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[blahflowers]

Can someone please tell me where the "What an amazing time, what a family" bit from the start of "What You Waiting For?" comes from because it's driving me nuts, Googling it just gets hundreds of web sites with the lyrics up.

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[lozh.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling that it may be original. Shocking, I know.

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

Nope, I've heard it used at least once before...

[zenith.livejournal.com]

You've heard Ganesh say it, but he was quoting Gwen.

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

Surely when 'Nesh used it it was ages before the Gwen track came out?

I've just gone looking for it to confirm the date and I can't find it. Bum.

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Proof if proof be need be.

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

So, was the Gwen track available at the start of December?

[zenith.livejournal.com]

YES.

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

Cool. Can you bring a coffee to my house tomorrow morning? Say around 8:30?

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Why is it shocking?

[lozh.livejournal.com]

Shocking insofar as it does sound awfully familiar. "What a family" has been used to describe the Clintons and the Bachs. I'd be surprised if they were the only ones.

[bearro.livejournal.com]

I think it's original -

"The song — co-written with Linda Perry and produced by Nellee Hooper — starts with a sweet, slow piano melody and lyrics that seem to pay tribute to her bandmates in No Doubt ("What an amazing time/ What a family/ How did the years go by?/ Now it's only me").- from here http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1491456/09282004/no_doubt.jhtml

Although to be honest I though I'd heard it before, I figured it was from a famous awards speech at the Oscars or the like although searching for speeches doesn't turn anything up.

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no luck looking for the phrase '-Gwen'.