Lillywhite Sessions

[DarkFlare89]

Huh, we'll I'll be! That makes sense! Alright DoubleA!

I do wonder why she never seems to mention any other song, other than Swimming Home and Made of Stone.

P.S. Now that I look at that, what is up with this Zach Williams person adding/aiding Amy with the lyrics to My Heart is Broken? I noticed it a while ago, but I never really made sense of it. Do we know anything about him/his role with the Ev LP?

[AeternusAmatorius]

evanescencereference.info/wiki/index.php?title=Zach_Williams

Though, I've often wondered what lyrics he wrote...

[carolexodus]

They should re-record and finish this session (with Lillywhite would be awesome) and release it as an independent project next year, while we wait for a fourth album.

[AeternusAmatorius]

Dec 26, 2012 12:36:59 GMT -6 carolexodus said:

They should re-record and finish this session (with Lillywhite would be awesome) and release it as an independent project next year, while we wait for a fourth album.

If they re-done the LIllywhite sessions and released it as an independent work, wouldn't it still be considered an official forth album, just not under any label because it was independent?

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Aug 10, 2012 16:41:40 GMT -6 FallenEvArmy said:

Does anyone else think they reworked Stompin Steve for the album? I was listening to it last night and it seemed to remind me of End of the Dream.

Actually, if they reworked Stompin Steve into End of the Dream that would make sense.. The lyrics are something about a 'perfect dream' right? So Perfect Dream, End of the Dream.. It could've worked.

[Open The Door]

I personally think they took beats from 'Stompin Steve' and reworked it into the beats for What You Want.

[EvanescentEvil]

This whole Lillywhite era is a bit cloudy and confusing to me. Amy started off writing songs on her own, then with Tim, and finally with that Will Science Hunt guy. Was that material really heading towards a solo album and after some time she realized it was an actual Ev album afterall? But how could she thought it was since the main writers were her and Science? That's what I get from this interview anyway.

So, for the album, you started off with Steve Lillywhite as a producer and then some problems developed that caused a clash. Was it YOUR decision to let him go; was it HIS decision to go?

Tim: Actually, we weren’t really there. Well, a couple of us weren’t really there. Amy had gone into the studio with a guy that she wrote some of the music with, and they started making the record and had been going strong for a couple of months. Then they brought the band in to play, so we did, and we tracked for a week or so and then next thing I knew everyone was like, “Everybody go home, we’re taking a break from this. We’ll call you in a week or so when everything gets figured out”. I really don’t know what the official statement was, that was all pretty cloudy to me.

Will: I think she was doing something that was very different at the time, so I think she was going to make it some kind of a solo record. But then when we played the show in Brazil, it left a good taste in her mouth about doing Evanescence again and she said, “Okay this’ll be an Evanescence record”. It’s very different and it’s amazing material.

Tim: Yeah, I think it was geared to be more of a solo thing.

And then all of sudden they stopped the recordings because ''something'' didn't feel right. So, it was basically Wind-up not being a fan of the new songs? Was it Wind-up that made her release a rock album? Amy seemed really excited through the writing and recording process back then, she had even said that it was the best Ev album yet on twitter.

Anyways, sorry for my long silly thoughts.

[RapturedLight]

^Perhaps Wind-up didn't like it, but maybe just making a solo album didn't feel right to Amy? Maybe she felt like she had to give the fans something new from Evanescence after the Brazil show?

[AeternusAmatorius]

Amy wrote stuff with "Science". I think she did Sally's Song with him and HDTS (not sure about HDTS). But she was writing with "Science" and she said something like "I think we just wrote an Evanescence album." She brought Tim and Terry in and they worked on it for a bit. Wind-up didn't like it so they told them to re-do it. That's when "Science" and Lillywhite left, and the other 5 got together and started writing.

At least this is how I remember it going down.

[Lycrymosa]

Jan 13, 2013 6:22:27 GMT -6 EvanescentEvil said:

This whole Lillywhite era is a bit cloudy and confusing to me. Amy started off writing songs on her own, then with Tim, and finally with that Will Science Hunt guy. Was that material really heading towards a solo album and after some time she realized it was an actual Ev album afterall? But how could she thought it was since the main writers were her and Science? That's what I get from this interview anyway.

So, for the album, you started off with Steve Lillywhite as a producer and then some problems developed that caused a clash. Was it YOUR decision to let him go; was it HIS decision to go?

Tim: Actually, we weren’t really there. Well, a couple of us weren’t really there. Amy had gone into the studio with a guy that she wrote some of the music with, and they started making the record and had been going strong for a couple of months. Then they brought the band in to play, so we did, and we tracked for a week or so and then next thing I knew everyone was like, “Everybody go home, we’re taking a break from this. We’ll call you in a week or so when everything gets figured out”. I really don’t know what the official statement was, that was all pretty cloudy to me.

Will: I think she was doing something that was very different at the time, so I think she was going to make it some kind of a solo record. But then when we played the show in Brazil, it left a good taste in her mouth about doing Evanescence again and she said, “Okay this’ll be an Evanescence record”. It’s very different and it’s amazing material.

Tim: Yeah, I think it was geared to be more of a solo thing.

And then all of sudden they stopped the recordings because ''something'' didn't feel right. So, it was basically Wind-up not being a fan of the new songs? Was it Wind-up that made her release a rock album? Amy seemed really excited through the writing and recording process back then, she had even said that it was the best Ev album yet on twitter.

Anyways, sorry for my long silly thoughts.

basically yes, Wind-up didn't think it sounded "Evanescence" enough so they made them go back and create a more rockier album that what some people describe as "generic rock sounding" (even though I like it) and thats probably why songs like Sick and NWTB were written

Terry confirmed it in this interview:

[AeternusAmatorius]

NWTB was written closely (can't think of a better word) after TOD tour ended.

[Lycrymosa]

Jan 14, 2013 1:50:31 GMT -6 AeternusAmatorius said:

NWTB was written closely (can't think of a better word) after TOD tour ended.

really? she was pissed off with them even back then? lol how do you know it was written back then?

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Jan 14, 2013 2:56:50 GMT -6 Lycrymosa said:

Jan 14, 2013 1:50:31 GMT -6 AeternusAmatorius said:

NWTB was written closely (can't think of a better word) after TOD tour ended.

really? she was pissed off with them even back then? lol how do you know it was written back then?

She's always been pissed off at them, heh, ever since the rap vocals in Bring Me to Life. ;D

[FallenEvArmy]

And I can't help but think that if they had made their albums quicker, she could've left them quicker

Fancy being stuck with them for 10 years *shudders* I honestly have no idea what to think of their future now. I can only hope they find a record label that will appreciate them and promote them the way they should've been.

[Mossheart]

It is all rather confusing, but even if they made a record of unreleased stuff, like " Evanescence: From The Attic" or something like that, i would be happy. Or drip feed some onto ITunes. I Just wanna hear them in their entirety!!