Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve

[ificandream]

I've always been surprised by the fact that this version was actually done by J&D and also that it managed to sneak out.

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[Cartoonist]

1. Self deprecating gallows humor

The caption on YouTube says unreleased.

Of course, even nuclear secrets get leaked.

[highplainsdem]

2. Unsettling to listen to, knowing of the accident Jan Berry had later. Re how this was done,

I haven't found anything exactly about this mix yet, but Jan was a record producer and got in trouble at times for what were called "studio infractions" though those aren't specified here, in an interview with Mark A. Moore, author of Dead Man's Curve:

https://prayforsurfblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/mark-moore-dead-mans-curve-interview.html

Jan was reckless in several ways. One of the best illustrations was his driving. Jan was the very definition of a reckless driver. He bally-hacked every vehicle he ever owned and scared the hell out of passengers from Dean Torrence to Bones Howe, and many others besides. In Jan’s view the rules of the road were for other people, not him. Citations for fender benders, moving violations, and parking tickets did not faze him. He gladly paid the fines. When Jan’s business management firm researched his driving record while trying to obtain insurance for him, an increasingly difficult task, a staffer was taken aback: “His driving record is not to be believed.” That says it all.

But Jan was also reckless in his personal life. Ruining his relationship with Jill Gibson the way he did was just egregious. There’s no other way to put it. It was one of the worst mistakes he ever made. He carelessly threw away one of the most grounded and positive aspects of his hectic life, and he inflicted lasting emotional pain on Jill. He regretted it but the damage was done, and it illustrates how erratic he had become just prior to his automobile accident.

Jan was flawed in that Jan’s agenda was about Jan, and he brought a single-minded focus to achieving his goals. That was generally a good thing, overall. It served him well. He played things to his advantage and got away with every studio infraction in the book, partly due to his headstrong personality and partly due to the results he was achieving. And here again, he was unfazed by his royalties being docked for studio infractions. His three contracts (artist, songwriter, and record producer) were so lucrative he hardly missed the penalties. ...

I haven't read the book, don't know if Moore writes about this private mix there.