“I’m telling you, some of these songs fell out of us so quickly like I’ve never seen or ever hope to be able to see again. The demo for the song ‘Oasis’ was a reggae song or a hip-hop thing, and we thought, ‘How is this going to make sense to our fans that have heard us for years?’ Benny and Scott had this guitar piece going that was so endearing and wonderful, and all of a sudden, the hook just formed and the song took shape and we were ready to record it. And every single song on this album was the second or third take at the very least. ‘White Rabbit’ we recorded in the same session and that was the first take. There were a lot of first takes on this record. The word synergy can’t be overused to describe what was happening. In fact, I don’t know if we went into the studio now if it would come out just the same.”
via Blonde on Bonds
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“Actually, two more things”
Another very good piece on the ‘birthing process’ for this album. Appreciate the insights.
I’m going to miss the easy smorgasbord of information, KC.
Guess I’ll have to start actually reading the alerts that accumulate in that Outlook folder.