"
Tribute", is a tribute to "
The Greatest Song in the World"
[1] and is the first single of
Tenacious D's
self-titled debut album. It was released July 16, 2002.
"Tribute" was the most requested video on
Kerrang! TV in
2002. The song is a tribute to what Gass and Black refer to as the "greatest song in the world,"
[2] which Tenacious D themselves came up with, but have since forgotten.
[3] It was later released as a downloadable track for the video game
Rock Band.
HistoryTribute was the first song Black and Gass played live as Tenacious D.
[4] The song, like many other songs that were recorded on
Tenacious D, was originally played on the
TV series.
[5] During earlier performances of this song
Kyle Gass played the opening to "
Stairway to Heaven".
[6] The two songs are both in A minor and have very similar chord progressions, and critics have said the songs sound alike.
[1][7][8] A slightly different version of the song first appeared on the band's
TV show on HBO.
SynopsisThe song chronicles the band members' encounter with a demon who
demands the duo play "the best song in the world" or have their souls
devoured. Having nothing to lose from trying, they make up a song on
the spot, and it "Just so happened to be / The best song in the world."
Given the "Stairway to Heaven" interlude in the original TV series
version, it might be suggesting the best song in the world is indeed
that song, but the lyrics make clear that the song Tenacious D is
playing sounds nothing like the song they came up with to please the
demon.
In an interview the band claimed that the inspiration from the song came after
Jack Black played
Metallica's "
One" for Kyle Gass, describing it as "the best song in the world",
[9][10]leading to a failed attempt to themselves write an even better song,
and a discussion of the meaninglessness of labeling any song that way.
"Tribute" was written to make the claim that the greatest song in the
world had, in fact, been briefly theirs but they had forgotten it, as a
paean to the impossibility of reaching musical perfection.
In
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, it is implied that the climax of the movie, a rock-off challenge between
Satan and Tenacious D told through the song "
Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", is indeed the incident chronicled in "
Tribute", and that the portion of "
Beelzeboss"
performed by Tenacious D is the song receiving tribute. After defeating
Satan, JB and Kyle recall the incident once more, describing it as,
"the greatest song in the world." Unfortunately, they are unable to
remember how it went. Also in the song Beelzeboss, they mention that
they know the demon's weakness, referred to as their "rocket sauce",
which is what they use in their HBO television series to defeat the
demon.
Music video
Jack Black and Kyle Gass in "Tribute" video.
The music video for "Tribute," directed and edited by
Liam Lynch, features Jack Black and Kyle Gass, in a cheap shopping mall
karaoke booth, rewired to record their tribute to their encounter with a demon and the song they sang for him, which saved their lives.
The video cuts between footage of the pair walking down the "long, lonesome road" and the encounter with the demon played by
Dave Grohl.
The demon also performs the electric guitar solo in the music video.
After the solo, Jack Black jumps out of the booth and starts shouting
the lyrics at passers-by and dancing flamboyantly. Passersby include
cameos from Lynch and
Ben Stiller. A policeman, played by
Jason Reed, takes Black and Gass away. At the end an old lady, played by
Linda Porter, picks up the now-recorded CD and cackles, her eyes turning red.
Although the video had huge success on UK television - readers of
Kerrang! magazine voted for their Top 10 rock videos with "Tribute"
coming fifth
[11] - the song was never actually released there as a single.
Tribute was nominated for two
Music Video Production Association Awards: "Alternative Video of the Year" and "Directorial Debut of the Year".
[12] In addition, it was a nominee for best video in the 2002 Kerrang! Awards.
[13]
Critical responseSome critics described the song as being similar to the song "
The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the
Charlie Daniels Band.
[1][7][14]
Cover versions"Tribute" has been covered by the
Dust Bowl Cavaliers, on their
2006 album
Bluegrass Wrecks the Music of Tenacious D: This Is Just a Tribute.
Sujet: Re: Drameon 
Mer 18 Nov 2009 - 20:01
(et puis ce n'ai que la simple réalité de ce qu'on ne voit pas après avoir fini le jeux 
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