This has made me realise I am literally always pleased to hear the scissor sisters; in the shop, out for food, in The Club, at a party, in a taxi. Queer people make the best pop and I would go to war to defend this belief. Lots of songs I didn’t know already that I really liked along with the famous bangers. Filthy/Gorgeous is like being hit by a bus (positive).
First reaction to the first 10 seconds of the first song: Jesus Christ!! Okay!!! It’s the 70s!!! Solid Top Gear driving compilation album music. I am surprised by how much I like this. Get freaky, boys. I don’t know if they actually made it onto the School of Rock soundtrack but they sound like they should have (this can be taken as an insult or a compliment depending on personal inclination). I always thought I was born to be a father not a mother and this album has proven me right. I like how big it is, I like the wail/scream singing. Really enjoyed myself. All that’s left to say is: rock got no reason, rock got no rhyme - you better get me to school on time.
I think (unsurprisingly) this woman understands me very deeply. Song one - I want a gun and the world is crazy. Song two - I feel the innocence of a child l and everybody has something good to say. I appreciate well represented mood swings. It’s New York! She’s not going to bed early! She’s capturing moments! She’s feeling everything intensely! Powerful, huge for my culture, utterly utterly stunnin. I will be revisiting this album a lot, I can tell. Thank God I’ve found her before I turn 30 - it’s taken too long already.
I’m far from the first person to notice this but: Bono seems like a bit of a cunt, doesn’t he? It’s all technically fine, I suppose. I’m just quite bored by it, and the ones I know already I wasn’t excited to hear. It drags. I think it’s for blokes who identify as stoic and see their volatile hometown relationships as reminiscent of Burton and Taylor. The harmonica interested me when it reared its head - I liked Trip Through Your Wires. But overall, a big old shrug from me.
I am grateful that overall the album is short but I still don’t think that makes up for an 18 minute opening song. Some fun riffs and range of vibes musically but the use of sound effects is utterly ridiculous, the vocals are insufferable, the lyrics annoying, the overall concept deeply tiresome. Put me in mind of the worst of Andrew Lloyd Webber. My first DNF.
The vibe is good. So far it’s reminiscent of the soundtrack to a video game that has both sweet and alarming elements. OH, SEXY BOY! OF COURSE I’VE HEARD THIS! A song I truly believed existed only in the realm of perfume adverts. I like this gentle, pleasant, wistful energy.
What if every Beatles song was Eleanor Rigby? Introducing: Leonard Cohen. He’s spinning yarns. The Stranger Song slaps. He’s getting some good lines in, surprising rhymes (often all I need to be impressed, because we’ve been rhyming in English so long now). Is every song about a woman he feels bad for? Bc if so fair play. A wet Bob Dylan? Stories of the Street is excellent, as is One of Us Cannot Be Wrong. GOD, do I like Leonard Cohen? I think I might you know.
SCHOOL OF ROCK BABYYYYYY! I’m having a hoot. You can really hear how influential this was. The cover is great. Trying not to dance while I’m cleaning toilets. Found myself wanting more when it ended, which hasn’t happened often. I’m going to listen again to see how I feel.