04-13-2011, 11:27 AM
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Addicted Ledgie
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Behind your back, talking
Posts: 13,298
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Originally Posted by fumidesigns
*lowers head in shame*
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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77
The problem with the song, which I LIKE, is that it doesn't really have any meaning to its structure. It's like: random cliche meets superior "rhyming" emotion; sentiments I AGREE with but compelling more musically, emotively, than thematically, rigorously. Instead, it would have been stronger if she had maintained the thoroughline of comparing status objects (fast car, high fashion) against emotional phenomenon (beating heart, high passion).
Why don't people like Stevie and Dave know this about writing? Neil Tennant would not have let that pass. Note the song's similarity to modern classic "Love etc" by the Pet ShopBoys:
Maybe Lindsey WAS right in the Bob Dylan debate.  |
You wouldn't say that to Bob Dylan.  |