Boyce Avenue – Be Somebody

“The production’s not bad, I’ll grant you that, but is the song any good?”

Tim: Despite being the second most-viewed band in the world on YouTube (Maroon 5, if you’re wondering), these three brothers have has surprisingly little chart success, by which I basically mean none.

Tom: Be careful with that statistic: that just means they’re getting a good number of views on a lot of cover songs. I mean, a lot of cover songs.

Tim: Fair point. Well, have a listen anyway.

Tim: And that is a band that really, really knows how to make a good track. From right back as early as the first verse, you’ve got notable backing vocals, then a big chorus, suitably rousing for the slight desperation in the lyrics.

Tom: The production’s not bad, I’ll grant you that, but is the song any good? Because after two listens, I can’t really remember any of it.

Tim: Hmm – it might help if there was a decent amount of extra stuff in there for the final chorus, as that could offer room for slight improvement, but that aside there’s really not much more I can ask for here.

Tom: I think it’s more “not my style”, so I’ll withhold judgment on the song itself: if it works for you, I can’t disagree with that.

Tim: They don’t seem to be ramping up the marketing hype any time soon, which is a bit of a shame because they clearly have potential, and seemingly the fan base to make success happen. Oh, well.

Tom: There’s a lot of money and fame to be made in the path they’ve chosen, if they keep at it: chart success is great, but ultimately Top 40 is only one genre. Don’t forget: Muse, one of the biggest bands in the world, have never gotten above #4 in the charts, and they’ve never needed to.

Tim: Very good point. Guess we’ll see how it plays out.