Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's v The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You

i'll be there for you came on the radio when i was in czech republic and i was amazed that a DJ would actually choose to play it as an actual song. so it gets my vote.

I can't bring myself to vote for wither of these. Whenever I find myself watching friends I always have to press mute for the duration of the opening credits.

i'll be there for you came on the radio when i was in czech republic and i was amazed that a DJ would actually choose to play it as an actual song.

Was it a hit single or radio hit or whatever in the US? Cos it was in the UK. Number 2 single I think

"Breakfast at Tiffany's", because it only becomes annoying the second time you hear it. "I'll Be There For For" is instantly annoying through it's association with "Friends".

Was it a hit single or radio hit or whatever in the US? Cos it was in the UK. Number 2 single I think

Since it was a radio hit and unreleased as a single, it never officially hit number one; then it was released as either a B-side or a double A-side with "This House is Not a Home."

Haha, Emilys and I were talking about these two songs the other night. They really are painfully similar (in the same universe: "Roll to Me" by Del Amitri).

I vote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" despite its really dumb concept of "we've got to save this relationship that has no basis beyond unenthusiastically shared interests!" Reason: when they did cough up the full-song version of the Friends song, it always felt like all the other parts were added-on later just to pad it out. That may or may not be true but it definitely feels that way. Whereas Deep Blue Something had to actually take a stand and put their dull verses out there. Also there's just a little more going on given the tepid/less-tepid verse/chorus transition, as opposed to the continuous texture of the Rembrandts.

Freely admitted: in 6th grade I did think the lyrics of "I'll Be There For You" were a shockingly frank, hep depiction of what life as a grownup would be like.

These are two truly horrible songs. Smug, chirpy, goofy, American Frat pop of the worst order.

"I'll Be There for You", performed by The Rembrandts is the theme song to the hit American sitcom Friends, which premiered in 1994. Although The Rembrandts write most of their own songs, this one was written specifically for the show by Michael Skloff and Allee Willis and was initially offered to They Might Be Giants and R.E.M.[1]

Freely admitted: in 6th grade I did think the lyrics of "I'll Be There For You" were a shockingly frank, hep depiction of what life as a grownup would be like.

I didn't but maybe I should've

and was initially offered to They Might Be Giants

Well, that explains the Malcolm in the Middle song. Weren't going to miss their big chance again!

then it was released as either a B-side or a double A-side with "This House is Not a Home."

How on earth do you know this factoid, Soto???

i was amazed that a DJ would actually choose to play it as an actual song.

I heard it GOBS of times on US radio. Still do.

Friends was the worst show in Christendom so that BAT one gets my vote even though I can't remember how it goes right now.

I heard it GOBS of times on US radio. Still do.

I think I have only ever heard it on the "radio" at grocery stores, but YMMV.

"I'll Be There For You" although The Rembrandts made better music earlier in the 90s.

easy - for the harry hill/stoufer rendition alone. (DBS)

The Rembrandts made other music?

Given the absence of Ear Cancer as a plausible 3rd candidate, I gotta say the Rembrandts tune is the less whiney and annoying of these two.

write in vote for the connells' 74-75.

The Rembrandts made other music?

Their only other single (and a bigger chart hit than "I'll Be There For You") was a serviceable ditty from 1991 called "Just The Way It Is, Baby." Very much in the Michael Penn-Jude Cole vein.

Their best album was "Untitled" from 1992. It didn't contain any hits, I believe, but "Rolling Down The Hill" was included in the "Poptopia" 90s compilation by Rhino. "Johnny Have You Seen Her" was a single, and a great song, but no hit, I believe.

I also like "That's Just The Way It Is Baby" although that album is less consistent than "Untitled".

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thank you sir

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justice

lol

the right horse won this one.

Wrong result.

Breakfast at Tiffany's just came on at KFC and I'm fighting murderous impulses. I don't feel that way about the Friends theme

Neanderthal's hitting the party circuit this afternoon.

The terrible conceit, the awful lyrics, the dumb vocal affectations

The barely there chorus melody ugh make it go away

Xpost lol

"breakfast at tiffany's" once again proving itself to be pop music's best punching bag. even at the time - did anyone genuinely like it or has it gotten over purely on ragebait this whole time?

anyway neanderthal otm, ofc. everything about it is contemptible and your case for total annihilation of everything grows stronger and more valid with every listen. truly an ugly demerit on humanity's permanent record.

extemparaneous thoughts re: b @ t's by the dbs: when the aliens come back and we're all pleading our collective case as to why they shouldn't exterminate us in order to farm the planet's resources, i imagine it's going pretty well for us, y'know? they're not so bad! and neither are we - look at all our cool stuff! but then the aliens navigate over to vimeo, bring up the ol'deep blue something and look over at all of us the way you look at your dog when you both know the dog has done something inappropriate and unacceptable; misbehavior has taken place and, much like the pathetic dog in that scenario, we know we are guilty. the crime has been committed. shame. nothing but shame. we've done this to ourselves. WE ALLOWED THEM TO PLAY IT ON THE RADIO AND NOW LOOK AT US. I ADMIT IT! WE BOTH KINDA LIKED IT. OUR BAD! OUR BAD! GAAAAHHHHHHH NOOOOOOO!!!!!

