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Post by BSJ on Jul 22, 2015 22:25:44 GMT
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Post by billwebster on Aug 3, 2015 16:17:45 GMT
Thank you for the link to the interview. That's very interesting stuff. I especially liked the bit when Dave talked about the Nick Lowe album he produced.
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Post by unomusette on Aug 3, 2015 19:33:53 GMT
It's an interesting read, ta for sharing  But I can't say I'm pleased with his whining about once loving Damey's work and now feeling it was a bit contrived.This is treason!   |
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Post by BSJ on Aug 3, 2015 19:56:59 GMT
unomusette, well, maybe he should do a Damey and tweak those songs?
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Post by unomusette on Aug 3, 2015 20:00:48 GMT
He'd better not try. Damey's work can only be tweaked by the Genius himself, we know this smiley-cool15
Anyone who even thinks of trying it will find themselves on the wrong end of a stiff writ from the Lord Dame's lawyers.
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Post by BSJ on Aug 3, 2015 20:11:49 GMT
Man! What is it with you and attorneys today?  |
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Post by unomusette on Aug 3, 2015 20:27:24 GMT
Arg, it's tangling with local authorities about getting a proper shared house for my youngest. I'm feeling severly litigious meself, Damey and I would be a match made in heaven *hums wedding march*
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Post by BSJ on Aug 3, 2015 20:40:09 GMT
May I be the best man?
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Post by unomusette on Aug 3, 2015 20:57:24 GMT
It depends on the kind of speech you'll be planning to make - will the smut-o-meter be pushed to the limits? (Hope so!)
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Post by BSJ on Aug 3, 2015 21:06:11 GMT
The ninja's will be than capable helping me with that speech!
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Post by Chippa on Aug 3, 2015 21:08:41 GMT
Dave isn't wrong about those songs he and Jeff collaborated on for the "Riff Raff" album. They are among the weakest work of Jeff's career.
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Post by BSJ on Aug 3, 2015 21:09:59 GMT
Chippa, was this when Jeff was new to producing? Wonder what he thinks.
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Post by Chippa on Aug 4, 2015 2:20:01 GMT
Chippa, was this when Jeff was new to producing? Wonder what he thinks. It was around 1983-84, so Jeff was just starting to produce other artists. I think Jeff's fascination with synths and technology, at the time, kind of clashed with Dave's more old school approach. |
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Post by pelo on Aug 12, 2015 21:49:45 GMT
No, it didn't. What Dave is saying in the interview is that he was really impressed back then, but now, in retrospect, he considers this electronic approach a mistake. (Couldn't disagree more)
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Post by BSJ on Aug 13, 2015 0:50:51 GMT
From Lynn, Showdown Mailing List.
I found another interview on songfacts.com from June of this year,
and Dave's reply is more detailed. To me, it just sounds like he
wishes he hadn't done the second album with Jeff as producer. He
liked the songs, but his fanbase didn't. Lynn
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Dave Edmunds interview mentions Jeff
Songfacts: When MTV came around, by then you had already been making
videos, because in the UK that was fairly common. But I remember the
one that really hit in America was "Slipping Away," which turned out
to be a little out of character for you. Can you talk about that
experience?
Dave: Yeah. For some reason, I became quite enamored with Jeff Lynne
and the way he works in the studio. It was at a point in time in the
'80s where I'd never worked with a producer and I wondered what it
would be like. I'm kind of a one-man band myself, and I like to, if I
can, play the instruments myself. Whatever I can't play, I like to
get the best people in to do it.
But with that one, I decided I wanted to work with a producer. I
thought of Phil Collins, because mind you, everyone had the same idea
at the time and he was producing a lot of different people. He was
interested, but he didn't have time. And I think that's just as well,
because I can't see that would have worked out. Maybe it would.
And then I thought of Jeff Lynne, because he was Mr. Techno back then
and he used to make great-sounding records. Although now I listen to
them and they sound a bit dated. I'm a bit puzzled why I was so
enamored with Jeff, but he is very creative in the studio. He can go
in with nothing and right on the spot make a record. I was taken with
that.
I got a lot of stick, though. Maybe because of the confusion in
style, people thought I should stick to being rockabilly or
something. And once they heard a synthesizer, it was like, "Oh, Dave,
what have you done? You've sold out!"
I thought the record was great, myself. The two I did on the first
album, there was "Information" and "Slipping Away," and I thought it
was fine. But I did other stuff with him for the next album which I
think I pursued too far - that didn't work so well.
But I often look back and wonder why I was so enamored with that. It
worked for then, but I did get some criticism for it and I can see
why now looking back. I didn't then, but I do now. It's still a
good-sounding record.
www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/dave_edmunds/
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, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?