writing credits

[Carl E. Anderson]

> Based on Deb's and Al's past comments, Meltzer's lyrics were much more
> "finished" than Pearlman's, and it wasn't uncommon for Albert to clean
> up SP's words while putting them to music.
> Didn't Deb say something about still having the original of Astronomy
> with Albert's comments scribbled in the margins?

        Possibly, though I certainly did.  Al very kindly included a
photocopy of this when he sent Tania (and me) photocopys of the published
sheet music for "Astronomy" which the band we were in was going to
cover (and alas! this never happened).
        There were several extra lines which didn't make the final cut,
and a few things that got slighly altered (ie. original: "Just call me
Mr. Desdinova").
        There were some handwritten comments which I take to be Al's, that
generally ran along the lines of "what the hell is _this_ about?!" ;)

        My copy is on the wrong side of the Atlantic for me to check up
on, I'm afraid ...

Cheers,
Carl

ps--now whether tBS beat me to it or not, I've got to do a cover of
        of "I Am the One ..." with Tania on vocals and my sister doing
        strange synths and samples.  That would be just too much fun ...