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Subject: Re: Songwriting

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Dave

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Date Posted: 19:23:12 03/02/04 Tue
In reply to: Phil 's message, "Songwriting" on 22:16:54 02/29/04 Sun

>Phil,
It was a little of both that you mentioned. During that period, Eric and I, unlike Wally and Jim, were single and hung out together quite a bit. Our interests were similar and we actually were buddies for awhile. I'd go hang at his apartment right down the street from mine, or we'd hop in my 'vette and cruise to Headlands beach to check out the babes! And those songs were written then...da da!
Dave

When the Raspberries were going strong I am
>interested in the collaborative relationship that
>existed with you and Eric. Some of the songs were
>cowritten by the two of you. Some were written by
>only one of you. On the songs you two cowrote, did
>you two actually sit down together and try to come up
>with a song with a lot of give and take? Or was it a
>situation where one of you had the original idea and
>did almost all of it and then presented it to the
>other and he made a few minor changes? Lennon and
>McCartney in their early days did a lot of cowriting
>and later on it got to be more of an independent
>thing. I just wondered. You guys had some really good
>songs you should be proud of.

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