DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION!!

[John A Swartz]

While broswing at the Cambridge (Massachusetts, not England) Tower Records,
I was looking in the CD Singles section 'cuz Deborah has provided us info
from Mr. Watt that a single of "E-Ticket Ride" would be out next week -
and of course, the long-awaited version of "Dominance and Submission"
was to be a track on that CD.  Well, as I was checking the CDs yesterday,
I came across a "Swedish Import" CD Single of Watt's "Piss Bottle Man",
and to my surprise and delight, track 2 was titled "Dominance and
Submission"!  I grabbed it off the rack as fast as I could, paid for it
and headed home to play it.  BTW, Track 3 is "Big Train".  I'm a little
confused about this release since I thought "D&S" was supposed to be
part of the "E-Ticket Ride" single, but I also recall Deborah passing on
a note from Watt that indicated that Columbia (this IS a Columbia CD
Single, BTW) had to re-do the artwork or something -- well, this CD
single I have does not credit Albert/Joe Bouchard or BOC in any way for
the song, so perhaps what I have here is the CD with the "bad" artwork?
I assume that the "E-Ticket Ride" single will properly credit Albert's
songwriting and performance (and Joe Bouchard's as well) of this track.

Now, for the song - WOW.  What a great version of this BOC chestnut. Not
only are the lyrics "slightly" revamped for the 90's, but there is some
cool bass and keyboard work (I know, keyboards in Dominance & Submission?,
yeah, but it works!), and Albert's vocal is even better than the original
(Secret Treaties) version.  The thing that confuses me (and maybe this is
just my BOC bias coming through) is that this track absolutely blew away
the other 2 tracks on the single, and it was the other 2 tracks which
were on Watt's "Ball-Hog or Tugboat?" CD - IMHO, Watt made a mistake by
not putting this on the album.

Anyways, I assume that the CD single I got may be kinda rare (but your local
Tower may have 1 or 2 copies), but another one is presumably coming out
next week -- if you see it, get it.  Not one to miss if you are a BOC fan.

John

PS:  My understanding is that Albert played guitar and did the vocals
on this track, and Joe B. played the keyboards (based on information
from sources other than the CD) - is this correct?