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...Better,” and even then, the only slightly different line “Hey, hey, you!” is a central motif. That title track is perhaps best representative of everything that goes wrong on the disc. The staleness of the song??s lyrics perfectly complements the deja-entendu feeling one gets upon listening to it. In a brief, speak-singing interlude, she spells out the words that make up her lyrics while squeaky girls giggle in the background. Lavigne sounds far too much like another pop star on the track, without matching her ingenuity...
...let’s jump out the window.” It’s hard to say if The Shins are trying to make a point with all of these contradictions, but who cares? The video provides enough standard indie bliss to divert our attention from the song??s murky subject matter...
...man’s money, because—since he’s a greedy, money-grubbing sort—this means she would be treated very well. The backbeat is fantastic; the use of the lyric, “You spin me right round” toward the song??s end, however, is not. If you aren’t already a fan of Macy Gray, this album isn’t likely to win you over. None of these tracks could be a #1 single, though a few might earn a few weeks on the charts...
...dimming of the lights, this piece took the show down a softer, more lyrically-influenced path. Although it provided a nice contrast to the rest of the dances in the first act, the piece seemed to drag on a bit, simply because it was choreographed to only one song??the rest of the dances used short selections from several different songs, offering more variety.The guest appearance by the Harvard Breakers, a student group devoted to learning different forms of street dancing, was a nice addition to the first act. The talented group impressed the audience not only with...
...lyrically, it’s something completely new. Objectively, it’s amazing. The singles get wisely buried in the mix. Cowbell-heavy “Us v. Them” ends up near the album’s end; but while the sequencing shows restraint, the song??s bombastic multi-tracked vocal harmonies suggest that Murphy may even be taking on Freddie Mercury. “North American Scum” is this outing’s silly bootyshaker, the equivalent of yesteryear’s “Daft Punk Is Playing at my House?...