Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani

[Liam]

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

[luvtheEmcee]

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

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

[munkustrap178]

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.

[keggss23]

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.

[Liam]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:00pm

the lerics are the same(almost)and fiddler is getting NO credit!

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

Soooo whut iz the deel with Liam ennyways?

[munkustrap178]

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

Liam, I have a feeling she had to PAY for the rights.

[Liam]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 4:08pm

i dont know if its that close to rich man that she would lealy have to

[Rathnait62]

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...

[melissa errico fan]

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.

[munkustrap178]

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

Liam - it's clearly based off of the FIDDLER song.

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.

[munkustrap178]

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.

[Al Dente]

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

[muscle23ftl]

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.

[munkustrap178]

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.

[Love4Cheno]

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.

[Ellie3]

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?

[Al Dente]

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.

[munkustrap178]

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.

[Jon]

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

[Love4Cheno]

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).

[Al Dente]

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.

[Love4Cheno]

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

LOL AlDente.

I just turned 30!

[Al Dente]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 5:46pm

SCARY CHENO!