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In this episode of Song Exploder, Dan breaks down how that process led to “Closing Time.” But over two decades ago, Dan and his bandmates John Munson and Jacob Slichter were in Minneapolis, getting ready to start work on their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine. And he’s won Grammys for his songwriting with the Dixie Chicks and Adele. This little-known fact takes on more weight considering that Lillywhite had absolutely nothing to do with the making of this record. Since then, Dan Wilson, the lead singer and songwriter of Semisonic, has become a powerhouse songwriter who has written or co-written for artists like John Legend and Taylor Swift. If it had not been for producer Steve Lillywhite, Semisonic’s Feeling Strangely Fine and its hit single Closing Time would never have seen the light of day. Their signature song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. It gets played in stadiums, Weird Al covered it, and it’s the last song of the night in countless bars. About Closing Time 'Closing Time' is a song by American rock band Semisonic. It hit #1 on the Alternative charts, and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Song. The song “Closing Time” by the American rock band Semisonic came out in March 1998.
It’s too important to all of us to say it’s never gonna happen again.A post shared by Song Exploder on at 10:04am PST Rocksmith® 2014 Semisonic - Closing Time. While there are no plans for Semisonic to reconvene, Slichter says “it’s not a case where two guys wanna play shows and the third guy doesn’t, which is a common scenario with bands. Rocksmith® 2014 Semisonic - Closing Time. In fact, Wilson was 36-years-old when Semisonic released their commercial breakthrough Feeling Strangely Fine (which features “Closing Time”), and now both Wilson and Slichter are in their 50s and bassist John Munson will join them later this year. The members of Semisonic are older than your typical ‘90s alt-pop act, mostly because Semisonic existed in a previous incarnation, Trip Shakespeare, for years prior to the addition of Slichter and the formation of Semisonic. “It’s too important to all of us to say it’s never gonna happen again.”
'Closing Time' was a smash, released in the final years of rocks. In fact, Wilson nabbed a Grammy for his work with Adele on 21, and the last time Semisonic performed live (in 2012), the band closed with a version of “Someone Like You,” the Adele hit that she and Wilson wrote together. Third and most recent studio album by American rock band Semisonic, released on March 13, 2001, through MCA Records. The band didnt sell many records, so it lost its deal with a major record label, prompting Dan Wilson to split to form Semisonic. Singer/guitarist Dan Wilson, of course, has kept the most active in the music biz, having written songs for the likes of Adele, Pink and Taylor Swift, in addition to releasing two studio albums. The single was released in March 1998 topping Billboard Modern Rock. Today Slichter-who penned the page-turning quasi-Semisonic (auto)biography So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales-teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence and plays drums occasionally in a post-punk band that, he says, is “more like a bowling league than actual band.” Closing Time was written by Semisonics lead vocalist and guitarist, Dan Wilson. It’s just one that’s not particularly active right now.” 1 spot on Billboard’s alternative chart, reached the Top 40 in four other countries, and earned a Grammy nomination (Best Rock Song) in 1999. I actually think there’s value in the fact that we actually think of Semisonic as a going concern. For some people that’s a semantic difference. “It was just sort of left there with the understanding that at any old time we could come back and do more of it.
“Nothing was ever dissolved,” says Slichter. In a 2008 performance at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, Wilson made it known that it was originally written about the birth of his. Still, according to drummer Jake Slichter, the band has never officially or unofficially broke up. Semisonic's breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine, reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single 'Closing Time,' their biggest hit in the United States. It’s been 15 years since Semisonic last released new music and, aside from the occasional Minneapolis-area show here and there, the pop-rock trio has been dormant.
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