Hey guys, listen at the end of this song during the fade when I give my guitar tribute to David Bowie's "Fame". Very fun to play live when we would leave out notes and pretend to play them. The audience was always in on the joke.
Fun Fact #8
We mixed this record in Ardent studios in Memphis (across the hall from where ZZ Top was finishing one of their albums), with Brian Foraker, who had just engineered Yes (Owner of a Lonely Heart) and John Hampton, who had just worked with the Gin Blossoms and our hometown boys, The Replacements. When John first heard the intro to this song, he listened a little bit and then stopped the tape. He looked at me and said, “Dan we have to fix this, you can’t play a major over a minor.” I knew this was illegal, but I loved the wrongness of it and the musical tension it created, plus it fit the lyrics perfectly. After some discussion I looked John straight in the eyes and said, “John…….Grow with me.” He paused for a moment, looked down and the whole room was silent. Then he looked right back at me, strait in the eyes and said, “Dan…….I’m gunna use that.” Needless to say it worked on him and I ran into him a few years later and he told me that he uses the “Grow with me” line all the time, whenever a band was hesitant to try something John knew was the right thing for them. Marty (the boy genius producer for the new record, and monster keyboardist) on the other hand, still struggles a bit having to play something he knows in his heart is wrong, no matter how many times I tell him to grow with me.
Lyrics
lyrics
Josie had a problem, one I thought she never would. Things don’t always work out like they should. She’s searching for the answers every day. She tries so hard, but tears can make you tired. Tears can make you tired of your life.
I went out to see her. Saw her only just the other day. She looked at me, but what was I to say, seems so bad when nothing goes your way. She tries so hard, but tears can make you tired. Tears can make you tired of your life.
I know that I should help her. I know that I should tell her, but tears can make you tired.
credits
from Harley,
track released February 26, 1995
Dan H - Vocals, Guitar
Marty MacKeever- Keyboards, Background Vocals
Dave Hill - Drums
Trent Norton - Bass, Background Vocals
Produced by Dan H and Brian Foraker
Engineered by Tom Tucker and John Hampton
Recorded at Paisley Park Studios
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