enchantment wrote:http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/ ... terrifying
this is the most catchy of the newer HTDA material, but her voice just does not do it for me. She sounds way too POP tart. parts sound really cheesy and lame too- she tries so hard to be trent, and it isn't working! I can't wait until their label tells him to do vocals and she can be stuck on background...if she can harmonize (doubt it)
Okay so bright eyed feral boy after smearing himself with frosting? Crisco? white lithium grease?; kills some old guy. Goes back to shack were his mother is ill and feeds her fresh human blood. It is artsy because it is done in black and white despite seeming like every "original" movie the Sci-Fi channel has made recently.
The song reminds me of a shittier syntho beat version of "How Long has this been Going On?" by Ace which was remade after various blues artists remade the original George Gershwin tune from Funny Face.
Fuck it. The comments are hilarious. Thanks, Enchantment.
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Bryin Dall•5 hours ago−
This is what happens when one is blinded by love and allows it to think your partner has talent. At least Yoko was creative! It just seems that trying to make your wife's spoken/sing-songy lilting
voice be dark and powerful doesn't work. It would be more palpable if
the video were more appropriate to the song.
Maybe having her in the video in a gingham dress. While I applaud
Trent for doing something that isn't saying "I'm so dark and angry" (we
all have different moods), forcing a song to appear dark and scary when
it sounds like something from Lilith Fair is silly!
Ryan Healy•4 hours ago−
I guess you would need to go hunting if all you had was cake frosting to eat.
jerimiah gentry•39 minutes ago−
This review is an example of the good writing at NPR. I read the blurb, first taking it as positive review. I watched the decidedly boring and dull video, read the comments and nodded along. I then re-read the blurb. Smart and diplomatic. Other than calling the composer Aticus Ross "brilliant" (which he may still be despite this tripe), the review hits at how unoriginal this concept is by noting its " unambiguously grim view..." and that "(surprise) man hunts man."
And my god, the whining refrain: "How long?!" How obvious. Terrible. But thank you NPR for your entertainingly objective review.