Ringtone

The Lawrence Arm · Post by **The Lawrence Arm** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:53 pm

FredHuggins @ August 22, 2009 10:35 am wrote: But then, I thought Skipper Dan sounded like Fountains of Wayne

Minus that "Pork and Beans" Weezer intro, "Skipper Dan" sounds exactly like Fountains of Wayne.

mrmeadows · Post by **mrmeadows** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:02 pm

Not a funny song, and even the video wasn't particularly funny (dancing cellphones?), but then you could almost say the same about "Craigslist", I guess. More about the style parody than the jokes. But it's a good SONG in that it's catchy and sticks in your head...in a good way. I like it, but don't love it. Here's my IL rankings:

1. CNR
2. Craigslist
3. Whatever You Like
4. Skipper Dan
5. Ringtone

But it could grow on me. :-)

PS: I assume that's Rahm Emanuel on the far right of the Oval Office scene, but I don't get the joke about him wearing an eyepatch. I know he's missing a finger in real life, but not sure what the missing eye reference means. Anyone?

WAYFan · Post by **WAYFan** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:26 pm

Can someone please list some of the harmonies, in note form, on some lyrics? Just curious.

Post by **weird_el** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:27 pm

I discovered I like the video better with the sound turned off. Oh well...

Post by **ludovica64** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:37 pm

mrmeadows @ August 22, 2009 06:02 pm wrote: Not a funny song, and even the video wasn't particularly funny (dancing cellphones?), but then you could almost say the same about "Craigslist", I guess. More about the style parody than the jokes. But it's a good SONG in that it's catchy and sticks in your head...in a good way. I like it, but don't love it. Here's my IL rankings:

1. CNR
2. Craigslist
3. Whatever You Like
4. Skipper Dan
5. Ringtone

But it could grow on me. :-)

PS: I assume that's Rahm Emanuel on the far right of the Oval Office scene, but I don't get the joke about him wearing an eyepatch. I know he's missing a finger in real life, but not sure what the missing eye reference means. Anyone?

Snap! We agree... Skipper Dan and WYL I like about equally though

Ringtone is a definite "grower" but I'm just not a fan of Queen. The lyrics are OK and I don't have a prob with one-joke songs.

It's just the whole choppy Queen "lets have a tempo/keychange unexpectedly twenty times just because we can" pretentious pomp-rock mish-mash that grates.. so yeah.. he has the style nailed superbly, but like I said, I'll get over it.
Ive heard the song about seven or eight times now and its likeability factor has definitely increased a thousandfold

Post by **Big Spoon** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:39 pm

TMBJon @ August 22, 2009 02:08 am wrote: I just did.

Sorry to sound like a retard, but where? I've read over your last posts in this thread a few times now, and can't seem to find it.

Post by **AlejandraDD** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:53 pm

Big Spoon @ August 22, 2009 02:39 pm wrote: Sorry to sound like a retard, but where? I've read over your last posts in this thread a few times now, and can't seem to find it.

TMBJon @ August 22, 2009 01:55 am wrote: Oh one more thing, I thought the Collabo-Jam was very well Technically Coordinated...

Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:54 pm

Perez Hilton seems pretty excited about having a cameo in the video.

Post by **ludovica64** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:56 pm

Well I don't know anything about US politics, but the eyepatch, to me, immediately struck me as a reference to the late Moshe Dayan... (conservative Israeli Zionist politician of the 1970s) make of that what you will

Re. Perez Hilton.. Why are people so dumb they cant even C-O-P-Y Al's name down right? Gahhhh!!

Post by **amzo39** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:09 pm

ludovica64 @ August 22, 2009 11:37 am wrote: "lets have a tempo/keychange unexpectedly twenty times just because we can" pretentious pomp-rock mish-mash

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