# bienville's New Rock n' Comedy Album!!! How did Dopers help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bienvilles-new-rock-n-comedy-album-how-did-dopers-help/344620 "2006-02-15T13:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bienvilles-new-rock-n-comedy-album-how-did-dopers-help/344620/1 "2006-02-15T13:36:28Z")
Nine months of work and now **bienville** ’s got a new baby! Just finally released my new Rock n’ Comedy album and Dopers helped!!! Songs referenced below are from the new album _ **More Popular Than Reagan** _ and can be heard on [my MySpace page](http://www.myspace.com/sexysexyjoelavelle).\* Song Title: _She’s Married_ Dopers’ Help: [In this Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307056) I was worried about a lyric. In the tale of a guy who’s got the hots for a married woman I originally sang: > [@](#): > > You’d love to get her out of those clothes but > There’s a ring on her finger so it would’t be **apropos** Now I knew that this was a terrible, and inaccurate, use of the word “apropos” but I liked the flow of the lyric and I thought the meaning came across ok. Still I was worried that if I recorded the lyric that way I would eventually regret the misuse of the word, so I came to the SDMB! Almost all of you agreed that the lyric was a problem. The final recorded version has the rewritten lyric: > [@](#): > > You’d love to get her out of those clothes but > There’s a ring on her finger **and you don’t think it’s just for show** Song Title: _Erin Gray_ Dopers’ Help: When I was writing a song about Erin Gray I was able to refresh my memory with _Buck Rogers_ on DVD, but I had no access to any episodes of _Silver Spoons_. I didn’t end up taking anything directly from [this Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311762) , but it did help to open the floodgates of my own personal _Silver Spoons_ memories. Song Title: _Sharing_ Dopers’ Help: **Big Bad Voodoo Lou** was a great help in [this Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317291) when I needed to know how to match the sound of a horn section that I liked. He pointed out that I needed a chorus of trumpets rather than a combination of different horns- this was awesome ‘cause it meant I only had to pay _one guy_ who then just recorded a bunch of different parts! See!?!?!? Y’all are involved! Dontcha feel special? \*As I understand the Board rules, we are allowed to share our own works as long as we are prepared for other Dopers to tear it apart and say that it sucks- please correct me if I’m wrong (or if I suck). ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bienvilles-new-rock-n-comedy-album-how-did-dopers-help/344620/2 "2006-02-15T17:38:08Z")
Congrats **bienville**. I’m listening to it now. Love the cover art. Funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bienvilles-new-rock-n-comedy-album-how-did-dopers-help/344620/3 "2006-02-16T23:41:26Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > Love the cover art. Funny stuff. Thanks! The cover art was done by [Paula Achter](http://www.naturescapemedia.com/about.html), and I just think she did an amazing job. The concept was mine, but she just took it to a whole new level. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bienvilles-new-rock-n-comedy-album-how-did-dopers-help/344620/4 "2006-02-16T23:56:30Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Song Title: _Sharing_ > Dopers’ Help: > **Big Bad Voodoo Lou** was a great help in [this Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317291) when I needed to know how to match the sound of a horn section that I liked. He pointed out that I needed a chorus of trumpets rather than a combination of different horns- this was awesome ‘cause it meant I only had to pay _one guy_ who then just recorded a bunch of different parts! > See!?!?!? Y’all are involved! Dontcha feel special? I am truly honored to be mentioned, and glad I could help in some small way. The song sounds great, by the way!