The caption goes here. A Top 10 hit for Morris Albert in 1975, the song had been a cocktail lounge and karaoke-bar cliche for years. Everybody recognizes the melody whether they like it or not.
Noodles puts both projects in perspective as a modern-rock tradition.
A lot of punk bands did similar things, like the Dead Kennedys doing 'Viva Las Vegas' or a band like NOFX forming an offshoot band and doing a record of Broadway tunes that they cover. The success of the disc is one of the reasons that the group is headlining Big Mele '99 at the Turtle Bay Hilton on Saturday. We spent a year working on the record and now we're out playing the songs live and trying to do a better and better live show. We're still working on what we do in the show to keep it fun and energetic, as well as sonically right there. That's really it, and it's been great.