Why ? Because it breaks a few rules ..... it's true that it sounds a bit like 3 diff songs spliced together but that it part of the genius of the song. I think you will find that a lot of people, like myself, that have never really been hooked on the girls and their music in the past will be hooked with this track.
The chorus, whether tou loveit or hate it, is as catchy as hell and one you cant get out of your head after you have heard it.
Only disappointment is the video. GREAT concept, girls look fantastic, love the whole idea, etc, etc ..... BUT .... the syncronisation is appauling, and sone of the editing is just not quite on the money !!! Whoever edited it needs shooting coz the look of video is brilliant and goes well with the song, as do the dance routines, etc, but one or two of them, who will remain nameless, need to loosen up and not appear so stiff or like they are getting instructions from the floor manager just out of line of sight on the sets.
Apart from that, this will be Top 3 and possibly even a Number one.
Watch this space !!!
― Mudmaster, Sunday, 16 October 2005 03:02 (eighteen years ago) link
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― js (honestengine), Sunday, 16 October 2005 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Has there ever been a better pop lyric than "I know you like to wear my dressing gown / when I'm not there / I guess you like it in my shoes / just 'cause you drive a Maserati / and the ladies stare / don't mean you'll go as fast as I do"
I don't think so.
― John Hunter, Sunday, 16 October 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Seconded!!!
I'll go further and say I have previously found them unfailingly inane & actively, deeply boring. Seriously, they are only usually beaten at this 'making regular pop music hateful' by the goddess of meh - Ms. Stevens.
But this one has... a memorable tune! some restraint! is not embarrasingly oh-so-clever or cringeworthy on some other musical level. They actually sound like a proper 'girl group'* on this, and not something created in some dr. frankenstein's labratory of really-bad-meta-pop.
Yes, kudos to whoever's behind this one! They (GA) hardly have a great strike rate so far, but I cannot deny this one's goodness.
*Please don't read some wacked out ideas about what I sexistly think a 'girl group' is 'supposed' to be, or absurd limits I'm putting on the form. I'm just saying it's 5 girls, singing harmonies - about anything you like ok? As flexible as you want it to be, they've just *never* worked for me before.
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link
and obviously pwn3d completely by Robyn.
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― jason., Monday, 17 October 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
That's most of their videos.
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link
The dance routine looks loads better with some male backing dancers thrown in!!
http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=115A5U6ON4VDR39MA4A6Q07VYO
― Joshua, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 02:33 (eighteen years ago) link
The song itself, now that I've heard it a few times... Okay, it's actually really f*cking annoying how it wanks about working it's way through, like, three separate song sections. I realise this is usual for them, but ffs! Is it supposed to be an insurance policy to stop fans crossing over to Rachel Stevens? Talk about covering all bases...
But enough. When they do stop faffing and get to the point, it's still - damn! I never expected them to thrill me even a little at this late stage, esp. as I've previously found them really cack-handed and/or just cack.
― login name (fandango), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Where they've been lumpy, flat & very, very contrived before, this feels completely free. The hook/vocal/melody just breezes in from nowhere & gets it SO right it sounds like the easiest thing ever.
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― mark e (mark e), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
#6
:(
― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
'the show' = three choruses welded together'biology' = three bridges sellotaped together
also, irritating guitar jangle which is far too busy and far too fast
also, sounds a bit like franz ferdinand :(
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
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― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Diametric opposition between Alex and I re: GA may explain why he doesn't like this ;-).
― BARMS, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I just listened to this properly on headphones for the first time today, and that was my first reaction too!
It takes bloody ages to kick in, which makes it kinda tricky for the dancefloor, but I like it anyway, and its st(r)oppy-startyness is fun and disorientating.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
haha you mean "the way that we talk! the way that we walk!" - that is the only bit of it i unreservedly love!
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
by far
― dyl, Monday, 13 May 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link