I read somewhere that "Peacock" and "Firework" were the last songs that made the record.
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Originally posted by Giacobbe
Pearl was recorded as the "final gem" of the original album. So instead of Firework, Peacock, and California Gurls, we would have got Dressin Up and Part of Me.
Then she went back and did CG with Luke, and Firework and Peacock with Stargate. That's how we ended up with DU and POM on the re-release, because when Firework was released, she said she'd put POM and DU as a "special edition".
Peacock shouldn't have made the album it should've been on the re-release and TD would've had much better reviews if it wasn't because of that.
Dressin' Up sounds so, so much better between Firework and Circle The Drain in the track listing than Peacock does. I'm fairly sure that's where it was meant to sit, but they took it out as it wouldn't have gotten it chance to shine as a single on the original album. (Not that it did on the reissue, but that's another matter. )
Pearl was recorded as the "final gem" of the original album. So instead of Firework, Peacock, and California Gurls, we would have got Dressin Up and Part of Me.
Then she went back and did CG with Luke, and Firework and Peacock with Stargate. That's how we ended up with DU and POM on the re-release, because when Firework was released, she said she'd put POM and DU as a "special edition".
I thought she got the idea for California Gurls when Empire State Of Mind came out.
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One nontech industry prediction: Pop music star Katy Perry will win an Oscar for co-writing the song "Wide Awake" for her concert film and tour documentary. The smart money for Best Original Song is on either "Suddenly" from "Les Miserables" or "Skyfall" from the James Bond film of the same name. The Academy Award nominations are due out Jan. 10.
The pop star is on the Academy's short list of songs eligible for an Oscar nomination in the best original song category.
Perry penned the song Wide Awake for this summer's concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me.
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it should've been on the re-release and TD would've had much better reviews if it wasn't because of that.
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All the interviews are on the TD wiki page 
I don't remember that. But 
