Enough people have commented over the years that this Selfish Gene clip reveals just how bad Becker was rhythmically, and how he couldn't hold a beat to save his life (serious impediment for a bass player!). I suppose it won't hurt to explain to those folks: the video was not recorded to this song; it is a clip from a reel of home movies… and as such, the degree to which it almost matched up to this song was pretty amazing! (of course, then some people next ask: why is Walter Becker doing this very strange hand-shaking, body-turning spazzy sort of dance backstage at the Gorge in the absence of any music?? That's another story)
Why were using home movies? (also true of Fringehead). Because the promotional budget for Circus Money was….um…let me get the precise number here from the ledger… oh yeah, here it is, um…ZERO. lol. So we pretty much used what was hand. I believe these two clips represent the total of YouTube promotional material for CM
I have only just seen this …it’s like a late birthday gift seeing this stuff..
Thank you 💝
Enough people have commented over the years that this Selfish Gene clip reveals just how bad Becker was rhythmically, and how he couldn't hold a beat to save his life (serious impediment for a bass player!). I suppose it won't hurt to explain to those folks: the video was not recorded to this song; it is a clip from a reel of home movies… and as such, the degree to which it almost matched up to this song was pretty amazing! (of course, then some people next ask: why is Walter Becker doing this very strange hand-shaking, body-turning spazzy sort of dance backstage at the Gorge in the absence of any music?? That's another story)
Why were using home movies? (also true of Fringehead). Because the promotional budget for Circus Money was….um…let me get the precise number here from the ledger… oh yeah, here it is, um…ZERO. lol. So we pretty much used what was hand. I believe these two clips represent the total of YouTube promotional material for CM