The Freshmen (song)

The Freshmen (song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Freshmen


Artist = The Verve Pipe
from Album = Villains
B-side =
Released = March 31, 1997
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock, grunge
Length = 4:30
Label = RCA Records
Producer = Jerry Harrison
Certification =
Last single = "Cup of Tea"
(1997)
This single = "The Freshmen"
(1997)
Next single = "Villains"
(1997)

"The Freshmen" is an alternative rock song by The Verve Pipe that was featured on their 1996 album "Villains". It was released as the album's third single on March 31, 1997. [http://www.amazon.com/Freshmen-Verve-Pipe/dp/B00000E6QVwas] The song peaked at #5 in the United States and topped the Modern Rock chart.

According to Brian Vander Ark, the song was written in a house in Gull Lake, Michigan, when he saw the movie rental box the morning after he had watched The Freshmen.

ong meaning

Brian Vander Ark wrote the song in 1991 about the guilt he felt from his ex-girlfriend having an abortion. This is shown in the first verse with the line "stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice."Fact|date=April 2008

The song was written after watching the film "The Freshman" starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick. In an interview, Vander Ark says, "At some point in our lives, we're all freshmen. We are all at that point when we think we know everything but we don't know shit".cite quote

The girl in the song is based on Vander Ark's girlfriend at the time -- who really had an abortion. However, she didn't actually commit suicide like in the song, which Vander Ark said was poetic license. [ [http://vervepipeings.net/faq.html Verve Pipeings FAQ] ] [Carlini, Anne. (n.d.). " [http://www.annecarlini.com/ex_interviews.php?id=73 Brian Vander Ark: What’s Lurking Underneath] ." "Exclusive Magazine." Retrieved October 28, 2007.]

The song was also covered by the Grand Rapids-based ska band Mustard Plug.

References

External links

* [http://thevervepipe.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000093.html A copy of Brian Vander Ark's forum post (the original was deleted) explaining the song's lyrics]
* [http://sheenapunya.blogspot.com/2005/08/stim-freshman.html Brian Vander Ark's explanation of the song]


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