I have to go along with others regarding the need to have context for this cut. I have no knowledge of the movie and I have difficulty saying it stands alone on its own merits.
I wonder if there were any quantative analysis to figure out the most played songs in history. This one would surely come in the top 10. I will be most pleased to never hear this song again and have done quite well to avoid it seeing how I do not listen to commercial radio and the few times I actually listen to this station, I make sure and run to the mute when this is played. It has kept me safe; eternal vigilance is the price of non repetition. Is the song good? I guess so, I just don't know anymore.
I've also heard that John used to have his vocals duplicated and laid on top of each other (I don't know the technical term for this) to make his voice sound stronger.
I believe they all did this (double tracking) almost all the time.
One of the great things about RP is Bill's ability to segue music together that really make sense. However, that means sometimes you really dig what you hear for a while, and sometimes ... well .. not.
I have the same attitude about getting exposed to new stuff from RP. However, this is not for my ear at all. It does follow a bunch of stuff I really approved of tho'. rough1 wrote:
yes please—-i listen to RP so i can get exposed to something that i don't already know—-i thought it was fun since i Loved the original for some decades already—tryin' to hold the teen form till the end
Why are so many people hating on this song? I mean, it's not the greatest song or anything, but it's at the very least relaxing and easy on the ears, no?
Went looking at the Debussy cd cover (Jardins sous la pluie) and discovered the same painting twice, but one in a whiter shade of pale. Of course, followed up by Procol Harum playing .... "A whiter ..." well, you know.
Takes me 'way back to the Psychedelic Supermarket in Boston's Kenmore Square before anybody knew. Sitting on folding chairs about 15 feet away from the band.
I had heard the same thing. He was in a brain lock groping for new song ideas (after so many I believe it) , saw the poster and there you have it.
leathepea wrote:
I read somewhere that John got the idea for this song from a poster of a circus that he saw. If anyone knows if this is true, let me know. I figured that if anyone would know it would be a radioparadise listener.
Got a special place in my heart for Coldplay 'cause my then high school age daughter let me accompany her to a concert (just the 2 of us) .. and she thought I was pretty cool for doing it!
A so-so track on this album is a 9.5 for those of us in high school at the time. It is absurd to compare the impact and influence of the Beatles back in the 60's to that of the Eels now.
Thanks for the introduction to Gomez. This is one of the examples of why Internet radio benefits the group; I went right out & bought the cd once I knew about it.
Listening to this I think back to the good old days (my kids hate it when I start that way). Rock & Roll was just starting to invade the FM band and what we got was variety on the station. Thanks.
Richard can sometimes be a pretty hard guy to listen to because of the nature of the human condition he takes on. I like this and most of his other stuff that I've heard (live & recorded).
