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| From | Andrew Chalfen <chalfen@pobox.upenn.edu> |
| Subject | Re: Stacy's Mom |
| Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:41:22 -0500 |
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>Chris Collingwood thinks he made a deal with the devil..."It's a novelty
>song," says Collingwood.
It's almost a relief to know that Collingwood is having second thoughts
about this tune. I'm not a FOW fan, though I can appreciate why people dig
the band's attention to songcraft and suburban life themes. That said,
when I first heard Stacy's Mom, I thought, wow, that's quite the cynical
bid for getting a hit, especially with that sugary Rick Springfield
"Jesse's Girl" chorus coupled with some Weezeresque guitar growl slapped on
for the kids. It's like it was written by the HitMaker 3000 Songbot. I
can't image Chris' humiliation and bleak irony involved in having to play
that thing night after night, knowing that most of the audience is there
for a novelty song and not for the real stuff that's close to his
heart. It's funny how Schlessinger is all into the trappings of fame and
image making while Collingwood is just cringing at the whole thing. Must
make for an interesting band dynamic.
Andrew
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