Girls Aloud - Biology

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.

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.

and obviously pwn3d completely by Robyn.

That's most of their videos.

The dance routine looks loads better with some male backing dancers thrown in!!

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=115A5U6ON4VDR39MA4A6Q07VYO

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.

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.

#6

:(

'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 :(

Diametric opposition between Alex and I re: GA may explain why he doesn't like this ;-).

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.

haha you mean "the way that we talk! the way that we walk!" - that is the only bit of it i unreservedly love!

but then why isn't it a #1? (see also Rachel)

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), November 16th, 2005.

My point reinforced.

also, irritating guitar jangle which is far too busy and far too fast

also, sounds a bit like franz ferdinand :(

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), November 16th, 2005.
it sounds more like gaffer tape than sellotape.

have you heard it thru cans? it sounds a bit flat on tv, but there's a lot more going on with the production than that.