Heres a short memory from my youth: It was either the late 70s or very early 80s I think, and Harry had signed up to write the songs for a new live action movie based on the Blondie comic strip. I was visiting him in LA, and went with him to the studio as he was working on the songs. As it turned out on the day I was there, they needed a childs voice to say a line in one of the songs, so they asked me to do it and I said sure, not really understanding what was going on; I was probably only 8 or 9 years old at the time. So they set me up in the vocal booth, adjusted the mic to my height, gave me some headphones and told me what to say. The song was about Blondie being overwhelmed with household chores, and the chorus was pretty much just listing all the things she had to deal with, and one of them was and the children! So it was the shopping and the laundry and the cooking and the children! That was my line, and since it was only three words it didnt take me too long to memorize it. I remember doing multiple takes, and trying to say it enthusiastically and clearly, and at one point the producer asked me to say it with more energy and excitement, so I did it again a little louder and more excited, and they liked that take, and that was it. The project was canceled at some point, I dont really know how far into it they got, I just know that song never saw the light of day, and I never heard it again. I tried looking it up, but never found a trace of it.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:18:29 +0000
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