,” band member Phil Solem is reflecting on the ups and downs caused by the track, how a few beers led to its iconic claps and witnessing Brad Pitt enjoy a performance of the hit more than the cast.
Seeing dollar signs, the Rembrandts were urged to extend the track into a full song for “L.P.” “We were making a dark, heavier rock album — the antithesis of ‘Friends’ — so we weren’t happy about that,” Solem says. “They’d already made 100,000 copies. I don’t remember if they recalled them or they ended up in a dustbin, but everything was reconfigured to accommodate this song.”
“When we were shooting the reunion, Matt LeBlanc asked me how many claps there were, and I didn’t know!” Crane shares. “Four? Five? I’ve heard that song a million times. For 27 years! I even wrote a bunch of the lyrics. How do IEnter Solem: “I don’t know how many times the question’s been asked. Anyone non-musical might think it’s five because there’s four of them, then a kick drum comes in and plays one.
Solem says Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow were the most fun, while Matthew Perry was the one they ended up back at the hotel bar with. Having that coupled with lack of sleep, Solem “threw my hands up” and quit the band in 1997. He and Wilde later reunited, releasing 2001’s “Lost Together” and 2019’s “Via Satellite.”
This is my favorite song from The_Rembrandts: