Imaginos remakes and outtakes

[Stephen Swann]

Albert T Bouchard writes:
>
>         Well sorry ya'll didn't go ga ga over the remake. It was quite
> conciously made "commercial" by Pearlman and Columbia Brass. I thought the
> track was kinda cool myself.

Who knows what we might have thought of it, if it wasn't a remake.

> We were going for the "On The Edge of 17" -by
> S. Nicks-feel because I thought it was relevant to the emotional content of
> the track. The only problem was that the take SP liked was a little fast to
> sing. I guess the speed made it a little dance -oriented as well. At least
> it was different.

Well, on the topic of "different"... would you believe that the song I
hear named most often as the song wich really 'makes the album' is...
"Magna of Illusion" ?  It seems to be a great fan favorite (even
though I think most people would agree that it's probably not well
suited to have been a single).  :-)

> >        It rained so hard
> >        Said Injun Joe
> >        (he knows everything, you know)
>
> (he knows all there is to know)

Whoops, that was just my bad memory...

> >        That it should wash
> >        The face of the of the earth
> >        And make us leave again
> >                        - from Gil Blanco County
>
> Make us CLEAN again. Big Difference.

...but that one I definitely heard wrong.  Of course, once you get
that song onto an album, so we can all use our CD players and
headphones, these little mistakes won't happen anymore.  ;-)

Steve