YYYs' "Our Time" - "Manic Monday" ripoff or homage?

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Just the chorus -- "It's the year to be hated...so glad that we made it." That shit sounds EXACTLY like "Just another manic Monday...I wish it was Sunday."

Actually, I'm just proud that I finally figured out what the tune sounded like.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I vote for neither. I don't really see it.

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

uhh..it's actually "Crimson and Clover" - fuck the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

What? How can you not see it. Sing each line out loud, it's practically the same tune. And yes, fuck the yeah yeah yeahs.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah. I hear Bangles.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank you for the support, brother Jim. Perhaps only us Robinsons hear it.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

The band has acknowledged that it's the melody from "Crimson and Clover." And I cast a vote for "not fuck the Yeah Yeah Yeahs." I think that song is excellent, as are most of their songs.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

It's easy to hear why: In "Our Time," the EP's anthemic final track (which sounds a little like "Crimson & Clover"), Karen O tells it like it is. "It's the year to be hated," she sings. "So glad that we made it."

http://www.thestranger.com/2002-09-19/music.html

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Our Time steals the melody from Tommy James' Crimson & Clover and unleashes a crude, proud statement of rebellion ("it's our time/ to be hated").

http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/yeahyeah.html

Our Time ruba la melodia a Crimson & Clover di Tommy James e sguinzaglia una cruda, orgogliosa dichiarazione di ribellione ("it's our time/ to be hated").

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok, yeah, I hear Crimson and Clover as well. Perhaps the question, then, is: The Bangles' "Manic Monday": Crimson and Clover ripoff, or homage?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost, and thanks for the documentation, there, kiddo.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Perhaps the question, then, is: The Bangles' "Manic Monday": Crimson and Clover ripoff, or homage?

It's a shame that songwriter Christopher Tracy died (soon after a long fought civil war) in 1986. I don't think we'll ever know.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

(i might be more sympathetic to your cause if it didn't reek of anti-yyy sentiment)

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Please don't misinterpret. I am quite the YYYs supporter. I have no problems with songs sounding like other songs. In fact, it's an endless source of fascination for me. RE: "Fuck the YYYs", I was trying to be lascivious.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

(i might be more sympathetic to your cause if you were correct)

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

You're right. It sounds absolutely nothing like Manic Monday, and absolutely everything like Crimson and Clover (which sounds absolutely nothing like Manic Monday or vice versa).

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Totally. The Internet wins again.

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

nice to see your schtick is working out for you

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Kisses.

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Another part of a song that sounds like(remind me of) another...

New Pornographers - Chump Change

"It's OK to be seen
don't dethrone the drama queen
just for putting everybody in their place"

The Shins - Girl Inform Me

"...to take into the wind
And before we begin
is there nothing to kill this anxiety."

― kickitcricket, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 01:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Speaking of the Shins, a friend of mine SWEARS that "Caring is Creepy" is some song from long ago. Can anyone tell me what he may be confusing it with?

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

It does sound like The Bangles. Not that it doesn't sound like anything else, but it does sound like The Bangles.

NB: Robinson = woo.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

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