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PearlJamaholic
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Posted - 06/21/2006 :  12:40:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
sounds like another frank black song but i cant seem to place it. is it just me or does it sound similar to another song? maybe its just that catchiness of it reminds me of another tune. such an awesome song.

The Holiday Son
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Posted - 06/21/2006 :  13:15:28  Show Profile  Visit The Holiday Son's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The beginning sounds like Humboldt County Massacre to me.
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jimmy
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Posted - 06/21/2006 :  13:29:05  Show Profile  Visit jimmy's Homepage  Reply with Quote


All I know is, "Fitzgerald" sounds like the Cars "You Might Think".
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dr.Evil
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Posted - 06/21/2006 :  13:39:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Could it be Superabound? I've been singing superabound over it since i heard it.
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marcus4realius
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Posted - 06/21/2006 :  19:05:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by dr.Evil

Could it be Superabound? I've been singing superabound over it since i heard it.



Probably not. Superabound was a good song.

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Mac E. Doobage
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Posted - 06/21/2006 :  19:50:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
doosh.



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Probably not. Superabound was a good song.

Edited by - Mac E. Doobage on 06/21/2006 19:52:04
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Blackhead
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  07:54:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
To me the beginning of "Elijah" sounds somewhat similar to the beginning of "His Kingly Cave" off Devil's Workshop.
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ScottP
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  08:23:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The chorus kinda reminds me of Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser" in a loose way.
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NimrodsSon
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  08:54:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I don't know about "Elijah," but does anyone agree that "Fast Man" = rewrite of "Every Time I Go Around Here"?


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pixiestu
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  09:27:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by NimrodsSon

I don't know about "Elijah," but does anyone agree that "Fast Man" = rewrite of "Every Time I Go Around Here"?


I never noticed but now you've mentioned it they do seem similar.

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dr.Evil
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  10:32:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by marcus4realius

quote:
Originally posted by dr.Evil

Could it be Superabound? I've been singing superabound over it since i heard it.



Probably not. Superabound was a good song.

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"This is a weird story. President Bush has apologized today for scolding a member of the White House press corps for wearing sunglasses because he found out the reporter is legally blind. ... Bush also apologized for telling physicist Stephen Hawking `to get off your lazy ass.'"
---Conan O'Brien



elijah is actually a good song, and the verses have similar rhythm patterns or whatever it is called.
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TRANSMARINE
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  10:38:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's Wave Of Mutilation-y.

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Frog in the Sand
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Posted - 06/22/2006 :  11:23:54  Show Profile  Visit Frog in the Sand's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by The Holiday Son

The beginning sounds like Humboldt County Massacre to me.



To me too, clearly.

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Mac E. Doobage
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Posted - 06/23/2006 :  04:21:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Awwwww sounds like Brackish Boy to me little buddage...
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PearlJamaholic
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Posted - 06/23/2006 :  10:09:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i think humboldt county massacre is the tune i couldnt place. i thought it was the chorus that sounded familiar though.
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jimmy
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Posted - 06/23/2006 :  13:52:47  Show Profile  Visit jimmy's Homepage  Reply with Quote


OK, I've been checking for the past 2 days, and still, no one has said, " You're right jimmy, "Fitzgerald" does sound like the Car's "You Might Think". Oh, jimmy, you're so observant. So sharp."
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Carl
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Posted - 06/23/2006 :  18:31:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Elijah Wood sound familiar, wouldn't it?!

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cornholio
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Posted - 06/24/2006 :  16:28:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The piano in "Down to You" is very similar to "Calistan Way".
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VoVat
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Posted - 07/04/2006 :  11:19:28  Show Profile  Visit VoVat's Homepage  Click to see VoVat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Not sure about "Elijah," although I think it's the most straight-up rock song on the album. I do think some of the other FMRM songs sound like earlier Frank compositions, though. A few that definitely struck me were:

I'm Not Dead (I'm In Pittsburgh) - Horrible Day
Sad Old World - Dark End Of The Street
Don't Cry That Way - Strange Goodbye (at the beginning, anyway)



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billgoodman
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Posted - 07/04/2006 :  14:38:27  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Down to you chorus has the exact same melody as
''it reminds me of you/me'' of American Music by Violent Femmes


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NimrodsSon
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Posted - 07/04/2006 :  17:32:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat

Not sure about "Elijah," although I think it's the most straight-up rock song on the album. I do think some of the other FMRM songs sound like earlier Frank compositions, though. A few that definitely struck me were:

I'm Not Dead (I'm In Pittsburgh) - Horrible Day
Sad Old World - Dark End Of The Street
Don't Cry That Way - Strange Goodbye (at the beginning, anyway)



"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."



Yeah, I agree on the "I'm Not Dead"/"Horrible Day" connection. I think "Horrible Day" was a MUUUUUCH better attempt at that type of song! "I'm Not Dead" is currently the only song on the new album that I just don't like (although I love the title).


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Bartholomew
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Posted - 07/07/2006 :  08:41:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Elijah sounds familiar because it sounds exactly like Elvis Costello's, "Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes".
I too, agree on the "I'm Not Dead"/"Horrible Day" connection, but think I'm not dead is much better. To me, much the same as with the rest of the album, it's like he took the country soul style, or in this case just country and really mastered it. It's much more subtle and less obvious than Horrible Day.
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vilainde
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Posted - 09/15/2006 :  06:23:20  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
A friend of mine (and fellow FB fan) listened to FMRM for the first time yesterday and when Elijah came on he asked me "What kind of version is that??", thinking we were listening to some fucked up new version of Humboldt County Massacre. That was fun.

Oh, and speaking about soundalike songs, I recently noticed how New House Of The Pope sounds an awful lot like Dylan's "Ballad Of A Thin Man".


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The New Bolero
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Posted - 09/15/2006 :  07:38:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It sounds a lot like Seals and Croft's awesome song "Summer Breeze" to me. Or maybe a little bit like "All For You" by the great Sister Hazel!
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Billy Radcliffe
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Posted - 09/19/2006 :  16:12:27  Show Profile  Visit Billy Radcliffe's Homepage  Reply with Quote
To me, elijah sounds like a song on FMRM

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Carl
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Posted - 09/20/2006 :  10:03:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Easy, there! ;)

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Blank_Frackis
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Posted - 09/20/2006 :  15:24:23  Show Profile  Visit Blank_Frackis's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I haven't managed to hear Elijah yet - that song keeps skipping on my cd - but if it sounds like all of these songs at the same time it must be a work of genius.

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