BookishBoy
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Our song for today is this one, originally a B-side on the "Let Me Kiss You" single.
What do we think of it?
Our song for today is this one, originally a B-side on the "Let Me Kiss You" single.
What do we think of it?
Ha! Yes, I tried to link to the Lopez show clip in the original post but for whatever reason it wasn't working, so went with the Manchester one instead.Average offering: bizarrely, it was done on the Lopez show at the back end of December in 09, which I thought was a bizarre choice.
Well, he was promoting the b-sides compilation and pandering to the Latino audience, no? Makes sense in that context. I always liked this song, I thought it was a nice glammy novelty outtake that worked well on stage when he was bringing it out back in 2004.Average offering: bizarrely, it was done on the Lopez show at the back end of December in 09, which I thought was a bizarre choice.
Don"t make fun of Lopez's voice !Ha! Yes, I tried to link to the Lopez show clip in the original post but for whatever reason it wasn't working, so went with the Manchester one instead.
It's OK, but definitely B-side material. There is a weird disconnect in the song - the verses (especially in the studio version) are great. The chorus is off though - the first half where he sings the title is fine and nicely melodic, but then he just ends up intoning the 'because he can't help it' and 'something got stuck in his throat' bits in a flat, monochromatic voice, which is always an anti-climax. It's like he couldn't find a melody to fit the music for that bit, so just ploughs straight ahead on one boring note, (or shouts to try and cover it in a live setting.) Alain does end the chorus on a fairly dissonant chord, so I understand why Morrissey struggles, but this is probably a case where they should have altered the music here to aid the song.
It's OK, but definitely B-side material. There is a weird disconnect in the song - the verses (especially in the studio version) are great. The chorus is off though - the first half where he sings the title is fine and nicely melodic, but then he just ends up intoning the 'because he can't help it' and 'something got stuck in his throat' bits in a flat, monochromatic voice, which is always an anti-climax. It's like he couldn't find a melody to fit the music for that bit, so just ploughs straight ahead on one boring note, (or shouts to try and cover it in a live setting.) Alain does end the chorus on a fairly dissonant chord, so I understand why Morrissey struggles, but this is probably a case where they should have altered the music here to aid the song.