Tim: This is this guy’s second song; I won’t remind you what you said last time, as I don’t want to unduly influence you; put simply, it’s more of the same.
Tom: You’re right: it’s more of the same. At least it doesn’t sound like Train this time.
I think I’ve caught some kind of mediocre-itis, Tim. But all the songs we’ve been talking about lately have left almost no impression on me. They’re just… more of the same. Wait, is that what you meant?
Tim: Well, typically when you describes music as “more of the same”, you generally mean stylistically, that they’d play well next to each other. Here, though, they’re ACTUALLY IDENTICAL well not quite but still, check out the chorus of Superhero and then compare it with this one, and then tell me it doesn’t get you bouncing in your chair in exactly the same way.
Tom: It really doesn’t. Superhero charmed me, even despite its tweeness; I knew that if I kept listening to it, it’d get stuck in my head. This doesn’t have that same style to it: why do you think it’s identical?
Tim: It’s the chorus, mainly: the lead in there is the same with the “and we sang…” and “if not I’m…”, the post-chorus is there in exactly the same chanting fashion. Just too many similarities for me not to notice it.
Tom: Hmm. Well, yes, but I don’t think they’re that close in style. And perhaps I’m being a bit too dark: I’ll grant you the middle eight, and the run into the final chorus, is pretty good — but if the best I can say for the song is that “the bit that sounds different is okay”, then it doesn’t speak well for the song.
Tim: I almost feel cheated, and in fact I definitely would if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s just SO FREAKING CATCHY, and that my overriding thought is that I HATE THAT I LIKE THIS UTTERLY TWEE NONSENSE. DAMMIT.
Tom: Just develop a harsh, cynical armour that means you have a ludicrously high standard for pop songs.
Tim: Yeah, but that doesn’t sound as much fun.