Thanks Leon...most of the guitar and keyboard parts and solos were worked out and not improvised...Steve Bartek's flute work WAS...and in one take!
The vibe solo and drum stuff was worked out...the same every time w played it...nowadays we use the basic themes and expand the hell out of them.
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: Big thanks to you, George, for clearing up a
: whole lot of things, especially the lyrics
: (SWEAT FILLED TRACES IN COMMON PLACES THE
: PRICE WE PAY TO LIVE)! I think it's a very
: misunderstood SAC track but no matter how
: anyone looks at it, can't deny it's one
: helluva song with tasty improvisations.
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: --Previous Message--
: As one of the writer's of the song I feel
: compelled to clear this up...first the
: lyrics;
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: THE WORLD IS ON FIRE TONIGHT
: AND THIS FLAME THAT GLOWS
: IS TOO HARD FOR ME TO FIGHT
: DANCING FLAMES
: TWISTING TURNING OUT OF SIGHT
: SMOKE FILLED EYES
: CRYING HOLD ME HOLD ME TIGHT
: TEARS OF JOY AND SAD SMILING FACES
: WILL MAKE THE SPARK OF LOVE
: BURN BRIGHT TONIGHT
:
: THE WORLD IS ON FIRE TONIGHT
: AND THE FLAME THAT GLOWS
: IS STILL BURNING OH SO BRIGHT
: BLAZING ARMS WITH A HEAVY APPETITE
: THE SWIRLING FLAMES
: FLAMING EVERYONE IN SIGHT
: SWEAT FILLED TRACES IN COMMON PLACES
: THE PRICE WE PAY TO LIVE
: THIS LIFE OF FIRE
: FIRE FIRE FIRE
: WE'RE ON FIRE TONIGHT
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: The song was originally called
: "Colours" (on The Wall) They're
: here today and tomorrow they're gone...
:
: That was a song about acid!
: Those lyrics and most of the music were
: written by Fred Schwartz who did not receive
: credit.
: Long story short...Fred said the SAC could
: not have his song but we had already
: recorded the music. Our manager, Bill Holmes
: decided he would write his own set of lyrics
: for the song...which he did. The result -
: World's On Fire
: Fred was in the band that Randy Seol, myself
: and Steve Bartek were in prior to joining
: SAC called Waterfyrd Traene. After Randy and
: I left SAC we rejoined that band and the
: name was changed to Buffington Rhodes.
:
: Oddly enough, Bill Holmes didn't give
: himself a song writing credit. Maybe out of
: guilt for stealing a couple of songs from
: Mark Weitz and Ed King going back to Thee
: Six Pence (the other prior SAC band).
:
: Bottom line...It was a love song. Bill never
: did acid...as far as I know.
: Dick Clark chose the song for Psych Out
: because it fit the scene.
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: --Previous Message--
: The "sweat filled traces of common
: places" could represent the physical
: effects o heat and work exhaustion that band
: members as well as the heat generated by the
: large crowds and electricity from strobe and
: other lights,combined with the electricit
: from the electrical amplifiers.The
: "common places" may represent all
: the LA Strip clubs they all shared doing
: gigs at."The price we have to pay to
: hear this type of fight" could stand
: for that fact that the inconvenience of all
: the crowds and heat were well worth
: tolerating if it were for the objective of
: hippies' pursuit of hearing the
: countercultural messages perpetrated by the
: many psych and folk-rock artists.Also,part
: of the "price we have to pay"
: could partially include all the madness
: created by the inevitable craziness of LSD
: trips.All in the name of stopping the
: senseless war in Vietnam and vehemently
: calling for worldwide love,peace and
: understanding and,of course,the human right
: to be free.Many had a price to pay in the
: form of being suppressed by the police at
: they many peace demonstartions of the times
: as well as the counterculture movement felt
: that anyone not of high government of
: business rank was being "kept in line'
: by these co-ordinating forces.That's MY take
: anyway................
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hmmm, marquee lights, interesting way to
: look
: at it, earle. Then I assume you don't think
: of it as an 'evil' tune as well, right?
: However these words from the song always had
: me stumped:
:
: ''Sweat-filled traces In common places
: The price we pay to hear this type of
: fight''
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