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Post by tickleyourdaughter on Jun 20, 2007 5:10:53 GMT
So I was thinking the title is pretty weird, "mcfearless". I mean the fearless part makes sense with the lyrics about havin the courage and all, but the "mc?" So then I remember Caleb saying it was almost like a KOL rap song to the "haters". Im sure he was only joking but maybe the name means "M.C. Fearless" like as a rappers name or something, and he just slid it in as kind of a weird inside joke. Or maybe not, who knows.
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Post by moonagedaydream on Jun 20, 2007 5:16:39 GMT
I think Caleb said that Jared came up with the name of the song because it was his bad ass bass line that inspired it. Caleb apparently calls Jared McFearsome or something like that so Jared decided to call it McFearless.
I was just listening to the xfm interview on buckyboo's multiply site. He explains it there
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izzy
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Post by izzy on Jun 20, 2007 12:41:26 GMT
Zane Lowe interview;
Zane "Who's McFearless in the band"
Caleb & Nathan "That's Jared"
Z "You like to name songs after your little brother, right?"
C "I let him name that one cos it came from like a bass line, and so i told him he could name it."
N "It was that or Pee Pee Pants! But he went with McFearless"
Z "No surprises there!"
I love that!!
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Domino
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Post by Domino on Jun 20, 2007 15:00:40 GMT
I've not been on here for a few days and suddenly im hearing Fans on the radio and its the next single - i thought McFearless was set to be the next release? did i miss something? not complaining as i LOVE Fans  |
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Post by hoppy78 on Jun 20, 2007 16:00:56 GMT
I've not been on here for a few days and suddenly im hearing Fans on the radio and its the next single - i thought McFearless was set to be the next release? did i miss something? not complaining as i LOVE Fans i think it was more a case of everyone wanting McFearless as the next single! I know I did anyhow! I love Fans too but McFearless is such a great great song I hope they realease it sometime  |
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Domino
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Post by Domino on Jun 20, 2007 18:34:32 GMT
Ahh right ok that makes more sense like i say i heard fans on the radio in college and it sounded ace, its a really radio-friendly track without being at all generic, i think it will be a really good single looking forward to the vid... |
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Post by laurenzoobo on Jun 20, 2007 23:42:43 GMT
we should all be in it. after all we're all on here AND they link to this forum from the official website.makes sense to meeeeee =]
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Post by hoppy78 on Jun 21, 2007 15:51:25 GMT
we should all be in it. after all we're all on here AND they link to this forum from the official website.makes sense to meeeeee =] haha i agree! can you imagine that video??? |
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Domino
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Post by Domino on Jun 21, 2007 17:42:33 GMT
Hmm maybe like Feeder's Just a Day vid...
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letter16no
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Post by letter16no on Jun 21, 2007 20:15:24 GMT
"The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless" is the name of a book by Frank Zappa's son.
Just a weird fact I thought I'd throw in.
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nightflight07
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Post by nightflight07 on Jun 23, 2007 20:10:56 GMT
I thought it was a McDonald's reference. Regardless, the song rocks.
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Post by brokenarrows on Jul 4, 2007 5:02:34 GMT
Back in April, I interviewed Nathan for a cover story for the USA magazine Hittin' the Note (www.hittinthenote.com). I asked him about "McFearless" and some of the other odd song titles on the new CD.
I didn't have room for his answers in the cover story. But below is the transcript of our conversation -- an "exclusive" for the site:
Me: I know you don’t write the lyrics, but if I asked you what the title "McFearless" referred to could you tell me?
Nathan: Oh yeah, for sure. My little brother Jared, his nickname is McPherson. And that song is bass-heavy and he came up with the riff, so we named it "McFearless" in honor of McPherson.
Me: Where does the title "Ragoo" come from?
Nathan: Ummm.. I don’t know. I think we had all been sipping on some beverages in the lounge area and I think someone just spit that one out. I’m not 100 percent positive.
Me: So the band now prefers those sort of impressionistic titles?
Nathan: Yeah for sure. We don’t want it to be so super obvious. I mean like .... beat someone over the head with the lyric which is the title of the song. We make songs more for the way they make us feel. Or a name that sounds like it fits the song in our minds, I guess. But I don’t think we would ever have a self-titled record, or a record titled after the name of a song.
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Post by ButterflyThoughts on Jul 10, 2007 0:01:45 GMT
that's good stuff, i prefer the mystery of the titles, makes u interpret them urself so that Jared kid is quite an inspiration ... no wonder  |
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