Iggy & The Stooges - Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (from Raw Power, mixed by David Bowie)
The White Stripes - Cannon (from The White Stripes, co-produced by Jim Diamond)
The Blanks - I'm Feeling Bad (from Love You Too, co-produced by Jim Diamond)
This article raises numerous questions, out of which the obvious legal ones I will strictly avoid.
1. Of the numerous relationships played out between producer and musician, is not one of the roles of the producer to accentuate the natural strength of the musican(s) in the studio? Or even, in some cases, to capture the naked talents of the performer? British glam-rocker David Bowie once famously, and sloppily, gave this treatment to a Detroit band known as the Stooges. I don't hear him complaining now that James Osterberg has given that record a heavy-duty remixing in recent years.
2. The Blanks recorded with Jim Diamond. Suspiciously, we were never asked to sign a contract. When asked whether he would mind receiving "co-producer" status on Love You Too, Diamond shrugged and said that it would be fine. In fact, he seemed so uninterested by the prospect that we probably could have titled the album "Jim Diamond and The Blanks Present... Love You Too" and photoshopped his image onto our cover, and he still would have been fine with it. We will see who laughs last, Jim Diamond. We will see who laughs last.
3. By the way, does anyone else notice the East Lansing connection? I think we all know where the real talent lies...
4. Did Jim Diamond have anything to do with this?
5. You say I'm your lover, baby, then why you lovin' Dan?
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3 comments:
Why do white men in suits always try to ruin rock and roll? In my opinion, rock and roll would do a lot better existing where it belongs in the groins, guts, and hearts of the people, and not in the courtroom. Well hopefully us Blanks can avoid a lawsuit from Mr. Diamond in the future. I don't seem to remember him hanging out with us at Center Street, drinking Mickeys and Five O'Clock and helping us plant the seeds of rockity roll. If we ever sell more than 50 copies of our album, I guess I wouldn't mind giving him $25 or something.
I bet diamond will just play em some of the other obviously very similar sounding bands he's recorded and the jury will realize that clearly he made the white stripes
-wow in reading that now i had hoped the sarcasm would have been even more evident
"Jim Diamond taking out the trash: featuring the blanks"
that was the working title for awhile as i recall, with the audio of jim saying that over some fancy dan keyboards as an intro
maybe we shoulda went with it
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