Laid is the title song from Manchester alternative rock band James 1993 album Laid. Emotionally evocative and featuring the risqué lyrics This bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbours complain about the noises above, but she only comes when shes on top, it quickly gained popularity on American college radio and remains the groups best known song in that country. Because of the lyrics, the music video of the song replaced the infamous line with she only sings when shes on top (although Tim Booth clearly lip-syncs the original line, and is accompanied by a subtitle reading hums). Today, a number of alternative rock stations, including Bostons RadioBDC, WBOS, Marylands WRNR-FM, Chicagos WXRT and Philadelphias WRFF will play Laid with the original controversial line. While the song did chart on the Billboard Hot 100, its initial peak was #61. It made it on to the chart thanks to its cult status as a popular college song, which is what helped it to peak at #3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was much more successful in the bands native United Kingdom, where it peaked at #25, becoming another Top 40 hit for the band. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the song gained some additional exposure and popularity when it was used as the theme song for the American Pie films starring Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott. A cover by Matt Nathanson was recorded exclusively for the third film, and was later included on the fourth films soundtrack. When performed by Matt Nathanson live he often creates a lot of banter over the vocals after the second verse, where he encourages the audience to sing along with him. The seventh installment in the franchise, The Book Of Love, contains a new cover of Laid by singer Aidan Hawken; as of 2012, it still has yet to be released on any album or as a single. The eighth film, American Reunion, features the original version by James in the film for the first time in the series history. The song was featured at the end of an episode of the second series of E4 show My Mad Fat Diary, and in the film The To Do List. Laid was also covered by New Orleans alt-rock band Better Than Ezra on their 2005 greatest hits compilation. It has been covered by the Butch Walker-led band 1969 on a hidden track on their album Maya, and has also been covered by Thomas Ian Nicholas (an actor playing Kevin Myers in the American Pie franchise) on his Tnb EP. 11th and title track of the fifth album Laid in 1993. So glad to reminisce about the Stiffmeister, Stifflers Mom (the original MILF), the Pie Fu__er, and Band Camp for this song. So that was the 90s Man! Watch the American Pie saga all over again if can! https://youtube/watch?v=0trh9Y598fM
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:02:51 +0000
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