Ha ha, I haven't heard Blur's "Tender" but I'd be impressed if it were worse than Elbow's "One Day Like This" - which as far as I know is the only Elbow I've heard, but if you imagine the worst of show-biz vacuous meaninglessness (think of "We Are The World"* if it had been a terrible song rather than a somewhat catchy song) with the worst of indie vacuous meaninglessness, you have still not imagined this song. But maybe I'm just overreacting to the heartwarming video.
*Though the subject matter is the redeeming power of love (rather than the ennobling effect that starvation has on the not starving).
"Tender." Hmmm. Singer is going into retreat mode; the arrangement does the Mekons trick of refusing to bring the lead melody into focus. But the sideways slip and slide of the various elements is compelling, even if the rest refuses to be. Vastly more interesting than what I've heard of Elbow. (Which may not be representative, but I'm stopping at four.)
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Kiss me like we died tonight
Date: 2008-09-10 06:45 pm (UTC)*Though the subject matter is the redeeming power of love (rather than the ennobling effect that starvation has on the not starving).
Re: Kiss me like we died tonight
Date: 2008-09-10 07:09 pm (UTC)