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| From | AssociationWorks@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: FOW - Spot the influence? |
| Date | Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:21:40 EDT |
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I always thought "Valley Winter Song" was the best song
Simon & Garfunkel never recorded!
Jeff
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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:30:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com>
To: Audities <audities@smoe.org>
Subject: FOW - Spot the influence?
Message-ID: <20030807133043.86256.qmail@web40710.mail.yahoo.com>
I'm really enjoying "Welcome Interstate Managers" -
the toes have been tappin' nonstop since it hit the CD
player.
I find myself playing "spot the influence" in many
songs. Not quite as obvious as was Sawg's "Catch
All", but I swear that I'm hearing familiar things
when I listen to various songs.
I'm not saying that they intentionally or consciously
put them in, but I hear bits of The Cars ("Stacy's
Mom"), The Monkees ("No Better Place"), even Owsley
("Hackensack"). I swear I hear a Todd R./Nazz
influence on a few tracks too.
I'm not talking a whole song necessarily, but a riff
here, a jangly guitar there, a vocal intonation
here....you get the drift. I'll be driving along in
the car and fell like I've heard that sound or riff
before and it will drive me crazy until I can think of
it.
Am I halucinating or what???
PS: I find the video for "Stacy's Mom" to be
very...well predictable, cheesy, etc. Very MTV.
Again, it contributed to the "Cars" feel. >>
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