That was on a brand of facial tissue they saw at a hotel.
Although two of the members of the group were brothers, none had the name Statler. They were originally called The Kingsmen, but after another group with that name had a hit with “Louie, Louie,” they changed theirs. The Statler Brothers were a country, gospel, and vocal group that formed in 1955. And Nancy Sinatra covered “Flowers on the Wall” in her 1966 album Boots. Of course, the reference to smoking cigarettes was removed, as well as any reference to their competitor, Captain Kangaroo. The Muppets created a YouTube viral video which has a group of rats, The Ratler Brothers, sing the song as poor Beaker suffers from insomnia. It is a poem about the end of a man’s usefulness.” quoted the complete lyrics in his 1981 book Palm Sunday and commented, “It is not a poem of escape or rebirth. For example, in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis sings along to the line “smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.” This line was also quoted in the 1995 film Die Hard with a Vengeance.įans of late night radio will recognize the song as the theme to the offbeat Coast To Coast AM hosted by Art Bell. Possibly due to its quirky lyrics the song has an ongoing place in popular culture. Later it won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance-Group (Vocal or Instrumental.) The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It tells the story of a man abandoned by the love of his life, who finds he has nothing to do. There’s another Bruce Willis connection to the song as well: Willis mentions spending his suspension “Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo” in Die Hard With A Vengeance.The song “Flowers on the Wall” was written by The Statler Brothers’ original tenor, Lew DeWitt. Bruce Willis is singing along to the song, which is playing on his car radio, just before he runs over Marsellus Wallace at an intersection. This appears on the soundtrack to the movie Pulp Fiction. He’s in a pretty bad spot, counting flowers on the wall and playing solitaire with a deck that’s missing a card. Written by Statler Brothers singer Lew DeWitt, this song is about a guy who has been left lonely and nearly catatonic by the one he loves. In 1966 it won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance-Group (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Flowers On The Wall was their only top 10 Billboard 100 hit. Nine weeks later, it had peaked at #4 in the Billboard 100 and #2 in the Billboard Country Charts in 1966.Īll together the Statler Brothers had 66 songs in the top 100, 33 in the Top Ten and 4 number 1’s in the Billboard Country Charts. In December, the song appeared on Billboard’s Hot 100. He described it: “We took gospel harmonies and put them over in country music.” However, it did crossover to the pop charts.īuoyed by interest from the country fans, folk listeners began to demand that rock stations play Flowers On The Wall. Lew DeWitt, the original tenor for The Statler Brothers, wrote “Flowers on the Wall. I remember it early on as a kid and in more modern times when Bruce Willis was mouthing the words it in Pulp Fiction. You know when the Muppets cover you…you have a hit.
I have heard this called a psychedelic Country song… CMT named it one of the 100 greatest Country songs of all-time.
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