Hanna Sørvaag – Rain Checks

“Okay guys let’s not get ridiculous here, it’s time to take a break”

Tim: Tom, it’s a gloriously sunny day, let’s have a nice weather-themed (ish) happy track to go with it, such as this, which has been sent our way.

Tom: If it wasn’t called “Rain Checks”, that’d almost be a sensible introduction.

Tim: Yes, it would, wouldn’t it? Dammit.

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=R9K4DAmc8EI

Tom: The first line of the chorus — that “no more rainchecks”? For some reason, that grates. Just the first line. I can’t think why: is there something odd or special about it?

Tim: Not that I can tell, no. I think my favourite thing about this is the way it suddenly breaks down after each chorus, as if to say “okay guys let’s not get ridiculous here, it’s time to take a break” like an iPhone if it gets too hot.

Tom: Yes! Normally that doesn’t work, but here it does! It takes a hell of a verse to pull that off, but that country-music guitar under it works perfectly.

Tim: It knows it’s a big excitable chorus and that it can’t really carry on the whole way. To be honest, I wouldn’t remotely mind if it did, but I suppose it might get a bit tiring, especially with all the effort they’re putting in in that video.

Tom: Speaking of which, why are they filming the audition as the music video? Did they just invite a load of dancers in for an “audition”, say they’d call them back, film it, and not pay them?

Tim: I suppose that’s one way of saving money. And even with the pause to calm down, the song’s still great – there’s certainly no lack of energy to those dialled down verses that I can complain of, so I’m very happy with this. Sorted.