Boc: BOC Cleveland Ohio Show

[Steve]

Actually per Al's account of those days as he told it to me, he said that he used to drive other band members to develop their songs - not letting them just noodle around but pushing them to turn their ideas into finished songs.  I sort of gather that Don is a perfectionist who is always working on ideas, but doesn't like to call something "finished".

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
Date: Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 1:20 pm
Subject: Re: Boc: BOC Cleveland Ohio Show
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On 01 Sep 2009, at 11:48, Theodore O Jackson wrote:
 That's been the problem since they told Al to
 fout le camp.  He was their most prolific writer
 and after they quit using Pearlman and Meltzer
 for lyrics, the well kind of dried up.  Buck
 can write great songs, but he takes his time
 between writing them...


All true!

Let the evidence show: _Imaginos_, effectively showcasing Al and  
Sandy's work for all that much of it was revisiting old ground, vs.  
either of the non-Al/Sandy bookends to that, _Club Ninja_ or _Heaven  
Forbid_ (or the _Bad Channels_ songs).  My case is rested -- nay, it  
has flown to the Caribbean and lounges on a beach sipping umbrella  
drinks, so well rested is it!


> Even when they used new outside sources
 for writing, c.f. Heaven Forbid, the lyrics were
 usually the downfall...



Yeah, I _wanted_ to like John Shirley's lyrics -- I knew he was a big  
fan, and I pretty much enjoyed some of his books -- but they ... I  
think they just didn't work out!

Cheers,
Carl

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