Tuesday, May 27, 2008
  Under the Sea - Squirrel Nut Zippers

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the recording of Under the Sea by the swing band from North Carolina, SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS. Apparently, the Squirrels recorded the track for the release of The Little Mermaid on DVD in 1999. Disney was in the middle of purchasing Mammoth Records, the band's label, both all parties involved seem to have a different idea of what should happen with the song.

To make a long story short, the song got shelved and never saw the light of day until 2002 when it was released on the band's greatest hits album.










Under the Sea
Squirrel Nut Zippers
1999

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Comments:
Wow, I consider myself a huge Squirrel Nut Zippers fanatic, but I have never heard the long version of that story. A shelved $80,000 anti-corporate music video with the only known copy in existence purportedly in the closet of Jimbo Mathus?!? Wild.

(Great cover, by the way)
 
Has a very good sound to it.
 
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