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When I was a senior in HS, the Tubes had just put out the 'Completion Backward Principle' album and me and a friend who were in a garage band were in love with the tune 'Talk To Ya Later'. Just a fun tune with a catchy riff and badass guitar work all over it, especially the final solo/ending. (No, none of us could ever figure out the scale at the end. ) What we didnt know back then was that the amazing guitar work was done by Steve Lukather from Toto and he was brought in and that song was a one-off deal. (the only tune they ever put out that charted)
The solo itself looking thru 2019 eyes/ears isnt just too over the top, but 38 or so years ago we all thought it was the shit. Came across this video of someone covering it quite well.
https://youtu.be/TDGeEWCIVoI
From his website:
David Foster was producing the record, and he said, “I need you to co-write a song with Fee [Waybill, Tubes singer].” I had never met Fee, and some of the other guys in the band were pissed off that they brought in a ringer. I didn’t know until I got there that there was any bad vibe at all.
So it was me, [drummer] Prairie Prince, Foster, and Fee. I came up with the opening riff, and we ran with it and came up with the song. It was written and recorded in less than an hour. I overdubbed a bunch of guitars on it, and I also played bass, because the Tubes’ bass player refused to play on the track. He said, “It’s not a Tubes song. It wasn’t written by us.” And it was their first hit!
For the solo at the end, there was one track left, and I had to do the thing in one pass. At the very end of it, it’s a little flat, but they wouldn’t let me fix it. There were certain imperfections on records back then. All the records of my childhood have things like the tambourine being way on top of the beat or something. But there’s a charm to the strings being out of tune, or the horns being a little off. It’s a vibe. Nobody cares. The standard for that is a lot different now.
Original tune:
https://youtu.be/__-ksc83EwE
There really were some under-rated gems recorded back in the day. And Lukather did it in one pass. Amazing.
The solo itself looking thru 2019 eyes/ears isnt just too over the top, but 38 or so years ago we all thought it was the shit. Came across this video of someone covering it quite well.
https://youtu.be/TDGeEWCIVoI
From his website:
David Foster was producing the record, and he said, “I need you to co-write a song with Fee [Waybill, Tubes singer].” I had never met Fee, and some of the other guys in the band were pissed off that they brought in a ringer. I didn’t know until I got there that there was any bad vibe at all.
So it was me, [drummer] Prairie Prince, Foster, and Fee. I came up with the opening riff, and we ran with it and came up with the song. It was written and recorded in less than an hour. I overdubbed a bunch of guitars on it, and I also played bass, because the Tubes’ bass player refused to play on the track. He said, “It’s not a Tubes song. It wasn’t written by us.” And it was their first hit!
For the solo at the end, there was one track left, and I had to do the thing in one pass. At the very end of it, it’s a little flat, but they wouldn’t let me fix it. There were certain imperfections on records back then. All the records of my childhood have things like the tambourine being way on top of the beat or something. But there’s a charm to the strings being out of tune, or the horns being a little off. It’s a vibe. Nobody cares. The standard for that is a lot different now.
Original tune:
https://youtu.be/__-ksc83EwE
There really were some under-rated gems recorded back in the day. And Lukather did it in one pass. Amazing.
Fee Waybill cracks me up !
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White Punks on Dope so kickass at a show...
https://youtu.be/-JmXc4d_J3Q
So? What do you want from Life?
When I first heard this song I thought they were saying "Talk to ya lady"
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