When asked in an interview with That Grape Juice if choosing the song was a conscious effort, since the song had a different sound than the previous singles, Hilson responded, "Absolutely!
Toland, by the time of his death, in 1948, at the age of 44, had filmed 67 features, ranging from "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) to "Song of the South" (1946), and he remains essential to the grammar of filmmaking.
That Grape Juice's review called the song "ridiculously catchy", and appreciated the subtlety with which Brown gave the lyrics, comparing the technique to Janet Jackson.
Chan Marshall, who calls herself CAT POWER, is a moody, smoky-voiced chanteuse who wafts sultry melancholy into songs she wrote and others that she takes over, drawing on songs from James Brown, Moby Grape, Joni Mitchell and Smog.
His influence wasn't confined to the ivory tower: Woody Guthrie admired The Grapes of Wrath greatly, and named a song after its hero, Tom Joad.
Sol invites Sara to his apartment, where, after Mr. Levin makes a bit too much of her lustily devouring the forbidden fruit represented by a grape, they make love with a passionate intensity distilled from the Song of Songs.
Their song has become the ballad of sour grapes, wherein they sing, "he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes".
The gang proceeds to break into song, crash a seniors bingo game, crush some grapes and dance in the streets.
The song (see below) and its cover sheet alluded to a grape vine-covered arbor in the Land of Grapico, even though Grapico contained no grape juice.
