Let's just say that after enduring it, I wanted to find every one of the youngsters in this band and smack them upsides the head with a dead mackerel.
For starters, the song itself is just too cute for words, and not in a good way IMHO. Ditto the kids in the band, particularly the vocalist, who -- apart from the fact that she can't sing a single line without ending it with a sort of annoying lame cry in her voice -- is way too enthused about her own sex appeal.
I mean, I understand that I'm not even remotely the right demographic for this sort of thing, but if this is what passes for pop-rock these days, I say it's spinach and the hell with it.
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I didn't think it was all that bad.
8^)
Yeah, I kind of liked it. Not go-buy-or-steal-a-copy-like-it but thought it was pleasant enough, with a bit more melodic bounce than usual these days.
Bigger question: your movie theater shows videos? Mine has slide shows of ads for local businesses.
Count your blessings.
Not spinach. Sugar. And without the cutesy video, and the ... ahem ... antics of the band members the very, very full production (to catch your ears, probably), and the lame-o "while we're young" lyrics, it's catchy, even if the band's manager told everybody where to stand, what to play, and how to look ... well, cute.
It's the video you don't like. Mr. S.
And as far as images go, imagine that you didn't know who Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter and Leonard Cohen were, and you saw a photo composite of the four together. If I didn't know who they were, I know I'd see four alter kockers searching for a kippot for Hunter before taking part in a minyan.
Echosmith looks like nice kids. Hopefully. I see a podiatrist, a middle school music teacher, a massage therapist and a M.S. in Library Science in their futures, if they all get breaks.
Never heard of them. Not bad. Nothing to get worked up over. Come on Steve, the video has PUPPIES!
Now, what I really want to hear you sound off on it is merits or lack thereof of a band like Walk the Moon that spawns ear worms like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q
But first, you need to get crackin' on that Allain Toussaint obit. What a loss, what a genius
Kids more interested in fame than music.
Give it a slight tweak and you've got a modern country & western hit there. Might explain the chicken feathers.
They remind me so much of the younger New Pornographers, and the singer sounds so much like Neko Case she could be her daughter.
On the other hand, the brown acid that is circulating around is not specifically too good, so maybe that's the problem.
Ah, c'mon - she just a giiiirrrll. (Boy that grates). What is she, 12?
Kids just want to have fun.
This is Disney Channel-level pop (believe me- I have an 11-year-old daughter). It's more product than art and is inoffensive and generic. Any success the band has will be through marketing efforts like screenings in multiplexes.
When did you get old?
100% correct.
My daughter took a guitar class with one of these kids. Can't say I care much for their stuff. Neither does my daughter. Just another clean-cut family act going for the lowest common denominator. They are young, perhaps they'll grow musically. Despite the lame tune, there is some talent there. And the girl is sexy. Be honest, those thighs look delicious. And she's 18 and legal too.
VR
I agree with Mark, it's the video and the image they project that is the real problem. The music is just in one ear and out the other.
Capt. Al
This is a painful to the ears as Operator Please doing their "It's Just A Song About Ping Pong" but without the class, talent, looks, charm, and 16 Magazine poster-boy sex appeal. It's not even cu - ute the way she si - ings the wer - erds of the so - ong, just annoying and cloying. Maybe their career will die a painful death leaving them broke and indebted to their record company. Just a dream mind you, but everyone can dre - eam can't they?
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