Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:52:36 -0500 From: o-o-o (gruisinger@CCTR.UMKC.EDU) Subject: Lisa's boots Joseph Burns wrote: > > I just found a copy of the Capitol REcords version of "Happiness". The > weird thing is that its rather different than the 4AD version. Different > art work. And DIFFERENT Tracks. It has a cover (a pretty amazing cover at > that) of 'These Boots are made for Walking', and a couple of other tracks > called 'breathe across texas' and 'miamo-tutti'. Another oddity is the > date - 1993. The 4AD version is 1994.... > strange, but I'm glad I found it! I won't go into detail here, as I wouldn't want to bore the majority of us, who are already familiar with Lisa's dislike for this release, and the various reasons why. But let me just say, as someone who also owns this CD, she is completely justified in her disdainful attitude toward "These Boots..." It is indeed an embarrassment. Really, the song isn't all that good to begin with (no matter who sings it). And poor Lisa sounds decidely out of place singing such a straight-ahead, proactive song. She did the right thing in leaving it off the rearranged version. MHO, --gary Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:05:59 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Lisa Germano The original version of "Happiness" on Capitol from 1993 is quite different from the 4AD version that was released a year later. Both, however, are essential to Germano fans... "Happiness" Capitol, 98691-2, 1993 Produced by Malcolm Burn Around The World You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses Happiness Bad Attitude Sycophant Miamo-Tutti Energy Cowboy Puppet These Boots Are Made For Walkin' Breathe Across Texas Everyone's Victim The Darkest Night Of All "Happiness" 4AD, CAD4005CD, 1994 Produced by Malcolm Burn with some songs ressurected from the dead by Ivo Watts-Russell Bad Attitude Destroy The Flower Puppet Everyone's Victim Energy Cowboy Happiness The Earth Around The World Sycophant Miamo-Tutti The Dresses Song (Ivo-ified mix of "You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses") The Darkest Night Of All The general perception is that Capitol wanted Lisa to record "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" against her wishes, something that later looks to be true by its exclusion from the 4AD version. Also, in the Capitol version, Lisa thanks people who did a mix of "You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses"... "YOU mixed version 102 of THAT SONG", a song I guess she later became sick of like Kristin must have hated "Dizzy". In a 4AD press release, Lisa stated that the 4AD version "is darker, and makes the idea of happiness more ellusive. The contradiction is obvious, so the listener will question it that much more. Manipulated by uncontrollable outside forces, including a voodoo hex in New Orleans (where much of the album was recorded)... later consumated by sex, love and secrets." Ultimately, the 4AD version is the better listen and 4AD definitely provides a better home for Lisa. The 4AD pre-album EP "Iconsiderate Bitch" (TAD4003CD) is a nice companion as it features five Ivo-ified tracks and moody segues that work well at expanding upon Lisa's chilly idea of happiness... Does anyone have the 1993 reissue of her "On The Way Down From The Moon Palace" on Egg Records? I'm looking forward to her new album out later this year called (aparrently) "Slide". The Tchad Blake taster from the "Anakin" compilation is a nice sign of what's to come... JEFF KEIBEL TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA