Two singles that caught my ire this week....
Green Day - 21 Guns (Reprise Atlantic)
Green Day went all political on our asses with their "American Idiot" concept album, the concept being that punk bands could make music with a more meaningful sentiment than that managed by Sum 41. Sadly they are now taking themselves far too seriously, with the first single banging its insistent "Do you know your enemy?" chorus ad infinitum until the ears of listeners bled with RSI. This second single (just like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") is slow, dreary and plodding which leads us to question whether Green Day are even still a rock band. The song itself is a lame rip off of Shawn Mullins' "Rockabye" and Scott McKenzie's "San Fransisco", but oh isn't it political as its talking about people being killed in wars.
Pitbull - I Know You Want Me [Calle Ocho] (Positiva)
Hooray. Its summer. Which means it is "summer anfem" time, innit? God give me strength. Take one portion each of the following: Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso's "Umbrella"; The Bucketheads' "The Bomb" and some piss-poor lyrics of the "You know i wantcha". The net result, a massive hit bought by idiots everywhere, too dumb or blinkered to know the originals which were mercilessly fisted into this pathetic shambles. Positiva should be ashamed of releasing this bullshit.
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