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The Old Apartment by Bare Naked Ladies
Bare Naked Ladies
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Barenaked Ladies often Abbreviated BNL Or Occasionally BnL Is A Juno-Winning And Grammy-Nominated Canadian Alternative Rock Band. The Band Is Composed Of Jim Creeggan Kevin Hearn Ed Robertson Tyler Stewart And Formerly Andy Creeggan And Steven Page. They Formed In 1988 In Scarborough Ontario At The Time A Suburb Of Toronto. 1 They Are Best Known For Their Hit Singles "One Week" "The Old Apartment" "Pinch Me" "If I Had $1000000" And "Brian Wilson" 1 And For Their Light-Hearted Comedic Performance Style. The Band's Trademarks At Live Shows Are Humorous Banter Between Songs And Improvised Raps/songs Both Of Which Are Staples At Virtually Every Concert. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
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"The Old Apartment" Is A Song By Alternative Rock Group Barenaked Ladies. It Was The Band's First Entry On The Billboard Hot 100 And First Mainstream Top 40 Hit Appearing On The Albums Born On A Pirate Ship Rock Spectacle And Disc One All Their Greatest Hits. The Music Video For The Song Which Garnered A Best Director Nomination At The 1997 MuchMusic Video Awards Was Directed By Fellow Canadian And Fan Jason Priestley At His Own Suggestion. Steven Page Has Said The Song Was Partly Inspired By "Back To The Old House" By The Smiths. While Some Have Misinterpreted The Lyrics To Mean That The Man In The Song Is Stalking An Ex-Girlfriend And Breaks Into Her Apartment To Terrorize Her Ed Robertson Has Said That This Is Definitely Not The Case. The Person In The Song And His Girlfriend Are Still Together And Happy Having "bought An Old House On The Danforth" Danforth Avenue In Toronto . However He Goes Back To Visit "the Old Apartment" "where We Used To Live" And Winds Up Breaking In To Reminisce. Although Recalling "broken Glass" The "crooked Landing Crooked Landlord" And Other Disadvantages He Nonetheless Feels Nostalgia For "fading Memories / Blending Into Dull Tableaux". The Song Drew A Notable Level Of Attention In The U.S. Priestley Also Invited The Band To Play The Song At The Fictional Night Club "The Peach Pit After Dark" On His Series Beverly Hills 90210. With Some Isolated Exceptions This Was The Band's First Break Into The American Market Which Continued With Their Next Release A Live Version Of "Brian Wilson" From The Certified-Gold Album Rock Spectacle. The Live Version Of "The Old Apartment" From That Album Was Included On Later American Radio Singles As A B-Side Option For Stations. The Studio Version Of The Song Has Two Main Versions The Original Album Version And A Radio Mix Which Was A Completely New Mix Of The Song. Notable Differences In The Radio Mix Besides A Completely New Audio Mix Include An 8-Bar Instrumental Intro And In Page's Noticeably Filtered Vocal Bridge. A 1995 Demo Version Also Appears On The Compilation Album Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before. Apple Inc. Included The Music Video On The Mac OS 8 Installation CD As A QuickTime Example. New Band Member Kevin Hearn Appeared In The Music Video Despite Not Being Present On The Studio Recording.
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Barenaked Ladies often Abbreviated BNL Or Occasionally BnL Is A Juno-Winning And Grammy-Nominated Canadian Alternative Rock Band. The Band Is Composed Of Jim Creeggan Kevin Hearn Ed Robertson Tyler Stewart And Formerly Andy Creeggan And Steven Page. They Formed In 1988 In Scarborough Ontario At The Time A Suburb Of Toronto. 1 They Are Best Known For Their Hit Singles "One Week" "The Old Apartment" "Pinch Me" "If I Had $1000000" And "Brian Wilson" 1 And For Their Light-Hearted Comedic Performance Style. The Band's Trademarks At Live Shows Are Humorous Banter Between Songs And Improvised Raps/songs Both Of Which Are Staples At Virtually Every Concert. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
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"The Old Apartment" is a song by alternative rock group Barenaked Ladies. It was the band's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and first Mainstream Top 40 hit, appearing on the albums Born on a Pirate Ship, Rock Spectacle and Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits. The music video for the song, which garnered a Best Director nomination at the 1997 MuchMusic Video Awards, was directed by fellow Canadian and fan Jason Priestley at his own suggestion.
Steven Page has said the song was partly inspired by "Back to the Old House" by The Smiths. While some have misinterpreted the lyrics to mean that the man in the song is stalking an ex-girlfriend and breaks into her apartment to terrorize her, Ed Robertson has said that this is definitely not the case. The person in the song and his girlfriend are still together and happy, having "bought an old house on the Danforth" (Danforth Avenue in Toronto). However, he goes back to visit "the old apartment" "where we used to live", and winds up breaking in to reminisce. Although recalling "broken glass", the "crooked landing, crooked landlord", and other disadvantages, he nonetheless feels nostalgia for "fading memories / blending into dull tableaux".
The song drew a notable level of attention in the U.S. Priestley also invited the band to play the song at the fictional night club "The Peach Pit After Dark" on his series Beverly Hills, 90210. With some isolated exceptions, this was the band's first break into the American market, which continued with their next release, a live version of "Brian Wilson" from the certified-gold album Rock Spectacle. The live version of "The Old Apartment" from that album was included on later American radio singles as a B-side option for stations.
The studio version of the song has two main versions: the original album version and a radio mix, which was a completely new mix of the song. Notable differences in the radio mix, besides a completely new audio mix, include an 8-bar instrumental intro and in Page's noticeably filtered vocal bridge. A 1995 demo version also appears on the compilation album Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before.
Apple Inc. included the music video on the Mac OS 8 installation CD as a QuickTime example.
New band member Kevin Hearn appeared in the music video despite not being present on the studio recording. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.