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| "I couldn't resist picking this one. Metric is like an Indie Millenium Anthem. I hear plain out rock and roll at first... Guitar, bass, drums. Then a lead comes in which is just this side of normal, but I like it and it prepares you for... The voice. Odd and abnormal and quite nicely different. Certainly not what I was expecting to hear. Admittedly at first I was like "Uhh..." but trust me, it works, especially when he starts playing with some vocal effects. I LOVE the Web Wilder style overdriven voice around 1:45. It's a clever, clever device to which some of us can grin while the rest don't get it, but that's okay. Lyrically, somewhat like Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire except this song doesn't suck ****. It's a remember/contemplate/what the hell? type effect. I think the subject matter is particularly well chosen and executed. Now to more musical stuff. Paul is wickedly bizarre with his guitar riffs which just somehow work. The drums have an effective pounding driving beat that scoots this song along well. The arrangement and writing is razor sharp in every aspect. Every bridge, chorus, side bridge, worm hole, etc is exactly where it should be. The chorus kills me... I got a violent School House Rock flashback and almost plowed a hippy bus. (Yes, occasionally I take the songs I'm reviewing on the road with me so I can listen as I drive.) Criticism: The bass and drums are a bit muddy. I'd love to hear them done in a studio. Otherwise, all I can say is that some aspects are just limited by your instruments (ie. Radio Shack keyboards) which I imagine would sound brilliant with some better equipment... though, in a They Might Be Giants kind of way, the more toy-like sounding keyboards do sort of work. Very cool song that takes you right off the beaten path... and if you like that sort of thing, this song is for you." --Heath Houston, SoundClick critic, March 31, 04. |
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