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#1

Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 3:56pm

WHAT!!!!i heard this song on the radeo and i am so mad!

it sounds JUST LIKE the fiddler on the roof song if i was a rich man!

IM SO MAD!!!! >:O
#2

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 3:57pm

It's supposed to. I think it's so strange.
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#3

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 3:58pm

Well it's obviously the same song...it's been recorded before by pop and rap stars, I forget who. I hate her version.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#4

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 3:58pm

One of the worst songs I've ever heard, embarassingly bad. I guess I don't really get why she's singing, "if I were a rich girl"... she IS a rich girl!! Is she trying to be funny? I don't get it.
"When you're a Jet, / You're a Jet all the way, / From your first pirouette / To your last grand jete." --Brian Kaman
#7

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:06pm

Liam, I have a feeling she had to PAY for the rights.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#9

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:09pm

"One of the worst songs I've ever heard, embarassingly bad. I guess I don't really get why she's singing, "if I were a rich girl"... she IS a rich girl!! Is she trying to be funny? I don't get it."

I didn't realize all pop songs were supposed to be autobiographical. I must have fallen behind somewhere...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:09pm

Liam, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick get credit for the song in the "L.A.M.B." liner notes.
#11

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:09pm

Liam - it's clearly based off of the FIDDLER song.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#12

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:09pm

im not a fan of gwen stefani. the songs not bad but she is just a little weird.
#13

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:12pm

I think Gwen Stefani is amazing, brilliant, and gorgeous. I'm not crazy about her new CD, but I'm a huge fan of her overall work.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#14

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:11pm

Munk, you and I don't always see eye to eye but THANK YOU for being the only person, besides myself, that realizes that this version of Rich Girl HAS been done before. What you forgot to mention is that Stefani ripped off what was a *reggae* version almost note for note, riff for riff. I was still in A&R when that was about the biggest hit in club land and I'm very curious as to why the original cover artist isn't making a stink about it. Not a fan of this album either. To me, Stefani has been desperate to be Madonna all along, under the rocker babe guise, now it's all out there, once and for all. Crap album, IMO
#15

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:14pm

Well she draws young people to hear a song from a musical...so thats always good....it would be cool if she would mention the fact that the song comes from "fiddler" more often.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-
#16

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:16pm

Anyone who knows of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF would know that it's from the show. If she randomly said "This song is from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," the people that don't already know that wouldn't care, or have any idea what FIDDLER is.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#17

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:18pm

AlDente- THANK YOU! I also think Gwen has been copycatting Madonna almost step for step.

Also, I think C Aguilera is a bit guilty of it too, replacing her bad-girl look (Madonna circa 83-85) with the Marilyn Monroe look (Madonna c. 87). I'm waiting for Christina's interpretation of the Like a Prayer era.
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#18

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:19pm

I think the song, and the whole album for that matter, is FANTASTIC! She wants to be Madonna? Pah, why would she climb down a rung?
#19

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:28pm

I'm really dating myself with this but let's take Madonna in the "Live To Tell" video, if Stefani tried any harder to look like Madonna from the aforementioned in her "Don't Speak" video, Madonna could have probably sued for image infringement. As for XTINA, at least she has a voice.I think XTINA has followed more closely and deliberately in Mariah Carey's footsteps. Stefani even sounds exactly like Madonna and always has. That same "Mickey Mouse on helium" thing. She's always struck me as a poseur.
#20

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:35pm

Well everyone obviously has their idols and role models, but that doesn't mean she's copying Madonna, or trying to become famous off of what Madonna has done. There are, obviously, strong comparisons between the two (glamorous, rock-ish, rebel image, BLONDE,) but in my opinon, that's it. And any similarities between the two wouldn't exist of Stefani wasn't blonde...regardless, of the mentioned similarites, I feel they are all just coincidental and not malicious. Did Madonna ever have a clothing line? And Madonna was never in a band.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#21

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:37pm

For a good Fiddler parody, check out the CD "Fiddling with Tradition" by the comedy rap duo "Two Live Jews".

They are actually two young comedians from Miami who did a parody of Two Live Crew's "Me So Horny" called "Oi, It's So Humid". They were made up as two old Jewish men. The album was titled "Kosher As They Wanna Be". The Fiddler parody was their second album. Later albums were "Disco Jews" and "Christmas Jews".

You can hear salples at amazon.com.

Updated On: 2/24/05 at 05:37 PM

#22

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:43pm

Actually, Madonna was in 2 bands. Emmy and Breakfast Club. She left when someone offered her solo demo work (I think Jellybean).
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#23

re: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:45pm

Again, I'm dating myself but, Madonna was actually in two bands that were very different than what she wound up becoming famous for. They were EMMY and The Breakfast Club, respectively.

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