New DD album with Andy? Is it finishing Reportage?
Mar 25, 2023 8:31:04 GMT -5
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Post by andre005 on Mar 25, 2023 8:31:04 GMT -5
Doubt it’s finishing reportage coz
a) if it was DD with AT included completing reportage they would be creating a big thing about it when taking into account that the DD faithful are waiting/hoping for it with breath that is bated
b) Sony who funded its initial creation/its seeds sown, would need a cut I imagine and this contract would need to be sorted before the Lp sells even one copy, should it? Or If it sells a shit load. I think this is how the business aspect of Sonys investment on it works?
c) we know AT and DD can’t quite work together x2 and this working relationship has only ever worked for 4 studio LPs eg DD, R, 7 and Astro.
Notorious can’t be included considering AT only ever played on it outta obligation in order to legally split from DD.
So with my thoughts being such as they are and as much as I’d like all the above not to have been the case, here’s what I think
Josh & SLB have visited AT to work on a track or two at that.
Eg here’s the melody and lyric, whadda ya think AT? Andy lays something down, which he has done/and or is currently doing.
Such efforts resulting in an album of covers including something new and some tracks re worked and at the end of the day we get dd saying and promoting the following:
a) AT despite his undergoing trying time has reunited with us for this LP ✅
b) a story about life generally being too short and the importance of ‘creating’ for the love of music/musics sake, despite the odds ✅
c) we completed an album without the usual 5 year wait/usual creating time, simply as a gift to our fans or something to this effect ✅
Now as much as I’d like AT to play on more than just a couple of tracks, when taking into account his unfortunate predicament, I doubt he might be able to irrespective of the “unworkable gulf”.
All AT has to do is play on one or two tracks and DD/AT included have a reason to offer the world a FAB 5 reunited LP…………umm kinda !
As unfortunate as it is, if John Frusciante can play on several songs on the PGs LP without ever stepping foot 🦶 in the same studio, I guess AT under these circumstances can record 🎸 parts in such a manner too.
That’s my whole take on the matter anyway !
I don’t think Sony has any say or stake in Reportage - they rejected it. I think it just belongs to the band…the same way that any material that didn’t make the older albums (“older demos”) belongs to the band and not Capitol Records successor.
Sony did say they had a second and third single but no lead off strong single...imagine if they did say Reportage was good as is..Andy would still possibly have been in the band and no RCM...