I'd say classic btw ;)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)
Some sort of vague Fellini allusions with the lyrics...? The overwrought vocals help a lot.The music is nifty electronic pop in the very best tradition.
― Tom May (Tom May), Friday, 28 November 2003 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)
It's got a great, sleazy bass riff, though, hasn't it?
― phil jones (interstar), Friday, 28 November 2003 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rudolf (Rudolf), Friday, 28 November 2003 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tom May (Tom May), Friday, 28 November 2003 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)
The video = really corny dud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 28 November 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― robin carmody (robin carmody), Friday, 28 November 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)
This is so weird but I love this song so much and I find this all delightful. I have no opinions on MdM.
https://pitchfork.com/news/mac-demarco-finally-made-a-song-with-dolce-vita-singer-ryan-paris-watch-the-simply-paradise-video/
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 09:56 (one year ago)
So wrong, old ILM guy.
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 09:59 (one year ago)
lovely tune and I like Ryan's telling of how it came together:
Mac started to play the guitar as Mac DeMarco style, and I started to improvise something with the voice.What I was singing and also what he also was singing remembered me the English group Simply Red.So, I said: “What do you think about the title “Simply Paradise?”Yeahhhh, the title we loved right away.So I start to sing in my Italian spaghetti English singing nice melodies but words without sense.And I was very happy that Mac was writing the funny with no sense phrases and he putted in nice English and he was also singing and we used some of my singing and some of his singing. And than came the idea to make like Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney in the song “The Girl Is Mine.” There we really started to have big fun and we finished the song in few hours. It was really fun, ahahahah.
What I was singing and also what he also was singing remembered me the English group Simply Red.
So, I said: “What do you think about the title “Simply Paradise?”
Yeahhhh, the title we loved right away.
So I start to sing in my Italian spaghetti English singing nice melodies but words without sense.
And I was very happy that Mac was writing the funny with no sense phrases and he putted in nice English and he was also singing and we used some of my singing and some of his singing. And than came the idea to make like Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney in the song “The Girl Is Mine.” There we really started to have big fun and we finished the song in few hours. It was really fun, ahahahah.
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 12:25 (one year ago)
The video = really corny dud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So wrong, old ILM guy.― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, October 31, 2023 5:59 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, October 31, 2023 5:59 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Ha, yes. I love the video and him in his little vest.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 11:19 (one year ago)
Waistcoat. Whatever you want to call it.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 11:20 (one year ago)
I love the song and the video, but I'm so distracted by how much he looks like Jason Segel in it.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:48 (one year ago)
Yep. I think it every time I watch it and that happens multiple times a year. Strong Segel vibes.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:03 (one year ago)