Posted on 07/05/2022 10:51:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Good piece, thanks for posting. Love this song and vid, and yes, I’ve watched it on you tube many times. It’s kind of a chick-song I guess, but hey, I’m a chick so I dig it.
As to it getting annoying to sing the same song over and over, I’m sure that can be true. But what this man says is correct “it’s a tribute to our fans. They stood by us, and one of the few things they ask in return is that we play that particular song.”
I heard an interview with Broadway singing star Betty Buckley once. She said that she never did a show without singing “Memories” from “Cats”. She said words along these lines: the people who come to see me, come to see me sing that song. I would never want to disappoint them.
Yikes, I remember that song, forgettable except it has been played over and over and over.
Never cared much for the song, but the black and white video was kinda cool.
A great 1980’s nostalgic remake of the song by Weezer. As one of the comments says,
“An 80’s song, sung by a 90’s band, with an MV which the actor born in the 2000’s, made in the 2010’s, watched by the people in the 2020’s.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7RwDnZI7Tw
And Chief Inspector Japp was the head bad guy in the video...
You are either very old or very young.
Most bands would be happy to have that one huge hit in their careers that filled their bank accounts full of money.
And these guys complain about having to play it live. Give me a break. Drop it from your setlist them. See how many concert tickets you'll sell.
No, it’s still a good piece.
I’m aware of the award-winning legend of the “video” but at the time we were not burdened with cable so that was not an issue for me. I just liked the tune.
Well, maybe I’ll make it 1,485,343,938. Or not.
If I’m in my second childhood, I might be both.
One hit wonders wondering why folks at their concerts want them to play the one hit they liked and not their other “masterpeieces” they think sucked. Not the sharpest tools in the shed.
Can’t even put into words how much I hated that song!
This song is on heavy rotation on oldies type terrestrial radio stations in my area. It’s an ok song in my opinion, but I tend to change the station when it comes on, just because they play it so often.
Funny. At least few more than the Youtube for the first part of the first “making of” documentary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU
I didn’t recognize it by name either but yes, after playing the video, I’ve heard it a billion times (and still like it).
Sam and Dave, of the legendary Soul duo Sam and Dave were the same way. They didn’t speak to one another for years offstage.
We just saw the legendary tribute band Leonid and Friends over the weekend. Their onstage chemistry is very strong, or they are far better actors than they are singers.
The founder, Leonid is by far older than the other members. He stands to the side of the stage playing bass with a look of joy and patriarchal pride as he overseas his team bringing joy to the audience.
The flip side of complaining about playing your fams’ favorite song yet again is the collective groan the audience gives when any band says the magic words “now we’re going to play something from our new album”.
There was a lot of that going around back then.
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