The opening of Rembrandts just makes me think of some unfunny Friends cold open giving me a headache, but musically by itself it is okay

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is terrible

Jeopardy host Ken Jennings took to Twitter a while back to claim that the lyrics of "I'll Be There For You" are illogical, particularly:

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

I think he's wrong about that but it's difficult to explain why.

your inability to articulate specifics says a lot and i posit that the only reason the dbs won this so handily is because the rembrandts are so boring. like yeah... of course i hate it, but i mean... BECAUSE OF COURSE LISTEN TO IT WHAT CAN YOU POSSIBLY SAY. it's just so obviously dumb and hateworthy. it's bad, whatever. let's make fun of it.

but "breakfast a tiffany's"? it's almost like a troll. it knows you hate it and it feeds on your rage. after all, DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU KINDA LIKED IT?

"as i recall, i think, we both kinda liked it" -- said some date rapist probably can you tell i hate this song?

i know everyone now is nostalgic for mall culture but these songs ARE mall culture

i heard them both 90,000 times
in mall settings

idk if i could pick bc i never ever need to hear them again

i liked them fine but now?
please shoot them into the sun

however

my favorite misheard lyric is care of my brother when he was a kid at the time thought it was

AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT
GREAT BURSTING TIFFANY

so i may vote for that

She said
That's what happens when
You hold in your farts

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Back in ‘97 I went to Cedar Point on a scouting trip and while you waited in line for rides they had TVs placed all around playing music videos on loop. I must’ve heard “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 50 times that day.

Jeopardy host Ken Jennings took to Twitter a while back to claim that the lyrics of "I'll Be There For You" are illogical, particularly:

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

I think he's wrong about that but it's difficult to explain why.

― Josefa, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 19:43 (one hour ago) link

Oh, as in it should be 'hasn't been your year, your month, your week, or even your day'? Makes sense.

I'm pretty sure I noted in one of the misheard lyrics threads that I thought for the longest time they were singing 'your love life's the old way'.

Both of these songs are just aggressively bland background music. There are so many more rage-stokingly bad pop songs from this era.

^ Correct re Ken Jennings’ beef. I too see where he’s coming from but I think he’s looking at it the wrong way in terms of the context of the song.

There are so many more rage-stokingly bad pop songs from this era.

― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Wednesday, April 24, 2024 2:40 PM

"so many more"? pls list.

In 6th grade (95-96) I had one of those rotations where you do half a semester of home ec, half a semester of wood shop, etc. When we got to the art section, the teacher had the cassingle of Breakfast at Tiffany's and one of those cassette boom boxes with auto reverse. She left it playing on repeat during every single class.

Now, it would have been bad enough if we had to listen to Breakfast at Tiffany's and a Deep Blue Something b-side over and over again for 40 minutes... every day... for like 3 months... but the b-side of Breakfast at Tiffany's was Breakfast at Tiffany's.

So like nobody ever mentioned this or acknowledged it until the very last day of class, before we switched to music appreciation or w/e.
On that day, the teacher asked "Is everyone a little sick of this song? I could maybe put on the radio."

To which every single kid in class said "OH MY GOD YES"

I mean the feeling of sonic relief when she switched it to Z100 was so incredible, unlike anything I have known before or since. I really mean that.

The DBS drummer did well for himself for awhile:

John Kirtland runs an independent record label, Kirtland Records. Based in Dallas, Texas, and Los Angeles, California, Kirtland's business dealings led to his ownership of the back-catalog of the band Bush and royalty rights on the sales of certain albums by the band No Doubt. Kirtland quickly sold off his rights to the No Doubt material, but retained the rights to the Bush back catalog until 2014, when they were sold to a consortium that included Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale.

As for their first guitarist, who bailed before their first album, he found a sweet gig:

Clay Bergus has been a manager at Eddie V's Prime Seafood in Fort Worth since its opening in spring 2009.

The only defensible move here was a write-in for "No Myth."

The lyrics are definitely in the right order! First of all, it makes sense to start with "It hasn't been your day," because that's an actual thing people say.

So you start with realizing this day is not going well for you. As a matter of fact, your whole week has sucked. Come to think of it, it's been a really rough month. And when you really think back, it's been at least a year since you really felt like things were going your way.

The other way makes no sense at all. If it's not your year, then it follows that it's also not your month or your week, since those are contained within the year that we've already established sucked. It only makes sense if you start with a small unit of shittiness and expand outward.

yeah the reverse seems willfully obtuse

I dunno, the dress looks blue to me

I hope The Chainsmokers' omnipresent Uber singles sound as innocuous in 20 years as these two songs do now.

The syncopated clapping in "I'll Be There for You" is the true generational marker for me: kind of like the "Sweet Caroline" karaoke bom-bom-boms, it captures both wanting to have something fun and slightly challenging to get right, but also making fun of the idea of getting those claps right and making fun of the idea of expressing joy that way.