Word: doppelbett
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...disastrous the results. On "Tooralooralooraloo--Is it Old &Is it New," they aim for a tavern European folk ballad, and end up sounding like Perry Como. In fact, this song is so pathetically and limply delivered that it can't even be savored as good camp. "Drei Mann in doppelbett," on the other hand, links a pub chant with a synthopop rhythm with slightly more successful results. Nevertheless, neither the hook nor the rhythm of this song is good enough to warrant its redundancy...
Trio's imitations are also very spare and redundant lyrically. The lyrics are not just simple; they are also unimaginative. The imitations might have worked a little better if the lyrics had been original or inventive; instead the lines are contrived at best (e.g., "Drei Mann in doppelbett") and downright cliches at worst ("And then you call/and I feel like I am floating/I feel my batteries reloading.") Basically, this group has so little to say that all of their songs turn into uninteresting love songs...
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