Mission Statement

Marko_The_Odd · Post by **Marko_The_Odd** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:41 am

For some strange reason this song reminded me of The Books.

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:45 am

Spoiler:: I was very bored by this song to be honest. Maybe that's because it's after 11:00 at night and the lyrics are supposed to be boring.

Mad Genius · Post by **Mad Genius** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:56 am

This is totally a Crosby, Stills and Nash pastiche, especially with the vocal harmonies, and the chorus at the very end.

Good Enough For Now · Post by **Good Enough For Now** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:02 am

I honestly had to go and listen to

Spoiler:: "Carry On" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"

to see if it was an EXACT rip, that's how close it sounded! Jim's playing is wonderful, I'm glad he got a chance to do some real nice

Spoiler:: acoustic

work.

I was curious how Bruce the Duck and others would react to the song's

Spoiler:: "humorless nature" - I'm guess the lyrics don't particularly read funny. Still, I find the surreal combination of corporate jargon and CSN (no Y in this one, I'm afraid) hippie folk amusing.

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:21 am

Good Enough For Now wrote: I was curious how Bruce the Duck and others would react to the song's
Spoiler:
"humorless nature" - I'm guess the lyrics don't particularly read funny. Still, I find the surreal combination of corporate jargon and CSN (no Y in this one, I'm afraid) hippie folk amusing.

Spoiler:: I don't have a problem with humorless lyrics as long as the overall effect of the song is funny, like with "Bob". I'll have to give this one another listen before I form an opinion.

NJAlFan · Post by **NJAlFan** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:42 am

Spoiler:: I really like the style and the song as a whole, but the lyrics just seemed bland and boring, probably the weakest original imo.

LovelySortsOfDeath · Post by **LovelySortsOfDeath** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:50 am

This song is awesome guys. It's a psychedelic masterpiece.

mrbellamy · Post by **mrbellamy** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:35 am

Spoiler:: I was sort of disappointed with this one too. Sounds authentic, but it doesn't really stand on its own IMO. The Judy Blue Eyes style outro, for example, was too much of a carbon copy as opposed to merely capturing the spirit. It reminded me of how Star Wars parodies will just slightly alter the main theme, with the only ambition being to sound as close as possible without being the exact same thing. My first impression, anyway, was that this doesn't have its own identity like his best style parodies.

LovelySortsOfDeath · Post by **LovelySortsOfDeath** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:41 am

This song has a backwards guitar solo, guys. Hell yes.

Post by **Big Spoon** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:18 am

Once I realized what Al was doing, I laughed pretty hard at the humorless lyrics, but it took a bit.

World of Weird Al Yankovic

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