE: Jesus Hits yes, Atom Bomb no

quote:

Originally posted by Doctor Love
We will not be recording the exciting 'Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb' cuz the album is plenty full of music and we will never finish if we don't stop recording and start mixing.

We were gonna call the album that but Throwing Muses and others have used the title already, plus U2 and their stupid title with 'atom bomb' in it etc.......would make us look quite redundant. Mark doesn't care about any of that but I do, so we are still fishing for a title. Mark is in favor of short pithy titles like "Direct" and I'm usually the one to go for the too-long clunky titles. I am combing through the lyrics to find a word or phrase that pops out......one of the songs, 'Jesus is a mighty good leader', has the phrase "from earth to heaven', which is the kind of thing I am looking for. Don't know that that's it, but it's that kinda thing, so any help you all have to offer is still welcome.

Glad Nails liked that pic of D'Arcy. She was a true rock star and is missed, but that Christian chick from the Halo Friendlies was a very cool choice for the new band, which is now half 'Christian' -- Billy is on a good path and Pritzl tells me that they are rehearsing, playing and writing all together 24/7 and rocking harder than ever. It is good to see.

quote:

Originally posted by drowning
stones meets motion picture - sounds GREAT!!

can't wait for this 77's shin dig to hit like an atomic bomb!

I really hope that S. Scott's deal is set free from that solid rock.

Thanks for the update Mike - what is this "new project" being called?

peace!!

I thought "Fun With Steak" was the title? WTF Mike?

Tongue

Posted by larryl on 03-05-2008 at12:16:

speaking of the pumpkins new line up......

have you ever played with jeff schroeder, mike?

Posted by Doctor Love on 03-05-2008 at12:21:

Not that I know of, no, but Pritzl is close with him and coached him in his Pumpkin auditions. He flunked out on the first mill but Billy liked him enough to give him another shot and Pritzl rode him hard through the Pumpkin paces until he got the feel right. The second audition clinched it. I got to hear this all blow by blow while it was happening -- pretty exciting