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I don't know why this came to my mind earlier but it did. Years back I had a production company of sorts. People sent their songs into me, I produced them, recorded them, put a vocal over the top and sent them back to them so they could then send it to a publisher who they hoped would link them to an artist and get them a record deal. I advertised in the Melody Maker.

I wasn't expecting to be sending great new stars on their way to fame let's face it if they had anything going for them they wouldn't need my help but anyway, I got this song from a bloke in Manchester once. He phoned me to say he wrote a Christmas song and all his friends really liked it and could I produce it and sing it for him as he thought it would be a hit.

I charged 200 quid for this which I thought was reasonable. He sent me the song. It was called We're Going To Rock Rock Rock This Christmas. It was just him singing and playing piano. It was so bad I wanted to kill myself rather than risk hearing it again, but I am a professional so I decided to put myself through the pain of producing it for him.

The chorus went 'We're going to rock rock rock this Christmas, have turkey the trad way, make sure that granny's dancing, have fun on Christmas day'.

Those are real lyrics which he sang to a traditional 12 bar blue (sang is being kind he sounded like what your grandad would sound like if he'd hit the bottle and decided he was Bing Crosby). Suitably repulsed, I did a punk version of it and sent it back to him

. He phoned me a few days later thanking me saying all his mates really liked it and he was sure it would be a hit. I congratulated him on his new potential hit and told him who to send the cheque to.

I still feel bad to this day and in fact only now have I ever had the courage to admit what a complete bastard I was to the poor man. Grandad-sounding no-hoper who never had a hit if by some cruel twist of fate you're reading this forum I am truly sorry

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HobbesMember

You must be the one and only poster in the history of tinternet to admit you're a complete bastid before somebody calls you one ROFL

LowonIQMember

Don't know whether to laugh or cry????

PrometheusMember

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You must be the one and only poster in the history of tinternet to admit you're a complete bastid before somebody calls you one

I've changed. We all deserve a second chance. Don't we?

Former Member

I like that Prom

Karma_Member

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We all deserve a second chance. Don't we?

Why do you feel bad? The bloke took a chance asking someone else to produce it, and if he didn't give you a defined brief of the genre then stuff it, you had the creative freedom (albeit limited by the sounds of it). He asked for it, you did it, he paid, he happy. Jobs a goodun

PrometheusMember

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Why do you feel bad?

I should have told him people were more likely to voluntarily have their ears cut off rather than hear what he sent to me in any form

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

I bought that record!!!!

Former Member

That man was my uncle

- he died penniless and alone, starving in a garret. He put his life savings into that song and his last words were. "make sure that granny's dancing"....

Now I know the truth..... my heart is broken -poor Uncle Sid.

slimfernMember VIP

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He phoned me a few days later thanking me saying all his mates really liked it and he was sure it would be a hit.

Seems to me if he was happy then you shouldn't feel bad

But I would still agree with you..you are a complete & utter Barstard!!

Jen-StarMember VIP10 yearsModerator

Dont know why you think that makes you bastard Prom, if his mates couldnt tell him he was shit why should it fall to you? You were running a business and did the job he asked.......

and if this is a wind up and i've missed something then ignore me

Ensign MufMember

Lol
Is it still available on itunes

I wanna Rock rock rock this Xmas too

12/7/1011:00 AM

PrometheusMember

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You were running a business and did the job he asked......

Hi Jen no it's not a wind-up it's 100 per cent true. Strictly speaking I didn't do the job he asked. He wanted a sort of pop rock song and what he got instead was a fast new wave/punk version. I had decided if he hated it I wasn't going to charge him but he seemed happy enough which was most peculiar

12/7/1011:58 AM

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