just a girl...

I've been messing about with my ipod on shuffle and i couldn't believe how much old stuff i like to listen to. Mad, i know, but it made me think about writing a list of some of the songs that i can't stop listening to, even if they aren't exactly brand-spanking new, so here it is.

The Cure - In Between Days This song always seems to turn up as a theme tune to a TV programme once in a while, so i'd be surprised if you didn't recognise it when you heard it. Despite this, and the fact that the lyrics are quite literal, you can't help but like this song. Believe me, the intro to it will get inside your mind and you won't be able to get rid of it for days.

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric? As any boosh fan knows, Gary Numan is a legend, and you really can't stop humming the synth bits, once you've listened to it once, even if it does sound a tiny bit like the theme tune to the IT crowd in places.

Kate Bush (covered by the Futureheads) - Hounds of Love i don't know what it is about this song, it just seems to work. Once again, you listen to it once and you can't stop singing it. I really recommend listening to the cover by the futureheads, it's pretty good.

erm....god....i was sure there were more than three.... 

 forgotten. Damn it.

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Yes, i know, they're too mainstream!
I'm bored, and so i thought i'd write a track review, and as you'll see, i have quite a strong opinion on this song.

In some attempt to sound as deep and mysterious as possible, the piano is pretty prominent in th song, and with Borrell wailing over the top of it, it's strangely difficult to like this song on first listening. Or second listening. There's no doubt that the hook-line 'love me, wherever you are' can go round ad round in your head, but apart from that, the song leaves you cold, when the lyrics suggest that you should feel tenderness and question the way you look at love, and life.
The entire video is centered around Johnny Borrell and his enormous face crowding the camera, and in fact, the rest of the band hardly feature in it at all.
It's as if the entire thing is centred around the frontman, and the rest of the band seem completely happy with this. The whole video consists of Johnny lighting matches, which doesn't hold your attention for the the three-minutes of the song. You can't help but be bored.

It's a shame, but 'Razorlight' really seem to have lost their way after the first album, 'Up all Night', which really is great. 'Wire to Wire' isn't terrible, but really just disappointing. It's predictable, but it never really gets going at the same time. Everyone knows Borrell has a huge ego, but now it's as if he considers himself so high and mighty that he can just write boring rubbish, and expect people to like it.

Listen for yourself, or even better, don't bother, and listen to 'Golden Touch' instead.

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