Consenting Adults (1992)

Benjamin Hendrickson: Jimmy Schwartz

Quotes 

• Jimmy Schwartz : Richard, listen. We talked about this yesterday, and I-I'm not getting the sound that we, er, were looking for. Look, we're all tired, but, you know, we might as well not be recording this unless we're gonna get some punch. Now, maybe my ears are clogged or something, but, it's a...

  Richard Parker : Jimmy, we - we agreed on this yesterday.

  Jimmy Schwartz : Say it. What? What? Tell me.

  Richard Parker : We've been playing a long time. Okay? We need a lunch break. Why don't we just get through one track, one take, and then give us your notes, okay?

  Jimmy Schwartz : Okay, but, you know, I want - Hold it.

  Richard Parker : We can fix it in the mix.

  Jimmy Schwartz : We can do it in the mix, but I-I-I want to hear it in the performance too. Just, just surge. I want a - Whee!

  Richard Parker : Jimmy!

  Jimmy Schwartz : Wha- Richard, look. At the risk...

  Richard Parker : It's not the fucking Leonora Overture, okay? It's a jingle. Just let us get through it once, okay? And then we'll have lunch and then we'll have notes and then we'll fix it in the mix, okay?

• [first lines] 

  Jimmy Schwartz : Richard. Hold it. Richard, what's the matter? I'm not selling those skis to my mother. Please, a more neon sound. Remember: to be free, to soar like an eagle, to slip the surly bonds of earth. Right? That's the feel.