Shanta Liora – Black Hole (Part II)

“That was quite the sentence.”

Tom: I’ve looked, and apparently there isn’t a Part I, which annoys me more than it reasonably should.

Tim: There isn’t, no, as it’s actually Shanta’s debut. Well sort of: Marie Picasso became notable for having it off on Swedish Big Brother 2002, then hosted a couple of TV game shows, then went on Idol in 2007 and won, had a number one single and album, but flopped with her second single, so went away for a bit, but is now back under a different name. Got that? Good.

Other stuff to know: give the song time, because you won’t regret it, and you can cut off the video after four minutes because there’s no more music.

Tom: And a warning for viewers: although there’s nothing gory, there’s some startling imagery of a suicide attempt in here.

Tom: Now given the introduction you gave it, I wasn’t expecting that to be nearly as good as it was.

Tim: Hmm. This is DRAMA in musical form; the video is all very arty-farty and knows it, and while that would normally annoy me here it really does have the music to go with it.

Tom: It’s dark, yes, but even the verses have enough… how do I put it? Enough “oomph” behind them to keep me listening until the chorus. It reminds me aiv class=”tom”>

Tom: And is that a key change down? I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard that before, let alone heard it work.

Tim: I see the intro as basically “major character in TV series dies” level, and after that we’ve got the music that accompanies the scenes of all the other characters looking heartbroken and wondering what to think, and having a pan round that character’s now empty house, and possibly during the middle eight a shot of the antagonist looking very happy, and throwing around money or other ill-gotten gains, or packing up and leaving town with his work done; the closing section after the key change would then take place over the funeral, where we’d see (but not hear) supporting characters give emotional speeches, and then they’d emerge from the church into a sunny day, and you know that people will recover; it’ll take time, but it’ll happen, when the show returns from the mid-season hiatus.

Tom: That was quite the sentence.

Tim: Not that I’ve overthought this or anything.