Did Lisa play Balloon at the fundraiser for her niece's Africa trip? I think I remember hearing it then. Or maybe I'm koo koo bananas. Could really go either way.
Yes, Lisa performed it at Largo as well as the benefit at Henson! Good memory. No, on the Tchad reference, "Balloon" is a newer song, completely unrelated to the girl bros record. You might be thinking of "madmen swim upstream."
i think i actually walked in to Henson during "Balloon." i have a vague recollection of it at largo, too. the Wendy & Lisa show, not the Pacifico shows?
Hmmm...now I am going to rack my brain thinking of which song that story applied to. I just remember wendy & lisa joking about how tchad was excited to work with them because it would be a high exposure release for him (due to the revolution connection) but in truth the album wasn't. then lisa said, this song was intended for girlbros but tchad felt that the album would benifit from an uptempto track...
and it wasn't madmen swim upstream...i would kill to hear that live. maybe it's a song i am not familiar with...whatever it was, i remember leaving the concert loving it.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:23 am
It was performed at one of the Largo shows too, no? Is this the song that Tchad nixed from girlbros?
March 17th, 2009 at 1:23 am
Yes, Lisa performed it at Largo as well as the benefit at Henson! Good memory. No, on the Tchad reference, "Balloon" is a newer song, completely unrelated to the girl bros record. You might be thinking of "madmen swim upstream."
March 17th, 2009 at 2:56 am
i think i actually walked in to Henson during "Balloon." i have a vague recollection of it at largo, too. the Wendy & Lisa show, not the Pacifico shows?
March 17th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Hmmm...now I am going to rack my brain thinking of which song that story applied to. I just remember wendy & lisa joking about how tchad was excited to work with them because it would be a high exposure release for him (due to the revolution connection) but in truth the album wasn't. then lisa said, this song was intended for girlbros but tchad felt that the album would benifit from an uptempto track...
and it wasn't madmen swim upstream...i would kill to hear that live. maybe it's a song i am not familiar with...whatever it was, i remember leaving the concert loving it.
March 17th, 2009 at 11:10 am
(benefit from *another* uptempo track)
sorry mad for jacking your thread. :giggle:
March 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
jacker!!! ;)
was that story about "waiting for coffee"?
March 21st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
i keep forgetting about NIAGRA FALLS!!
That is the song you are thinking of.
i had recorded it years ago at home, and tchad didn't really respond to it then.
or rather... when i asked him about it, he said that it didn't need anything.. it was "already finished".
so we let it go.
when we pulled it out for WFoWC we decided to rerecord it and rocked it out more.
i have the original demo on my facebook page, but it is also available as a bonus track now.
You were right sosgemini!
x
June 9th, 2009 at 10:51 am
'Balloon' is my favourtie song of the year... could listen to it forever!!!!