Virus Alert

MaleHeffer · Post by **MaleHeffer** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:01 am

BathTub @ Sep 11 2006, 11:11 PM wrote: No definitely not Bowie. This one is driving me nuts, where he goes really high and you get a few clear piano notes really reminds me of something I have heard before but I can't recall who.

i am having the exact same problem!

GrayJ · Post by **GrayJ** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:35 pm

I haven't listened to this song yet, but if the song turns out to be a Styx style parody (via liner notes), take a gander at this:

Ask Al, January, 1994
Have you ever tried to do a parody of a Styx or Cheap Trick song? (Mrs. Hazander)

No, not yet.

Weird...looks like that Ask Al is now obsolete.

Waffleking · Post by **Waffleking** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:33 pm

I don't know....I may have a new contender for this style parody:

E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)

The same band that does "Mr. Blue Sky".

tessaigapants · Post by **tessaigapants** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:19 am

Lyrics aside, it could fit in as a "new bonus track" to In 3-D or DTBS. Very 80's sounding.

lookatthenumbersinIandlaugh · Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:23 am

I feel it's very reminicent to Midnight Star, but thats just me

weirdalfan95 · Post by **weirdalfan95** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:06 am

Numbers, I'm with ya on that. I definitly hear MS.

Insane Ian · Post by **Insane Ian** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:25 am

Well, i hate to sound like the authority on this...but i'm in the know.

The song is in actuality a style parody of a band from the 70s called Sparks. Look 'em up, track down some of their MP3s (if you can) and watch the animated music video on the DVD side of SOL to see them in animated form.

Tho, for those of you who guessed Styx, that was just close enough (and what i had guessed on the first listen too)

Check out my review of the album on http://www.quickstopentertainment.com when it goes live this weekend!

Marko_The_Odd · Post by **Marko_The_Odd** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:41 am

Ahhh, Sparks. I've sort of heard of them.
in fact, some may remember them from this video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AhxGcrXmAnU

Marko_The_Odd · Post by **Marko_The_Odd** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:37 am

If you want to know what Sparks songs to check out go find stuff from their 1974 album "Kimono My House". Particualrly, listen to the song "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us", which I swear I've heard somewhere before. (For some bizarre reason I keep thinking I heard it done by someone on an American Idol type show). It definetly reminds me of Virus Alert.

EDIT: Ahhhh! Now I know where I've heard this song! The guy from the Darkness recorded a version of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92mQYENVjEI

Also, here's Sparks version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-u86uX4v5E

EDIT:

Apparently Al has mentioned them before in his iTunes playlist

Sparks - "I Predict" (Track 14): "Sparks--another legendary, amazingly talented band that's not afraid to be funny."

sarley27 · Post by **sarley27** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:06 am

Now that I finally tracked down the song, it is definite Sparks. This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us, anyone?
I believe this might have been mentioned in an inetrview already, or maybe I'm mistaken.