Wilson: Yes, I have been rousted out to the doors with my own song. THR: Have you had the experience of hearing your song at the end of a night? He was right - it’s a great moment in the song.
You need to break up the rhythm of the verses.” So that line, “Gather up your jackets, move it to the exits, I hope you have found a friend” is the first time it deviates from the rhythmic pattern. There was one little adjustment later, which I credit to our A&R guy, Hans Haedelt. So I thought, “OK, I’ll write a song to close out the set,” and then boom, I wrote “Closing Time” really fast. My bandmates were tired of ending our sets with the same song, so there was kind of an uprising where they demanded something different to end our nights with. THR: How did the song originally come together? And I’ve actually seen some incredible a cappella versions of it online. It’s also very lyric-heavy for a rock song. But when you’re 19, 20 or 21, you’re very concerned about what’s credible.īut as far as the song, one thing about it is that it hasn’t really been turned into an ad campaign, it doesn’t have a product attached to it. Because of that, it was surprising to us when “Closing Time” became a giant single and really enjoyed by young teenagers. We thought of ourselves as an indie band and things just kind of got out of hand. Wilson: Somewhat, but also Semisonic was not really a Top 40 hit band. It has to do with the fact that if your song is being heard by 13-year-olds at their most music-crazed period in life, then they get spit out into the world, and when they’re 24, it somehow feels like that’s the right time for their teenage obsession to return. Wilson: I used to have this theory - I called it the 11-year rule - where, after 11 years, a song gets a second life. THR: Is that how you explain the comeback of “Closing Time?” And pleasingly, it’s not a bummer at all. Silversun Pickups sound shockingly Smashing Pumpkins-esque at times. Wilson: There must be one because they pretty much sucked the ‘80s dry in the last couple of years. THR: Do you feel a ‘90s resurgence coming on? I wonder who Third Eye Blind gets mistaken for. Finally, one of them says, “Are you the drummer from Everclear?” But I think being mistaken for your peers, like Third Eye Blind, makes total sense. But our drummer Jacob Slichter wrote a book called “So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star” and the first story in it is about some fans coming up to him very excitedly and kind of daring each other to talk to him. Wilson: Being from Minneapolis, we got mistaken for The Replacements, which was for us, quite an honor. THR: Is that a band Semisonic would often get mistaken for? And the thing about Third Eye Blind is really funny.
And while I really like Justin Timberlake’s music and singing, when he’s doing a Dan Wilson impression, I’m not sure I like that. It is kind of funny to be looking at it from another perspective. THR: As the person who wrote and sang “Closing Time,” how does it feel to see the song used as a gag?ĭan Wilson: I haven’t seen the film yet, but the trailer just made me laugh. THR got in touch with Wilson, now a successful songwriter for hire, who recently moved to Los Angeles, to talk about the song’s legacy. Long used to shoo out bar patrons who had overstayed their welcome, it’s now officially entered the realm of pop culture punchline, which, for singer Dan Wilson, is both a huge compliment and cause for pause.įortunately, not he nor the rest of the band, which includes drummer Jacob Slichter, define their lives by this one radio moment that never went away. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Thanks to the racy red band trailer for the forthcoming Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis rom-com “Friends with Benefits” - where a mid-coitus Kunis implores Timberlake to distract her with, what she calls, a Third Eye Blind song - Semisonic’s 1998 hit “Closing Time” is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.
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