Burt: Messy Dress is actually one of my favorites. How we came up with it was pretty interesting.
me: Yeah. It's rewritten from Starring Role by Marina and the Diamonds. Originally, it was A Wonderful Thought, from my Youtube movie "A Freaky Friday". Looking back on it, I think it was a phoned-in song for a movie like that. I don't even think it moved the story forward very well.
Burt: So you reused it another time.
me: Yeah. I turned it into Messy Shirt, which was... basically the plot of the Wiggles series 1 episode where Murray gets his shirt messy. Hence the title. Messy Shirt.
Burt: Sammy had made a demo for it a couple years ago. She played that cut for me and I did like it, and we agreed to put it on the album.
me: The only problem was we had to switch harmonizers because Burt couldn't sing the high notes.
Burt: *laughs* Right. So we changed the lyrics again so I could be singing to a girl instead of Murray. And now you have Messy Dress.
me: Any requests out there?
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Sam & Robin explained
FanfictionBurt Ward and I explain the stories behind some of Sam & Robin's songs.
