On Orange, which song took the longest to write?

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hardest –  Once Upon A Time, because we changed the whole arrangement around so much. It literally had a Rockabilly guitar lick/groove/vibe at some point! We went from rocky to folky to even more psychedelic than the final version. It was a fun and rewarding process but we definitely spent more time on this fella than any other song.

Easiest – Well, “No More Worries Company” was basically a re-make of a song that Dad had already written back in the 80s (Though then called “No More Working Company”). Ever since we found his old demo tapes we LOVED that track and couldn’t wait to turn it into a full-fledged production. We kept the whole original concept and even used many of the original words. So to answer your question, Dad might have spent lots of time writing it back in the day but adapting it for this album has been a fairly smooth process 😛

[Jacki Hopper]

Great answer Lisa…Them good ol’ demo cassette /big round film-like tapes of gems you one day stumble upon and…????️????…sorry no cassette tape or those other big round tapes EMOJIS available to use here but you get my drift????????????????????☮️❤️

[Jung Roe]

Thanks Lisa.  🙂 🙂

Always so nice to have that extra insight into individual songs when listening to them.

[Jung Roe]

Hi Lisa, excuse this old thread revival, but thought it worth raising today to point out the incredible early access video released today gives “Once Upon A Time”, your most hard worked piece on the album, a very worthy and proper launch pad for this great song to be presented to the world.

The video brilliantly bridges the spirit of the 60’s to the present and will let the current generation discover for themselves the beauty of those times and the music.  I can hardly wait until June 16th when the video will be publicly released to the world.   A monumental video for a truly great song!