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May I Frighten You?! (original 1982 version)
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This is the ORIGINAL VERSION of the track that's on the 'GIT WEIRD!!' album. It's sicker!!
original single 1982 lawrence wise may i frighten you non album
An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.
Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.
Song Info
Genre
Alternative • Experimental
Charts
Peak #169
Peak in subgenre #37
Author
Lawrence Wise
Rights
1982, 2007
Uploaded
September 07, 2022
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.4 MB • 320 kbps • 2:48
Lossless
WAV 42.5 MB
Story behind the song
The freaky thing is, this is NOT the entire song--only the FIRST Half!! (the version on "GIT WEIRD!!" gives you some idea what the remainder of the original track sounded like.) I cut the track in half to fit on the B-Side of the edited cassette-single version of "Bad, Bad Children" in October of 1982. And, like the young jackass I was, I lost the REST of the track, so this is ALL we have. For the 1990 version (the one on "GIT WEIRD!!"), I added an extended opening (that 'funeral march'), an extended mid-break (there was none on the original), and while the arrangements remained the same, the 'sound' is slightly different (and not just because it's in STEREO, either). The original's ending was just as wild as this one, but louder and more insane (plus, I literally screamed myself hoarse as the track ended). So, all in all, what "May I Frighten You?!" was meant to be was a 'Hallowe'en Novelty Track'; a stand-alone song (no album--it was recorded nearly 7 months AFTER "The Tokyo Connection" sessions, much like "Extraterrestrial Funk"). The theme was a 'Mad Scientist' and his 'Igor' grooving like James Brown ("To The Bridge, Igor!!"--great catchphrase!). So, for all you Freakazoids, here's YOUR Cosmic Funk/OSMOSIS 'Hallowe'en Jam'. (By The Way: the song title is from PARLIAMENT's "The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein" album. )
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