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|title = Just A Friend | |title = Just A Friend | ||
|albumart = Th_justafriend_art.jpg | |albumart = Th_justafriend_art.jpg | ||
|writer = Biz Markie | |writer = [[Biz Markie]], [[Tally Hall]] (Cover version) | ||
|singer = Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi | |singer = [[Rob Cantor]], [[Zubin Sedghi]] | ||
|album = [[The Pingry EP]], Download with 2008 | |album = [[The Pingry EP]], Download code with 2008 [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]], [[Just a Friend (EP)|Just a Friend EP]] | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
|genre = Rap/Hip-hop | |genre = Rap/Hip-hop | ||
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'''Just a Friend''' is a song by | '''Just a Friend''' is a song by 1980's hip-hop artist '''[[Biz Markie]]''', and covered by [[Tally Hall]] many times both live and in-studio. This cover is sung by [[Rob Cantor]] during the verses and [[Zubin Sedghi]] during the chorus. It is one of Tally Hall's most well known covers, as they closed out nearly every show with it for years. | ||
== Studio Recording == | == Studio Recording == | ||
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With the 2021 [[Needlejuice Records]] reissue of [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], [[Just a Friend (EP)|a 7" single]] containing Just A Friend, [[Mucka Blucka]], and [[Dream]] was released<ref>[https://needlejuicerecords.com/product/justafriend/ Tally Hall – Just A Friend 7″</ref> and all three bonus tracks were included on the standard CD and cassette releases.<ref>[https://needlejuicerecords.com/product/marvinsmarvelousmechanicalmuseum/ Tally Hall – Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum]</ref> | With the 2021 [[Needlejuice Records]] reissue of [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], [[Just a Friend (EP)|a 7" single]] containing Just A Friend, [[Mucka Blucka]], and [[Dream]] was released<ref>[https://needlejuicerecords.com/product/justafriend/ Tally Hall – Just A Friend 7″</ref> and all three bonus tracks were included on the standard CD and cassette releases.<ref>[https://needlejuicerecords.com/product/marvinsmarvelousmechanicalmuseum/ Tally Hall – Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum]</ref> | ||
==Live Performances== | |||
Just a Friend was played many times at Tally Hall concerts, mostly at the end/encore of a concert. It soon became popular with their audience. The band however soon got a bit tired of it and didn't want to be known solely by this cover, so they decided to retire it around 2005-6 from their live sets. However, due to popular demand, it was put back into the set not long after, which arguably makes this song one of the reasons that helped the band stand out amongst its peers in the early days and led to sold out shows at places like [[The Blind Pig]] in Ann Arbor. | |||
Some of these live performances included Rob Cantor going into the audience with a megaphone to sing the last verse of the song.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsnjY0MX-cM Tally Hall - Just A Friend (Intersection Grand Rapids)]</ref> Later performances would include the band switching instruments (i.e. Zubin on guitar, Joe on drums, [[Bora]] on bass, [[Ross]] on keyboard).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQSLsHcjx-s Just A Friend at Toquet Hall 2011]</ref> A performance at Sin-é in June of 2006, the band decided to play the last verse twice as fast up to "Oh snap".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avt9batgqc8 Just a Friend June 2006 Sin-é performance]</ref> | |||
In the last chorus after the "you got what I need, 'do wah'" [[Joe Hawley]] was known to say a random four syllable word to fill in the musical gap during live performances. (i.e Barbecue Sauce, Chicken Nugget, Dr. Pepper, Michael Jackson, Play Nintendo, Stegosaurus, etc...)<ref name=th2009>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up0A5u7XAGA Tally Hall - Just a Friend. 2009. Live at the Loft in Atlanta]</ref> | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The studio recording was first heard at the end of the MTV's "You Hear It First" which was filmed in 2006.<ref name=yhif>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNUyzfQDr0 Tally Hall on | * The studio recording was first heard at the end of the MTV's "You Hear It First" which was filmed in 2006.<ref name=yhif>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNUyzfQDr0 Tally Hall on MTV's You Hear It First, 2006]</ref> | ||
* The final chorus is sung (from lowest to highest) by [[Joe Hawley]], Zubin Sedghi, and Rob Cantor | * The final chorus is sung (from lowest to highest) by [[Joe Hawley]], Zubin Sedghi, and Rob Cantor | ||
* | * An easy way to spot photos of them performing Just a Friend is if Rob is holding the microphone while singing, this only happens in live performances of the song. | ||
{{Lyrics:Just A Friend}} | {{Lyrics:Just A Friend}} | ||