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| From | erhoek@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Fountains of Wayne song similarities/Jellyfish weirdness |
| Date | Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:15:10 +0000 |
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Umm ...what kind of medication were you on?
Just kidding :)
-r
> Hey, this may be a shot way out in the dark, but has anyone else noticed this:
>
> On Fountains of Wayne's "Utopia Parkway", I notice a remarkable similarity
> between "It Must Be Summer" and the Byrds' "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" and
> "Troubled Times" and Prefab Sprout's "Appetite". In both cases the songs seem to
> follow the same structure and in some cases chord progression--in the
> TT/Appetite case the song breaks from its pattern in the same points, and for
> the same amount of time. They basically grafted the structure and feel of the
> song onto a whole new song. It may be reaching but it seems interesting, and as
> the band are fans of both of those acts I wouldn't be too surprised.
>
> I'm going to reach even further on this one, but what the hell. I was sick with
> the flu all last week and couldn't sleep too well, so I was waking up at 4 in
> the morning most nights. Obviously nothing is on TV then, so I wound up watching
> a lot of "Nick at Nite", which is now showing lots of late 80s/early 90s
> sitcoms. There was an episode of "Full House" (shut up) on where Uncle Jesse's
> band was playing a "comeback" show at some nightclub. And when they finally hit
> the stage, I couldn't BELIEVE what I was seeing. It was Uncle Jesse, STANDING UP
> at the drum kit (his character was never a drummer) and singing, with a purple
> psychedelic backdrop with bubbles floating all over. And the song was totally
> drenched in harmonies and had a weird time signature. Given that the show is set
> in San Francisco, and that "Uncle Jesse" was played by none other than John
> Stamos (who was a Beach Boy when this particular episode as recorded), I
> couldn't help but feel that this was a none-too-subtle ode to the Jellyfish, who
> would've been popular at the time. And since John Stamos was in the Beach Boys
> and all (even if it was at their career low-point) he very well might've
> actually been aware of (or even a fan of) the Jellyfish. Again, this seems like
> a stretch, but doesn't that seem a bit TOO eerily similar to Sturmer and the
> boys?
>
> --Jason
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