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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was the first song from ''The Red Album'' to be officially released on iTunes. The song includes piano, police sirens, and [[Rivers Cuomo]] singing in falsetto. [[Scott Shriner]] was particularly proud of the song saying, "The song 'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived' is a masterpiece that includes ten different styles of music based around a common theme." Rivers wrote the song during a "happy time" over the course of three weeks. Rivers said at the time he felt like a "musical geek". The song is Rivers' favorite off of The Red Album and also one of his favorite songs he's ever written. | "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was the first song from ''The Red Album'' to be officially released on iTunes. The song includes piano, police sirens, and [[Rivers Cuomo]] singing in falsetto. [[Scott Shriner]] was particularly proud of the song saying, "The song 'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived' is a masterpiece that includes ten different styles of music based around a common theme." Rivers wrote the song during a "happy time" over the course of three weeks. Rivers said at the time he felt like a "musical geek". The song is Rivers' favorite off of The Red Album and also one of his favorite songs he's ever written. | ||
===Liner notes=== | |||
{{Red liner notes|'''''The subtitle of the song for "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived" is "Variations on a Shaker Hymn."'''''<br> | |||
{{#tag:span style="color:#990000"|''Rivers:}} Yes, actually, I didn't realize I was ripping off a shaker hymn. It wasn't until we were in the studio and Brian's mom came by one day and she heard us play "Greatest Man" and said afterward, "You know that melody sounds like this hymn we sing in church." So indeed we chedked it out and it's very similar. I knew people were going to come at us after and say, hey you guys ripped off that hymn. So I put the credit in there off the bat.''}} | |||
===Writing the song=== | ===Writing the song=== | ||
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. | ||