the 5th dimension c/d

I feel like I knew the answer to this at one point, but I think the label is more likely the “put a shitty cover smack dab in the middle of the album” culprit than Webb was.

No you’re not.

It's an eccentric kind of humor for sure, but I think the fact that we don't often see the names of the members of the 5D or even know them at all is part of what makes it funny. It wouldn't be quite as funny if the fake TV show starred Led Zeppelin, for example. And it playfully conjures a fantasia of early '70s Los Angeles in which the lines between the pop music field and the field of scripted TV are completely porous. It's like a dream a retro obsessive might have. What I see a lot in Rachel's humor is her taking a semi-forgotten name or thing from our cultural subconscious, and showcasing it, suggesting that it's somehow relevant - so that now we have to acknowledge it consciously.

Otm. For me I was into this one from the get-go and the detail that really drove it home was “William Windom.”

Damn, that "Age of Aquarius" arrangement is probably the best thing I've ever heard lol

xp Exactly, and “Raymond St. Jacques,” I mean this is some deep digging

Assuming this is an imaginary spinoff of the episode of It Takes a Thief they were on.

I could’ve sworn there was a post by Aero somewhere about one of the other male singers besides Billy being the secret weapon of their sound but can’t find it.

Assuming this is an imaginary spinoff of the episode of It Takes a Thief they were on

Wait what

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Check it out. Featuring Bones Howe himself in the control booth. From an episode of _It Takes A Thief_.

Reposting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IOChyulyU