Single #11: From Cousin B

Song name: "From Cousin B"
Album name: The Search for Metropolis
Release date: December 4, 2001

Tracks
1. From Cousin B (album version)
2. Camilla
3. From Cousin B (instrumental)

Song History
This was the first single from the 2001 Mune Mud album The Search for Metropolis.

This song is a very strange mix of themes, all pulled together to tell a very strange story. The first source was from Jason's job. Doug Fleenor is a brand of lighting equipment they use where he works. The second source was from the 1953 movie The Long, Long Trailer starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. This has always been one of Jason's favorite movies, so there are lines and sound clips taken from the movie for this song. And the third source came from a Beatrix Potter story called "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher". In fact, the title of the song comes from the way Beatrix Potter dedicated the book.


Track Breakdown
The first track is the version that appeared on the album.

Jason, his sister, and his cousin used to hunt for ghosts in their house when they were really young. His sister once had a nightmare about white mannequin people haunting their upstairs, so after some investigating they came to the conclusion that one of the ghost's name was Camilla. This song was written about Camilla and their ghost hunts. It was recorded during the Metropolis recording sessions but not used on the album.

The third track is the instrumental version of the album track.