The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn): Difference between revisions
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Early song names included "Player", "Playa 4 Lyfe" and "Mack Daddy." Another name was "The Ballad of Oswaldo Sánchez", who was the goalie of the Mexican soccer team. | Early song names included "Player", "Playa 4 Lyfe" and "Mack Daddy." Another name was "The Ballad of Oswaldo Sánchez", who was the goalie of the Mexican soccer team. | ||
Some of the parts were written at different times. The three-point | Some of the parts were written at different times. The three-point vocal counterpoint was written in [[2004]] as a homework assignment from a composition teacher who taught Cuomo private lessons from UCLA. Rivers has stated that the spoken word part was inspired by Elvis Presley (which was brought to his attention by [[Rick Rubin]]. Early song ideas were meant to contrast the feelings of settling down Rivers was feeling. The "I can take on anybody" part originally said "No ring on my ring finger, this bird has flown. No ring on my ring finger, I'm on my own." Another idea was "Some people wanna settle down, but that makes me sick." | ||
Rivers has said, "The original inspiration for the song was...I just had this really strong and kind of sudden conviction that I am sick of writing verse-chorus-verse songs...I wanted to do something completely different." Rivers also said, "I thought of classical theme and variation music." | Rivers has said, "The original inspiration for the song was...I just had this really strong and kind of sudden conviction that I am sick of writing verse-chorus-verse songs...I wanted to do something completely different." Rivers also said, "I thought of classical theme and variation music." | ||
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See the second video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIj6RRXtGX0&feature=related here]. | See the second video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIj6RRXtGX0&feature=related here]. | ||
===Sections=== | ===Sections=== | ||
Different sections were inspired specifically by different artists. Rivers has stated some of the artists and others are self-explanatory. | Different sections were inspired specifically by different artists. Rivers has stated some of the artists and others are self-explanatory. | ||