Already posted in the last couple of weeks as to why I reject the Rejects and tick the Dubzies.
The Prodigy "Omen": This seems to aspire more toward Buster Keaton's "Haunted House" than Robert Wise's "The Haunting," has a good comically dark hook, but the tech scratches undercut it. NONTICK.
Morrissey "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris": His voice is heavier than I expected, unfortunately. "In the absence of your smiling face/I travel all over the place." Well, that's funny as deliberate badness, but it's still bad. "Only stone and steel accept my love." An opening here for great, comic, exuberant despair; I wouldn't say the music is up to it, but I like the intent, so... BORDERLINE TICK.
T.I. f. Justin Timberlake "Dead And Gone": Niggas don' know what to do so they throw their arms around Paris they just start shootin'. No news here, but done effectively. TICK.
The Killers "Spaceman": Vast silliness - deliberate silliness, right? - right? - lopes along nicely, though the music is too crowded, making this sound uncommitted, as am I. TENTATIVE NONTICK.
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Date: 2009-02-16 04:23 pm (UTC)The Prodigy "Omen": This seems to aspire more toward Buster Keaton's "Haunted House" than Robert Wise's "The Haunting," has a good comically dark hook, but the tech scratches undercut it. NONTICK.
Morrissey "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris": His voice is heavier than I expected, unfortunately. "In the absence of your smiling face/I travel all over the place." Well, that's funny as deliberate badness, but it's still bad. "Only stone and steel accept my love." An opening here for great, comic, exuberant despair; I wouldn't say the music is up to it, but I like the intent, so... BORDERLINE TICK.
T.I. f. Justin Timberlake "Dead And Gone": Niggas don' know what to do so
they throw their arms around Paristhey just start shootin'. No news here, but done effectively. TICK.The Killers "Spaceman": Vast silliness - deliberate silliness, right? - right? - lopes along nicely, though the music is too crowded, making this sound uncommitted, as am I. TENTATIVE NONTICK.