Our producer Scott Young mentioned that the title of our CD, namely Steel Wheelchairs Rehab Tour 2012, is somewhat misleading. The album is not a concert recording of our current tour, nor is it 100% live. In fact, it’s a tribute to the old Who LP “Magic Bus: The Who On Tour, on which the somewhat deceptive title implies that the songs were recorded live, whereas all recordings on that album are in fact studio tracks.
An astute observation, and we had thought of pointing this out on a disclaimer found on the back of the CD.
No, this is NOT a document of what Sparkling Apple sounds like onstage in 2012! The title is merely what we decided to call the CD. We could have selected all manner of titles, including Scott’s choice, The Odds Are Good But the Goods Are Odd, as well as a pantload of other potential handles, including:
Accumulation All You Can Eat Analog Antiques Horror Show Auntie Gravity Because We Know What To Do With It Bleeding Eardrums Born To Be Mild Buzz Saw to the Brain Can't Stop Rockin' Digging Up Some Old Friends Drop the Acid NOW Drunk Rock Flashbacks Free Beer Get it Right or Say Good Night Get Over It Hard Core Apple Gone Plywood Is All This Noise To Cover Up a Lack of Talent? Keep On Rockin' Make It So Meeting of the Mindless Mindless Boogie Missing Persons of Interest My Way or the Highway Old School Is Cool School On With the Show This Is It Persons of Interest Play at your Own Risk Plywood Hits Power Play Prognosis: Negative Resistance is Futile Ride That Bomb Rock n Roll All the Way From Mars Roll Em On Down Seems To Me I've Heard That Song Before Slow Motion Walter Standard Operating Procedure The Final Frontier The Good, The Bad and the Average The Whole Enchilada Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear Three To Get Ready Total Recall Vintage Mayhem W.A.F.A. Whale Oil Beef Hooked What Might Have Been What Were We Thinking When In Doubt, Throw It Out When Men Were Men and Sheep Were Nervous Within the Realm of Great Achievements
With so many available choices, we at first chose Steel Wheelchairs Jihad Tour 2012, but not wishing to risk a terrorist retaliation, we dropped the Jihad (and substituted Rehab)! In any event, folks, you can call it what you want, but I call it messin’ with the kid (thanks to Junior Wells for that one). Seriously, though, most people will refer to this CD as Sparkling Apple’s Greatest Hits, in spite of the fact that we didn’t HAVE any hits. In the words of Miles Davis, “call it anythang”!
So do you think, people? Should we change our CD title, or is it too late in the game for that sort of foolishness?
LIVE LIFE LOUD
I like ” Hard Core Apple ” !!
I still like “Show Us Your Hits”!
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