Re: Darling One/Susanna Hoffs and ?'s
<>Those were interesting sessions-- a kind of
failed experiment in group creativity. I can't
remember much about that particular song,
other than that it's a touching tune, but I do
remember sitting on David Kitay's porch talking
with Jim Keltner about the day John Lennon
was killed, which turned into the song "(Weak
With Love"), and many other interesting
evenings with Su and the band. Will you still produce other artists work?I don't know, I guess it would have to depend on
the artist. And the label, and the songs. It's a
pretty thankless and speculative job these days.What would it take to get a new Song to chew
on? The Only Thing of Beauty? It's pretty silly that I havent done that yet, it'd be
pretty easy to upload mp3s-- It's just that my
time (and brain) has been sort of... fractured.
Speaking of that, congratulate me, as in
summer I'm going to co-compose with the
delightful, brilliant and charming Hans Zimmer
the score to a strange and beautiful movie
starring Nic Cage. I can't tell you more, but it's
pretty golldurn exciting.<> "Silver or Lead" I actually wrote for a woman to
sing, namely a woman named Kim Ferron.
Quite a differnt version, much more aggressive
than the NFU version. Huge, nasty riff that I
played on a screamingly distorted electric 12-
string, against massive, Bonham-style half-
time drums and urgent step-sequenced filtered
Virus arpeggios--- Insane sort of chamber
orchestra choruses. The acoustic guitar is just
a little thing in the background, rather than the
motor of the song. Kim was discovered by
Doug Morris whilst dancing in a "gentlemen's
club" in Miami. I wrote a whole bunch of tunes
for her, a sort of a concept album about
blackmail, prostitution, embattled camaraderie,
busted up families, and love and hope. "Me And
My Girl" was written for her in that period, too. It
may still happen, but the record biz is a little
tattered at the moment. <>Marvin Gaye, Lou Reed and the Velvets, Leon
Russell, JJ Cale, John Fahey, Curtis Mayfield,
later the Ramones, Pistols and Television, Can,
Tangerine Dream, and I'll always have a soft
spot for Fleetwood Mac. Just love that Mick
Fleetwood groove. Russ Kunkel can play like
that.<>Jeez, I don't know... The Doors? Steely Dan?
Nathaniel West made a big impression on me,
and I don't know if you'd call him a Los
Angeleno, but Bertholt Brecht was somebody I
thought a lot about in those days. And Artaud.
And Jacques Brel. And probably Rimbaud and
JD Salinger, like all wormy little brats. dbPS Jeff, don't forget the LAPD!!!db
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<>Those were interesting sessions-- a kind of
failed experiment in group creativity. I can't
remember much about that particular song,
other than that it's a touching tune, but I do
remember sitting on David Kitay's porch talking
with Jim Keltner about the day John Lennon
was killed, which turned into the song "(Weak
With Love"), and many other interesting
evenings with Su and the band. Will you still produce other artists work?I don't know, I guess it would have to depend on
the artist. And the label, and the songs. It's a
pretty thankless and speculative job these days.What would it take to get a new Song to chew
on? The Only Thing of Beauty? It's pretty silly that I havent done that yet, it'd be
pretty easy to upload mp3s-- It's just that my
time (and brain) has been sort of... fractured.
Speaking of that, congratulate me, as in
summer I'm going to co-compose with the
delightful, brilliant and charming Hans Zimmer
the score to a strange and beautiful movie
starring Nic Cage. I can't tell you more, but it's
pretty golldurn exciting.<> "Silver or Lead" I actually wrote for a woman to
sing, namely a woman named Kim Ferron.
Quite a differnt version, much more aggressive
than the NFU version. Huge, nasty riff that I
played on a screamingly distorted electric 12-
string, against massive, Bonham-style half-
time drums and urgent step-sequenced filtered
Virus arpeggios--- Insane sort of chamber
orchestra choruses. The acoustic guitar is just
a little thing in the background, rather than the
motor of the song. Kim was discovered by
Doug Morris whilst dancing in a "gentlemen's
club" in Miami. I wrote a whole bunch of tunes
for her, a sort of a concept album about
blackmail, prostitution, embattled camaraderie,
busted up families, and love and hope. "Me And
My Girl" was written for her in that period, too. It
may still happen, but the record biz is a little
tattered at the moment. <>Marvin Gaye, Lou Reed and the Velvets, Leon
Russell, JJ Cale, John Fahey, Curtis Mayfield,
later the Ramones, Pistols and Television, Can,
Tangerine Dream, and I'll always have a soft
spot for Fleetwood Mac. Just love that Mick
Fleetwood groove. Russ Kunkel can play like
that.<>Jeez, I don't know... The Doors? Steely Dan?
Nathaniel West made a big impression on me,
and I don't know if you'd call him a Los
Angeleno, but Bertholt Brecht was somebody I
thought a lot about in those days. And Artaud.
And Jacques Brel. And probably Rimbaud and
JD Salinger, like all wormy little brats. dbPS Jeff, don't forget the LAPD!!!db
