Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 16:06:41 -0500
From: David Garcia <garcia10303@gmail.com>
Subject: Unreleased demos? Barry may have a point...
In the 2017 Grammy Awards, a special broadcast was done of the Bee Gees
songs performed by others. Barry and his whole family was there.
Some songs were never performed. Dearest was left out. Wine and Women was
left out. Boogie Child? No way was that song included.
And people complain that Barry has shown resistance to unreleased demos
being put out on mass market albums. Those three songs were on mass market
albums in their time.
Barry says all he feels as if all the Gibb songs are like his children. I
disagree. Some songs should have been drowned in the bathtub. He just won't
admit it.
Well, I have written songs that should never have been saved to the Google
Drive. But I wrote them anyway, because... well. No idea. I just did.
If you wonder why I'm not shoveling songs links into the list like coal
into a steam engine... it hurts. Sometimes. These are songs that hurt to
acknowledge. They are as follows:
1) Just Another Day Gone By: Catchy, but less than a minute long, because I
can't quite bring myself to write more verses. My sequencer had a
"Liverpool" preset, and I wanted to try it out. And I came up with this.
And it haunts me like a Kars-4-Kids jingle. Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?idDkug5DIxiyfKUZm82rPJti5ltp9r2iz
2) Speaking of bad presets, "Elliott Road" was something I wrote over
thirty years ago, and never quite knew what to do with. I browsed sequencer
presets, and came up with the cheesiest Latin Pop setting imaginable. I
have yet to search for anything else. Because, quite honestly... I don't
know what else to do with this song. Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id z9sGotoMRArlQgzMbj6xFFTcvOXO_Om
3) "Silver Rivers." I actually like this song. But then again, I may have
autism. Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rhW-2nfQEpU75r3jIkgzFoKRISiWBD9N
4) "Tell Me" is a song I wrote over thirty years ago. I redid the verses in
2013, took a pop present and changed guitar to calliope. And muted out
percussion. Then I recorded the verses, and by the time I realized that I
screwed up vocals on the fade out, was beyond caring. Have done nothing at
all with it since. Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gm_LOsz9YYoCa5FQIUvUp0lVo6Tlu_vy
So. If Barry doesn't want his worst demos released, I nod my head in
sympathy. But still want to hear them anyway.
.
David Garcia, who reluctantly has to use his middle name on music, like a
serial killer --"David Leonard Garcia -- to avoid the risk of any potential
lawsuits from more successful David Garcia songwriters in NYC
.
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From: Danny Box <misterboxy@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: Unreleased demos? Barry may have a point...
I doubt we will see any more unreleased tracks issued.
And I stopped caring several years ago.
Life's too short!
Not caring is a lovely feeling!
Dan
Dan
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From: Words@brothersgibb.com on behalf of David Garcia
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 9:06:41 PM
To: Words List Member
Subject: [Words] Unreleased demos? Barry may have a point...
In the 2017 Grammy Awards, a special broadcast was done of the Bee Gees songs performed by others. Barry and his whole family was there.
Some songs were never performed. Dearest was left out. Wine and Women was left out. Boogie Child? No way was that song included.
And people complain that Barry has shown resistance to unreleased demos being put out on mass market albums. Those three songs were on mass market albums in their time.
Barry says all he feels as if all the Gibb songs are like his children. I disagree. Some songs should have been drowned in the bathtub. He just won't admit it.
Well, I have written songs that should never have been saved to the Google Drive. But I wrote them anyway, because... well. No idea. I just did.
If you wonder why I'm not shoveling songs links into the list like coal into a steam engine... it hurts. Sometimes. These are songs that hurt to acknowledge. They are as follows:
1) Just Another Day Gone By: Catchy, but less than a minute long, because I can't quite bring myself to write more verses. My sequencer had a "Liverpool" preset, and I wanted to try it out. And I came up with this. And it haunts me like a Kars-4-Kids jing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11Dkug5DIxiyfKUZm82rPJti5ltp9r2iz
2) Speaking of bad presets, "Elliott Road" was something I wrote over thirty years ago, and never quite knew what to do with. I browsed sequencer presets, and came up with the cheesiest Latin Pop setting imaginable. I have yet to search for anything else.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dz9sGotoMRArlQgzMbj6xFFTcvOXO_Om
3) "Silver Rivers." I actually like this song. But then again, I may have autism. Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rhW-2nfQEpU75r3jIkgzFoKRISiWBD9N
4) "Tell Me" is a song I wrote over thirty years ago. I redid the verses in 2013, took a pop present and changed guitar to calliope. And muted out percussion. Then I recorded the verses, and by the time I realized that I screwed up vocals on the fade out,
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gm_LOsz9YYoCa5FQIUvUp0lVo6Tlu_vy
So. If Barry doesn't want his worst demos released, I nod my head in sympathy. But still want to hear them anyway.
.
David Garcia, who reluctantly has to use his middle name on music, like a serial killer --"David Leonard Garcia -- to avoid the risk of any potential lawsuits from more successful David Garcia songwriters in NYC
.
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