As the music kicks in I start to watch mom and dad as they shake people's hands and smile like morons. I yawn as the beats in my ears start to kick in, and then.. and then something weird starts happening to my body. I start to get hot underneath my stiff collar. My dress starts to feel tight. I think I might be fitting. I’m on the floor, my hips are writhing up and down, strangely in time to the manic head fuck of garage rock and Karen O’s whining. She sounds like Patti Smith and Debbie Harry’s bastard child, though I don’t think they’d be too happy about that.
Anyways, I’m on the floor and I’ve got my white panties (the ones that mom makes me wear) somewhere around my ankles and I’m making like the chick in the Exorcist, though my head aint spinning.
‘Gonna walk on water’ Karen hisses, like the snake after eve ate the apple.
‘I’ll set you. I’ll set it off. I’ll set you, I’ll set it off. Off Off Off .’
I can feel my pulse quicken as I start to scream in time to Karen O. Oh Oh Oh..it's like the night I spent with Brad, the gardener. My back up against the garden shed.Oh Oh Oh…OH HOLY SHIT.
Everyone is staring down at me on the floor, and then I realise the song has ended. I don’t know what came over me, but the priest has a smile on his face and I’m sure he winked at me.
I pull my panties up around my hips to try and hold my dress together where the button's popped. I’m sweaty and there ain't no way to hide it. In an attempt at redemption I yell:
‘Oh help me lord I have sinned. Rock music has taken over my body and I can’t help myself.’ Mom and dad look on in horror. ‘Satan made me do it.’ I yelp.
I don’t think mom and dad will be going back to the church. Not like, until hell freezes over.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
chortle
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It does review from the "drowned in sound" mentality... taken it too far? Is there too far?
Lines are made to be walked over and reviews are meant to be entertaining. That's my view, as the founder of DiS.
I think Stacey's great - tho no-one seems to have met her yet. When are you coming to a DiS meeting missy? Or are we not cool/famous enough?
Sean
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Surely you've heard the YYYs before and this review gives at least a rough idea what the song is like, how it affects the reviewer and therefore, what it sounds/feels like. You're told it's a good song, in the reviewers point of view and therefore, probably worth checking out.
Or would you rather a plain old press release rehash?
I like this review, a lot!
Rob
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But I dunno.. obviously I'm not saying it should include a step-by-step breakdown, that'd just be silly :p but that just struck me as typical NME-style "they're so cool!!!!!1!1!" wank reviewing, that's all ::shrug::
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in other news, me and my mates pissed on the IPC tower a few weeks ago. HORRAY!
Rob
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the yeah yeah yeahs suck
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She's clearly trying very hard to do a "Miss AMP" and not quite grasping the fact that besides being obsessed with sex, Miss AMP actually has a keen eye for characterisation and language. This review is just shock tactic smut with no substance and no passion. Rather like the YYY's, so I suppose it succeeds as a review on that count...
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is this the future generation of Dis reviewers?
ok so it may be on the cutting edge side of inkeeping with the Karen O Mothafucker slut theme...
but need it be so crass
sean you gimp
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
Hurrah! My favourite single and review of the week ;)
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