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According to Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Star, the best song on Gwen Stefani's new solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. -- released this past Tuesday -- is appropriately called The Great Thing. (Editor's note: it's called The Real Thing)
Although it was co-written with Linda Perry, it sounds like vintage New Order with Peter Hook on bass and Bernard Sumner on backing vocals.
Sadly, Stefani never even got to even meet the '80s music legends.
"That song was a song I had written with Linda, and the version that we did was like cheese-central," the No Doubt singer told the Sun recently. "But it was based on early Madonna, New Order-y, inspiration. It was my favourite song and when I played it for (producer Nellee Hooper) I was embarrassed.
That's how nerdy I thought the song was. But I knew there was a great song in it. We ended up saying, 'Wow, we can't find a home for this, production-wise.' And we went through all these different loops, and then we ended up saying, 'Well, let's go to the source. Let's see if New Order will play.' And I'd been kind of stalking those guys 'cause I wanted to write with them, but they were doing their own record and we never hooked up. But then they said they would do it. They were going to play it and then give it back to us and they would work from there (England)."
Although it was co-written with Linda Perry, it sounds like vintage New Order with Peter Hook on bass and Bernard Sumner on backing vocals.
Sadly, Stefani never even got to even meet the '80s music legends.
"That song was a song I had written with Linda, and the version that we did was like cheese-central," the No Doubt singer told the Sun recently. "But it was based on early Madonna, New Order-y, inspiration. It was my favourite song and when I played it for (producer Nellee Hooper) I was embarrassed.
That's how nerdy I thought the song was. But I knew there was a great song in it. We ended up saying, 'Wow, we can't find a home for this, production-wise.' And we went through all these different loops, and then we ended up saying, 'Well, let's go to the source. Let's see if New Order will play.' And I'd been kind of stalking those guys 'cause I wanted to write with them, but they were doing their own record and we never hooked up. But then they said they would do it. They were going to play it and then give it back to us and they would work from there (England)."
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By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
The best song on Gwen Stefani's new solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. -- released this past Tuesday -- is appropriately called The Great Thing. (Editor's note: it's called The Real Thing)
Although it was co-written with Linda Perry, it sounds like vintage New Order with Peter Hook on bass and Bernard Sumner on backing vocals.
Sadly, Stefani never even got to even meet the '80s music legends.
"That song was a song I had written with Linda, and the version that we did was like cheese-central," the No Doubt singer told the Sun recently. "But it was based on early Madonna, New Order-y, inspiration. It was my favourite song and when I played it for (producer Nellee Hooper) I was embarrassed.
That's how nerdy I thought the song was. But I knew there was a great song in it. We ended up saying, 'Wow, we can't find a home for this, production-wise.' And we went through all these different loops, and then we ended up saying, 'Well, let's go to the source. Let's see if New Order will play.' And I'd been kind of stalking those guys 'cause I wanted to write with them, but they were doing their own record and we never hooked up. But then they said they would do it. They were going to play it and then give it back to us and they would work from there (England)."
By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
The best song on Gwen Stefani's new solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. -- released this past Tuesday -- is appropriately called The Great Thing. (Editor's note: it's called The Real Thing)
Although it was co-written with Linda Perry, it sounds like vintage New Order with Peter Hook on bass and Bernard Sumner on backing vocals.
Sadly, Stefani never even got to even meet the '80s music legends.
"That song was a song I had written with Linda, and the version that we did was like cheese-central," the No Doubt singer told the Sun recently. "But it was based on early Madonna, New Order-y, inspiration. It was my favourite song and when I played it for (producer Nellee Hooper) I was embarrassed.
That's how nerdy I thought the song was. But I knew there was a great song in it. We ended up saying, 'Wow, we can't find a home for this, production-wise.' And we went through all these different loops, and then we ended up saying, 'Well, let's go to the source. Let's see if New Order will play.' And I'd been kind of stalking those guys 'cause I wanted to write with them, but they were doing their own record and we never hooked up. But then they said they would do it. They were going to play it and then give it back to us and they would work from there (England)."
From the NewOrderOnline archive.
Thanks to: Paul Boyd
