So... we went into the studio with five songs that we had practised to the max, in order: Faith, Stuck On You, Time After Time, Sunglasses at Night, and Karma Chameleon.

We more or less nailed all of them, especially for a live-off-the-floor thing. Our timing was ON, and our groove was GREAT.

So then we went ahead and recorded three more tracks too, just because we were there: Just Like Heaven, Freeze Frame, and The Land Down Under. We got okay takes of those too. Actually, Just Like Heaven is brilliant -Mullet's vocal rox.

Anyways at first everybody was so excited about the takes, we all wanted everything on the final demo. And then Metal said, "artistic directors only wanna hear three songs." Sooo there was a discussion about what three it should be.

Faith is a perfect take, but everybody does that song. Stuck on you is good, has three voices, but Scooter doesn't like it that much and Metal never likes his own voice. Time After Time, Gizmo was the girl of our dreams. But everybody does that one too. Sunglasses-- huge energy on an imperfect take. Karma Chameleon - nice take, a little pitchy on the Gregorian ending. Freeze Frame, the melodica was breakin' down a bit. Land Down Under... nice groove but it ain't all the way there, ya know?

Last night Jory Nash weighed in. This guy's an honest listener, picky but supportive. His feeling was, start with Sunglasses because it breaks the mold. Go to Stuck on You because it's got the three voices and the nice vocal ending, a little different. Then wrap up with Karma, nobody's going to get that far when they're wading through a thousand demos, but if they do it's a good eighties classic.

Metal's making the final choice for the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. He's thinkin, go for five not three... people can fast forward. That would be:

Sunglasses At Night
Stuck on You
Just Like Heaven
Time After Time
Karma Chameleon.

Can U dig It?