Elliott Smith with the soundtrack.

I love the mixture of real drums and synths that this song employs. And the drummer is very good playing only what the song needs.

This guy owes a lot to Malcolm McDowell — the original creepy smiler.

I'm so indebted to Rykodisc and the Bowie reissues they did back in the late 80s/early 90s. And that Sound & Vision boxset. Good Lord, that was a beautiful monstrosity.

definitely Marc Bolan. Just like he did with Black Country Rock. He actually covered Springsteen's It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City and he really conjurs the Boss on that one.

well, it was influential all right. influenced me to divorce my wife because she played this horrible song so much.

Billy Joe Shaver's "Shaver" group with his son in 1993 was great. The album "Tramp on Your Street" had some great songs on it. In a lot of ways it predates the Rick Rubin treatment that Johnny Cash was to get. He just didn't have a big enough name to get the clout that Cash's comeback did.

I hear much more T. Rex in this song than Big Star. Listen to those little guitar runs at the end of the verses. Also the stomping and hand claps that could be straight from "Jeepster."