Comments on: The Success of Jersey Boys–According to Des McAnuff

By: stubbleyou

stubbleyou — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:52:03 +0000

Ted, “Hey There Delilah” is one of my faves of the current crop. I’m sure you’ve noticed how similar, musically speaking, it is to Simon and Garfunkel’s much earlier “The Boxer,” which also has the theme of the blue collar guy fighting to try to make it in a tough world.

By: Ted Hammond

Ted Hammond — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:23:06 +0000

I noticed that these types of Blue Collar/Musician themes are still popular today. One Grammy nominated, 2007 hit song, “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White Ts caught my ear just recently. When I listened to the lyrics, I was surprised to hear it was a very similar theme as “Big Man In Town”. In today’s “Alternative” music world, such straightforward feelings seem rare in music by Male artists.

By: stubbleyou

stubbleyou — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:03:26 +0000

I find this part very interesting: “We had Candy Girl and Marlena, a great song, as part of a medley of songs with girls names, but it just didn’t work. Peanuts, a quirky little song from the first album, is one I really liked that we didn’t get in. We did manage to get Silence Is Golden and Candy Girl and The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) into the show’s underscoring. So they’re there subliminally.”

Wow, those first three mentioned are on my very short list of 4S faves, and if I’m not mistaken, the first two appear on many of the favorites lists of the Fantastic Fan interviewees. I’d have loved to hear them in the show. But ‘Candy Girl’ is in the background? Somebiody help me find that! (I caught ‘Silence’ and Sun,’ but not CG). Wow.