| Date Performance |
1981-10-04 | | Running Time |
3:15 | | Performers |
Dwight Twilley (Lead Vocal Performance), Dwight Twilley (Keyboards), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Bass), Roger Lynn (Lead Guitar), John Cowsill (Drums), Susan Cowsill (Harmony Vocals), Dwight Twilley (Produced By), Clay Rose (Engineered By), Bob Schaper (Engineered By), Geoff Workman (Mixed By) | | Comments | by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT CLOVER RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "SCUBA DIVERS" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "SOMETIMES THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE CAN BE STRANGER THAN ANYTHING THE IMAGINATION CAN CONJURE. THAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND THIS SONG. I TRIED TO USE LYRICS THAT WOULD CREATE VISUAL IMAGES THAT WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PSYCHEDELIC AND COMICAL. I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT HUMOR WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF ROCK N' ROLL THAT'S SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED. I RECALL RECORDING THE DEMO OF THE SONG AT A STUDIO CALLED SHANGRI LA. AT THE END OF THE SESSION WE WERE RUNNING A ROUGH MIX. THE ENGINEER WAS BLASTING THE TUNE AND SWINGING HIS HEAD BACK AND FORTH WITH THE BEAT. JUST AS THE SONG ENDED, HE SLUMPED OVER THE CONSOLE AND PASSED OUT COLD. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEONE WAS LITERALLY KNOCKED OUT BY ONE OF MY SONGS." | | Appears On | |
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