George Told A Dirty Lie part 2

The ongoing saga about the creation of the "George Told A Dirty Lie" video located at GeorgeToldADirtyLie.org

Holy crap! Trying to make music that fits over some a cappella Chain Gang singing is @#$%& murder. No job for an amateur musician. I need a professional.

I’ve been out of the music business for a few years but I still know one or two. Now to find one who is good enough, who agrees with the topic, and has balls big enough not to be scared that 25 - 30 percent of the US will hate him/her.

I have no idea what a rough journey I am about to take to find the right music.

A friend of a friend agrees to do it. Listening to a sample of his music, I can see that he has the talent, he hates Bush, perfect.
So I have a couple meetings with him. I ask if it is possible to have such a choppy video and have a song run through the whole thing. Remember at this point it is 1 video clip of Bush telling a lie, then a sung retort. Then 1 video clip of Rice telling a lie and then a sung retort… there are no verses or choruses. He confirms my fears that it would be difficult if not impossible to have a cohesive fluid song with so much jumping back and forth between the video clips and the singer.

I make a decision that the song has to be retooled. I need to turn the retorts into a real song. With verses and a chorus. CRAP!
Ring, ring. “Hey Aaron. Wanna come over and help me turn all of our clever retorts into a real song?”
So I group the video clips of Bush and cronies lying into 4 groups. Intelligence, Truth, WMD and Terrorists in Iraq.

Aaron and I run through the creative process again. Joining our retorts into verses and filling in the blank spots.
Soon we have what we consider a great work. We work out details like where the video should be shot and our part was done. At least until everyone else’s part is finished.
Time to have the musician write the music.

Now, I had always been very clear that this was to be blues music. Prisoners, work gangs and field workers started the blues. Having the song as anything else would be just plain stupid. So the musician sends me his piece. It’s a beautiful rhythm and blues version using an organ. A real nice piece but still, rhythm and blues is not blues. I try to be respectful and congenial while finagling for the blues version I need. He makes his case why his version is the right version for the song. I had a vision from the start of what this was to be and no way was I going to let it become a committee decision and end up with less than I had envisioned.

I stick to my guns and the musician agrees to give me the blues version that he had agreed to in the beginning.

Now for the singer.

Story to be continued. Tune in next week.

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