Brian Sawyer
@brianjsawyer.bsky.social
The rest of the story
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The rest of the story
It turns out I was right! In the electric version of "Atlantic City," he changes the line “I’ve got debts no honest man can pay” to “I got in too deep and I could not pay.” Though he also changes the lyrics to "Johnny 99" a bit, that's where he decided to keep that line in Electric Nebraska.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It turns out I was right! In the electric version of "Atlantic City," he changes the line “I’ve got debts no honest man can pay” to “I got in too deep and I could not pay.” Though he also changes the lyrics to "Johnny 99" a bit, that's where he decided to keep that line in Electric Nebraska.
I'm sure he wanted to make sure these great lines ended up somewhere and these were just intended as demos. I always assumed he had intended to fix the repetition in the studio versions of the tracks.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm sure he wanted to make sure these great lines ended up somewhere and these were just intended as demos. I always assumed he had intended to fix the repetition in the studio versions of the tracks.
They were so great in Boston!
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They were so great in Boston!
Fun fact: Tracey didn't think she could do the "BAY-bee" part as well as its songwriter (Kirsty MacColl), so those two notes are an uncredtited feature by Kirsty herself.
October 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Fun fact: Tracey didn't think she could do the "BAY-bee" part as well as its songwriter (Kirsty MacColl), so those two notes are an uncredtited feature by Kirsty herself.
They don't know about us. They've never heard of love.
October 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
They don't know about us. They've never heard of love.
I really thought I had the 12-nch single for "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid, but I guess not.
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I really thought I had the 12-nch single for "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid, but I guess not.
I myself sometimes wonder how we did it without cell phones!
September 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I myself sometimes wonder how we did it without cell phones!
We played the shit out of that CD that year. I'm so happy to have it on vinyl now.
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We played the shit out of that CD that year. I'm so happy to have it on vinyl now.
At the moment, this is the only thing I've seen lately that might draw me back to Netflix.
August 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
At the moment, this is the only thing I've seen lately that might draw me back to Netflix.
