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Amelia | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Prism | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim Vallance (aka Rodney Higgs) | ||||||||||||
| Date Written: | 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Prism (1977) | ||||||||||||
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| Audio: | Released version |
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Ron Tabak: vocal Lindsay Mitchell: guitar David Sinclair: guitar Richard Christie: bass Jim Vallance: drums |
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Produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded and mixed by Rolf Hennemann at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver. |
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Additional
Audio 1:
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This first draft has little resemblance to the final recorded version of "Amelia". The chorus is more-or-less the same, but the verse has a completely different lyric and melody. I'm playing all the instruments, and I provided the painfully soporific vocal. The slide guitar, and the overall tenor of the track, is very much inspired by Badfinger, particularly their song "No Matter What" (released in 1970 on Apple Records and produced by Beatle roadie Mal Evans). Thanks to Mike Ireland for rescuing the audio on these old demo recordings. |
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| Additional Audio 2: | Amelia / slow tempo with Ron's vocal - 1976? |
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By the second draft the lyric has been finalized, and Ron Tabak is singing
lead vocal on this demo. I'm quite certain I'm playing all the
other instruments, although it sounds like Lindsay is contributing lead
guitar (and possibly rhythm?). |
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| Additional Audio 3: | Amelia / fast tempo with Ron's vocal - 1976? |
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This
third demo is considerably faster than the first two ... in fact it's
even faster than Prism's final recorded version. I'm guessing
it was recorded at Psi-Chord studios on 3rd Avenue in Vancouver, and
likely includes Lindsay on guitar, myself on drums
and Sunshyne member
Richard Christie on bass. Ron Tabak is singing. |
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Comments:
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"Amelia" was written and demo'd during the summer of 1975 in my home studio, which consisted of a TEAC reel-to-reel 4-track recorder, one microphone, and a low-budget, 6-channel mixer ... all of it stacked on brick-and-plank shelves in the corner of my living room.
When my friend Bruce Fairbairn approached me that summer looking for songs for Prism, "Amelia" is one of the tracks I played for him. "Amelia" was recorded by Prism at Mushroom Studios in 1975 or '76, and appeared on their debut album (released in 1977 on GRT Records in Canada and on Scotty Brothers Records in the US). |
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| Lyrics: | I heard
from a friend you were leavin’ But I’ll only believe it from you How could you possibly do this to me After all of the things we’ve been through? I’m tryin’ to keep it together But I’m gettin’ so dazed and confused One day you say you don’t need me baby And the next day you tell me you do Ahh - what can I do? Amelia, can’t feel ya You’re slippin’ away Can’t go on without you I’m goin’ insane The rumour is out I’m goin’ crazy But I’m tired of hearin’ those lies I’ve been tryin’ for days just to find you baby ‘Cause there’s somethin’ I just realized Amelia, can’t feel ya You’re slippin’ away Can’t go on without you I’m goin’ insane Amelia, can’t feel ya You’re slippin’ away Can’t go on without you I’m goin’ insane Amelia, can’t feel ya You’re slippin’ away Can’t go on without you I’m goin’ insane Amelia, can’t feel ya You’re slippin’ away Can’t go on without you I’m goin’ insane |
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