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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:05 am
by Mystik Tomato
Just thought of this now... (Thank you media player shuffle!)
WIWYA is almost a dead on parody of TV Dinners by ZZ Top. Almost.
The keyboard in it, the fairly repetitive guitar line... dunno why I didn't hear it before.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:40 am
by weird user
Wow. What a great list. Really. I think...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:11 am
by Keir
Mystik Tomato @ Sep 23 2007, 05:05 PM wrote:
WIWYA is almost a dead on parody of TV Dinners by ZZ Top. Almost.
The keyboard in it, the fairly repetitive guitar line... dunno why I didn't hear it before.
I never noticed that before. You're right, the main riff is very similar. Still, listen to "Dirty Laundry" and it's even closer.
Always loved the video for "TV Dinners", BTW.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:35 pm
by Marko_The_Odd
I know a lot of people have stated over the years that Frank's 2000" TV is an REM style parody, but I find it also bears resemblance to Matthew Sweet's I've Been Waiting:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7gQqR8x8dR4
But it might just be me.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:59 am
by TheLazenby
Just updated (after nearly a year) to reflect the recent Simpsons episode!
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:24 am
by bryce87
Albuquerque is not a style parody of The Rugburns. The song Dick's Automotive was released after Albuquerque. Dick's Automotive was released in 2004. That's what iTunes and amazon have said.
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:31 am
by Big Spoon
I just went on Amazon and didn't see that.
Product Description wrote:
Originally released in January 1995, this six-song EP contains the single The Fairies Came and the nine-minute crowd-pleasing favorite Dick's Automotive. 6 tracks.
I'm guessing that the '04 date you saw was a rerelease.
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:26 am
by TheLazenby
Well, that and Al even states the Rugburns connection in Ask Al.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:33 am
by flusher5
some of those unreleased songs, Are Just Ones Al mentioned in interviews and stuff like that. and "Hey Food" I don't remember anyone even mentioning that. Doesn't sound like an Al song
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:55 am
by TheLazenby
"Hey Food" is a song from his coffee-house days. It's mentioned in the Unreleased Al Songs list on Demented Discographies.