Comments on: No April Fools Joke Here! http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/ Skafish speaks... in his own words - raw and uncensored... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Skafish http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-51 Skafish Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:05:02 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-51 I made the point in my spoken commentary on the new CD that every time we would record a song, I would try and change it, for a sense of evolution and new meaning. When I recorded my first LP, Miles Copeland allowed me to do anything I wanted. So the "dirty" words were not censored. The song, as you so clearly pointed out, went more political / social and less personal. The "dirty" words weren't left out on purpose -- the new version just evolved naturally that way. Now, for my second LP, it was a different matter. When I turned it in, in its original form in November 1982, Miles Copeland refused to release it, because it was too shocking for him and the record label. It was more "out there" than the first LP... Thanks for your comment - Much gratitude, Jim Skafish I made the point in my spoken commentary on the new CD that every time we would record a song, I would try and change it, for a sense of evolution and new meaning. When I recorded my first LP, Miles Copeland allowed me to do anything I wanted. So the “dirty” words were not censored. The song, as you so clearly pointed out, went more political / social and less personal. The “dirty” words weren’t left out on purpose — the new version just evolved naturally that way.

Now, for my second LP, it was a different matter. When I turned it in, in its original form in November 1982, Miles Copeland refused to release it, because it was too shocking for him and the record label. It was more “out there” than the first LP…
Thanks for your comment -
Much gratitude,

Jim Skafish

]]> By: Ewolf http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-50 Ewolf Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:02:15 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-50 Got it and dig it! I found it interesting comparing "No Liberation Here" to the version on the IRS release. Even though the naughty words were gone from the IRS version, I think it was a much darker song - grittier, political, and more socially observant. They should have been more intimidated by that than a few four-letter words. Thank you for putting out the CD. Got it and dig it!

I found it interesting comparing “No Liberation Here” to the version on the IRS release. Even though the naughty words were gone from the IRS version, I think it was a much darker song - grittier, political, and more socially observant. They should have been more intimidated by that than a few four-letter words.

Thank you for putting out the CD.

]]> By: Skafish http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-48 Skafish Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:23:57 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-48 Did you read my mind? I've been thinking about that myself! Thanks... Skafish Did you read my mind? I’ve been thinking about that myself! Thanks…

Skafish

]]> By: biff http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-47 biff Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:16:36 +0000 http://skafishblog.skafish.com/2008/03/31/no-april-fools-joke-here/#comment-47 bring out the old newspapers bring out the old newspapers

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