He wrote the lyrics on a plane trip back from Europe. I was taking a
walk around the plane to stretch my legs and went by Frank's seat to say
hello. He said " Look what I just wrote!" and haned the page to me with
lyrics fully formed, as I recall. I was amazed, to say the least.
Site maintained by Román García Albertos1980 Oct-Dec
Essentially performed as on "Have I Offended Someone?", allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation, and with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo. Until Ryko amended matters, this was another of Frank's dubious decisions- editing this solo out of both the YAWYI CD release and the YCDTOSA Volume I set. Because of this, tape collecting became an essential hobby for the Frank freak, simply to hear what really went down during the live performances of "Dumb All Over".
1981-82
Essentially performed as on "Have I Offended Someone?", allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation, and with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo. Towards the end of tour, Frank got lazy and dropped the solo from the song, and thus we got an immediate segue into "Heavenly Bank Account". This is one of the reasons why tape collecting was so essential for the Frank Freak- in order to hear one of Frank's typically kickin' DAO solos. Why he chose to edit these solos out of both the YCDTOSA and YAWYI CD versions, we may never know. But thankfully, Ryko has saw fit to see to it that we get our DAO solo, and now everybody is happy.
1984
Well, finally it happened. Frank (and Ryko) finally give us our "Dumb All Over" with the guitar solo. It appeared as if all you CD-philes would never know the true glory of this song. First, Frank cuts the solo on YAWYI. Then, he cuts the solo on YCDTOSA Volume I. Fortunately, for us tape collectors, he did not cut the solo when he performed this song live, and now, we get it on "Have I Offended Someone?" Essentially performed as on HIOS, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's always kickin' (thanks for the adjective, Naurin) guitar solo.