“Numbers” by Kraftwerk, inspired “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa internalized the drum pattern on “Numbers” so much that he ended up creating the music on this fantastic Nike commercial based on it.
Why did the hippies want the hipster to apologize?
Steely Dan accused Owen Wilson & Co. of ripping the idea for “You, Me and Dupree” from the lyrics of their song “Cousin Dupree” because – hold your breath – Wilson’s sleeping-on-couch character is called Randy Dupree while their song has a Dupree who is randy and sleeps on a couch.
steely dan wanted owen wilson to apologise over dupree.
Hippies – Steely Dan
Hipster – Owen Wilson (You,Me,Dupree)
Controversy – The film’s title caused a minor stir as the uncommon name, Dupree, is the same as the title character in the Steely Dan song “Cousin Dupree” from their 2001 album, Two Against Nature. Steely Dan founders, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek letter to actor Owen Wilson about the apparent absconding of their character’s name. The duo invited Wilson to make up for the “theft” of their character’s name by coming on stage with them at one of their concerts to sing with the group. Wilson gave his response to the group in another tongue-in-cheek manner by stating, “”I have never heard the song ‘Cousin Dupree’ and I don’t even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, ‘HEY 19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You,_Me_and_Dupree
Steely Dan’s Fagen and Becker accused Owen Wilson of lifting the main character of his movie “You and Me and Dupree” directly from the band’s 2000 song “Cousin Dupree.”
the guys in the first picture are members of steely dan group, who allege that Owen Wilson (guy in 2nd picture) based his character in You Me and Dupree, off a song they released called ‘cousin Dupree’
Steely Dan and Owen Wilson, and the whole ripping off Steely Dan’s song, Cousin Dupree, for the plot of his comedy flick You, Me and Dupree.
1. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker from Steely Dan.
2. Owen Wilson from movie You, Me and Dupree playing the character Dupree
Steely Dan has a song Cousin Dupree in their album Two Against Nature and claimed that the makers of the movie You, Me and Dupree got the name of the character from their song.
Owen Wilson’s character in ‘You, Me and Dupree’ is almost identical to Steely Dan’s character in the song ‘Cousin Dupree’, and they wanted an apology for the ‘disappearance of their character’.
the steely dan founders thought that the title of owen wilson movie you,me&dupree was lifted from their song cousin dupree
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2 Gentlemen are Walter Becker & Donald Fagen of Steely Dan fame.
The still is from the movie You, Me & Dupree
Becker & Fagen published a untentionally hilarious letter which actually claimed that the name Dupree was lifted from their song Cousin Dupree.