| Teenage Gothic | |
|
Posted by: |
Max 04:00 am UTC 06/21/16 |
| In reply to: | re: An album full of rejects - Danny 09:35 pm UTC 06/20/16 |
| Teenage Gothic is a demo name for Paradise > Plus, there's 'You Wear It Well' and 'Everything Goes With > Black' (cut song from DOTV), 'I Miss Those Days (May They > Never Return)' (I think Jim posted some lyrics?), 'Chrome > Heart' and 'The Natives Are Restless Tonight' (rumoured to > have been written with Paul Stanley/KISS), The Devil's > Playground, etc. Other songs on BMI I don't recognise (but > may be music cues): > > I Drink Alone > Teenage Gothic > > And I read the other day that the Devil May Care (But I > Don't)/Read My Apocalypse/A Good Nightmare, etc. sequence > that makes up 'Invitation to the Ball' in Dance is > actually a medley of sections from different pieces, > implying there might be whole songs. > > > > > > "If only" we knew. Then there's Alive and Kickin' and > > Peter's Reverie and all the songs from the Bat 2100 and > > Pandora's Box scripts... > > > > > > Does anyone know what state those songs are in? Are they > > > just the lyrics? Or is there music? And the music hasn't > > > been recorded as a demo? Just what is the story. I'll > > > never forget getting a message from Jim quoting lyrics > > > from those songs. It was an almighty awesome WTF. > > > > > > Other titles were NO LIPS, HANDS OR BUTTS and THE POWERS > > > OF DARKNESS (the virtues of the powers of darkness.) > > > > > > Jim had a title for Def Leppard that was USE IT OR LOSE > > > IT. Jim mentioned another song title as well, KILL YOUR > > > PARENTS THEN WE'LL TALK? > > > > > > > Also unless you don't believe Jim, there's The Monster is > > > > Out of the Cage, Paradise Lost, God has left the Building, > > > > and Renegade Angel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This opinion may go down like a sack of shit, but I can't > > > > > > > get too excited about a 70 year old man singing 50 year > > > > > > > old songs. Not just that, but 50 year old songs from Jim's > > > > > > > reject pile. If Jim thought they were any good then he > > > > > > > would have used them on Dead Ringer, Original Sin, or any > > > > > > > of his other projects over the years. > > > > > > > > > > > > Only speaking from what I have heard it sounds like Meat > > > > > > was 68 back in 1968 and that was the year they recorded > > > > > > it. I don't hear much except Meat's 2016 voice on Jim's 50 > > > > > > year-old demos. I hope to be wrong about this, we shall > > > > > > see. > > > > > > > > > > Only when I feel was for BAT 3. > > > > > Going all the way is probably a reworked Braver than we > > > > > are > > > > > Loving you is from 86 and a cover of Bonnie's > > > > > Speaking in tongues was for Cry baby > > > > > > > > > > So not all the songs are 50 years old. The only newish > > > > > song not on the album is What part of my body hurts the > > > > > most and in my opinion not a very strong song. > > > > > Who knows whats going on. Jim has written only one song > > > > > that we know of in this century. > > > > > I won't say anything else til I hear the whole album | |
| reply | | |
| Previous: | re: An album full of rejects - Danny 09:35 pm UTC 06/20/16 |
| Next: | re: Teenage Gothic - Danny 01:21 pm UTC 06/21/16 |
| Thread: |
|