 | Suit Fugue (Dance of the A&R Men)Kevin Gilbert |
Writer(s): Kevin Gilbert (see lyrics here) Recorded: 1995-96 Released: 1997 (album cut on Giant Tracks) Released: February 13, 2000 (album cut on Shaming of the True) First Charted: -- Peak: 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming |
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About the Song:Kevin Gilbert died tragically at age 29 in 1996. He left behind great promise as a musician who’d already built an impressive resume which included touring as a keyboardist with Eddie Money, doing session work for the likes of Madonna and Michael Jackson, and co-writing the bulk of the material which comprised Sheryl Crow’s debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club. At his death, he was working on his second solo album – a rock opera called The Shaming of the True. Jon Rubin, who managed Gilbert’s estate after his death, shared the concept: “This is a story of a young man, Johnny Virgil, who is hell bent on success in the music business. The story follows him as he is chewed up and spit out by the very thing he coveted.” BM Gilbert originally wrote “the ridiculously complicated musical track” TH “Dance of the A&R Men” for a tribute to the little-known progressive-rock group Gentle Giant, one of his favorites. Rubin explained that, in the context of the Shaming album, this “is the chorus of record execs (A&R, Promotion, etc.) as they seduce Johnny.” BM It “is a hilarious parody on how all these record executives are so phony;” EP one exec says, “You sound like Air Supply meets GWAR…in a good way.” It “is nothing short of a masterpiece.” CW “The execution of the vocals is amazing,” EP showcasing “enormous talent in the studio, overlapping vocal after vocal,” SM-S all of which are actually Gilbert’s voice, BM “to create the (mainly) acapella conglomeration of messages left by PR men, agents, and other musical lowlifes on Johnny’s answering machine.” SM-S “Johnny gets the advice to drop the band (they are in the way) and adopt an IMAGE: ‘No we need a sharper hook – like a scandal. Maybe you can rape a nun, or better still a priest.’” KF Resources:
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First posted 10/8/2022. |
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